Daniel Duarte
2026Grade
Suppresses damage and throws strikes — the full package.
Duarte is comfortably above average at limiting bases
The simulator expects him to allow 0.429 bases per batter faced, better than 85% of qualified pitchers. His best skill is limiting hard contact (97th percentile). Short relief outings push strikeout rates up a little, so read his K% spoke with that in mind.
His grade rests on 112 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 Daniel Duarte.
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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| Daniel Duarte | League median | Percentile | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bases per ball in play(lower = better) | .427 | .527 | — |
| Walk rate(lower = better) | 8% | 9% | 73rd |
| Strikeout rate(higher = better) | 24% | 22% | 61st |
A higher percentile is better, and the 99th is the top of the league.
Arsenal
Daniel Duarte mixes his cutter (33%) and sweeper (26%). His best pitch has been the sinker, saving 8.0 bases per 100 thrown against league average.
Pitch mix & swing-and-miss
He allowed about 40 estimated bases, against a replacement arm's 58 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 10.4 bases against league average across 414 pitches, or 2.5 per 100 pitches.
His changeup isn't in the charts below, because only 49 of them were tracked with velocity and movement data this season.
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Mix by batter side
Compared with the league, his sinker tilts 16 points more toward lefties.
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Daniel Duarte's pitch movement, 2026
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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 49 of them were tracked with velocity and movement data this season.
Platoon splits
Platoon splits (EB/PA allowed)
He handles righty bats better than lefty bats, by 0.043 EB/PA allowed.
50% probable range: +0.034 to +0.051
vs LHB: shrunk estimate 0.425 EB/PA, 50% probable range 0.405 to 0.446, based on 70 plate appearances. Raw (unshrunk) rate: 0.445 EB/PA. League median vs LHB: 0.451 EB/PA.
vs RHB: shrunk estimate 0.382 EB/PA, 50% probable range 0.360 to 0.402, based on 43 plate appearances. Raw (unshrunk) rate: 0.195 EB/PA. League median vs RHB: 0.435 EB/PA.
His raw rate vs RHB (0.195) 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.
His split is about typical for a righty arm (median 0.042). He allows less than the league median against both sides, so even his weaker side is a strength.
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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 to the pull side off him most often, and that's also where they do the most damage.
Pull side and opposite field depend on which side each batter hits from, so this pools every hitter he faced.
Batted balls allowed
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Deserved vs. actual
Batters have been credited with about the bases their contact off Daniel Duarte deserved.
Both bars count 74 balls in play, with walks and strikeouts left out.
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ERA 2.12 · WHIP 0.81 · BABIP against 0.197 (Lg median 0.286)
Best games
Best games
These are his best outings this season, ranked by bases saved against a replacement arm.
- vs BravesJul 27, 2026
6 BF · 3 K
- Bases allowed
- 0.3
- Above replacement
- +2.9
- vs NationalsMay 19, 2026score only
7 BF · 1 K, 1 H
- Bases allowed
- 1.4
- Above replacement
- +2.3
- vs BravesAug 10, 2026
7 BF · 0 K, 1 BB
- Bases allowed
- 2.0
- Above replacement
- +1.7
- vs RaysSep 2, 2026
4 BF · 1 K
- Bases allowed
- 0.5
- Above replacement
- +1.6
- vs PadresAug 17, 2026
3 BF · 2 K
- Bases allowed
- 0.0
- Above replacement
- +1.6
Trends
Multi-season trends · Daniel Duarte
Compared with his previous season, his xEB/PA is down, his HR allowed% is down, his BB% is down and his K% is up.
Actual rates show what happened on the field, season by season.