2024 Stats
W-L
0-0
ERA
0.00
WHIP
1.50
K
0
SV
0
Rest-of-Season Projections
2024 Fantasy Outlook
Hentges missed the first five weeks of the 2023 campaign due to shoulder inflammation. The southpaw racked up seven holds over his first 12 appearances, but saw his ratios balloon with a rough July (14.63 ERA, 2.50 WHIP over eight innings). The 27-year-old had one of the worst hard-hit rates in baseball at 49 percent, but he made up for it with an above-average strikeout rate while inducing plenty of ground balls at a near 60 percent clip. Similar to the 2022 season, Hentges finished the season in dominant fashion, allowing just one earned run over his final 27 appearances while striking out 31 over 25.2 innings. He'll enter 2024 as the Guardians top left-handed reliever. Read Past Outlooks
Rejoins big-league bullpen
The Guardians activated Hentges (finger) from the 15-day injured list Monday.
ANALYSIS
Cleveland optioned right-hander Peter Strzelecki to Triple-A Columbus to clear room in the bullpen and on the 26-man active roster for Hentges, who opened the season on the IL with left middle finger inflammation. Hentges was added back to the 26-man active roster after he wrapped up a stellar six-appearance rehab assignment between Triple-A Columbus and Double-A Akron in which he struck out seven and allowed just five baserunners over 6.2 scoreless frames. He posted a 3.61 ERA and gathered 15 holds over 56 appearances with the big club in 2023 and should slot back in as a key part of the bridge to close Emmanuel Clase.
Cleveland optioned right-hander Peter Strzelecki to Triple-A Columbus to clear room in the bullpen and on the 26-man active roster for Hentges, who opened the season on the IL with left middle finger inflammation. Hentges was added back to the 26-man active roster after he wrapped up a stellar six-appearance rehab assignment between Triple-A Columbus and Double-A Akron in which he struck out seven and allowed just five baserunners over 6.2 scoreless frames. He posted a 3.61 ERA and gathered 15 holds over 56 appearances with the big club in 2023 and should slot back in as a key part of the bridge to close Emmanuel Clase.
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Pitching Appearances Breakdown
Average Pitch Count
13
Last 10 Games
13
Last 5 Games
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% Games Reaching Innings Threshold
% Games By Number of Innings Pitched
Left/Right Pitching Splits
Since 2022
-11%
BAA vs LHP
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| BAA | K | BB | H | HR | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Since 2022vs Left | .205 | 53 | 8 | 34 | 2 | |||
| Since 2022vs Right | .230 | 75 | 30 | 60 | 3 | |||
| 2024vs Left | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| 2024vs Right | .000 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||
| 2023vs Left | .280 | 19 | 5 | 21 | 2 | |||
| 2023vs Right | .248 | 37 | 13 | 32 | 0 | |||
| 2022vs Left | .143 | 34 | 3 | 13 | 0 | |||
| 2022vs Right | .215 | 38 | 16 | 28 | 3 | |||
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Home/Away Pitching Splits
Since 2022
-30%
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| ERA | WHIP | IP | K/9 | BB/9 | |||||
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| Since 2022Home | 2.43 | 1.03 | 63.0 | 11.3 | 2.7 | ||||
| Since 2022Away | 3.46 | 1.29 | 52.0 | 8.5 | 3.3 | ||||
| 2024Home | 0.00 | 1.50 | .666666 | 0.0 | 13.5 | ||||
| 2024Away | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| 2023Home | 2.73 | 1.28 | 29.2 | 10.9 | 2.7 | ||||
| 2023Away | 4.76 | 1.46 | 22.2 | 7.9 | 3.6 | ||||
| 2022Home | 2.20 | 0.80 | 32.2 | 11.8 | 2.5 | ||||
| 2022Away | 2.45 | 1.16 | 29.1 | 8.9 | 3.1 | ||||
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Stat Review
How does Sam Hentges 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
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0.0BB/9
13.5HR/9
0.0Fastball
0.0 mphERA
0.00WHIP
1.50BABIP
.000GB/FB
0.00Left On Base
100.0%Swinging Strike
0.0%Prospect Rankings History
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2023 Fantasy Outlook
After struggling during his rookie campaign, Hentges bounced back in a big way. The southpaw became a reliable bullpen arm for Cleveland, adding velocity on all four of his pitches while throwing more sinkers (26% pitch usage compared to 9% in 2021). This led to a 61.5% groundball rate that was one of the highest among relievers. Hentges' strikeout rate (29.4%) also spiked by eight percentage points, while also improving his walk and home run rates. He was especially dominant in the second half, producing a 36:5 K:BB ratio, 0.30 ERA and 0.57 WHIP over his final 29.2 innings. He didn't rack up a ton of holds (eight), but more can be expected in 2023 as Hentges is very clearly the top lefty in the Guardians bullpen. Don't completely dismiss the possibility of a return to the starting rotation, though, as the lefty was brought up as a starter in the minors.
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Beginning rehab at Double-A
Hentges (finger) will begin a rehab assignment with Double-A Akron on Friday, Tom Withers of the Associated Press reports.
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Set to face hitters
Hentges (finger) is scheduled to resume throwing live batting practice sessions early next week, MLB.com reports.
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Placed on IL
The Guardians placed Hentges (finger) on the 15-day injured list Thursday.
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Bound for IL
Hentges (finger) will begin the season on the injured list, Zack Meisel of The Athletic reports.
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Shut down from throwing
Manager Stephen Vogt said Saturday that Hentges (finger) will not throw for a few days, Mandy Bell of MLB.com reports.
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