Pitcher · 2026
Connelly Early
- Age
- 24
- B/T
- L/L
- Height
- 6' 3"
- Weight
- 195 lb
- Number
- #19
- Born
- April 3, 2002 in Midlothian, VA, USA
- MLB debut
- September 9, 2025
- Drafted
- 2023, round 5
- College
- Virginia
- dbWAR
- 1.4 2 season(s)
- IP
- 91.2
- ERA
- 3.44
- FIP
- 4.59
- K/9
- 9.1
- FIP−
- 110 100 = avg
Connelly Early is a starting pitcher for the Boston Red Sox. In 2026 he struck out 93 batters over 91.2 innings across 17 appearances, 17 of them starts, going 7-5. His ERA of 3.44 was 17.7% lower than the league average of 4.18 — 11th of 17 on his team, and 156th of 467 among MLB pitchers with 20+ innings. Stripping out defence, his 4.59 FIP suggests that his ERA had some help behind him. He missed bats on 23.7% of swings (11.1% of every pitch he threw), walked 8.7% of the batters he faced and struck out 23.8%. His 0.5 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.
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 | 107 | 98 | 19 | 4 | 6 | 29 | .194 | .252 | .337 | .262 | 27.1% |
| vs RHB | 283 | 246 | 62 | 11 | 28 | 64 | .252 | .344 | .427 | .343 | 22.6% |
Pitch sequencing
What Connelly Early 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 Fastball | 536 | 94.0 | 2,336 | 54.1% | 24.1% | |
| Sinker | 304 | 92.4 | 2,166 | 45.4% | 12.7% | |
| Changeup | 279 | 83.7 | 1,269 | 37.6% | 22.7% | |
| Curveball | 166 | 80.0 | 2,404 | 47.0% | 21.7% | |
| Slider | 123 | 87.1 | 2,302 | 48.8% | 28.6% | |
| Sweeper | 120 | 82.5 | 2,415 | 46.7% | 43.1% |
Pitching
Standard and advanced, by season.
| Trend | |||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 17 | 17 | 91.2 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 81 | 35 | 93 | 34 | 3.44 | 4.59 | 1.25 | 9.1 | 3.3 | 82 | 110 | 0.5 | |
| 2025 | 4 | 4 | 19.1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 17 | 5 | 29 | 4 | 2.33 | 0.91 | 1.09 | 13.5 | 1.9 | 56 | 22 | 0.9 |
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Similar players
Nearest 2026 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.