2024 Stats
W-L
1-5
ERA
6.44
WHIP
1.68
K
31
SV
0
2025 Projections
2025 Fantasy Outlook
Black is one of the higher-ranked prospects in the San Francisco organization. He is a former 3rd round pick after impressive work for Lehigh University and has since pitched effectively as a minor league starter with 378 strikeouts in 320 innings of work. His time in the majors in 2024 was a humbling experience as the league enjoyed a lot of success off him hanging a 6.44 ERA and a 1.68 WHIP on him over nine games while hitting over .300 on his three primary pitch offerings. The one area of any success he had in the majors was his slider threw a no-hitter on the season as nobody safely batted one of his 39 sliders into play. Black's calling card is a delivery which provides better than average extension allowing his pitches to play up a bit more like a Joe Ryan, but only his slider grades as an above-average pitch on the pitch modeling. The extension allowed him to get a better than average whiff rate on a four-seamer which had a .333 average against, so the path to success for Black could very well be a move to the pen to focus on a fastball and slider approach. Simply put, his outcomes since graduating out of Double-A have been challenging between the big league humbling and the run environments of the PCL. Read Past Outlooks
Optioned to Sacramento
The Giants optioned Black to Triple-A Sacramento on Friday, Maria I. Guardado of MLB.com reports.
ANALYSIS
Black was saddled with his fifth loss of the season Wednesday versus Arizona, allowing four earned runs on five hits and five walks across just 2.2 innings. Now that his spot in the rotation won't be needed for the rest of the season, the Giants will send him back to the minors and insert Randy Rodriguez (elbow) back into their bullpen.
Black was saddled with his fifth loss of the season Wednesday versus Arizona, allowing four earned runs on five hits and five walks across just 2.2 innings. Now that his spot in the rotation won't be needed for the rest of the season, the Giants will send him back to the minors and insert Randy Rodriguez (elbow) back into their bullpen.
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Pitching Appearances Breakdown
Average Pitch Count
74
Last 10 Games
74
Last 5 Games
80
How many pitches does Mason Black generally throw?
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11-20
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91-100
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111-120
121+
What part of the game does Mason Black generally pitch?
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% Games Reaching Innings Threshold
% Games By Number of Innings Pitched
Left/Right Pitching Splits
Since 2022
-19%
BAA vs LHP
2024
-19%
BAA vs LHP
| BAA | K | BB | H | HR | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Since 2022vs Left | .275 | 13 | 7 | 19 | 3 | |||
| Since 2022vs Right | .338 | 18 | 8 | 27 | 4 | |||
| 2024vs Left | .275 | 13 | 7 | 19 | 3 | |||
| 2024vs Right | .338 | 18 | 8 | 27 | 4 | |||
| 2023vs Left | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| 2023vs Right | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| 2022vs Left | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| 2022vs Right | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
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Home/Away Pitching Splits
Since 2022
-35%
ERA at Home
2024
-35%
ERA at Home
| ERA | WHIP | IP | K/9 | BB/9 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Since 2022Home | 4.96 | 1.41 | 16.1 | 6.6 | 1.7 | ||||
| Since 2022Away | 7.65 | 1.90 | 20.0 | 8.6 | 5.4 | ||||
| 2024Home | 4.96 | 1.41 | 16.1 | 6.6 | 1.7 | ||||
| 2024Away | 7.65 | 1.90 | 20.0 | 8.6 | 5.4 | ||||
| 2023Home | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| 2023Away | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| 2022Home | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| 2022Away | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
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Stat Review
How does Mason Black 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.
* 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
2.07K/9
7.7BB/9
3.7HR/9
1.7Fastball
92.6 mphERA
6.44WHIP
1.68BABIP
.353GB/FB
0.72Left On Base
68.4%Exit Velocity
80.7 mphBarrels/BBE
4.9%Spin Rate
2209 rpmBalls Hit 95+ MPH
19.7%Swinging Strike
7.4%Prospect Rankings History
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2024 Fantasy Outlook
A sinker/slider righty whose shallow arsenal may limit his upside, Black is knocking on the door of the majors after making 13 starts at Triple-A. The 6-foot-3, 230-pound burgeoning workhorse built up to 123.2 innings while striking out 155 and walking 52. His 94-mph sinker can touch 97 mph and his slider sits in the mid-80s. Black has dabbled with a curveball, cutter and changeup, but he is mostly a two-pitch pitcher. Generally sinker/slider types generate groundballs at high clips, but Black had a 41.7 percent groundball rate at Double-A and a 39.9 percent groundball rate at Triple-A. Fortunately, Oracle Park ranks 27th in Statcast's home run park factor, so a flyball approach isn't the worst thing. Black could be a useful streamer in favorable home starts as a rookie, but he projects as a No. 4 or No. 5 starter long term.
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Issues five walks in loss
Black (1-5) took the loss against the Diamondbacks on Wednesday, allowing four runs on five hits and five walks over 2.2 innings while striking out three.
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Picks up first career win
Black (1-4) earned the win Friday at Kansas City, pitching 5.2 scoreless frames while allowing four hits and one walk. He struck out four.
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Allows one earned run in loss
Black (0-4) took the loss against the Padres on Saturday, allowing two runs (one earned) on six hits and one walk over four innings while striking out two.
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Shaky in third loss
Black (0-3) allowed four runs on six hits and a walk while striking out six over 4.2 innings to take the loss Friday versus the Padres.
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Rewarded with another start
Black is scheduled to start Friday's game against the Padres in San Diego.
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Latest Fantasy Rumors
Might be rotation option soon
Alex Pavlovic of NBC Sports Bay Area suggests that Black could be an option for San Francisco's rotation in the near future in the wake of Blake Snell's adductor strain.
ANALYSIS
Black missed out on the Giants' season-opening rotation but has a 1.53 ERA, 0.99 WHIP and 20:4 K:BB through four starts at Triple-A Sacramento, which could earn him a promotion soon. San Francisco doesn't necessarily need reinforcements immediately with scheduled off days Thursday and Monday, but a stretch of 16 straight games follows that and will require a full rotation. Snell seems likely to miss more than the 15-day minimum, which could set up Black to make his MLB debut in early May if San Francisco is willing to add him to the 40-man roster.
Black missed out on the Giants' season-opening rotation but has a 1.53 ERA, 0.99 WHIP and 20:4 K:BB through four starts at Triple-A Sacramento, which could earn him a promotion soon. San Francisco doesn't necessarily need reinforcements immediately with scheduled off days Thursday and Monday, but a stretch of 16 straight games follows that and will require a full rotation. Snell seems likely to miss more than the 15-day minimum, which could set up Black to make his MLB debut in early May if San Francisco is willing to add him to the 40-man roster.