Jhoan Duran
2026Grade
Suppresses damage and throws strikes — the full package.
Duran is among the league's best at limiting bases
The simulator expects him to allow 0.383 bases per batter faced, better than 99% of qualified pitchers. His best skill is getting strikeouts (98th percentile). Short relief outings push strikeout rates up a little, so read his K% spoke with that in mind.
His grade rests on 236 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 Jhoan Duran.
Pitcher type
Pitcher type
He lands in the “Misses bats, but gets hit hard” corner of the map.
League best:K% − BB% Jacob Misiorowski (26.8%)Hard-hit% allowed Blake Snell (29.0%)
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| Jhoan Duran | League median | Percentile | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bases per ball in play(lower = better) | .396 | .527 | — |
| Walk rate(lower = better) | 5% | 9% | 98th |
| Strikeout rate(higher = better) | 29% | 22% | 98th |
A higher percentile is better, and the 99th is the top of the league.
Arsenal
Jhoan Duran leans on his splitter (46% of pitches). His best pitch has been the sweeper, saving 5.7 bases per 100 thrown against league average, with a 63% whiff rate against a league median of 31%.
Pitch mix & swing-and-miss
He allowed about 66 estimated bases, against a replacement arm's 123 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 35.5 bases against league average across 893 pitches, or 4.0 per 100 pitches.
His changeup isn't in the charts below, because only 45 of them were tracked with velocity and movement data this season.
He rarely throws his sinker and cutter (1% of his pitches combined).
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Mix by batter side
Compared with the league, his splitter tilts 31 points more toward righties.
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Jhoan Duran'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 45 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 0.041 EB/PA allowed.
50% probable range: +0.033 to +0.049
vs LHB: shrunk estimate 0.395 EB/PA, 50% probable range 0.374 to 0.414, based on 129 plate appearances. Raw (unshrunk) rate: 0.278 EB/PA. League median vs LHB: 0.451 EB/PA.
His raw rate vs LHB (0.278) 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 0.354 EB/PA, 50% probable range 0.334 to 0.373, based on 107 plate appearances. Raw (unshrunk) rate: 0.299 EB/PA. League median vs RHB: 0.435 EB/PA.
His raw rate vs RHB (0.299) 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 up the middle off him most often, but they do the most damage to the opposite field.
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.
9 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 5 more bases than their contact off Jhoan Duran deserved, so his results have been unlucky so far.
Both bars count 136 balls in play, with walks and strikeouts left out.
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ERA 1.82 · WHIP 0.99 · BABIP against 0.336 (Lg median 0.286)
Best games
Best games
These are his best outings this season, ranked by bases saved against a replacement arm.
- vs D-backsAug 31, 2026
5 BF · 2 K, 2 H
- Bases allowed
- 0.2
- Above replacement
- +2.4
- vs RedsJul 7, 2026
4 BF · 3 K, 1 H
- Bases allowed
- 0.0
- Above replacement
- +2.1
- vs CardinalsAug 21, 2026
4 BF · 2 K, 1 H
- Bases allowed
- 0.2
- Above replacement
- +1.9
- vs MarinersAug 26, 2026
4 BF · 2 K, 1 H
- Bases allowed
- 0.3
- Above replacement
- +1.7
- vs Blue JaysAug 8, 2026
4 BF · 1 K, 1 H
- Bases allowed
- 0.5
- Above replacement
- +1.6
Trends
Multi-season trends · Jhoan Duran
Compared with last season, his HR allowed% is down, his BB% is down, his K% is up, his Barrel% against is down and his FB% against is down.
Actual rates show what happened on the field, season by season.