2025 Stats
W-L
0-0
ERA
2.14
WHIP
0.81
K
25
SV
1
Rest-of-Season Projections
2025 Fantasy Outlook
Cleavinger was the top lefty out of Tampa Bay's bullpen in 2024, which occasionally led to save chances when closer Pete Fairbanks was unavailable and as matchups dictated. The 30-year-old recorded six saves (second on the Rays) along with 15 holds, demonstrating his prowess in high-leverage. The southpaw racked up career-highs in games played (68), innings (60) and strikeouts (71), all more than he recorded from 2020 through 2023 combined. He also added a cutter and sweeper to his arsenal last season while relying far less on his sinker, which unexpectedly got crushed by opposing hitters. Cleavinger figures to be part of Tampa Bay's high-leverage plans again for 2025. Read Past Outlooks
Slams door for first save
Cleavinger picked up the save Friday against the Padres after tossing a clean ninth inning, striking out two.
ANALYSIS
With closer Pete Fairbanks having worked each of the past two days, Cleavinger was called upon to slam the door and protect a 1-0 lead. The left-hander earned his first save of the year after throwing seven of his 10 pitches for strikes, and he now sports a 2.53 ERA, 0.66 WHIP and 16:2 K:BB over 10.2 innings. Cleavinger is one of Tampa Bay's top left-handed relievers, but his save opportunities are likely to remain scarce while Fairbanks is healthy.
With closer Pete Fairbanks having worked each of the past two days, Cleavinger was called upon to slam the door and protect a 1-0 lead. The left-hander earned his first save of the year after throwing seven of his 10 pitches for strikes, and he now sports a 2.53 ERA, 0.66 WHIP and 16:2 K:BB over 10.2 innings. Cleavinger is one of Tampa Bay's top left-handed relievers, but his save opportunities are likely to remain scarce while Fairbanks is healthy.
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Pitching Appearances Breakdown
Average Pitch Count
14
Last 10 Games
13
Last 5 Games
13
How many pitches does Garrett Cleavinger generally throw?
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What part of the game does Garrett Cleavinger generally pitch?
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% Games Reaching Innings Threshold
% Games By Number of Innings Pitched
Left/Right Pitching Splits
Since 2023
-26%
BAA vs RHP
2025
-52%
BAA vs RHP
| BAA | K | BB | H | HR | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Since 2023vs Left | .252 | 39 | 16 | 28 | 3 | |||
| Since 2023vs Right | .187 | 71 | 25 | 43 | 9 | |||
| 2025vs Left | .273 | 7 | 2 | 6 | 2 | |||
| 2025vs Right | .132 | 18 | 2 | 7 | 2 | |||
| 2024vs Left | .256 | 26 | 10 | 20 | 1 | |||
| 2024vs Right | .218 | 45 | 21 | 32 | 5 | |||
| 2023vs Left | .182 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | |||
| 2023vs Right | .133 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 2 | |||
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Home/Away Pitching Splits
Since 2023
-1%
ERA on Road
2025
-30%
ERA at Home
| ERA | WHIP | IP | K/9 | BB/9 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Since 2023Home | 3.30 | 1.06 | 57.1 | 11.5 | 3.8 | ||||
| Since 2023Away | 3.28 | 1.43 | 35.2 | 9.3 | 4.3 | ||||
| 2025Home | 1.88 | 0.77 | 14.1 | 11.3 | 1.9 | ||||
| 2025Away | 2.70 | 0.90 | 6.2 | 9.5 | 1.4 | ||||
| 2024Home | 4.04 | 1.26 | 35.2 | 11.6 | 4.5 | ||||
| 2024Away | 3.33 | 1.56 | 24.1 | 9.2 | 4.8 | ||||
| 2023Home | 2.45 | 0.68 | 7.1 | 11.0 | 3.7 | ||||
| 2023Away | 3.86 | 1.50 | 4.2 | 9.6 | 5.8 | ||||
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Stat Review
How does Garrett Cleavinger 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.
* 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
6.25K/9
10.7BB/9
1.7HR/9
1.7Fastball
96.3 mphERA
2.14WHIP
0.81BABIP
.208GB/FB
1.11Left On Base
105.3%Exit Velocity
81.6 mphBarrels/BBE
3.9%Spin Rate
2497 rpmBalls Hit 95+ MPH
27.3%Swinging Strike
15.7%Advanced Pitching Stats
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2024 Fantasy Outlook
Cleavinger, who underwent surgery in May to repair a torn ACL and meniscus in his right knee, is expected to be fully healthy for spring training. Prior to the injury, the southpaw was expected to secure a high-leverage role in the Rays' bullpen and compiled a respectable 3.00 ERA, 1.00 WHIP and 14:6 K:BB ratio over 12 innings. The 29-year-old has not tallied any saves or holds through 55 career appearances, but that should change in 2024 if health permits and he keeps his walks (11 percent for his career) down.
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Avoids arbitration
The Rays and Cleavinger avoided arbitration by agreeing to a one-year, $1.2 million contract Thursday, Robert Murray of FanSided.com reports.
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Notches save Thursday
Cleavinger earned a save against the Red Sox on Thursday, striking out two batters in a perfect inning of work.
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Grabs fifth save
Cleavinger earned the save in Tuesday's 2-1 victory over the Twins, retiring the lone batter he faced in the ninth inning.
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Notches extra-inning save
Cleavinger picked up the save in Saturday's extra-inning win over the Dodgers, surrendering one unearned run over one inning while not allowing any hits or walks.
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Picks up seventh win
Cleavinger (7-2) struck out one without allowing a baserunner in a scoreless eighth inning to earn the win Sunday against the Reds.
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