Is Tanner Gordon a buy or sell for fantasy baseball?

Hold — mixed signals; no compelling reason to add or drop right now.

What is Tanner Gordon's rest-of-season outlook?

The ERA overstates the damage, but the skill it regresses to is below league — fade the panic, don't buy.

week 31

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Tanner Gordon

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data as of October 26, 2026·week 31

Hold · leans sell but luck-free xERA 5.16 is +1.06 vs league, the level it regresses to is below average, not a buy — BABIP-against 0.376 elevated and unstable, the 6.68 ERA overstates the damage; a hold that leans sell — skill sits a hair below league, nothing to chase.med 0.60

ROSK 0ERA 4.65WHIP 1.38W 0–0SV 0

Tanner Gordon is a hold — his ERA overstates the damage, but the skill is below league

The 6.68 ERA is not the real number, and neither is the panic. His BABIP-against is .376 against a league average of .295, and that gap is luck — BABIP-against needs around 800 balls in play to be reliable and he has 362. Strip out the noise and his expected ERA is 5.16, a run above the league average of 4.10. That is the level he regresses to, and it is not a level worth buying. His expected wOBA allowed is .345, .030 above league average, and his strikeout rate of 18% is below the league's 22%, so he is not missing enough bats to climb out of it. His walk rate of 5.1% is genuinely good and his 92.7 mph fastball plays. But the xERA has stepped up all year, not down. This is a below-average pitcher with a noise-inflated line. Hold. 0 K / 4.65 ERA / 1.38 WHIP is fringe streaming-only; holding a below-average arm is a wasted roster spot in shallow formats.

VS His Norm

Strikeout %18.0%—−0.8% ▼vs his ~18.8% career norm
Walk %5.1%—+0.4% ▲vs his ~4.7% career norm

Drivers

babip_againstNOISEBABIP-against 0.376 elevated and unstable — the 6.68 ERA overstates the damage
xeraSIGNALbut luck-free xERA 5.16 is +1.06 vs league — the level it regresses to is below average, not a buy

metric · nowrolling trajectoryvs. leaguestabilized?

Hard-Hit % Allowed43.1%

lg avg 40.0% ▲+3.1%vs his norm —

362 / 50 BBE

Barrel % Allowed11.0%

lg avg 8.0% ▲+3.0%vs his norm —

362 / 60 BBE

xwOBA Allowed.345

lg avg .315 ▲+.030vs his norm —

473 / 200 TBF

xERA5.16

lg avg 4.10 ▲+1.06vs his norm —

473 / 200 TBF

ERA6.68

lg avg 4.10 ▲+2.58vs his norm —ERA is above the ~4.10 league average — expect it to fall.

103.7 / 200 IP

Strikeout %18.0%

lg avg 22.0% ▼−4.0%vs his norm −0.8% ▼

473 / 70 TBF

Walk %5.1%

lg avg 8.0% ▼−2.9%vs his norm +0.4% ▲

473 / 170 TBF

BABIP Against.376

lg avg .295 ▲+.081vs his norm —BABIP Against is above the ~.295 league average — expect it to fall.

362 / 800 BIP

Swinging-Strike %11.4%

lg avg 11.0% ▲+0.4%vs his norm —

473 / 60 TBF

Chase %31.3%

lg avg 28.5% ▲+2.8%vs his norm —

473 / 60 TBF

Fastball Velo92.7 mph

lg avg 94.0 mph ▼−1.3 mphvs his norm —

1692 / 50 PITCHES

5×5 ROS Outlook

rest of season

Where each category goes the rest of the way, and the skill that drives it. Tap a row to expand the full derivation.

statytdrosdriverconf

K% 18.0%→18.2%signal0 K — K% 18.0% (signal) held to career ~18.8% → projected 18.2% over ~0 remaining IP.

xERA 5.16signal4.65 ERA — xERA 5.16 (signal) blended 65% skill / 35% league 3.70 at 35 IP.

BB% 5.1% + contactsignal1.38 WHIP — a 5% walk rate plus BABIP-against 0.332 gives a 1.46 skill WHIP, blended 65…

run support + role0-0 W — wins ride run support and how deep he goes, not just skill.

role (middle)0 SV — role: middle, not in the save mix.

rosterdrop4.65 ERA, 1.38 WHIP

Every projection traces to a sabermetric input. The driver and confidence shown per row are always visible; tap any row to expand the full derivation.

VS His Norm

Drivers

5×5 ROS Outlook

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