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Nick Mears

#31 - Relief Pitcher

Kansas City Royals

Bats / Throws Right / Right
Date of Birth 10/7/1996 (29)
Height, Weight 6'3", 217 lb
Hometown Sacramento, CA

2026 Season Stats

MLB Rank MLB Average
Sv IP ERA WHIP K% BB%
0 19.1 5.12 1.50 18.1% 13.3%
221st 3
Sv
335th 52.0
IP
264th 4.19
ERA
266th 1.34
WHIP
272nd 22.7%
K%
306th 9.8%
BB%
FB MPH SwStr% CSW% Str-ICR MTK% PLV PLA
94.8 8.2% 25.5% 46.0% 5.9% 4.89 3.92
176th 94.7
FB MPH
328th 12.2%
SwStr%
297th 28.6%
CSW%
333rd 51.2%
Str-ICR
279th 4.7%
MTK%
217th 4.94
PLV
245th 3.56
PLA
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Rank
69th
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Rank
99th

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Nick Mears Overview

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Year Team G GS IP W-L Sv Hld ERA WHIP xERA FIP xFIP PLA K% BB% H/9 HR/9 BABIP HR/FB% LOB% ICR% GB% SwStr% CSW% IPR% PLV
2020 PIT 4 0 5.0 0-0 0 0 5.40 2.20 8.59 7.19 5.73 5.39 26.9% 26.9% 7.2 1.80 .273 50.0% 83.3% 50.0% 50.0% 17.5% 28.9% 0.46 4.87
2021 PIT 30 0 23.1 1-0 0 3 5.01 1.63 4.38 5.68 5.08 4.43 21.5% 12.1% 9.6 1.93 .303 26.3% 77.4% 43.7% 40.0% 11.9% 27.2% 0.49 4.97
2022 PIT 2 0 2.0 0-0 0 1 0.00 1.00 1.78 2.61 3.76 3.59 25.0% 12.5% 4.5 0.00 .200 0.0% 100.0% 40.0% 40.0% 19.4% 22.6% 0.48 4.77
2023 COL 16 0 19.1 0-1 0 1 3.72 1.45 3.28 4.09 5.41 4.85 24.1% 16.1% 6.5 0.47 .260 6.7% 76.1% 29.4% 37.3% 9.7% 28.2% 0.49 4.74
2024 COL/MIL 54 0 57.2 1-5 0 14 5.93 1.47 3.82 3.39 3.63 0.57 29.3% 9.4% 9.5 1.09 .360 15.9% 59.8% 38.2% 40.0% 14.1% 31.3% 0.66 4.98
2025 MIL 63 0 56.2 5-3 1 17 3.49 0.97 4.16 3.87 4.51 1.98 20.7% 6.3% 6.7 1.11 .229 13.5% 67.1% 42.2% 35.0% 13.7% 28.8% 0.59 5.14
2026 KC 21 0 19.1 2-3 0 5 5.12 1.50 5.56 4.62 5.01 3.92 18.1% 13.3% 8.4 0.93 .296 14.3% 68.7% 45.6% 42.9% 8.2% 25.5% 0.40 4.89
RP MLB Percentile 15 0 3 30-32 0 45 24 22 10 29 14 29 22 12 43 56 43 60 31 4 44 6 13 17 36
RP MLB AVG 42 2 52.0 3-3 3 7 4.19 1.34 4.16 4.17 4.24 3.56 22.7% 9.8% 8.3 1.08 .291 17.6% 72.5% 36.8% 44.0% 12.2% 28.6% 0.50 4.94
Career 190 0 183.1 9-12 1 41 4.66 1.35 4.23 4.12 4.47 2.47 24.0% 10.6% 8.1 1.13 .290 15.6% 68.4% 40.5% 38.7% 12.7% 28.9% 0.56 4.96

Nick Mears Repertoire

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Nick Mears Standard

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Year Team G GS IP W-L QS Sv Hld P Strikes Balls TBF H 1B 2B 3B HR K BB HB WP
2020 PIT 4 0 5.0 0-0 0 0 0 114 62 52 26 4 2 1 0 1 7 7 0 1
2021 PIT 30 0 23.1 1-0 0 0 3 452 284 168 107 25 17 3 0 5 23 13 0 3
2022 PIT 2 0 2.0 0-0 0 0 1 31 21 10 8 1 1 0 0 0 2 1 0 0
2023 COL 16 0 19.1 0-1 0 0 1 362 218 144 87 14 9 2 2 1 21 14 1 1
2024 COL/MIL 54 0 57.2 1-5 0 0 14 1,028 686 342 256 61 41 13 0 7 75 24 0 3
2025 MIL 63 0 56.2 5-3 0 1 17 845 591 254 222 42 27 6 2 7 46 14 1 2
2026 KC 21 0 19.1 2-3 0 0 5 341 209 132 83 18 10 5 1 2 15 11 0 1
RP MLB Percentile 15 0 3 30-32 0 0 45 5 4 93 2 96 97 68 22 84 4 81 85 51
RP MLB AVG 42 2 52.0 3-3 0 3 7 884 565 319 227 48 32 9 1 6 52 21 3 2
Career 190 0 183.1 9-12 0 1 41 3,173 2,071 1,102 789 165 107 30 5 23 189 84 2 11

Nick Mears Advanced

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Year Team K% BB% AVG SLG OPS wOBA BABIP BACON xAVG xwOBA xBABIP xwoBACON EV FB EV LA xERA
2020 PIT 26.9% 26.9% .222 .444 .867 .380 .273 .333 .329 .439 .446 .544 93.4 89.3 13.8 8.59
2021 PIT 21.5% 12.1% .269 .462 .817 .349 .303 .352 .246 .319 .290 .360 86.6 89.5 16.2 4.38
2022 PIT 25.0% 12.5% .143 .143 .393 .197 .200 .200 .156 .209 .219 .197 85.4 79.4 19.2 1.78
2023 COL 24.1% 16.1% .194 .319 .652 .299 .260 .275 .165 .276 .208 .265 89.9 88.4 21.7 3.28
2024 COL/MIL 29.3% 9.4% .268 .417 .749 .324 .360 .389 .232 .304 .300 .394 88.1 89.3 14.8 3.82
2025 MIL 20.7% 6.3% .213 .371 .629 .266 .229 .263 .257 .321 .271 .379 89.6 90.7 16.6 4.16
2026 KC 18.1% 13.3% .257 .443 .797 .344 .296 .321 .269 .364 .297 .401 90.3 93.1 14.5 5.56
RP MLB Percentile 22 12 35 23 21 24 43 49 14 10 27 15 7 7 38 10
RP MLB AVG 22.7% 9.8% .241 .388 .712 .314 .291 .321 .235 .314 .280 .358 87.6 89.3 13.1 4.16
Career 24.0% 10.6% .241 .400 .719 .314 .290 .322 .240 .321 .282 .378 88.9 90.0 16.2 4.23

Nick Mears Pitch › Mix

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Year Team FF% (MPH) SI% (MPH) FC% (MPH) SL% (MPH) ST% (MPH) CB% (MPH) CH% (MPH) FS% (MPH) KN% (MPH) Fastball% Secondary%
2020 PIT68.4% (95.7)----31.6% (78.3)--- 68.4% 31.6%
2021 PIT64.2% (95.6)----35.8% (79.1)--- 64.2% 35.8%
2022 PIT54.8% (96.6)--12.9% (84.9)-32.3% (81.2)--- 54.8% 45.2%
2023 COL59.9% (95.8)--18.0% (85.1)-21.6% (80.3)0.6% (89.5)-- 59.9% 40.1%
2024 COL/MIL60.2% (96.7)--23.0% (86.5)-16.8% (81.5)--- 60.2% 39.8%
2025 MIL53.5% (95.4)--42.4% (86.6)-4.1% (82.7)--- 53.5% 46.5%
2026 KC36.7% (94.8)12.0% (93.8)-27.3% (84.6)-13.5% (81.4)10.6% (84.5)-- 48.7% 51.3%
RP MLB Percentile 43 (49) 16 (42) - 59 (22) - 50 (56) 31 (26) - - 47.1% 52.3%
RP MLB AVG 38.7% (94.7) 26.6% (94.1) 19.6% (89.4) 25.9% (86.1) 20.7% (82.3) 15.3% (80.3) 17.6% (86.1) 18.9% (86.6) 42.7% (61.5) 48.7% 51.2%
Career56.7% (95.9)1.3% (93.8)-23.8% (86.2)-17.0% (80.4)1.2% (84.8)-- 58.0% 42.0%

Nick Mears Pitch › Results

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Year Team FF CSW% SI CSW% FC CSW% SL CSW% ST CSW% CB CSW% CH CSW% FS CSW% KN CSW% Fastball CSW% Secondary CSW%
2020 PIT28.2% (12)----30.6% (8)--- 28.2% 30.6%
2021 PIT29.3% (43)----23.5% (11)--- 29.3% 23.5%
2022 PIT29.4% (4)--0.0% (0)-20.0% (2)--- 29.4% 14.3%
2023 COL18.0% (12)--38.5% (12)-47.4% (10)50.0% (1)-- 18.0% 43.4%
2024 COL/MIL27.6% (64)--41.5% (56)-30.6% (25)--- 27.6% 36.9%
2025 MIL21.2% (36)--38.5% (78)-25.7% (2)--- 21.2% 37.4%
2026 KC24.0% (5)17.1% (1)-30.1% (14)-37.0% (4)13.9% (4)-- 22.3% 28.6%
RP MLB Percentile 20 (95) 3 (91) - 52 (56) - 90 (60) 11 (70) - - 4.3% 48.9%
RP MLB AVG 27.2% (32) 27.6% (13) 26.9% (15) 29.7% (28) 28.4% (20) 27.3% (15) 22.4% (21) 22.6% (21) 19.3% (9) 27.9% 28.8%
Career24.9% (176)17.1% (1)-38.2% (160)-30.9% (62)15.8% (5)-- 24.7% 34.6%

Nick Mears Batted Ball › Contact

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Year Team GB% LD% FB% PU% SS% Pull% Cent% Oppo% Foul Str% PC% Fl&B% Solid% Brl% ICR%
2020 PIT 50.0% 25.0% 16.7% 8.3% 33.3% 33.3% 50.0% 16.7% 14.9% 50.0% 33.3% 8.3% 8.3% 50.0%
2021 PIT 40.0% 21.4% 27.1% 11.4% 35.7% 36.6% 39.4% 23.9% 19.9% 55.7% 30.0% 7.1% 7.1% 43.7%
2022 PIT 40.0% 20.0% 20.0% 20.0% 20.0% 20.0% 20.0% 60.0% 29.0% 60.0% 40.0% 0.0% 0.0% 40.0%
2023 COL 37.3% 15.7% 29.4% 17.6% 17.6% 37.3% 27.5% 35.3% 18.0% 70.6% 19.6% 7.8% 2.0% 29.4%
2024 COL/MIL 40.0% 24.5% 28.4% 7.1% 38.7% 35.0% 37.6% 27.4% 20.1% 61.3% 26.5% 5.2% 7.1% 38.2%
2025 MIL 35.0% 22.5% 32.5% 10.0% 41.9% 38.5% 36.0% 25.5% 22.1% 57.6% 25.0% 8.1% 9.4% 42.2%
2026 KC 42.9% 25.0% 25.0% 7.1% 41.1% 43.9% 29.8% 26.3% 19.1% 53.6% 28.6% 5.4% 12.5% 45.6%
RP MLB Percentile 44 15 57 24 8 72 17 57 65 3 14 52 2 4
RP MLB AVG 44.0% 21.7% 24.1% 10.2% 34.6% 40.9% 33.7% 25.4% 18.1% 63.0% 24.5% 5.8% 6.8% 36.8%
Career 38.7% 22.6% 28.9% 9.8% 37.1% 37.4% 35.6% 27.0% 20.2% 59.2% 26.3% 6.7% 7.9% 40.5%

Nick Mears Batted Ball › Outcomes

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Year Team AVG wOBA BABIP BACON xAVG xwOBA xBABIP xwoBACON EV FB EV LA HR/FB ICR% IPA%
2020 PIT .222 .380 .273 .333 .329 .439 .446 .544 93.4 89.3 13.8 50.0% 50.0% 23.1%
2021 PIT .269 .349 .303 .352 .246 .319 .290 .360 86.6 89.5 16.2 26.3% 43.7% 29.0%
2022 PIT .143 .197 .200 .200 .156 .209 .219 .197 85.4 79.4 19.2 0.0% 40.0% 25.0%
2023 COL .194 .299 .260 .275 .165 .276 .208 .265 89.9 88.4 21.7 6.7% 29.4% 17.2%
2024 COL/MIL .268 .324 .360 .389 .232 .304 .300 .394 88.1 89.3 14.8 15.9% 38.2% 23.4%
2025 MIL .213 .266 .229 .263 .257 .321 .271 .379 89.6 90.7 16.6 13.5% 42.2% 30.6%
2026 KC .257 .344 .296 .321 .269 .364 .297 .401 90.3 93.1 14.5 14.3% 45.6% 31.3%
RP MLB Percentile 35 24 43 49 14 10 27 15 7 7 38 60 4 5
RP MLB AVG .241 .314 .291 .321 .235 .314 .280 .358 87.6 89.3 13.1 17.6% 36.8% 24.4%
Career .241 .314 .290 .322 .240 .321 .282 .378 88.9 90.0 16.2 15.6% 40.5% 26.4%

Nick Mears Approach › Plate Discipline

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Year Team Zone% Str% Swing% O-Sw% Whiff% Foul Str% Con% Z-Con% O-Con% CS% SwStr% CSW% BIP% PLUS% IPR% Str-ICR
2020 PIT 35.1% 54.4% 43.0% 25.7% 40.8% 14.9% 59.2% 73.3% 36.8% 11.4% 17.5% 28.9% 10.5% 50.9% 0.46 43.9%
2021 PIT 43.1% 62.8% 47.6% 31.9% 25.1% 19.9% 74.9% 79.7% 67.1% 15.3% 11.9% 27.2% 15.7% 57.3% 0.49 49.1%
2022 PIT 38.7% 67.7% 64.5% 42.1% 30.0% 29.0% 70.0% 83.3% 50.0% 3.2% 19.4% 22.6% 16.1% 64.5% 0.48 54.8%
2023 COL 41.4% 60.2% 41.7% 28.3% 23.2% 18.0% 76.8% 85.7% 63.3% 18.5% 9.7% 28.2% 14.1% 56.4% 0.49 51.9%
2024 COL/MIL 49.2% 66.7% 49.5% 33.7% 28.5% 20.1% 71.5% 81.1% 53.4% 17.2% 14.1% 31.3% 15.3% 60.8% 0.66 55.1%
2025 MIL 51.7% 69.9% 54.9% 38.0% 25.0% 22.1% 75.0% 85.8% 53.5% 15.0% 13.7% 28.8% 19.1% 65.0% 0.59 53.8%
2026 KC 40.5% 61.3% 44.0% 30.5% 18.7% 19.1% 81.3% 93.2% 64.5% 17.3% 8.2% 25.5% 16.7% 56.0% 0.40 46.0%
RP MLB Percentile 8 18 16 41 9 65 9 0 23 67 6 13 44 20 17 4
RP MLB AVG 44.5% 63.8% 47.4% 31.7% 25.6% 18.1% 74.4% 83.9% 58.5% 16.4% 12.2% 28.6% 17.1% 58.3% 0.50 51.2%
Career 46.6% 65.3% 49.1% 33.2% 25.9% 20.2% 74.1% 83.6% 57.1% 16.2% 12.7% 28.9% 16.2% 60.1% 0.56 52.2%

Nick Mears Approach › Locations

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Year Team Zone% aLoc% x-mLoc% gLoc% hiLoc% y-mLoc% loLoc% iLoc% oLoc% mmLoc%
2020 PIT 35.1% 19.3% 30.7% 50.0% 51.8% 19.3% 28.9% 24.6% 44.7% 6.1%
2021 PIT 43.1% 13.5% 25.4% 61.1% 43.4% 21.9% 34.7% 31.0% 43.6% 5.1%
2022 PIT 38.7% 9.7% 25.8% 64.5% 32.3% 22.6% 45.2% 32.3% 41.9% 6.5%
2023 COL 41.4% 10.2% 25.7% 64.1% 47.2% 23.2% 29.6% 31.8% 42.5% 8.6%
2024 COL/MIL 49.2% 14.7% 27.9% 57.4% 32.6% 23.2% 44.3% 26.8% 45.2% 6.9%
2025 MIL 51.7% 23.6% 35.0% 41.4% 32.7% 23.6% 43.8% 17.6% 47.3% 7.6%
2026 KC 40.5% 31.7% 27.6% 40.8% 31.1% 23.5% 45.5% 27.3% 45.2% 6.5%
RP MLB Percentile 8 33 43 67 24 39 74 26 65 47
RP MLB AVG 44.5% 34.6% 27.0% 38.4% 36.2% 22.9% 40.9% 29.9% 43.1% 6.6%
Career 46.6% 18.3% 29.2% 52.4% 36.3% 23.0% 40.7% 25.6% 45.2% 6.9%

Nick Mears Approach › Counts

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Year Team Early% Behind% 2-Str% Early BIP% F-Str% TF-Str% ECS% 2-Str O-Sw% PAR%
2020 PIT 52.6% 21.1% 26.3% 8.3% 42.3% 42.3% 18.3% 26.7% 23.3%
2021 PIT 54.6% 16.4% 29.9% 10.5% 57.4% 47.2% 18.6% 29.6% 17.0%
2022 PIT 51.6% 22.6% 25.8% 18.8% 75.0% 50.0% 6.3% 50.0% 25.0%
2023 COL 56.6% 13.8% 30.1% 12.7% 58.0% 53.4% 23.4% 24.8% 19.3%
2024 COL/MIL 57.1% 11.6% 31.7% 12.1% 66.3% 57.6% 22.3% 24.5% 23.0%
2025 MIL 58.6% 9.2% 32.7% 17.8% 64.9% 51.8% 18.8% 25.4% 16.7%
2026 KC 55.7% 13.2% 32.0% 13.7% 51.2% 44.2% 25.3% 25.7% 13.8%
RP MLB Percentile 7 27 79 35 2 9 92 40 9
RP MLB AVG 58.5% 12.1% 29.9% 14.5% 61.1% 50.2% 21.1% 26.7% 19.3%
Career 56.7% 12.5% 31.3% 13.6% 61.4% 52.1% 21.0% 25.9% 19.0%

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Year Team P PLV QP% AP% BP% Q-BP% MTK% HP HL PLA
2020 PIT 114 4.87 43.0% 15.8% 41.2% 1.8% 0.9% 1.3 +1 5.39
2021 PIT 452 4.97 45.6% 13.7% 40.7% 4.9% 5.3% 6.5 +9 4.43
2022 PIT 31 4.77 38.7% 16.1% 45.2% -6.5% 3.2% -1.0 0 3.59
2023 COL 362 4.74 42.3% 14.9% 42.8% -0.6% 7.2% -3.6 -4 4.85
2024 COL/MIL 1,028 4.98 48.2% 17.1% 34.8% 13.4% 6.7% 4.7 +2 0.57
2025 MIL 845 5.14 52.1% 15.9% 32.0% 20.1% 7.7% 3.1 +3 1.98
2026 KC 341 4.89 46.9% 16.1% 37.0% 10.0% 5.9% 2.3 +0 3.92
RP MLB Percentile 5 36 62 29 46 46 19 40 47 29
RP MLB AVG 884 4.94 45.9% 17.3% 36.8% 9.1% 4.7% 0.6 0 3.56
Career 3,173 4.96 47.2% 15.4% 37.4% 9.8% 6.3% 13.3 +10 2.47
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