Zac Gallen
30-Year-Old
Free Agent
2025 Stats
W-L
13-15
ERA
4.83
WHIP
1.26
K
175
SV
0
2026 Projections
2025 Fantasy Outlook
Gallen won double-digit games for a fourth consecutive season, winning 13 of his 33 starts. That is, however, where the good news ends. Gallen took a loss in 15 of the other 18 starts thanks to a career-worst 4.83 ERA fueled by a career-worst home run rate. Gallen surrendered 31 homers on the season, nearly as many as he had over the previous two seasons combined, with 20 of those homers coming off his two primary pitches. Gallen's four-seamer outcomes peaked in 2022, but 2025 was the first time he has allowed so many home runs off the pitch, and that gopheritis led to his issue of stranding runners with his LOB coming in 10 percentage points below his career average. Gallen worked on expanding his repertoire in 2025 by bring back more cutters and sinkers than he threw in 2024, but neither pitch was effective. Perhaps the path forward for a rebound for Gallen would be for him to simplify his offerings, focus on what he does best and throw away his 2025 struggles as he enters his quantity years, as his quality years appear to be a thing of the past. Read Past Outlooks
Rejects qualifying offer
Gallen rejected the Diamondbacks' one-year, $22.025 million qualifying offer Tuesday, Jon Heyman of the New York Post reports.
ANALYSIS
The decision was anticipated, and Gallen will now seek a multi-year contract on the free-agent market. If he departs Arizona, the Diamondbacks will receive a draft pick as compensation. Gallen posted a career-worst 4.83 ERA in 2025, but he had a career 3.29 ERA with a 26.6 percent strikeout rate coming into the season. The 30-year-old should have little trouble landing a lucrative multi-year contract.
The decision was anticipated, and Gallen will now seek a multi-year contract on the free-agent market. If he departs Arizona, the Diamondbacks will receive a draft pick as compensation. Gallen posted a career-worst 4.83 ERA in 2025, but he had a career 3.29 ERA with a 26.6 percent strikeout rate coming into the season. The 30-year-old should have little trouble landing a lucrative multi-year contract.
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Pitching Appearances Breakdown
Average Pitch Count
95
Last 10 Games
98
Last 5 Games
100
How many pitches does Zac Gallen generally throw?
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What part of the game does Zac Gallen generally pitch?
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% Games Reaching Innings Threshold
% Games By Number of Innings Pitched
Left/Right Pitching Splits
Since 2023
-3%
BAA vs RHP
2025
-13%
BAA vs RHP
| BAA | K | BB | H | HR | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Since 2023vs Left | .242 | 259 | 85 | 246 | 33 |
| Since 2023vs Right | .234 | 292 | 82 | 251 | 33 |
| 2025vs Left | .256 | 76 | 34 | 92 | 12 |
| 2025vs Right | .223 | 99 | 32 | 84 | 19 |
| 2024vs Left | .222 | 77 | 25 | 61 | 7 |
| 2024vs Right | .252 | 79 | 29 | 72 | 6 |
| 2023vs Left | .244 | 106 | 26 | 93 | 14 |
| 2023vs Right | .232 | 114 | 21 | 95 | 8 |
Home/Away Pitching Splits
Since 2023
-24%
ERA at Home
2025
-11%
ERA at Home
| ERA | WHIP | IP | K/9 | BB/9 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Since 2023Home | 3.46 | 1.15 | 283.2 | 9.6 | 2.5 |
| Since 2023Away | 4.56 | 1.27 | 266.1 | 8.3 | 3.0 |
| 2025Home | 4.56 | 1.25 | 98.2 | 8.6 | 3.3 |
| 2025Away | 5.11 | 1.28 | 93.1 | 7.8 | 2.9 |
| 2024Home | 3.36 | 1.19 | 83.0 | 9.8 | 2.7 |
| 2024Away | 4.02 | 1.35 | 65.0 | 9.1 | 4.0 |
| 2023Home | 2.47 | 1.03 | 102.0 | 10.6 | 1.6 |
| 2023Away | 4.42 | 1.20 | 108.0 | 8.3 | 2.4 |
Stat Review
How does Zac Gallen compare to other starting pitchers?
This section compares his stats with all starting pitcher seasons from the previous three seasons (minimum 120 innings)*. The bar represents the player's percentile rank. For example, if the bar is halfway across, then the player falls into the 50th percentile for that stat and it would be considered average.
* Exit Velocity, Barrels/BBE %, Balls Hit 95+ MPH %, and Spin Rate are benchmarked against 2019 data (min 120 IP). See here for more exit velocity/barrels stats plus an explanation of current limitations with that data set.
* Exit Velocity, Barrels/BBE %, Balls Hit 95+ MPH %, and Spin Rate are benchmarked against 2019 data (min 120 IP). See here for more exit velocity/barrels stats plus an explanation of current limitations with that data set.
K/BB
2.65K/9
8.2BB/9
3.1HR/9
1.5Fastball
93.6 mphERA
4.83WHIP
1.26BABIP
.284GB/FB
1.31Left On Base
67.0%Exit Velocity
83.7 mphBarrels/BBE
6.5%Spin Rate
2209 rpmBalls Hit 95+ MPH
27.8%Swinging Strike
9.8%Prospect Rankings History
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Past Fantasy Outlooks
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Gallen turned in another solid but not ace-level season. His career 26.6 percent strikeout rate is very good, but not elite. Last year, it was a career low of 25.1 percent. After two years of declining walk rates, Gallen's 8.7 percent clip was a smidge worse than average. Yielding only 13 homers in 148 frames kept Gallen's ERA in check, but if the 2025 baseball is livelier than the 2024 version, Gallen's ratios could suffer, unless he returns to a lower walk rate. Gallen's velocity was in sync with past seasons, so it's a matter of throwing more strikes. In 2023, 64.5 percent of his pitches were strikes, compared to only 61.9 percent last season. There was a time when Gallen fanned 28 percent of batters and was a back end SP1. He's now a solid SP3, with SP2 upside if he can throw more pitches in the zone.
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Receives qualifying offer
The Diamondbacks extended a one-year, $22.05 million qualifying offer to Gallen on Thursday, Jeff Passan of ESPN.com reports.
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Poor end to rough season
Gallen (13-15) allowed six runs (five earned) on seven hits and three walks while striking out three over 4.1 innings to take the loss versus the Padres on Friday.
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Pushed to Friday due to fatigue
Gallen's next start was pushed back a day to Friday in San Diego due to fatigue/illness, Jody Jackson of Bally Sports Arizona reports.
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Strikes out nine in win
Gallen (13-14) allowed three runs on four hits and two walks while striking out nine over seven innings to earn the win Saturday over the Phillies.
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Sharp in Monday's win
Gallen (12-14) allowed one run on two hits and a walk while striking out six over six innings to earn the win over the Giants on Monday.
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Angels, Giants, Tigers in mix
The Angels, Giants and Tigers are among the teams in on Gallen, Mark Feinsand of MLB.com reports.
ANALYSIS
Feinsand also lists the Orioles, Cubs and Atlanta as clubs that have checked in on the right-hander. Gallen had a disappointing walk year, collecting a 4.83 ERA, 1.26 WHIP and 175:66 K:BB over 192 innings. However, he's been a frontline starter in the past and could come cheaper than the other big-name free-agent starting pitchers still available.
Feinsand also lists the Orioles, Cubs and Atlanta as clubs that have checked in on the right-hander. Gallen had a disappointing walk year, collecting a 4.83 ERA, 1.26 WHIP and 175:66 K:BB over 192 innings. However, he's been a frontline starter in the past and could come cheaper than the other big-name free-agent starting pitchers still available.