Garrett Whitlock
27-Year-Old
2024 Stats
W-L
0-0
ERA
0.00
WHIP
0.00
K
0
SV
0
Rest-of-Season Projections
2024 Fantasy Outlook
Whitlock had a delayed start last season after undergoing hip surgery in 2022, but made his debut in early April. The 27-year-old right-hander opened 2023 in Boston's starting rotation and had mixed results, alternating good starts with bad ones. Combining this inconsistency with a couple of trips to the injured list - both for right elbow issues - was enough to dim Whitlock's fantasy light last season. After missing about three months total, Whitlock returned to the mound in August, this time as a multi-inning reliever. However, he couldn't quite get the handle of his changeup (.312 BA, .559 SLG), which has been a reliable offering since his rookie season. On the plus side, Whitlock struck out 25 over his final 20 innings and still possesses some upside if the Red Sox can ever settle on his role. At this point it's unclear which direction Boston plans to go, but keeping him as a reliever would make sense given he's topped 90 innings just once in his professional career, which was his first full season back in 2018. Read Past Outlooks
Strong effort Monday
Whitlock allowed one unearned run on three hits and one walk while striking out six over six innings in Monday's exhibition game against the Rangers.
ANALYSIS
Whitlock was impressive against the first-string lineup Texas trotted out Monday. The right-hander threw 67 pitches (51 strikes) and retired nine of the final 10 batters faced. The dominant performance Monday followed a strong Grapefruit League for Whitlock, who finished spring training with a 2.49 ERA and a 22:3 K:BB over 21.2 innings. He's scheduled to start the fourth game of the season Sunday in Seattle against the Mariners.
Whitlock was impressive against the first-string lineup Texas trotted out Monday. The right-hander threw 67 pitches (51 strikes) and retired nine of the final 10 batters faced. The dominant performance Monday followed a strong Grapefruit League for Whitlock, who finished spring training with a 2.49 ERA and a 22:3 K:BB over 21.2 innings. He's scheduled to start the fourth game of the season Sunday in Seattle against the Mariners.
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Left/Right Pitching Splits
Since 2022
-18%
BAA vs LHP
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BAA | K | BB | H | HR | ||||
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Since 2022vs Left | .226 | 61 | 9 | 56 | 9 | |||
Since 2022vs Right | .276 | 93 | 19 | 91 | 14 | |||
2024vs Left | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
2024vs Right | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
2023vs Left | .260 | 33 | 5 | 32 | 6 | |||
2023vs Right | .309 | 39 | 8 | 50 | 7 | |||
2022vs Left | .192 | 28 | 4 | 24 | 3 | |||
2022vs Right | .244 | 54 | 11 | 41 | 7 | |||
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Home/Away Pitching Splits
Since 2022
-24%
ERA at Home
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ERA | WHIP | IP | K/9 | BB/9 | |||||
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Since 2022Home | 3.72 | 1.14 | 82.1 | 9.0 | 1.7 | ||||
Since 2022Away | 4.92 | 1.20 | 67.2 | 9.6 | 1.6 | ||||
2024Home | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
2024Away | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
2023Home | 4.37 | 1.34 | 35.0 | 9.8 | 2.6 | ||||
2023Away | 5.89 | 1.31 | 36.2 | 8.3 | 0.7 | ||||
2022Home | 3.23 | 0.99 | 47.1 | 8.4 | 1.1 | ||||
2022Away | 3.77 | 1.06 | 31.0 | 11.0 | 2.6 | ||||
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Stat Review
How does Garrett Whitlock compare to other starting pitchers?
This section compares his stats with all starting pitcher seasons from the previous three seasons (minimum 120 innings)*. The bar represents the player's percentile rank. For example, if the bar is halfway across, then the player falls into the 50th percentile for that stat and it would be considered average.
* Exit Velocity, Barrels/BBE %, Balls Hit 95+ MPH %, and Spin Rate are benchmarked against 2019 data (min 120 IP). See here for more exit velocity/barrels stats plus an explanation of current limitations with that data set.
* Exit Velocity, Barrels/BBE %, Balls Hit 95+ MPH %, and Spin Rate are benchmarked against 2019 data (min 120 IP). See here for more exit velocity/barrels stats plus an explanation of current limitations with that data set.
K/BB
5.54K/9
9.0BB/9
1.6HR/9
1.6Fastball
94.0 mphERA
5.15WHIP
1.33BABIP
.347GB/FB
1.44Left On Base
67.7%Exit Velocity
82.4 mphBarrels/BBE
5.7%Spin Rate
2086 rpmBalls Hit 95+ MPH
24.5%Swinging Strike
13.6%Prospect Rankings History
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Will move into starting rotation
Whitlock, who finished the 2022 season dealing with a hip injury, was told that he will almost certainly be a starter in 2023, Chris Cotillo of The Springfield Republican reports.
ANALYSIS
Whitlock made 31 appearances for the Red Sox in 2022, with nine of them coming as a starter. His reputation as one of the best arms in Boston's bullpen -- he has a 2.73 ERA and 1.06 WHIP in his career -- combined with his ability to pitch multiple innings makes him fit to be a rotation candidate.
Whitlock made 31 appearances for the Red Sox in 2022, with nine of them coming as a starter. His reputation as one of the best arms in Boston's bullpen -- he has a 2.73 ERA and 1.06 WHIP in his career -- combined with his ability to pitch multiple innings makes him fit to be a rotation candidate.
Past Fantasy Outlooks
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Whitlock's status last winter was sky high after his surprising major-league debut as a Rule 5 pick and there were as many speculating him as a starter as those believing he could even close. At the end of the day, he pitched nearly a 50/50 split as a starter and reliever with the latter work coming once he returned from the injured list with a hip issue in the summer. His numbers were more dominant as a reliever (.237 wOBA) than as a starter (.315 wOBA), but the hip certainly was a factor as it was bad enough require surgery to ultimately address the soreness after the season. The offseason acquisitions of both Kenley Jansen and Chris Martin should allow Boston the flexibility of pushing Whitlock back into the rotation as long as his offseason hip surgery recovery goes as well as expected. His overall numbers are helped by just how dominant he was in relief, but in two seasons of major league work, he has yet to have a pitch with below a 20% Whiff rate. Given the fact the entire Boston rotation is a health question mark, Whitlock could end up being the best of all the non-Sale options when it is all said and done.
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Makes Boston's rotation
Whitlock secured a spot in the Red Sox's Opening Day rotation Friday, Chad Jennings of The Athletic reports.
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Strong showing Friday
Whitlock allowed two hits and one walk while striking out five over 4.1 scoreless innings in Friday's spring game against the Twins.
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Throws three innings
Whitlock allowed two runs on four hits with two strikeouts over three innings in Tuesday's spring start against Tampa Bay.
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Will be built up initially
Whitlock is expected to build up to five-plus innings even if he's not a projected member of the starting rotation, Peter Abraham of the Boston Globe reports.
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Makes spring debut
Whitlock allowed one run on one hit while striking out two over two innings in Saturday's spring start against Baltimore.
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