Ben Casparius

Ben Casparius

26-Year-Old PitcherRP
Los Angeles Dodgers
2025 Fantasy Outlook
Casparius has a pair of monster breaking balls and successfully navigated his first season pitching in the Pacific Coast League. The 25-year-old righty logged a 3.36 ERA, 1.22 WHIP and 72:35 K:BB in 67 innings across 16 appearances for Triple-A Oklahoma City. He has been consistently mediocre from a control standpoint, logging walk rates between 10.5 percent and 12.5 percent in his last eight professional assignments dating back to Single-A in 2021 and including his 8.1 innings in the majors in 2024. While his 95.6 mph fastball has good velocity, it was the one pitch big leaguers were able to handle, logging a .342 wOBA and .396 xwOBA against it. Even so, if just his command or fastball improved slightly, Casparius might be able to ride his slider and curveball to significant strikeout totals working as a big-league starter. The Dodgers helped Casparius get to this point, but their internal depth may also prevent him from getting many big-league starts in 2025. He's a nice trade chip for the Dodgers and a solid sleeper in dynasty and redraft leagues, even though there's still a chance he ends up a high-leverage reliever. Read Past Outlooks
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Signed a one-year contract with the Dodgers in March of 2025.
Hit hard in loss
PLos Angeles Dodgers
July 4, 2025
Casparius (6-3) allowed six runs on nine hits and struck out three over three innings to take the loss versus the Astros on Friday.
Analysis
Casparius had made his last two appearances as a bulk reliever behind Shohei Ohtani. His return to a starting role didn't go any better than his last turn out of the bullpen, as the Astros tagged Casparius for three home runs. He's now yielded seven long balls on the year while adding a 4.68 ERA, 1.22 WHIP and 57:12 K:BB across 59.2 innings through 26 appearances (three starts). Casparius continues to provide multi-inning abilities for the Dodgers as they put together a patchwork solution for their rotation. With Tyler Glasnow (shoulder) nearing a return and Emmet Sheehan expected to be called up to pitch Sunday, it seems like Casparius is on borrowed time to stay in the rotation.
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Pitching Appearances Breakdown
Average Pitch Count
36
Last 10 Games
46
Last 5 Games
65
How many pitches does Ben Casparius generally throw?
 
1-10
 
11-20
 
21-30
 
31-40
 
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111-120
 
121+
 
1-10
 
11-20
 
21-30
 
31-40
 
41-50
 
51-60
 
61-70
 
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111-120
 
121+
 
1-10
 
11-20
 
21-30
 
31-40
 
41-50
 
51-60
 
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121+
What part of the game does Ben Casparius generally pitch?
 
 
 
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% Games Reaching Innings Threshold
% Games By Number of Innings Pitched
Left/Right Pitching Splits
Since 2023
 
 
-7%
BAA vs RHP
2025
 
 
-15%
BAA vs RHP
2024
 
 
-41%
BAA vs LHP
2023
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BAA Batters K BB H 2B 3B HR
Since 2023vs Left .270 137 34 11 34 7 0 2
Since 2023vs Right .250 151 35 5 36 11 0 5
2025vs Left .280 115 26 8 30 7 0 2
2025vs Right .238 136 31 4 31 9 0 5
2024vs Left .211 22 8 3 4 0 0 0
2024vs Right .357 15 4 1 5 2 0 0
2023vs Left 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2023vs Right 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
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Home/Away Pitching Splits
Since 2023
 
 
-42%
ERA on Road
2025
 
 
-39%
ERA on Road
2024
 
 
-44%
ERA on Road
2023
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ERA WHIP IP W L SV K/9 BB/9 HR/9
Since 2023Home 5.50 1.34 34.1 4 1 0 8.4 2.1 1.6
Since 2023Away 3.21 1.19 33.2 4 2 0 9.9 2.1 0.3
2025Home 5.74 1.31 31.1 4 1 0 7.8 1.7 1.7
2025Away 3.49 1.13 28.1 2 2 0 9.5 1.9 0.3
2024Home 3.00 1.67 3.0 0 0 0 15.0 6.0 0.0
2024Away 1.69 1.50 5.1 2 0 0 11.8 3.4 0.0
2023Home 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2023Away 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
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Stat Review
How does Ben Casparius compare to other relievers?
This section compares his stats with all relief pitcher seasons from the previous three seasons (minimum 30 innings)*. The bar represents the player's percentile rank. For example, if the bar is halfway across, then the player falls into the 50th percentile for that stat and it would be considered average.

* Exit Velocity, Barrels/BBE %, Balls Hit 95+ MPH %, and Spin Rate are benchmarked against 2019 data (min 30 IP). See here for more exit velocity/barrels stats plus an explanation of current limitations with that data set.
  • K/BB
    Strikeout to walk ratio.
  • K/9
    Average strikeouts per nine innings.
  • BB/9
    Average walks per nine innings.
  • HR/9
    Average home runs allowed per nine innings.
  • Fastball
    Average fastball velocity.
  • ERA
    Earned run average. The average earned runs allowed per nine innings.
  • WHIP
    Walks plus hits per inning pitched.
  • BABIP
    Batting average on balls in play. Measures how many balls in play against a pitcher go for hits.
  • GB/FB
    Groundball to flyball ratio. The higher the number, the more likely a pitcher is to induce groundballs.
  • Left On Base
    The percentage of base runners that a pitcher strands on base over the course of a season.
  • Exit Velocity
    The speed of the baseball as it comes off the bat, immediately after a batter makes contact.
  • Barrels/BBE
    The percentage of batted ball events resulting in a Barrel. A Barrel is a batted ball with similar exit velocity and launch angle to past ones that led to a minimum .500 batting average and 1.500 slugging percentage.
  • Spin Rate
    Spin Rate is the rate of spin on a baseball after it is released. It is measured in revolutions per minute (rpm).
  • Balls Hit 95+ MPH
    The percentage of batted balls hit that met or exceeded the 95 MPH threshold.
  • Swinging Strike
    The percentage of pitches that result in a swing and a miss.
K/BB
4.75
 
K/9
8.6
 
BB/9
1.8
 
HR/9
1.1
 
Fastball
96.2 mph
 
ERA
4.68
 
WHIP
1.22
 
BABIP
.327
 
GB/FB
0.85
 
Left On Base
66.5%
 
Exit Velocity
81.2 mph
 
Barrels/BBE
2.6%
 
Spin Rate
2785 rpm
 
Balls Hit 95+ MPH
18.1%
 
Swinging Strike
13.5%
 
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Expected to pitch Friday
PLos Angeles Dodgers
July 1, 2025
Casparius is expected to pitch in some capacity Friday versus the Astros, Bill Plunkett of The Orange County Register reports.
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Takes loss in bulk relief
PLos Angeles Dodgers
June 28, 2025
Casparius (6-2) took the loss against the Royals on Saturday, allowing six runs on eight hits and one walk with four strikeouts over four innings.
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Pitching behind Ohtani again
PLos Angeles Dodgers
June 28, 2025
Casparius is scheduled to pitch in bulk relief behind starter Shohei Ohtani in Saturday's game in Kansas City, Bill Plunkett of The Orange County Register reports.
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Adds another win
PLos Angeles Dodgers
June 22, 2025
Casparius (6-1) picked up the win Sunday against Washington, allowing three runs on five hits and one walk with two strikeouts over five innings.
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Set to follow Ohtani again
PLos Angeles Dodgers
June 20, 2025
Dodgers manager Dave Roberts said that Casparius will "most likely" work in bulk relief behind Shohei Ohtani on Sunday against the Nationals, Matthew Moreno of DodgerBlue.com reports.
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