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Mick Abel

Age: 25
B/T: R/R
Height: 6' 5"
Weight: 190 lb
Number: #20

Born: August 18, 2001 in Portland, OR, United States
MLB debut: May 18, 2025
Drafted: 2020, round 1
High school: Jesuit

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dbWAR: .6
IP: 20.1
ERA: 3.98
FIP: 2.76
K/9: 10.2
FIP−: 66

Mick Abel is a starting pitcher for the Minnesota Twins. In 2026 he struck out 23 batters over 20.1 innings across 4 appearances, 3 of them starts, going 1-2. His ERA of 3.98 was 4.7% lower than the league average of 4.18 — 6th of 19 on his team, and 259th of 539 among MLB pitchers with 20+ innings. Stripping out defence, his 2.76 FIP suggests he pitched better than his ERA shows. He missed bats on 28.8% of swings (14.3% of every pitch he threw), walked 10.8% of the batters he faced and struck out 24.7%. 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.

FIP2.76

K/910.2

WHIP1.57

WAR.5

WAR by season

Pitching Regular season

Standard and advanced, by season. Regular-season games only.

																				Trend
2026	MIN	4	3	20.1	1	2	0	22	9	23	10	3.98	2.76	1.57	10.2	4.4	95	66	0.5
2025	PHI/MIN	11	8	39.0	3	4	0	43	27	39	16	6.23	5.11	1.51	9.0	3.7	150	123	0.0

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	47	40	12	0	6	11	.300	.404	.400	.359	23.4%
vs RHB	46	40	10	0	4	12	.250	.348	.300	.305	26.1%

Pitch sequencing

What Mick Abel 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	42.9%	153	94.8	2,516	62.1%	33.8%	23	.391	1.039
Changeup	17.6%	63	87.4	1,686	44.4%	31.3%	22	.182	.523
Slider	13.4%	48	87.1	2,405	41.7%	14.3%	14	—	—
Curveball	12.0%	43	80.5	2,667	46.5%	19.0%	11	—	—
Sweeper	10.6%	38	83.5	2,721	36.8%	29.4%	8	—	—
Sinker	3.4%	12	93.7	2,389	41.7%	33.3%	2	—	—

Mick Abel'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.

Andrew AlvarezWSH

ERA: 3.43
FIP: 3.33
SO: 114
WAR: 2.4

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Jonah TongNYM

ERA: 3.82
FIP: 3.30
SO: 34
WAR: 0.6

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Will KleinLAD

ERA: 3.67
FIP: 3.42
SO: 49
WAR: 0.6

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Landen RouppSF

ERA: 4.01
FIP: 3.73
SO: 143
WAR: 2.6

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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.