Cole

Sulser

PAge : 36Throws : R

#71

Cole Sulser

#71PTampa Bay Rays

Height : 6' 0" · Weight : 91 kg · Bats : R · Throws : R · MLB debut : 2019-09-06

Born in : Santa Ysabel, CA, USA

MLB record

Year	Team	PJ	V	D	MPM	MJ	RB	WHIP
2026	Tampa Bay Rays	51	1	0	4.31	56.1	56	1.24
2025	Tampa Bay Rays	18	2	1	1.99	22.2	22	1.19
2024		10	1	0	2.76	16.1	15	1.10
2024	Tampa Bay Rays	6	1	0	0.00	11.2	8	0.77
2024	New York Mets	4	0	0	9.64	4.2	7	1.93
2023	Arizona Diamondbacks	4	0	0	6.75	5.1	4	1.50
2022	Miami Marlins	39	1	4	5.29	34.0	38	1.62
2021	Baltimore Orioles	60	5	4	2.70	63.1	73	1.12
2020	Baltimore Orioles	19	1	5	5.56	22.2	19	1.50
2019	Tampa Bay Rays	7	0	0	0.00	7.1	9	1.09
Career totals		208	11	14	3.71	228.0	236	1.28

ContractTampa Bay Rays payroll →

Type: Arbitration
Length: 1 yr · 2026–2026
Total value: 1.1 M$
AAV: 1.05 M$

2026
1.05 M$
Guaranteed
2027
—
Arb 3

Advanced stats, 2026Relief pitcherMLB stats →

ERA

4.31

FIP

3.63

xFIP

3.92

ERA-

103

WHIP

1.24

23.7 %

BB%

7.2 %

Strikeouts

Innings

56.3

Wins

Stats: MLB (statsapi) and Baseball Savant.

2027 projectionMLB trends →

Projected WAR

0.4

Strikeouts

2026 WAR

0.6

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

Trend

→ Stable (-2)

2022-0.1 WAR · -0.2 per full season
20240.1 WAR · 0.4 per full season
20250.4 WAR · 1.1 per full season
20260.6 WAR · 0.7 per full season

Outlook, age included

-32 · 36 y.o. · the age when performance usually declines

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

Established regular

VEL: Velocity; 62
STF: Stuff; 78
CTL: Control; 80
CNT: Contact allowed; 62
STA: Stamina; —
DUR: Durability; 67
EX: Experience; 75

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

0.6

#81 of 263 regular relievers

PAL Rating

43 / 100

#150 of 263 regular relievers

Value Rating

61 / 100

Surplus $4.8M · salary $1.1M

PAL: dimensions

Run prevention47

Stuff64

Command77

Contact allowed9

Velocity14

A pitcher's WAR

Computed by MLB from FIP (strikeouts, walks, home runs). FIP: 3.63 · RA9-WAR: -0.1

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

92.3 mi/h

16th percentile

23.7 %

55th percentile

BB%

7.2 %

77th percentile

xERA

4.38

28th percentile

xwOBA allowed

.321

28th percentile

Barrels allowed

11.7 %

4th percentile

Season by season
Season	Team	WAR	PAL	OV	Fastball	K%	BB%	xERA	xwOBA allowed
2026	TB	0.6	43	72	92.3	23.7	7.2	4.38	.321
2025	TB	0.4	74	74	92.9	24.4	7.8	2.80	.262
2024	TB	0.1	41	64	92.2	22.7	13.6	3.22	.283
2022	MIA	-0.1	20	71	91.9	25.5	10.7	5.27	.354
2021	BAL	1.5	80	81	93.2	28.4	8.9	3.08	.272

Game log, 2026

Date	Opponent	IP	H	ER	BB	SO	ERA
Sep 26	@ PHI	1.0	1	0	1	2	4.31
Sep 25	@ PHI	1.0	0	0	0	1	4.39
Sep 23	@ NYY	1.0	2	1	1	1	4.47
Sep 20	vs BOS	1.0	0	0	0	0	4.39
Sep 19	vs BOS	1.0	1	0	0	2	4.47
Sep 16	vs ATH	1.0	0	0	0	0	4.56
Sep 13	vs HOU	1.0	0	0	0	1	4.65
Sep 9	@ ATL	1.0	0	0	0	0	4.74
Sep 8	@ ATL	1.0	0	0	0	0	4.84
Sep 6	@ TEX	1.0	2	1	1	1	4.94