Nick Mears

Bats R Throws R6'2" 200 lbBorn 1996 Sacramento, USADebut 2020Team MILContract 1 y/$1.9M (26) 2026: $1,900,000

Projections

Season	BF	K%	BB%	HR%	1B%	XBH%	PITCH+
2026	192	22.7	8.2	2.79	20.8	6.11	107.1
2027							106.5
2028							105.5

Projected rates are per plate appearance or batter faced; counting stats scale with projected playing time. Statcast measurements inform these projections as inputs and are reported as measurements, not projected.

Most similar through age 28

His ten closest age-28 comparables averaged 96 PITCH+ the next season; 10 of 10 played. Averages cover only the players who got a next season, which is why the played count matters.

#	Player	Through	PITCH+ then	Next season	Next PA / BF
1	Jeremy Jeffress	2016	103.5	90.8	295
2	Josh Staumont	2022	103.4	108.1	89
3	Burke Badenhop	2011	103.3	105.5	262
4	Yency Almonte	2022	102.8	98.6	208
5	Ryan Pressly	2017	104.4	115.0	292
6	Bill Bray	2011	104.5	69.5	43
7	Cionel Perez	2024	104.0	72.4	110
8	Danny Farquhar	2015	103.8	93.4	158
9	Drew Smith	2022	100.0	91.7	244
10	Jake Diekman	2015	102.5	116.7	221

Batting

Year	Team	G	PA	SO	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	HIT+
2025	MIL	63	0	0
2024	MIL	54	0	0
2023	COL	16	0	0
2022	PIT	2	0	0
2021	PIT	30	1	1	0.000	0.000	0.000	0.000	-115.6
2020	PIT	4	0	0
Career		169	1	1	0.000	0.000	0.000	0.000	-115.6

Pitching

Year	Team	W	L	ERA	G	GS	SV	IP	BF	HR	BB	SO	PITCH+
2027 proj									192				106.5
2026*									83				91.6	101.0	92.6
2025	MIL	5	3	3.49	63	0	1	56.7	221	7	13	46	114.8	101.1	115.9
2024	MIL	1	5	5.93	54	0	0	57.7	256	7	24	75	97.0	99.1	96.1
2023	COL	0	1	3.72	16	0	0	19.3	87	1	14	21	107.3	97.1	104.4
2022	PIT	0	0	0.00	2	0	0	2.0	8	0	1	2	135.9	100.0	135.8
2021	PIT	1	0	5.01	30	0	0	23.3	107	5	13	23	88.5	97.8	86.2
2020	PIT	0	0	5.40	4	0	0	5.0	26	1	7	7	80.4	99.3	79.7
Career		7	9	4.61	169	0	1	164.0	705	21	72	174	102.4		101.7

Statcast

Year	PA	EV	LA	Barrel%	HardHit%	Whiff%	Chase%	xBA	xSLG	xwOBA	Sprint
2021	1						0.0	0.000	0.000	0.000

Fielding

Year	Team	Pos	G	Inn	PO	A	Fld%	Runs saved
2025	MIL	P	63	57	2	5	1.000	+0.3
2024	MIL	P	54	58	0	4	1.000	-0.3
2023	COL	P	16	19	1	0	1.000	-0.3
2022	PIT	P	2	2	0	0		-0.0
2021	PIT	P	30	23	3	1	1.000	-0.3
2020	PIT	P	4	5	0	0		-0.0

Runs saved covers the Statcast era; for catchers it includes framing.

Minor leagues

Year	Level	Team	Side	PA / BF	Line	AVG / ERA
2023	AAA	Albuquerque Isotopes	Pit	107	23.2 IP, 36% K	6.21
2022	AAA	Indianapolis Indians	Pit	106	24.2 IP, 25% K	4.83
2022	A	Bradenton Marauders	Pit	23	5.1 IP, 30% K	5.29
2021	AAA	Indianapolis Indians	Pit	82	18.2 IP, 30% K	5.44
2019	AA	Altoona Curve	Pit	23	5.0 IP, 30% K	1.80
2019	A+	Bradenton Marauders	Pit	123	30.0 IP, 35% K	3.60
2019	A	Greensboro Grasshoppers	Pit	46	11.2 IP, 41% K	3.21

Splits

Year	vs LHP	vs RHP	Home	Away
2021		0.000	0.000

wOBA by split, from pitch level data, 2015 on. For pitchers the split is the batter side faced.

Postseason pitching

Year	G	IP	H	BB	SO	WHIP
2025	3	1.2	1	1	3	1.67
2024	2	2.1	0	0	3	0.00
Career	5	3.3	1	1	6	0.61