Brandon Young projection

Brandon Young (RHP, BAL) projects to strike out 19.7% of batters, walk or hit 9.6% and allow home runs to 3.30%, working about 5.3 innings per start.

2026 season: 28 starts, 156.7 innings, 133 strikeouts, 65 walks + HBP, 22 home runs.

2025 Statcast: xwOBA allowed 0.32, CSW 26.17%.

Whiff rate 21.6%, barrels allowed 10.2%, hard-hit rate 42.2%. Projections are regressed toward league average by sample size (1092 batters faced in the weighted sample), so small samples move less.

Recent starts

DateInningsPitches
2026-09-25582
2026-09-20684
2026-09-145106
2026-09-083.786
2026-09-036.798

Runs allowed per nine innings this season: 4.08. 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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