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Pitcher · 2026

Joe Rock

Age
26
B/T
L/L
Height
6' 6"
Weight
220 lb
Number
#46
Born
July 29, 2000 in Sewickley, PA, USA
MLB debut
June 28, 2025
Drafted
2021, round CB-B
College
Ohio
dbWAR
.1
2 season(s)
IP
10.1
ERA
3.48
FIP
4.54
K/9
10.5
FIP−
109
100 = avg

Joe Rock is a relief pitcher for the Chicago White Sox. In 2026 he struck out 12 batters over 10.1 innings across 4 appearances, going 0-1. His ERA of 3.48 was 16.6% lower than the league average of 4.18. Stripping out defence, his 4.54 FIP suggests that his ERA had some help behind him. He missed bats on 27.4% of swings (11.8% of every pitch he threw), walked 20.8% of the batters he faced and struck out 22.6%. His 0.0 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, 2026.

FIP4.54
K/910.5
WHIP2.13
WAR.0

Platoon splits

How left- and right-handed hitters fare against him.

Opponent batting by the side the hitter bats from, 2026. Counted from play-by-play, so totals can differ from the box-score season line by a plate appearance or two.
SplitPAABHHRBBSOAVGOBPSLGwOBAK%
vs LHB30205086.250.500.250.39120.0%
vs RHB23206036.300.391.350.34326.1%

Pitch sequencing

What Joe Rock 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 2026.

Four-Seam Fastball48.7%9593.32,34047.4%27.0%
Slider37.4%7384.92,53846.6%34.2%
Sinker10.3%2093.72,39540.0%0.0%
Joe Rock's arsenal by usage. Velocity is average release speed in mph, spin in rpm, and whiff rate is misses per swing — the cleanest single measure of whether a pitch beats hitters.

Pitching

Standard and advanced, by season.

Trend
20264010.101011412113.484.542.1310.59.6831090.0
2025307.2000721122.353.531.1712.92.356850.1

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How these are computed

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.