Garrett Cleavinger
2026Grade
Below league average across the board.
Cleavinger has been below average at limiting bases
The simulator expects him to allow 0.459 bases per batter faced, better than 41% of qualified pitchers. His best skill is getting strikeouts (89th percentile). His weakest skill is limiting walks (18th percentile). Short relief outings push strikeout rates up a little, so read his K% spoke with that in mind.
His grade rests on 181 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 Garrett Cleavinger.
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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| Garrett Cleavinger | League median | Percentile | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bases per ball in play(lower = better) | .628 | .527 | — |
| Walk rate(lower = better) | 11% | 9% | 18th |
| Strikeout rate(higher = better) | 25% | 22% | 89th |
A higher percentile is better, and the 99th is the top of the league.
Arsenal
Garrett Cleavinger mixes his slider (44%) and sinker (28%). His best pitch has been the slider, saving 2.0 bases per 100 thrown against league average.
Pitch mix & swing-and-miss
He allowed about 85 estimated bases, against a replacement arm's 94 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 6.8 bases against league average across 734 pitches, or 0.9 per 100 pitches.
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Mix by batter side
Compared with the league, his slider tilts 64 points more toward righties.
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Garrett Cleavinger's pitch movement, 2026
His Slider and Sweeper 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.
Platoon splits
Platoon splits (EB/PA allowed)
He handles lefty bats better than righty bats, by 0.037 EB/PA allowed.
50% probable range: +0.028 to +0.045
vs LHB: shrunk estimate 0.409 EB/PA, 50% probable range 0.388 to 0.430, based on 73 plate appearances. Raw (unshrunk) rate: 0.556 EB/PA. League median vs LHB: 0.451 EB/PA.
His raw rate vs LHB (0.556) 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 0.445 EB/PA, 50% probable range 0.424 to 0.465, based on 107 plate appearances. Raw (unshrunk) rate: 0.441 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 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
Luck check
2 outs behind him came on balls the simulator values at 1.5 bases or more.
2 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 Garrett Cleavinger deserved.
Both bars count 103 balls in play, with walks and strikeouts left out.
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ERA 4.79 · WHIP 1.43 · BABIP against 0.320 (Lg median 0.286)
Best games
Best games
These are his best outings this season, ranked by bases saved against a replacement arm.
- vs OriolesMay 26, 2026score only
6 BF · 3 K
- Bases allowed
- 0.7
- Above replacement
- +2.5
- vs OriolesAug 22, 2026
4 BF · 2 K
- Bases allowed
- 0.1
- Above replacement
- +2.0
- vs Red SoxMay 10, 2026score only
3 BF · 3 K
- Bases allowed
- 0.0
- Above replacement
- +1.6
- vs TigersAug 24, 2026
3 BF · 2 K
- Bases allowed
- 0.1
- Above replacement
- +1.5
- vs GuardiansJul 26, 2026
3 BF · 1 K
- Bases allowed
- 0.1
- Above replacement
- +1.4
Trends
Multi-season trends · Garrett Cleavinger
Compared with last season, his HR allowed% is down, his BB% is up, his K% is down, his Barrel% against is up and his FB% against is down.
Actual rates show what happened on the field, season by season.