15-Day IL
Injury Elbow
Est. Return 7/27/2026
2026 Stats
W-L
3-9
ERA
6.34
WHIP
1.56
K
61
SV
0
Rest-of-Season Projections
2026 Fantasy Outlook
Gallen won double-digit games for a fourth consecutive season, winning 13 of his 33 starts. That is, however, where the good news ends. Gallen took a loss in 15 of the other 18 starts thanks to a career-worst 4.83 ERA fueled by a career-worst home run rate. Gallen surrendered 31 homers on the season, nearly as many as he had over the previous two seasons combined, with 20 of those homers coming off his two primary pitches. Gallen's four-seamer outcomes peaked in 2022, but 2025 was the first time he has allowed so many home runs off the pitch, and that gopheritis led to his issue of stranding runners with his LOB coming in 10 percentage points below his career average. Gallen worked on expanding his repertoire in 2025 by bring back more cutters and sinkers than he threw in 2024, but neither pitch was effective. Perhaps the path forward for a rebound for Gallen would be for him to simplify his offerings, focus on what he does best and throw away his 2025 struggles as he enters his quantity years, as his quality years appear to be a thing of the past. The fact he re-signed with Arizona isn't particularly surprising, so Gallen will have familiar surroundings in 2026. Read Past Outlooks
Signed a one-year, $22.03 million contract with the Diamondbacks in February of 2026.
Awaiting second opinion on elbow
Manager Torey Lovullo said Thursday that Gallen is awaiting a second opinion on his injured right elbow, Alex D'Agostino of SI.com reports.
Analysis
Gallen was scheduled to start last Sunday's game against the Dodgers but was scratched due to right elbow inflammation and subsequently placed on the 15-day injured list. "Gallen, we're continuing to evaluate," Lovullo said. "He is waiting for other opinions from other doctors. So we'll just keep putting that off until we get everything complete." Mitch Bratt was recently recalled from Triple-A Reno to take Gallen's place in the rotation.
Gallen was scheduled to start last Sunday's game against the Dodgers but was scratched due to right elbow inflammation and subsequently placed on the 15-day injured list. "Gallen, we're continuing to evaluate," Lovullo said. "He is waiting for other opinions from other doctors. So we'll just keep putting that off until we get everything complete." Mitch Bratt was recently recalled from Triple-A Reno to take Gallen's place in the rotation.
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Pitching Appearances Breakdown
Average Pitch Count
87
Last 10 Games
87
Last 5 Games
89
How many pitches does Zac Gallen generally throw?
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% Games Reaching Innings Threshold
% Games By Number of Innings Pitched
Left/Right Pitching Splits
Since 2024
-4%
BAA vs RHP
2026
-6%
BAA vs RHP
| BAA | K | BB | H | HR | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Since 2024vs Left | .259 | 178 | 75 | 219 | 27 | |||
| Since 2024vs Right | .249 | 214 | 76 | 212 | 35 | |||
| 2026vs Left | .313 | 25 | 16 | 66 | 8 | |||
| 2026vs Right | .295 | 36 | 15 | 56 | 10 | |||
| 2025vs Left | .256 | 76 | 34 | 92 | 12 | |||
| 2025vs Right | .223 | 99 | 32 | 84 | 19 | |||
| 2024vs Left | .222 | 77 | 25 | 61 | 7 | |||
| 2024vs Right | .252 | 79 | 29 | 72 | 6 | |||
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Home/Away Pitching Splits
Since 2024
-16%
ERA at Home
2026
-15%
ERA at Home
| ERA | WHIP | IP | K/9 | BB/9 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Since 2024Home | 4.38 | 1.27 | 228.1 | 8.5 | 2.8 | ||||
| Since 2024Away | 5.19 | 1.39 | 209.2 | 7.6 | 3.4 | ||||
| 2026Home | 5.79 | 1.46 | 46.2 | 6.0 | 1.9 | ||||
| 2026Away | 6.84 | 1.66 | 51.1 | 5.3 | 3.7 | ||||
| 2025Home | 4.56 | 1.25 | 98.2 | 8.6 | 3.3 | ||||
| 2025Away | 5.11 | 1.28 | 93.1 | 7.8 | 2.9 | ||||
| 2024Home | 3.36 | 1.19 | 83.0 | 9.8 | 2.7 | ||||
| 2024Away | 4.02 | 1.35 | 65.0 | 9.1 | 4.0 | ||||
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Stat Review
How does Zac Gallen 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
1.97K/9
5.6BB/9
2.8HR/9
1.7Fastball
93.4 mphERA
6.34WHIP
1.56BABIP
.326GB/FB
1.47Left On Base
61.8%Exit Velocity
84.8 mphBarrels/BBE
7.9%Spin Rate
2219 rpmBalls Hit 95+ MPH
28.7%Swinging Strike
8.3%Prospect Rankings History
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Past Fantasy Outlooks
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Gallen turned in another solid but not ace-level season. His career 26.6 percent strikeout rate is very good, but not elite. Last year, it was a career low of 25.1 percent. After two years of declining walk rates, Gallen's 8.7 percent clip was a smidge worse than average. Yielding only 13 homers in 148 frames kept Gallen's ERA in check, but if the 2025 baseball is livelier than the 2024 version, Gallen's ratios could suffer, unless he returns to a lower walk rate. Gallen's velocity was in sync with past seasons, so it's a matter of throwing more strikes. In 2023, 64.5 percent of his pitches were strikes, compared to only 61.9 percent last season. There was a time when Gallen fanned 28 percent of batters and was a back end SP1. He's now a solid SP3, with SP2 upside if he can throw more pitches in the zone.
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Officially moved to IL
The Diamondbacks placed Gallen (elbow) on the 15-day injured list Sunday.
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Likely for IL with elbow injury
Gallen has been scratched from Sunday's start against the Dodgers due to right elbow inflammation, Nick Piecoro of The Arizona Republic reports.
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Takes fourth straight defeat
Gallen (3-9) took the loss against San Diego on Tuesday, allowing four runs on six hits and three walks while striking out five batters over six innings.
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Knocked around by Giants
Gallen (3-8) allowed six runs on seven hits and a walk while striking out four over 5.2 innings to take the loss Wednesday versus the Giants.
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Allows two homers in loss
Gallen (3-7) took the loss against the Rays on Friday, allowing five runs on four hits and two walks over 6.2 innings. He did not record a strikeout.
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Could land with Cubs
The Cubs could be the favorites to sign Gallen, Bruce Levine of the Marquee Sports Network reports.
Analysis
A rival general manager indicated Thursday that they viewed the Cubs as the most likely landing spot for the free-agent hurler. Chicago has been connected to Gallen throughout the offseason, and it seems they could still sign the right-hander even after trading for Edward Cabrera. The Diamondbacks also have interest in bringing Gallen back, but John Gambadoro of Arizona Sports 98.7 FM says there's nothing imminent on that front.
A rival general manager indicated Thursday that they viewed the Cubs as the most likely landing spot for the free-agent hurler. Chicago has been connected to Gallen throughout the offseason, and it seems they could still sign the right-hander even after trading for Edward Cabrera. The Diamondbacks also have interest in bringing Gallen back, but John Gambadoro of Arizona Sports 98.7 FM says there's nothing imminent on that front.