Andrew PainterPHI · SP

2026 review

Andrew Painter was a young starter who struggled to hold the strike zone consistent enough to match his stuff, posting a 5.40 ERA and 1.41 WHIP in 126.2 IP for PHI with a 20.8 K% and an 8.5 BB% over 552 BF. He was optioned Jun 18 and recalled Jul 31, working around that stretch across 25 games and 23 starts. Drafted at ADP rank 331, he finished 1451st of 1472 overall in the TDK LABS 5x5 value rank, 1120 spots below, and 219th of 236 starters. His 5.40 ERA ran 0.98 above his 4.42 xERA over 552 BF, and the split between months was stark, a 3.49 ERA in 28.1 IP in Sep against a 13.11 ERA in 11.2 IP in Jun. The TDK LABS card tracked that swing: skeptical in early May, calling him more chucker than electric arm, then by Sep 1 pointing to a career-night outing and velocity gains as signs of a real breakout, and by Sep 4 pointing to a run of quality starts confirming it. By late Sep the card described him as a young arm coming out of a rough patch, with a recent strong start suggesting the talent had not gone anywhere.