Justin Lawrence: Everything you need to know

Justin Lawrence

Status

ACTIVE

STATS

Preseason
Date	Opp	Result	IP	K	BB	HBP	CG	SHO	H	R	ER
3/22	BOS	L 6-3	1.0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
3/20	ATL	L 8-1	0.2	0	2	0	0	0	0	1	1
3/17	HOU	L 10-2	1.0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
3/14	BAL	W 8-6	0.2	2	1	0	0	0	2	1	1
3/11	BAL	L 7-2	1.0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
3/7	DET	W 5-3	1.0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
2/27	BAL	W 6-1	1.0	0	1	0	0	0	1	1	0
Preseason Totals			5.4	9	4	0	0	0	4	3	2

Regular Season
Date	Opp	Result	IP	K	BB	HBP	CG	SHO	H	R	ER
5/27	CHC	L 10-4	1.2	3	2	0	0	0	2	2	1
5/22	TOR	L 6-2	1.0	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0
5/20	STL	W 7-0	1.0	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
5/17	PHI	L 6-0	1.0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
5/16	PHI	L 6-0	1.0	1	1	0	0	0	1	1	1
5/13	COL	L 10-4	1.0	0	1	0	0	0	2	3	0
5/8	SF	L 5-2	0.0	0	0	1	0	0	3	3	3
5/1	CIN	W 9-1	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
4/27	STL	L 4-2	1.0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
4/26	MIL	L 5-0	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
4/23	TEX	L 6-1	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
4/21	TEX	L 5-1	1.0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
4/18	TB	L 8-7	1.2	1	0	1	0	0	1	0	0
4/16	WSH	L 8-7	1.0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0
4/12	CHC	L 7-6	1.0	2	2	0	0	0	1	2	1
4/11	CHC	W 4-3	0.2	0	1	0	0	0	1	1	1
4/8	SD	L 8-2	1.0	2	0	0	0	0	3	4	3
4/6	SD	L 5-0	1.0	2	0	0	0	0	2	1	1
4/1	CIN	W 8-3	1.0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
3/30	CIN	L 2-0	1.0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
3/28	NYM	L 4-2	0.2	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0
3/26	NYM	L 11-7	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	2
Regular Season Totals			19.8	24	11	4	0	0	20	19	13

Splits	GS	IP	W	L	ERA	K	BB	HBP	CG	H	R	ER	SVO	S	AVG	HR
Overall	0	22.0	0	2	0.0	25	11	4	0	22	20	13	1	0	0.244	4
Home	0	11.1	0	1	0.0	11	4	0	0	12	11	6	0	0	0.250	2
Away	0	10.2	0	1	0.0	14	7	0	0	10	9	7	1	0	0.238	2
Day	0	11.1	0	2	0.0	11	6	0	0	12	11	8	1	0	0.261	3
Night	0	10.2	0	0	0.0	14	5	0	0	10	9	5	0	0	0.227	1
vs Righty	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	16	7	2	0	12	7	0	0	0	0.222	1
vs Lefty	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	9	4	2	0	10	13	0	0	0	0.278	3
March	0	2.2	0	0	0.0	5	2	0	0	2	2	2	0	0	0.200	2
April	0	11.1	0	1	0.0	11	3	0	0	10	8	6	1	0	0.227	1
May	0	8.0	0	1	0.0	9	6	0	0	10	10	5	0	0	0.278	1
Opponent
vs MIL	0	1.0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.000	0
vs TOR	0	1.0	0	0	0.0	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.000	0
vs CIN	0	3.0	0	0	0.0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.000	0
vs TB	0	1.2	0	0	0.0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0.200	0
vs NYM	0	1.2	0	0	0.0	2	2	0	0	2	2	2	0	0	0.286	2
vs COL	0	1.0	0	0	0.0	0	1	0	0	2	3	0	0	0	0.333	0
vs CHC	0	3.1	0	0	0.0	5	5	0	0	4	5	3	1	0	0.267	1
vs PHI	0	2.0	0	0	0.0	2	1	0	0	1	1	1	0	0	0.143	0
vs STL	0	2.0	0	0	0.0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.000	0
vs SF	0	0.1	0	1	0.0	1	0	0	0	5	4	3	0	0	0.833	0
vs WSH	0	1.0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0.250	0
vs SD	0	2.0	0	1	0.0	4	0	0	0	5	5	4	0	0	0.417	1
vs TEX	0	2.0	0	0	0.0	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0.143	0
Venue
@ Pittsburgh	0	11.1	0	1	0.0	11	4	0	0	12	11	6	0	0	0.250	2
@ St. Louis	0	1.0	0	0	0.0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.000	0
@ Cincinnati	0	2.0	0	0	0.0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.000	0
@ Milwaukee	0	1.0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.000	0
@ New York	0	1.2	0	0	0.0	2	2	0	0	2	2	2	0	0	0.286	2
@ Toronto	0	1.0	0	0	0.0	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.000	0
@ Texas	0	2.0	0	0	0.0	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0.143	0
@ Chicago	0	1.2	0	0	0.0	2	3	0	0	2	3	2	1	0	0.286	0
@ San Francisco	0	0.1	0	1	0.0	1	0	0	0	5	4	3	0	0	0.833	0

Justin Lawrence: Breaking News

Pittsburgh designated Lawrence for assignment Friday. Lawrence was knocked around in his last appearance for Pittsburgh on Wednesday, allowing a home run and two walks across 1.2 innings. Over 22 innings this season, the 31-year-old posted a 5.32 ERA, 1.55 WHIP and 25:12 K:BB. Lawrence was DFA'd by Pittsburgh to make space for the return of Jared Jones (elbow) from the injured list.

Lawrence tossed a scoreless inning with one strikeout Monday in the 4-2 loss to the Cardinals. Lawrence was limited to just 17 appearances last season due to an elbow injury, but Monday's outing marked his 14th already in 2026. The sinker-sweeper pitcher has missed bats consistently, ringing up 16 strikeouts over his first 14 frames. Lawrence is pitching primarily in low-leverage situations for the time being, but that could change if he continues to consistently shut batters down (zero runs allowed in last six appearances).

The Pirates and Lawrence avoided arbitration by agreeing to a one-year, $1.225 million contract Thursday, Alex Stumpf of MLB.com reports. Lawrence had been arbitration-eligible for the second time. The righty was limited to only 17 appearances in 2025 due to injury, but he was highly effective when on the bump, yielding just one run with a 23:8 K:BB over 17.2 frames. Lawrence should operate in a middle-relief role in 2026.