Jake Irvin

Jake Irvin

27-Year-Old PitcherSP
Washington Nationals
2024 Fantasy Outlook
Irvin is the classic example of the difference between real baseball and fantasy baseball. Real baseball general managers have to find someway to get roughly 1450 innings of pitching to survive a season. In the old days, it would be 1000 from the rotation and 450 from the bullpen, but that now looks closer to 850-900 from the rotation and more from the pen. Pitchers like Irvin fill a need on real baseball teams because they can take the ball and eat up innings as Irvin did in 2023. Fantasy baseball managers can be more selective in the pitchers they use to get to a league minimum for innings pitched, and the successful ones avoid using the type of innings Irvin provides as they are harmful to ratios without providing many chances for wins on a bad club. Irvin's repertoire is better served in the bullpen until he comes up with a better offspeed pitch. The best case scenario here is a NL-Only end game pick for depth purposes only. Read Past Outlooks
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$Signed a one-year contract with the Nationals in March of 2024.
Stymies Atlanta for 10th victory
PWashington Nationals
September 11, 2024
Irvin (10-12) earned the win over Atlanta on Wednesday, allowing one run on two hits and one walk while striking out five batters over six innings.
ANALYSIS
Irvin retired the first 10 batters he faced and was working on a no-hitter until Atlanta finally got to him for consecutive doubles in the sixth inning. The right-hander emerged with his first quality start since Aug. 13, which was also the date of his most recent win prior to Wednesday. Irvin had been struggling prior to this excellent outing, as he had surrendered 13 runs across 9.2 frames in his previous two starts. He's fallen off in the second half after a strong beginning to the campaign, but he still has 10 wins and a tolerable 4.19 ERA overall.
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Pitching Appearances Breakdown
Average Pitch Count
93
Last 10 Games
91
Last 5 Games
89
How many pitches does Jake Irvin generally throw?
 
1-10
 
11-20
 
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31-40
 
41-50
 
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111-120
 
121+
 
1-10
 
11-20
 
21-30
 
31-40
 
41-50
 
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121+
 
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121+
What part of the game does Jake Irvin generally pitch?
 
 
 
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% Games Reaching Innings Threshold
% Games By Number of Innings Pitched
Left/Right Pitching Splits
Since 2022
 
 
-8%
BAA vs RHP
2024
 
 
-3%
BAA vs RHP
2023
 
 
-15%
BAA vs RHP
2022
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BAA Batters K BB H 2B 3B HR
Since 2022vs Left .259 657 122 58 153 32 3 29
Since 2022vs Right .238 577 122 40 125 21 2 17
2024vs Left .249 371 74 28 84 20 2 15
2024vs Right .241 333 71 16 76 16 1 11
2023vs Left .274 286 48 30 69 12 1 14
2023vs Right .233 244 51 24 49 5 1 6
2022vs Left 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2022vs Right 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
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Home/Away Pitching Splits
Since 2022
 
 
-8%
ERA on Road
2024
 
 
-13%
ERA on Road
2023
 
 
-8%
ERA at Home
2022
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ERA WHIP IP W L SV K/9 BB/9 HR/9
Since 2022Home 4.52 1.32 155.1 5 13 0 7.4 3.1 1.3
Since 2022Away 4.18 1.24 137.2 8 6 0 7.6 2.9 1.6
2024Home 4.54 1.23 69.1 3 8 0 7.5 2.1 1.3
2024Away 3.94 1.16 102.2 7 4 0 7.6 2.5 1.4
2023Home 4.50 1.40 86.0 2 5 0 7.2 3.9 1.3
2023Away 4.89 1.49 35.0 1 2 0 7.7 4.4 2.1
2022Home 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2022Away 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
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Stat Review
How does Jake Irvin 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.
  • 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
3.30
 
K/9
7.6
 
BB/9
2.3
 
HR/9
1.4
 
Fastball
93.8 mph
 
ERA
4.19
 
WHIP
1.19
 
BABIP
.283
 
GB/FB
1.40
 
Left On Base
71.0%
 
Exit Velocity
82.7 mph
 
Barrels/BBE
5.6%
 
Spin Rate
2420 rpm
 
Balls Hit 95+ MPH
23.3%
 
Swinging Strike
10.2%
 
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Allows six runs in loss
PWashington Nationals
September 5, 2024
Irvin (9-12) was saddled with the loss Thursday, allowing six runs on seven hits and three walks over five innings against the Pirates. He struck out four.
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Tagged with seven runs
PWashington Nationals
August 30, 2024
Irvin (9-11) yielded seven runs on eight hits and two walks over 4.2 innings Friday, striking out six and taking a loss against the Cubs.
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Can't get through six frames
PWashington Nationals
August 25, 2024
Irvin did not factor into the decision in Saturday's loss to Atlanta, allowing two runs on five hits and three walks over 5.1 innings while striking out three.
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Mediocre in no-decision
PWashington Nationals
August 18, 2024
Irvin came away with a no-decision in Sunday's win against the Phillies, allowing four earned runs on eight hits and one walk while striking out five in six innings.
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Logs quality start in win
PWashington Nationals
August 13, 2024
Irvin (9-10) earned the win against the Orioles on Tuesday, allowing two runs on seven hits and one walk with three strikeouts over six innings
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Encouraging underlying metrics
PWashington Nationals
August 11, 2023
Irvin is holding opponents to a .224 batting average against his fastball and .182 batting average against his curveball through 17 starts this season.
ANALYSIS
Irvin's fastball and curveball combine to account for 68.8 percent of his total pitches thrown, so his bread and butter being effective is noteworthy. His sinker, on the other hand, is getting blasted at a .364/.400/.535 opponent slash. Finding success with a third pitch is a critical next step for the 26-year-old, but his foundation is encouraging. Irvin owns a 4.93 ERA across 84.0 total innings in his rookie campaign.
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