John Brebbia

John Brebbia

33-Year-Old PitcherRP
San Francisco Giants
2023 Fantasy Outlook
There was no outlook written for John Brebbia in 2023. Check out the latest news below for more on his current fantasy value.
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#601
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$Signed a one-year, $837,500 contract with the Giants in November of 2021.
Will open Tuesday
PSan Francisco Giants
May 29, 2023
Brebbia will serve as the opener for Tuesday's game against the Pirates, Danny Emerman of KNBR 680 San Francisco reports.
ANALYSIS
Brebbia is no stranger to the opener role, as he opened one week ago May 22 against the Twins and delivered a scoreless inning (two strikeouts). The Giants have yet to name a primary pitcher, but Sean Manaea could be an option to eat up innings after working only 1.1 frames over the last week.
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Pitching Appearances Breakdown
Average Pitch Count
17
Last 10 Games
16
Last 5 Games
15
How many pitches does John Brebbia generally throw?
 
1-10
 
11-20
 
21-30
 
31-40
 
41-50
 
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111-120
 
121+
 
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31-40
 
41-50
 
51-60
 
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121+
 
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121+
What part of the game does John Brebbia generally pitch?
 
 
 
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% Games Reaching Innings Threshold
% Games By Number of Innings Pitched
Left/Right Pitching Splits
Since 2021
 
 
-9%
BAA vs LHP
2023
 
 
-27%
BAA vs LHP
2022
 
 
-6%
BAA vs RHP
2021
 
 
-38%
BAA vs LHP
BAA Batters K BB H 2B 3B HR
Since 2021vs Left .248 176 52 12 40 12 2 4
Since 2021vs Right .274 294 57 17 74 19 1 7
2023vs Left .167 32 15 2 5 2 0 1
2023vs Right .228 63 18 5 13 2 0 1
2022vs Left .278 107 24 8 27 7 2 2
2022vs Right .262 181 30 10 44 13 1 3
2021vs Left .235 37 13 2 8 3 0 1
2021vs Right .378 50 9 2 17 4 0 3
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Home/Away Pitching Splits
Since 2021
 
 
-34%
ERA on Road
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-18%
ERA at Home
2022
 
 
-48%
ERA on Road
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-19%
ERA on Road
ERA WHIP IP W L SV K/9 BB/9 HR/9
Since 2021Home 4.45 1.38 60.2 5 2 0 8.8 2.4 1.3
Since 2021Away 2.92 1.20 49.1 3 1 0 9.1 2.4 0.4
2023Home 3.46 0.92 13.0 2 0 0 11.8 2.1 1.4
2023Away 4.22 1.22 10.2 0 0 0 13.5 3.4 0.0
2022Home 4.15 1.50 34.2 3 2 0 7.3 2.9 1.0
2022Away 2.16 1.11 33.1 3 0 0 7.0 1.9 0.3
2021Home 6.23 1.54 13.0 0 0 0 9.7 1.4 2.1
2021Away 5.06 1.69 5.1 0 1 0 13.5 3.4 1.7
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Stat Review
How does John Brebbia 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
4.71
 
K/9
12.5
 
BB/9
2.7
 
HR/9
0.8
 
Fastball
94.5 mph
 
ERA
3.80
 
WHIP
1.06
 
BABIP
.322
 
GB/FB
0.68
 
Left On Base
67.6%
 
Exit Velocity
78.7 mph
 
Barrels/BBE
3.1%
 
Spin Rate
2391 rpm
 
Balls Hit 95+ MPH
22.0%
 
Swinging Strike
13.5%
 
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The 2020 data points with Brebbia are nil as he was forced to undergo Tommy John surgery in early June. The Cardinals decided they did not want to wait it out and non-tendered the right-hander in December. San Francisco signed Brebbia to a major-league contract a couple weeks later and the team looks content to mostly just monitor his progress throughout 2021. A best-case scenario would a late-season return, but realistically, the Giants are not expecting any real contributions from Brebbia this coming season. Brebbia was a workhorse from 2017-19 and an effective mid-to-late-inning arm for the Cardinals, posting a 3.14 ERA and 19.9 K-BB% over his first three MLB seasons (175 innings). If he's even close to that level post-surgery, Brebbia will find steady work in a big-league bullpen.
Brebbia spent the entire season on the big-league roster for the first time in 2019, appearing in 66 games and ranking second among Cardinal relievers with 72.2 innings pitched. The right-hander owned a 1.53 ERA at the end of May but tailed off the rest of the way and finished the campaign with a 3.59 ERA (3.12 FIP). Overall, Brebbia's body of work portrayed a capable reliever with room to grow. He posted a solid 28.6 K% and held opposing hitters to a .205 xBA -- the best mark of his career. Though his walk rate increased for the third straight season, it remained tolerable at 8.9%. Brebbia continued a career-long trend of accumulating a high flyball rate (50.5% in 2019, sixth-highest among qualified relievers), but he largely succeeded at keeping the ball in the park (0.74 HR/9). Brebbia is far from a priority draft target, but with the Cardinals' closer situation in flux, he's worth keeping an eye on.
Despite coming off a solid season and a strong spring, Brebbia began 2018 with Triple-A Memphis. It didn't take long before he made the first of his six trips to the majors as the Cardinals shuttled Brebbia back and forth often. In between stints on the farm, Brebbia pitched well, mostly in low-leverage scenarios though he did record five holds and two saves, one of the three-inning variety. Of the 18 runs Brebbia surrendered, eight came in a two-week stretch when he allowed at least one tally in five of six outings. With 60 whiffs in 51.2 innings, Brebbia could handle a consistent late-inning role but since he still has an option left, he could also make the trip back and forth from Memphis again. Brebbia isn't someone to consider on draft day, but monitor his early-season usage as he could emerge as a candidate in leagues scoring holds.
Brebbia appeared in 50 games last season, but threw just 51.2 innings of work in mostly low-leverage situations. He pitches with a very heavy flyball tilt, and paid the price for that with a high home run rate, but limited his damage by being stingy with the walks. The 2.44 ERA had a lot of help from a suppressed .216 BABIP and an inflated 91 percent left-on-base rate -- two fortunes that are unlikely to continue in 2018. He also did all of this without recording a single decision or a save, which (min. 50 innings) is something that has only been done two other times in baseball history. One was by Peter Moylan last year and the other was by Sam Freeman in 2015.
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Opening Monday's contest
PSan Francisco Giants
May 22, 2023
Brebbia is scheduled to serve as the Giants' opening pitcher for Monday's game at Minnesota, Maria I. Guardado of MLB.com reports.
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Snags second win
PSan Francisco Giants
May 17, 2023
Brebbia (2-0) allowed a hit and struck out one in a scoreless inning to earn the win Wednesday over the Phillies.
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Opens up game
PSan Francisco Giants
May 13, 2023
Brebbia did not factor into the decision Friday, allowing one hit and one walk over a scoreless inning against the Diamondbacks. He struck out two.
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Opening Friday
PSan Francisco Giants
May 11, 2023
Brebbia will serve as the Giants' opening pitcher for Friday's game against the Diamondbacks, Alex Pavlovic of NBC Sports Bay Area reports.
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Records four outs as opener
PSan Francisco Giants
April 26, 2023
Brebbia put together a scoreless outing as the opener against the Cardinals on Tuesday, allowing one hit while striking out two over 1.1 innings.
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