Players · K · Pitcher · 2026 regular season
Max Kranick
- 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 Regular season, 5 season(s)
- IP
- 18.1
- ERA
- 9.33
- FIP
- 7.03
- K/9
- 5.4
- FIP−
- 168 100 = avg
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 was 123.1% 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 regular season.
WAR by season
Pitching Regular season
Standard and advanced, by season. Regular-season games only.
Batting Regular season
Standard and advanced, by season. Regular-season games only.
| 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.
| 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.
| Four-Seam Fastball | 131 | 95.4 | 2,159 | 38.2% | 12.3% | 26 | .423 | 1.479 | |
| Slider | 98 | 88.5 | 2,006 | 42.9% | 21.2% | 27 | .333 | .787 | |
| Curveball | 82 | 80.4 | 2,200 | 43.9% | 40.5% | 19 | .158 | .421 | |
| Sweeper | 23 | 83.0 | 2,135 | 47.8% | 33.3% | 6 | — | — |
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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.