Joe Boyle

Joe Boyle

25-Year-Old PitcherRP
Tampa Bay Rays
2025 Fantasy Outlook
The 8.3 percent walk rate Boyle tallied during a three-start audition with the Athletics in 2023, unsurprisingly, turned out to be a mirage. His walk rate in 2024 ballooned to 17.7 percent, which is actually better than his 18.8 percent mark from the minors. There's no disputing that Boyle's stuff pops. He averaged 97.7 mph with his four-seamer in 2024 and touched 100 mph with regularity. His slider can be devastating. Boyle is a two-pitch pitcher, though, and he's shown no ability at any level to find the strike zone enough for his plus stuff to matter. An offseason trade landed the righty in Tampa Bay, and if there's one team that might be able to squeeze the most out of Boyle, it's the Rays, who have essentially told their pitchers in recent years to just throw the ball down the middle and trust their stuff. Pitching coach Kyle Snyder also has a reputation for being able to get taller pitchers to refine their mechanics, him being 6-foot-8 himself (Boyle is 6-foot-7). It's a long shot that Boyle turns into anything, but he should at least be on fantasy radars. Read Past Outlooks
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Signed a one-year contract with the Rays in March of 2025.
Slated for multi-inning relief role
PTampa Bay Rays
July 17, 2025
Rays president of baseball operations Erik Neander said Thursday that Boyle will open the second half in a multi-inning relief role, Marc Topkin of the Tampa Bay Times reports.
Analysis
Boyle served in a piggyback role with Drew Rasmussen in his two appearances with the big club this month, throwing a total of nine innings while yielding three runs (two earned) with an 8:3 K:BB. However, Rasmussen is set to resume a normal starter workload after the break, and Neander mentioned Thursday that Boyle would be used for 2-to-3 innings at a time moving forward. It severely limits Boyle's fantasy outlook, should he remain in that role. However, there remains a good chance the righty will eventually find his way into the Rays' rotation, whether it be due to injury or trade of another starter. Boyle boasts a 1.29 ERA and 15:5 K:BB over 14 major-league innings in 2025 and has collected a 1.85 ERA and 96:31 K:BB across 73 frames at Triple-A Durham.
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Pitching Appearances Breakdown
Average Pitch Count
64
Last 10 Games
64
Last 5 Games
64
How many pitches does Joe Boyle generally throw?
 
1-10
 
11-20
 
21-30
 
31-40
 
41-50
 
51-60
 
61-70
 
71-80
 
81-90
 
91-100
 
101-110
 
111-120
 
121+
 
1-10
 
11-20
 
21-30
 
31-40
 
41-50
 
51-60
 
61-70
 
71-80
 
81-90
 
91-100
 
101-110
 
111-120
 
121+
 
1-10
 
11-20
 
21-30
 
31-40
 
41-50
 
51-60
 
61-70
 
71-80
 
81-90
 
91-100
 
101-110
 
111-120
 
121+
What part of the game does Joe Boyle generally pitch?
 
 
 
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% Games Reaching Innings Threshold
% Games By Number of Innings Pitched
Left/Right Pitching Splits
Since 2023
 
 
-30%
BAA vs RHP
2025
 
 
-31%
BAA vs LHP
2024
 
 
-20%
BAA vs RHP
2023
 
 
-70%
BAA vs RHP
BAA Batters K BB H 2B 3B HR
Since 2023vs Left .227 175 38 31 32 9 1 2
Since 2023vs Right .159 171 50 20 23 2 0 3
2025vs Left .077 30 7 4 2 2 0 0
2025vs Right .111 30 10 2 3 0 0 0
2024vs Left .258 123 28 24 25 5 1 2
2024vs Right .207 103 28 16 17 1 0 2
2023vs Left .278 22 3 3 5 2 0 0
2023vs Right .083 38 12 2 3 1 0 1
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Home/Away Pitching Splits
Since 2023
 
 
-29%
ERA at Home
2025
 
 
-100%
ERA at Home
2024
 
 
-19%
ERA at Home
2023
 
 
-100%
ERA at Home
ERA WHIP IP W L SV K/9 BB/9 HR/9
Since 2023Home 3.71 1.31 43.2 4 4 0 10.5 5.6 0.4
Since 2023Away 5.25 1.36 36.0 2 2 0 9.3 6.0 0.8
2025Home 0.00 0.43 7.0 1 0 0 11.6 3.9 0.0
2025Away 2.00 0.89 9.0 0 0 0 8.0 3.0 0.0
2024Home 5.86 1.63 27.2 2 4 0 10.7 6.8 0.7
2024Away 7.20 1.85 20.0 1 2 0 10.4 8.6 0.9
2023Home 0.00 1.00 9.0 1 0 0 9.0 3.0 0.0
2023Away 3.86 0.57 7.0 1 0 0 7.7 2.6 1.3
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Stat Review
How does Joe Boyle 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
2.83
 
K/9
9.6
 
BB/9
3.4
 
HR/9
0.0
 
Fastball
98.3 mph
 
ERA
1.13
 
WHIP
0.69
 
BABIP
.151
 
GB/FB
0.82
 
Left On Base
54.5%
 
Exit Velocity
83.2 mph
 
Barrels/BBE
3.0%
 
Spin Rate
2521 rpm
 
Balls Hit 95+ MPH
24.2%
 
Swinging Strike
12.9%
 
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2024 Fantasy Outlook
The 6-foot-7 Boyle has always had loud stuff, but he didn't have good enough command to even project as a ninth-inning arm, let alone a starter. The Reds traded him to Oakland at the deadline for Sam Moll, and Boyle surprisingly went on to not only reach the majors, but have some success. He was good one time through the lineup against the Padres and then logged wins against the Tigers and Angels in late-September. Boyle's fastball averaged 98 mph and he can touch 100 mph. His upper-80s slider gives him a second plus pitch, and he threw his third-pitch curveball 10 percent of the time. His command woes (17.8 BB% in the minors last year) could resurface in spring training and prohibit him from even making the rotation, but Boyle has much better pure stuff than most Athletics pitchers. His home park makes him a viable home streamer, but it will be difficult for him to log wins given his projected pitch inefficiency and lack of run support.
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Works behind Rasmussen on Friday
PTampa Bay Rays
July 13, 2025
Boyle struck out one batter and allowed two earned runs on three hits and two walks over four innings out of the bullpen in Friday's 5-4 loss to the Red Sox.
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Will stay in tandem with Rasmussen
PTampa Bay Rays
July 7, 2025
Rays manager Kevin Cash suggested after Sunday's 7-5 extra-inning win over the Twins that he intends to have Boyle piggyback Drew Rasmussen for at least a few more turns through the rotation, Marc Topkin of the Tampa Bay Times reports.
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Piggybacks Rasmussen on Sunday
PTampa Bay Rays
July 6, 2025
Boyle struck out seven and allowed one unearned run on two hits and one walk over five innings of relief in Sunday's 7-5 extra-inning win over the Twins.
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Returns to big leagues
PTampa Bay Rays
July 6, 2025
The Rays recalled Boyle from Triple-A Durham on Sunday.
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On cruise control at Triple-A
PTampa Bay Rays
June 12, 2025
Boyle has a 1.17 ERA, 0.83 WHIP and 54:16 K:BB in 46 innings across nine starts since he was optioned to Triple-A Durham on April 14.
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