Pitcher · 2025
Luis Ortiz
- Age
- 26
- B/T
- R/R
- Height
- 6' 2"
- Weight
- 235 lb
- Number
- #45
- Born
- January 27, 1999 in San Pedro de Macoris, Dominican Republic
- MLB debut
- September 13, 2022
- dbWAR
- 1.6 2 season(s)
- IP
- 88.2
- ERA
- 4.36
- FIP
- 4.18
- K/9
- 9.7
- FIP−
- 101 100 = avg
Luis Ortiz is a starting pitcher for the Cleveland Guardians. In 2025 he struck out 96 batters over 88.2 innings across 16 appearances, 16 of them starts, going 4-9. His ERA of 4.36 was 5.0% higher than the league average of 4.16 — the second worst on his team, and 332nd of 542 among MLB pitchers with 20+ innings. Stripping out defence, his 4.18 FIP suggests the ERA was no fluke. He missed bats on 28.8% of swings (13.4% of every pitch he threw), walked 11.0% of the batters he faced and struck out 25.1%. His 0.9 dbWAR is built from that FIP rather than runs allowed, so it credits him for what he controls and not for the defence behind him.
League context
Percentile among qualified pitchers, 2025.
Platoon splits
How left- and right-handed hitters fare against him.
| Split | PA | AB | H | HR | BB | SO | AVG | OBP | SLG | wOBA | K% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| vs LHB | 198 | 171 | 38 | 9 | 26 | 50 | .222 | .323 | .433 | .332 | 25.3% |
| vs RHB | 184 | 166 | 42 | 3 | 16 | 46 | .253 | .321 | .337 | .297 | 25.0% |
Pitch sequencing
What Luis Ortiz throws in each count, and what he follows each pitch with. Select any cell for the breakdown.
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Pitch arsenal
What he throws, how hard, and how often it misses in 2025.
| Four-Seam Fastball | 441 | 96.4 | 2,279 | 48.1% | 32.0% | |
| Slider | 389 | 85.5 | 2,389 | 47.8% | 39.5% | |
| Sinker | 293 | 95.5 | 2,292 | 51.2% | 12.8% | |
| Changeup | 194 | 89.4 | 1,461 | 43.3% | 29.3% | |
| Cutter | 184 | 91.1 | 2,337 | 50.0% | 22.1% |
Pitching
Standard and advanced, by season.
| Trend | |||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 16 | 16 | 88.2 | 4 | 9 | 0 | 80 | 43 | 96 | 42 | 4.36 | 4.18 | 1.38 | 9.7 | 4.3 | 105 | 101 | 0.9 | |
| 2024 | 37 | 15 | 135.2 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 109 | 50 | 107 | 42 | 3.32 | 4.25 | 1.11 | 7.1 | 2.8 | 81 | 104 | 0.7 |
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Similar players
Nearest 2025 seasons by command, run prevention and role, on rate statistics rather than totals.
wOBA uses linear weights measured from this season's own play-by-play rather than published constants, and wRC+ is park-adjusted against that same league. dbWAR is our own open implementation — not fWAR or bWAR — and the full derivation, including its simplifications, is on the methodology page.