Colin

Holderman

PAge : 30Throws : R

#35

Colin Holderman

#35PCleveland Guardians

Height : 6' 6" · Weight : 104 kg · Bats : R · Throws : R · MLB debut : 2022-05-15

Born in : Bourbonnais, IL, USA

MLB record

Year	Team	PJ	V	D	MPM	MJ	RB	WHIP
2026	Cleveland Guardians	54	6	4	2.73	52.2	50	1.04
2025	Pittsburgh Pirates	24	0	2	7.01	25.2	18	1.95
2024	Pittsburgh Pirates	55	3	6	3.16	51.1	56	1.31
2023	Pittsburgh Pirates	58	0	3	3.86	56.0	58	1.34
2022		24	5	0	3.81	28.1	24	1.20
2022	Pittsburgh Pirates	9	1	0	6.75	10.2	6	1.50
2022	New York Mets	15	4	0	2.04	17.2	18	1.02
Career totals		215	14	15	3.79	214.0	206	1.31

ContractCleveland Guardians payroll →

Type: Free Agent/Arb
Length: 1 yr · 2026–2026
Total value: 1.5 M$
AAV: 1.50 M$

2026
1.50 M$
Guaranteed
2027
—
Arb 3
2028
—
Arb 4

Advanced stats, 2026Relief pitcherMLB stats →

ERA

2.73

FIP

3.16

xFIP

4.14

ERA-

WHIP

1.04

22.5 %

BB%

9.0 %

Strikeouts

Innings

52.7

Wins

Stats: MLB (statsapi) and Baseball Savant.

2027 projectionMLB trends →

Projected WAR

0.6

Strikeouts

2026 WAR

0.8

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

Trend

↑ Slightly up (+11)

20230.9 WAR · 1.0 per full season
20240.2 WAR · 0.3 per full season
2025-0.4 WAR · -1.0 per full season
20260.8 WAR · 1.0 per full season

Outlook, age included

+11 · 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

Depth

VEL: Velocity; 85
STF: Stuff; 70
CTL: Control; 72
CNT: Contact allowed; 64
STA: Stamina; —
DUR: Durability; 77
EX: Experience; 61

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

0.8

#58 of 263 regular relievers

PAL Rating

63 / 100

#97 of 263 regular relievers

Value Rating

67 / 100

Surplus $6.3M · salary $1.5M

PAL: dimensions

Run prevention72

Stuff48

Command53

Contact allowed27

Velocity80

A pitcher's WAR

Computed by MLB from FIP (strikeouts, walks, home runs). FIP: 3.16 · RA9-WAR: 1.1

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

97.0 mi/h

80th percentile

22.5 %

45th percentile

BB%

9.0 %

53th percentile

xERA

3.87

52th percentile

xwOBA allowed

.303

52th percentile

Barrels allowed

7.7 %

35th percentile

Season by season
Season	Team	WAR	PAL	OV	Fastball	K%	BB%	xERA	xwOBA allowed
2026	CLE	0.8	63	69	97.0	22.5	9.0	3.87	.303
2025	PIT	-0.4	5	63	97.0	14.4	12.8	5.73	.364
2024	PIT	0.2	44	72	97.2	25.1	11.2	4.08	.316
2023	PIT	0.9	70	78	97.8	24.2	8.3	3.61	.294
2022	PIT	0.3	37	70	96.2	20.3	11.9	3.52	.295

Game log, 2026

Date	Opponent	IP	H	ER	BB	SO	ERA
Sep 3	vs TOR	0.1	1	0	1	0	2.73
Aug 29	vs KC	0.1	4	3	0	0	2.75
Aug 25	@ LAA	1.0	0	0	0	1	2.25
Aug 24	@ LAA	1.0	1	0	0	3	2.29
Aug 21	@ COL	1.0	1	0	2	0	2.34
Aug 15	vs SD	0.2	0	0	0	0	2.39
Aug 14	vs SD	0.2	2	2	0	0	2.42
Aug 12	@ DET	1.1	0	0	1	1	2.08
Aug 9	@ CWS	1.2	0	0	1	2	2.14
Aug 8	@ CWS	0.0	2	3	0	0	2.22