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Zach Maxwell

Age: 25
B/T: R/R
Height: 6' 6"
Weight: 275 lb
Number: #78

Born: January 26, 2001 in Nashville, TN, United States
MLB debut: August 23, 2025
Drafted: 2019, round 30
College: Georgia Tech
High school: North Paulding

dbWAR: -.4
IP: 13.0
ERA: 8.31
FIP: 6.56
K/9: 8.3
FIP−: 157

Zach Maxwell is a relief pitcher for the Cincinnati Reds. In 2026 he struck out 12 batters over 13.0 innings across 12 appearances, going 0-1. His ERA of 8.31 is 98.8% higher than the league average of 4.18. Stripping out defence, his 6.56 FIP suggests he pitched better than his ERA shows. He missed bats on 16.4% of swings (7.2% of every pitch he threw), walked 14.9% of the batters he faced and struck out 17.9%. His -0.3 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.

FIP6.56

K/98.3

WHIP2.15

WAR-.3

WAR by season

Pitching

Standard and advanced, by season.

																				Trend
2026	CIN	12	0	13.0	0	1	1	18	12	12	10	8.31	6.56	2.15	8.3	6.9	199	157	-0.3
2025	CIN	8	0	10.0	0	0	0	10	5	13	4	4.50	5.64	1.40	11.7	3.6	108	136	-0.1

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	32	27	8	0	5	8	.296	.406	.370	.359	25.0%
vs RHB	35	29	10	3	5	4	.345	.429	.655	.456	11.4%

Pitch sequencing

What Zach Maxwell 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	58.4%	171	98.8	2,460	52.0%	12.7%	36	.389	1.047
Sweeper	21.5%	63	86.5	2,684	39.7%	25.0%	11	—	—
Cutter	19.5%	57	92.7	2,215	36.8%	21.1%	7	—	—

Zach Maxwell'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.