Head to head · 2026 pitching

Mick Abel vs Brandon Young

In 2026 Brandon Young has been worth 0.8 more wins. Both lines are computed from play-by-play on the same constants, so they are measured the same way rather than quoted from two sources.

Their 2025 seasons were among each other's nearest on rate statistics.

Mick Abel MIN

Brandon Young BAL

2026 season

2026 pitching. The stronger figure in each row is highlighted — for ERA, FIP, WHIP and walks that is the lower one.
Statistic	Mick Abel	Brandon Young
G	4	28
GS	3	28
IP	20.1	156.2
W	1	9
SO	23	133
ERA	3.98	3.56
FIP	2.76	4.48
WHIP	1.57	1.35
K/9	10.2	7.6
BB/9	4.4	3.5
FIP−	66	107
WAR	0.5	1.3

Career

Totalled over the seasons published here, which is not the same as a whole career: a player who debuted before 2005 begins at 2005, not at his real first game.

Career pitching totals. ERA, WHIP and the per-nine rates are recomputed from the components rather than averaged; FIP needs each season’s own constant and is left to the season table.
Statistic	Mick Abel	Brandon Young
G	15	40
GS	11	40
IP	59.1	214.1
W	4	10
L	6	13
SV	0	0
SO	62	180
BB	26	83
ERA	5.46	4.28
WHIP	1.53	1.40
K/9	9.4	7.6
BB/9	3.9	3.5
HR/9	1.2	1.4
WAR	0.6	1.2

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How these are computed

FIP uses the constant solved from this season’s own runs, and FIP− is park-adjusted against the same league. dbWAR is our own open implementation — not fWAR or bWAR — and the full derivation, including its simplifications, is on the methodology page. To put these two beside a third, the comparison page takes up to four.