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Max Kranick

Washington Nationals National League East

Age: 29
B/T: R/R
Height: 6' 3"
Weight: 220 lb
Number: #35

Born: July 21, 1997 in Scranton, PA, United States
MLB debut: June 27, 2021
Drafted: 2016, round 11
High school: Valley View

dbWAR: .1
IP: 18.1
ERA: 9.33
FIP: 7.03
K/9: 5.4
FIP−: 168

Max Kranick is a relief pitcher for the Washington Nationals. In 2026 he struck out 11 batters over 18.1 innings across 17 appearances, going 0-1. His ERA of 9.33 is 123.2% higher than the league average of 4.18. Stripping out defence, his 7.03 FIP suggests he pitched better than his ERA shows. He missed bats on 23.3% of swings (11.2% of every pitch he threw), walked 13.8% of the batters he faced and struck out 11.7%. His -0.5 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.

FIP7.03

K/95.4

WHIP2.18

WAR-.5

WAR by season

Pitching

Standard and advanced, by season.


2026	WSH	17	0	18.1	0	1	27	19	11	13	9.33	7.03	2.18	5.4	6.4	223	168	-0.5
2025	NYM	24	0	37.0	3	2	34	15	25	5	3.65	3.95	1.05	6.1	1.2	88	95	0.3
2022	PIT	2	0	5.0	0	0	3	0	4	3	0.00	3.31	1.20	7.2	5.4	0	83	0.1
2021	PIT	9	9	38.2	2	3	47	27	32	19	6.28	4.64	1.71	7.4	4.4	147	109	0.3

Batting

Standard and advanced, by season.

																					Trend
2021	PIT	8	14	0	0	0	0	0	5	.000	.000	.000	.000	.000	0.0%	35.7%	.000	-3.7	-120	-0.2	—

Platoon splits

How left- and right-handed hitters fare against him.

Season

Opponent batting by the side the hitter bats from, 2026. Counted from play-by-play, so totals can differ from the box-score season line by a plate appearance or two.
Split	PA	AB	H	HR	BB	SO	AVG	OBP	SLG	wOBA	K%
vs LHB	50	42	11	1	6	8	.262	.367	.405	.350	16.0%
vs RHB	44	37	16	3	7	3	.432	.523	.838	.567	6.8%

Pitch sequencing

What Max Kranick 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.

Season


Four-Seam Fastball	38.5%	131	95.4	2,159	38.2%	12.3%	26	.423	1.479
Slider	28.8%	98	88.5	2,006	42.9%	21.2%	27	.333	.787
Curveball	24.1%	82	80.4	2,200	43.9%	40.5%	19	.158	.421
Sweeper	6.8%	23	83.0	2,135	47.8%	33.3%	6	—	—

Max Kranick's arsenal by usage. Velocity is average release speed in mph, spin in rpm, and whiff rate is misses per swing — the cleanest single measure of whether a pitch beats hitters. BAA and OPS are what hitters did against each pitch, credited to the one that ended the plate appearance, and are left blank under 15 at-bats.

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How these are computed

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.