Nick Wittgren
31-Year-Old
2022 Stats
W-L
1-0
ERA
5.90
WHIP
1.55
K
17
SV
1
2023 Projections
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Latches on in Kansas City
Wittgren signed a minor-league contract with the Royals on Monday.
ANALYSIS
He should be in major-league camp as a non-roster invitee. Wittgren has had some usefulness in the past, but he's now 31 years old and coming off back-to-back seasons with a plus-5.00 ERA.
He should be in major-league camp as a non-roster invitee. Wittgren has had some usefulness in the past, but he's now 31 years old and coming off back-to-back seasons with a plus-5.00 ERA.
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Pitching Appearances Breakdown
Average Pitch Count
17
Last 10 Games
23
Last 5 Games
20
How many pitches does Nick Wittgren generally throw?
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91-100
101-110
111-120
121+
What part of the game does Nick Wittgren generally pitch?
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% Games Reaching Innings Threshold
% Games By Number of Innings Pitched
Left/Right Pitching Splits
Since 2020
-12%
BAA vs RHP
2022
-6%
BAA vs RHP
| BAA | K | BB | H | HR | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Since 2020vs Left | .277 | 41 | 18 | 51 | 7 | |||
| Since 2020vs Right | .243 | 63 | 14 | 60 | 11 | |||
| 2022vs Left | .311 | 7 | 4 | 14 | 0 | |||
| 2022vs Right | .292 | 10 | 6 | 21 | 1 | |||
| 2021vs Left | .320 | 21 | 11 | 31 | 6 | |||
| 2021vs Right | .219 | 40 | 6 | 30 | 7 | |||
| 2020vs Left | .143 | 13 | 3 | 6 | 1 | |||
| 2020vs Right | .237 | 13 | 2 | 9 | 3 | |||
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Home/Away Pitching Splits
Since 2020
-3%
ERA on Road
2022
-31%
ERA on Road
| ERA | WHIP | IP | K/9 | BB/9 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Since 2020Home | 4.88 | 1.20 | 59.0 | 7.6 | 2.4 | ||||
| Since 2020Away | 4.75 | 1.31 | 55.0 | 8.8 | 2.6 | ||||
| 2022Home | 6.75 | 1.56 | 17.1 | 5.2 | 3.1 | ||||
| 2022Away | 4.63 | 1.54 | 11.2 | 5.4 | 3.1 | ||||
| 2021Home | 5.04 | 1.19 | 30.1 | 8.0 | 2.7 | ||||
| 2021Away | 5.06 | 1.31 | 32.0 | 9.6 | 2.3 | ||||
| 2020Home | 1.59 | 0.71 | 11.1 | 10.3 | 0.8 | ||||
| 2020Away | 3.97 | 1.06 | 11.1 | 10.3 | 3.2 | ||||
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Stat Review
How does Nick Wittgren compare to other relievers?
This section compares his stats with all relief pitcher seasons from the previous three seasons (minimum 30 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 30 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 30 IP). See here for more exit velocity/barrels stats plus an explanation of current limitations with that data set.
K/BB
1.70K/9
5.3BB/9
3.1HR/9
0.3Fastball
91.3 mphERA
5.90WHIP
1.55BABIP
.344GB/FB
1.31Left On Base
59.6%Exit Velocity
82.9 mphBarrels/BBE
1.5%Spin Rate
2025 rpmBalls Hit 95+ MPH
23.5%Swinging Strike
7.1%Advanced Pitching Stats
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Defensive Stats
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Past Fantasy Outlooks
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Wittgren led Cleveland in holds with 10 in 2020, two more than James Karinchak. His K-BB% increased to 22.4, a top-40 mark among qualified relievers. So, is Wittgren perhaps a sneaky candidate to close over Karinchak? It's not completely out of the question, but it's not likely. For as solid as Wittgren has been since joining Cleveland, he has also been prone to the long ball with a HR/9 over 1.50 each of the past two seasons. He has respectable strikeout rates but nothing close to the same level of dominance as Karinchak. It's also telling that Wittgren did not get a save last year. He's a nice reliever, but the homer problems make it tough to envision him closing consistently. Manager Terry Francona would be playing with fire.
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Becomes free agent
The Cardinals granted Wittgren his release Monday, Derrick Goold of the St. Louis Post-Dispatch reports.
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Designated for assignment
Wittgren was designated for assignment by the Cardinals on Saturday.
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Covers two scoreless innings
Wittgren allowed a hit and struck out one in two scoreless innings during Friday's 3-0 loss to the Cubs.
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Snags win Saturday
Wittgren (1-0) allowed a hit in a scoreless inning to earn the win Saturday over the Reds.
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Picks up first save
Wittgren recorded the last out of Wednesday's 5-2 win over the Padres, earning a save.
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