2026 Stats
W-L
1-0
ERA
1.77
WHIP
1.33
K
20
SV
0
Rest-of-Season Projections
2026 Fantasy Outlook
Mlodzinski built up his volume during spring training and was a backend member of the Pirates' rotation on the Opening Day roster. He started in each of his first nine outings of 2025 but was nothing more than a placeholder, eventually moving to a long-relief role out of the bullpen after Mike Burrows was called up from Triple-A. Mlodzinski finished the 2025 season with a 5-8 record with a 3.55 ERA, 1.30 WHIP, three holds and a 102:39 K:BB across 99 innings. Even with Burrows traded to the Astros during the offseason, Mlodzinski figures to reprise his relief role in 2026 given the call ups of Bubba Chandler, Thomas Harrington and Hunter Barco toward the tail end of last season. Mlodzinski's below-average strikeout rate of 21.2 percent is balanced out somewhat by his BB rate (6.4 percent) and GB rate (48.5 percent), and given his projected role out of Pittsburgh's bullpen, that gives him some potential value in leagues that reward holds. Read Past Outlooks
Signed a one-year contract with the Pirates in March of 2026.
Shines in long relief Wednesday
Mlodzinski (1-0) earned the win Wednesday against the Nationals, allowing no runs on two hits and two walks in six innings. He struck out five.
Analysis
Working in long relief behind opener Mason Montgomery, Mlodzinski delivered six sterling frames for the Pirates on Wednesday. It was easily the best outing of the year so far for the right-hander, who set a season high in innings and gave up a season-low two hits. Mlodzinski has a 1.77 ERA, 1.33 WHIP and 20:8 K:BB over his first 20.1 innings (three starts), and it remains to be seen how Pittsburgh will opt to deploy him in his next scheduled appearance versus Texas.
Working in long relief behind opener Mason Montgomery, Mlodzinski delivered six sterling frames for the Pirates on Wednesday. It was easily the best outing of the year so far for the right-hander, who set a season high in innings and gave up a season-low two hits. Mlodzinski has a 1.77 ERA, 1.33 WHIP and 20:8 K:BB over his first 20.1 innings (three starts), and it remains to be seen how Pittsburgh will opt to deploy him in his next scheduled appearance versus Texas.
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Pitching Appearances Breakdown
Average Pitch Count
83
Last 10 Games
83
Last 5 Games
83
How many pitches does Carmen Mlodzinski 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 Carmen Mlodzinski generally pitch?
1st
2nd
3rd
4th
5th
6th
7th
8th
9th
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% Games Reaching Innings Threshold
% Games By Number of Innings Pitched
Left/Right Pitching Splits
Since 2024
-4%
BAA vs LHP
2026
-38%
BAA vs RHP
| BAA | K | BB | H | HR | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Since 2024vs Left | .246 | 73 | 22 | 78 | 5 | |||
| Since 2024vs Right | .255 | 82 | 32 | 84 | 6 | |||
| 2026vs Left | .295 | 10 | 4 | 13 | 0 | |||
| 2026vs Right | .182 | 10 | 4 | 6 | 0 | |||
| 2025vs Left | .247 | 45 | 11 | 47 | 4 | |||
| 2025vs Right | .282 | 44 | 16 | 55 | 4 | |||
| 2024vs Left | .217 | 18 | 7 | 18 | 1 | |||
| 2024vs Right | .228 | 28 | 12 | 23 | 2 | |||
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Home/Away Pitching Splits
Since 2024
-28%
ERA at Home
2026
-9%
ERA at Home
| ERA | WHIP | IP | K/9 | BB/9 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Since 2024Home | 2.73 | 1.25 | 82.1 | 8.2 | 2.6 | ||||
| Since 2024Away | 3.80 | 1.29 | 87.2 | 8.2 | 3.1 | ||||
| 2026Home | 1.69 | 1.13 | 10.2 | 8.4 | 4.2 | ||||
| 2026Away | 1.86 | 1.55 | 9.2 | 9.3 | 2.8 | ||||
| 2025Home | 2.64 | 1.26 | 47.2 | 8.5 | 2.1 | ||||
| 2025Away | 4.38 | 1.34 | 51.1 | 7.7 | 2.8 | ||||
| 2024Home | 3.38 | 1.29 | 24.0 | 7.5 | 3.0 | ||||
| 2024Away | 3.38 | 1.09 | 26.2 | 8.8 | 3.7 | ||||
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Stat Review
How does Carmen Mlodzinski 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.
* 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
2.50K/9
8.9BB/9
3.5HR/9
0.0Fastball
94.6 mphERA
1.77WHIP
1.33BABIP
.337GB/FB
2.14Left On Base
85.2%Exit Velocity
83.7 mphBarrels/BBE
0.0%Spin Rate
1995 rpmBalls Hit 95+ MPH
31.6%Swinging Strike
8.2%Prospect Rankings History
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Past Fantasy Outlooks
2025
2023
Mlodzinski began the 2024 season on the injured list with an elbow injury, but he emerged as one of Pittsburgh's most reliable relievers by season's end. Across his final 35 appearances, he surrendered zero earned runs 27 times and maintained a 2.30 ERA in that span. While it took some time, the Pirates did take note of Mlodzinski's success and pushed him into a high-leverage role in the final two weeks the season, and he delivered two wins and a hold while working exclusively in the seventh and eighth innings. It's dangerous to draw conclusions from such a short sample, but the back end of Pittsburgh's bullpen is uncertain after David Bednar's struggles in 2024, with Mlodzinski a potential option for saves if Bednar's downturn carries over into 2025. The primary problem with considering Mlodzinski as a potential source of saves is that he has a relatively modest strikeout rate (22.2 percent in 86.2 career innings) and is instead reliant on keeping batted balls on the ground to get outs (career 46.7 percent groundball rate). Overall, Mlodzinski is more likely to be relevant in leagues that reward holds, but he's a name to keep on the radar as a potential source of saves.
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Working in bulk relief Wednesday
Mlodzinski is expected to cover the bulk of the innings in relief behind opening pitcher Mason Montgomery in Wednesday's game against the Nationals, Danny Demilio of PittsburghBaseballNow.com reports.
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Blanks Cubs in no-decision
Mlodzinski didn't factor into the decision during Friday's 2-0 win over the Cubs, allowing six hits and three walks over 5.1 scoreless innings. He struck out two.
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Labors late in no-decision
Mlodzinski did not factor into the decision Saturday, allowing two runs on five hits and three walks over 4.2 innings in a 3-2 victory over Baltimore. He struck out five.
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Strikes out eight in no-decision
Mlodzinski did not factor into the decision in Sunday's 4-3 extra-inning win over the Mets, allowing two runs on six hits and no walks with eight strikeouts over 4.1 innings.
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Clinches rotation spot
The Pirates announced that Mlodzinski will start the team's third game of the season next Sunday against the Mets at Citi Field, Kevin Gorman of TribLive.com reports.
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Higher-leverage role in 2025?
According to John Perrotto of Pittsburgh Baseball Now, Mlodzinski could step into a high-leverage role in 2025.
Analysis
The right-hander has spent most of the past two seasons in the big leagues and has a 2.91 ERA, 1.22 WHIP and 80:37 K:BB over 86.2 frames in his first 86 appearances. David Bednar pitched his way out of the closer role in 2024, and Aroldis Chapman is headed for free agency, which leaves Pittsburgh with some question marks for the ninth inning heading into the offseason. Even if Mlodzinski doesn't end up in the mix for saves, he should see more high-leverage chances in 2025.
The right-hander has spent most of the past two seasons in the big leagues and has a 2.91 ERA, 1.22 WHIP and 80:37 K:BB over 86.2 frames in his first 86 appearances. David Bednar pitched his way out of the closer role in 2024, and Aroldis Chapman is headed for free agency, which leaves Pittsburgh with some question marks for the ninth inning heading into the offseason. Even if Mlodzinski doesn't end up in the mix for saves, he should see more high-leverage chances in 2025.