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Pitcher · 2026

Drew Sommers

Age
26
B/T
L/L
Height
6' 3"
Weight
250 lb
Number
#51
Born
August 14, 2000 in Hoffman Estates, IL, USA
MLB debut
August 22, 2025
Drafted
2022, round 11
College
Central Arizona JC
dbWAR
.2
2 season(s)
IP
19.1
ERA
3.72
FIP
2.98
K/9
13.5
FIP−
71
100 = avg

Drew Sommers is a relief pitcher for the Detroit Tigers. In 2026 he struck out 29 batters over 19.1 innings across 26 appearances, going 0-2. His ERA of 3.72 was 10.8% lower than the league average of 4.18. Stripping out defence, his 2.98 FIP suggests he pitched better than his ERA shows. He missed bats on 31.4% of swings (16.3% of every pitch he threw), walked 10.7% of the batters he faced and struck out 34.5%. His 0.4 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.

FIP2.98
K/913.5
WHIP1.45
WAR.4

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 LHB5148131119.271.300.354.29137.3%
vs RHB332561810.240.424.360.36030.3%

Pitch sequencing

What Drew Sommers 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.

Sinker43.8%14894.82,17055.4%15.1%
Four-Seam Fastball29.0%9894.82,20860.2%54.5%
Slider24.3%8283.42,30347.6%30.2%
Changeup3.0%1088.81,70320.0%25.0%
Drew Sommers'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
202626019.10201982993.722.981.4513.54.289710.4
2025403.0010763318.009.473.339.09.0433228-0.2

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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.