Josh Hader Stats
- Height / Weight
- 6' 3" / 180 lbs.
- Date of Birth (Age)
- 4/7/1994 (28)
- Experience
- 3
- College
- None
Josh Hader Season Stats
Last 10 Games
Josh Hader News
The Milwaukee Brewers reinstated closer Josh Hader from the restricted list on Monday. The 28-year-old landed on the paternity list last week and was eventually transferred to the restricted list. With his return, he'll be back in his ninth inning role with Devin Williams shifting back to setup duties. Hader has been simply phenomenal this year, converting 19 of his 20 save attempts while pitching to a 0.92 ERA and a 0.61 WHIP. He's maintained an elite 45.8% strikeout rate alongside a 5.5 K/BB ratio.
Milwaukee Brewers relief pitcher Josh Hader collected his league-leading 19th save of the season during Sunday's victory over the Washington Nationals. The lefty reliever struck out the side in a perfect ninth inning. The 28-year-old needed just 15 pitches to handle the Nats' batters. Hader has allowed only two runs and converted 19-of-20 save chances this season.
Milwaukee Brewers closer Josh Hader finally blew his first save of the season in Tuesday's 3-2 loss to the Phillies. Hader came in to pitch the ninth inning with a one-run lead. He allowed a leadoff solo home run to Alec Bohm to tie the game, got the first out on a fly out, then allowed the go-ahead solo HR to Matt Vierling before retiring the next two hitters on strikeouts. It is a testament to how outstanding Hader has been that it took until June for him to allow hist first runs and blow a save. He has now converted 18 of 19 save opportunities with a 0.96 ERA and a 14.46 K/9 rate. Fantasy managers have nothing to worry about.
Batting Order
| 1 | Christian Yelich |
| 2 | Willy Adames |
| 3 | Rowdy Tellez |
| 4 | Andrew McCutchen |
| 5 | Luis Urías |
| 6 | Omar Narváez |
| 7 | Tyrone Taylor |
| 8 | Jace Peterson |
| 9 | Jonathan Davis |
Josh Hader Stats
Last 10 Games
Batting Order
| 1 | Christian Yelich |
| 2 | Willy Adames |
| 3 | Rowdy Tellez |
| 4 | Andrew McCutchen |
| 5 | Luis Urías |
| 6 | Omar Narváez |
| 7 | Tyrone Taylor |
| 8 | Jace Peterson |
| 9 | Jonathan Davis |
Josh Hader currently has an ADP ~36 and is ranked as the second reliever in drafts (behind only Liam Hendricks). Considering the numbers he's put up throughout his career, that's fully justified. Since his 2017 debut, Hader has 282.1 IP, a 2.72 ERA and a 44.4% K%. No pitcher with at least 200 IP has a better K% in that time. After posting a career high 3.79 ERA and 12.8% BB% in 2020 (19.0 IP), some were concerned if we'd seen the best of Hader. But he allayed any concerns in 2021 by putting up a 1.23 ERA while striking out 102 batters in 58.2 IP, en route to picking up 34 saves. His underlying numbers back up his lowly ERA. While his xERA (2.18), xFIP (2.35) and SIERA (2.09) all suggest some regression, you wouldn't expect a sub 1.50 ERA again in 2022 and to give context to how good his xERA was in 2021, it ranked in the 99th percentile of all pitchers. Of all relievers with at least 50.0 IP in 2021, only two had a lower xFIP and SIERA. The Brewers should give Hader the chance to top 30 saves again in 2022 and his elite strikeout numbers provide one of the highest floors of any current closer.
