P | Milwaukee Brewers
Bats/Throws: R/R | 6' 3" 217 lbs | Age: 29
W L ERA G GS SV IP SO WHIP
2023 0 1 3.72 16 0 0 19.1 21 1.45
2024 1 5 5.93 54 0 0 57.2 75 1.47
2025 5 3 3.49 63 0 1 56.2 46 0.97
6 Seasons 7 9 4.61 169 0 1 164 174 1.34
G W-L ERA IP SO WHIP
2023 16 0-1 3.72 19.1 21 1.45
2024 54 1-5 5.93 57.2 75 1.47
2025 63 5-3 3.49 56.2 46 0.97
6 Seasons 169 7-9 4.61 164 174 1.34
MLB Percentile Rankings
Movement Profile (Induced Break)
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Statcast Statistics

Season Age Pitches Batted
Balls
Barrels Barrel % Barrel/PA Exit
Velocity
Max EV Launch
Angle
LA Sweet-
Spot %
XBA XSLG WOBA XWOBA XWOBACON HardHit% K% BB% ERA xERA
2020 23 114 12 1 8.3 3.8 93.4 109.3 13.8 33.3 .279 .423 .380 .396 .450 41.7 26.9 26.9 5.40 7.17
2021 24 452 71 5 7.0 4.7 86.6 110.8 16.2 35.2 .251 .421 .349 .337 .387 29.6 21.5 12.1 5.01 4.92
2022 25 31 5 0 0.0 0.0 85.4 102.0 19.2 20.0 .175 .211 .197 .235 .238 20.0 25.0 12.5 0.00 2.26
2023 26 362 51 1 2.0 1.1 89.9 107.4 21.8 17.6 .170 .263 .299 .272 .259 41.2 24.1 16.1 3.72 3.06
2024 27 1028 157 11 7.0 4.3 88.1 109.7 14.3 38.2 .217 .357 .324 .283 .359 33.1 29.3 9.4 5.93 3.31
2025 28 845 161 17 10.6 7.7 90.4 112.2 16.6 39.8 .262 .452 .266 .322 .383 42.9 20.7 6.3 3.49 4.37
Player 2832 457 35 7.7 5.0 89.0 112.2 16.3 35.7 .232 .386 .307 .306 .361 37.0 24.6 10.3
MLB 7.2 4.9 88.6 122.9 12.4 33.3 .245 .404 .315 .315 .368 37.0 22.2 8.4
! Note: All figures in this table cover the period 2015-present.

Statcast Pitch Arsenal

Mears relies on 3 pitches.
Four Seamer
(53.5%) ,
Slider
(42.4%) ,
Curveball
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Pitch Tracking



Batted Ball Profile

AIR: Fly Balls + Line Drives + Popups All Batted Balls Batted Ball Breakdown
Season GB % AIR % FB % LD % PU % Pull % Straight % Oppo % Pull GB % Straight GB % Oppo GB % Pull AIR % Straight AIR % Oppo AIR %
2020 41.7 58.3 25.0 33.3 0.0 33.3 50.0 16.7 16.7 25.0 0.0 16.7 25.0 16.7
2021 39.4 60.6 31.0 22.5 7.0 32.4 40.8 26.8 11.3 21.1 7.0 21.1 19.7 19.7
2022 40.0 60.0 20.0 20.0 20.0 20.0 40.0 40.0 20.0 20.0 0.0 0.0 20.0 40.0
2023 35.3 64.7 33.3 19.6 11.8 33.3 33.3 33.3 15.7 13.7 5.9 17.6 19.6 27.5
2024 40.8 59.2 29.9 24.2 5.1 36.3 35.7 28.0 18.5 14.6 7.6 17.8 21.0 20.4
2025 34.8 65.2 34.8 23.6 6.8 33.5 39.1 27.3 14.3 14.9 5.6 19.3 24.2 21.7
Player 37.9 62.1 31.9 23.4 6.8 34.1 37.9 28.0 15.5 16.0 6.3 18.6 21.9 21.7
MLB 44.2 55.8 24.0 24.7 7.1 37.4 37.4 25.1 20.6 17.6 5.9 16.7 19.7 19.3
! Note: All figures in this table cover the period 2015-present.

Quality of Contact

Season Weak % Topped % Under % Flare/Burner % Solid % Barrel % Barrel/PA
2020 0.0 33.3 16.7 33.3 8.3 8.3 3.8
2021 2.8 26.8 25.4 29.6 7.0 7.0 4.7
2022 0.0 20.0 40.0 40.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
2023 0.0 27.5 43.1 17.6 9.8 2.0 1.1
2024 3.8 28.0 28.7 24.8 7.6 7.0 4.3
2025 6.2 18.6 31.1 23.6 8.7 10.6 7.7
Player 3.9 24.5 30.4 24.7 8.1 7.7 5.0
MLB 4.0 32.4 24.9 24.4 5.9 7.2 4.9
! Note: All figures in this table cover the period 2015-present.

Pitch Movement


How this works: This section shows two different ways to evaluate pitch movement. On the left, “Total Movement” shows the real-world movement of a pitch, including the forces of gravity, which affects every pitch thrown. Since gravity requires time, and slower pitches aren't 'better' just because they have more time to move, a pitch's movement is compared to other pitches of the same pitch type, within +/- 2 MPH and +/- 0.5 feet of extension/release. On the right, Induced Movement (or IVB) is reported without gravity, and attempts to isolate movement created by the pitcher's ability to spin and manipulate the ball.
Total Movement (in inches, w/ gravity)Induced Movement (in inches, w/o gravity)
YearPitchTeamHand#MPHVertical
Drop
vs.
Comparable
Horizontal
Break
vs.
Comparable
Vertical
Break
vs. AvgHorizontal
Break
vs. Avg
2025 Curveball MIL R 35 82.7 53.5 2.7 5.1GLV -1.8 -13.2 3.3 5.1GLV -4.0
2025 Slider MIL R 358 86.6 36.4 2.1 2.0GLV -2.0 -0.2 1.9 2.0GLV -2.6
2025 4-Seam Fastball MIL R 452 95.4 11.8 1.6 5.0ARM -1.5 18.4 2.6 5.0ARM -2.6
2024 Curveball MIL R 177 81.5 54.8 4.0 3.2GLV -4.3 -13.6 3.6 3.2GLV -6.2
2024 4-Seam Fastball MIL R 619 96.7 11.1 1.8 2.8ARM -4.2 18.1 2.4 2.8ARM -4.8
2024 Slider MIL R 232 86.5 38.1 3.5 1.7GLV -2.5 -1.9 3.6 1.7GLV -3.1
! Note: Years are in reverse order.

Run Values by Pitch Type

Year Pitch Type Team RV/100 Run Value Pitches % PA BA SLG wOBA Whiff% K% PutAway % xBA xSLG xwOBA Hard Hit %
2025 4-Seam Fastball -0.1 0 452 53.5 123 .269 .417 .323 14.6 13.8 11.6 .319 .525 .374 49.5
2025 Slider 2.1 8 358 42.4 93 .141 .282 .203 38.4 31.2 24.8 .180 .333 .241 30.5
2025 Curveball -3.3 -1 35 4.1 5 .250 1.000 .400 14.3 0.0 0.0 .451 1.001 .560 60.0
2024 4-Seam Fastball 0.7 4 619 60.2 146 .240 .400 .321 20.0 23.3 19.3 .239 .403 .323 38.3
2024 Slider 0.6 1 232 22.6 61 .246 .368 .282 50.5 42.6 36.6 .152 .224 .187 21.9
2024 Curveball -3.8 -7 177 17.2 48 .370 .522 .433 32.5 31.3 19.0 .240 .397 .304 29.0
! Note: Years are in reverse order.
! Note: To better align with other values, positive numbers (red) are good, and negative numbers (blue) are poor.

Spin Direction

Year Pitch Type Pitches MPH Active Spin % Total Movement (In.) Spin-Based Observed Deviation
2025 Curveball 35 82.7 78 16.7 6:45 6:30 15
2025 4-Seam Fastball 452 95.4 95 18.6 12:45 12:30 15
2025 Slider 358 86.6 19 3.6 8:45 8:15 30
2024 Curveball 173 81.5 82 16.6 6:30 6:30 0
2024 4-Seam Fastball 608 96.7 98 18.0 12:30 12:15 15
2024 Slider 226 86.6 23 4.5 8:30 7:15 75
! Note: Years are in reverse order.
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Pitcher Arm Angle

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Statcast Pitching Run Value

Runs
Year Team PA Pitches Heart Shadow Chase Waste All
2020 26 114 0 1 -2 -1 -2
2021 106 452 5 -1 -5 -3 -4
2022 8 31 0 1 0 0 1
2023 87 362 3 3 -4 -2 0
2024 255 1,028 4 3 -5 -3 -1
2025 221 845 4 5 -2 -1 6
Player 703 2,832 16 12 -19 16 0
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Plate Discipline

Season Pitches Zone % Zone Swing % Zone Contact % Chase % Chase Contact % Edge % 1st Pitch Strike % Swing % Whiff % Meatball % Meatball Swing %
2020 114 40.4 69.6 71.9 25.0 35.3 41.2 42.3 43.0 40.8 6.1 100.0
2021 452 46.9 69.3 78.2 28.3 67.6 42.7 58.5 47.6 25.1 5.3 79.2
2022 31 41.9 92.3 83.3 44.4 50.0 48.4 75.0 64.5 30.0 6.5 100.0
2023 362 46.7 61.5 85.6 24.4 57.4 42.0 58.6 41.7 23.2 8.6 58.1
2024 1,028 53.6 66.1 79.1 30.4 52.4 44.3 66.3 49.5 28.5 8.4 76.7
2025 845 55.9 71.8 85.3 33.5 47.2 45.4 65.2 54.9 25.0 8.3 85.7
Player 2,832 51.7 68.2 81.6 29.9 53.2 44.0 63.0 49.7 26.7 7.8 78.2
MLB 48.9 67.0 82.5 28.4 58.0 42.7 61.1 47.3 25.0 7.3 76.3
! Note: All figures in this table cover the period 2015-present.

Percentile Rankings

Year xwOBA /
xERA
xBA xSLG xISO xOBP Brl Brl% EV Hard
Hit%
K% BB% Whiff% Chase
Rate
FB
Velo
FB
Spin
CB
Spin
Extension
2020 86 77 65
2021 82 39 25 80
2023 80 37 43 97
2024 78 79 71 61 77 77 65 71 88 88 29 74 69 88 68 52 83
2025 32 20 14 12 58 55 14 19 27 36 79 49 93 67 49 76
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Expected Home Runs

Adjusted

Year Team Avg HR Trot Actual HR xHR HR-xHR Doubters Mostly Gone No Doubters No Doubter %
2020 23.53 1 0.8 0 1 1 0 0.0
2021 22.84 5 2.3 3 4 2 1 20.0
2023 23.31 1 1.3 0 0 3 0 0.0
2024 24.42 7 6.7 0 1 4 3 42.9
2025 24.73 7 7.7 -1 6 3 5 71.4
Player 24.05 21 18.9 2 12 13 9 42.9
Note: xHR tells how many of this pitcher's batted balls allowed would have been out of other stadiums. The "Adjusted" view here accounts for different wall heights, distances and environmental effects using Statcast Park Factor data.
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Expected Home Runs by Park

Adjusted

Year HR
2020 1 2 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 1 1 2 1 2 1 0 0 1 2 0 0
2021 5 3 1 5 3 2 3 2 1 1 2 4 3 1 2 3 2 2 1 3 1 2 5 2 2 1 4 4 1 1 3
2023 1 1 0 2 2 1 2 1 3 0 3 3 0 0 3 1 2 1 1 3 0 0 3 1 1 0 1 1 0 1 1
2024 7 6 4 8 7 7 7 7 6 7 7 7 6 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 5 7 7 7 7 7 7 5 7 7
2025 7 7 8 8 10 8 7 7 7 7 7 10 8 10 7 7 7 7 8 9 7 8 8 9 6 6 8 8 9 7 7
Player 21 19 14 23 22 19 20 17 17 15 19 25 18 19 20 19 19 18 19 23 16 17 24 21 17 14 20 21 17 16 18
Note: xHR tells how many of this pitcher's batted balls allowed would have been out of other stadiums. The "Adjusted" view here accounts for different wall heights, distances and environmental effects using Statcast Park Factor data.
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Year to Year Changes

2025 +/-   2024 +/-   2023 +/-   2022 +/-   2021 +/-   2020
Results
BA .213 -.055 .268 +.074 .194 +.051 .143 -.126 .269 +.047 .222
xBA .262 +.045 .217 +.047 .170 -.005 .175 -.076 .251 -.028 .279
OBP .258 -.074 .332 -.001 .333 +.083 .250 -.105 .355 -.068 .423
xOBP .307 +.019 .288 -.025 .313 +.035 .278 -.070 .348 -.114 .462
SLG .371 -.046 .417 +.098 .319 +.176 .143 -.319 .462 +.018 .444
xSLG .452 +.095 .357 +.094 .263 +.052 .211 -.210 .421 -.002 .423
ISO .157 +.008 .149 +.024 .125 +.125 .000 -.194 .194 -.028 .222
xISO .190 +.050 .140 +.047 .093 +.057 .036 -.134 .170 +.026 .144
BABIP .229 -.131 .360 +.100 .260 +.060 .200 -.103 .303 +.030 .273
wOBA .266 -.058 .324 +.025 .299 +.102 .197 -.152 .349 -.031 .380
xwOBA .322 +.039 .283 +.011 .272 +.037 .235 -.102 .337 -.059 .396
wOBACON .305 -.121 .426 +.121 .305 +.128 .177 -.227 .404 -.011 .415
xwOBACON .383 +.024 .359 +.100 .259 +.021 .238 -.149 .387 -.063 .450
BACON .263 -.126 .389 +.114 .275 +.075 .200 -.152 .352 +.019 .333
xBACON .330 +.014 .316 +.077 .239 -.006 .245 -.096 .341 -.078 .419
Statcast Hit Metrics
Hard Hit % 42.9 +9.8 33.1 -8.1 41.2 +21.2 20.0 -9.6 29.6 -12.1 41.7
Avg Exit Velocity 90.4 +2.3 88.1 -1.8 89.9 +4.5 85.4 -1.2 86.6 -6.8 93.4
Launch Angle Sweet-Spot % 39.8 +1.6 38.2 +20.6 17.6 -2.4 20.0 -15.2 35.2 +1.9 33.3
Barrel % 10.6 +3.6 7.0 +5.0 2.0 +2.0 0.0 -7.0 7.0 -1.3 8.3
Avg Launch Angle 16.6 +2.3 14.3 -7.5 21.8 +2.6 19.2 +3.0 16.2 +2.4 13.8
Statcast Bat Tracking
Bat Speed 71.1 +0.2 70.9 +0.7 70.2 -- -- -- -- -- --
Attack Angle 10° +2° +2° -- -- -- -- -- --
Ideal Attack Angle % 55.5 +5.4 50.1 -3.6 53.7 -- -- -- -- -- --
Attack Direction -2° -2° -5° -- -- -- -- -- --
Swing Path - Tilt 31° 31° +1° 30° -- -- -- -- -- --
Swing Length 7.3 +0.1 7.2 +0.2 7.0 -- -- -- -- -- --
Statcast Pitch Metrics
Fastball Velocity 95.4 -1.3 96.7 +0.9 95.8 -0.8 96.6 +1.0 95.6 -0.1 95.7
Breaking Velocity 86.3 +2.0 84.3 +1.8 82.5 +0.2 82.3 +3.2 79.1 +0.8 78.3
Offspeed Velocity 0.0 -- -- -- 89.5 -- -- -- -- -- --
Batted Ball Results
Barrels 17 +6 11 +10 1 +1 0 -5 5 +4 1
Popup % 6.8 +1.7 5.1 -6.7 11.8 -8.2 20.0 +13.0 7.0 +7.0 0.0
Flyball % 34.8 +4.9 29.9 -3.4 33.3 +13.3 20.0 -11.0 31.0 +6.0 25.0
Line Drive % 23.6 -0.6 24.2 +4.6 19.6 -0.4 20.0 -2.5 22.5 -10.8 33.3
Groundball % 34.8 -6.0 40.8 +5.5 35.3 -4.7 40.0 +0.6 39.4 -2.3 41.7
Pull % 33.5 -2.8 36.3 +3.0 33.3 +13.3 20.0 -12.4 32.4 -0.9 33.3
Straight Away % 39.1 +3.4 35.7 +2.4 33.3 -6.7 40.0 -0.8 40.8 -9.2 50.0
Opposite Field % 27.3 -0.7 28.0 -5.3 33.3 -6.7 40.0 +13.2 26.8 +10.1 16.7
Weak Contact % 6.2 +2.4 3.8 +3.8 0.0 0.0 0.0 -2.8 2.8 +2.8 0.0
Pull Airball % 19.3 +1.5 17.8 +0.2 17.6 +17.6 0.0 -21.1 21.1 +4.4 16.7
Topped Contact % 18.6 -9.4 28.0 +0.5 27.5 +7.5 20.0 -6.8 26.8 -6.5 33.3
Under Contact % 31.1 +2.4 28.7 -14.4 43.1 +3.1 40.0 +14.6 25.4 +8.7 16.7
Flare/Burner Contact % 23.6 -1.2 24.8 +7.2 17.6 -22.4 40.0 +10.4 29.6 -3.7 33.3
Solid Contact % 8.7 +1.1 7.6 -2.2 9.8 +9.8 0.0 -7.0 7.0 -1.3 8.3
HR/FB % 12.5 -2.4 14.9 +9.0 5.9 +5.9 0.0 -22.7 22.7 -10.6 33.3
Popups 11 +3 8 +2 6 +5 1 -4 5 +5 0
Flyballs 56 +9 47 +30 17 +16 1 -21 22 +19 3
Line Drives 38 0 38 +28 10 +9 1 -15 16 +12 4
Groundballs 56 -8 64 +46 18 +16 2 -26 28 +23 5
Plate Discipline
In Zone % 55.9 +2.3 53.6 +6.9 46.7 +4.8 41.9 -5.0 46.9 +6.5 40.4
Out of Zone % 44.1 -2.3 46.4 -6.9 53.3 -4.8 58.1 +5.0 53.1 -6.5 59.6
Edge % 45.4 +1.1 44.3 +2.3 42.0 -6.4 48.4 +5.7 42.7 +1.5 41.2
Zone Swing % 71.8 +5.7 66.1 +4.6 61.5 -30.8 92.3 +23.0 69.3 -0.3 69.6
Out of Zone Swing % 33.5 +3.1 30.4 +6.0 24.4 -20.0 44.4 +16.1 28.3 +3.3 25.0
In Zone Contact % 85.3 +6.2 79.1 -6.5 85.6 +2.3 83.3 +5.1 78.2 +6.3 71.9
Out of Zone Contact % 47.2 -5.2 52.4 -5.0 57.4 +7.4 50.0 -17.6 67.6 +32.3 35.3
Whiff % 25.0 -3.5 28.5 +5.3 23.2 -6.8 30.0 +4.9 25.1 -15.7 40.8
First Strike % 65.2 -1.1 66.3 +7.7 58.6 -16.4 75.0 +16.5 58.5 +16.2 42.3
First Pitch Swing % 38.5 +3.2 35.3 +12.3 23.0 -39.5 62.5 +25.7 36.8 +25.3 11.5
Swing % 54.9 +5.4 49.5 +7.8 41.7 -22.8 64.5 +16.9 47.6 +4.6 43.0
Meatball Swing % 85.7 +9.0 76.7 +18.6 58.1 -41.9 100.0 +20.8 79.2 -20.8 100.0
Meatball % 8.3 -0.1 8.4 -0.2 8.6 +2.1 6.5 +1.2 5.3 -0.8 6.1
Zone Swing & Miss % 14.7 -6.2 20.9 +6.5 14.4 -2.3 16.7 -5.1 21.8 -6.3 28.1
Out of Zone Swing & Miss % 52.8 +5.2 47.6 +5.0 42.6 -7.4 50.0 +17.6 32.4 -32.3 64.7
In Zone 472 -79 551 +382 169 +156 13 -199 212 +166 46
Out of Zone 373 -104 477 +284 193 +175 18 -222 240 +172 68
Edge 384 -71 455 +303 152 +137 15 -178 193 +146 47
In Zone Swings 339 -25 364 +260 104 +92 12 -135 147 +115 32
Out of Zone Swings 125 -20 145 +98 47 +39 8 -60 68 +51 17
In Zone Swing & Misses 50 -26 76 +61 15 +13 2 -30 32 +23 9
Out of Zone Swing & Misses 66 -3 69 +49 20 +16 4 -18 22 +11 11
Basic
Pitches 845 -183 1,028 +666 362 +331 31 -421 452 +338 114
PA 222 -34 256 +169 87 +79 8 -99 107 +81 26
AB 197 -31 228 +156 72 +65 7 -86 93 +75 18
Hits 42 -19 61 +47 14 +13 1 -24 25 +21 4
Singles 27 -14 41 +32 9 +8 1 -16 17 +15 2
Doubles 6 -7 13 +11 2 +2 0 -3 3 +2 1
Triples 2 +2 0 -2 2 +2 0 0 0 0 0
Home Runs 7 0 7 +6 1 +1 0 -5 5 +4 1
Walks 14 -10 24 +10 14 +13 1 -12 13 +6 7
Strikeouts 46 -29 75 +54 21 +19 2 -21 23 +16 7
K% 20.7 -8.6 29.3 +5.2 24.1 -0.9 25.0 +3.5 21.5 -5.4 26.9
BB% 6.3 -3.1 9.4 -6.7 16.1 +3.6 12.5 +0.4 12.1 -14.8 26.9
HBP 1 +1 0 -1 1 +1 0 0 0 0 0
Batted Balls 161 +4 157 +106 51 +46 5 -66 71 +59 12
Number of Fastballs 452 -167 619 +402 217 +200 17 -273 290 +212 78
Number of Offspeed 0 0 0 -2 2 +2 0 0 0 0 0
Number of Breaking 393 -16 409 +266 143 +129 14 -148 162 +126 36
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Statcast Fielder Positioning

vs RHHvs LHH
YearAlignment TypePAwOBAPATotal%PATotal%
2020 Shifts 26 .380 17 0 0.0 9 4 44.4
2021 Shifts 106 .349 62 3 4.8 44 24 54.5
2022 Shifts 8 .197 4 0 0.0 4 0 0.0
2023 Shades 87 .299 43 0 0.0 44 17 38.6
2024 Shades 250 .326 135 0 0.0 115 47 40.9
2025 Shades 221 .266 126 1 0.8 95 10 10.5
! Note: Shifts are through the 2022 season, Shaded starting from the 2023 season, Shift: three or more infielders are on the same side of second base, Shade: positioned outside of their typical responsible slices of the field.
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Pitch Tempo

Bases EmptyRunners On Base
SeasonTeamPitchesTempoFast %Slow %PitchesTempoFast %Slow %
2020 25 18.1 0.0% 0.0% 28 22.2 0.0% 3.6%
2021 112 20.8 0.0% 0.9% 77 25.7 0.0% 16.9%
2022 6 21.2 0.0% 0.0% 4 19.8 0.0% 0.0%
2023 113 17.8 3.5% 1.8% 59 19.2 0.0% 0.0%
2024 239 16.8 11.7% 0.4% 195 19.7 0.5% 1.0%
2025 183 16.5 18.6% 0.5% 136 18.1 5.1% 0.7%

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Pitch Distribution