Nathan

Pearson

PAge : 30Throws : R

#61

Nate Pearson

#61PKansas City Royals

Height : 6' 6" · Weight : 116 kg · Bats : R · Throws : R · MLB debut : 2020-07-29

Born in : Odessa, FL, USA

MLB record

Year	Team	PJ	V	D	MPM	MJ	RB	WHIP
2026		42	3	4	4.11	46.0	41	1.37
2026	Kansas City Royals	26	2	4	4.50	26.0	25	1.35
2026	Houston Astros	16	1	0	3.60	20.0	16	1.40
2025	Chicago Cubs	11	0	1	9.20	14.2	7	2.18
2024		60	2	2	4.48	66.1	74	1.33
2024	Chicago Cubs	19	2	1	2.73	26.1	23	0.99
2024	Toronto Blue Jays	41	0	1	5.63	40.0	51	1.55
2023	Toronto Blue Jays	35	5	2	4.85	42.2	43	1.27
2021	Toronto Blue Jays	12	1	1	4.20	15.0	20	1.73
2020	Toronto Blue Jays	5	1	0	6.00	18.0	16	1.50
Career totals		165	12	10	4.93	202.2	201	1.43

ContractKansas City Royals payroll →

Type: Free Agent/Arb
Length: 1 yr · 2026–2026
Total value: 1.4 M$
AAV: 1.35 M$

2026
1.35 M$
Guaranteed
2027
—
Arb 3

Advanced stats, 2026Relief pitcherMLB stats →

ERA

4.11

FIP

3.97

xFIP

4.95

ERA-

WHIP

1.37

20.5 %

BB%

13.0 %

Strikeouts

Innings

46.0

Wins

Stats: MLB (statsapi) and Baseball Savant.

2027 projectionMLB trends →

Projected WAR

0.2

Strikeouts

2026 WAR

0.2

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

Trend

→ Stable (0)

20210.0 WAR
20230.0 WAR · 0.0 per full season
20240.1 WAR · 0.1 per full season
20260.2 WAR · 0.3 per full season

Outlook, age included

0 · 29 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; 87
STF: Stuff; 64
CTL: Control; 64
CNT: Contact allowed; 65
STA: Stamina; —
DUR: Durability; 70
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

0.2

#157 of 263 regular relievers

PAL Rating

26 / 100

#194 of 263 regular relievers

Value Rating

41 / 100

Surplus $0.6M · salary $1.4M

PAL: dimensions

Run prevention31

Stuff20

Command12

Contact allowed46

Velocity86

A pitcher's WAR

Computed by MLB from FIP (strikeouts, walks, home runs). FIP: 3.97 · RA9-WAR: 0.2

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

97.6 mi/h

87th percentile

20.5 %

29th percentile

BB%

13.0 %

11th percentile

xERA

4.38

28th percentile

xwOBA allowed

.321

28th percentile

Barrels allowed

7.1 %

44th percentile

Season by season
Season	Team	WAR	PAL	OV	Fastball	K%	BB%	xERA	xwOBA allowed
2026	KC	0.2	26	62	97.6	20.5	13.0	4.38	.321
2024	CHC	0.1	50	76	97.7	26.0	7.4	4.49	.330
2023	TOR	0.0	33	70	97.9	23.6	9.9	3.90	.305
2021	TOR	0.0	45	73	97.8	28.2	16.9	3.39	.285

Game log, 2026

Date	Opponent	IP	H	ER	BB	SO	ERA
Sep 27	vs CLE	0.2	0	0	1	0	4.11
Sep 25	vs CLE	0.2	0	4	4	0	4.17
Sep 20	@ PIT	0.2	3	2	0	1	3.43
Sep 18	@ PIT	1.0	3	3	1	2	3.07
Sep 16	@ HOU	1.0	1	1	1	0	2.51
Sep 13	@ BOS	1.0	3	2	0	2	2.36
Sep 11	@ BOS	1.0	1	0	0	1	1.98
Sep 9	vs AZ	1.0	1	0	1	1	2.03
Sep 7	vs AZ	2.0	0	0	0	3	2.08
Sep 3	vs MIA	1.1	0	0	0	1	2.19