John
Sousa
PAge : 31Throws : L
#62
Bennett Sousa
#62P
Houston Astros
Height : 6' 3" · Weight : 100 kg · Bats : L · Throws : L · MLB debut : 2022-04-08
Born in : North Palm Beach, FL, USA
MLB record
| Year | Team | PJ | V | D | MPM | MJ | RB | WHIP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | Houston Astros | 35 | 1 | 3 | 6.00 | 30.0 | 32 | 1.80 |
| 2025 | Houston Astros | 44 | 5 | 1 | 2.84 | 50.2 | 59 | 1.03 |
| 2023 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 4.00 | 9.0 | 10 | 0.89 | |
| 2023 | Houston Astros | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 6.1 | 8 | 0.16 |
| 2023 | Milwaukee Brewers | 2 | 0 | 0 | 13.50 | 2.2 | 2 | 2.63 |
| 2022 | Chicago White Sox | 25 | 3 | 0 | 8.41 | 20.1 | 12 | 1.72 |
| Career totals | 111 | 9 | 4 | 4.83 | 110.0 | 113 | 1.35 | |
ContractHouston Astros payroll →
- Type
- Arbitration
- Length
- 1 yr · 2026–2026
- Total value
- 0.9 M$
- AAV
- 0.91 M$
2026
0.91 M$
Guaranteed
2027
—
Arb 2
2028
—
Arb 3
2029
—
Arb 4
Advanced stats, 2026Relief pitcherMLB stats →
ERA
6.00
FIP
4.93
xFIP
4.98
ERA-
146
WHIP
1.80
K%
22.7 %
BB%
12.8 %
Strikeouts
32
Innings
30.0
Wins
1
Stats: MLB (statsapi) and Baseball Savant.
2027 projectionMLB trends →
Projected WAR
-0.2
Strikeouts
42
2026 WAR
-0.2
This season's pace, over the average of the last two workloads, adjusted for next year's age.
Trend
↓ Slight decline (-10)
- 2022-0.3 WAR · -1.0 per full season
- 20251.1 WAR · 1.4 per full season
- 2026-0.2 WAR · -0.4 per full season
Outlook, age included
-10 · 31 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
78
Established regular
- VEL
- Velocity
- 73
- STF
- Stuff
- 80
- CTL
- Control
- 72
- CNT
- Contact allowed
- 74
- STA
- Stamina
- —
- DUR
- Durability
- 68
- EX
- Experience
- 61
Why these ratings?Hide details
- 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
-0.2
#217 of 263 regular relievers
PAL Rating
18 / 100
#215 of 263 regular relievers
Value Rating
26 / 100
Surplus $-2.9M · salary $0.9MPAL: dimensions
A pitcher's WAR
Computed by MLB from FIP (strikeouts, walks, home runs). FIP: 4.93 · RA9-WAR: -0.7
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
94.0 mi/h
34th percentile
K%
22.7 %
48th percentile
BB%
12.8 %
12th percentile
xERA
4.15
37th percentile
xwOBA allowed
.313
37th percentile
Barrels allowed
9.9 %
11th percentile
| Season | Team | WAR | PAL | OV | Fastball | K% | BB% | xERA | xwOBA allowed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | HOU | -0.2 | 18 | 78 | 94.0 | 22.7 | 12.8 | 4.15 | .313 |
| 2025 | HOU | 1.1 | 90 | 84 | 95.1 | 29.6 | 7.5 | 2.89 | .266 |
| 2022 | CWS | -0.3 | 4 | 55 | 94.0 | 12.5 | 10.4 | 4.64 | .335 |
Game log, 2026
| Date | Opponent | IP | H | ER | BB | SO | ERA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 25 | @ ATH | 0.0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 6.00 |
| Sep 24 | @ ATH | 0.2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 5.10 |
| Sep 22 | @ SEA | 2.0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 4.91 |
| Sep 19 | vs ATL | 0.2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5.27 |
| Sep 18 | vs ATL | 0.2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5.40 |
| Sep 15 | vs KC | 1.0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 5.54 |
| Sep 12 | @ TB | 0.2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5.40 |
| Sep 10 | @ PHI | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5.55 |
| Sep 8 | @ PHI | 0.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5.79 |
| Sep 4 | vs AZ | 1.1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 5.87 |