Hoby Milner
2026Grade
Rarely walks anyone and lets the defense work.
Milner has been below average at limiting bases
The simulator expects him to allow 0.460 bases per batter faced, better than 39% of qualified pitchers. His best skill is limiting walks (89th percentile). His weakest skill is getting strikeouts (13th percentile). Short relief outings push strikeout rates up a little, so read his K% spoke with that in mind.
His grade rests on 177 batters faced, with data through 2026-09-27.
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Plays like…
Each of these pitchers shares his archetype and sits closest to him in xEB/PA. Pick one to see him side by side with Hoby Milner.
Pitcher type
Pitcher type
He lands in the “Hit hard, few strikeouts” corner of the map.
League best:K% − BB% Jacob Misiorowski (26.8%)Hard-hit% allowed Blake Snell (29.0%)
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| Hoby Milner | League median | Percentile | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bases per ball in play(lower = better) | .484 | .527 | — |
| Walk rate(lower = better) | 7% | 9% | 89th |
| Strikeout rate(higher = better) | 18% | 22% | 13th |
A higher percentile is better, and the 99th is the top of the league.
Arsenal
Hoby Milner mixes his sinker (39%) and sweeper (27%). His best pitch has been the sweeper, saving 1.4 bases per 100 thrown against league average.
Pitch mix & swing-and-miss
He allowed about 79 estimated bases, against a replacement arm's 92 over the same batters faced.
Replacement level is per-batter and can't be split by pitch type, so the bars below use league average.
He saved 0.8 bases against league average across 674 pitches, or 0.1 per 100 pitches.
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Mix by batter side
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Hoby Milner's pitch movement, 2026
None of his pitches has clearly moved from its early-season shape.
The verdict above compares each pitch with his own early-season outings in 2026, not with other pitchers, after taking out the league-wide drift in break.
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By appearance
These charts follow his velocity, movement and pitch mix one outing at a time, and each pitch keeps the same color in every chart. The velocity and movement charts also shade the middle of the league for scale.
Platoon splits
Platoon splits (EB/PA allowed)
He handles lefty bats better than righty bats, by 0.038 EB/PA allowed.
50% probable range: +0.029 to +0.046
vs LHB: shrunk estimate 0.428 EB/PA, 50% probable range 0.407 to 0.448, based on 85 plate appearances. Raw (unshrunk) rate: 0.431 EB/PA. League median vs LHB: 0.451 EB/PA.
vs RHB: shrunk estimate 0.466 EB/PA, 50% probable range 0.446 to 0.486, based on 92 plate appearances. Raw (unshrunk) rate: 0.470 EB/PA. League median vs RHB: 0.435 EB/PA.
His split is about typical for a lefty arm (median 0.038). Against righty bats he allows more than the league median, which is a real platoon weakness.
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- Each dot is his estimate against that side, with its 50% probable range as the bar. These are bases allowed, so lower is better.
- The diamond is his raw rate, which small samples make noisy, so the simulator pulls the dot toward a more trustworthy value.
- The dashed tick is the league median, and the shaded strip is the middle half of pitchers with 100 or more batters faced.
- The two splits average back to his modeled overall EB/PA allowed, not the xEB/PA headline.
- Tap or hover a mark for its number. LHB and RHB are left- and right-handed batters. More on the About page
Contact allowed
Batters go up the middle off him most often, but they do the most damage to the pull side.
Pull side and opposite field depend on which side each batter hits from, so this pools every hitter he faced.
Batted balls allowed
Luck check
One out behind him came on a ball the simulator values at 1.5 bases or more.
3 hits off him had less than a 20% chance of being hits.
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Deserved vs. actual
Batters have been credited with about the bases their contact off Hoby Milner deserved.
Both bars count 138 balls in play, with walks and strikeouts left out.
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ERA 3.64 · WHIP 1.24 · BABIP against 0.278 (Lg median 0.286)
Best games
Best games
These are his best outings this season, ranked by bases saved against a replacement arm.
- vs AngelsSep 27, 2026
8 BF · 1 K, 2 H
- Bases allowed
- 1.7
- Above replacement
- +2.5
- vs PadresApr 28, 2026score only
4 BF · 1 K
- Bases allowed
- 0.2
- Above replacement
- +1.9
- vs BrewersMay 20, 2026score only
4 BF · 1 K
- Bases allowed
- 0.3
- Above replacement
- +1.8
- vs White SoxMay 17, 2026
5 BF · 2 K, 1 H
- Bases allowed
- 0.9
- Above replacement
- +1.7
- vs PhilliesApr 22, 2026score only
4 BF · 2 K, 1 H
- Bases allowed
- 0.5
- Above replacement
- +1.6
Trends
Multi-season trends · Hoby Milner
Compared with last season, his HR allowed% is up, his BB% is down, his K% is down, his Barrel% against is down and his GB% against is down.
Actual rates show what happened on the field, season by season.