Eric Lauer
28-Year-Old
Free Agent
2023 Stats
W-L
4-6
ERA
6.56
WHIP
1.67
K
43
SV
0
Rest-of-Season Projections
2023 Fantasy Outlook
Lauer tied his high with 29 starts, over which he logged 158.2 innings, the most of his career. His 3.69 ERA may look good, but estimators pegged it about half a run to a full run higher. Homers were again Lauer's crutch as his HR% was the fifth highest among all hurlers throwing at least 150 stanzas. Lauer's 14.8 % K-BB% is below average, so he needed a fortunate .260 BABIP and 79.0% LOB mark to keep his ratios in check. Lauer reduced usage of an ineffective change up, but he continued to deploy an equally unproductive 78-mph curveball at a 16% rate. The catch is all his other pitches are within a 7-mph delta, so the slower curveball helps set up his four-seamer, cutter and slider. Still just 27-years-old, Lauer can make some adjustments, but unless he solves his home run issue, Lauer is best considered in the back-end/streamer range of a fantasy staff. Read Past Outlooks
Opts for free agency
Lauer elected free agency Monday, Todd Rosiak of the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel reports.
ANALYSIS
The Brewers understandably didn't want to give Lauer a raise via arbitration after he posted a 6.56 ERA and 1.67 WHIP over 46.2 innings this season. He's just 28 years old and posted a 3.84 ERA and 286:109 K:BB over 288.1 innings for Milwaukee from 2020-22, so the left-hander shouldn't have trouble finding another opportunity elsewhere.
The Brewers understandably didn't want to give Lauer a raise via arbitration after he posted a 6.56 ERA and 1.67 WHIP over 46.2 innings this season. He's just 28 years old and posted a 3.84 ERA and 286:109 K:BB over 288.1 innings for Milwaukee from 2020-22, so the left-hander shouldn't have trouble finding another opportunity elsewhere.
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Pitching Appearances Breakdown
Average Pitch Count
84
Last 10 Games
84
Last 5 Games
78
How many pitches does Eric Lauer generally throw?
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121+
What part of the game does Eric Lauer generally pitch?
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% Games Reaching Innings Threshold
% Games By Number of Innings Pitched
Left/Right Pitching Splits
Since 2021
-13%
BAA vs LHP
2023
-63%
BAA vs LHP
| BAA | K | BB | H | HR | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Since 2021vs Left | .208 | 52 | 31 | 48 | 5 | |||
| Since 2021vs Right | .239 | 265 | 93 | 235 | 54 | |||
| 2023vs Left | .121 | 8 | 5 | 4 | 1 | |||
| 2023vs Right | .329 | 35 | 19 | 50 | 15 | |||
| 2022vs Left | .216 | 23 | 11 | 21 | 3 | |||
| 2022vs Right | .230 | 134 | 48 | 114 | 24 | |||
| 2021vs Left | .228 | 21 | 15 | 23 | 1 | |||
| 2021vs Right | .211 | 96 | 26 | 71 | 15 | |||
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Home/Away Pitching Splits
Since 2021
-9%
ERA at Home
2023
-64%
ERA on Road
| ERA | WHIP | IP | K/9 | BB/9 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Since 2021Home | 3.74 | 1.23 | 163.2 | 8.9 | 3.4 | ||||
| Since 2021Away | 4.10 | 1.28 | 160.1 | 8.7 | 3.5 | ||||
| 2023Home | 10.35 | 2.15 | 20.0 | 9.0 | 5.9 | ||||
| 2023Away | 3.71 | 1.31 | 26.2 | 7.8 | 3.7 | ||||
| 2022Home | 2.56 | 1.07 | 77.1 | 9.3 | 2.9 | ||||
| 2022Away | 4.76 | 1.36 | 81.1 | 8.5 | 3.8 | ||||
| 2021Home | 3.12 | 1.13 | 66.1 | 8.4 | 3.3 | ||||
| 2021Away | 3.27 | 1.15 | 52.1 | 9.5 | 2.9 | ||||
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Stat Review
How does Eric Lauer 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
1.79K/9
8.3BB/9
4.6HR/9
3.1Fastball
90.9 mphERA
6.56WHIP
1.67BABIP
.300GB/FB
0.58Left On Base
70.1%Exit Velocity
83.4 mphBarrels/BBE
7.6%Spin Rate
2220 rpmBalls Hit 95+ MPH
25.5%Swinging Strike
9.4%Prospect Rankings History
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Past Fantasy Outlooks
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It would have been easy to miss if he wasn't on any of your fantasy teams, but Lauer was quite valuable over his final 15 appearances. He logged a 2.23 ERA, 1.00 WHIP and 76 strikeouts in 80.2 innings -- a far cry from the 5.21 ERA and 1.42 WHIP he posted over his first nine appearances. Part of his success over the final three months can be attributed to easy matchups, including facing the Pirates a whopping four times over that stretch. Lauer threw five pitches (four-seamer, cutter, curveball, slider, changeup) over 10% of the time last season, but his improved results correlate with him significantly increasing his slider and curveball usage (his two best pitches by xwOBA) while dialing back his four-seamer and cutter. This is the pitcher the Brewers hoped they were getting along with Luis Urias in the deal that sent Trent Grisham and Zach Davies to San Diego. While Lauer doesn't have a sky-high ceiling, he is a good late-round target in mixed leagues.
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Outrighted to Nashville
Lauer cleared waivers Friday and was sent outright to Triple-A Nashville, Todd Rosiak of the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel reports.
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Returns to minors
Lauer was optioned to the Arizona Complez League on Sunday, Adam McCalvy of MLB.com reports.
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Hit hard in return
Lauer (4-6) took the loss Saturday, allowing eight runs on nine hits and four walks over four innings against the Cubs. He struck out two.
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Promotion official
The Brewers recalled Lauer from Triple-A Nashville to start Saturday against the Cubs.
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Back in bigs, starting Saturday
The Brewers will recall Lauer from Triple-A Nashville on Saturday to start their penultimate game of the regular season versus the Cubs at American Family Field, Curt Hogg of the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel reports.
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