Jacob

Woodford

PAge : 29Throws : R

#41

Jake Woodford

#41P

Height : 6' 4" · Weight : 98 kg · Bats : R · Throws : R · MLB debut : 2020-08-15

Born in : St. Petersburg, FL, USA

MLB record

Year	Team	PJ	V	D	MPM	MJ	RB	WHIP
2026		19	1	0	7.81	27.2	25	1.84
2026	Tampa Bay Rays	1	0	0	20.25	1.1	2	3.00
2026	Chicago Cubs	2	0	0	9.00	3.0	3	2.00
2026	Milwaukee Brewers	16	1	0	6.94	23.1	20	1.76
2025	Arizona Diamondbacks	22	0	4	6.44	36.1	23	1.60
2024		9	0	6	7.97	35.0	26	1.63
2024	Pittsburgh Pirates	7	0	4	7.09	26.2	19	1.39
2024	Chicago White Sox	2	0	2	10.80	8.1	7	2.40
2023	St. Louis Cardinals	15	2	3	6.23	47.2	29	1.74
2022	St. Louis Cardinals	27	4	0	2.23	48.1	24	1.12
2021	St. Louis Cardinals	26	3	4	3.99	67.2	50	1.34
2020	St. Louis Cardinals	12	1	0	5.57	21.0	16	1.19
Career totals		130	11	17	5.36	283.2	193	1.48

ContractMilwaukee Brewers payroll →

Type: Free Agent/Arb
Length: 1 yr · 2026–2026
Total value: 0.4 M$
AAV: 0.41 M$

2026
0.41 M$
Not 40 man

Advanced stats, 2026Relief pitcherMLB stats →

ERA

7.81

FIP

4.51

xFIP

3.85

ERA-

188

WHIP

1.84

18.7 %

BB%

6.0 %

Strikeouts

Innings

27.7

Wins

Stats: MLB (statsapi) and Baseball Savant.

2027 projectionMLB trends →

Projected WAR

0.0

Strikeouts

2026 WAR

0.0

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

Trend

→ Stable (-1)

2023-0.6 WAR · -0.8 per full season
20240.1 WAR · 0.2 per full season
20250.0 WAR · 0.0 per full season
20260.0 WAR · 0.0 per full season

Outlook, age included

-1 · 29 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; 63
STF: Stuff; 56
CTL: Control; 85
CNT: Contact allowed; 53
STA: Stamina; —
DUR: Durability; 52
EX: Experience; 71

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

0.0

PAL Rating

14 / 100

Value Rating

36 / 100

Surplus $-0.4M · salary $0.4M

PAL: dimensions

Run prevention8

Stuff34

Command84

Contact allowed4

Velocity24

A pitcher's WAR

Computed by MLB from FIP (strikeouts, walks, home runs). FIP: 4.51 · 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

92.8 mi/h

19th percentile

18.7 %

21th percentile

BB%

6.0 %

91th percentile

xERA

6.23

2th percentile

xwOBA allowed

.374

2th percentile

Barrels allowed

8.9 %

21th percentile

Season by season
Season	Team	WAR	PAL	OV	Fastball	K%	BB%	xERA	xwOBA allowed
2026	TB	0.0	14	54	92.8	18.7	6.0	6.23	.374
2025	AZ	0.0	10	57	93.1	13.5	7.6	5.03	.344
2024	PIT	0.1	10	56	91.4	15.6	5.4	5.62	.364
2023	STL	-0.6	3	60	92.5	13.1	9.9	6.95	.392
2022	STL	0.6	32	63	92.4	12.8	5.9	4.05	.315
2021	STL	0.4	11	59	92.1	17.1	8.5	4.69	.331

Game log, 2026

Date	Opponent	IP	H	ER	BB	SO	ERA
Sep 24	@ NYY	1.1	3	3	1	2	7.81
Aug 3	vs LAD	1.0	1	0	0	0	7.18
Jul 10	@ CIN	2.0	5	3	0	3	7.46
Jun 4	vs SF	3.0	7	4	0	1	6.94
Jun 1	vs SF	1.0	0	0	0	2	6.20
May 30	@ HOU	0.1	1	1	0	1	6.52
May 23	vs LAD	1.2	4	4	4	1	6.16
May 17	@ MIN	1.0	1	1	0	1	4.67
May 4	@ STL	1.0	2	1	0	2	4.41
May 3	@ WSH	0.2	0	0	1	1	4.11