Sam Hentges

Sam Hentges

29-Year-Old PitcherRP
San Francisco Giants
2026 Fantasy Outlook
Hentges missed the entire 2025 season while recovering from left shoulder surgery and also underwent arthroscopic right knee surgery in September. The expectation is that he will be ready for spring training. Hentges could be a weapon for the Giants if he can regain his pre-surgery form, as he held a 2.93 ERA and 155:42 K:BB over 138 regular-season innings from 2022-to-2024 after being moved to a relief role. Read Past Outlooks
Signed a one-year, $1.4 million contract with the Giants in November of 2025.
Earns hold Sunday
PSan Francisco Giants
May 18, 2026
Hentges picked up a hold and struck out two in a scoreless inning during Sunday's 10-1 win over the Athletics.
Analysis
Hentges entered in the seventh inning and required just 10 pitches to get through the frame, throwing seven for strikes. After undergoing shoulder surgery in September 2024 and knee surgery in August 2025, the 29-year-old southpaw returned to big-league action May 10. He has turned in four scoreless outings this season, allowing one hit and three walks while striking out five in 3.1 innings.
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Pitching Appearances Breakdown
Average Pitch Count
16
Last 10 Games
16
Last 5 Games
14
How many pitches does Sam Hentges 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+
 
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+
 
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 Sam Hentges generally pitch?
 
 
 
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% Games Reaching Innings Threshold
% Games By Number of Innings Pitched
Left/Right Pitching Splits
Since 2024
 
 
-32%
BAA vs RHP
2026
 
 
-100%
BAA vs RHP
2025
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2024
 
 
-23%
BAA vs RHP
BAA Batters K BB H 2B 3B HR
Since 2024vs Left .237 42 17 3 9 4 0 1
Since 2024vs Right .162 76 18 8 11 3 0 2
2026vs Left .200 12 6 2 2 1 0 0
2026vs Right .000 15 2 4 0 0 0 0
2025vs Left 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2025vs Right 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2024vs Left .250 30 11 1 7 3 0 1
2024vs Right .193 61 16 4 11 3 0 2
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Home/Away Pitching Splits
Since 2024
 
 
-8%
ERA on Road
2026
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2025
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2024
 
 
-8%
ERA at Home
ERA WHIP IP W L SV K/9 BB/9 HR/9
Since 2024Home 2.51 1.12 14.1 0 0 0 7.5 4.4 0.6
Since 2024Away 2.30 0.96 15.2 0 0 0 13.2 2.3 1.1
2026Home 0.00 2.00 2.0 0 0 0 13.5 13.5 0.0
2026Away 0.00 0.92 4.1 0 0 0 10.4 6.2 0.0
2025Home 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2025Away 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2024Home 2.92 0.97 12.1 0 0 0 6.6 2.9 0.7
2024Away 3.18 0.97 11.1 0 0 0 14.3 0.8 1.6
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Stat Review
How does Sam Hentges 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
1.33
 
K/9
11.4
 
BB/9
8.5
 
HR/9
0.0
 
Fastball
93.1 mph
 
ERA
0.00
 
WHIP
1.26
 
BABIP
.169
 
GB/FB
0.43
 
Left On Base
100.0%
 
Exit Velocity
79.2 mph
 
Barrels/BBE
0.0%
 
Spin Rate
2186 rpm
 
Balls Hit 95+ MPH
14.3%
 
Swinging Strike
9.1%
 
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Past Fantasy Outlooks
2024
2023
Hentges missed the first five weeks of the 2023 campaign due to shoulder inflammation. The southpaw racked up seven holds over his first 12 appearances, but saw his ratios balloon with a rough July (14.63 ERA, 2.50 WHIP over eight innings). The 27-year-old had one of the worst hard-hit rates in baseball at 49 percent, but he made up for it with an above-average strikeout rate while inducing plenty of ground balls at a near 60 percent clip. Similar to the 2022 season, Hentges finished the season in dominant fashion, allowing just one earned run over his final 27 appearances while striking out 31 over 25.2 innings. He'll enter 2024 as the Guardians top left-handed reliever.
After struggling during his rookie campaign, Hentges bounced back in a big way. The southpaw became a reliable bullpen arm for Cleveland, adding velocity on all four of his pitches while throwing more sinkers (26% pitch usage compared to 9% in 2021). This led to a 61.5% groundball rate that was one of the highest among relievers. Hentges' strikeout rate (29.4%) also spiked by eight percentage points, while also improving his walk and home run rates. He was especially dominant in the second half, producing a 36:5 K:BB ratio, 0.30 ERA and 0.57 WHIP over his final 29.2 innings. He didn't rack up a ton of holds (eight), but more can be expected in 2023 as Hentges is very clearly the top lefty in the Guardians bullpen. Don't completely dismiss the possibility of a return to the starting rotation, though, as the lefty was brought up as a starter in the minors.
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Comes off IL
PSan Francisco Giants
May 10, 2026
The Giants reinstated Hentges (knee/shoulder) from the 15-day injured list Sunday.
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Logs scoreless inning in rehab game
PSan Francisco Giants
Knee
April 16, 2026
Hentges (knee/shoulder) struck out one in a scoreless inning during Triple-A Sacramento's 7-6 win over Tacoma on Wednesday.
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Begins rehab assignment
PSan Francisco Giants
Knee
April 13, 2026
Hentges (knee/shoulder) threw one scoreless inning in Single-A San Jose's 3-2 win over Visalia on Sunday.
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Progressing in recovery
PSan Francisco Giants
Knee
April 11, 2026
Hentges (shoulder/knee) threw live batting practice in Arizona on Wednesday and is nearing a rehab assignment, per MLB.com.
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Tosses live BP on Monday
PSan Francisco Giants
Knee
March 30, 2026
Hentges (knee/shoulder) threw 20 pitches during his live batting practice in Arizona on Monday, Shayna Rubin of the San Francisco Chronicle reports.
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