2025 Stats
W-L
2-0
ERA
5.68
WHIP
1.34
K
15
SV
1
Rest-of-Season Projections
2025 Fantasy Outlook
After pitching as both a starter and reliever in 2023, Hodge's role wasn't clear at the dawn of the 2024 campaign. The 23-year-old didn't break camp with Chicago, but showcased his strikeout upside in the minors to earn his first big league promotion in May. He'd eventually return to Triple-A Iowa, but was back up for good in mid-June. Hodge mixed a mid-90's fastball with a devastating sweeper that stifled opposing hitters (.070 BAA) and produced a 52 percent whiff rate that was best in the league for that pitch type and had 16.7 inches of horizontal break, roughly three inches more on average than other right-handers. The right-hander will need to improve his control and cut his 11.6 percent walk rate, but he proved last season that he can be a fixture for the Cubs in high leverage. He appeared set to begin 2025 as Chicago's closer after filling the role down the stretch last year, but the offseason acquisition of Ryan Pressly will likely push Hodge into more of a setup role. Read Past Outlooks
Tallies first save
Hodge struck out one batter in a perfect ninth inning to collect his first save of the season in Wednesday's 7-6 win over the Dodgers.
ANALYSIS
With Ryan Pressly unavailable due to knee problems, manager Craig Counsell turned to Hodge to preserve a one-run lead in the ninth inning. The 24-year-old responded by retiring all three batters he faced in 14 pitches, striking out Shohei Ohtani in the process. Since allowing six earned runs in two-thirds of an inning against Arizona on Friday, Hodge has fired three shutout frames, lowering his ERA from 7.45 to 5.11.
With Ryan Pressly unavailable due to knee problems, manager Craig Counsell turned to Hodge to preserve a one-run lead in the ninth inning. The 24-year-old responded by retiring all three batters he faced in 14 pitches, striking out Shohei Ohtani in the process. Since allowing six earned runs in two-thirds of an inning against Arizona on Friday, Hodge has fired three shutout frames, lowering his ERA from 7.45 to 5.11.
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Pitching Appearances Breakdown
Average Pitch Count
16
Last 10 Games
15
Last 5 Games
14
How many pitches does Porter Hodge generally throw?
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121+
What part of the game does Porter Hodge generally pitch?
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% Games Reaching Innings Threshold
% Games By Number of Innings Pitched
Left/Right Pitching Splits
Since 2023
-35%
BAA vs RHP
2025
-16%
BAA vs RHP
| BAA | K | BB | H | HR | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Since 2023vs Left | .200 | 35 | 11 | 17 | 1 | |||
| Since 2023vs Right | .131 | 32 | 13 | 14 | 2 | |||
| 2025vs Left | .269 | 10 | 4 | 7 | 0 | |||
| 2025vs Right | .227 | 5 | 1 | 5 | 1 | |||
| 2024vs Left | .169 | 25 | 7 | 10 | 1 | |||
| 2024vs Right | .106 | 27 | 12 | 9 | 1 | |||
| 2023vs Left | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| 2023vs Right | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
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Home/Away Pitching Splits
Since 2023
-33%
ERA on Road
2025
-100%
ERA on Road
| ERA | WHIP | IP | K/9 | BB/9 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Since 2023Home | 3.23 | 0.95 | 30.2 | 10.6 | 3.8 | ||||
| Since 2023Away | 2.16 | 1.04 | 25.0 | 11.2 | 4.0 | ||||
| 2025Home | 9.39 | 1.57 | 7.2 | 9.4 | 4.7 | ||||
| 2025Away | 0.00 | 1.00 | 5.0 | 12.6 | 1.8 | ||||
| 2024Home | 1.17 | 0.74 | 23.0 | 11.0 | 3.5 | ||||
| 2024Away | 2.70 | 1.05 | 20.0 | 10.8 | 4.5 | ||||
| 2023Home | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| 2023Away | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
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Stat Review
How does Porter Hodge compare to other relievers?
This section compares his stats with all relief pitcher seasons from the previous three seasons (minimum 30 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 30 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 30 IP). See here for more exit velocity/barrels stats plus an explanation of current limitations with that data set.
K/BB
2.80K/9
10.8BB/9
3.9HR/9
0.8Fastball
95.9 mphERA
6.17WHIP
1.46BABIP
.368GB/FB
2.00Left On Base
57.7%Exit Velocity
81.0 mphBarrels/BBE
3.2%Spin Rate
2534 rpmBalls Hit 95+ MPH
14.5%Swinging Strike
15.3%Prospect Rankings History
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Struggles badly Friday
Hodge allowed six runs on four hits and two walks while retiring only two batters in Friday's 13-11 win over the Diamondbacks.
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Blows second save Tuesday
Hodge (1-0) blew the save but picked up the win Tuesday against Texas, giving up one run on two hits and no walks while striking out three in 1.1 innings.
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Earns second hold Saturday
Hodge worked around two hits to pitch a scoreless inning of relief and earn a hold in Saturday's 4-3 win over the Diamondbacks. He struck out two.
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Mixed results this spring
Hodge, who allowed two runs over one inning during Monday's Cactus League game against Atlanta, has a 5.14 ERA and 10 strikeouts across seven frames this spring.
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Should still see save opportunities
Though veteran newcomer Ryan Pressly figures to be Chicago's nominal closer, Hodge should still see save opportunities this season, Jordan Bastian of MLB.com reports.
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