Will Klein

2026

Dodgers· RHP · throws R· 35.2 IP· 2.27 ERA· 1.37 WHIP· 154 BF

Grade

B67th percentile run prevention

RelieverPower Arm

Misses bats in bunches; lives with the walks.

Klein sits right around league average

The simulator expects 0.436 bases allowed per batter faced against him — better than 67th percentile of qualified pitchers. His standout tool is HR Suppression (90th percentile). The soft spot is Command (28th percentile). Short relief stints inflate strikeout rates a touch, so read the Strikeouts spoke with that in mind.

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.
154 batters faced · data through 2026-07-09.

Plays like…

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

Jack PerkinsAthletics

Logan GilbertMariners

MacKenzie GoreRangers

Mason MontgomeryPirates

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

.255

.095

Will Klein

.368

.088

League average

	Will Klein	League	Percentile
Bases per ball in play(fewer = better)	.490	.536	67th
Walk rate(fewer = better)	9%	9%	28th
Strikeout rate(higher = better)	26%	23%	76th

Contact allowed

Batters go to the opposite field off him most often, but the hardest contact goes to the pull side.

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 Will Klein 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.

Contact & results against

2026 · 80 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 57%

LD 20%

FB 18%

League average

BABIP against

.346

lg .287best .129

AVG against*

.276

lg .238best .103

OBP against*

.339

lg .317best .153

SLG against*

.362

lg .386best .133

OPS against*

.701

lg .706best .337

WHIP

1.37

lg 1.30best 0.62

ERA

2.27

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.