Emmanuel Clase

26-Year-Old PitcherRP

Cleveland Guardians

2024 Stats

W-L

4-2

ERA

0.61

WHIP

0.66

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2025 Fantasy Outlook

After leading the league in the saves in 2022 and 2023, Clase fell just short of a three-peat. Still, his 47 saves led the American League and he was third among closers with an 88.7 percent team save share. Clase also became the Guardians' franchise leader in saves while breaking the team's single-season record for the category. The right-hander struggled during the 2024 playoffs, permitting three home runs and eight earned runs across eight postseason innings, but he was lights out in the regular season. Clase led the league with a 0.61 ERA and 0.66 WHIP over a career-high 74.1 innings, while ranking fourth among relievers with a 3.7 percent walk rate and .151 batting average against. He threw his devastating cutter a career-high 77.8 percent of the time at the highest velocity for that pitch type (99.5 mph on average), all while inducing weak contact and plenty of ground balls (57.4 percent). Clase is locked in as a top-3 closer for 2025 drafts. Read Past Outlooks

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Overall Rank

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League Majors

Bats R

Throws R

40 Man Yes

Height 6'2"

Weight 206

DOB 3/18/1998

Born Rio San Juan, DR

College None

Drafted 2015 SD

Earns 47th save

PCleveland Guardians

September 25, 2024

Clase earned the save against the Reds on Wednesday, allowing one hit and two walks with one strikeout in a scoreless ninth inning.

ANALYSIS
Clase was called upon to protect a 5-2 lead in the ninth frame and worked out of a bases-loaded jam with no outs to secure his 47th save of the season. While he was a bit shaky, the closer has not allowed an earned run in 10 September outings. He owns a microscopic 0.61 ERA, 0.65 WHIP and 66:10 K:BB across 73.1 innings and is in a tightly contested battle with Ryan Helsley of the Cardinals for the major-league lead in saves.

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Pitching Appearances Breakdown

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Left/Right Pitching Splits

Since 2022

-4%

BAA vs LHP

2024

-40%

BAA vs LHP

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-8%

BAA vs RHP

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-12%

BAA vs RHP

	BAA	Batters	K	BB	H	2B	3B	HR
Since 2022vs Left	.185	396	107	18	69	6	0	4
Since 2022vs Right	.193	447	100	18	81	18	0	5
2024vs Left	.115	128	30	4	14	3	0	0
2024vs Right	.191	142	36	6	25	3	0	2
2023vs Left	.252	151	42	10	35	3	0	2
2023vs Right	.232	151	22	6	33	9	0	2
2022vs Left	.179	117	35	4	20	0	0	2
2022vs Right	.158	154	42	6	23	6	0	1
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Home/Away Pitching Splits

Since 2022

-62%

ERA at Home

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-13%

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-62%

ERA at Home

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-80%

ERA at Home

	ERA	WHIP	IP	W	L	SV	K/9	BB/9	HR/9
Since 2022Home	0.98	0.64	119.0	5	4	66	9.1	1.4	0.2
Since 2022Away	2.59	1.09	100.2	5	11	67	7.8	1.6	0.6
2024Home	0.64	0.57	42.0	3	1	25	8.6	1.5	0.2
2024Away	0.56	0.77	32.1	1	1	22	7.2	0.8	0.3
2023Home	1.85	0.90	39.0	1	3	24	8.3	1.8	0.2
2023Away	4.81	1.46	33.2	2	6	20	7.5	2.1	0.8
2022Home	0.47	0.45	38.0	1	0	17	10.4	0.7	0.0
2022Away	2.34	1.04	34.2	2	4	25	8.6	1.8	0.8
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Stat Review

How does Emmanuel Clase 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

6.60

K/9

8.0

BB/9

1.2

HR/9

0.2

Fastball

99.6 mph

ERA

0.61

WHIP

0.66

BABIP

.205

GB/FB

2.77

Left On Base

84.4%

Exit Velocity

81.4 mph

Barrels/BBE

2.1%

Spin Rate

2579 rpm

Balls Hit 95+ MPH

17.7%

Swinging Strike

14.1%

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Past Fantasy Outlooks

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Clase led the league in saves for the second straight year, tallying a career-high 44 of the Guardians' 47 total saves, while earning his second consecutive All-Star nomination. His 93.6% team save share led the league once again, as former Guardians manager Terry Francona was very straightforward with his bullpen hierarchy. However, Clase regressed in many categories, all of which new manager Stephen Vogt may consider when determining bullpen roles for 2024. Clase posted career-worst marks with 9 losses and 12 blown saves, the latter leading all relievers. He also posted the worst ratios of his young career, and while his 3.22 ERA and 1.16 WHIP were fine for typical reliever standards, they were not Clase-like. Hitters simply made more contact against him, which inflated his BABIP and saw his strikeout rate plummet to a career-worst 21.2%. Despite these blips, Clase should remain the Guardians closer for 2024 and is likely to be among the top 5 closers taken in drafts.

His breakout 2021 season would be difficult to top, but Clase exceeded his already high expectations, leading the league with 42 saves while earning his first All-Star nomination and AL Reliever of the Month honors three times. Clase led all qualified relievers with a 0.73 WHIP, while also setting career best marks with 72.2 innings, 77 strikeouts, a 28.4% K% and an impressive 3.7% BB% that was among the best in the majors. His 82.4% team save share also led the league, as he had no competition to his role as the Guardians closer and maintained extremely high stability in that role all season. Clase's velocity was down a tick, averaging "only" 99.6 mph on his cutter after the pitch averaged triple digits last year. He still threw 196 pitches 100 mph or greater, but this was far less than the 471 he threw at that speed in 2021. Clase will be the first closer off the board in many 2023 drafts and is likely to be drafted among the top 3 closers at minimum.

Imagine you're in the batter's box and the pitcher standing across from you casually fires 100-mph cutters in your direction. Now that you've woken up from that nightmare, take a moment to appreciate Clase's 2021 success. Nearly 45% of Clase's total pitches reached triple digits - 471 to be exact, while no other pitcher threw more than 215. Clase opened the year as Cleveland's primary closer and finished with 24 saves, a 61.5% share of his team's total saves. While he ceded 11 saves to James Karinchak, most were early in the season when Karinchak was in dominant form. Clase's 9.6 K/9 was not elite, but his 0.3 HR/9 was, ranking fourth among qualified relievers. He was lights-out in the second half with a 0.82 ERA, 0.61 WHIP and 33:2 K:BB over 33 innings after the All-Star break. Clase is likely to be drafted among the top 10 closers, but his upside fresh off of a breakout season could land him in the top five.

Clase had quite a bit of hype last offseason for a reliever with just 21 games and one save to his name. Those who hoped to see him surpass Brad Hand as closer wound up rather disappointed, as he tested positive for Boldenone, a performance-enhancing drug, leading to a year-long suspension. It was already shaping up to be a rocky season for the young righty, as a strained lat in late February would have seen him miss the first few months of the season under ordinary circumstances. We're now left with a player who has plenty of potential but who hasn't pitched in over a year and has recently battled an arm injury. That's a risky proposition, but the upside is still there and Hand is now out the door, opening up save chances. That keeps Clase firmly in lottery-ticket territory, though his 22.3 K% as a rookie and 23.7 K% in the minors mean he may not provide much value if he doesn't get saves.

Clase emerged early last season as one of the best relief-pitching prospects in baseball and got the call in August at the age of 21. He led the majors by a sizable margin in average cutter velocity at 99.2 mph. The 6-foot-2 righty also throws a high-spin, 99.5-mph four-seamer and a 90.5-mph slider, though he leaned on his 80-grade cutter 73.3% of the time. His 22.3 K% was underwhelming, given his stuff, but his 6.4 BB%, 60.6 GB% and 1.11 WHIP were very impressive marks for a high-velocity 21-year-old reliever. Clase has ninth-inning stuff -- he gave up just three homers in 68 innings last year -- so it's likely just a matter of when he gets the chance to move from setup man to closer. Clase headlined the December trade for Corey Kluber and his path to saves is a little more difficult in Cleveland, but the cream usually rises to the top in these situations.

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Nails down 46th save

PCleveland Guardians

September 17, 2024

Clase struck out two in a perfect ninth inning Monday to record his 46th save of the season in a 4-3 win over the Twins.