2025 Stats
W-L
10-5
ERA
2.76
WHIP
1.02
K
127
SV
0
2026 Projections
2025 Fantasy Outlook
Rasmussen has been through trials and tribulations in his collegiate and professional career, mainly around three serious elbow injuries and recoveries from those. His persistence finally paid off in 2025 with a selection to the All-Star game while he set career highs in innings pitched, strikeouts, and his best full-season ERA. The Rays limited his workload throughout the season, which more of an emphasis on it around the break as Rasmussen never worked more than six innings and only twice faced more than 22 batter in a contest. The limited work along with his approach to pitching limits his strikeouts while the inconsistency of the Rays offense limits Rasmussen's ability to garner wins as he has 30 career wins in 81 starts. He does, however, have the fourth-best ERA of all pitchers over the last five seasons with at least 450 innings of work, bested only by Woodruff, Fried, and Burnes. Rasmussen is in the final year of his deal with Tampa Bay, so it would not be surprising to both see him work a regular workload as well as end up on another roster by the trade deadline in 2026. Read Past Outlooks
Signed a two-year, $8 million contract extension in January of 2025. Contact includes an $8 million team option ($500,000 buyout) for 2027. Option increases by an additional $500,000 for eight games started in 2026, $750,000 for 12 starts, $1 million for 16 starts, $1 million for 20 starts, $1.25 million for 24 starts and $1.5 million for 28 starts.
Goes 2.1 innings vs. O's
Rasmussen didn't factor into the decision Thursday against Baltimore, allowing two hits and two walks across 2.1 scoreless innings. He stuck out three.
Analysis
Making his final start of the season, Rasmussen was pulled after recording one out in the third inning, putting him exactly at his 150-inning limit for the season. While Rasmussen failed to make it past five innings in any of his final five outings, the right-hander had a strong campaign overall, posting a 2.76 ERA with a 1.02 WHIP and 127 strikeouts across 31 starts.
Making his final start of the season, Rasmussen was pulled after recording one out in the third inning, putting him exactly at his 150-inning limit for the season. While Rasmussen failed to make it past five innings in any of his final five outings, the right-hander had a strong campaign overall, posting a 2.76 ERA with a 1.02 WHIP and 127 strikeouts across 31 starts.
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Pitching Appearances Breakdown
Average Pitch Count
73
Last 10 Games
77
Last 5 Games
73
How many pitches does Drew Rasmussen generally throw?
1-10
11-20
21-30
31-40
41-50
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71-80
81-90
91-100
101-110
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121+
What part of the game does Drew Rasmussen generally pitch?
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% Games Reaching Innings Threshold
% Games By Number of Innings Pitched
Left/Right Pitching Splits
Since 2023
-5%
BAA vs RHP
2025
-13%
BAA vs RHP
| BAA | K | BB | H | HR | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Since 2023vs Left | .223 | 116 | 26 | 93 | 12 | |||
| Since 2023vs Right | .212 | 93 | 28 | 84 | 8 | |||
| 2025vs Left | .228 | 78 | 22 | 67 | 11 | |||
| 2025vs Right | .198 | 49 | 15 | 49 | 7 | |||
| 2024vs Left | .153 | 22 | 3 | 9 | 0 | |||
| 2024vs Right | .320 | 13 | 3 | 16 | 0 | |||
| 2023vs Left | .266 | 16 | 1 | 17 | 1 | |||
| 2023vs Right | .192 | 31 | 10 | 19 | 1 | |||
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Home/Away Pitching Splits
Since 2023
-9%
ERA on Road
2025
-4%
ERA at Home
| ERA | WHIP | IP | K/9 | BB/9 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Since 2023Home | 2.87 | 1.02 | 119.1 | 8.1 | 2.2 | ||||
| Since 2023Away | 2.60 | 1.05 | 104.0 | 8.8 | 2.2 | ||||
| 2025Home | 2.71 | 1.01 | 89.2 | 7.5 | 2.3 | ||||
| 2025Away | 2.83 | 1.03 | 60.1 | 7.8 | 2.1 | ||||
| 2024Home | 4.38 | 1.22 | 12.1 | 9.5 | 1.5 | ||||
| 2024Away | 1.65 | 0.98 | 16.1 | 12.1 | 2.2 | ||||
| 2023Home | 2.60 | 0.92 | 17.1 | 9.9 | 2.1 | ||||
| 2023Away | 2.63 | 1.13 | 27.1 | 9.2 | 2.3 | ||||
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Stat Review
How does Drew Rasmussen 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
3.43K/9
7.6BB/9
2.2HR/9
1.1Fastball
95.7 mphERA
2.76WHIP
1.02BABIP
.249GB/FB
1.64Left On Base
82.9%Exit Velocity
83.5 mphBarrels/BBE
3.8%Spin Rate
2544 rpmBalls Hit 95+ MPH
25.7%Swinging Strike
10.1%Prospect Rankings History
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Past Fantasy Outlooks
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Rasmussen entered the 2023 season on a bullet train of hype and through eight starts was delivering on that hype with four wins and 47 strikeouts along with a 2.62 ERA. Little did we know that the pitch he threw to induce a Gleyber Torres groundout to complete seven shutout innings at Yankee Stadium would be the last pitch he threw on the season. Rasmussen was diagnosed with a right flexor strain in mid-May and eventually underwent an internal brace surgery to his UCL. It is worth noting that Rasmussen had two TJ surgeries in college as the coaching staff implemented some questionable usage patterns with him, and the list of pitchers successfully recovering from three TJ surgeries is short enough for Mordecai Brown to count with his pitching hand. The internal brace procedure allows for a quicker physical return to the mound, but all the risks of excessive time off with major surgery still apply. Simply put, Rasmussen is a wild card selection for the later rounds.
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Labors in no-decision
Rasmussen did not factor into the decision in Friday's 11-7 loss to the Red Sox, allowing two runs on four hits and one walk with two strikeouts over three innings.
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Pulled after five frames again
Rasmussen allowed three runs on four hits and three walks while striking out five batters over five innings in a no-decision against the Cubs on Saturday.
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Sharp in no-decision
Rasmussen allowed three hits and three walks across five scoreless innings in a no-decision Sunday against the Guardians. He struck out two.
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Bad inning ruins start
Rasmussen didn't factor into the decision Tuesday against Seattle, allowing three runs on four hits over five innings. He struck out two and did not issue a walk.
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Quality start wasted Wednesday
Rasmussen came away with a no-decision in Wednesday's 4-3 extra-inning loss to the Guardians, allowing two runs on four hits and a walk over six innings. He struck out five.
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Passes 100 innings
Rasmussen topped 100 innings for the season in his last start and has thrown 18 more innings this season than any other professional campaign.
Analysis
Rasmussen has thrown 105.1 innings this season, his first year as a full-time starter in the majors. He did toss more innings in 2015 when he completed 106 frames as a 19-year-old at Oregon State but hasn't thrown more than 87.1 innings in any season since. Tampa Bay has already been doing its best to limit Rasmussen's workload as he's tossed more than 89 pitches only twice all season, and he's also been the occasional beneficiary of extra rest. The 27-year-old has a 2.82 ERA, 1.05 WHIP and 90:26 K:BB this season and is likely to be an important part of the Rays' potential postseason run.
Rasmussen has thrown 105.1 innings this season, his first year as a full-time starter in the majors. He did toss more innings in 2015 when he completed 106 frames as a 19-year-old at Oregon State but hasn't thrown more than 87.1 innings in any season since. Tampa Bay has already been doing its best to limit Rasmussen's workload as he's tossed more than 89 pitches only twice all season, and he's also been the occasional beneficiary of extra rest. The 27-year-old has a 2.82 ERA, 1.05 WHIP and 90:26 K:BB this season and is likely to be an important part of the Rays' potential postseason run.