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MLB · P · Kansas City Royals

Nick Mears

B/T R/R · 6' 3" · 217 lb · born Sacramento, CA, USA · age 29 · MLB debut 2020-08-08

Scout’s note

Nick Mears is a 29-year-old right-hander from Sacramento, in the Royals' bullpen now. Across 190 big-league games since his 2020 debut, he has 189 strikeouts — a punch-out for nearly every time he's taken the mound.

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Umpire favor

+0.4 net runs over 9 graded games — the zone was kind to him on balance.

Biggest swings: +0.3 · +0.2

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The line

YearTeamLvlGIPW–LSVERASOWHIP
MLB CAREER190183.19–1214.661891.35

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