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Josh Hader

Josh Hader

RP • Houston Astros Proj Rank N/A Actual 84 133 ADP • Trade Value
IP ERA W-L HLD SV K/BB K/9 WHIP FSP
42.1 0.85 4-1 0 26 55/11 11.7 0.66 13.65
Compared to same point last season
52.22.056-202876/16130.85

Josh Hader | Fantasy Outlook

Josh Hader is virtually untouchable as he anchors Houston's division push

Hader has been virtually unhittable over the past month, posting a microscopic 0.74 ERA and 0.41 WHIP across his last 12 appearances after earning AL Reliever of the Month honors for August. Firmly entrenched as the primary closer for the first-place Astros as they look to shake off a three-game skid, he recently secured his 250th career save. With setup man Steven Okert sidelined on the injured list, Hader's high-leverage ninth-inning monopoly remains undisputed.

While our baseline projections anticipated a strong 3.09 ERA, Hader has operated on another level in 2026, compiling a sparkling 0.89 ERA and 0.67 WHIP over 40.4 innings. His pinpoint control—yielding just a single walk over his past 30 days alongside a double-digit strikeout rate—confirms this elite run is entirely legitimate rather than a short-term fluke.

The Astros host a six-game homestand this week against Kansas City and Atlanta, offering multiple high-leverage opportunities as Houston battles to protect its division lead. Our models project Hader for nearly two saves with microscopic ratios and a strikeout per inning across his anticipated frames. Start.

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DATE OPP INN PC K WLK ER DEC ERA WHIP PTS
09/15 KC 1.0 13 1 0 0 SAVE 0.64 0.59 8
09/10 @PHI 1.0 8 1 0 0 SAVE 0.65 0.58 8
09/08 @PHI 1.0 17 0 0 1 SAVE 0.67 0.60 5
09/05 ARI 1.0 10 1 0 0 N/A 0.46 0.56 3
09/04 ARI 1.0 16 3 0 0 SAVE 0.47 0.57 10
09/02 CHW 1.0 14 1 0 0 SAVE 0.48 0.59 8
08/30 @NYM 1.0 13 0 0 0 SAVE 0.50 0.61 7
08/28 @NYM 1.0 18 2 0 0 SAVE 0.51 0.59 9
08/27 @NYY 1.0 8 2 0 0 N/A 0.52 0.61 4
08/25 @NYY 1.1 10 1 0 0 SAVE 0.54 0.63 9
08/23 ATH 1.0 16 2 0 0 N/A 0.56 0.66 4
08/19 LAA 1.0 19 0 1 0 SAVE 0.58 0.68 7
08/16 SEA 1.0 13 1 0 0 N/A 0.60 0.67 3
08/14 SEA 1.0 23 2 0 0 N/A 0.62 0.66 3
08/12 @SF 1.0 8 0 0 0 SAVE 0.64 0.61 7
08/10 @SF 2.0 22 2 0 0 WIN 0.67 0.63 11
08/07 @SD 1.0 17 1 0 0 SAVE 0.72 0.68 8
08/05 TOR 1.0 10 1 0 0 N/A 0.75 0.71 3
08/01 TEX 1.0 10 1 0 0 SAVE 0.78 0.74 8
07/28 @LAA 1.0 4 0 0 0 SAVE 0.82 0.77 7
07/27 @LAA 1.0 24 0 2 0 SAVE 0.86 0.81 6
07/25 @CHW 0.2 10 2 0 0 SAVE 0.90 0.75 8
07/24 @CHW 1.0 13 2 0 0 N/A 0.93 0.78 4
07/21 MIA 1.0 12 1 0 0 SAVE 0.98 0.82 8
07/20 MIA 1.0 16 0 0 1 N/A 1.04 0.81 -1
07/18 BAL 1.0 13 3 0 0 N/A 0.55 0.67 5
07/12 @TEX 0.0 9 0 0 1 LOSS 0.59 0.72 -8
07/07 @WAS 0.1 13 1 1 0 SAVE 0.59 0.72 6
07/05 TB 1.0 21 2 1 0 SAVE 0.60 0.60 9
07/04 TB 1.0 17 1 1 0 WIN 0.64 0.57 8
06/30 MIN 1.0 9 2 0 0 SAVE 0.69 0.54 9
06/28 @DET 1.0 29 2 3 0 WIN 0.75 0.58 8
06/27 @DET 1.0 11 1 0 0 SAVE 0.82 0.36 8
06/24 @TOR 1.0 15 2 1 0 SAVE 0.90 0.40 9
06/23 @TOR 1.0 16 1 0 0 N/A 1.00 0.33 3
06/21 CLE 1.0 9 2 0 0 SAVE 1.13 0.38 9
06/17 DET 1.0 15 3 0 1 SAVE 1.29 0.43 9
06/16 DET 1.0 19 1 0 0 SAVE 0.00 0.33 8
06/12 @KC 1.0 20 0 0 0 SAVE 0.00 0.20 7
06/10 @LAA 1.0 11 0 0 0 N/A 0.00 0.25 2
06/08 @LAA 1.0 12 3 0 0 WIN 0.00 0.33 10
06/05 ATH 1.0 18 3 0 0 N/A 0.00 0.50 5
06/03 PIT 1.0 17 1 1 0 SAVE 0.00 1.00 8
Totals: 42.161855114 267
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YEAR TM APP INN PC K WLK SV W-L ERA WHIP K/9 PTS
2017 MIL 35 43.0 779 68 22 0 2-3 2.3 1.09 14.2 137
2018 MIL 55 74.1 1316 143 30 12 6-1 2.66 0.89 17.3 358
2019 MIL 62 72.0 1211 140 21 37 3-6 3 0.89 17.5 496
2020 MIL 23 21.1 413 35 10 14 1-2 3.38 0.89 14.8 156
2021 MIL 59 59.1 950 101 24 32 4-3 1.37 0.83 15.3 348
2022 MIL 55 51.0 930 85 20 36 2-4 3.88 1.08 15 306
2023 SD 61 54.0 1042 85 30 33 2-3 1.33 1.15 14.2 319
2024 HOU 73 71.0 1216 105 27 34 8-8 3.93 1.04 13.3 354
2025 HOU 48 52.2 847 76 16 28 6-2 2.05 0.85 13 307
2026 HOU 43 42.1 618 55 11 26 4-1 0.85 0.66 11.7 267
ON PACE 46 46 663 59 11 27 4-1 0.85 0.66 11.7 286
3-YEAR AVG 61 58 1035 89 24 32 5-4 2.58 1.01 13.5 326
Career 514 534.0 9322 893 211 0 0-0 2.54 0.95 15.1

Hader Projection

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ERA WHIP SAVES HOLDS WINS SO K/BB K/9 SVHD IP LOSSES PC FPTS
0.579 1.411 2.7 0.0 0.1 4.1 3.3 7.9 2.7 4 0.0 35 29.1
ERA WHIP SAVES HOLDS WINS SO K/BB K/9 SVHD IP LOSSES PC FPTS
0.9 0.5 0.7 0 0 1.2 9.9 11 0.7 1.0 0 14.1 6.6
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Houston Astros

Roster Breakdown
NAME OWN START
Yainer Diaz 36% 28%
Christian Vazquez 2% 1%
NAME OWN START
Isaac Paredes 77% 69%
Christian Walker 73% 51%
NAME OWN START
Jeremy Pena 85% 67%
Jose Altuve 83% 70%
Carlos Correa 6% 2%
NAME OWN START
Yordan Alvarez 100% 93%
Cam Smith 21% 15%
Daulton Varsho 17% 11%
Taylor Trammell 1% 0%
NAME OWN START
Hunter Brown 98% 61%
Peter Lambert 59% 36%
Hayden Wesneski 51% 23%
Cristian Javier 35% 27%
Tatsuya Imai 17% 8%
Mike Burrows 5% 3%
Ethan Pecko 3% 1%
Kai-Wei Teng 1% 1%
Ronel Blanco 1% 0%
NAME OWN START
Josh Hader 97% 92%
Bryan Abreu 42% 40%
Steven Okert 10% 3%
Bryan King 4% 4%
AJ Blubaugh 3% 3%

Team Rankings

AVG
.239
22nd
R
673
18th
HR
200
5th
RBI
642
18th
SB
45
30th
OBP
.314
21st
SLG
.409
7th
OPS
.723
11th
W
76
13th
SV
48
3rd
ERA
4.55
24th
WHIP
1.35
21st
QS
43
25th
TeamW-LWin %GBRSRA
AstrosAstros76-75.503-673724
RangersRangers75-76.4971628670
MarinersMariners70-82.4616.5617678
AthleticsAthletics61-90.40415657861
AngelsAngels58-93.38418612685

Team Stats

PlayerGPABRHHRRBISBAVGO/S
Yainer Diaz87299338211370.274  
Christian Vázquez8423622497251.208  
César Salazar91801010.056  
Collin Price71212000.167  
PlayerGPABRHHRRBISBAVGO/S
Christian Walker1465336611925800.223  
PlayerGPABRHHRRBISBAVGO/S
Jose Altuve1244786611615445.243  
Raynel Delgado193749140.243  
PlayerGPABRHHRRBISBAVGO/S
Isaac Paredes1445236213521850.258  
PlayerGPABRHHRRBISBAVGO/S
Jeremy Peña1014007310919499.272  
Carlos Correa3212222343161.279  
Nick Allen8813624383142.279  
PlayerGPABRHHRRBISBAVGO/S
Cam Smith14747662102205410.214  
Daulton Varsho13646950105113912.224  
Taylor Trammell9123527487214.204  
Brice Matthews8220823417224.197  
Nelson Velázquez469612196180.198  
LaMonte Wade Jr.4911415233180.202  
Jake Meyers5714115303111.213  
Zach Cole195148380.157  
Jorge Barrosa10013928282123.201  
Joey Loperfido3910213221121.216  
Zach Dezenzo35751116131.213  
Daniel Johnson81412000.143  
Lucas Spence143746030.162  
PlayerGPABRHHRRBISBAVGO/S
Yordan Alvarez1475259616339981.310  
PlayerGPWLSVIPSOERAWHIPO/S
Peter Lambert26890145.21413.711.22  
Hunter Brown1863097.01103.431.29  
Tatsuya Imai2064072.2915.201.49  
Mike Burrows1849094.2755.991.55  
Kai-Wei Teng3057073.2734.771.39  
Cristian Javier1525055.2555.501.46  
Hayden Wesneski952048.2383.701.13  
Ronel Blanco701031.2267.111.42  
Ethan Pecko510023.0154.301.26  
Jason Alexander411018.1149.331.58  
Colton Gordon40009.11111.572.57  
Miguel Ullola60008.0103.380.75  
Christian Roa70108.265.191.96  
Roddery Muñoz30004.0615.753.25  
J.P. France30006.248.101.65  
PlayerGPWLSVIPSOERAWHIPO/S
Josh Hader43412642.1550.850.66  
Bryan Abreu6264859.1773.791.35  
Bryan King5525655.2445.011.47  
Enyel De Los Santos6533568.0624.501.22  
Cody Bolton801120.0225.401.75  
AJ Blubaugh5952191.0913.261.21  
Steven Okert6862067.2682.130.87  
Ryan Weiss903026.0307.622.12  
Bennett Sousa3013026.0275.541.69  
Alimber Santa1001015.191.170.91  
Logan VanWey51006.051.500.83  

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Schedule

DATE OPP SCORE MATCHUP
09-15 KCW 4-2Hunter Brown
Michael Wacha
09-16 KC08:10 EDTCristian Javier
Daniel Lynch IV
09-17 KC07:15 EDT
Seth Lugo
09-18 ATL08:10 EDTPeter Lambert
Chris Sale
09-19 ATL07:10 EDTHayden Wesneski
Tyler Mahle
09-20 ATL02:10 EDTHunter Brown
Grant Holmes

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