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Mears

PAge : 29Throws : R

#31

Nick Mears

#31PKansas City Royals

Height : 6' 3" · Weight : 98 kg · Bats : R · Throws : R · MLB debut : 2020-08-08

Born in : Sacramento, CA, USA

MLB record

Year	Team	PJ	V	D	MPM	MJ	RB	WHIP
2026	Kansas City Royals	21	2	3	5.12	19.1	15	1.50
2025	Milwaukee Brewers	63	5	3	3.49	56.2	46	0.97
2024		54	1	5	5.93	57.2	75	1.47
2024	Milwaukee Brewers	13	0	1	7.30	12.1	18	1.38
2024	Colorado Rockies	41	1	4	5.56	45.1	57	1.50
2023	Colorado Rockies	16	0	1	3.72	19.1	21	1.45
2022	Pittsburgh Pirates	2	0	0	0.00	2.0	2	1.00
2021	Pittsburgh Pirates	30	1	0	5.01	23.1	23	1.63
2020	Pittsburgh Pirates	4	0	0	5.40	5.0	7	2.20
Career totals		190	9	12	4.66	183.1	189	1.35

ContractKansas City Royals payroll →

Type: Arbitration
Length: 1 yr · 2026–2026
Total value: 1.9 M$
AAV: 1.90 M$

2026
1.90 M$
Guaranteed
2027
—
Arb 3

Advanced stats, 2026Relief pitcherMLB stats →

ERA

5.12

FIP

4.60

xFIP

4.74

ERA-

120

WHIP

1.50

18.1 %

BB%

13.3 %

Strikeouts

Innings

19.3

Wins

Stats: MLB (statsapi) and Baseball Savant.

2027 projectionMLB trends →

Projected WAR

0.0

Strikeouts

2026 WAR

0.0

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

Trend

→ Stable (-2)

20230.2 WAR · 0.7 per full season
20240.8 WAR · 0.9 per full season
20250.4 WAR · 0.5 per full season
20260.0 WAR · 0.0 per full season

Outlook, age included

-2 · 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; 78
STF: Stuff; 72
CTL: Control; 74
CNT: Contact allowed; 60
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

0.0

PAL Rating

9 / 100

Value Rating

30 / 100

Surplus $-1.9M · salary $1.9M

PAL: dimensions

Run prevention13

Stuff17

Command22

Contact allowed3

Velocity49

A pitcher's WAR

Computed by MLB from FIP (strikeouts, walks, home runs). FIP: 4.60 · RA9-WAR: -0.1

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

94.8 mi/h

49th percentile

18.1 %

16th percentile

BB%

13.3 %

10th percentile

xERA

6.56

1th percentile

xwOBA allowed

.382

1th percentile

Barrels allowed

12.3 %

3th percentile

Season by season
Season	Team	WAR	PAL	OV	Fastball	K%	BB%	xERA	xwOBA allowed
2026	KC	0.0	9	67	94.8	18.1	13.3	6.56	.382
2025	MIL	0.4	46	78	95.4	20.8	5.9	4.39	.324
2024	MIL	0.8	76	84	96.7	29.3	9.4	3.22	.283
2023	COL	0.2	38	71	95.8	24.1	16.1	3.14	.275
2021	PIT	-0.3	24	69	95.6	21.5	12.1	4.86	.336

Game log, 2026

Date	Opponent	IP	H	ER	BB	SO	ERA
May 27	vs NYY	0.2	2	3	2	1	5.12
May 22	vs SEA	1.0	1	2	1	0	3.86
May 19	vs BOS	2.0	2	1	0	2	3.06
May 15	@ STL	1.0	2	0	1	1	2.87
May 10	vs DET	0.2	2	2	0	1	3.07
May 8	vs DET	0.1	1	0	0	0	1.93
May 7	vs CLE	1.0	2	0	0	0	1.98
May 5	vs CLE	1.0	0	0	0	1	2.13
May 1	@ SEA	0.2	0	0	1	0	2.31
Apr 28	@ ATH	1.0	0	0	0	2	2.45