Brent HeadrickNYY · RP

2026 review

Brent Headrick was a swing-and-miss setup reliever for NYY who threw more than his draft slot suggested: 81 games, 0 GS, 7 W, 4 L, 29 HLD and 2 BS, with a 2.18 ERA and 1.21 WHIP in 78.1 IP, and a 30.1 K% and an 8.3 BB% over 326 BF. His 15.4 SwStr% over 1282 pitches was the 21st highest of 517 pitchers with 100+ BF, his 30.1 K% over 326 BF was the 41st highest of that group, and his 27.4 Hard% over 201 BBE was the 44th lowest. Against right-handed batters opposing hitters managed just .216/.282/.321 over 211 PA, while lefties did better against him at .260/.319/.442 over 115 PA. Drafted at NFBC ADP rank 752, he finished 226th of 1472 in the TDK LABS 5x5 value rank, and 35th of 575 relievers. His 2.18 ERA ran 0.88 below his 3.06 xERA over 326 BF, and he posted a 0.59 ERA in 15.1 IP in Jul against a 4.72 ERA in 13.1 IP in Aug. The TDK LABS card had nothing notable on him in early May, called him a trusted secondary setup arm without elite leverage by late Jul, upgraded him to primary setup arm in a linear pen by late Aug, and by late Sep described him as a setup arm with an elite strikeout rate and unanimous leverage consensus.