RunsLeft › Pitchers › Nick Mears
Relief Pitcher · Kansas City Royals

Nick Mears

RHP · Throws Right · Age 29Reliever
ERA
5.12
FIP
–
IP
19.1
W-L
2-3
WHIP
1.50
K%
18.1
BB%
13.3
GB%
–
K/9
7.0
HR/9
0.9
He was acquired by the Kansas City Royals via trade from the Milwaukee Brewers in December 2025. He made his MLB debut on August 8, 2020.Facts: MLB StatsAPI (people · transactions)
No scheduled start today. The model projection and lineup matchup appear on start days.

Four-Seam Fastball

FF · lead pitch

50% of pitches · .369 xwOBA allowed · 299 BIP · where it goes, what it costs

Pitcher Locations
where he throws it · catcher’s view
2%5%5%3%2%1%6%11%7%4%3%6%13%11%8%0%1%2%2%2%0%1%2%2%1%
Rare 0% · Common 10% · Very common 20%+
xwOBA Allowed
damage done by zone · all batters
.083.462.472.256.002.345.206.328.359.560.567.194.411.306.473.501.415.214.434.568––.601.462.689
Cold .200 · Avg .310 · Hot .500+
Expected Damage
locations × damage zones
.001.023.024.007.000.004.013.037.026.021.014.011.055.033.038.002.005.005.010.009––.011.010.010
Low risk · Average · High-risk zone
Four-Seam Fastball (50% usage) has allowed .369 xwOBA over 299 balls in play — his most-used pitch.

Arsenal

usage × whiff, ranked

6 pitch types · 2,279-pitch sample · 2026/2025/2024 blend, weighted 4/3/1

Four-Seam Fastball FF
50% usage · 13% whiff · .369 xwOBA · 94.8 mph
Slider SL
34% usage · 38% whiff · .273 xwOBA · 84.7 mph
Curveball CU
10% usage · 23% whiff · .344 xwOBA · 81.3 mph
Sinker SI
3% usage · 0% whiff · .358 xwOBA · 93.8 mph
Changeup CH
3% usage · .267 xwOBA · 84.5 mph
Unknown UN
1% usage
Whiff% Trend
last 8 outings · by pitch · min 5 swings per point
0105/55/75/85/105/155/195/225/27
Four-Seam FastballSliderCurveball
Hand Splits
K% + xwOBA allowed by batter side · 2026/2025/2024 blend, weighted 4/3/1
SplitK%xwOBASample
vs. LHB18.6 .324 253
vs. RHB24 .338 301
Live · client-hydrated

Market lines

current pick’em lines by book · updates through the day

Live lines load in your browser.
Live · client-hydrated

DFS picks

today’s picks for this pitcher, probability-sorted · graded nightly

Today’s picks load in your browser.