Jake Irvin

Jake Irvin

28-Year-Old PitcherSP
Washington Nationals
2025 Fantasy Outlook
Irvin went on a brilliant run last season in which he posted a 2.18 ERA, 0.89 WHIP and 71:17 K:BB over 78.1 innings spanning 13 starts from April 29 to June 4. All good things must come to an end, and sure enough, he pitched to a 6.50 ERA from there. Still, Irvin took the ball 33 times, totaled 187.2 innings and won 10 games for a 71-win Nationals team. While he is not a very hard thrower, good extension helps his stuff play up a bit, and he can drop in a pretty good curveball. The strikeouts are modest and his rough stretch to end the season may drive people off him, but the innings and secure spot in the rotation provide reason alone to consider the right-hander in many formats. On top of that, Irvin has hinted at some performance upside. Read Past Outlooks
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$Signed a one-year contract with the Nationals in March of 2024.
Fans nine in win
PWashington Nationals
April 20, 2025
Irvin (2-0) allowed two runs on three hits over 6.1 innings during Game 1 of Sunday's doubleheader in Colorado. He struck out nine and earned the win.
ANALYSIS
Irvin was dominant outside of the solo home runs he coughed up to Zac Veen and Braxton Fulford in the third and sixth innings, respectively. The nine punchouts were Irvin's best total since June 23, 2024. He threw 55 of 83 pitches for strikes and forced 14 whiffs, including nine with the curveball. Irvin has posted a 15:1 K:BB while yielding two runs over 13.1 innings in his last two outings. He's lined up to face the Mets at home next weekend.
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Pitching Appearances Breakdown
Average Pitch Count
88
Last 10 Games
88
Last 5 Games
89
How many pitches does Jake Irvin generally throw?
 
1-10
 
11-20
 
21-30
 
31-40
 
41-50
 
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81-90
 
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111-120
 
121+
 
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11-20
 
21-30
 
31-40
 
41-50
 
51-60
 
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121+
 
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121+
What part of the game does Jake Irvin generally pitch?
 
 
 
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% Games Reaching Innings Threshold
% Games By Number of Innings Pitched
Left/Right Pitching Splits
Since 2023
 
 
-10%
BAA vs RHP
2025
 
 
-39%
BAA vs RHP
2024
 
 
-3%
BAA vs RHP
2023
 
 
-15%
BAA vs RHP
BAA Batters K BB H 2B 3B HR
Since 2023vs Left .258 752 145 65 175 35 4 35
Since 2023vs Right .232 664 137 48 140 24 2 20
2025vs Left .262 68 19 2 17 3 1 4
2025vs Right .159 49 8 5 7 1 0 2
2024vs Left .247 398 78 33 89 20 2 17
2024vs Right .240 371 78 19 84 18 1 12
2023vs Left .274 286 48 30 69 12 1 14
2023vs Right .233 244 51 24 49 5 1 6
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Home/Away Pitching Splits
Since 2023
 
 
-17%
ERA on Road
2025
 
 
-76%
ERA on Road
2024
 
 
-20%
ERA on Road
2023
 
 
-8%
ERA at Home
ERA WHIP IP W L SV K/9 BB/9 HR/9
Since 2023Home 4.82 1.35 175.2 5 14 0 7.3 3.2 1.3
Since 2023Away 3.99 1.18 162.1 10 7 0 7.8 2.8 1.6
2025Home 5.63 1.50 16.0 0 0 0 6.8 3.4 2.3
2025Away 1.35 0.53 13.1 2 0 0 10.1 0.7 1.4
2024Home 5.01 1.26 73.2 3 9 0 7.5 2.3 1.2
2024Away 4.03 1.16 114.0 7 5 0 7.5 2.6 1.5
2023Home 4.50 1.40 86.0 2 5 0 7.2 3.9 1.3
2023Away 4.89 1.49 35.0 1 2 0 7.7 4.4 2.1
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Stat Review
How does Jake Irvin 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.
  • K/BB
    Strikeout to walk ratio.
  • K/9
    Average strikeouts per nine innings.
  • BB/9
    Average walks per nine innings.
  • HR/9
    Average home runs allowed per nine innings.
  • Fastball
    Average fastball velocity.
  • ERA
    Earned run average. The average earned runs allowed per nine innings.
  • WHIP
    Walks plus hits per inning pitched.
  • BABIP
    Batting average on balls in play. Measures how many balls in play against a pitcher go for hits.
  • GB/FB
    Groundball to flyball ratio. The higher the number, the more likely a pitcher is to induce groundballs.
  • Left On Base
    The percentage of base runners that a pitcher strands on base over the course of a season.
  • Exit Velocity
    The speed of the baseball as it comes off the bat, immediately after a batter makes contact.
  • Barrels/BBE
    The percentage of batted ball events resulting in a Barrel. A Barrel is a batted ball with similar exit velocity and launch angle to past ones that led to a minimum .500 batting average and 1.500 slugging percentage.
  • Spin Rate
    Spin Rate is the rate of spin on a baseball after it is released. It is measured in revolutions per minute (rpm).
  • Balls Hit 95+ MPH
    The percentage of batted balls hit that met or exceeded the 95 MPH threshold.
  • Swinging Strike
    The percentage of pitches that result in a swing and a miss.
K/BB
3.86
 
K/9
8.3
 
BB/9
2.1
 
HR/9
1.8
 
Fastball
92.0 mph
 
ERA
3.68
 
WHIP
1.06
 
BABIP
.244
 
GB/FB
1.13
 
Left On Base
84.1%
 
Exit Velocity
84.8 mph
 
Barrels/BBE
9.1%
 
Spin Rate
2369 rpm
 
Balls Hit 95+ MPH
33.6%
 
Swinging Strike
9.9%
 
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2024 Fantasy Outlook
Irvin is the classic example of the difference between real baseball and fantasy baseball. Real baseball general managers have to find someway to get roughly 1450 innings of pitching to survive a season. In the old days, it would be 1000 from the rotation and 450 from the bullpen, but that now looks closer to 850-900 from the rotation and more from the pen. Pitchers like Irvin fill a need on real baseball teams because they can take the ball and eat up innings as Irvin did in 2023. Fantasy baseball managers can be more selective in the pitchers they use to get to a league minimum for innings pitched, and the successful ones avoid using the type of innings Irvin provides as they are harmful to ratios without providing many chances for wins on a bad club. Irvin's repertoire is better served in the bullpen until he comes up with a better offspeed pitch. The best case scenario here is a NL-Only end game pick for depth purposes only.
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Fires seven shutout frames
PWashington Nationals
April 15, 2025
Irvin (1-0) yielded three hits and a walk over seven scoreless innings Tuesday, striking out six and picking up a win over Pittsburgh.
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Salvages outing after poor start
PWashington Nationals
April 9, 2025
Irvin didn't factor into the decision Wednesday against the Dodgers after allowing four runs on four hits and three walks in six innings. He struck out seven.
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Victimized by Carroll on Friday
PWashington Nationals
April 4, 2025
Irvin didn't factor into the decision Friday against Arizona after allowing four runs on seven hits and one walk in five innings. He struck out three.
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Goes five innings in no-decision
PWashington Nationals
March 30, 2025
Irvin didn't factor into the decision in Saturday's loss versus the Phillies. He allowed two runs, seven hits and two walks over five innings, striking out two.
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Not concerned with velocity drop
PWashington Nationals
March 20, 2025
Irvin averaged 91.4 mph with his fastball during Wednesday's Grapefruit League start against the Cardinals, down significantly from the 93.8 mph he averaged in 2024, but he said after the game he felt fine, Mark Zuckerman of MASN Sports reports.
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Encouraging underlying metrics
PWashington Nationals
August 11, 2023
Irvin is holding opponents to a .224 batting average against his fastball and .182 batting average against his curveball through 17 starts this season.
ANALYSIS
Irvin's fastball and curveball combine to account for 68.8 percent of his total pitches thrown, so his bread and butter being effective is noteworthy. His sinker, on the other hand, is getting blasted at a .364/.400/.535 opponent slash. Finding success with a third pitch is a critical next step for the 26-year-old, but his foundation is encouraging. Irvin owns a 4.93 ERA across 84.0 total innings in his rookie campaign.
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