Nick Mears
P | Bats/Throws: R/R | 6' 2" 200LBS | Age: 27
W L ERA G GS SV IP SO WHIP
2022 0 0 0.00 2 0 0 2 2 1.00
2023 0 1 3.72 16 0 0 19.1 21 1.45
2024 0 2 3.72 10 0 0 9.2 11 1.45
5 Seasons 1 3 4.25 62 0 0 59.1 64 1.57
G W-L ERA IP SO WHIP
2022 2 0-0 0.00 2 2 1.00
2023 16 0-1 3.72 19.1 21 1.45
2024 10 0-2 3.72 9.2 11 1.45
5 Seasons 62 1-3 4.25 59.1 64 1.57
MLB Percentile Rankings
Pitch Distribution
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Statcast Statistics

Season Age Pitches Batted
Balls		 Barrels Barrel % Barrel/PA Exit
Velocity		 Max EV Launch
Angle		 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 .281 .425 .380 .397 .452 41.7 26.9 26.9 5.40 7.22
2021 24 452 71 5 7.0 4.7 86.6 110.8 16.2 35.2 .252 .422 .349 .338 .388 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 .171 .264 .299 .273 .260 41.2 24.1 16.1 3.72 3.09
2024 27 172 26 0 0.0 0.0 90.5 105.5 3.4 26.9 .209 .261 .275 .273 .289 26.9 25.6 14.0 3.72 2.86
Player 1131 165 7 4.2 2.6 88.7 110.8 15.8 27.9 .219 .339 .320 .309 .333 33.3 23.6 15.1
MLB 6.9 4.7 88.4 122.4 12.2 33.1 .245 .406 .316 .315 .368 36.3 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
(66.9%) ,
Curveball
(17.4%) ,
Slider
(15.7%) ,


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Pitch Tracking



Batted Ball Profile

Season GB % FB % LD % PU % Pull % Straight % Oppo % Weak % Topped % Under % Flare/Burner % Solid % Barrel % Barrel/PA
2020 41.7 25.0 33.3 0.0 33.3 50.0 16.7 0.0 33.3 16.7 33.3 8.3 8.3 3.8
2021 39.4 31.0 22.5 7.0 32.4 40.8 26.8 2.8 26.8 25.4 29.6 7.0 7.0 4.7
2022 40.0 20.0 20.0 20.0 20.0 40.0 40.0 0.0 20.0 40.0 40.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
2023 35.3 33.3 19.6 11.8 33.3 33.3 33.3 0.0 27.5 43.1 17.6 9.8 2.0 1.1
2024 65.4 15.4 19.2 0.0 50.0 34.6 15.4 0.0 50.0 19.2 26.9 3.8 0.0 0.0
Player 42.4 28.5 21.8 7.3 35.2 38.2 26.7 1.2 30.9 29.7 26.1 7.3 4.2 2.6
MLB 44.6 23.5 24.8 7.0 37.0 37.5 25.3 3.9 32.8 24.7 24.4 5.8 6.9 4.7
! Note: All figures in this table cover the period 2015-present.

Pitch Movement

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How this works: Every pitch is affected by the forces of gravity, which means that every pitch drops on its way from the mound to the plate. These numbers are reported with gravity, which makes them larger and different than other pitch movement numbers you may have seen. Since gravity requires time, and slower pitches aren’t ‘better’ just because they have more time to move, the movement of a pitch is compared to ‘average’ movement by comparing it to other MLB pitch types within +/- 2 MPH and from within +/- 0.5 feet of extension and release.
Vertical Movement (inches) Horizontal Movement (inches)
Year Pitch Team Hand # MPH Inches of Drop vs Avg % vs Avg Inches of Break vs Avg % Break vs Avg
2024 Curveball COL R 30 81.2 54.6 3.1 6 3.0 -5.4 -65
2024 4-Seam Fastball COL R 115 96.8 12.1 0.5 4 2.1 -4.9 -70
2024 Slider COL R 27 85.7 41.8 6.6 19 0.8 -4.1 -84
2023 Changeup COL R 2 89.5 17.0 -10.5 -38 5.1 -9.5 -65
2023 4-Seam Fastball COL R 217 95.8 12.2 1.1 8 2.4 -4.3 -64
2023 Slider COL R 65 85.1 40.3 4.0 11 1.1 -3.6 -76
2023 Curveball COL R 78 80.3 55.2 3.2 6 2.3 -5.6 -71
2022 Slider PIT R 6 85.2 39.8 3.8 11 9.5 4.5 91
2022 Curveball PIT R 8 80.1 56.3 4.3 8 1.7 -6.9 -80
2022 4-Seam Fastball PIT R 17 96.6 9.4 3.6 28 2.3 -4.7 -67
2021 Curveball PIT R 162 79.1 55.4 1.7 3 3.8 -5.9 -61
2021 4-Seam Fastball PIT R 290 95.6 10.9 2.8 20 3.8 -3.6 -48
2020 Curveball PIT R 36 78.3 57.1 2.5 5 4.5 -5.0 -52
2020 4-Seam Fastball PIT R 78 95.7 11.0 2.8 20 5.2 -2.2 -30
! Note: Years are in reverse order.
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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 %
2024 4-Seam Fastball 0.8 1 115 66.9 25 .250 .250 .320 17.4 16.0 16.7 .233 .308 .327 43.8
2024 Curveball -2.0 -1 30 17.4 9 .222 .333 .417 28.6 33.3 33.3 .198 .230 .262 0.0
2024 Slider 4.7 1 27 15.7 9 .125 .125 .178 57.1 44.4 50.0 .161 .181 .209 0.0
2023 4-Seam Fastball 0.3 1 217 59.9 50 .231 .359 .352 12.0 10.0 9.8 .192 .332 .326 38.2
2023 Curveball 2.7 2 78 21.5 18 .118 .176 .158 43.5 61.1 37.9 .103 .134 .135 50.0
2023 Slider -2.0 -1 65 18.0 19 .188 .375 .355 44.4 26.3 17.9 .189 .235 .264 45.5
2023 Changeup 0.5 0 2 0.6 -- -- -- 100.0 -- -- -- -- -- --
2022 4-Seam Fastball 4.3 1 17 54.8 3 .000 .000 .000 30.8 33.3 20.0 .201 .242 .196 50.0
2022 Curveball 3.0 0 8 25.8 2 .000 .000 .000 50.0 50.0 100.0 .032 .032 .029 0.0
2022 Slider -2.5 0 6 19.4 3 .500 .500 .533 0.0 0.0 0.0 .280 .344 .414 0.0
2021 4-Seam Fastball 0.1 0 290 64.2 70 .246 .439 .357 26.7 18.6 16.9 .252 .435 .369 33.3
2021 Curveball -3.9 -6 162 35.8 36 .306 .500 .356 20.4 27.8 17.2 .251 .401 .278 23.1
2020 4-Seam Fastball 1.1 1 78 68.4 18 .250 .583 .425 34.3 22.2 26.7 .322 .521 .434 55.6
2020 Curveball -3.2 -1 36 31.6 8 .167 .167 .400 57.1 37.5 20.0 .198 .231 .315 0.0
! Note: Years are in reverse order.
! Note: To better align with other values, positive numbers (red) are good, and negative numbers (blue) are poor.
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Spin Direction

Year Pitch Type Pitches MPH Active Spin % Total Movement (In.) Spin-Based Observed Deviation
2024 Curveball 30 81.2 80 16.0 6:15 6:15 0
2024 4-Seam Fastball 114 96.8 96 16.6 12:30 12:15 15
2024 Slider 27 85.7 35 6.9 7:15 6:15 60
2023 Curveball 76 80.3 80 15.6 6:15 6:15 0
2023 4-Seam Fastball 215 95.8 98 17.1 12:30 12:15 15
2023 Slider 61 85.0 26 5.0 7:45 6:45 60
2022 4-Seam Fastball 17 96.6 96 19.8 12:15 12:15 0
2021 Curveball 162 79.1 74 14.8 6:15 6:30 -15
2021 4-Seam Fastball 290 95.6 97 18.9 12:30 12:30 0
2020 Curveball 36 78.3 76 15.8 6:30 6:30 0
2020 4-Seam Fastball 77 95.7 96 19.1 12:45 12:30 15
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Swing/Take

Runs
Year Team PA Pitches Heart Shadow Chase Waste All
2020 26 114 1 1 -2 -1 0
2021 106 452 4 -1 -5 -4 -6
2023 87 362 4 3 -4 -1 1
2024 43 172 3 0 -1 -1 2
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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 172 44.2 64.5 85.7 26.0 48.0 43.0 58.1 43.0 27.0 5.8 60.0
Player 1,131 45.6 66.7 81.1 26.8 57.6 42.5 57.4 45.0 26.5 6.5 70.3
MLB 48.6 66.9 82.0 28.4 58.0 42.6 60.9 47.1 24.8 7.3 76.1
! 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 78 65
2021 83 39 25 80
2023 80 37 43 97
2024 78 77 90 94 53 89 89 20 92 66 13 57 37 93 67 83
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Expected Home Runs

Year Team Avg HR Trot Actual HR xHR HR-xHR Doubters Mostly Gone No Doubters No Doubter %
2020 23.5 1 0.8 0 1 1 0 0.0
2021 22.8 5 2.3 3 4 2 1 20.0
2023 23.3 1 1.4 0 0 3 0 0.0
2024 -- 0 0.0 0 1 0 0 --
Player 23.0 7 4.5 3 6 6 1 14.3

Expected Home Runs by Park

Year HR
2020 1 2 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 1 0 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 3 2 2 1 3 0 3 3 0 0 3 2 2 1 1 3 0 0 3 1 1 0 1 1 0 1 1
2024 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Player 7 6 2 7 6 5 6 3 4 1 5 9 4 2 6 5 5 4 4 7 2 4 9 5 4 1 5 6 3 2 4
! Note: This tells how many of this player's home runs would have been out of other stadiums. This accounts for different wall heights, distances and environmental effects. For these purposes, the 2020 Blue Jays home field was still Rogers Centre, not Sahlen Field.
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Year to Year Changes

Metric 2020 2021 +/-   2022 +/-   2023 +/-   2024 +/-  
Fastball Velocity 95.7 95.6 -0.1 ↓ 96.6 1.0 ↑ 95.8 -0.8 ↓ 96.8 1.0 ↑
Offspeed Velocity 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 89.5 0.0 0.0 0.0
Breaking Velocity 78.3 79.1 0.8 ↑ 82.3 3.2 ↑ 82.5 0.2 ↑ 83.3 0.8 ↑
Exit Velocity 93.4 86.6 -6.8 ↓ 85.4 -1.2 ↓ 89.9 4.5 ↑ 90.5 0.6 ↑
Launch Angle 13.8 16.2 2.4 ↑ 19.2 3.0 ↑ 21.8 2.6 ↑ 3.4 -18.4 ↓
Barrel % 8.3 7.0 -1.3 ↓ 0.0 -7.0 ↓ 2.0 2.0 ↑ 0.0 -2.0 ↓
Hard Hit % 41.7 29.6 -12.1 ↓ 20.0 -9.6 ↓ 41.2 21.2 ↑ 26.9 -14.3 ↓
Sweet Spot % 33.3 35.2 1.9 ↑ 20.0 -15.2 ↓ 17.6 -2.4 ↓ 26.9 9.3 ↑
xBA .281 .252 -0.029 ↓ .175 -0.077 ↓ .171 -0.004 ↓ .209 0.038 ↑
BA .222 .269 0.047 ↑ .143 -0.126 ↓ .194 0.051 ↑ .216 0.022 ↑
xwOBA .397 .338 -0.059 ↓ .235 -0.103 ↓ .273 0.038 ↑ .273 0.000
wOBA .380 .349 -0.031 ↓ .197 -0.152 ↓ .299 0.102 ↑ .275 -0.024 ↓
xSLG .425 .422 -0.003 ↓ .211 -0.211 ↓ .264 0.053 ↑ .261 -0.003 ↓
SLG .444 .462 0.018 ↑ .143 -0.319 ↓ .319 0.176 ↑ .243 -0.076 ↓
K% 26.9 21.5 -5.4 ↓ 25.0 3.5 ↑ 24.1 -0.9 ↓ 25.6 1.5 ↑
BB% 26.9 12.1 -14.8 ↓ 12.5 0.4 ↑ 16.1 3.6 ↑ 14.0 -2.1 ↓
Swing % 43.0 47.6 4.6 ↑ 64.5 16.9 ↑ 41.7 -22.8 ↓ 43.0 1.3 ↑
Whiff% 40.8 25.1 -15.7 ↓ 30.0 4.9 ↑ 23.2 -6.8 ↓ 27.0 3.8 ↑
In Zone % 40.4 46.9 6.5 ↑ 41.9 -5.0 ↓ 46.7 4.8 ↑ 44.2 -2.5 ↓
Out of Zone % 59.6 53.1 -6.5 ↓ 58.1 5.0 ↑ 53.3 -4.8 ↓ 55.8 2.5 ↑
Out of Zone Swing % 25.0 28.3 3.3 ↑ 44.4 16.1 ↑ 24.4 -20.0 ↓ 26.0 1.6 ↑
First Pitch Swing % 11.5 36.8 25.3 ↑ 62.5 25.7 ↑ 23.0 -39.5 ↓ 27.9 4.9 ↑
First Pitch Strike % 42.3 58.5 16.2 ↑ 75.0 16.5 ↑ 58.6 -16.4 ↓ 58.1 -0.5 ↓
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Statcast Fielder Positioning

vs RHHvs LHH
YearAlignment TypePAwOBAPATotal%PATotal%
2020 Shifts 26 .380 17 0 0.0 9 7 77.8
2021 Shifts 106 .349 62 4 6.5 44 28 63.6
2022 Shifts 8 .197 4 1 25.0 4 3 75.0
2023 Shades 87 .299 43 0 0.0 44 17 38.6
2024 Shades 43 .275 23 0 0.0 20 10 50.0
! 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 31 17.4 6.5% 0.0% 35 20.0 0.0% 0.0%
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Pitch Distribution

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