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Brad Lord

Washington Nationals National League East

Age: 26
B/T: R/R
Height: 6' 3"
Weight: 210 lb
Number: #41

Born: February 14, 2000 in Tallahassee, FL, United States
MLB debut: March 30, 2025
Drafted: 2022, round 18
College: South Florida

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dbWAR: 1.6
IP: 83.1
ERA: 3.78
FIP: 4.29
K/9: 8.3
FIP−: 103

Brad Lord is a relief pitcher for the Washington Nationals. In 2026 he struck out 77 batters over 83.1 innings across 40 appearances, going 5-2. His ERA of 3.78 was 9.6% lower than the league average of 4.18 — 9th of 18 on his team, and 224th of 539 among MLB pitchers with 20+ innings. Stripping out defence, his 4.29 FIP suggests that his ERA had some help behind him. He missed bats on 19.7% of swings (9.8% of every pitch he threw), walked 9.2% of the batters he faced and struck out 21.6%. His 0.6 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.

FIP4.29

K/98.3

WHIP1.22

WAR.6

WAR by season

Pitching Regular season

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

																				Trend
2026	WSH	40	5	83.1	5	2	1	69	35	77	33	3.78	4.29	1.22	8.3	3.6	90	103	0.6
2025	WSH	48	19	130.2	5	10	0	126	63	108	43	4.34	4.23	1.29	7.4	3.0	104	102	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	171	144	35	6	22	41	.243	.359	.410	.343	24.0%
vs RHB	186	167	34	4	11	36	.204	.266	.299	.255	19.4%

Pitch sequencing

What Brad Lord 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	36.9%	542	94.6	2,451	57.2%	23.0%	95	.253	.736
Sinker	24.9%	366	94.3	2,334	53.0%	13.6%	91	.165	.439
Slider	20.1%	295	85.3	2,577	42.7%	22.1%	61	.279	.772
Sweeper	13.3%	195	83.4	2,695	48.7%	22.4%	45	.178	.734
Changeup	4.6%	68	86.2	1,965	27.9%	9.4%	18	.278	.778

Brad Lord'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.

Chad PatrickMIL

ERA: 3.40
FIP: 4.17
SO: 93
WAR: 0.7

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Orlando RibaltaWSH

ERA: 3.77
FIP: 3.92
SO: 42
WAR: 0.4

Very close

AJ BlubaughHOU

ERA: 3.66
FIP: 4.31
SO: 94
WAR: 0.4

Very close

Brooks RaleyNYM

ERA: 3.25
FIP: 3.96
SO: 51
WAR: 0.4

Very close

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.