2026 Stats
W-L
0-1
ERA
4.60
WHIP
1.79
K
12
SV
0
Rest-of-Season Projections
2026 Fantasy Outlook
Holton, who made a career-high 70 appearances (including six starts as an opener) for Detroit during the 2025 regular season, continues to fill a Swiss Army knife role for the Tigers. While that did not result in any saves last season, the 29-year-old still racked up six wins and established a new career-high with 18 holds. On the flip-side, the southpaw permitted 15 home runs, tied for second-worst among relief pitchers with Jeff Hoffman. Unfortunately, his 20.8 home-run per fly ball percentage ranked dead last. What we've seen from Holton over the past few seasons is what we should expect in 2026 - he's not going to strike out a ton of batters, but shouldn't kill your ratios and pitches enough in high-leverage to be a decent source of holds. Read Past Outlooks
Signed a one-year, $1.58 million contract with the Tigers in January of 2026.
Serving as opener Monday
Holton will serve as the Tigers' opening pitcher in Monday's game against the Red Sox, Evan Woodbery of MLive.com reports.
Analysis
Holton will be making his second "start" in as many days, after retiring two of three batters faced as an opener in Sunday's 7-1 loss to the Rangers. The southpaw hasn't been as effective in the early going this season as he's been in recent years, posting a 5.27 ERA and 10:8 K:BB over 13.2 frames.
Holton will be making his second "start" in as many days, after retiring two of three batters faced as an opener in Sunday's 7-1 loss to the Rangers. The southpaw hasn't been as effective in the early going this season as he's been in recent years, posting a 5.27 ERA and 10:8 K:BB over 13.2 frames.
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Pitching Appearances Breakdown
Average Pitch Count
19
Last 10 Games
20
Last 5 Games
20
How many pitches does Tyler Holton 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 Tyler Holton generally pitch?
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% Games Reaching Innings Threshold
% Games By Number of Innings Pitched
Left/Right Pitching Splits
Since 2024
-19%
BAA vs LHP
2026
-11%
BAA vs RHP
| BAA | K | BB | H | HR | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Since 2024vs Left | .184 | 71 | 13 | 54 | 7 | |||
| Since 2024vs Right | .227 | 82 | 29 | 88 | 17 | |||
| 2026vs Left | .333 | 6 | 2 | 9 | 0 | |||
| 2026vs Right | .297 | 6 | 6 | 11 | 2 | |||
| 2025vs Left | .186 | 34 | 6 | 24 | 4 | |||
| 2025vs Right | .259 | 30 | 11 | 41 | 11 | |||
| 2024vs Left | .153 | 31 | 5 | 21 | 3 | |||
| 2024vs Right | .187 | 46 | 12 | 36 | 4 | |||
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Home/Away Pitching Splits
Since 2024
-15%
ERA on Road
2026
-75%
ERA at Home
| ERA | WHIP | IP | K/9 | BB/9 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Since 2024Home | 3.26 | 1.08 | 88.1 | 6.6 | 2.0 | ||||
| Since 2024Away | 2.78 | 0.89 | 100.1 | 7.9 | 2.0 | ||||
| 2026Home | 1.59 | 1.76 | 5.2 | 4.8 | 1.6 | ||||
| 2026Away | 6.30 | 1.80 | 10.0 | 8.1 | 6.3 | ||||
| 2025Home | 3.73 | 1.10 | 41.0 | 6.8 | 1.8 | ||||
| 2025Away | 3.58 | 0.98 | 37.2 | 7.9 | 2.2 | ||||
| 2024Home | 3.02 | 0.96 | 41.2 | 6.7 | 2.4 | ||||
| 2024Away | 1.54 | 0.65 | 52.2 | 7.9 | 1.0 | ||||
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Stat Review
How does Tyler Holton 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
1.50K/9
6.9BB/9
4.6HR/9
1.1Fastball
91.1 mphERA
4.60WHIP
1.79BABIP
.359GB/FB
2.40Left On Base
79.4%Exit Velocity
82.9 mphBarrels/BBE
2.3%Spin Rate
2254 rpmBalls Hit 95+ MPH
27.9%Swinging Strike
9.1%Advanced Pitching Stats
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Past Fantasy Outlooks
2025
2024
Holton outperformed his expected stats once again, but he generated fantasy value in multiple ways. The lefty earned seven wins, eight saves and 14 holds during the regular season along with a pristine 0.76 WHIP that ranked sixth among qualified relievers. Holton's strikeout and whiff rates were below league average, but he limited traffic thanks to a 4.8 percent walk rate (94th percentile). Holton was excellent against left-handed hitters, holding them to a .153 BAA with a sinker-sweeper approach. He also fared better against right-handed bats (.187 BAA), deploying a cutter, changeup and fastball with the occasional curve. With six pitches at his disposal, Holton will be a valuable weapon for the Tigers in 2025, especially since he was their most trusted reliever in the playoffs. Holton's versatility - being able to serve as an opener, closer, or work multiple innings - may influence whom Detroit deploys in the ninth inning on any particular day.
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Slated to open Sunday's contest
Holton will serve as the Tigers' opening pitcher for Sunday's against the Rangers, Evan Woodbery of MLive.com reports.
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Effective in relief Saturday
Holton pitched two scoreless innings of relief and earned a hold in Saturday's 4-1 win over the Red Sox. He struck out two.
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Allows home run in win
Holton gave up his first earned run of the season Thursday in a 10-9 win over the Royals, allowing a solo home run in a third of an inning.
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Avoids arbitration with Detroit
Holton and the Tigers agreed to a one-year, $1.575 million contract Thursday to avoid arbitration, Evan Petzold of the Detroit Free Press reports.
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Takes loss as Thursday's opener
Holton (5-5) took the loss against the Yankees on Thursday, allowing two runs on two hits while striking out two across one frame.
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