15-Day IL
Injury Forearm
Est. Return 6/4/2024
2024 Stats
W-L
2-2
ERA
8.59
WHIP
1.70
K
17
SV
0
Rest-of-Season Projections
2024 Fantasy Outlook
Francis opened the season with Triple-A Buffalo where in his first four starts, he recorded a 3.45 ERA with an impressive 23 punchouts and only four free passes in 15.2 innings. The effort prompted a recall in early June, and he spent the rest of the season shuttling between the Blue Jays bullpen and Buffalo. When he was in the bigs, Francis was effective, registering a 1.73 ERA and .83 WHIP over 36.1 frames. Francis will be given the chance to break camp in the Blue Jays bullpen, but despite last season's shiny ratios, he's more likely to be utilized in low leverage scenarios which come with minimal fantasy relevance. Read Past Outlooks
RANKSFrom Preseason
#389
ADP
Likely to pitch Tuesday
Francis (forearm) is likely to be activated from the 15-day injured list and pitch in some capacity Tuesday versus the Orioles, Ben Nicholson-Smith of Sportsnet.ca reports.
ANALYSIS
Whether it's as a traditional starter or bulk reliever is not yet clear, but it sounds like Francis will be in line to serve as the Blue Jays' primary pitcher. He's expected to be available to pitch four innings and/or 60 pitches. Francis has been out since late April with forearm tendinitis.
Whether it's as a traditional starter or bulk reliever is not yet clear, but it sounds like Francis will be in line to serve as the Blue Jays' primary pitcher. He's expected to be available to pitch four innings and/or 60 pitches. Francis has been out since late April with forearm tendinitis.
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Pitching Appearances Breakdown
Average Pitch Count
50
Last 10 Games
50
Last 5 Games
50
How many pitches does Bowden Francis generally throw?
1-10
11-20
21-30
31-40
41-50
51-60
61-70
71-80
81-90
91-100
101-110
111-120
121+
What part of the game does Bowden Francis generally pitch?
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% Games Reaching Innings Threshold
% Games By Number of Innings Pitched
Left/Right Pitching Splits
Since 2022
-9%
BAA vs LHP
2024
-23%
BAA vs LHP
| BAA | K | BB | H | HR | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Since 2022vs Left | .207 | 18 | 6 | 19 | 4 | |||
| Since 2022vs Right | .227 | 35 | 9 | 22 | 5 | |||
| 2024vs Left | .250 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 1 | |||
| 2024vs Right | .325 | 12 | 3 | 13 | 3 | |||
| 2023vs Left | .197 | 13 | 2 | 14 | 3 | |||
| 2023vs Right | .145 | 22 | 6 | 8 | 2 | |||
| 2022vs Left | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| 2022vs Right | .500 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |||
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Home/Away Pitching Splits
Since 2022
-63%
ERA at Home
2024
-12%
ERA at Home
| ERA | WHIP | IP | K/9 | BB/9 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Since 2022Home | 2.00 | 0.93 | 27.0 | 8.3 | 2.3 | ||||
| Since 2022Away | 5.47 | 1.26 | 24.2 | 10.2 | 2.9 | ||||
| 2024Home | 7.71 | 2.14 | 2.1 | 11.6 | 7.7 | ||||
| 2024Away | 8.76 | 1.62 | 12.1 | 10.2 | 3.6 | ||||
| 2023Home | 1.50 | 0.79 | 24.0 | 7.9 | 1.9 | ||||
| 2023Away | 2.19 | 0.89 | 12.1 | 10.2 | 2.2 | ||||
| 2022Home | 0.00 | 1.50 | .666666 | 13.5 | 0.0 | ||||
| 2022Away | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
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Stat Review
How does Bowden Francis 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
2.43K/9
10.4BB/9
4.3HR/9
2.5Fastball
93.7 mphERA
8.59WHIP
1.70BABIP
.365GB/FB
1.36Left On Base
56.7%Exit Velocity
81.3 mphBarrels/BBE
8.0%Spin Rate
2296 rpmBalls Hit 95+ MPH
24.1%Swinging Strike
11.7%Advanced Pitching Stats
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Could re-enter rotation
Francis (forearm) is one of the options the Blue Jays are considering as the rotation replacement for Alek Manoah (elbow), Ben Nicholson-Smith of Sportsnet.ca reports.
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Sharp in latest rehab outing
Francis (forearm) struck out five over 3.2 innings in a rehab outing with Triple-A Syracuse on Tuesday. He gave up one unearned run on one hit and one walk.
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One more rehab appearance
Francis (forearm) will make what's expected to be his final rehab appearance with Triple-A Buffalo on Tuesday, Keegan Matheson of MLB.com reports.
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Could be back this weekend
Francis (forearm) will throw about 45 pitches for Triple-A Buffalo on Wednesday in what's expected to be his final rehab appearance, Shi Davidi of Sportsnet.ca reports.
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Another rehab outing on tap
Francis (forearm) is scheduled to make a rehab appearance with Triple-A Buffalo on Saturday, Keegan Matheson of MLB.com reports.
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