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Zak Kent

Washington Nationals National League East

Age: 28
B/T: R/R
Height: 6' 3"
Weight: 208 lb
Number: #57

Born: February 24, 1998 in Henrico, VA, United States
MLB debut: April 23, 2025
Drafted: 2019, round 9
College: Virginia Military Institute

dbWAR: .1
IP: 16.1
ERA: 5.51
FIP: 5.49
K/9: 6.6
FIP−: 131

Zak Kent is a relief pitcher for the Washington Nationals. In 2026 he struck out 12 batters over 16.1 innings across 11 appearances, going 0-0. His ERA of 5.51 is 31.9% higher than the league average of 4.18. Stripping out defence, his 5.49 FIP suggests the ERA was no fluke. He missed bats on 21.1% of swings (10.2% of every pitch he threw), walked 10.4% of the batters he faced and struck out 15.6%. His -0.1 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.

FIP5.49

K/96.6

WHIP1.65

WAR-.1

WAR by season

Pitching

Standard and advanced, by season.

																				Trend
2026	WSH/MIN	11	0	16.1	0	0	0	19	10	12	8	5.51	5.49	1.65	6.6	4.4	132	131	-0.1
2025	CLE	12	0	17.2	1	0	0	17	9	16	8	4.58	3.59	1.42	8.2	4.1	110	86	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	39	36	10	2	3	7	.278	.333	.528	.371	17.9%
vs RHB	38	32	9	1	5	5	.281	.368	.563	.394	13.2%

Pitch sequencing

What Zak Kent 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	40.5%	119	92.8	2,675	42.9%	12.5%	36	.222	.735
Slider	39.5%	116	87.5	2,755	46.6%	28.8%	20	.350	1.162
Curveball	17.7%	52	82.2	2,817	50.0%	30.4%	11	—	—

Zak Kent'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.