Jalen Beeks DVOA, Advanced Stats, & Fantasy Rankings

The Houston Astros have signed left-handed relief pitcher Jalen Beeks to a minor-league contract. Beeks spent the 2024 campaign with the Colorado Rockies and the Pittsburgh Pirates. Across 70 total frames, Beeks held a 4.50 ERA with a 1.49 WHIP. He tallied just 55 strikeouts and held an 8.7 percent walk rate. Despite his low strikeout production, the southpaw generated an elite 4.8 percent hard-hit rate and a 33.0 percent hard-hit rate, placing him in the 91st and 89th percentile among qualified pitchers. During his time with the Rockies he tallied nine saves. Fantasy managers should monitor his status during the remainder of spring training as he will likely be competing for a middle-relief role in the Houston bullpen. If he were to make the Opening Day roster, he will likely not see many high-leverage opportunities.

The Colorado Rockies are trading left-handed reliever Jalen Beeks to the Pittsburgh Pirates. Colorado will receive Double-A left-hander Luis Peralta, who is the younger brother of Milwaukee Brewers starting pitcher Freddy Peralta. The Pirates haven't gotten consistent results out of southpaw Aroldis Chapman as a high-leverage arm, so they'll hope Beeks provides a bit of stability in late-inning situations ahead of closer David Bednar. Even so, the 31-year-old veteran lefty has a shaky 4.74 ERA and 1.36 WHIP with a 38:18 K:BB and nine saves over 49 1/3 frames out of Colorado's bullpen this season. Justin Lawrence and Tyler Kinley are winners from a fantasy perspective, but they're still in line to share saves with the last-place Rockies. In High-A and Double-A this season, the 23-year-old Peralta has a 0.91 ERA with 64 strikeouts in 39 2/3 innings.

Colorado Rockies relief pitcher Jalen Beeks recorded the final four outs in Thursday's victory versus the Milwaukee Brewers to record his seventh save of the season. Beeks faced the minimum of four batters and recorded one strikeout in his outing. The Rockies haven't officially named a closer and this was the lefties first save since May 31. With the Rockies bullpen being a mess and not many save opportunities being around to gobble up, Beeks can safely remain on the waiver wire in all formats with Tyler Kinley and Justin Lawrence still in the mix to earn saves.