Alexander

Lange

PAge : 31Throws : R

#56

Alex Lange

#56PKansas City Royals

Height : 6' 3" · Weight : 92 kg · Bats : R · Throws : R · MLB debut : 2021-04-10

Born in : Riverside, CA, USA

MLB record

Year	Team	PJ	V	D	MPM	MJ	RB	WHIP
2026	Kansas City Royals	59	2	7	6.75	60.0	60	1.63
2025	Detroit Tigers	1	0	0	0.00	1.0	1	3.00
2024	Detroit Tigers	21	0	3	4.34	18.2	21	1.77
2023	Detroit Tigers	67	7	5	3.68	66.0	79	1.33
2022	Detroit Tigers	71	7	4	3.41	63.1	82	1.23
2021	Detroit Tigers	36	1	3	4.04	35.2	39	1.49
Career totals		255	17	22	4.45	244.2	282	1.44

ContractKansas City Royals payroll →

Type: Free Agent/Arb
Length: 1 yr · 2026–2026
Total value: 0.9 M$
AAV: 0.90 M$

2026
0.90 M$
Guaranteed
2027
—
Arb 2
2028
—
Arb 3

Advanced stats, 2026Relief pitcherMLB stats →

ERA

6.75

FIP

5.87

xFIP

4.71

ERA-

158

WHIP

1.63

21.8 %

BB%

12.0 %

Strikeouts

Innings

60.0

Wins

Stats: MLB (statsapi) and Baseball Savant.

2027 projectionMLB trends →

Projected WAR

-0.5

Strikeouts

2026 WAR

-1.1

This season's pace, over the average of the last two workloads, adjusted for next year's age.

Trend

→ Stable (0)

20220.7 WAR · 0.7 per full season
20230.0 WAR · 0.0 per full season
20240.1 WAR · 0.3 per full season
2026-1.1 WAR · -1.2 per full season

Outlook, age included

0 · 30 y.o. · prime years

It is only a projection. It knows nothing about injuries, trades or role changes.

Player ratings, 2026All ratings →

Ratings from 0 to 100, computed from Statcast and MLB stats over four seasons, never by hand. 75 = established regular, 87 = 90th percentile, 95+ = elite.

OV · Overall

Replacement or prospect

VEL: Velocity; 79
STF: Stuff; 67
CTL: Control; 51
CNT: Contact allowed; 47
STA: Stamina; —
DUR: Durability; 72
EX: Experience; 66

Why these ratings?

VEL — Velocity : Fastball velocity
STF — Stuff : Strikeouts, K − BB
CTL — Control : Walks avoided
CNT — Contact allowed : xwOBA, barrels and hard-hit balls allowed
STA — Stamina : Innings per start and innings pitched
DUR — Durability : Games played over several seasons
EX — Experience : Seasons in the majors

WAR and PAL Rating, 2026How we rate →

WAR is fWAR (FanGraphs' version, distributed through MLB's API): wins added above a replacement player. PAL Rating scores performance from 0 to 100 against regulars in the same role (50 = median).

WAR

-1.1

#260 of 263 regular relievers

PAL Rating

4 / 100

#252 of 263 regular relievers

Value Rating

4 / 100

Surplus $-11.8M · salary $1.0M

PAL: dimensions

Run prevention4

Stuff31

Command20

Contact allowed2

Velocity65

A pitcher's WAR

Computed by MLB from FIP (strikeouts, walks, home runs). FIP: 5.87 · RA9-WAR: -1.5

StatcastStatcast leaderboards →

MLB's tracking of every ball, 2026 season. The percentile ranks the player among regulars in the role: 90th means better than 90% of them.

Fastball

95.9 mi/h

65th percentile

21.8 %

38th percentile

BB%

12.0 %

22th percentile

xERA

5.44

7th percentile

xwOBA allowed

.353

7th percentile

Barrels allowed

13.6 %

1th percentile

Season by season
Season	Team	WAR	PAL	OV	Fastball	K%	BB%	xERA	xwOBA allowed
2026	KC	-1.1	4	52	95.9	21.8	12.0	5.44	.353
2024	DET	0.1	18	71	96.4	23.3	18.9	4.97	.345
2023	DET	0.0	39	74	96.1	27.4	15.6	3.85	.303
2022	DET	0.7	77	78	95.5	30.3	11.4	3.20	.282
2021	DET	0.1	25	69	96.4	24.1	9.9	5.77	.362

Game log, 2026

Date	Opponent	IP	H	ER	BB	SO	ERA
Sep 26	vs CLE	0.1	3	4	1	0	6.75
Sep 24	vs CWS	1.0	2	2	2	1	6.18
Sep 22	vs CWS	1.0	0	0	0	2	5.98
Sep 17	@ HOU	1.0	1	1	0	1	6.09
Sep 12	@ BOS	1.0	3	1	1	0	6.04
Sep 8	vs AZ	1.0	1	1	2	1	5.98
Sep 5	vs TOR	1.0	1	0	0	0	5.93
Sep 2	vs MIA	1.0	2	2	0	1	6.04
Aug 29	@ CLE	1.0	2	1	0	1	5.81
Aug 27	@ TOR	1.0	1	0	1	0	5.75