Tomoyuki Sugano — 2026 Season

2026 Season Stats

Pitching stats and MLB-wide rank · 2026 Season

Stat	2026	MLB Rank
ERA	4.69	—
WHIP	1.29	—
W	10	MLB #8
L	4	—
K	56	—
IP	96.0	—
SV	0	—
GS	18	—

2026 Season Highlights

As of 7/15, Tomoyuki Sugano is on the injured list after spending the season as part of the Rockies' starting rotation. He has piled up more wins than losses, though his run prevention has been somewhat inconsistent at times. A veteran right-hander, he built his reputation in NPB with multiple Sawamura Award and wins-title honors as the ace of the Yomiuri Giants.

Tomoyuki Sugano, a 2x NPB Sawamura Award winner and former Yomiuri Giants ace, made his MLB debut with the Orioles in 2025, going 10-10 with a 4.64 ERA. He proved his ability to compete at the major league level over a full season. In 2026, Sugano moves to the Rockies, where pitching at hitter-friendly Coors Field presents a new challenge for the veteran right-hander and his crafty pitch arsenal.

1He has worked as part of the Rockies' starting rotation this season but is currently on the injured list. His win total has outpaced his losses, though his run prevention has been inconsistent at times.
2A veteran right-hander who earned multiple Sawamura Award and wins-title honors in NPB while serving as the ace of the Yomiuri Giants.
3How he's reintegrated into the Rockies' rotation once he returns from the injured list will be worth watching.

DETAIL · ANALYSIS

Detailed Analysis

In-depth metrics aggregated from every at-bat and pitch.

Data as of: 2026-07-19

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Recent Form (Last 10 Starts)

Older games on the left, most recent on the right. Color shows how they played.

Best: 6IP+ / ≤1ER · Good: 5IP+ / ≤2ER · OK: 4IP+ / ≤3ER · 4ER · ≥5ER (blowup)

Pitch Arsenal

Current season pitch data by type. Velocity, spin rate, movement, whiff rate, and CSW% at a glance.

Pitch	Usage	Velo (mph)	Spin	H-Mvmt	V-Mvmt	Whiff%	CSW%
Four-Seam Fastball	21.1%	92.3	2,414	-3.9"	+8.5"	12.8%	21.8%
Splitter	20.5%	86.9	1,668	-6.8"	+3.8"	30.1%	21.5%
Sinker	19.8%	92.2	2,299	-8.2"	+6.8"	2.4%	26.6%
Slider	12.2%	85.0	2,587	+1.3"	+0.3"	18.9%	19.7%
Cutter	10.6%	88.9	2,487	0.0"	+3.6"	21.1%	24.0%
Sweeper	9.5%	83.7	2,566	+4.4"	+1.6"	19.0%	29.0%
Curveball	6.4%	79.8	2,678	+3.0"	-4.8"	15.2%	20.4%

H-Mvmt/V-Mvmt (inch): movement vs. a spinless ball. + = toward 3B / up, − = toward 1B / down. Whiff% = whiffs / swings, CSW% = (called strikes + whiffs) / pitches.

Handedness & Home/Away Splits

Situational splits for the current season. See strengths and weaknesses by scenario.

vs Handedness

Split	OAVG	OOPS	HR	K	BB
vs RHB	.257	.724	6	25	7
vs LHB	.278	.920	12	26	16

Home / Away

Split	OAVG	OOPS	HR	K	BB
Home	.267	.804	7	25	10
Away	.269	.842	11	26	13

Year-over-Year Performance Trend

Career-long performance trends for every key stat. How does this year compare to history?

Season	G	IP	ERA	WHIP	K/9	BB/9	K
2025	30	157.0	4.64	1.33	6.08	2.06	106
2026Now	17	90.2	4.76	1.29	5.06	2.28	51

Full Game Log (Pitching)

All 18 games of the 2026 season. Showing latest 10; click to expand.

Date	Opp	IP	H	ER	BB	K	ER/9
07/25	@ MIL	5.1	6	2	1	5	3.38
07/19	vs CIN	6.1	6	3	0	3	4.26
06/27	@ MIN	5.0	8	7	1	2	12.60
06/21	vs PIT	6.0	4	1	0	5	1.50
06/15	@ OAK	5.0	8	6	2	2	10.80
06/10	vs CHC	5.0	6	3	2	3	5.40
06/03	@ LAA	5.0	5	2	2	5	3.60
05/28	@ LAD	4.2	6	3	1	3	5.79
05/23	@ ARI	6.2	6	2	1	3	2.70
05/17	vs ARI	5.0	7	2	2	1	3.60

SHOW REMAINING 8 GAMES ▾

Date	Opp	IP	H	ER	BB	K	ER/9
05/11	@ PHI	5.0	7	5	1	2	9.00
05/05	vs NYM	5.1	3	4	2	1	6.75
04/30	@ CIN	5.1	4	0	3	2	0.00
04/23	vs SD	5.2	5	1	1	4	1.59
04/18	vs LAD	4.0	9	5	2	3	11.25
04/11	@ SD	6.0	4	2	0	3	3.00
04/06	vs PHI	6.0	4	1	1	5	1.50
03/31	@ TOR	4.2	2	1	2	4	1.93

Year-over-Year (2026 vs 2025)

Green = improvement, red = decline. "—" means no data in the same month last year.

Pitching

	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul
ERA	-2.57	+0.21	+1.92	+0.38	-1.89
K	+3	+1	-8	+0	-11
WHIP	-0.64	+0.12	+0.38	-0.28	-0.56

AI · SEASON ANALYSIS

Tomoyuki Sugano 2026 Season AI Analysis

Comprehensive 2026 season analysis generated by Claude AI from stats data (as of Jul 20, 2026).

Overview

Through 17 starts and 90.2 IP in 2026, Sugano's ERA sits at 4.76 and WHIP at 1.29, both clearly above the MLB averages of 3.59 and 1.19 and well outside the P75 tier (2.92 ERA / 1.09 WHIP). His K/9 of 5.06 ranks near the bottom of the league relative to the 8.74 average and 8.84 median, placing him outside the top performance bands across all three rate categories except walk rate, where he compares favorably.

Strengths

Command remains his standout trait. A 2.28 BB/9 is meaningfully better than the MLB average of 2.77 and sits close to the P75 mark of 2.10, indicating above-average control of the strike zone. This is consistent with a pitcher who limits free passes and relies on locating pitches rather than missing bats, a profile that has carried over from his career track record.

Areas to Improve

Strikeout production is the clearest gap. His 5.06 K/9 trails the league average of 8.74 by a wide margin and is also down from his 2025 mark of 6.08 K/9, suggesting reduced swing-and-miss ability. Combined with an ERA and WHIP both above league average, the data points to increased contact quality allowed, which has translated into more baserunners and runs than a command-first approach alone can offset.

Looking Ahead

Barring a mechanical or pitch-mix adjustment that restores missed bats, the current profile — low walks paired with limited strikeouts — projects to continued league-average-or-worse ERA and WHIP for the rest of the season. Sustained improvement would likely require either a strikeout rate closer to his 2025 level or further gains in contact management, since the walk-rate advantage alone has not been sufficient to offset the strikeout deficit through 90.2 innings.

AI-generated content (Claude) · Based on stats as of Jul 20, 2026

Detailed Analysis

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Season Analysis

Season Progress

ERA

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WHIP

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Strikeouts

Wins

Monthly Stats

ERA

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WHIP

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Strikeouts

Wins

Season Analysis

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Splits vs LHP / RHP

Season stats vs right-handed and left-handed batters

vs RHP/RHB

.257OPS .714 / HR 6

vs LHP/LHB

.278OPS .929 / HR 14

Metrics Deep Dive

MLB-wide percentile rank, defensive and pitching metric summaries, pitch-type stats, and batted-ball distribution.

Pitching — MLB-wide Standing

WHIP ranks in the top 79% of MLB. The rest sit closer to league average.

ERA4.76

WHIP1.29

strikeouts51

K/95.06

Bars show percentile rank among MLB-wide qualified players.

PITCHER · FIP

What is Tomoyuki Sugano's FIP? 5.45 in 2026

FIP (Fielding Independent Pitching) measures a pitcher's true skill using only home runs, walks, hit-by-pitches and strikeouts — outcomes the pitcher controls. By stripping out defense and luck, it tracks real ability more closely than ERA.

Tomoyuki Sugano's 2026 FIP is 5.45, rated as "below average". That's 1.45 above the MLB average of about 4.00, leaving room to improve.

Compare with other Japanese pitchers in the FIP ranking

Pitch Type K% & BA Against

K% / BA-against / Whiff% by pitch type this season. K% is based on at-bats where each type was the strikeout pitch.

Pitch	Usage	K%	BAA	Whiff%
Four-Seam Fastball	21.1%	15.9%	.359	12.8%
Splitter	20.5%	23.2%	.224	30.1%
Sinker	19.8%	4.8%	.386	2.4%
Slider	12.2%	18.6%	.273	18.9%
Cutter	10.6%	7.3%	.306	21.1%
Sweeper	9.5%	7.1%	.375	19.0%
Curveball	6.4%	5.9%	.200	15.2%

K%: rate of strikeouts among plate appearances where this pitch type was the final pitch. Whiff%: whiffs per swing. Types with fewer than 10 pitches excluded.

Splits by Batter Handedness

BA / OPS against and WHIP vs right-handed and left-handed batters this season. Spot weaknesses by batter type.

Split	BAA	OPS	WHIP	K	IP
vs RHB	.257	.714	1.11	27	47.2
vs LHB	.278	.929	1.49	29	47.2

Game Log

2026 Season Appearance Log

18 starts · 56 total strikeouts

Season Best K

Sat, Jul 25 @ MIL

Season Debut

Tue, Mar 31 @ TOR

4.2IP · 4K

Date	Opp	IP	K	HR	BB	Dec
7/25	@MIL	5.1	5	2	1	W
7/19	vsCIN	6.1	3	2	0	W
6/27	@MIN	5.0	2	2	1	-
6/21	vsPIT	6.0	5	1	0	W
6/15	@OAK	5.0	2	1	2	W
6/10	vsCHC	5.0	3	1	2	W
6/3	@LAA	5.0	5	-	2	W
5/28	@LAD	4.2	3	2	1	L
5/23	@ARI	6.2	3	-	1	-
5/17	vsARI	5.0	1	-	2	W
5/11	@PHI	5.0	2	3	1	L
5/5	vsNYM	5.1	1	1	2	L
4/30	@CIN	5.1	2	-	3	W
4/23	vsSD	5.2	4	-	1	W
4/18	vsLAD	4.0	3	1	2	L
4/11	@SD	6.0	3	2	0	-
4/6	vsPHI	6.0	5	1	1	W
3/31	@TOR	4.2	4	1	2	-