Dane Dunning
29-Year-Old
2024 Stats
W-L
0-0
ERA
0.00
WHIP
0.00
K
0
SV
0
Rest-of-Season Projections
2024 Fantasy Outlook
Dunning pushed his way into the Texas rotation early last year when Jacob deGrom was shut down in April because of an elbow injury that ultimately required Tommy John surgery. Dunning pitched well enough to continue filling deGrom's shoes in the first half of 2024, with the Rangers also needing coverage for Max Scherzer (back) and Tyler Mahle (elbow) -- both on similar recovery timelines as deGrom. A heavy sinker-slider pitcher who relies more on inducing soft contact than strikeouts, Dunning doesn't have the highest fantasy ceiling at age 29. He should be a nice source of wins, though, as he reprises a regular rotation role with the reigning World Series champions, and he could offer ERA and WHIP help in favorable matchups. Draft him late in deeper mixed leagues. Put him on a streaming watch list in shallower formats. Read Past Outlooks
In form Wednesday
Dunning allowed one unearned run on three hits and one walk while striking out eight over five innings in Wednesday's spring start against Cincinnati.
ANALYSIS
Dunning appears locked in for the regular season, telling Stefan Stevenson of SI.com that his delivery was in line after flying open in his previous spring start. The right-hander was also pleased with his forkball, a new pitch, which he estimated throwing about 20 times among his 90 pitches. Stevenson also confirmed with manager Bruce Bochy that Dunning and Jon Gray will split the final spring start next Tuesday against the Red Sox. That suggests his regular-season debut could be Sunday, March 31, against the Cubs or Monday, April 1, against the Rays.
Dunning appears locked in for the regular season, telling Stefan Stevenson of SI.com that his delivery was in line after flying open in his previous spring start. The right-hander was also pleased with his forkball, a new pitch, which he estimated throwing about 20 times among his 90 pitches. Stevenson also confirmed with manager Bruce Bochy that Dunning and Jon Gray will split the final spring start next Tuesday against the Red Sox. That suggests his regular-season debut could be Sunday, March 31, against the Cubs or Monday, April 1, against the Rays.
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Left/Right Pitching Splits
Since 2022
-8%
BAA vs RHP
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BAA | K | BB | H | HR | ||||
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Since 2022vs Left | .271 | 121 | 68 | 160 | 19 | |||
Since 2022vs Right | .248 | 156 | 49 | 161 | 21 | |||
2024vs Left | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
2024vs Right | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
2023vs Left | .270 | 61 | 33 | 81 | 11 | |||
2023vs Right | .233 | 79 | 22 | 82 | 9 | |||
2022vs Left | .271 | 60 | 35 | 79 | 8 | |||
2022vs Right | .265 | 77 | 27 | 79 | 12 | |||
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Home/Away Pitching Splits
Since 2022
-3%
ERA at Home
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ERA | WHIP | IP | K/9 | BB/9 | |||||
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Since 2022Home | 3.99 | 1.21 | 164.2 | 7.5 | 2.8 | ||||
Since 2022Away | 4.13 | 1.48 | 161.1 | 7.8 | 3.7 | ||||
2024Home | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
2024Away | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
2023Home | 4.44 | 1.19 | 77.0 | 6.0 | 2.1 | ||||
2023Away | 3.10 | 1.32 | 95.2 | 8.4 | 3.5 | ||||
2022Home | 3.59 | 1.23 | 87.2 | 8.8 | 3.4 | ||||
2022Away | 5.62 | 1.71 | 65.2 | 7.0 | 4.0 | ||||
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Stat Review
How does Dane Dunning 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
2.55K/9
7.3BB/9
2.9HR/9
1.0Fastball
91.0 mphERA
3.70WHIP
1.26BABIP
.292GB/FB
1.60Left On Base
76.3%Exit Velocity
82.2 mphBarrels/BBE
4.9%Spin Rate
2103 rpmBalls Hit 95+ MPH
25.1%Swinging Strike
10.0%Prospect Rankings History
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May be out of playoff rotation
Max Scherzer and Jon Gray were included on the Rangers' roster for the ALCS on Sunday, per Evan Grant of The Dallas Morning News, which could push Dunning out of a spot in the starting rotation.
ANALYSIS
Scherzer and Gray have been sidelined by shoulder and forearm injuries, respectively, but they'll be available for the championship series. Dunning didn't start during the wild-card series or ALDS, though he worked in a piggyback role during Game 1 against the Orioles and gave up a run over two innings, which is his lone appearance of the playoffs so far.
Scherzer and Gray have been sidelined by shoulder and forearm injuries, respectively, but they'll be available for the championship series. Dunning didn't start during the wild-card series or ALDS, though he worked in a piggyback role during Game 1 against the Orioles and gave up a run over two innings, which is his lone appearance of the playoffs so far.
Past Fantasy Outlooks
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Dunning had a bit of a Kruger effect in 2022 attempting to be more than his stuff really is. In a perfect world, he is a back-end starter for single league formats, but the only redeeming value he offered in fantasy leagues last season was 137 strikeouts in 153.1 innings of work. Those strikeouts came with significant ratio damage and just 4 wins in 29 starts. His slider remains a very plus pitch for him, but his other offerings lag behind the slider and none of them show any sign of improvement. He did tweak his utilization a bit last season, but there was little change to his overall results. He is not a mixed league option with only one pitch functioning at even an average level. Texas has reshaped its rotation with the additions of Jacob deGrom, Andrew Heaney and Nathan Eovalid, likely leaving Dunning to compete with Jake Odorizzi for a potential No. 6 spot and spot starts. Dunning may now begin the campaign as a long reliever.
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Reveals new pitch
Dunning said Sunday the new pitch he's working on this spring is a forkball, Kennedi Landry of MLB.com reports.
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Makes second spring start
Dunning allowed two runs on two hits, a walk and a hit batsman while striking out two over two innings in Tuesday's spring start against the Diamondbacks.
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Throws perfect inning Friday
Dunning threw one scoreless inning in Friday's spring start against the Royals.
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Set to start Friday
Dunning will get the start Friday in the Rangers' Cactus League opener against the Royals, Jeff Wilson of RangersToday.com reports.
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Settles at $3.325 million
The Rangers and Dunning avoided arbitration by agreeing to a one-year, $3.325 million contract Thursday, Jon Morosi of MLB Network reports.
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