2025 Stats
W-L
7-5
ERA
2.86
WHIP
1.03
K
77
SV
0
Rest-of-Season Projections
2025 Fantasy Outlook
Rasmussen has now overcome three elbow surgeries in his collegiate and professional pitching career over a span of just seven seasons, meaning he is essentially now pitching on borrowed time. Rasmussen has dreams of returning to the starting rotation where he pitched very well in 2022 and early 2023 before his most recent injury. Yet, his body of work out of the bullpen continues to be impressive. Rasmussen averaged 97.4 mph with his fastball and generated a 30.8 percent whiff rate with the pitch along with whiff rates of greater than 40 percent with both his cutter and sweeper. For context, none of Rasmussen's pitches eclipsed even a 30 percent whiff rate in 2023 and just two of them barely did so in 2022. Pete Fairbanks remains under contract for another season, so a closer role may not be immediately open for Rasmussen, but Fairbanks has yet to make it through a season healthy. Rasmussen fits nicely into the "draft skills, not roles" mold. Read Past Outlooks
Signed a two-year, $8 million contract extension in January of 2025. Contact includes an $8 million team option ($500,000 buyout) for 2027. Option increases by an additional $500,000 for eight games started in 2026, $750,000 for 12 starts, $1 million for 16 starts, $1 million for 20 starts, $1.25 million for 24 starts and $1.5 million for 28 starts.
Set for normal start after break
Rasmussen is expected to handle a typical starter's workload when he makes his next turn through the rotation July 22 versus the White Sox in Tampa, Marc Topkin of the Tampa Bay Times reports.
Analysis
In an effort to keep his season-long workload under 150 innings after he underwent his third major right elbow surgery in July 2023, Rasmussen was limited to three, two and two innings in his final three starts prior to the All-Star break. In the latter two outings, the Rays deployed Joe Boyle in bulk relief behind him, but Rasmussen looks like he'll be in line for a standalone start in his first appearance of the second half. With Rasmussen sitting at 91.1 innings on the season, the Rays are still likely to manage his workload to some degree over the next two and a half months, but he should remain usable in most fantasy leagues so long as he's covering around five or six frames in his starts. Rasmussen owns a modest 21.7 percent strikeout rate for the season but has provided an excellent 2.86 ERA and 1.03 WHIP while gathering seven wins through 19 outings.
In an effort to keep his season-long workload under 150 innings after he underwent his third major right elbow surgery in July 2023, Rasmussen was limited to three, two and two innings in his final three starts prior to the All-Star break. In the latter two outings, the Rays deployed Joe Boyle in bulk relief behind him, but Rasmussen looks like he'll be in line for a standalone start in his first appearance of the second half. With Rasmussen sitting at 91.1 innings on the season, the Rays are still likely to manage his workload to some degree over the next two and a half months, but he should remain usable in most fantasy leagues so long as he's covering around five or six frames in his starts. Rasmussen owns a modest 21.7 percent strikeout rate for the season but has provided an excellent 2.86 ERA and 1.03 WHIP while gathering seven wins through 19 outings.
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Pitching Appearances Breakdown
Average Pitch Count
73
Last 10 Games
68
Last 5 Games
59
How many pitches does Drew Rasmussen generally throw?
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What part of the game does Drew Rasmussen generally pitch?
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% Games Reaching Innings Threshold
% Games By Number of Innings Pitched
Left/Right Pitching Splits
Since 2023
-9%
BAA vs RHP
2025
-23%
BAA vs RHP
| BAA | K | BB | H | HR | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Since 2023vs Left | .232 | 85 | 17 | 68 | 6 | |||
| Since 2023vs Right | .211 | 74 | 22 | 65 | 6 | |||
| 2025vs Left | .247 | 47 | 13 | 42 | 5 | |||
| 2025vs Right | .189 | 30 | 9 | 30 | 5 | |||
| 2024vs Left | .153 | 22 | 3 | 9 | 0 | |||
| 2024vs Right | .320 | 13 | 3 | 16 | 0 | |||
| 2023vs Left | .266 | 16 | 1 | 17 | 1 | |||
| 2023vs Right | .192 | 31 | 10 | 19 | 1 | |||
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Home/Away Pitching Splits
Since 2023
-6%
ERA on Road
2025
-20%
ERA at Home
| ERA | WHIP | IP | K/9 | BB/9 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Since 2023Home | 2.87 | 1.01 | 91.0 | 8.3 | 2.2 | ||||
| Since 2023Away | 2.69 | 1.09 | 73.2 | 9.2 | 2.1 | ||||
| 2025Home | 2.64 | 0.99 | 61.1 | 7.6 | 2.3 | ||||
| 2025Away | 3.30 | 1.10 | 30.0 | 7.5 | 1.8 | ||||
| 2024Home | 4.38 | 1.22 | 12.1 | 9.5 | 1.5 | ||||
| 2024Away | 1.65 | 0.98 | 16.1 | 12.1 | 2.2 | ||||
| 2023Home | 2.60 | 0.92 | 17.1 | 9.9 | 2.1 | ||||
| 2023Away | 2.63 | 1.13 | 27.1 | 9.2 | 2.3 | ||||
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Stat Review
How does Drew Rasmussen compare to other starting pitchers?
This section compares his stats with all starting pitcher seasons from the previous three seasons (minimum 120 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 120 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 120 IP). See here for more exit velocity/barrels stats plus an explanation of current limitations with that data set.
K/BB
3.50K/9
7.6BB/9
2.2HR/9
1.0Fastball
95.7 mphERA
2.86WHIP
1.03BABIP
.256GB/FB
1.83Left On Base
81.3%Exit Velocity
83.7 mphBarrels/BBE
3.5%Spin Rate
2548 rpmBalls Hit 95+ MPH
26.5%Swinging Strike
9.8%Prospect Rankings History
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Past Fantasy Outlooks
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Rasmussen entered the 2023 season on a bullet train of hype and through eight starts was delivering on that hype with four wins and 47 strikeouts along with a 2.62 ERA. Little did we know that the pitch he threw to induce a Gleyber Torres groundout to complete seven shutout innings at Yankee Stadium would be the last pitch he threw on the season. Rasmussen was diagnosed with a right flexor strain in mid-May and eventually underwent an internal brace surgery to his UCL. It is worth noting that Rasmussen had two TJ surgeries in college as the coaching staff implemented some questionable usage patterns with him, and the list of pitchers successfully recovering from three TJ surgeries is short enough for Mordecai Brown to count with his pitching hand. The internal brace procedure allows for a quicker physical return to the mound, but all the risks of excessive time off with major surgery still apply. Simply put, Rasmussen is a wild card selection for the later rounds.
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Solid in short start
Rasmussen did not factor into the decision in Friday's 5-4 loss to Boston, allowing one run on three hits and one walk while striking out one over two innings.
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Will be used in tandem with Boyle
Rays manager Kevin Cash suggested after Sunday's 7-5 extra-inning win over the Twins that he intends to use Rasmussen as an opener in front of bulk reliever Joe Boyle for at least a few more turns through the rotation, Marc Topkin of the Tampa Bay Times reports.
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Operates as opener Sunday
Rasmussen took a no-decision in his start during Sunday's 7-5 extra-inning win over the Twins, striking out two while allowing one earned run on three hits and no walks over two innings.
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Has shortest start of season
Rasmussen took a no-decision after throwing three innings, allowing four runs on five hits and one walk while striking out two, during Monday's 6-4 loss to the Athletics.
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Five shutout innings in seventh win
Rasmussen (7-5) tallied the win Wednesday against the Royals, giving up no runs on two hits and two walks in five innings. He struck out five.
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Passes 100 innings
Rasmussen topped 100 innings for the season in his last start and has thrown 18 more innings this season than any other professional campaign.
Analysis
Rasmussen has thrown 105.1 innings this season, his first year as a full-time starter in the majors. He did toss more innings in 2015 when he completed 106 frames as a 19-year-old at Oregon State but hasn't thrown more than 87.1 innings in any season since. Tampa Bay has already been doing its best to limit Rasmussen's workload as he's tossed more than 89 pitches only twice all season, and he's also been the occasional beneficiary of extra rest. The 27-year-old has a 2.82 ERA, 1.05 WHIP and 90:26 K:BB this season and is likely to be an important part of the Rays' potential postseason run.
Rasmussen has thrown 105.1 innings this season, his first year as a full-time starter in the majors. He did toss more innings in 2015 when he completed 106 frames as a 19-year-old at Oregon State but hasn't thrown more than 87.1 innings in any season since. Tampa Bay has already been doing its best to limit Rasmussen's workload as he's tossed more than 89 pitches only twice all season, and he's also been the occasional beneficiary of extra rest. The 27-year-old has a 2.82 ERA, 1.05 WHIP and 90:26 K:BB this season and is likely to be an important part of the Rays' potential postseason run.