2025 Stats
W-L
2-1
ERA
5.71
WHIP
1.50
K
16
SV
2
Rest-of-Season Projections
2025 Fantasy Outlook
After pitching as both a starter and reliever in 2023, Hodge's role wasn't clear at the dawn of the 2024 campaign. The 23-year-old didn't break camp with Chicago, but showcased his strikeout upside in the minors to earn his first big league promotion in May. He'd eventually return to Triple-A Iowa, but was back up for good in mid-June. Hodge mixed a mid-90's fastball with a devastating sweeper that stifled opposing hitters (.070 BAA) and produced a 52 percent whiff rate that was best in the league for that pitch type and had 16.7 inches of horizontal break, roughly three inches more on average than other right-handers. The right-hander will need to improve his control and cut his 11.6 percent walk rate, but he proved last season that he can be a fixture for the Cubs in high leverage. He appeared set to begin 2025 as Chicago's closer after filling the role down the stretch last year, but the offseason acquisition of Ryan Pressly will likely push Hodge into more of a setup role. Read Past Outlooks
Sustains first loss Sunday
Hodge (2-1) allowed three runs on three hits while retiring just one batter to take the loss Sunday against the Mets.
ANALYSIS
A day after converting his second save of the season, Hodge struggled to replicate the positive results. The righty saw things crumble in the eighth inning with the score tied 2-2, and his ERA climbed from 4.24 to 5.71 in the process. Hodge was potentially gaining on Ryan Pressly as Chicago's preferred closing option, though this might set the former back to some degree. With Pressly's ERA sitting at 7.07, neither pitcher is inspiring much confidence from fantasy managers.
A day after converting his second save of the season, Hodge struggled to replicate the positive results. The righty saw things crumble in the eighth inning with the score tied 2-2, and his ERA climbed from 4.24 to 5.71 in the process. Hodge was potentially gaining on Ryan Pressly as Chicago's preferred closing option, though this might set the former back to some degree. With Pressly's ERA sitting at 7.07, neither pitcher is inspiring much confidence from fantasy managers.
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Pitching Appearances Breakdown
Average Pitch Count
16
Last 10 Games
15
Last 5 Games
16
How many pitches does Porter Hodge generally throw?
1-10
11-20
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41-50
51-60
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81-90
91-100
101-110
111-120
121+
What part of the game does Porter Hodge generally pitch?
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% Games Reaching Innings Threshold
% Games By Number of Innings Pitched
Left/Right Pitching Splits
Since 2023
-23%
BAA vs RHP
2025
-14%
BAA vs LHP
| BAA | K | BB | H | HR | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Since 2023vs Left | .191 | 35 | 13 | 18 | 2 | |||
| Since 2023vs Right | .148 | 33 | 16 | 17 | 2 | |||
| 2025vs Left | .229 | 10 | 6 | 8 | 1 | |||
| 2025vs Right | .267 | 6 | 4 | 8 | 1 | |||
| 2024vs Left | .169 | 25 | 7 | 10 | 1 | |||
| 2024vs Right | .106 | 27 | 12 | 9 | 1 | |||
| 2023vs Left | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| 2023vs Right | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
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Home/Away Pitching Splits
Since 2023
-3%
ERA on Road
2025
-53%
ERA on Road
| ERA | WHIP | IP | K/9 | BB/9 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Since 2023Home | 3.03 | 0.95 | 32.2 | 9.9 | 4.1 | ||||
| Since 2023Away | 2.93 | 1.19 | 27.2 | 10.4 | 4.6 | ||||
| 2025Home | 7.45 | 1.45 | 9.2 | 7.4 | 5.6 | ||||
| 2025Away | 3.52 | 1.57 | 7.2 | 9.4 | 4.7 | ||||
| 2024Home | 1.17 | 0.74 | 23.0 | 11.0 | 3.5 | ||||
| 2024Away | 2.70 | 1.05 | 20.0 | 10.8 | 4.5 | ||||
| 2023Home | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| 2023Away | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
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Stat Review
How does Porter Hodge 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
1.60K/9
8.3BB/9
5.2HR/9
1.0Fastball
96.1 mphERA
5.71WHIP
1.50BABIP
.299GB/FB
1.77Left On Base
60.3%Exit Velocity
80.3 mphBarrels/BBE
2.2%Spin Rate
2546 rpmBalls Hit 95+ MPH
12.1%Swinging Strike
11.9%Prospect Rankings History
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Converts save Saturday
Hodge earned a save against the Mets on Saturday, walking one batter in a scoreless and hitless inning of work.
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Tallies first save
Hodge struck out one batter in a perfect ninth inning to collect his first save of the season in Wednesday's 7-6 win over the Dodgers.
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Struggles badly Friday
Hodge allowed six runs on four hits and two walks while retiring only two batters in Friday's 13-11 win over the Diamondbacks.
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Blows second save Tuesday
Hodge (1-0) blew the save but picked up the win Tuesday against Texas, giving up one run on two hits and no walks while striking out three in 1.1 innings.
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Earns second hold Saturday
Hodge worked around two hits to pitch a scoreless inning of relief and earn a hold in Saturday's 4-3 win over the Diamondbacks. He struck out two.
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