Spotlight: Tanner Bibee
Jun 20 2025
An "UP: sub-3.00 ERA, 200 K" from the Baseball Forecaster, just his age-26 season, minimal injury history, and two-plus years of good stats and skills? What wasn't to like about Tanner Bibee entering 2025?
Well, it's been a somewhat stomach-churning start for Bibee, who gave up 13 ER in his first four starts, and has seen his ERA rise to a career-high level in 2025. Let's scan the skills through our traditional Facts/Flukes lens:
| Season | IP | ERA/xERA | WHIP | H%/S% | GB%/FB% | Ball% | BB% | K% | SwK% | HR/F | BPX |
| 2023 | 148 | 2.98/4.34 | 1.2 | 31%/78% | 36%/41% | 36% | 8% | 24% | 11.5% | 7% | 107 |
| 2024 | 173 | 3.47/3.78 | 1.12 | 31%/73% | 34%/44% | 33% | 6% | 26% | 12.8% | 10% | 143 |
| 2025 | 80 | 3.79/4.22 | 1.21 | 30%/76% | 42%/40% | 37% | 7% | 19% | 9.2% | 14% | 94 |
Some worrisome signs from several indicators:
- Bibee's drop in strikeout rate is alarming, as his K%...
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