2023 Stats
W-L
7-5
ERA
3.47
WHIP
1.16
K
113
SV
0
Rest-of-Season Projections
2023 Fantasy Outlook
Ragans made his big-league debut with nine starts last season and posted a 4.95 ERA, 1.48 WHIP and 27:16 K:BB over 40 innings. The Rangers revamped their starting rotation during the offseason with the additions of veterans Jacob deGrom, Andrew Heaney, Nate Eovaldi and Jake Odorizzi, leaving the 25-year-old with extremely slim odds of making the Opening Day roster. Ragans is unlikely to be much of a factor in Texas' rotation in 2023, and if he is it means the club is enduring some serious injury issues. Read Past Outlooks
Struggles with command in loss
Ragans (7-5) took the loss Thursday, allowing four runs on five hits and four walks over 6.1 innings against the Tigers. He struck out eight.
ANALYSIS
Ragans shut out the Tigers over the first six innings, but ran into trouble in the bottom of the seventh after allowing a single and back-to-back walks. The lefty would eventually be charged with four runs in the frame, though two of those runs came across after he was relieved by Carlos Hernandez. Ragans has allowed four or more runs in two of his last three starts, though this was the third consecutive outing in which he's gone at least six innings. He's also issued four walks in back-to-back starts.
Ragans shut out the Tigers over the first six innings, but ran into trouble in the bottom of the seventh after allowing a single and back-to-back walks. The lefty would eventually be charged with four runs in the frame, though two of those runs came across after he was relieved by Carlos Hernandez. Ragans has allowed four or more runs in two of his last three starts, though this was the third consecutive outing in which he's gone at least six innings. He's also issued four walks in back-to-back starts.
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Pitching Appearances Breakdown
Average Pitch Count
55
Last 10 Games
100
Last 5 Games
97
How many pitches does Cole Ragans generally throw?
1-10
11-20
21-30
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41-50
51-60
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71-80
81-90
91-100
101-110
111-120
121+
What part of the game does Cole Ragans generally pitch?
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% Games Reaching Innings Threshold
% Games By Number of Innings Pitched
Left/Right Pitching Splits
Since 2021
-11%
BAA vs RHP
2023
-26%
BAA vs RHP
| BAA | K | BB | H | HR | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Since 2021vs Left | .245 | 27 | 11 | 26 | 1 | |||
| Since 2021vs Right | .219 | 113 | 46 | 87 | 12 | |||
| 2023vs Left | .253 | 22 | 11 | 20 | 1 | |||
| 2023vs Right | .187 | 91 | 30 | 50 | 6 | |||
| 2022vs Left | .222 | 5 | 0 | 6 | 0 | |||
| 2022vs Right | .282 | 22 | 16 | 37 | 6 | |||
| 2021vs Left | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| 2021vs Right | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
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Home/Away Pitching Splits
Since 2021
-2%
ERA on Road
2023
-21%
ERA at Home
| ERA | WHIP | IP | K/9 | BB/9 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Since 2021Home | 3.95 | 1.23 | 70.2 | 8.9 | 3.1 | ||||
| Since 2021Away | 3.86 | 1.27 | 65.1 | 9.6 | 4.5 | ||||
| 2023Home | 3.06 | 1.11 | 47.0 | 9.8 | 3.3 | ||||
| 2023Away | 3.86 | 1.20 | 49.0 | 11.4 | 4.4 | ||||
| 2022Home | 5.70 | 1.48 | 23.2 | 7.2 | 2.7 | ||||
| 2022Away | 3.86 | 1.47 | 16.1 | 4.4 | 5.0 | ||||
| 2021Home | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| 2021Away | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
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Stat Review
How does Cole Ragans 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
2.76K/9
10.6BB/9
3.8HR/9
0.7Fastball
96.6 mphERA
3.47WHIP
1.16BABIP
.285GB/FB
1.39Left On Base
70.2%Exit Velocity
81.4 mphBarrels/BBE
3.4%Spin Rate
2381 rpmBalls Hit 95+ MPH
20.4%Swinging Strike
14.6%Prospect Rankings History
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2018 Fantasy Outlook
A projectable 6-foot-4 lefty, Ragans only logged 7.2 innings after the Rangers selected him with the 30th overall pick in 2016, so he entered 2017 as a bit of a mystery. However, we soon learned that his low-90s fastball and low-80s changeup already grade out as plus offerings, so naturally he was able to dominate hitters in the Northwest League. He had the worst walk rate in the league (14 percent) and still finished second in K-BB% (20.8 percent) because he was using that fastball/changeup combo to strike hitters out at an ace-like clip (34.8 percent). It's obvious that his command/control needs a lot of work, but he has the size, handedness and feel for a changeup that cannot be taught. His curveball also needs some work. Ragans has No. 2 starter upside and plenty of time to work on improving his weaknesses. Entering his age-20 season, approaching 100 innings would be a big accomplishment, as he still needs to show he can go deeper into games and eventually handle a starter's workload.
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Earns seventh win
Ragans (7-4) yielded two runs on three hits and four walks over six innings Friday, striking out five and picking up a win over Houston.
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Fans seven in no-decision
Ragans came away with a no-decision Saturday, surrendering five runs on six hits and two walks over six-plus innings as the Royals downed the Astros 10-8. He struck out seven.
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Falters late against Blue Jays
Ragans allowed two runs on one hit and six walks while striking out six over 5.2 innings Sunday against the Blue Jays. He did not factor into the decision.
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Dominates in sixth win
Ragans (6-4) earned the win Monday against the White Sox, allowing two runners (one hit and one hit-by-pitch) over six scoreless innings. He struck out seven.
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Blanks Pirates
Ragans did not factor into the decision Tuesday, allowing three hits and one walk over seven scoreless innings against the Pirates. He struck out nine.
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