2024 Stats
W-L
3-5
ERA
3.14
WHIP
1.30
K
68
SV
30
2025 Projections
2025 Fantasy Outlook
Holmes saved 74 games for the Yankees from 2022 through 2024, including a career-high 30 saves last season, but he'll try his hand at starting for the Mets after inking a three-year, $38 million deal this offseason. Holmes' top skill is generating groundballs -- he has a career 66.3 percent groundball rate and has generated grounders at a 60 percent clip every year save his rookie year for Pittsburgh in 2018. Among 2024 qualified starters, Framber Valdez was the only starter with a groundball rate north of 60 percent (60.6%). The top five starters by groundball rate were Valdez, Max Fried, Cristopher Sanchez, Logan Webb and Tanner Houck, and if Holmes is as productive as even the lesser of those five, his contract will be a bargain for the Mets. Holmes hasn't topped 100 innings since 2018, when he threw 127.2 frames, and that was also the last year he made a start at any level. He probably won't build up much past 120 innings in his first year getting stretched out, and it's possible the experiment won't go as planned and the Mets move him to a setup role. Read Past Outlooks
Headed to Queens
Holmes signed a three-year, $38 million contract with the Mets on Friday, Joel Sherman of the New York Post reports.
ANALYSIS
After spending three-plus seasons with the Yankees, Holmes won't have to travel far to join his new squad. The 31-year-old turned in a 3.14 ERA and 1.30 WHIP over 63 innings in the regular season and logged a career-high 30 saves, though he also led the majors with 13 blown saves. With Edwin Diaz locked in as the closer in Queens, the Mets will attempt to convert Holmes into a starter, per Sherman. However, keeping the right-hander in the bullpen as New York's setup man is still on the table if his move into the rotation doesn't work out.
After spending three-plus seasons with the Yankees, Holmes won't have to travel far to join his new squad. The 31-year-old turned in a 3.14 ERA and 1.30 WHIP over 63 innings in the regular season and logged a career-high 30 saves, though he also led the majors with 13 blown saves. With Edwin Diaz locked in as the closer in Queens, the Mets will attempt to convert Holmes into a starter, per Sherman. However, keeping the right-hander in the bullpen as New York's setup man is still on the table if his move into the rotation doesn't work out.
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Pitching Appearances Breakdown
Average Pitch Count
16
Last 10 Games
13
Last 5 Games
13
How many pitches does Clay Holmes generally throw?
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What part of the game does Clay Holmes generally pitch?
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% Games Reaching Innings Threshold
% Games By Number of Innings Pitched
Left/Right Pitching Splits
Since 2022
-12%
BAA vs RHP
2024
-8%
BAA vs RHP
| BAA | K | BB | H | HR | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Since 2022vs Left | .237 | 71 | 36 | 74 | 4 | |||
| Since 2022vs Right | .208 | 133 | 29 | 82 | 4 | |||
| 2024vs Left | .258 | 25 | 12 | 31 | 2 | |||
| 2024vs Right | .238 | 43 | 10 | 29 | 2 | |||
| 2023vs Left | .200 | 26 | 12 | 20 | 1 | |||
| 2023vs Right | .231 | 45 | 11 | 31 | 1 | |||
| 2022vs Left | .250 | 20 | 12 | 23 | 1 | |||
| 2022vs Right | .159 | 45 | 8 | 22 | 1 | |||
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Home/Away Pitching Splits
Since 2022
-10%
ERA on Road
2024
-9%
ERA on Road
| ERA | WHIP | IP | K/9 | BB/9 | |||||
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| Since 2022Home | 3.00 | 1.15 | 96.0 | 10.3 | 2.5 | ||||
| Since 2022Away | 2.69 | 1.19 | 93.2 | 9.0 | 3.7 | ||||
| 2024Home | 3.30 | 1.10 | 30.0 | 10.5 | 2.1 | ||||
| 2024Away | 3.00 | 1.48 | 33.0 | 9.0 | 4.1 | ||||
| 2023Home | 3.15 | 1.31 | 34.1 | 10.7 | 2.6 | ||||
| 2023Away | 2.51 | 1.01 | 28.2 | 9.4 | 4.1 | ||||
| 2022Home | 2.56 | 1.01 | 31.2 | 9.7 | 2.8 | ||||
| 2022Away | 2.53 | 1.03 | 32.0 | 8.7 | 2.8 | ||||
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Stat Review
How does Clay Holmes 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
3.09K/9
9.7BB/9
3.1HR/9
0.6Fastball
96.6 mphERA
3.14WHIP
1.30BABIP
.338GB/FB
3.56Left On Base
69.4%Exit Velocity
82.3 mphBarrels/BBE
4.4%Spin Rate
2396 rpmBalls Hit 95+ MPH
24.9%Swinging Strike
12.8%Advanced Pitching Stats
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Past Fantasy Outlooks
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Yankees manager Aaron Boone clued us in prior to the 2023 season that Holmes would be used in high-leverage spots before the ninth inning. That's exactly how he was deployed in the first-half, often having his number called during the 7th and 8th innings. However, 26 of his 28 outings after the All-Star break came in the 9th inning or later. He finished with a career-high 24 of the Yankees' 44 saves for a 54.5% team save share, which was an improvement over 2022. Holmes also posted a career-best 27.1% strikeout rate to go along with an elite 2.4% barrel rate (99th percentile) and 66.7% groundball percentage (100th percentile). The right-hander threw fewer sinkers (69.2% pitch usage) in favor of more breaking pitches, with his slider and sweeper both generating 40-plus percent whiff rates. With Boone returning as manager in 2024, expect similar usage for Holmes, who has established himself as a high-leverage mainstay for New York.
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Collects 30th save
Holmes struck out one in a perfect ninth inning to notch his 30th save of the season in Sunday's 6-4 win over Pittsburgh.
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Takes 13th blown save
Holmes was charged with a blown save in Wednesday's extra-inning win over Seattle, allowing a solo home run over two-thirds of an inning while striking out one.
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Fewer save chances coming
Yankees manager Aaron Boone said Wednesday the team will get "creative" with the closer role going forward, which could still include Holmes depending on matchups, Jack Curry of YES Network reports.
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Melts down Tuesday
Holmes (2-5) took the loss and a blown save in Tuesday's 7-4 loss to the Rangers, allowing four runs on two hits and two walks over one-third of an inning.
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Secures 29th save
Holmes earned the save in Friday's 6-3 victory over St. Louis, pitching a scoreless inning with no strikeouts.
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Nearing free-agent decision
Holmes is expected to pick a team soon, Jayson Stark of The Athletic reports.
ANALYSIS
Stark notes that it is not yet clear whether Holmes will sign as a reliever or starter. He has pitched out of the bullpen exclusively since the start of the 2019 season, but there are multiple clubs this winter considering him as a rotation option. Holmes put up a 3.14 ERA and 68:22 K:BB over 63 regular-season innings with the Yankees in 2024.
Stark notes that it is not yet clear whether Holmes will sign as a reliever or starter. He has pitched out of the bullpen exclusively since the start of the 2019 season, but there are multiple clubs this winter considering him as a rotation option. Holmes put up a 3.14 ERA and 68:22 K:BB over 63 regular-season innings with the Yankees in 2024.