2026 Stats
W-L
0-0
ERA
27.00
WHIP
6.00
K
0
SV
0
Rest-of-Season Projections
Signed a one-year, $2.25 million contract with Atlanta in November of 2025.
Appears ticketed for middle relief
Payamps gave up a hit over two scoreless innings of relief in Monday's Grapefruit League game against the Pirates. He struck out two without walking a batter.
Analysis
The right-hander has had a strong spring, posting a 0.00 ERA and 7:1 K:BB over 6.2 innings. Payamps fell apart in 2025 for the Brewers before getting waived late in the season and winding up in Atlanta, but over the two prior seasons he'd recorded a 2.78 ERA, 1.01 WHIP and 9.4 K/9 in 129.2 innings. He'll try to regain that form while beginning the 2026 campaign in a middle-relief role for Atlanta.
The right-hander has had a strong spring, posting a 0.00 ERA and 7:1 K:BB over 6.2 innings. Payamps fell apart in 2025 for the Brewers before getting waived late in the season and winding up in Atlanta, but over the two prior seasons he'd recorded a 2.78 ERA, 1.01 WHIP and 9.4 K/9 in 129.2 innings. He'll try to regain that form while beginning the 2026 campaign in a middle-relief role for Atlanta.
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Pitching Appearances Breakdown
Average Pitch Count
15
Last 10 Games
15
Last 5 Games
15
How many pitches does Joel Payamps generally throw?
1-10
11-20
21-30
31-40
41-50
51-60
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81-90
91-100
101-110
111-120
121+
What part of the game does Joel Payamps generally pitch?
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9th
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% Games Reaching Innings Threshold
% Games By Number of Innings Pitched
Left/Right Pitching Splits
Since 2024
-37%
BAA vs RHP
2026
-100%
BAA vs LHP
| BAA | K | BB | H | HR | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Since 2024vs Left | .282 | 35 | 12 | 40 | 9 | |||
| Since 2024vs Right | .177 | 48 | 16 | 31 | 2 | |||
| 2026vs Left | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| 2026vs Right | 1.000 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | |||
| 2025vs Left | .450 | 9 | 5 | 18 | 3 | |||
| 2025vs Right | .206 | 15 | 4 | 13 | 1 | |||
| 2024vs Left | .218 | 26 | 7 | 22 | 6 | |||
| 2024vs Right | .153 | 33 | 11 | 17 | 1 | |||
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Home/Away Pitching Splits
Since 2024
-5%
ERA on Road
2026
-100%
ERA on Road
| ERA | WHIP | IP | K/9 | BB/9 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Since 2024Home | 4.43 | 1.05 | 42.2 | 8.6 | 2.5 | ||||
| Since 2024Away | 4.19 | 1.26 | 43.0 | 8.8 | 3.3 | ||||
| 2026Home | 27.00 | 6.00 | .333333 | 0.0 | 27.0 | ||||
| 2026Away | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| 2025Home | 3.86 | 1.21 | 14.0 | 7.7 | 1.9 | ||||
| 2025Away | 10.22 | 1.86 | 12.1 | 8.8 | 4.4 | ||||
| 2024Home | 4.45 | 0.92 | 28.1 | 9.2 | 2.5 | ||||
| 2024Away | 1.76 | 1.01 | 30.2 | 8.8 | 2.9 | ||||
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Stat Review
How does Joel Payamps 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
2.67K/9
8.2BB/9
3.1HR/9
1.4Fastball
94.8 mphERA
6.84WHIP
1.52BABIP
.349GB/FB
0.72Left On Base
58.1%Exit Velocity
84.5 mphBarrels/BBE
10.3%Spin Rate
2557 rpmBalls Hit 95+ MPH
27.8%Swinging Strike
9.7%Advanced Pitching Stats
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Past Fantasy Outlooks
2025
2024
With Devin Williams absent for the first four months of the 2024 campaign, Payamps got some run as the Brewers' closer last April. He only tallied six saves all season, as the team primarily ran with Trevor Megill in the ninth inning until Williams returned from injury. With Milwaukee recently trading their star closer to the Yankees, the door is open for Payamps to receive a larger share of the team's save chances in 2025, but those opportunities will likely be tied to Megill's durability. Payamps has held opposing hitters to a sub-.200 batting average on both his slider and fastball over the past two years, but his hard-hit and barrel percentages allowed significantly regressed last season. He also dealt with forearm tightness last September, which didn't appear to be a major concern. Payamps is a decent spec for 2025 saves, but he's not one to contribute much else if he's not the Brewers closer.
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Back with Atlanta on one-year deal
Atlanta signed Payamps to a one-year, $2.25 million contract Sunday.
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Outrighted to Triple-A
Atlanta outrighted Payamps to Triple-A Gwinnett on Thursday.
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Claimed by Atlanta
Atlanta claimed Payamps off waivers from the Brewers on Monday.
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DFA'd by Crew
The Brewers designated Payamps for assignment Saturday.
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Back in big-league bullpen
The Brewers selected Payamps' contract from Triple-A Nashville on Wednesday.
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