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Carson Palmquist

Washington Nationals National League East

Age: 26
B/T: L/L
Height: 6' 3"
Weight: 206 lb
Number: #51

Born: October 17, 2000 in Fort Myers, FL, United States
MLB debut: May 16, 2025
Drafted: 2022, round 3
College: Miami
High school: Riverdale

dbWAR: -.8
IP: 16.1
ERA: 7.71
FIP: 4.08
K/9: 8.3
FIP−: 98

Carson Palmquist is a starting pitcher for the Washington Nationals. In 2026 he struck out 15 batters over 16.1 innings across 11 appearances, 6 of them starts, going 0-2. His ERA of 7.71 is 84.6% higher than the league average of 4.18. Stripping out defence, his 4.08 FIP suggests he pitched better than his ERA shows. He missed bats on 22.5% of swings (10.9% of every pitch he threw), walked 10.3% of the batters he faced and struck out 19.2%. His 0.2 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.

FIP4.08

K/98.3

WHIP1.78

WAR.2

WAR by season

Pitching

Standard and advanced, by season.

																				Trend
2026	WSH	11	6	16.1	0	2	0	21	14	15	8	7.71	4.08	1.78	8.3	4.4	185	98	0.2
2025	COL	9	7	34.1	0	4	0	45	34	27	25	8.91	7.80	2.04	7.1	6.6	214	187	-1.0

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	37	30	9	1	4	8	.300	.389	.467	.376	21.6%
vs RHB	41	35	12	0	4	7	.343	.439	.400	.386	17.1%

Pitch sequencing

What Carson Palmquist 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


Sweeper	41.9%	131	73.9	1,993	46.6%	31.0%	31	.226	.544
Sinker	32.6%	102	90.6	2,159	47.1%	7.0%	26	.423	1.038
Four-Seam Fastball	15.7%	49	91.2	2,162	42.9%	22.7%	6	—	—
Cutter	9.9%	31	82.0	1,955	64.5%	26.7%	3	—	—

Carson Palmquist'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.