2026 Stats
W-L
0-0
ERA
3.52
WHIP
1.43
K
5
SV
1
Rest-of-Season Projections
2026 Fantasy Outlook
Orze looked pretty good in his first extended run in the majors last season, posting a 3.02 ERA, 1.37 WHIP and 40:19 K:BB over 41.2 innings across 33 appearances. He also picked up three saves and a hold. However, he spent most of the second half of the campaign in the minors after stumbling with the Rays in late June and early July. Orze has a good chance of earning a role in Minnesota's big-league bullpen for 2026, as the club is overhauling most of its relief corps. Read Past Outlooks
Signed a one-year contract with the Rays in March of 2025.
Picks up save Thursday
Orze earned his first save in Thursday's 3-1 win over the Tigers, recording one strikeout in a hitless and scoreless ninth inning.
Analysis
With Kody Funderburk, Justin Topa and Cole Sands all pitching three of the previous four days, manager Derek Shelton went to Orze in the ninth inning Thursday. Orze threw 12 of his 14 pitches for strikes and set down the Tigers in order. Orze has a 1.59 ERA and 4:3 K:BB across 5.2 innings this season. Minnesota doesn't have a set-in-stone closer, as five different relievers all have one save to lead the team. Orze could get more save chances down the road, but there's currently no guarantees at the back end of the Twins' bullpen.
With Kody Funderburk, Justin Topa and Cole Sands all pitching three of the previous four days, manager Derek Shelton went to Orze in the ninth inning Thursday. Orze threw 12 of his 14 pitches for strikes and set down the Tigers in order. Orze has a 1.59 ERA and 4:3 K:BB across 5.2 innings this season. Minnesota doesn't have a set-in-stone closer, as five different relievers all have one save to lead the team. Orze could get more save chances down the road, but there's currently no guarantees at the back end of the Twins' bullpen.
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Pitching Appearances Breakdown
Average Pitch Count
20
Last 10 Games
20
Last 5 Games
16
How many pitches does Eric Orze generally throw?
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11-20
21-30
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101-110
111-120
121+
What part of the game does Eric Orze generally pitch?
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% Games Reaching Innings Threshold
% Games By Number of Innings Pitched
Left/Right Pitching Splits
Since 2024
-24%
BAA vs LHP
2026
-63%
BAA vs LHP
| BAA | K | BB | H | HR | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Since 2024vs Left | .216 | 23 | 14 | 22 | 2 | |||
| Since 2024vs Right | .286 | 23 | 11 | 26 | 3 | |||
| 2026vs Left | .133 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | |||
| 2026vs Right | .357 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 0 | |||
| 2025vs Left | .217 | 20 | 11 | 18 | 2 | |||
| 2025vs Right | .274 | 20 | 8 | 20 | 2 | |||
| 2024vs Left | .500 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | |||
| 2024vs Right | .250 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |||
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Home/Away Pitching Splits
Since 2024
-21%
ERA at Home
2026
-100%
ERA on Road
| ERA | WHIP | IP | K/9 | BB/9 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Since 2024Home | 3.34 | 1.18 | 29.2 | 8.5 | 2.1 | ||||
| Since 2024Away | 4.22 | 1.78 | 21.1 | 7.6 | 7.6 | ||||
| 2026Home | 4.26 | 1.58 | 6.1 | 7.1 | 4.3 | ||||
| 2026Away | 0.00 | 0.75 | 1.1 | 0.0 | 6.8 | ||||
| 2025Home | 2.91 | 1.06 | 21.2 | 9.1 | 1.2 | ||||
| 2025Away | 3.15 | 1.70 | 20.0 | 8.1 | 7.2 | ||||
| 2024Home | 5.40 | 1.20 | 1.2 | 5.4 | 5.4 | ||||
| 2024Away | 0.00 | 0.00 | .000000 | 0.0 | 0.0 | ||||
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Stat Review
How does Eric Orze 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
1.25K/9
5.9BB/9
4.7HR/9
0.0Fastball
91.6 mphERA
3.52WHIP
1.43BABIP
.296GB/FB
1.00Left On Base
72.7%Exit Velocity
81.9 mphBarrels/BBE
0.0%Spin Rate
1827 rpmBalls Hit 95+ MPH
17.1%Swinging Strike
8.7%Advanced Pitching Stats
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Looks set to make bullpen
Orze looks set to win a spot in the Minnesota bullpen despite giving up five runs in 6.2 innings (6.75 ERA) this spring with an 8:6 K:BB, Dan Hayes of The Athletic reports.
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Moved to Minnesota
Tampa Bay traded Orze to the Twins on Tuesday for minor-league pitcher Jacob Kisting, Marc Topkin of the Tampa Bay Times reports.
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Back in minors
The Rays optioned Orze to Triple-A Durham on Saturday, Ryan Bass of FanDuel Sports Network Sun reports.
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Back up with big club
The Rays recalled Orze from Triple-A Durham on Thursday.
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Optioned to Triple-A
The Rays optioned Orze to Triple-A Durham on Thursday, Marc Topkin of the Tampa Bay Times reports.
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