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Nolan McLean

Age: 25
B/T: R/R
Height: 6' 2"
Weight: 214 lb
Number: #26

Born: July 24, 2001 in Willow Spring, NC, United States
MLB debut: August 16, 2025
Drafted: 2022, round 3
College: Oklahoma State
High school: Garner

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dbWAR: 4.6
IP: 179.2
ERA: 3.16
FIP: 3.59
K/9: 9.7
FIP−: 86

Nolan McLean is a starting pitcher for the New York Mets. In 2026 he struck out 194 batters over 179.2 innings across 31 appearances, 31 of them starts, going 12-10. His ERA of 3.16 was 24.5% lower than the league average of 4.18 — 5th of 22 on his team, and 117th of 539 among MLB pitchers with 20+ innings. Stripping out defence, his 3.59 FIP suggests that his ERA had some help behind him. He missed bats on 23.6% of swings (10.5% of every pitch he threw), walked 9.4% of the batters he faced and struck out 26.0%. His 3.4 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.

FIP3.59

K/99.7

WHIP1.17

WAR3.4

WAR by season

Pitching Regular season

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

																				Trend
2026	NYM	31	31	179.2	12	10	0	140	63	194	70	3.16	3.59	1.17	9.7	3.5	75	86	3.4
2025	NYM	8	8	48.0	5	1	0	34	11	57	16	2.06	2.97	1.04	10.7	3.0	50	71	1.2

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	455	397	98	13	43	119	.247	.332	.388	.324	26.2%
vs RHB	292	256	42	4	27	75	.164	.259	.242	.238	25.7%

Pitch sequencing

What Nolan McLean 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


Sinker	34.7%	1,012	95.0	2,227	48.0%	12.1%	278	.191	.531
Four-Seam Fastball	19.4%	564	96.0	2,345	51.1%	27.2%	100	.230	.796
Curveball	14.4%	420	82.0	3,370	45.7%	37.8%	115	.130	.368
Sweeper	11.6%	338	84.9	3,009	42.3%	27.2%	43	.349	1.029
Cutter	10.5%	306	92.1	2,545	48.0%	24.8%	65	.338	.973
Changeup	6.2%	181	88.2	1,295	39.8%	26.6%	42	.262	.716
Slider	3.1%	89	86.2	2,963	44.9%	40.0%	11	—	—

Nolan McLean'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.