Paul

Blackburn

PAge : 32Throws : R

#58

Paul Blackburn

#58PNew York Yankees

Height : 6' 1" · Weight : 89 kg · Bats : R · Throws : R · MLB debut : 2017-07-01

Born in : Antioch, CA, USA

MLB record

Year	Team	PJ	V	D	MPM	MJ	RB	WHIP
2026	New York Yankees	62	7	3	1.59	85.0	69	1.08
2025		15	0	3	6.23	39.0	34	1.51
2025	New York Yankees	8	0	0	5.28	15.1	16	1.30
2025	New York Mets	7	0	3	6.85	23.2	18	1.65
2024		14	5	4	4.66	75.1	59	1.29
2024	New York Mets	5	1	2	5.18	24.1	21	1.56
2024	Athletics	9	4	2	4.41	51.0	38	1.16
2023	Athletics	21	4	7	4.43	103.2	104	1.54
2022	Athletics	21	7	6	4.28	111.1	89	1.26
2021	Athletics	9	1	4	5.87	38.1	26	1.62
2020	Athletics	1	0	1	27.00	2.1	2	3.00
2019	Athletics	4	0	2	10.64	11.0	8	2.09
2018	Athletics	6	2	3	7.16	27.2	19	1.41
2017	Athletics	10	3	1	3.22	58.2	22	1.26
Career totals		163	29	34	4.45	552.1	432	1.36

ContractNew York Yankees payroll →

Type: Free Agent
Length: 1 yr · 2026–2026
Total value: 2.0 M$
AAV: 2.00 M$

2026
2.00 M$
Guaranteed

Advanced stats, 2026Relief pitcherMLB stats →

ERA

1.59

FIP

3.75

xFIP

3.92

ERA-

WHIP

1.08

20.5 %

BB%

9.8 %

Strikeouts

Innings

85.0

Wins

Stats: MLB (statsapi) and Baseball Savant.

2027 projectionMLB trends →

Projected WAR

0.4

Strikeouts

2026 WAR

0.7

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

Trend

→ Stable (+1)

20231.5 WAR · 0.9 per full season
20240.5 WAR · 0.4 per full season
20250.2 WAR · 0.3 per full season
20260.7 WAR · 0.5 per full season

Outlook, age included

-14 · 32 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; 68
STF: Stuff; 66
CTL: Control; 76
CNT: Contact allowed; 80
STA: Stamina; —
DUR: Durability; 71
EX: Experience; 81

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

0.7

#72 of 263 regular relievers

PAL Rating

61 / 100

#102 of 263 regular relievers

Value Rating

61 / 100

Surplus $4.8M · salary $2.0M

PAL: dimensions

Run prevention81

Stuff28

Command42

Contact allowed71

Velocity48

A pitcher's WAR

Computed by MLB from FIP (strikeouts, walks, home runs). FIP: 3.75 · RA9-WAR: 2.9

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

94.7 mi/h

48th percentile

20.5 %

29th percentile

BB%

9.8 %

43th percentile

xERA

3.68

61th percentile

xwOBA allowed

.296

61th percentile

Barrels allowed

5.6 %

71th percentile

Season by season
Season	Team	WAR	PAL	OV	Fastball	K%	BB%	xERA	xwOBA allowed
2026	NYY	0.7	61	70	94.7	20.5	9.8	3.68	.296
2025	NYY	0.2	29	68	92.5	19.4	6.9	3.99	.310
2024	NYM	0.5	30	67	91.9	18.7	6.6	4.55	.332
2023	ATH	1.5	47	67	91.9	22.4	9.3	4.48	.325
2022	ATH	0.8	39	66	91.5	19.1	6.4	4.05	.315
2021	ATH	-0.1	16	58	90.8	14.9	5.7	5.40	.352

Game log, 2026

Date	Opponent	IP	H	ER	BB	SO	ERA
Sep 25	vs BAL	1.0	1	0	1	1	1.59
Sep 23	vs TB	1.0	1	0	0	0	1.61
Sep 19	@ AZ	1.1	2	0	0	2	1.63
Sep 16	@ MIN	1.0	0	0	1	0	1.65
Sep 13	vs NYM	1.0	1	0	0	0	1.67
Sep 11	vs NYM	0.1	1	0	2	0	1.69
Sep 9	vs COL	1.0	0	0	1	1	1.70
Sep 4	@ SD	0.1	1	1	0	1	1.72
Sep 1	@ LAA	1.1	1	0	0	2	1.62
Aug 29	vs BOS	1.0	0	0	0	2	1.64