Daniel Palencia
Chicago Cubs · No. 48 · P

Daniel Palencia

5' 11", 160 lbs·Age 26·Bats R / Throws R
15-DayInjured 15-Day
Pitcher archetype· RP· CONTEXTUAL
Power / KOverpowering stuff — premium velocity and whiffs, strikeouts in bunches.2023–2026 · 1,854 pitches · 99.1 mph fastball
2026 · 19 G
2.70
ERA
2-1
W-L
16.7
IP
1.38
WHIP
19
SO
6
BB
10.3
K/9
3
SV
The Almanac's Take

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Career Highs
2.91
Best ERA · 2025
1
Most W · 2025
61
Most K · 2025
1.14
Best WHIP · 2025
Career Arc · ERA
4 seasons
Statistical Comps
Last 10 Games
DateIPHERBBSOHRDec
Jun 15100130W
Jun 10021100L
Jun 7100010
Jun 6121010
Jun 3100010
Jun 2100010
May 30120000
May 26111011
May 200.66720120
May 17110100

Career · Hitting

1 seasons
YearTeamGABHRRBIAVGOPSOPS+
202619000
Career19000

Career · Pitching

4 seasons
YearTeamGIPWLERAERA+SOWHIP
20232728.1534.45331.27
20241014.2016.14161.77
20255452.2162.91611.14
20261916.2212.70191.38
Career110110.7811129
Pitch Movement Map

Each pitch type this pitcher throws regularly, placed by how the ball moves — sideways break across, rise or drop down the side. Each dotted ring holds about the middle 85% of the league’s pitches of that type, so a cluster sitting outside its ring is movement most pitchers don’t have.

RHP · 1,845 pitches · 2023–2026
-24-12+12+24-24-12+12+24← GLOVE SIDEARM SIDE →HORIZONTAL BREAK (IN)INDUCED VERTICAL BREAK (IN)FFSLFSSI
FF · 4-Seam Fastball67.0% · 99.1 mph
SL · Slider24.7% · 89.2 mph
FS · Split-Finger4.6% · 88.8 mph
SI · Sinker2.3% · 98.5 mph
Rare or unclassified pitches (1.4%) not mapped.

The dots — a sample of this pitcher’s regular-season pitches, placed by movement: left–right is horizontal break, up–down is induced vertical break (what the pitch does beyond gravity). The view is handedness-neutral — positive break is toward the pitcher’s arm side for lefties and righties alike, so every sinker runs right and every sweeper breaks left, whoever throws it.

The dotted rings — about the middle 85% of where each pitch type lands league-wide (a 2-standard-deviation spread), measured from 7.5 million regular-season pitches since 2015. A cluster sitting well outside its ring is movement most of the league doesn’t get. Spring training and the postseason are excluded.

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