Pitcher · 2024
Blake Walston
- Age
- 23
- B/T
- L/L
- Height
- 6' 5"
- Weight
- 205 lb
- Number
- #48
- Born
- June 28, 2001 in Wilmington, NC, USA
- MLB debut
- May 1, 2024
- Drafted
- 2019, round 1
- High school
- New Hanover
- Salary, 2024
- $740,000
- dbWAR
- -.3 1 season(s)
- IP
- 18.1
- ERA
- 4.42
- FIP
- 6.17
- K/9
- 8.8
- FIP−
- 151 100 = avg
Blake Walston is a relief pitcher for the Arizona Diamondbacks. In 2024 he struck out 18 batters over 18.1 innings across 7 appearances, going 1-0. His ERA of 4.42 was 8.3% higher than the league average of 4.08. Stripping out defence, his 6.17 FIP suggests that his ERA had some help behind him. He missed bats on 22.1% of swings (9.9% of every pitch he threw), walked 12.0% of the batters he faced and struck out 21.7%. His -0.3 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, 2024.
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 | 17 | 15 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 2 | .267 | .353 | .533 | .381 | 11.8% |
| vs RHB | 66 | 55 | 12 | 3 | 8 | 16 | .218 | .348 | .400 | .339 | 24.2% |
Pitch sequencing
What Blake Walston 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 2024.
| Four-Seam Fastball | 112 | 91.5 | 2,089 | 49.1% | 23.9% | |
| Cutter | 58 | 87.7 | 2,133 | 53.4% | 6.5% | |
| Sweeper | 58 | 82.4 | 2,369 | 44.8% | 33.3% | |
| Changeup | 56 | 86.1 | 1,306 | 33.9% | 25.0% | |
| Curveball | 46 | 77.3 | 2,586 | 47.8% | 26.3% | |
| Sinker | 13 | 89.1 | 2,074 | 23.1% | 0.0% |
Pitching
Standard and advanced, by season.
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 7 | 2 | 18.1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 9 | 18 | 10 | 4.42 | 6.17 | 1.42 | 8.8 | 4.9 | 108 | 151 | -0.3 | — |
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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.