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Los Angeles Angels · Starting Pitcher

Reid
Detmers

SP #3 · #48 Age 26 · Throws L · Bats L · 6'2" 210 lbs Has to Prove the Starter Version
ERA
2026 Season
IP
2026 Season
WHIP
2026 Season
3.08
xFIP relief
2025
~5.00
ERA starter
2025
C
Grade
~5.00 ERA
as Starter
⚾ 2026 Regular Season — Updated Nightly
Apps
GS
IP
ERA
WHIP
K
BB
W-L
Career Statistics
YearWLERAGSIPKBBWHIPK/9
20226114.8725125.2120471.378.6
2023575.1822107.1115441.539.7
2024495.0021103.2108481.519.4
2025123.088 rel65.078201.0410.8
2026 ST

4.08 ERA Through Seven Weeks. The Starter Version Is Showing Up.

Reid Detmers entered 2026 confirmed as a rotation lock, with the September 2025 elbow inflammation cleared and Suzuki publicly committed to him as a starter. Through the first seven weeks of the regular season, the 4.08 ERA says that commitment was justified. It is not dominant — his career ERA as a starter has always been closer to serviceable than ace — but in a rotation that lost Kikuchi (IL since early May, arm issue) and Rodriguez (IL since Opening Day), "4.08 and healthy" is a significant contribution.

The role has changed. He entered the year as the third starter behind Soriano and Kikuchi. He is now the second starter who gets regular work, with Kochanowicz and Ureña filling the remaining gaps. That is more responsibility than the pre-season framing suggested, and he has handled it without an ERA spike. The elbow has held. The changeup is a weapon. The slider generates whiffs.

The third time through the order remains the question — it has always been where his starts unravel. But 4.08 through seven weeks of a depleted rotation is the starter version of Detmers actually showing up. The Angels need it to continue.

The stuff is legitimately good when the command is on. In 2026, with the Angels relying on him more heavily than planned, the third-time-through question is going to get answered in ways the depth of the pre-season rotation would have masked. So far, the answer has been: workable. That is more than the 2025 version delivered.