Beau Brieske

Beau Brieske

26-Year-Old PitcherRP
Detroit Tigers
2025 Fantasy Outlook
After working exclusively as a starter during his 2022 rookie season, Brieske has morphed into a useful swing man for the Tigers the last two seasons. In 2024, he made 46 appearances, which included 12 starts as an opener, and he logged 67.2 innings overall. Brieske posted a solid 3.59 ERA and struck out 69 batters. The righty also managed six holds, four wins and a save in his hybrid role. While Brieske's ability to cover multiple innings out of the bullpen or as a starter is valuable for Detroit, his lack of a regular starting spot does limit his fantasy ceiling to some degree. The 26-year-old could potentially make his way back into the rotation at some point, as the Tigers have several unproven options outside of staff ace Tarik Skubal. Until that happens, Brieske will remain difficult to count on for consistent production out of the bullpen, unless of course he starts seeing more save opportunities in a higher-leverage relief role. Read Past Outlooks
$Signed a one-year contract with the Tigers in March of 2024.
Opening Saturday
PDetroit Tigers
September 28, 2024
Brieske will open Saturday's game versus the White Sox.
ANALYSIS
Brieske will make his 12th start of the year Saturday, and he carries a 4.91 ERA and 1.77 WHIP through 14.2 innings across his past 11 opening assignments. He'll likely only remain in the game for an inning or two before handing the game over to the Tigers' bullpen, though he has reached three frames twice this season.
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Pitching Appearances Breakdown
Average Pitch Count
24
Last 10 Games
19
Last 5 Games
14
How many pitches does Beau Brieske generally throw?
 
1-10
 
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111-120
 
121+
 
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21-30
 
31-40
 
41-50
 
51-60
 
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121+
 
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121+
What part of the game does Beau Brieske generally pitch?
 
 
 
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% Games Reaching Innings Threshold
% Games By Number of Innings Pitched
Left/Right Pitching Splits
Since 2022
 
 
-15%
BAA vs LHP
2024
 
 
-12%
BAA vs LHP
2023
 
 
-3%
BAA vs LHP
2022
 
 
-21%
BAA vs LHP
BAA Batters K BB H 2B 3B HR
Since 2022vs Left .216 358 72 37 69 7 4 7
Since 2022vs Right .253 415 82 30 95 23 0 16
2024vs Left .210 144 35 19 26 3 3 2
2024vs Right .238 138 34 11 29 8 0 3
2023vs Left .254 64 11 5 15 3 0 1
2023vs Right .263 88 20 7 21 6 0 3
2022vs Left .206 150 26 13 28 1 1 4
2022vs Right .260 189 28 12 45 9 0 10
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Home/Away Pitching Splits
Since 2022
 
 
-18%
ERA at Home
2024
 
 
-22%
ERA on Road
2023
 
 
-25%
ERA at Home
2022
 
 
-39%
ERA at Home
ERA WHIP IP W L SV K/9 BB/9 HR/9
Since 2022Home 3.45 1.22 88.2 5 6 3 7.0 2.9 0.9
Since 2022Away 4.23 1.29 95.2 4 8 0 8.0 3.6 1.3
2024Home 4.05 1.38 33.1 2 3 1 8.1 3.5 0.5
2024Away 3.15 1.14 34.1 2 2 0 10.2 4.5 0.8
2023Home 3.15 1.05 20.0 2 2 2 8.6 1.8 0.9
2023Away 4.20 1.80 15.0 0 1 0 7.2 4.8 1.2
2022Home 3.06 1.16 35.1 1 1 0 5.1 3.1 1.3
2022Away 5.05 1.23 46.1 2 5 0 6.6 2.5 1.7
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Stat Review
How does Beau Brieske 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.
  • 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
2.30
 
K/9
9.2
 
BB/9
4.0
 
HR/9
0.7
 
Fastball
95.8 mph
 
ERA
3.59
 
WHIP
1.26
 
BABIP
.291
 
GB/FB
0.99
 
Left On Base
69.2%
 
Exit Velocity
81.5 mph
 
Barrels/BBE
3.3%
 
Spin Rate
2377 rpm
 
Balls Hit 95+ MPH
19.6%
 
Swinging Strike
10.8%
 
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2023 Fantasy Outlook
With Detroit dealing with a number of rotation injuries in 2022, Brieske emerged as a surprisingly solid starter, though he was also shut down in July with forearm soreness. The 24-year-old made his MLB debut in late April and proceeded to record a 4.19 ERA and 1.20 WHIP across 81.2 innings. He only had 54 strikeouts, so his ceiling might not be very high unless he can start missing more bats moving forward. Heading into 2023, the Detroit rotation is still in flux. Eduardo Rodriguez missed a good chunk of time last year, but he figures to be the Opening Day starter. Matt Manning should also slot into the rotation along with Spencer Turnbull, who missed all of 2022 due to Tommy John surgery. However, Casey Mize could miss most or all of 2023 due to his own Tommy John surgery, and Tarik Skubal is out for a while following flexor tendon surgery in August. That should put Brieske in a position to start, though he'll likely have to generate more strikeouts to get the attention of fantasy managers.
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Earns big win Friday
PDetroit Tigers
September 27, 2024
Brieske (4-4) tossed two perfect innings of relief to earn the win Thursday against the Rays.
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Secures first save
PDetroit Tigers
September 24, 2024
Brieske earned the save in Tuesday's 2-1 victory over the Rays, allowing one run on one hit over two innings. He struck out three.
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Secures win Saturday
PDetroit Tigers
September 22, 2024
Brieske (3-4) tossed two scoreless innings of relief to earn the win Saturday against the Orioles. He walked one and struck out one.
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Working as opener again
PDetroit Tigers
September 14, 2024
Brieske will serve as the opener for Saturday's game against Baltimore, Evan Woodbery of MLive.com reports.
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Working as opener
PDetroit Tigers
September 13, 2024
Brieske will serve as the opener Friday against the Orioles.
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