Garrett

Whitlock

PAge : 30Throws : R

#22

Garrett Whitlock

#22PBoston Red Sox

Height : 6' 5" · Weight : 101 kg · Bats : R · Throws : R · MLB debut : 2021-04-04

Born in : Snellville, GA, USA

MLB record

Year	Team	PJ	V	D	MPM	MJ	RB	WHIP
2026	Boston Red Sox	54	7	2	1.72	52.1	59	0.90
2025	Boston Red Sox	62	7	3	2.25	72.0	91	1.08
2024	Boston Red Sox	4	1	0	1.96	18.1	17	1.15
2023	Boston Red Sox	22	5	5	5.15	71.2	72	1.33
2022	Boston Red Sox	31	4	2	3.45	78.1	82	1.02
2021	Boston Red Sox	46	8	4	1.96	73.1	81	1.10
Career totals		219	32	16	2.93	366.0	402	1.10

ContractBoston Red Sox payroll →

Type: Extension
Length: 4 yrs · 2023–2026
Total value: 18.8 M$
AAV: 4.69 M$

2026
7.50 M$
Guaranteed
2027
8.25 M$
Club option
2028
10.50 M$
Club option (non-guarant

Advanced stats, 2026Relief pitcherMLB stats →

ERA

1.72

FIP

2.11

xFIP

2.89

ERA-

WHIP

0.90

29.8 %

BB%

4.5 %

Strikeouts

Innings

52.3

Wins

Stats: MLB (statsapi) and Baseball Savant.

2027 projectionMLB trends →

Projected WAR

2.3

Strikeouts

2026 WAR

2.0

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

Trend

→ Stable (+3)

20221.4 WAR · 1.2 per full season
20230.8 WAR · 0.7 per full season
20252.2 WAR · 2.0 per full season
20262.0 WAR · 2.5 per full season

Outlook, age included

+3 · 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

Star

VEL: Velocity; 75
STF: Stuff; 89
CTL: Control; 90
CNT: Contact allowed; 85
STA: Stamina; —
DUR: Durability; 76
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

2.0

#13 of 263 regular relievers

PAL Rating

96 / 100

#10 of 263 regular relievers

Value Rating

93 / 100

Surplus $14.9M · salary $4.7M

PAL: dimensions

Run prevention97

Stuff93

Command97

Contact allowed94

Velocity51

A pitcher's WAR

Computed by MLB from FIP (strikeouts, walks, home runs). FIP: 2.11 · RA9-WAR: 2.1

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

94.9 mi/h

50th percentile

29.8 %

89th percentile

BB%

4.5 %

98th percentile

xERA

2.62

95th percentile

xwOBA allowed

.251

95th percentile

Barrels allowed

3.8 %

90th percentile

Season by season
Season	Team	WAR	PAL	OV	Fastball	K%	BB%	xERA	xwOBA allowed
2026	BOS	2.0	96	92	94.9	29.8	4.5	2.62	.251
2025	BOS	2.2	94	86	95.8	31.1	8.2	2.78	.261
2023	BOS	0.8	51	83	94.1	23.7	4.3	4.64	.330
2022	BOS	1.4	82	90	95.6	26.4	4.8	3.10	.278
2021	BOS	1.6	94	93	96.3	27.2	5.7	2.92	.265

Game log, 2026

Date	Opponent	IP	H	ER	BB	SO	ERA
Sep 23	vs CLE	1.0	1	0	1	0	1.72
Sep 19	@ TB	0.2	3	0	0	1	1.75
Sep 17	@ TEX	1.0	0	0	1	0	1.78
Sep 13	vs KC	0.2	1	0	0	1	1.81
Sep 12	vs KC	1.0	0	0	0	3	1.84
Sep 7	vs LAA	1.0	0	0	0	2	1.88
Sep 4	@ BAL	1.0	1	0	0	0	1.91
Sep 3	@ BAL	1.0	0	0	0	2	1.96
Aug 29	@ NYY	1.0	0	0	0	1	2.00
Aug 9	vs ATH	1.0	2	1	0	3	2.05