2025 Stats
W-L
2-6
ERA
2.35
WHIP
0.95
K
82
SV
2
2026 Projections
Signed a one-year, $1.2 million contract with the Rays in January of 2025.
Will be part of closer committee
Cleavinger, Griffin Jax and Edwin Uceta are expected to be part of a closer-by-committee for the Rays in 2026, Marc Topkin of the Tampa Bay Times reports.
Analysis
The Rays elected to decline Pete Fairbanks' $11 million option, and the plan for now is to fill that ninth-inning vacancy with multiple players. Cleavinger had the best season of his career in 2025, holding a 2.35 ERA and 82:18 K:BB over 61.1 innings. The lefty has neutral splits, so he should not be at a matchup disadvantage when it comes to who manager Kevin Cash chooses to deploy in save situations.
The Rays elected to decline Pete Fairbanks' $11 million option, and the plan for now is to fill that ninth-inning vacancy with multiple players. Cleavinger had the best season of his career in 2025, holding a 2.35 ERA and 82:18 K:BB over 61.1 innings. The lefty has neutral splits, so he should not be at a matchup disadvantage when it comes to who manager Kevin Cash chooses to deploy in save situations.
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Pitching Appearances Breakdown
Average Pitch Count
13
Last 10 Games
12
Last 5 Games
11
How many pitches does Garrett Cleavinger 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 Garrett Cleavinger generally pitch?
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% Games Reaching Innings Threshold
% Games By Number of Innings Pitched
Left/Right Pitching Splits
Since 2023
-12%
BAA vs RHP
2025
-2%
BAA vs RHP
| BAA | K | BB | H | HR | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Since 2023vs Left | .220 | 63 | 21 | 36 | 5 | |||
| Since 2023vs Right | .194 | 104 | 34 | 62 | 12 | |||
| 2025vs Left | .187 | 31 | 7 | 14 | 4 | |||
| 2025vs Right | .183 | 51 | 11 | 26 | 5 | |||
| 2024vs Left | .256 | 26 | 10 | 20 | 1 | |||
| 2024vs Right | .218 | 45 | 21 | 32 | 5 | |||
| 2023vs Left | .182 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | |||
| 2023vs Right | .133 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 2 | |||
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Home/Away Pitching Splits
Since 2023
-9%
ERA on Road
2025
-9%
ERA on Road
| ERA | WHIP | IP | K/9 | BB/9 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Since 2023Home | 3.15 | 1.01 | 80.0 | 11.7 | 3.2 | ||||
| Since 2023Away | 2.87 | 1.35 | 53.1 | 10.6 | 4.6 | ||||
| 2025Home | 2.43 | 0.84 | 37.0 | 11.9 | 1.7 | ||||
| 2025Away | 2.22 | 1.11 | 24.1 | 12.2 | 4.1 | ||||
| 2024Home | 4.04 | 1.26 | 35.2 | 11.6 | 4.5 | ||||
| 2024Away | 3.33 | 1.56 | 24.1 | 9.2 | 4.8 | ||||
| 2023Home | 2.45 | 0.68 | 7.1 | 11.0 | 3.7 | ||||
| 2023Away | 3.86 | 1.50 | 4.2 | 9.6 | 5.8 | ||||
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Stat Review
How does Garrett Cleavinger 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
4.56K/9
12.0BB/9
2.6HR/9
1.3Fastball
96.6 mphERA
2.35WHIP
0.95BABIP
.254GB/FB
1.36Left On Base
90.3%Exit Velocity
83.3 mphBarrels/BBE
3.0%Spin Rate
2486 rpmBalls Hit 95+ MPH
24.8%Swinging Strike
16.6%Advanced Pitching Stats
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Past Fantasy Outlooks
2025
2024
Cleavinger was the top lefty out of Tampa Bay's bullpen in 2024, which occasionally led to save chances when closer Pete Fairbanks was unavailable and as matchups dictated. The 30-year-old recorded six saves (second on the Rays) along with 15 holds, demonstrating his prowess in high-leverage. The southpaw racked up career-highs in games played (68), innings (60) and strikeouts (71), all more than he recorded from 2020 through 2023 combined. He also added a cutter and sweeper to his arsenal last season while relying far less on his sinker, which unexpectedly got crushed by opposing hitters. Cleavinger figures to be part of Tampa Bay's high-leverage plans again for 2025.
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Called upon for save
Cleavinger picked up the save Tuesday against Seattle, throwing a perfect inning with zero strikeouts.
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Takes fourth loss
Cleavinger (0-4) allowed one earned run on two hits and a walk without recording an out in the ninth inning to take the loss Saturday against the Twins.
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Rare misstep
Cleavinger (0-1) allowed one earned run on one hit while striking out two across two-thirds of an inning to take the loss Friday against the Astros.
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Slams door for first save
Cleavinger picked up the save Friday against the Padres after tossing a clean ninth inning, striking out two.
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Avoids arbitration
The Rays and Cleavinger avoided arbitration by agreeing to a one-year, $1.2 million contract Thursday, Robert Murray of FanSided.com reports.
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