Shane Drohan

2026

Brewers· LHP · throws L· 63.2 IP· 2.97 ERA· 1.24 WHIP· 267 BF

Grade

A87th percentile run prevention

StarterComplete Arm

Suppresses damage and throws strikes — the full package.

Drohan is comfortably above average at preventing runs

The simulator expects 0.403 bases allowed per batter faced against him — better than 87th percentile of qualified pitchers. His standout tool is HR Suppression (81st percentile).

Each spoke is a skill estimate adjusted for sample size (not raw season stats), so farther out = better.
Percentiles vs. 396 qualified pitchers — 100+ batters faced, starters and relievers pooled.
267 batters faced · data through 2026-07-09.

Plays like…

Same archetype, nearest by rate — the pitchers whose profile looks most like this one.

Braxton AshcraftPirates

Chris SaleBraves

Robert SuarezBraves

Didier FuentesBraves

What drives it

Every plate appearance ends one of three ways: a strikeout (0 bases), a walk (1 base), or a ball in play worth its estimated bases.
The bar splits his runs prevented into those pieces, versus the league.
Fewer bases allowed is better. In the table, 100th percentile = best in MLB.

Ball-in-play basesWalk bases

Bases per batter faced

.296

.078

Shane Drohan

.368

.088

League average

	Shane Drohan	League	Percentile
Bases per ball in play(fewer = better)	.432	.536	87th
Walk rate(fewer = better)	8%	9%	67th
Strikeout rate(higher = better)	23%	23%	51st

Contact allowed

Batters go to the pull side off him most often, and that's where the hardest contact comes from.

Pull and oppo are relative to each batter's stance, so this pools all the hitters he faced.

Batted balls allowed

Where every ball hit off Shane Drohan landed this season.
Dots are colored by estimated bases (EB) — pale slate (easy out) to dark teal (home-run territory).
Filled dots are hits; hollow rings are outs — a dark ring in the outfield is a crushed ball his defense ran down.
Hover a dot or a row to link the two; click to watch on Baseball Savant.

hit · out

EBlowhigh

vs Andy PagesHome run

EV 106 mph · LA 36° · EB 3.8

05/24 vs Dodgers

vs Noelvi MarteHome run

EV 107 mph · LA 22° · EB 3.5

07/01 vs Reds

vs Braxton FulfordDouble

EV 107 mph · LA 23° · EB 2.8

06/07 vs Rockies

vs Michael BuschDouble

EV 102 mph · LA 26° · EB 2.4

05/18 vs Cubs

vs Nelson VelázquezDouble

EV 102 mph · LA 13° · EB 2.2

07/06 vs Cardinals

Luck check

Burned 6 times — balls with a hit probability under 20% that found grass anyway.

vs Willi CastroSingleCheap hit

EV 68 mph · LA 67° · EB 0.0 · xBA .009

06/07 vs Rockies

Contact & results against

2026 · 183 balls in play

What kind of contact he gives up, and what it turns into.
Top bar: the contact he allows (grounders, liners, fly balls, pop-ups). The thin bar below is league average.
Below, the rates hitters put up against him — each dot is his mark, the dashed line league median, the teal tick league’s best. Further right is better.
Hover or tab any bar or dot for exact values. Starred rows (*) are approximate.

Ground ballsLine drivesFly ballsPop-ups

GB 46%

LD 22%

FB 20%

PU 11%

League average

BABIP against

.303

lg .287best .129

AVG against*

.242

lg .238best .103

OBP against*

.302

lg .317best .153

SLG against*

.369

lg .386best .133

OPS against*

.671

lg .706best .337

WHIP

1.24

lg 1.30best 0.62

ERA

2.97

lg 3.92best 0.56

* Approximate: sacrifice flies and bunts aren't distinguishable in our data, so every ball in play counts as an at-bat. Slightly off official figures.