2023 Stats
W-L
0-0
ERA
3.00
WHIP
1.22
K
10
SV
0
Rest-of-Season Projections
2023 Fantasy Outlook
After struggling during his rookie campaign, Hentges bounced back in a big way. The southpaw became a reliable bullpen arm for Cleveland, adding velocity on all four of his pitches while throwing more sinkers (26% pitch usage compared to 9% in 2021). This led to a 61.5% groundball rate that was one of the highest among relievers. Hentges' strikeout rate (29.4%) also spiked by eight percentage points, while also improving his walk and home run rates. He was especially dominant in the second half, producing a 36:5 K:BB ratio, 0.30 ERA and 0.57 WHIP over his final 29.2 innings. He didn't rack up a ton of holds (eight), but more can be expected in 2023 as Hentges is very clearly the top lefty in the Guardians bullpen. Don't completely dismiss the possibility of a return to the starting rotation, though, as the lefty was brought up as a starter in the minors. Read Past Outlooks
RANKSFrom Preseason
#600
ADP
Activated from injured list
Hentges was activated from the 15-day injured list Friday, Zack Meisel of The Athletic reports.
ANALYSIS
Hentges will join the Guardians' bullpen Friday night against the Twins after missing the first five weeks of the 2023 regular season due to shoulder inflammation. The 26-year-old lefty broke out to the tune of a 2.32 ERA and 72:19 K:BB over 62 innings of relief with Cleveland in 2022.
Hentges will join the Guardians' bullpen Friday night against the Twins after missing the first five weeks of the 2023 regular season due to shoulder inflammation. The 26-year-old lefty broke out to the tune of a 2.32 ERA and 72:19 K:BB over 62 innings of relief with Cleveland in 2022.
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Pitching Appearances Breakdown
Average Pitch Count
15
Last 10 Games
15
Last 5 Games
17
How many pitches does Sam Hentges generally throw?
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121+
What part of the game does Sam Hentges generally pitch?
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% Games Reaching Innings Threshold
% Games By Number of Innings Pitched
Left/Right Pitching Splits
Since 2021
-38%
BAA vs LHP
2023
-100%
BAA vs LHP
| BAA | K | BB | H | HR | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Since 2021vs Left | .180 | 51 | 11 | 30 | 1 | |||
| Since 2021vs Right | .290 | 99 | 45 | 107 | 12 | |||
| 2023vs Left | .000 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |||
| 2023vs Right | .273 | 7 | 3 | 6 | 0 | |||
| 2022vs Left | .143 | 34 | 3 | 13 | 0 | |||
| 2022vs Right | .215 | 38 | 16 | 28 | 3 | |||
| 2021vs Left | .258 | 14 | 6 | 17 | 1 | |||
| 2021vs Right | .336 | 54 | 26 | 73 | 9 | |||
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Home/Away Pitching Splits
Since 2021
-42%
ERA at Home
2023
-100%
ERA at Home
| ERA | WHIP | IP | K/9 | BB/9 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Since 2021Home | 3.34 | 1.16 | 72.2 | 10.9 | 3.0 | ||||
| Since 2021Away | 5.78 | 1.63 | 67.0 | 8.3 | 4.3 | ||||
| 2023Home | 0.00 | 0.60 | 5.0 | 12.6 | 1.8 | ||||
| 2023Away | 6.75 | 2.00 | 4.0 | 6.8 | 9.0 | ||||
| 2022Home | 2.20 | 0.80 | 32.2 | 11.8 | 2.5 | ||||
| 2022Away | 2.45 | 1.16 | 29.1 | 8.9 | 3.1 | ||||
| 2021Home | 4.89 | 1.57 | 35.0 | 9.8 | 3.6 | ||||
| 2021Away | 8.55 | 1.99 | 33.2 | 8.0 | 4.8 | ||||
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Stat Review
How does Sam Hentges 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
2.00K/9
10.0BB/9
5.0HR/9
0.0Fastball
95.7 mphERA
3.00WHIP
1.22BABIP
.281GB/FB
7.00Left On Base
72.7%Exit Velocity
81.4 mphBarrels/BBE
2.4%Spin Rate
2257 rpmBalls Hit 95+ MPH
31.0%Swinging Strike
11.3%Prospect Rankings History
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Likely to be activated Friday
The Guardians are expected to activate Hentges (shoulder) from the 15-day injured list ahead of Friday's series opener with the Twins, MLB.com reports.
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Set for rehab assignment
Hentges (shoulder) will begin a rehab assignment with Double-A Akron on Wednesday, Mandy Bell of MLB.com reports.
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Throwing again
Guardians manager Terry Francona said April 4 that Hentges (shoulder) had progressed to throwing off a mound, MLB.com reports.
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Put on 15-day injured list
The Guardians placed Hentges (shoulder) on the 15-day injured list Thursday.
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Making progress
Hentges (shoulder) showed progress in his medical evaluation Wednesday, Paul Hoynes of The Cleveland Plain Dealer reports.
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