John

King

PAge : 32Throws : L

#62

John King

#62P

Height : 6' 2" · Weight : 98 kg · Bats : L · Throws : L · MLB debut : 2020-09-04

Born in : Laredo, TX, USA

MLB record

Year	Team	PJ	V	D	MPM	MJ	RB	WHIP
2026	Miami Marlins	50	6	2	3.99	49.2	33	1.01
2025	St. Louis Cardinals	51	2	1	4.66	48.1	28	1.63
2024	St. Louis Cardinals	56	3	3	2.85	60.0	38	1.20
2023		35	2	1	3.62	37.1	20	1.47
2023	St. Louis Cardinals	20	1	0	1.45	18.2	10	1.34
2023	Texas Rangers	15	1	1	5.79	18.2	10	1.61
2022	Texas Rangers	39	1	4	4.03	51.1	30	1.46
2021	Texas Rangers	27	7	5	3.52	46.0	40	1.15
2020	Texas Rangers	6	1	0	6.10	10.1	9	1.65
Career totals		264	22	16	3.83	303.0	198	1.32

ContractMiami Marlins payroll →

Type: Free Agent/Arb
Length: 1 yr · 2026–2026
Total value: 1.5 M$
AAV: 1.50 M$

2026
1.50 M$
Not 40 man

Advanced stats, 2026Relief pitcherMLB stats →

ERA

3.99

FIP

4.87

xFIP

4.65

ERA-

WHIP

1.01

16.8 %

BB%

8.6 %

Strikeouts

Innings

49.7

Wins

Stats: MLB (statsapi) and Baseball Savant.

2027 projectionMLB trends →

Projected WAR

-0.3

Strikeouts

2026 WAR

-0.3

This season's pace, over the average of the last two workloads, adjusted for next year's age.

Trend

→ Stable (+2)

20230.3 WAR · 0.5 per full season
20240.3 WAR · 0.3 per full season
2025-0.4 WAR · -0.5 per full season
2026-0.3 WAR · -0.4 per full season

Outlook, age included

+2 · 31 y.o. · prime years

It is only a projection. It knows nothing about injuries, trades or role changes.

Player ratings, 2026All ratings →

Ratings from 0 to 100, computed from Statcast and MLB stats over four seasons, never by hand. 75 = established regular, 87 = 90th percentile, 95+ = elite.

OV · Overall

Depth

VEL: Velocity; 61
STF: Stuff; 51
CTL: Control; 83
CNT: Contact allowed; 71
STA: Stamina; —
DUR: Durability; 79
EX: Experience; 71

Why these ratings?

VEL — Velocity : Fastball velocity
STF — Stuff : Strikeouts, K − BB
CTL — Control : Walks avoided
CNT — Contact allowed : xwOBA, barrels and hard-hit balls allowed
STA — Stamina : Innings per start and innings pitched
DUR — Durability : Games played over several seasons
EX — Experience : Seasons in the majors

WAR and PAL Rating, 2026How we rate →

WAR is fWAR (FanGraphs' version, distributed through MLB's API): wins added above a replacement player. PAL Rating scores performance from 0 to 100 against regulars in the same role (50 = median).

WAR

-0.3

#225 of 263 regular relievers

PAL Rating

15 / 100

#223 of 263 regular relievers

Value Rating

20 / 100

Surplus $-4.4M · salary $1.5M

PAL: dimensions

Run prevention29

Stuff12

Command58

Contact allowed36

Velocity4

A pitcher's WAR

Computed by MLB from FIP (strikeouts, walks, home runs). FIP: 4.87 · RA9-WAR: 0.3

StatcastStatcast leaderboards →

MLB's tracking of every ball, 2026 season. The percentile ranks the player among regulars in the role: 90th means better than 90% of them.

Fastball

90.5 mi/h

4th percentile

16.8 %

11th percentile

BB%

8.6 %

59th percentile

xERA

4.06

43th percentile

xwOBA allowed

.310

43th percentile

Barrels allowed

8.4 %

28th percentile

Season by season
Season	Team	WAR	PAL	OV	Fastball	K%	BB%	xERA	xwOBA allowed
2026	MIA	-0.3	15	62	90.5	16.8	8.6	4.06	.310
2025	STL	-0.4	15	65	93.6	12.6	6.3	4.80	.337
2024	STL	0.3	41	67	93.7	15.3	5.6	3.86	.308
2023	STL	0.3	28	63	93.7	12.7	6.4	4.45	.324
2022	TEX	0.0	18	63	92.4	13.5	6.3	4.22	.321
2021	TEX	0.6	57	77	86.4	20.7	6.2	3.27	.280

Game log, 2026

Date	Opponent	IP	H	ER	BB	SO	ERA
Aug 19	@ PHI	1.0	2	1	0	0	3.99
Aug 17	@ PHI	1.0	1	2	3	0	3.88
Aug 13	vs PIT	0.2	2	3	1	0	3.59
Aug 7	vs LAA	1.0	0	0	0	1	3.06
Aug 6	@ ATL	1.0	4	3	1	0	3.13
Aug 4	@ ATL	1.0	1	1	0	0	2.60
Aug 1	@ NYM	1.0	0	0	0	0	2.45
Jul 30	@ NYM	0.1	0	0	0	1	2.51
Jul 27	vs PHI	2.0	3	1	0	1	2.53
Jul 24	vs SD	0.2	0	0	2	0	2.43