P Darren Watkins #38
Age: 29 | Bats: R | Throws: R | Morale: Great
09/11/2025
P DARREN WATKINS #38 - AGE: 29 - BATS: R - THROWS: R - MORALE: GREAT
G GS Rec SV ERA IP HA HR BB K WHIP WAR
78 0 8-2 1 2.97 66.2 56 5 23 76 1.18 1.0
PITCHING RATINGS (OSA)
Overall Pot. Overall Vs Left Vs Right Pot.
Stuff 65 65 65 75
Movement 60 60 65 65
Control 50 50 55 55
PITCHING RATINGS
Pitch Cur. Pot.
Fastball 80 80
Curveball 80 80
 
 
 
OTHER PITCHING RATINGS
Velocity 96-98 Mph
Stamina 25
Suggested Role Strictly BP
Type Groundball Pitcher
Hold Runners 35
Defense 40
RUN/BUNT RATINGS
Running Speed: 20
Stealing Ability: 25
Baserunning Inst.: 20
Sacrifice Bunt: 35
Bunt for Hit: 25
   
GAME LOG, LAST 10 GAMES
Date Vs. Result Start IP H R ER BB K Dec
09/09/2025 MIN Win, 4-2 0.2 3 1 1 1 1
09/08/2025 MIN Win, 5-2 1.0 0 0 0 0 2 Win
09/06/2025 OAK Loss, 5-7 0.1 1 0 0 1 1
09/04/2025 @ KC Loss, 0-2 1.0 0 0 0 0 1
09/02/2025 @ KC Win, 7-2 1.0 1 0 0 1 2
09/01/2025 @ HOU Win, 14-6 1.0 0 0 0 0 1
08/30/2025 @ HOU Win, 7-3 0.2 2 0 0 0 1
08/24/2025 CHC Win, 2-0 1.0 0 0 0 0 1
08/23/2025 CHC Win, 3-2 1.0 0 0 0 0 0
08/22/2025 CHC Win, 3-2 1.0 1 0 0 0 1 Win
PERSONALITY
Involved with the local animal shelter.
Birthday:12/31/1995
Born in:San Marcos, CA
Nationality:American
Height:6' 1"
Weight:200 lbs
Local Popularity:Popular
National Pop.:Fair
STATUS
Contract:Major League Contract
Salary:$2,800,000
Signed Through:2025 Season
Major Service:5 Years, 69 Days
Service This Yr:177 Days
40-Man Service:6 Years, None
Pro Service:8 Years
Arbitration Eligibility:Eligible, but possibly free agent after season!
Option Years:1 option year left
Contract Extension: -
Drafted:2017, 26th Pick in Round 6
MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL 2025 PITCHING STATS
Pitching G GS W L SV ERA IP HA R ER HR BB K CG CG% SHO QS QS%
Overall 78 0 8 2 1 2.97 66.2 56 25 22 5 23 76 0 0.0 0 0 0.0
Pitching SVO BS SV% RA GF BR/9 H/9 K/9 BB/9 FIP WHIP FIP- WAR BABIP        
Overall 3 2 33.3 78 7 11.07 7.56 10.26 3.10 3.37 1.18 82 1.0 .300        
Pitching AB H 2B 3B HR R BB K SF SH HP AVG OBP SLG OPS      
vs. LHB 123 27 2 0 3 8 13 34 1 0 3 .220 .307 .309 .616      
vs. RHB 125 29 5 0 2 17 10 42 2 1 0 .232 .285 .320 .605      
MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL 2025 PITCHING SPLITS
Split G GS W L SV ERA IP HA R ER HR BB K  
This Week 2 0 1 0 0 5.40 1.2 3 1 1 0 1 3  
Last Week 4 0 0 0 0 0.00 3.1 2 0 0 0 2 5  
March 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.2 2 0 0 0 0 2  
April 15 0 1 0 0 1.98 13.2 7 3 3 1 5 15  
May 16 0 3 0 0 5.40 11.2 14 8 7 1 4 13  
June 14 0 1 1 0 3.00 12.0 8 4 4 0 5 13  
July 14 0 1 0 1 2.92 12.1 12 5 4 1 4 11  
August 12 0 1 1 0 2.38 11.1 8 4 3 2 2 14  
September 6 0 1 0 0 1.80 5.0 5 1 1 0 3 8  
Spring Training 5 0 1 0 0 1.80 5.0 4 1 1 0 1 6  
Last Year 79 0 5 3 3 2.45 69.2 51 20 19 3 25 77  
2 Years Ago 80 0 5 1 3 1.99 63.1 51 16 14 2 24 78  
Career 359 0 28 12 10 3.14 347.1 282 130 121 27 145 387  
Home 41 0 5 1 0 1.96 36.2 25 10 8 3 13 49  
Road 37 0 3 1 1 4.20 30.0 31 15 14 2 10 27  
Grass 74 0 8 2 1 2.86 63.0 51 23 20 4 22 74  
Turf 4 0 0 0 0 4.91 3.2 5 2 2 1 1 2  
Day 20 0 3 1 0 5.74 15.2 16 11 10 2 6 16  
Night 58 0 5 1 1 2.12 51.0 40 14 12 3 17 60  
As Reliever / Substitution 78 0 8 2 1 2.97 66.2 56 25 22 5 23 76  
SSG WINTER LEAGUE 2018 PITCHING STATS
Pitching G GS W L SV ERA IP HA R ER HR BB K CG CG% SHO QS QS%
Overall 13 0 0 1 7 0.00 11.0 6 1 0 0 4 15 0 0.0 0 0 0.0
Pitching SVO BS SV% RA GF BR/9 H/9 K/9 BB/9 FIP WHIP FIP- WAR BABIP        
Overall 7 0 100.0 13 10 8.18 4.91 12.27 3.27 2.03 0.91 49 0.4 .222        
Pitching AB H 2B 3B HR R BB K SF SH HP AVG OBP SLG OPS      
vs. LHB 16 2 0 0 0 0 2 6 0 0 0 .125 .222 .125 .347      
vs. RHB 26 4 0 0 0 1 2 9 0 0 0 .154 .214 .154 .368      
SSG WINTER LEAGUE 2018 PITCHING SPLITS
Split G GS W L SV ERA IP HA R ER HR BB K  
Career 13 0 0 1 7 0.00 11.0 6 1 0 0 4 15  
CAREER PITCHING STATS
Year/Team/League Age G GS W L SV ERA IP HA R ER HR BB K CG SHO WHIP BABIP FIP WAR ERA+
2020 Los Angeles - MLB 24 22 0 1 3 0 8.71 20.2 27 20 20 4 15 21 0 0 2.03 .397 5.89 -0.4 48
2021 Los Angeles - MLB 25 35 0 1 0 1 4.17 49.2 40 24 23 9 22 58 0 0 1.25 .270 4.46 0.3 113
2022 Los Angeles - MLB 26 65 0 8 3 2 2.68 77.1 57 25 23 4 36 77 0 0 1.20 .262 3.24 1.3 154
2023 Los Angeles - MLB 27 80 0 5 1 3 1.99 63.1 51 16 14 2 24 78 0 0 1.18 .310 2.05 1.8 191
2024 Los Angeles - MLB 28 79 0 5 3 3 2.45 69.2 51 20 19 3 25 77 0 0 1.09 .281 2.64 1.7 159
2025 Los Angeles - MLB 29 78 0 8 2 1 2.97 66.2 56 25 22 5 23 76 0 0 1.18 .300 3.37 1.0 139
Total MLB 359 0 28 12 10 3.14 347.1 282 130 121 27 145 387 0 0 1.23 .292 3.26 5.7 133
CAREER MINOR LEAGUE PITCHING STATS
Year/Team/League Age G GS W L SV ERA IP HA R ER HR BB K CG SHO WHIP BABIP FIP WAR ERA+
2017 Total - 21 20 0 2 1 16 2.03 31.0 22 9 7 2 9 44 0 0 1.00 .323 2.17 0.9 100
2017 Orem - R 21 9 0 0 2 2 5.40 10.0 12 7 6 0 7 14 0 0 1.90 .444 3.93 0.3 104
2017 Los Angeles A (AZL) - R 21 3 0 0 1 1 23.14 2.1 5 6 6 1 4 5 0 0 3.86 .571 10.39 -0.2 21
2017 Total - R 21 12 0 0 3 3 8.76 12.1 17 13 12 1 11 19 0 0 2.27 .471 5.15 0.1 60
2018 Los Angeles (DSL) - R 22 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0.00 .000 0.00 0.1 999
2018 Burlington - A 22 46 0 3 2 3 3.25 44.1 27 17 16 4 28 55 0 0 1.24 .256 3.93 -0.1 110
2018 Inland Empire - A+ 22 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 1.000 0.00 0.0 999
2018 Total - A+ 22 47 0 3 2 3 3.25 44.1 28 17 16 4 28 55 0 0 1.26 .264 3.93 -0.1 110
2018 WL - AAA 22 13 0 0 1 7 0.00 11.0 6 1 0 0 4 15 0 0 0.91 .222 2.03 0.4 999
2019 Inland Empire - A+ 23 8 0 2 0 5 0.00 8.1 2 0 0 0 7 11 0 0 1.08 .125 3.49 0.2 999
2019 Arkansas - AA 23 24 0 2 0 15 1.11 24.1 13 3 3 2 8 31 0 0 0.86 .224 3.42 0.5 409
2019 Salt Lake - AAA 23 18 0 1 0 4 4.32 16.2 25 13 8 3 8 23 0 0 1.98 .449 4.68 0.2 118
2020 Salt Lake - AAA 24 24 0 1 2 16 3.62 27.1 22 11 11 3 13 47 0 0 1.28 .373 3.05 0.7 124
2021 Salt Lake - AAA 25 4 0 0 0 3 0.00 6.0 1 0 0 0 0 10 0 0 0.17 .111 0.81 0.4 999
Total PCL 46 0 2 2 23 3.42 50.0 48 24 19 6 21 80 0 0 1.38 .385 3.32 138.5
Total TEX 24 0 2 0 15 1.11 24.1 13 3 3 2 8 31 0 0 0.86 .224 3.42 408.6
Total CAL 9 0 2 0 5 0.00 8.1 3 0 0 0 7 11 0 0 1.20 .176 3.49 999.0
Total MID 46 0 3 2 3 3.25 44.1 27 17 16 4 28 55 0 0 1.24 .256 3.93 110.0
Total AZL 3 0 0 1 1 23.14 2.1 5 6 6 1 4 5 0 0 3.86 .571 10.39 21.2
Total PIO 9 0 0 2 2 5.40 10.0 12 7 6 0 7 14 0 0 1.90 .444 3.93 104.0
Total DSL 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0.00 .000 0.00 999.0
Total WINTER 13 0 0 1 7 0.00 11.0 6 1 0 0 4 15 0 0 0.91 .222 2.03 999.0
CAREER POSTSEASON PITCHING STATS
Year/Team/League Age G GS W L SV ERA IP HA R ER HR BB K CG SHO WHIP BABIP FIP WAR ERA+
2021 Los Angeles - MLB 25 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 1.2 1 0 0 0 1 3 0 0 1.20 .333 1.49 0.1 999
2022 Los Angeles - MLB 26 1 0 0 0 0 9.00 1.0 2 1 1 1 0 1 0 0 2.00 .333 14.47 -0.1 46
2023 Los Angeles - MLB 27 7 0 1 0 0 4.50 6.0 5 4 3 1 0 8 0 0 0.83 .267 2.66 0.1 84
2024 Los Angeles - MLB 28 2 0 0 1 0 12.00 3.0 4 4 4 1 1 2 0 0 1.67 .333 7.26 -0.2 32
Total MLB 11 0 1 1 0 6.17 11.2 12 9 8 3 2 14 0 0 1.20 .300 4.69 63.0
CAREER FIELDING STATS
Year/Team/League POS G GS PO A DP TC E PCT INN RNG ZR EFF PB RSTA RTO RTO%
2018 WL - AAA P 11 0 0 1 0 2 1 .500 11.0 0.82 -0.1 .526
2020 Los Angeles - MLB P 22 0 1 2 1 3 0 1.000 20.2 1.31 +0.5 2.045
2021 Los Angeles - MLB P 35 0 1 3 0 4 0 1.000 49.2 0.72 +0.3 1.551
2022 Los Angeles - MLB P 65 0 0 7 1 8 1 .875 77.1 0.81 -0.9 .884
2023 Los Angeles - MLB P 77 0 1 5 1 6 0 1.000 63.1 0.85 -0.6 1.039
2024 Los Angeles - MLB P 78 0 2 2 1 4 0 1.000 69.2 0.52 -0.1 2.004
2025 Los Angeles - MLB P 78 0 6 2 2 8 0 1.000 66.2 1.08 -0.0 1.075
TOTAL P 366 0 11 22 6 35 2 .943 358.1 0.83 -0.8 1.077
PLAYER HISTORY
06/12/2017 Drafted in the 2017 first-year player draft (Round 6, Pick 26, 192nd overall pick) by Los Angeles Angels, out of college (San Diego State; San Diego, CA).
01/01/2018 OSA scouting updated ratings (potential): Stuff: 60 (80); Movement: 55 (60); Control: 30 (40).
07/18/2018 Injured (Strained abdominal muscle), day-to-day for one week.
09/15/2018 Injured (Viral infection), day-to-day for one week.
01/01/2019 OSA scouting updated ratings (potential): Stuff: 65 (80); Movement: 55 (55); Control: 40 (45).
01/01/2020 OSA scouting updated ratings (potential): Stuff: 65 (80); Movement: 60 (60); Control: 40 (45).
11/21/2020 Received a 1-year contract worth a total of $570,000 through automatic renewal.
01/01/2021 OSA scouting updated ratings (potential): Stuff: 70 (80); Movement: 55 (55); Control: 45 (45).
11/24/2021 Received a 1-year contract through automatic renewal worth a total of $590,000.
01/01/2022 OSA scouting updated ratings (potential): Stuff: 75 (80); Movement: 55 (55); Control: 45 (45).
11/25/2022 Received a 1-year contract through automatic renewal worth a total of $610,000.
01/01/2023 OSA scouting updated ratings (potential): Stuff: 80 (80); Movement: 55 (55); Control: 45 (55).
03/03/2023 Injured (dead arm),out for one week.
11/02/2023 Wins the 2023 World Series with the Los Angeles Angels.
11/24/2023 Signed a 1-year contract extension worth a total of $1,500,000 with the Los Angeles Angels organization.
01/01/2024 OSA scouting updated ratings (potential): Stuff: 80 (80); Movement: 65 (65); Control: 50 (50).
06/22/2024 Injured (mild shoulder strain),day-to-day for 3 days.
11/24/2024 Signed a 1-year contract extension worth a total of $2,800,000 with the Los Angeles Angels organization.
01/01/2025 OSA scouting updated ratings (potential): Stuff: 65 (65); Movement: 55 (55); Control: 50 (50).
01/01/2025 OSA scouting updated ratings (potential): Stuff: 65 (65); Movement: 55 (55); Control: 50 (50).
LEADERBOARD APPEARANCES
Year G Rank
2024 79 4
Year HLD Rank
2022 21 4
2024 37 1
Year RA Rank
2024 79 4
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