2025 Stats
W-L
3-1
ERA
2.64
WHIP
1.27
K
36
SV
0
Rest-of-Season Projections
2025 Fantasy Outlook
Holmes saved 74 games for the Yankees from 2022 through 2024, including a career-high 30 saves last season, but he'll try his hand at starting for the Mets after inking a three-year, $38 million deal this offseason. Holmes' top skill is generating groundballs -- he has a career 66.3 percent groundball rate and has generated grounders at a 60 percent clip every year save his rookie year for Pittsburgh in 2018. Among 2024 qualified starters, Framber Valdez was the only starter with a groundball rate north of 60 percent (60.6%). The top five starters by groundball rate were Valdez, Max Fried, Cristopher Sanchez, Logan Webb and Tanner Houck, and if Holmes is as productive as even the lesser of those five, his contract will be a bargain for the Mets. Holmes hasn't topped 100 innings since 2018, when he threw 127.2 frames, and that was also the last year he made a start at any level. He probably won't build up much past 120 innings in his first year getting stretched out, and it's possible the experiment won't go as planned and the Mets move him to a setup role. Read Past Outlooks
Tosses five scoreless innings
Holmes (3-1) earned the win against the Nationals on Saturday, allowing four hits while striking out two over five scoreless frames. He did not issue a walk.
ANALYSIS
Despite generating just five whiffs and seven first-pitch strikes on 70 pitches (44), Holmes limited the Nationals to four baserunners and retired nine of the final 10 batters he faced. He has yielded one earned run or less in four of his six starts this season, and his 36 strikeouts is 10th among qualified starters in the National League. Holmes has a 2.64 ERA and 1.27 WHIP over 30.2 innings this season and is lined up to face the Diamondbacks at home next week.
Despite generating just five whiffs and seven first-pitch strikes on 70 pitches (44), Holmes limited the Nationals to four baserunners and retired nine of the final 10 batters he faced. He has yielded one earned run or less in four of his six starts this season, and his 36 strikeouts is 10th among qualified starters in the National League. Holmes has a 2.64 ERA and 1.27 WHIP over 30.2 innings this season and is lined up to face the Diamondbacks at home next week.
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Pitching Appearances Breakdown
Average Pitch Count
85
Last 10 Games
85
Last 5 Games
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How many pitches does Clay Holmes generally throw?
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What part of the game does Clay Holmes generally pitch?
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% Games By Number of Innings Pitched
Left/Right Pitching Splits
Since 2023
Even Split
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-6%
BAA vs RHP
| BAA | K | BB | H | HR | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Since 2023vs Left | .232 | 69 | 32 | 66 | 3 | |||
| Since 2023vs Right | .232 | 106 | 26 | 71 | 3 | |||
| 2025vs Left | .234 | 18 | 8 | 15 | 0 | |||
| 2025vs Right | .220 | 18 | 5 | 11 | 0 | |||
| 2024vs Left | .258 | 25 | 12 | 31 | 2 | |||
| 2024vs Right | .238 | 43 | 10 | 29 | 2 | |||
| 2023vs Left | .200 | 26 | 12 | 20 | 1 | |||
| 2023vs Right | .231 | 45 | 11 | 31 | 1 | |||
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Home/Away Pitching Splits
Since 2023
-23%
ERA on Road
2025
-53%
ERA on Road
| ERA | WHIP | IP | K/9 | BB/9 | |||||
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| Since 2023Home | 3.33 | 1.22 | 75.2 | 10.9 | 2.6 | ||||
| Since 2023Away | 2.56 | 1.27 | 81.0 | 9.2 | 4.0 | ||||
| 2025Home | 3.97 | 1.24 | 11.1 | 12.7 | 4.0 | ||||
| 2025Away | 1.86 | 1.29 | 19.1 | 9.3 | 3.7 | ||||
| 2024Home | 3.30 | 1.10 | 30.0 | 10.5 | 2.1 | ||||
| 2024Away | 3.00 | 1.48 | 33.0 | 9.0 | 4.1 | ||||
| 2023Home | 3.15 | 1.31 | 34.1 | 10.7 | 2.6 | ||||
| 2023Away | 2.51 | 1.01 | 28.2 | 9.4 | 4.1 | ||||
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Stat Review
How does Clay Holmes 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
2.77K/9
10.6BB/9
3.8HR/9
0.0Fastball
93.4 mphERA
2.64WHIP
1.27BABIP
.340GB/FB
3.14Left On Base
71.8%Exit Velocity
81.0 mphBarrels/BBE
1.3%Spin Rate
2163 rpmBalls Hit 95+ MPH
25.2%Swinging Strike
9.8%Advanced Pitching Stats
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Past Fantasy Outlooks
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Yankees manager Aaron Boone clued us in prior to the 2023 season that Holmes would be used in high-leverage spots before the ninth inning. That's exactly how he was deployed in the first-half, often having his number called during the 7th and 8th innings. However, 26 of his 28 outings after the All-Star break came in the 9th inning or later. He finished with a career-high 24 of the Yankees' 44 saves for a 54.5% team save share, which was an improvement over 2022. Holmes also posted a career-best 27.1% strikeout rate to go along with an elite 2.4% barrel rate (99th percentile) and 66.7% groundball percentage (100th percentile). The right-hander threw fewer sinkers (69.2% pitch usage) in favor of more breaking pitches, with his slider and sweeper both generating 40-plus percent whiff rates. With Boone returning as manager in 2024, expect similar usage for Holmes, who has established himself as a high-leverage mainstay for New York.
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Tosses six strong versus St. Louis
Holmes pitched six innings, giving up one run on four hits and two walks while striking out six in Sunday's 7-4 win over the Cardinals. He did not factor into the decision.
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Five strong innings in second win
Holmes (2-1) picked up the win Monday against the Twins, allowing one run on two hits and two walks in five innings. He struck out eight.
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Earns first win of 2025
Holmes (1-1) came away with the win against the Marlins on Tuesday. He gave up four runs on five hits and three walks while striking out 10 across 5.1 innings.
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Improves control in no-decision
Holmes didn't factor into the decision after allowing two runs (one earned) on six hits and two walks in 4.2 innings Wednesday against Miami. He struck out six.
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Takes loss on Opening Day
Holmes (0-1) came away with the loss against the Astros on Thursday after giving up three runs (two earned) on five hits and four walks over 4.2 innings. He struck out four.
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Nearing free-agent decision
Holmes is expected to pick a team soon, Jayson Stark of The Athletic reports.
ANALYSIS
Stark notes that it is not yet clear whether Holmes will sign as a reliever or starter. He has pitched out of the bullpen exclusively since the start of the 2019 season, but there are multiple clubs this winter considering him as a rotation option. Holmes put up a 3.14 ERA and 68:22 K:BB over 63 regular-season innings with the Yankees in 2024.
Stark notes that it is not yet clear whether Holmes will sign as a reliever or starter. He has pitched out of the bullpen exclusively since the start of the 2019 season, but there are multiple clubs this winter considering him as a rotation option. Holmes put up a 3.14 ERA and 68:22 K:BB over 63 regular-season innings with the Yankees in 2024.