Cole Ragans projection

Cole Ragans (LHP, KC) projects to strike out 30.3% of batters, walk or hit 10.7% and allow home runs to 2.80%, working about 4.6 innings per start.

2026 season: 8 starts, 35.3 innings, 45 strikeouts, 23 walks + HBP, 10 home runs.

2025 Statcast: xwOBA allowed 0.256, CSW 30.306%.

Whiff rate 34.8%, barrels allowed 9.5%, hard-hit rate 39.4%. Projections are regressed toward league average by sample size (1323 batters faced in the weighted sample), so small samples move less.

Recent starts

DateInningsPitches
2026-05-06358
2026-05-015.395
2026-04-25699
2026-04-194.397
2026-04-14693

Runs allowed per nine innings this season: 5.09. How these numbers feed each game projection is explained on the methodology page, and how to read a pitcher projection explains each number above.

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