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Mason Barnett

Age
26
B/T
R/R
Height
6' 0"
Weight
218 lb
Number
#63
Born
November 7, 2000 in Kennesaw, GA, United States
MLB debut
August 30, 2025
Drafted
2022, round 3
College
Auburn
High school
Cartersville
dbWAR
-.8
2 season(s)
IP
50.0
ERA
7.02
FIP
6.66
K/9
9.0
FIP−
159
100 = avg

Mason Barnett is a relief pitcher for the Athletics. In 2026 he struck out 50 batters over 50.0 innings across 20 appearances, going 1-4. His ERA of 7.02 is 68.0% higher than the league average of 4.18 — the worst on his team, and 525th of 538 among MLB pitchers with 20+ innings. Stripping out defence, his 6.66 FIP suggests he pitched better than his ERA shows. He missed bats on 22.3% of swings (9.7% of every pitch he threw), walked 13.1% of the batters he faced and struck out 21.8%. His -0.9 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.

FIP6.66
K/99.0
WHIP1.66
WAR-.9

WAR by season

0.1-0.4-0.92526

Pitching

Standard and advanced, by season.

Trend
2026ATH20650.0142533950307.026.661.669.05.4168159-0.9
2025ATH5522.1110261718116.854.881.667.34.41651170.1

Platoon splits

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

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.
SplitPAABHHRBBSOAVGOBPSLGwOBAK%
vs LHB1201013061818.297.400.535.40415.0%
vs RHB109952381232.242.339.516.37229.4%

Pitch sequencing

What Mason Barnett 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 Fastball49.2%44794.92,22942.1%19.8%98.276.920
Slider17.8%16287.32,50353.7%26.3%29.241.767
Sweeper15.2%13883.62,68546.4%24.6%34.235.765
Curveball10.2%9379.02,69738.7%13.5%21.3331.036
Changeup7.6%6985.399229.0%36.0%15.267.933
Mason Barnett'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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Similar players

Nearest 2026 seasons by command, run prevention and role, on rate statistics rather than totals.

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.