2022 Stats
W-L
11-7
ERA
3.69
WHIP
1.22
K
157
SV
0
2023 Projections
2023 Fantasy Outlook
Lauer tied his high with 29 starts, over which he logged 158.2 innings, the most of his career. His 3.69 ERA may look good, but estimators pegged it about half a run to a full run higher. Homers were again Lauer's crutch as his HR% was the fifth highest among all hurlers throwing at least 150 stanzas. Lauer's 14.8 % K-BB% is below average, so he needed a fortunate .260 BABIP and 79.0% LOB mark to keep his ratios in check. Lauer reduced usage of an ineffective change up, but he continued to deploy an equally unproductive 78-mph curveball at a 16% rate. The catch is all his other pitches are within a 7-mph delta, so the slower curveball helps set up his four-seamer, cutter and slider. Still just 27-years-old, Lauer can make some adjustments, but unless he solves his home run issue, Lauer is best considered in the back-end/streamer range of a fantasy staff. Read Past Outlooks
Endures slow spring
Lauer posted a 11.57 ERA, 2.49 WHIP and 9:7 K:BB in 11.2 innings over four appearances this spring.
ANALYSIS
Lauer had a rough go of it this spring, but he was hit hard in the exhibition season in both 2021 and 2022 and righted the ship when the regular season got underway, so there may not be as much cause for concern as it appears.
Lauer had a rough go of it this spring, but he was hit hard in the exhibition season in both 2021 and 2022 and righted the ship when the regular season got underway, so there may not be as much cause for concern as it appears.
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Pitching Appearances Breakdown
Average Pitch Count
92
Last 10 Games
88
Last 5 Games
76
How many pitches does Eric Lauer generally throw?
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11-20
21-30
31-40
41-50
51-60
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81-90
91-100
101-110
111-120
121+
What part of the game does Eric Lauer generally pitch?
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% Games Reaching Innings Threshold
% Games By Number of Innings Pitched
Left/Right Pitching Splits
Since 2020
Even Split
2022
-6%
BAA vs LHP
| BAA | K | BB | H | HR | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Since 2020vs Left | .229 | 47 | 27 | 48 | 4 | |||
| Since 2020vs Right | .228 | 239 | 82 | 198 | 41 | |||
| 2022vs Left | .216 | 23 | 11 | 21 | 3 | |||
| 2022vs Right | .230 | 134 | 48 | 114 | 24 | |||
| 2021vs Left | .228 | 21 | 15 | 23 | 1 | |||
| 2021vs Right | .211 | 96 | 26 | 71 | 15 | |||
| 2020vs Left | .333 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 0 | |||
| 2020vs Right | .351 | 9 | 8 | 13 | 2 | |||
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Home/Away Pitching Splits
Since 2020
-18%
ERA at Home
2022
-46%
ERA at Home
| ERA | WHIP | IP | K/9 | BB/9 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Since 2020Home | 3.47 | 1.18 | 150.1 | 8.7 | 3.2 | ||||
| Since 2020Away | 4.24 | 1.29 | 138.0 | 9.1 | 3.6 | ||||
| 2022Home | 2.56 | 1.07 | 77.1 | 9.3 | 2.9 | ||||
| 2022Away | 4.76 | 1.36 | 81.1 | 8.5 | 3.8 | ||||
| 2021Home | 3.12 | 1.13 | 66.1 | 8.4 | 3.3 | ||||
| 2021Away | 3.27 | 1.15 | 52.1 | 9.5 | 2.9 | ||||
| 2020Home | 17.55 | 2.85 | 6.2 | 5.4 | 6.8 | ||||
| 2020Away | 6.23 | 1.62 | 4.1 | 16.6 | 8.3 | ||||
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Stat Review
How does Eric Lauer compare to other starting pitchers?
This section compares his stats with all starting pitcher seasons from the previous three seasons (minimum 120 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 120 IP). See here for more exit velocity/barrels stats plus an explanation of current limitations with that data set.
* Exit Velocity, Barrels/BBE %, Balls Hit 95+ MPH %, and Spin Rate are benchmarked against 2019 data (min 120 IP). See here for more exit velocity/barrels stats plus an explanation of current limitations with that data set.
K/BB
2.66K/9
8.9BB/9
3.3HR/9
1.5Fastball
93.4 mphERA
3.69WHIP
1.22BABIP
.271GB/FB
0.85Left On Base
78.7%Exit Velocity
81.3 mphBarrels/BBE
4.7%Spin Rate
2293 rpmBalls Hit 95+ MPH
22.1%Swinging Strike
10.4%Prospect Rankings History
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Past Fantasy Outlooks
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It would have been easy to miss if he wasn't on any of your fantasy teams, but Lauer was quite valuable over his final 15 appearances. He logged a 2.23 ERA, 1.00 WHIP and 76 strikeouts in 80.2 innings -- a far cry from the 5.21 ERA and 1.42 WHIP he posted over his first nine appearances. Part of his success over the final three months can be attributed to easy matchups, including facing the Pirates a whopping four times over that stretch. Lauer threw five pitches (four-seamer, cutter, curveball, slider, changeup) over 10% of the time last season, but his improved results correlate with him significantly increasing his slider and curveball usage (his two best pitches by xwOBA) while dialing back his four-seamer and cutter. This is the pitcher the Brewers hoped they were getting along with Luis Urias in the deal that sent Trent Grisham and Zach Davies to San Diego. While Lauer doesn't have a sky-high ceiling, he is a good late-round target in mixed leagues.
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Reaches deal with Milwaukee
Lauer agreed to a one-year, $5.075 million contract with the Brewers on Friday to avoid arbitration, Robert Murray of FanSided.com reports.
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Six no-hit innings to end season
Lauer (11-7) earned the win Tuesday, allowing no hits and four walks over six scoreless innings against the Diamondbacks. He struck out seven.
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Fans nine in strong start
Lauer did not factor into the decision against the Marlins on Thursday, striking out nine over five scoreless innings with one hit and zero walks allowed.
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Yields two in short outing
Lauer allowed two runs on five hits and three walks over 2.2 innings against Cincinnati on Friday. He struck out three and did not factor in the decision.
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Activated prior to start
Lauer (elbow) was reinstated from the 15-day injured list prior to Friday's start against the Reds.
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