Players · B · Pitcher · 2026
Scott Barlow
- Age
- 34
- B/T
- R/R
- Height
- 6' 3"
- Weight
- 210 lb
- Number
- #58
- Born
- December 18, 1992 in New London, CT, United States
- MLB debut
- April 30, 2018
- Drafted
- 2011, round 6
- High school
- Golden Valley
- Salary, 2026
- $2M
- dbWAR
- 5.8 9 season(s)
- IP
- 33.1
- ERA
- 6.48
- FIP
- 6.43
- K/9
- 7.8
- FIP−
- 154 100 = avg
Scott Barlow is a relief pitcher for the Athletics. In 2026 he struck out 29 batters over 33.1 innings across 36 appearances, going 2-0. His ERA of 6.48 is 55.1% higher than the league average of 4.18 — the second worst on his team, and 509th of 538 among MLB pitchers with 20+ innings. Stripping out defence, his 6.43 FIP suggests the ERA was no fluke. He missed bats on 33.1% of swings (14.1% of every pitch he threw), walked 12.5% of the batters he faced and struck out 19.1%. His -0.6 dbWAR is built from that FIP rather than runs allowed, so it credits him for what he controls and not for the defence behind him.
League context
Percentile among qualified pitchers, 2026.
WAR by season
Pitching
Standard and advanced, by season.
| Trend | ||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | ATH | 36 | 0 | 33.1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 26 | 24 | 29 | 19 | 6.48 | 6.43 | 1.35 | 7.8 | 5.1 | 155 | 154 | -0.6 | |
| 2025 | CIN | 75 | 1 | 68.1 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 50 | 32 | 75 | 45 | 4.21 | 4.70 | 1.39 | 9.9 | 5.9 | 101 | 113 | -0.0 | |
| 2024 | CLE | 63 | 0 | 55.0 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 44 | 26 | 68 | 31 | 4.25 | 4.02 | 1.36 | 11.1 | 5.1 | 104 | 99 | 0.4 | |
| 2023 | KC/SD | 63 | 0 | 68.0 | 2 | 6 | 13 | 61 | 33 | 79 | 34 | 4.37 | 3.42 | 1.40 | 10.5 | 4.5 | 101 | 79 | 1.2 | |
| 2022 | KC | 69 | 0 | 74.1 | 7 | 4 | 24 | 52 | 18 | 77 | 22 | 2.18 | 3.62 | 1.00 | 9.3 | 2.7 | 55 | 91 | 0.8 | |
| 2021 | KC | 71 | 0 | 74.1 | 5 | 3 | 16 | 61 | 20 | 91 | 28 | 2.42 | 2.63 | 1.20 | 11.0 | 3.4 | 57 | 62 | 1.9 | |
| 2020 | KC | 32 | 0 | 30.0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 27 | 14 | 39 | 9 | 4.20 | 3.42 | 1.20 | 11.7 | 2.7 | 94 | 77 | 0.5 | |
| 2019 | KC | 61 | 0 | 70.1 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 64 | 33 | 92 | 37 | 4.22 | 3.41 | 1.44 | 11.8 | 4.7 | 94 | 76 | 1.3 | |
| 2018 | KC | 6 | 0 | 15.0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 16 | 6 | 15 | 3 | 3.60 | 3.49 | 1.27 | 9.0 | 1.8 | 87 | 84 | 0.2 |
Platoon splits
How left- and right-handed hitters fare against him.
| Split | PA | AB | H | HR | BB | SO | AVG | OBP | SLG | wOBA | K% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| vs LHB | 70 | 57 | 12 | 3 | 10 | 14 | .211 | .343 | .404 | .331 | 20.0% |
| vs RHB | 83 | 67 | 14 | 4 | 10 | 15 | .209 | .349 | .463 | .355 | 18.1% |
Pitch sequencing
What Scott Barlow throws in each count, and what he follows each pitch with. Select any cell for the breakdown.
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Pitch arsenal
What he throws, how hard, how often it misses, and what hitters do with it.
| Sweeper | 206 | 79.2 | 2,394 | 43.7% | 32.9% | 35 | .229 | .700 | |
| Curveball | 199 | 76.2 | 2,507 | 46.7% | 44.2% | 52 | .077 | .280 | |
| Sinker | 77 | 89.1 | 2,145 | 32.5% | 17.9% | 15 | .467 | 1.619 | |
| Four-Seam Fastball | 76 | 89.0 | 2,320 | 46.1% | 10.7% | 20 | .350 | 1.419 | |
| Slider | 23 | 82.5 | 2,459 | 21.7% | 16.7% | 3 | — | — |
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wOBA uses linear weights measured from this season's own play-by-play rather than published constants, and wRC+ is park-adjusted against that same league. dbWAR is our own open implementation — not fWAR or bWAR — and the full derivation, including its simplifications, is on the methodology page.