Cade Gibson
2026Grade
Rarely walks anyone and lets the defense work.
Gibson sits right around league average
The simulator expects him to allow 0.454 bases per batter faced, better than 49% of qualified pitchers. His best skill is limiting home runs (82nd percentile). Short relief outings push strikeout rates up a little, so read his K% spoke with that in mind.
His grade rests on 221 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 Cade Gibson.
Pitcher type
Pitcher type
He lands in the “Limits hard contact, pitches to contact” corner of the map.
League best:K% − BB% Jacob Misiorowski (26.8%)Hard-hit% allowed Blake Snell (29.0%)
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| Cade Gibson | League median | Percentile | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bases per ball in play(lower = better) | .419 | .527 | — |
| Walk rate(lower = better) | 10% | 9% | 45th |
| Strikeout rate(higher = better) | 21% | 22% | 30th |
A higher percentile is better, and the 99th is the top of the league.
Arsenal
Cade Gibson mixes his sweeper (27%) and sinker (23%). His best pitch has been the curveball, saving 2.3 bases per 100 thrown against league average.
Pitch mix & swing-and-miss
He allowed about 84 estimated bases, against a replacement arm's 115 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 11.2 bases against league average across 833 pitches, or 1.3 per 100 pitches.
His four-seam fastball isn't in the charts below, because only 44 of them were tracked with velocity and movement data this season.
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Mix by batter side
Compared with the league, his slider tilts 16 points more toward righties.
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Cade Gibson'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 four-seam fastball isn't in these charts, because only 44 of them were tracked with velocity and movement data this season.
Platoon splits
Platoon splits (EB/PA allowed)
He handles lefty bats better than righty bats, by 0.039 EB/PA allowed.
50% probable range: +0.030 to +0.048
vs LHB: shrunk estimate 0.418 EB/PA, 50% probable range 0.397 to 0.438, based on 124 plate appearances. Raw (unshrunk) rate: 0.381 EB/PA. League median vs LHB: 0.451 EB/PA.
His raw rate vs LHB (0.381) 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 0.456 EB/PA, 50% probable range 0.437 to 0.476, based on 99 plate appearances. Raw (unshrunk) rate: 0.431 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 up the middle off him most often, but they do the most damage to the pull side.
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
6 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 6 more bases than their contact off Cade Gibson deserved, so his results have been unlucky so far.
Both bars count 150 balls in play, with walks and strikeouts left out.
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ERA 5.36 · WHIP 1.39 · BABIP against 0.308 (Lg median 0.286)
Best games
Best games
These are his best outings this season, ranked by bases saved against a replacement arm.
- vs MarinersJul 8, 2026
6 BF · 3 K
- Bases allowed
- 0.3
- Above replacement
- +2.9
- vs MetsMay 31, 2026score only
5 BF · 1 K, 1 H
- Bases allowed
- 0.6
- Above replacement
- +2.0
- vs GuardiansJul 11, 2026
4 BF · 2 K
- Bases allowed
- 0.2
- Above replacement
- +1.9
- vs RockiesJul 2, 2026
10 BF · 0 K, 4 H, 1 HBP
- Bases allowed
- 3.4
- Above replacement
- +1.8
- vs GiantsJun 19, 2026
5 BF · 1 K
- Bases allowed
- 0.9
- Above replacement
- +1.7
Trends
Multi-season trends · Cade Gibson
Compared with last season, his HR allowed% is up, his Barrel% against is down, his FB% against is up and his Pull% against is up.
Actual rates show what happened on the field, season by season.