
Josh Winder
25-Year-Old
2022 Stats
W-L
2-2
ERA
3.68
WHIP
1.23
K
23
SV
0
Rest-of-Season Projections
2022 Fantasy Outlook
If Winder had finished the year healthy, he would be ranked significantly higher as a fantasy prospect and would be a very intriguing selection in draft-and-hold leagues. Even with his season sputtering out due to shoulder fatigue, he is at least worth monitoring this spring to see if he is back to full strength. A physical specimen at 6-foot-5, 210 pounds, the big righty checks all the boxes for a future starter, provided he can handle the workload. Winder has a mid-90s fastball, two plus secondaries in his mid-80s slider and upper-80s changeup and a fourth-pitch curveball that could be an average offering. He dominated at Double-A (1.98 ERA, 0.93 WHIP, 31.3 K%, 4.8 BB%), but was less dominant in four starts at Triple-A (4.67 ERA, 0.98 WHIP, 22.4 K%, 4.8 BB%). Perhaps his shoulder had already started barking at that point, but it's at least encouraging that even when he didn't have his best stuff, his control was still elite. Despite missing the final two months of the year, Winder got up to 72 innings, so he could push past 100 innings with good health. He is on the 40-man roster, and the Twins' rotation is wide open, so he is a quality sleeper heading into spring training. Read Past Outlooks

Role in flux
Winder isn't expected to start against the Royals this weekend, Phil Miller of the Minneapolis Star Tribune reports.
ANALYSIS
The right-hander surprisingly covered 3.2 frames as a long reliever Tuesday, and he won't be rejoining Minnesota's starting rotation this weekend, with Devin Smeltzer, Joe Ryan and Bailey Ober (groin) expected to take the mound. Winder had a 1.61 ERA over his first five outings but has given up nine runs (eight earned) over seven frames in his last two appearances, and it appears he may now be ticketed for bullpen work.
The right-hander surprisingly covered 3.2 frames as a long reliever Tuesday, and he won't be rejoining Minnesota's starting rotation this weekend, with Devin Smeltzer, Joe Ryan and Bailey Ober (groin) expected to take the mound. Winder had a 1.61 ERA over his first five outings but has given up nine runs (eight earned) over seven frames in his last two appearances, and it appears he may now be ticketed for bullpen work.
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2022
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Pitching Appearances Breakdown
Average Pitch Count
68
Last 10 Games
68
Last 5 Games
76
How many pitches does Josh Winder 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 Josh Winder generally pitch?
1st
2nd
3rd
4th
5th
6th
7th
8th
9th
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% Games Reaching Innings Threshold
% Games By Number of Innings Pitched
Left/Right Pitching Splits
Since 2020
-39%
BAA vs LHP
2022
-39%
BAA vs LHP
BAA | K | BB | H | HR | ||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Since 2020vs Left | .175 | 11 | 6 | 7 | 1 | |||
Since 2020vs Right | .286 | 12 | 3 | 20 | 3 | |||
2022vs Left | .175 | 11 | 6 | 7 | 1 | |||
2022vs Right | .286 | 12 | 3 | 20 | 3 | |||
2021vs Left | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
2021vs Right | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
2020vs Left | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
2020vs Right | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
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Home/Away Pitching Splits
Since 2020
-25%
ERA at Home
2022
-25%
ERA at Home
ERA | WHIP | IP | K/9 | BB/9 | |||||
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Since 2020Home | 3.14 | 1.19 | 14.1 | 8.2 | 3.1 | ||||
Since 2020Away | 4.20 | 1.27 | 15.0 | 6.0 | 2.4 | ||||
2022Home | 3.14 | 1.19 | 14.1 | 8.2 | 3.1 | ||||
2022Away | 4.20 | 1.27 | 15.0 | 6.0 | 2.4 | ||||
2021Home | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
2021Away | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
2020Home | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
2020Away | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
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Stat Review
How does Josh Winder 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
2.56K/9
7.1BB/9
2.8HR/9
1.2Fastball
94.0 mphERA
3.68WHIP
1.23BABIP
.278GB/FB
1.00Left On Base
72.4%Exit Velocity
83.1 mphBarrels/BBE
7.6%Spin Rate
1915 rpmBalls Hit 95+ MPH
22.9%Swinging Strike
11.2%Prospect Rankings History
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Struggles in relief appearance
Winder gave up five runs over 3.2 innings in a relief appearance in Tuesday's loss at Oakland. He had just one strikeout and allowed nine hits with one walk.
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Ineffective in loss
Winder (2-1) picked up the loss, allowing four runs (three earned) on six hits and three walks while striking out two in 3.1 innings of a 5-0 defeat Thursday against Houston.
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Another start awaits
Winder is lined up to start Thursday's game against the Astros, Do-Hyoung Park of MLB.com reports.
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Fans eight in Friday's win
Winder (2-0) picked up the win in Friday's 2-1 victory over the A's, giving up only one unearned run on three hits over six innings. He struck out eight without walking a batter.
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Starting Friday
Winder is listed as the starter for Friday's game against the Athletics.
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