Drew VerHagen
33-Year-Old
Free Agent Foreign
2023 Stats
W-L
5-1
ERA
3.98
WHIP
1.28
K
60
SV
0
2024 Projections
Headed back to Japan
VerHagen signed a one-year contract with the Nippon-Ham Fighters of Nippon Professional Baseball on Friday, Robert Murray of FanSided.com reports.
ANALYSIS
The deal also includes a player option for a second season and could max out at close to $8 million. It will be the second stint with the Fighters for VerHagen, who pitched for them from 2020-21 before spending the last two seasons with the Cardinals.
The deal also includes a player option for a second season and could max out at close to $8 million. It will be the second stint with the Fighters for VerHagen, who pitched for them from 2020-21 before spending the last two seasons with the Cardinals.
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Pitching Appearances Breakdown
Average Pitch Count
17
Last 10 Games
16
Last 5 Games
14
How many pitches does Drew VerHagen generally throw?
1-10
11-20
21-30
31-40
41-50
51-60
61-70
71-80
81-90
91-100
101-110
111-120
121+
What part of the game does Drew VerHagen generally pitch?
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8th
9th
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% Games Reaching Innings Threshold
% Games By Number of Innings Pitched
Left/Right Pitching Splits
Since 2021
-15%
BAA vs RHP
2023
-6%
BAA vs RHP
BAA | K | BB | H | HR | ||||
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Since 2021vs Left | .274 | 18 | 15 | 29 | 5 | |||
Since 2021vs Right | .234 | 60 | 25 | 50 | 9 | |||
2023vs Left | .236 | 13 | 9 | 17 | 4 | |||
2023vs Right | .222 | 47 | 17 | 35 | 5 | |||
2022vs Left | .353 | 5 | 6 | 12 | 1 | |||
2022vs Right | .268 | 13 | 8 | 15 | 4 | |||
2021vs Left | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
2021vs Right | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
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Home/Away Pitching Splits
Since 2021
-27%
ERA at Home
2023
-13%
ERA at Home
ERA | WHIP | IP | K/9 | BB/9 | |||||
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Since 2021Home | 4.00 | 1.36 | 45.0 | 7.8 | 4.0 | ||||
Since 2021Away | 5.50 | 1.54 | 37.2 | 9.3 | 4.8 | ||||
2023Home | 3.75 | 1.22 | 36.0 | 8.5 | 3.8 | ||||
2023Away | 4.32 | 1.36 | 25.0 | 9.4 | 4.0 | ||||
2022Home | 5.00 | 1.89 | 9.0 | 5.0 | 5.0 | ||||
2022Away | 7.82 | 1.89 | 12.2 | 9.2 | 6.4 | ||||
2021Home | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
2021Away | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
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Stat Review
How does Drew VerHagen compare to other relievers?
This section compares his stats with all relief pitcher seasons from the previous three seasons (minimum 30 innings)*. The bar represents the player's percentile rank. For example, if the bar is halfway across, then the player falls into the 50th percentile for that stat and it would be considered average.
* Exit Velocity, Barrels/BBE %, Balls Hit 95+ MPH %, and Spin Rate are benchmarked against 2019 data (min 30 IP). See here for more exit velocity/barrels stats plus an explanation of current limitations with that data set.
* Exit Velocity, Barrels/BBE %, Balls Hit 95+ MPH %, and Spin Rate are benchmarked against 2019 data (min 30 IP). See here for more exit velocity/barrels stats plus an explanation of current limitations with that data set.
K/BB
2.31K/9
8.9BB/9
3.8HR/9
1.3Fastball
93.1 mphERA
3.98WHIP
1.28BABIP
.277GB/FB
1.09Left On Base
73.4%Exit Velocity
82.6 mphBarrels/BBE
5.0%Spin Rate
2208 rpmBalls Hit 95+ MPH
25.9%Swinging Strike
13.1%Advanced Pitching Stats
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Defensive Stats
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Past Fantasy Outlooks
2022
2016
2015
VerHagen was the first major-league signing after the end of the lockout, and he's back in affiliated ball after a two-year stint in Japan. The 32-year-old made 22 appearances for the Tigers in 2019 before heading overseas and had a 5.90 ERA over 58 innings while working mostly as a reliever. VerHagen posted a 3.49 ERA and and 216:62 K:BB across 208.2 frames during his two years in Japan to help pave his way back to MLB, and he could take a spot in the back of the Cardinals' starting rotation in 2022.
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Collects win over Reds
VerHagen (5-1) allowed one run on one hit and struck out one over one inning to earn the win Saturday over the Reds.
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Takes loss Saturday
VerHagen (4-1) allowed two runs on one hit over one-third of an inning to take the loss and a blown save Saturday versus the Pirates.
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Back from bereavement leave
The Cardinals reinstated VerHagen (personal) from the bereavement list Monday.
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Goes on bereavement list
VerHagen was placed on the bereavement list Friday, Lynn Worthy of the St. Louis Post-Dispatch reports.
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Returns from injured list
VerHagen (hip) was activated off the 15-day injured list Saturday.
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