Andrés Muñoz Stats
- Height / Weight
- 6' 2" / 222 lbs.
- Date of Birth (Age)
- 1/16/1999 (25)
- Experience
- 4
- College
- None
Andrés Muñoz Season Stats
Last 10 Games
Andrés Muñoz News
Seattle Mariners closer Andres Munoz took the blown save and the loss in a 2-1 extra-innings defeat at the hands of the Colorado Rockies. Munoz came in with the Mariners up 1-0 in the bottom of the 10th, but allowed three hits and two runs (one earned) without recording an out. Munoz hasn't been at his best this year, pitching to a 3.68 ERA and 1.64 WHIP. That being said, this was his first blown save of the season and the first time he has given up more than one run in an appearance. He should continue to see the majority of save opportunities for the Mariners and should be rostered in all leagues where saves matter.
Seattle Mariners closer Andres Munoz got the final out of the eighth inning with the tying runner at third, then struck out the side in the ninth to slam the door shut on the Red Sox in a tight 1-0 win Friday night in Seattle. It was the first save of the season for the 25-year-old, who pitched to a 2.94 ERA, 1.27 WHIP, and 31.8% K% on his way to a 4-7 record and 13 saves last year for the Mariners. The righty is projected for 29 saves this season and doesn't have any competition for the role at the moment, so he should be one of the top closers for fantasy this season.
Seattle Mariners closer Andres Munoz made his spring debut on Thursday in a 6-5 Cactus League loss to the Chicago White Sox. The righty pitched one inning, needing just eight pitches to get through it. He got Peyton Burdick to pop out on the first pitch he saw and struck out both Brett Phillips and Yoan Moncada on three pitches each. The only blemish was a Nicky Lopez double sandwiched between the Phillips and Moncada Ks. Munoz filled in admirably last season as the M's closer after Paul Sewald was traded away. With Matt Brash succumbing to injury, possibly for the season, there's no competition for the closer role, so Munoz will be the guy. He's got the characteristics you want in a closer: 99th percentile Whiff%, 95th percentile K%, along with a 98th percentile Fastball Velo that averages around 99 mph and can touch nearly 102 mph. He's projected for 26 saves in 2024 and is a top-12 option at the position.
Batting Order
1 | Josh Rojas |
2 | Julio Rodríguez |
3 | Jorge Polanco |
4 | Mitch Haniger |
5 | Ty France |
6 | Luke Raley |
7 | Mitch Garver |
8 | Dylan Moore |
9 | Seby Zavala |
Andrés Muñoz Stats
Last 10 Games
Batting Order
1 | Josh Rojas |
2 | Julio Rodríguez |
3 | Jorge Polanco |
4 | Mitch Haniger |
5 | Ty France |
6 | Luke Raley |
7 | Mitch Garver |
8 | Dylan Moore |
9 | Seby Zavala |
Seattle Mariners closer Andres Munoz entered 2023 with a ton of hype as a Statcast darling and one of fantasy's top sleepers among relief pitchers. But a right deltoid strain in early April would dump cold water all over the 25-year-old's breakout prospects, costing him two months of action and letting Paul Sewald run away with Seattle's closing job. With Sewald out of the picture via trade during the second half, however, Munoz began racking up some saves later in the year after the Mariners made him work out of the seventh and eighth innings quite a bit to perhaps groom him for the role. Collecting the bulk of his saves (12) in 30 appearances from July 26 to Sep. 30, Munoz totaled a 2.94 ERA (2.70 FIP) and 67:22 K:BB over 40 innings in 2023. There's not much Munoz did wrong last year, according to Statcast, with a 10.4% walk rate signifying his most glaring flaw. After the M's made no notable additions to augment their bullpen this offseason, the flame-throwing right-hander has a clearer path to seizing the ninth-inning mantle for 2024. With an affordable fantasy ADP and some of the best swing-and-miss stuff in the entire game (39.4% whiff rate), Munoz deserves to be a popular choice once again as a top-12 option among relievers for any rosters searching for saves in the early-double-digit rounds, but he'll need to overcome former top prospect Matt Brash for the lion's share of the save opportunities.