2026 Stats
W-L
7-4
ERA
2.78
WHIP
0.90
K
96
SV
0
Rest-of-Season Projections
2026 Fantasy Outlook
Rasmussen has been through trials and tribulations in his collegiate and professional career, mainly around three serious elbow injuries and recoveries from those. His persistence finally paid off in 2025 with a selection to the All-Star Game while he set career highs in innings pitched, strikeouts and his best full-season ERA. The Rays limited his workload throughout the season, with more of an emphasis on it around the break, as Rasmussen never worked more than six innings and only twice faced more than 22 batters in a contest. The limited work along with his approach to pitching limits his strikeouts, while the inconsistency of the Rays offense limits Rasmussen's ability to garner wins, as he has 30 career wins in 81 starts. He does, however, have the fourth-best ERA of all pitchers over the last five seasons with at least 450 innings of work, bested only by Brandon Woodruff, Max Fried and Corbin Burnes. Rasmussen is in the final year of his deal with Tampa Bay, so it would not be surprising to both see him work a regular workload as well as end up on another roster by the trade deadline in 2026. Read Past Outlooks
Signed a two-year, $8.5 million contract extension in January of 2025. Contact includes an $8 million team option ($500,000 buyout) for 2027. Option increases by an additional $500,000 for eight games started in 2026, $750,000 for 12 starts, $1 million for 16 starts, $1 million for 20 starts, $1.25 million for 24 starts and $1.5 million for 28 starts.
Limps into All-Star break
Rasmussen (7-5) took the loss Thursday against the Yankees, allowing six runs on seven hits and no walks in 2.1 innings. He struck out two.
Analysis
The third inning was a disastrous one for Rasmussen, who managed just one out and was touched up for each of his season-worst six runs in the frame. The seven hits allowed matched a season high, and the 30-year-old right-hander came away with his shortest outing of the campaign as well. Rasmussen, who has coughed up 11 runs in his two July starts after yielding only three during five June appearances, seems to be heading into the All-Star break at the right time, holding what's still a strong 3.26 ERA, 0.95 WHIP and 98:17 K:BB over 99.1 innings.
The third inning was a disastrous one for Rasmussen, who managed just one out and was touched up for each of his season-worst six runs in the frame. The seven hits allowed matched a season high, and the 30-year-old right-hander came away with his shortest outing of the campaign as well. Rasmussen, who has coughed up 11 runs in his two July starts after yielding only three during five June appearances, seems to be heading into the All-Star break at the right time, holding what's still a strong 3.26 ERA, 0.95 WHIP and 98:17 K:BB over 99.1 innings.
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Pitching Appearances Breakdown
Average Pitch Count
86
Last 10 Games
87
Last 5 Games
86
How many pitches does Drew Rasmussen generally throw?
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What part of the game does Drew Rasmussen generally pitch?
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% Games Reaching Innings Threshold
% Games By Number of Innings Pitched
Left/Right Pitching Splits
Since 2024
-11%
BAA vs RHP
2026
-36%
BAA vs RHP
| BAA | K | BB | H | HR | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Since 2024vs Left | .221 | 157 | 38 | 125 | 19 | |||
| Since 2024vs Right | .196 | 101 | 22 | 86 | 10 | |||
| 2026vs Left | .230 | 57 | 13 | 49 | 8 | |||
| 2026vs Right | .148 | 39 | 4 | 21 | 3 | |||
| 2025vs Left | .228 | 78 | 22 | 67 | 11 | |||
| 2025vs Right | .198 | 49 | 15 | 49 | 7 | |||
| 2024vs Left | .153 | 22 | 3 | 9 | 0 | |||
| 2024vs Right | .320 | 13 | 3 | 16 | 0 | |||
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Home/Away Pitching Splits
Since 2024
-1%
ERA on Road
2026
-16%
ERA at Home
| ERA | WHIP | IP | K/9 | BB/9 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Since 2024Home | 2.79 | 1.00 | 148.1 | 8.2 | 2.1 | ||||
| Since 2024Away | 2.76 | 0.96 | 127.1 | 8.7 | 1.8 | ||||
| 2026Home | 2.53 | 0.93 | 46.1 | 9.1 | 1.9 | ||||
| 2026Away | 3.02 | 0.87 | 50.2 | 8.7 | 1.2 | ||||
| 2025Home | 2.71 | 1.01 | 89.2 | 7.5 | 2.3 | ||||
| 2025Away | 2.83 | 1.03 | 60.1 | 7.8 | 2.1 | ||||
| 2024Home | 4.38 | 1.22 | 12.1 | 9.5 | 1.5 | ||||
| 2024Away | 1.65 | 0.98 | 16.1 | 12.1 | 2.2 | ||||
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Stat Review
How does Drew Rasmussen 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
5.65K/9
8.9BB/9
1.6HR/9
1.0Fastball
95.8 mphERA
2.78WHIP
0.90BABIP
.249GB/FB
1.45Left On Base
76.8%Exit Velocity
81.8 mphBarrels/BBE
3.9%Spin Rate
2423 rpmBalls Hit 95+ MPH
21.4%Swinging Strike
11.6%Prospect Rankings History
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Past Fantasy Outlooks
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Rasmussen has now overcome three elbow surgeries in his collegiate and professional pitching career over a span of just seven seasons, meaning he is essentially now pitching on borrowed time. Rasmussen has dreams of returning to the starting rotation where he pitched very well in 2022 and early 2023 before his most recent injury. Yet, his body of work out of the bullpen continues to be impressive. Rasmussen averaged 97.4 mph with his fastball and generated a 30.8 percent whiff rate with the pitch along with whiff rates of greater than 40 percent with both his cutter and sweeper. For context, none of Rasmussen's pitches eclipsed even a 30 percent whiff rate in 2023 and just two of them barely did so in 2022. Pete Fairbanks remains under contract for another season, so a closer role may not be immediately open for Rasmussen, but Fairbanks has yet to make it through a season healthy. Rasmussen fits nicely into the "draft skills, not roles" mold.
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Rare dud in no-decision
Rasmussen took a no-decision Saturday against the Astros, allowing five runs on six hits and one walk in five innings. He struck out two.
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Puts bow on stellar June
Rasmussen (7-4) notched the win Sunday against the Diamondbacks, allowing no runs on three hits and one walk in six innings. He struck out five.
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Tough-luck loss Monday
Rasmussen (6-4) took the loss Monday against Kansas City, allowing two runs on four hits and two walks in six innings. He struck out five.
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Takes hard-luck loss
Rasmussen (6-3) allowed one run on six hits and struck out seven without walking a batter over seven innings, taking the loss versus the Dodgers on Tuesday.
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Career-high 13 Ks in win
Rasmussen (6-2) picked up the win Wednesday, scattering two hits and a walk over seven scoreless innings during a 7-5 victory over the Red Sox. He struck out 13.
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Named AL Pitcher of the Month
Rasmussen was named the American League Pitcher of the Month for June on Friday, according to Jason Foster of MLB.com.
Analysis
Rasmussen is on track to earn a second consecutive All-Star nod, and he was absolutely dominant in the month of June after allowing just three earned runs across 33 innings, translating to an 0.82 ERA. The right-hander also had a career-high mark in strikeouts when he fanned 13 against the Red Sox on June 10, and he held opponents to a meager .142 average in June, the lowest mark in the AL.
Rasmussen is on track to earn a second consecutive All-Star nod, and he was absolutely dominant in the month of June after allowing just three earned runs across 33 innings, translating to an 0.82 ERA. The right-hander also had a career-high mark in strikeouts when he fanned 13 against the Red Sox on June 10, and he held opponents to a meager .142 average in June, the lowest mark in the AL.