Josh Fleming
28-Year-Old
Free Agent
2024 Stats
W-L
1-1
ERA
4.02
WHIP
1.53
K
17
SV
1
Rest-of-Season Projections
2024 Fantasy Outlook
Fleming made 12 appearances for the Rays in 2023, each lasting at least three innings even though only three technically counted as starts. Just one of those outings came in the second half, as elbow issues cost him more than two months. He returned for a single appearance in mid-August before being optioned, never to return. He was designated for assignment after the season, claimed by the Phillies, and then non-tendered. Fleming's numbers make it hard to see him as a lock for a rotation role wherever he winds up, as his 4.70 ERA was an exact match for his SIERA. Fleming is an expert at keeping the ball on the ground, with a 59.7% groundball rate last season and a career mark of 59.0%, and he doesn't have a control problem, but he simply can't miss bats. His 11.3% strikeout rate was the lowest among all pitchers who threw at least 50 innings in any of the last five seasons. That hurts Fleming's fantasy value directly in leagues which count strikeouts, and even in leagues which don't, it means he has to rely on his defense to a potentially uncomfortable extent. Read Past Outlooks
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Rest of Season
Latches on with M's
Fleming signed a minor-league contract with the Mariners on Tuesday.
ANALYSIS
Fleming elected free agency Sunday after being dropped from Pittsburgh's 40-man roster, and he'll now get another opportunity to prove himself with the Mariners. The 28-year-old southpaw owns a 4.02 ERA and 1.53 WHIP through 31.1 innings in the majors this season, and his ERA jumps up to 5.68 across 12.2 innings in the minors. If he's able to turn things around while at Triple-A Tacoma, there's a chance he could give the Mariners some innings out of the bullpen down the stretch.
Fleming elected free agency Sunday after being dropped from Pittsburgh's 40-man roster, and he'll now get another opportunity to prove himself with the Mariners. The 28-year-old southpaw owns a 4.02 ERA and 1.53 WHIP through 31.1 innings in the majors this season, and his ERA jumps up to 5.68 across 12.2 innings in the minors. If he's able to turn things around while at Triple-A Tacoma, there's a chance he could give the Mariners some innings out of the bullpen down the stretch.
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Pitching Appearances Breakdown
Average Pitch Count
21
Last 10 Games
24
Last 5 Games
23
How many pitches does Josh Fleming generally throw?
1-10
11-20
21-30
31-40
41-50
51-60
61-70
71-80
81-90
91-100
101-110
111-120
121+
What part of the game does Josh Fleming generally pitch?
1st
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9th
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% Games Reaching Innings Threshold
% Games By Number of Innings Pitched
Left/Right Pitching Splits
Since 2022
-10%
BAA vs LHP
2024
-42%
BAA vs RHP
| BAA | K | BB | H | HR | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Since 2022vs Left | .280 | 37 | 9 | 40 | 4 | |||
| Since 2022vs Right | .311 | 34 | 36 | 104 | 13 | |||
| 2024vs Left | .381 | 9 | 6 | 16 | 2 | |||
| 2024vs Right | .222 | 8 | 8 | 18 | 1 | |||
| 2023vs Left | .191 | 13 | 2 | 9 | 2 | |||
| 2023vs Right | .309 | 12 | 17 | 47 | 7 | |||
| 2022vs Left | .278 | 15 | 1 | 15 | 0 | |||
| 2022vs Right | .386 | 14 | 11 | 39 | 5 | |||
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Home/Away Pitching Splits
Since 2022
-3%
ERA on Road
2024
-44%
ERA at Home
| ERA | WHIP | IP | K/9 | BB/9 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Since 2022Home | 5.11 | 1.62 | 61.2 | 5.4 | 3.5 | ||||
| Since 2022Away | 4.95 | 1.58 | 56.1 | 5.4 | 3.4 | ||||
| 2024Home | 2.77 | 1.62 | 13.0 | 3.5 | 4.2 | ||||
| 2024Away | 4.91 | 1.47 | 18.1 | 5.9 | 3.9 | ||||
| 2023Home | 5.13 | 1.41 | 33.1 | 4.1 | 3.0 | ||||
| 2023Away | 3.93 | 1.53 | 18.1 | 4.9 | 3.9 | ||||
| 2022Home | 7.04 | 2.09 | 15.1 | 10.0 | 4.1 | ||||
| 2022Away | 5.95 | 1.73 | 19.2 | 5.5 | 2.3 | ||||
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Stat Review
How does Josh Fleming 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
1.21K/9
4.9BB/9
4.0HR/9
0.9Fastball
90.5 mphERA
4.02WHIP
1.53BABIP
.303GB/FB
2.38Left On Base
68.5%Exit Velocity
79.2 mphBarrels/BBE
3.1%Spin Rate
1768 rpmBalls Hit 95+ MPH
24.1%Swinging Strike
8.1%Prospect Rankings History
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Past Fantasy Outlooks
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2021
Fleming is the type of pitcher who may have found success in the 70's or 80's when the game of baseball was littered by soft-tossing lefties who moved the ball all around the zone and pitched to contact. The modern game of baseball is all about velocity, and he has very little of it. Fleming throws nothing straight, and mostly hopes that what he does throw does not get lost over the middle of the plate on its slow journey toward home plate. While he did win 15 games in his first two seasons in the league, that was more due to his usage as a bulk guy behind an opener than any starting pitching prowess. He has a career 5.77 ERA as a starter and a 3.92 ERA as a reliever. Every team needs to have some depth arms to use when a rash of injuries hits the regular staff, and Fleming fits that role. That said, he has almost no fantasy viability outside of very deep AL-Only leagues.
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Becomes free agent
Fleming elected free agency Sunday.
ANALYSIS
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Booted from 40-man roster
The Pirates designated Fleming for assignment Friday.
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Opening Tuesday's game
Pirates manager Derek Shelton said that Fleming will start Tuesday's game versus the Brewers, Noah Hiles of the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette reports.
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Resumes working out of bullpen
Fleming retired the lone batter he faced in relief Friday in the Pirates' 10-3 loss to the Rays.
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Returns with scoreless outing
Fleming allowed four hits over four-plus shutout innings during a no-decision Sunday. He struck out two during the win over Colorado.
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