Matthew

Strahm

PAge : 34Throws : L

#25

Matt Strahm

#25PKansas City Royals

Height : 6' 2" · Weight : 86 kg · Bats : R · Throws : L · MLB debut : 2016-07-31

Born in : West Fargo, ND, USA

MLB record

Year	Team	PJ	V	D	MPM	MJ	RB	WHIP
2026	Kansas City Royals	41	3	4	7.32	35.2	30	1.49
2025	Philadelphia Phillies	66	2	3	2.74	62.1	70	1.07
2024	Philadelphia Phillies	66	6	2	1.87	62.2	79	0.75
2023	Philadelphia Phillies	56	9	5	3.29	87.2	108	1.02
2022	Boston Red Sox	50	4	4	3.83	44.2	52	1.23
2021	San Diego Padres	6	0	1	8.10	6.2	4	2.40
2020	San Diego Padres	19	0	1	2.61	20.2	15	0.87
2019	San Diego Padres	46	6	11	4.71	114.2	118	1.25
2018	San Diego Padres	41	3	4	2.05	61.1	69	0.98
2017	Kansas City Royals	24	2	5	5.45	34.2	37	1.50
2016	Kansas City Royals	21	2	2	1.23	22.0	30	1.09
Career totals		436	37	42	3.61	553.0	612	1.13

ContractKansas City Royals payroll →

Type: Extension
Length: 2 yrs · 2025–2026
Total value: 12.0 M$
AAV: 7.50 M$

2026
4.50 M$
Not 40 man

Advanced stats, 2026Relief pitcherMLB stats →

ERA

7.32

FIP

7.14

xFIP

5.64

ERA-

171

WHIP

1.49

18.6 %

BB%

8.7 %

Strikeouts

Innings

35.7

Wins

Stats: MLB (statsapi) and Baseball Savant.

2027 projectionMLB trends →

Projected WAR

-1.6

Strikeouts

2026 WAR

-1.3

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

Trend

↓ Declining (-25)

20232.0 WAR · 1.5 per full season
20242.1 WAR · 2.2 per full season
20251.6 WAR · 1.7 per full season
2026-1.3 WAR · -2.4 per full season

Outlook, age included

-40 · 34 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

Very good

VEL: Velocity; 61
STF: Stuff; 83
CTL: Control; 83
CNT: Contact allowed; 75
STA: Stamina; —
DUR: Durability; 81
EX: Experience; 84

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

-1.3

#263 of 263 regular relievers

PAL Rating

6 / 100

#247 of 263 regular relievers

Value Rating

0 / 100

Surplus $-20.2M · salary $7.5M

PAL: dimensions

Run prevention3

Stuff24

Command57

Contact allowed17

Velocity10

A pitcher's WAR

Computed by MLB from FIP (strikeouts, walks, home runs). FIP: 7.14 · 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

91.3 mi/h

6th percentile

18.6 %

20th percentile

BB%

8.7 %

57th percentile

xERA

4.24

34th percentile

xwOBA allowed

.316

34th percentile

Barrels allowed

11.3 %

6th percentile

Season by season
Season	Team	WAR	PAL	OV	Fastball	K%	BB%	xERA	xwOBA allowed
2026	KC	-1.3	6	81	91.3	18.6	8.7	4.24	.316
2025	PHI	1.6	82	89	92.3	27.3	7.8	2.78	.261
2024	PHI	2.1	96	88	93.4	33.3	4.6	2.48	.249
2023	PHI	2.0	89	84	93.4	30.8	6.0	3.21	.278
2022	BOS	0.3	64	80	94.2	26.9	8.8	3.22	.283

Game log, 2026

Date	Opponent	IP	H	ER	BB	SO	ERA
Aug 1	@ COL	1.0	1	1	0	1	7.32
Jul 30	@ MIN	0.0	1	1	0	0	7.27
Jul 26	@ DET	0.2	2	1	0	1	7.01
Jul 23	@ DET	1.0	0	0	1	1	6.88
Jul 21	vs SF	0.2	0	0	0	1	7.09
Jul 19	vs SD	1.0	1	1	0	1	7.24
Jul 12	@ BAL	0.1	4	5	1	1	7.18
Jul 10	@ BAL	1.0	2	2	0	2	5.81
Jul 8	@ NYM	0.1	0	0	0	1	5.40
Jul 7	@ NYM	1.0	2	1	1	0	5.46