Derek Law
33-Year-Old
2024 Stats
W-L
2-1
ERA
2.84
WHIP
1.42
K
20
SV
0
Rest-of-Season Projections
RANKSFrom Preseason
#601
ADP
Records win Sunday
Law (2-1) picked up the win in Sunday's comeback victory over the Marlins, pitching two scoreless innings and allowing two hits. He struck out three without walking a batter.
ANALYSIS
Patrick Corbin got chased after coughing up seven runs (four earned) in four innings, but Law steadied the ship in the fifth and sixth and watched the Nationals offense come to life, erasing a 7-0 deficit. The 33-year-old right-hander remains in a low-leverage role, but he's pitched reasonable well to begin the season with a 3.00 ERA, 1.50 WHIP and 19:6 K:BB through 18 innings.
Patrick Corbin got chased after coughing up seven runs (four earned) in four innings, but Law steadied the ship in the fifth and sixth and watched the Nationals offense come to life, erasing a 7-0 deficit. The 33-year-old right-hander remains in a low-leverage role, but he's pitched reasonable well to begin the season with a 3.00 ERA, 1.50 WHIP and 19:6 K:BB through 18 innings.
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Pitching Appearances Breakdown
Average Pitch Count
22
Last 10 Games
20
Last 5 Games
23
How many pitches does Derek Law generally throw?
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What part of the game does Derek Law generally pitch?
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% Games Reaching Innings Threshold
% Games By Number of Innings Pitched
Left/Right Pitching Splits
Since 2022
Even Split
2024
-9%
BAA vs LHP
BAA | K | BB | H | HR | ||||
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Since 2022vs Left | .259 | 43 | 23 | 41 | 3 | |||
Since 2022vs Right | .260 | 39 | 17 | 53 | 7 | |||
2024vs Left | .267 | 15 | 3 | 8 | 0 | |||
2024vs Right | .295 | 5 | 3 | 13 | 1 | |||
2023vs Left | .245 | 21 | 14 | 24 | 2 | |||
2023vs Right | .234 | 24 | 12 | 26 | 4 | |||
2022vs Left | .300 | 7 | 6 | 9 | 1 | |||
2022vs Right | .286 | 10 | 2 | 14 | 2 | |||
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Home/Away Pitching Splits
Since 2022
-31%
ERA at Home
2024
-21%
ERA at Home
ERA | WHIP | IP | K/9 | BB/9 | |||||
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Since 2022Home | 2.92 | 1.28 | 49.1 | 6.2 | 2.9 | ||||
Since 2022Away | 4.26 | 1.60 | 44.1 | 9.7 | 4.9 | ||||
2024Home | 2.45 | 1.77 | 7.1 | 2.5 | 3.7 | ||||
2024Away | 3.09 | 1.20 | 11.2 | 13.9 | 2.3 | ||||
2023Home | 3.16 | 1.09 | 31.1 | 6.6 | 2.9 | ||||
2023Away | 4.18 | 1.77 | 23.2 | 8.4 | 6.1 | ||||
2022Home | 2.53 | 1.50 | 10.2 | 7.6 | 2.5 | ||||
2022Away | 6.00 | 1.67 | 9.0 | 8.0 | 5.0 | ||||
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Stat Review
How does Derek Law 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
3.33K/9
9.5BB/9
2.8HR/9
0.5Fastball
94.6 mphERA
2.84WHIP
1.42BABIP
.373GB/FB
2.64Left On Base
82.0%Exit Velocity
81.6 mphBarrels/BBE
3.5%Spin Rate
2155 rpmBalls Hit 95+ MPH
26.5%Swinging Strike
13.9%Advanced Pitching Stats
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Past Fantasy Outlooks
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Law's outstanding 2016 rookie campaign continues to look like a mirage as the right-hander has failed to come close to that season's production in the three years that have followed. While his 4.90 ERA in his first season with Toronto was an improvement over the marks he posted the previous two campaigns, it was hardly reason to celebrate and was accompanied by a career-worst 14.0 BB% that ranked ninth-worst in the majors among qualified relievers. Law did do some things well -- he induced a 23.1 Soft%, 10th-best among relievers, and notched a career-high 23.5 K% -- but was stung by one of the highest WHIPs in the league (1.66). Law earned five saves and eight holds for the Blue Jays last season, but he was non-tendered by the club in December. His strikeout ability alone makes him likely to latch on with another team in 2020, but he has a lot to prove before he can be trusted in high-leverage situations.
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Added to roster
The Nationals selected Law's contract from Triple-A Rochester on Tuesday, Andrew Golden of The Washington Post reports.
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Invited to Nationals' camp
Law signed a minor-league contract with the Nationals on Wednesday that includes an invitation to major-league spring training, Robert Murray of FanSided.com reports.
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Cut loose by Reds
Law was non-tendered by Cincinnati on Friday.
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Notches second save
Law gave up two hits in a scoreless ninth inning Saturday to record his second save of the season in a 3-2 win over the Mets.
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Opening Thursday's contest
Law will serve as the Reds' opening pitcher for Thursday's game against the Tigers, Gordon Wittenmyer of The Cincinnati Enquirer reports.
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