Tanner Banks
2026Grade
Misses bats in bunches; lives with the walks.
Banks has been below average at limiting bases
The simulator expects him to allow 0.457 bases per batter faced, better than 44% of qualified pitchers. His best skill is limiting hard contact (78th percentile). His weakest skill is limiting home runs (8th percentile). Short relief outings push strikeout rates up a little, so read his K% spoke with that in mind.
His grade rests on 176 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 Tanner Banks.
Pitcher type
Pitcher type
He lands in the “Misses bats, limits hard contact” corner of the map.
League best:K% − BB% Jacob Misiorowski (26.8%)Hard-hit% allowed Blake Snell (29.0%)
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| Tanner Banks | League median | Percentile | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bases per ball in play(lower = better) | .563 | .527 | — |
| Walk rate(lower = better) | 9% | 9% | 57th |
| Strikeout rate(higher = better) | 22% | 22% | 47th |
A higher percentile is better, and the 99th is the top of the league.
Arsenal
Tanner Banks mixes his slider (36%) and sweeper (23%). His best pitch has been the sweeper, saving 3.2 bases per 100 thrown against league average.
Pitch mix & swing-and-miss
He allowed about 84 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 cost 2.8 bases against league average across 637 pitches, or 0.4 per 100 pitches.
His changeup isn't in the charts below, because only 32 of them were tracked with velocity and movement data this season.
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Mix by batter side
Compared with the league, his slider tilts 26 points more toward righties.
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Tanner Banks's pitch movement, 2026
His Sweeper and Sinker have moved 2+ inches from their early-season shapes.
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. His changeup isn't in these charts, because only 32 of them were tracked with velocity and movement data this season.
Platoon splits
Platoon splits (EB/PA allowed)
He handles lefty bats better than righty bats, by 0.036 EB/PA allowed.
50% probable range: +0.027 to +0.045
vs LHB: shrunk estimate 0.438 EB/PA, 50% probable range 0.418 to 0.459, based on 75 plate appearances. Raw (unshrunk) rate: 0.564 EB/PA. League median vs LHB: 0.451 EB/PA.
His raw rate vs LHB (0.564) is off this scale. Small samples can push a raw rate this far, which is why the dot, the shrunk estimate, is the number to trust.
vs RHB: shrunk estimate 0.475 EB/PA, 50% probable range 0.455 to 0.496, based on 101 plate appearances. Raw (unshrunk) rate: 0.414 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
2 outs behind him came on balls the simulator values at 1.5 bases or more.
8 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 20 more bases than their contact off Tanner Banks deserved, so his results have been unlucky so far.
Both bars count 121 balls in play, with walks and strikeouts left out.
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ERA 6.19 · WHIP 1.84 · BABIP against 0.389 (Lg median 0.286)
Best games
Best games
These are his best outings this season, ranked by bases saved against a replacement arm.
- vs White SoxJun 6, 2026score only
8 BF · 2 K, 1 H
- Bases allowed
- 0.9
- Above replacement
- +3.3
- vs RockiesMay 9, 2026score only
6 BF · 3 K
- Bases allowed
- 0.9
- Above replacement
- +2.3
- vs BravesSep 13, 2026
9 BF · 3 K, 3 H, 1 HR
- Bases allowed
- 2.5
- Above replacement
- +2.2
- vs NationalsMar 31, 2026score only
8 BF · 2 K, 3 H
- Bases allowed
- 2.1
- Above replacement
- +2.1
- vs MarlinsMay 4, 2026score only
4 BF · 1 K
- Bases allowed
- 0.3
- Above replacement
- +1.8
Trends
Multi-season trends · Tanner Banks
Compared with last season, his HR allowed% is up, his BB% is up, his Barrel% against is down, his GB% against is down and his FB% against is up.
Actual rates show what happened on the field, season by season.