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Nick Mears for Ryan Watson (2026)
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Experts' Pick | ||
| Ryan Watson SP,RP - BOS  | Nick Mears RP - KC  | |
Expert |
100% Recommended by 1 of 1 experts |
0% Recommended by 0 of 1 experts |
| Rankings | ||
| Rest of Season | ‐ | ‐ |
| VBR | # 817 | # 668 |
| Projections | ||
| Strikeouts | 22 | 29 |
| Wins | 1 | 2 |
| Saves | 0 | 0 |
| ERA | 4.43 | 4.37 |
| WHIP | 1.45 | 1.36 |
| Misc | ||
| Injury Alert | - | IL15 |
| Expert Ranks | ||
| Kevin Spinelli KevScores | # 343 | # 380 |
| Ryan Watson SP,RP - BOS | Nick Mears RP - KC | |
| 2026 Stats | ||
| Games Played | 21 | 21 |
| Games Started | 0 | 0 |
| Innings Pitched | 33.2 | 19.1 |
| Wins | 0 | 2 |
| Losses | 0 | 3 |
| Saves | 0 | 0 |
| Blown Saves | 0 | 2 |
| Holds | 1 | 5 |
| Hits Allowed | 35 | 18 |
| Earned Runs | 20 | 11 |
| Home Runs Allowed | 6 | 2 |
| Strikeouts | 29 | 15 |
| Walks | 14 | 11 |
| ERA | 5.35 | 5.12 |
| WHIP | 1.46 | 1.50 |
| Ryan Watson SP,RP - BOS | Nick Mears RP - KC | |
| 2026 Projections | ||
| Games Played | 30 | 33 |
| Games Started | 0 | 0 |
| Innings Pitched | 25.6 | 31.1 |
| Wins | 1 | 2 |
| Losses | 1 | 2 |
| Saves | 0 | 0 |
| Blown Saves | 0 | 0 |
| Holds | 3 | 2 |
| Hits Allowed | 26 | 29 |
| Earned Runs | 13 | 15 |
| Home Runs Allowed | 3 | 4 |
| Strikeouts | 22 | 29 |
| Walks | 10 | 13 |
| ERA | 4.43 | 4.37 |
| WHIP | 1.45 | 1.36 |
| Ryan Watson SP,RP - BOS | Nick Mears RP - KC | |
| News | ||
| The Royals placed Nick Mears on the 15-day injured list. Ari Koslow Fri, May 29th | ||
| Nick Mears and the Kansas City Royals agreed on a one-year deal that will pay the righthander $1.9 million for the 2026 season. David Leisering Mon, Jan 12th | ||
| Notes | ||
| There are no recent notes for these players | ||
| Ryan Watson SP,RP - BOS | Nick Mears RP - KC | |||||
| Date | Opp | Opp Pitcher | VBR | Opp | Opp Pitcher | VBR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fri, Mar 27th | @ ATL | Chris Sale (8-3) | #5 | |||
| Sat, Mar 28th | @ CIN | Brady Singer (2-5) | #143 | @ ATL | Reynaldo Lopez (2-1) | #108 |
| Sun, Mar 29th | @ CIN | Rhett Lowder (3-3) | #206 | @ ATL | Grant Holmes (3-2) | #139 |
| Mon, Mar 30th | @ HOU | Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3) | #208 | vs MIN | Simeon Woods Richardson (0-7) | #222 |
| Wed, Apr 1st | @ HOU | Mike Burrows (3-6) | #121 | vs MIN | Joe Ryan (3-3) | #15 |
| Thu, Apr 2nd | vs MIN | Taj Bradley (5-1) | #74 | |||
| Sat, Apr 4th | vs SD | Randy Vasquez (5-3) | #199 | vs MIL | Logan Henderson (2-1) | #57 |
| Sun, Apr 5th | vs SD | Walker Buehler (3-3) | #220 | vs MIL | Kyle Harrison (6-1) | #63 |
| Mon, Apr 6th | vs MIL | Brandon Woodruff (2-1) | #56 | @ CLE | Tanner Bibee (0-7) | #38 |
| Tue, Apr 7th | vs MIL | Jacob Misiorowski (5-2) | #18 | @ CLE | Gavin Williams (8-3) | #27 |
| Wed, Apr 8th | vs MIL | Shane Drohan (2-1) | #145 | @ CLE | Joey Cantillo (4-2) | #106 |
| Thu, Apr 9th | vs CWS | Anthony Kay (5-1) | #182 | |||
| Fri, Apr 10th | @ STL | Dustin May (3-6) | #85 | vs CWS | Davis Martin (8-1) | #79 |
| Sat, Apr 11th | @ STL | Kyle Leahy (5-3) | #162 | vs CWS | Erick Fedde (0-5) | #373 |
| Sun, Apr 12th | @ STL | Andre Pallante (5-4) | #163 | vs CWS | Grant Taylor (1-0) | #53 |
| Tue, Apr 14th | @ MIN | Mick Abel (1-2) | #209 | @ DET | Framber Valdez (2-4) | #26 |
| Wed, Apr 15th | @ MIN | Simeon Woods Richardson (0-7) | #222 | @ DET | Jack Flaherty (0-7) | #62 |
| Thu, Apr 16th | @ DET | Keider Montero (2-3) | #201 | |||
| Fri, Apr 17th | vs DET | Casey Mize (2-3) | #65 | @ NYY | Cam Schlittler (7-2) | #36 |
| Sat, Apr 18th | vs DET | Tarik Skubal (3-2) | #4 | @ NYY | Will Warren (6-1) | #60 |
| Sun, Apr 19th | vs DET | Framber Valdez (2-4) | #26 | @ NYY | Ryan Weathers (2-3) | #66 |
| Mon, Apr 20th | vs DET | Jack Flaherty (0-7) | #62 | vs BAL | Kyle Bradish (2-6) | #43 |
| Tue, Apr 21st | vs NYY | Luis Gil (1-2) | #249 | vs BAL | Shane Baz (2-5) | #84 |
| Wed, Apr 22nd | vs NYY | Max Fried (4-3) | #33 | vs BAL | Chris Bassitt (4-3) | #125 |
| Fri, Apr 24th | @ BAL | Brandon Young (3-1) | #194 | vs LAA | Yusei Kikuchi (0-3) | #155 |
| Sat, Apr 25th | @ BAL | Trevor Rogers (2-6) | #94 | vs LAA | Walbert Urena (2-4) | #421 |
| Sun, Apr 26th | @ BAL | Kyle Bradish (2-6) | #43 | vs LAA | Reid Detmers (2-5) | #41 |
| Tue, Apr 28th | @ TOR | Trey Yesavage (2-2) | #48 | @ ATH | Aaron Civale (5-2) | #219 |
| Wed, Apr 29th | @ TOR | Eric Lauer (2-5) | #264 | @ ATH | Luis Severino (2-6) | #146 |
| Thu, Apr 30th | @ ATH | Jeffrey Springs (3-6) | #111 | |||
| Fri, May 1st | vs HOU | Mike Burrows (3-6) | #121 | @ SEA | Bryan Woo (5-3) | #6 |
| Sat, May 2nd | vs HOU | Spencer Arrighetti (7-1) | #126 | @ SEA | Emerson Hancock (4-2) | #91 |
| Sun, May 3rd | vs HOU | Cody Bolton (0-1) | #396 | @ SEA | Luis Castillo (1-5) | #46 |
| Mon, May 4th | @ DET | Tyler Holton (0-4) | #147 | vs CLE | Tanner Bibee (0-7) | #38 |
| Tue, May 5th | @ DET | Framber Valdez (2-4) | #26 | vs CLE | Gavin Williams (8-3) | #27 |
| Wed, May 6th | @ DET | Jack Flaherty (0-7) | #62 | vs CLE | Joey Cantillo (4-2) | #106 |
| Thu, May 7th | vs TB | Griffin Jax (1-3) | #59 | vs CLE | Slade Cecconi (3-5) | #105 |
| Fri, May 8th | vs TB | Jesse Scholtens (5-3) | #283 | vs DET | Keider Montero (2-3) | #201 |
| Sat, May 9th | vs DET | Burch Smith | ||||
| Sun, May 10th | vs TB | Nick Martinez (5-1) | #81 | vs DET | Brenan Hanifee | |
| Tue, May 12th | vs PHI | Zack Wheeler (4-1) | #7 | @ CWS | Erick Fedde (0-5) | #373 |
| Wed, May 13th | vs PHI | Andrew Painter (1-5) | #170 | @ CWS | Noah Schultz (2-4) | #221 |
| Thu, May 14th | vs PHI | Jesus Luzardo (4-4) | #10 | @ CWS | Anthony Kay (5-1) | #182 |
| Fri, May 15th | @ ATL | Spencer Strider (3-0) | #31 | @ STL | Dustin May (3-6) | #85 |
| Sat, May 16th | @ ATL | Bryce Elder (4-3) | #113 | @ STL | Kyle Leahy (5-3) | #162 |
| Sun, May 17th | @ ATL | Grant Holmes (3-2) | #139 | @ STL | Andre Pallante (5-4) | #163 |
| Mon, May 18th | @ KC | Seth Lugo (2-4) | #104 | vs BOS | Sonny Gray (6-1) | #30 |
| Tue, May 19th | @ KC | Bailey Falter (0-2) | #311 | vs BOS | Ranger Suarez (2-3) | #32 |
| Wed, May 20th | @ KC | Michael Wacha (4-2) | #78 | vs BOS | Connelly Early (5-2) | #97 |
| Fri, May 22nd | vs MIN | Connor Prielipp (1-3) | #124 | vs SEA | Logan Gilbert (3-4) | #11 |
| Sat, May 23rd | vs MIN | Taj Bradley (5-1) | #74 | vs SEA | George Kirby (5-4) | #14 |
| Sun, May 24th | vs MIN | Bailey Ober (6-3) | #72 | vs SEA | Bryan Woo (5-3) | #6 |
| Mon, May 25th | vs NYY | Will Warren (6-1) | #60 | |||
| Tue, May 26th | vs ATL | Spencer Strider (3-0) | #31 | vs NYY | Cam Schlittler (7-2) | #36 |
| Wed, May 27th | vs ATL | Bryce Elder (4-3) | #113 | vs NYY | Gerrit Cole (1-0) | #23 |
| Fri, May 29th | @ CLE | Slade Cecconi (3-5) | #105 | @ TEX | MacKenzie Gore (4-4) | #50 |
| Sat, May 30th | @ CLE | Parker Messick (6-1) | #51 | @ TEX | Kumar Rocker (2-5) | #103 |
| Sun, May 31st | @ CLE | Tanner Bibee (0-7) | #38 | @ TEX | Jack Leiter (2-4) | #76 |
| Mon, Jun 1st | @ CIN | Chase Burns (7-1) | #25 | |||
| Tue, Jun 2nd | vs BAL | Shane Baz (2-5) | #84 | @ CIN | Andrew Abbott (4-3) | #99 |
| Wed, Jun 3rd | vs BAL | Chris Bassitt (4-3) | #125 | @ CIN | Chris Paddack (0-7) | #324 |
| Thu, Jun 4th | vs BAL | Trevor Rogers (2-6) | #94 | @ MIN | Bailey Ober (6-3) | #72 |
| Fri, Jun 5th | @ NYY | Ryan Weathers (2-3) | #66 | @ MIN | Zebby Matthews (1-2) | #82 |
| Sat, Jun 6th | @ NYY | Will Warren (6-1) | #60 | @ MIN | Joe Ryan (3-3) | #15 |
| Sun, Jun 7th | @ NYY | Cam Schlittler (7-2) | #36 | @ MIN | Connor Prielipp (1-3) | #124 |
| Tue, Jun 9th | @ TB | Nick Martinez (5-1) | #81 | vs TEX | Nathan Eovaldi (5-6) | #20 |
| Wed, Jun 10th | @ TB | vs TEX | ||||
| Thu, Jun 11th | vs TEX | |||||
| Fri, Jun 12th | vs TEX | vs HOU | ||||
| Sat, Jun 13th | vs TEX | vs HOU | ||||
| Sun, Jun 14th | vs TEX | vs HOU | ||||
| Mon, Jun 15th | @ WSH | |||||
| Tue, Jun 16th | vs TOR | @ WSH | ||||
| Wed, Jun 17th | vs TOR | @ WSH | ||||
| Thu, Jun 18th | vs TOR | vs STL | ||||
| Fri, Jun 19th | @ SEA | vs STL | ||||
| Sun, Jun 21st | @ SEA | vs STL | ||||
| Mon, Jun 22nd | @ COL | @ TB | ||||
| Tue, Jun 23rd | @ COL | @ TB | ||||
| Wed, Jun 24th | @ COL | @ TB | ||||
| Thu, Jun 25th | vs NYY | @ TB | ||||
| Fri, Jun 26th | vs NYY | @ CWS | ||||
| Sat, Jun 27th | vs NYY | @ CWS | ||||
| Sun, Jun 28th | vs NYY | @ CWS | ||||
| Tue, Jun 30th | vs WSH | vs TB | ||||
| Wed, Jul 1st | vs WSH | vs TB | ||||
| Thu, Jul 2nd | vs TB | |||||
| Sat, Jul 4th | @ LAA | vs PHI | ||||
| Sun, Jul 5th | @ LAA | vs PHI | ||||
| Mon, Jul 6th | vs PHI | |||||
| Tue, Jul 7th | @ CWS | @ NYM | ||||
| Wed, Jul 8th | @ CWS | @ NYM | ||||
| Thu, Jul 9th | @ CWS | @ NYM | ||||
| Fri, Jul 10th | @ NYM | @ BAL | ||||
| Sat, Jul 11th | @ NYM | @ BAL | ||||
| Sun, Jul 12th | @ NYM | @ BAL | ||||
| Fri, Jul 17th | vs TB | vs SD | ||||
| Sat, Jul 18th | vs TB | vs SD | ||||
| Sun, Jul 19th | vs TB | vs SD | ||||
| Mon, Jul 20th | vs BAL | vs SF | ||||
| Tue, Jul 21st | vs BAL | vs SF | ||||
| Wed, Jul 22nd | vs BAL | vs SF | ||||
| Thu, Jul 23rd | @ DET | |||||
| Fri, Jul 24th | vs TOR | @ DET | ||||
| Sat, Jul 25th | vs TOR | @ DET | ||||
| Sun, Jul 26th | vs TOR | @ DET | ||||
| Tue, Jul 28th | @ ATH | @ MIN | ||||
| Wed, Jul 29th | @ ATH | @ MIN | ||||
| Thu, Jul 30th | @ ATH | @ MIN | ||||
| Fri, Jul 31st | @ LAD | @ COL | ||||
| Sat, Aug 1st | @ LAD | @ COL | ||||
| Sun, Aug 2nd | @ LAD | @ COL | ||||
| Tue, Aug 4th | vs CWS | vs MIN | ||||
| Wed, Aug 5th | vs CWS | vs MIN | ||||
| Thu, Aug 6th | vs CWS | vs MIN | ||||
| Fri, Aug 7th | vs ATH | vs CHC | ||||
| Sat, Aug 8th | vs ATH | vs CHC | ||||
| Sun, Aug 9th | vs ATH | vs CHC | ||||
| Mon, Aug 10th | @ TOR | @ LAD | ||||
| Tue, Aug 11th | @ TOR | @ LAD | ||||
| Wed, Aug 12th | @ TOR | @ LAD | ||||
| Fri, Aug 14th | @ PIT | @ LAA | ||||
| Sat, Aug 15th | @ PIT | @ LAA | ||||
| Sun, Aug 16th | @ PIT | @ LAA | ||||
| Mon, Aug 17th | vs ARI | vs ATH | ||||
| Tue, Aug 18th | vs ARI | vs ATH | ||||
| Wed, Aug 19th | vs ARI | vs ATH | ||||
| Thu, Aug 20th | vs ATH | |||||
| Fri, Aug 21st | vs SF | vs DET | ||||
| Sat, Aug 22nd | vs SF | vs DET | ||||
| Sun, Aug 23rd | vs SF | vs DET | ||||
| Tue, Aug 25th | @ MIA | @ TOR | ||||
| Wed, Aug 26th | @ MIA | @ TOR | ||||
| Thu, Aug 27th | @ TOR | |||||
| Fri, Aug 28th | @ NYY | @ CLE | ||||
| Sat, Aug 29th | @ NYY | @ CLE | ||||
| Sun, Aug 30th | @ NYY | @ CLE | ||||
| Tue, Sep 1st | vs SEA | vs MIA | ||||
| Wed, Sep 2nd | vs SEA | vs MIA | ||||
| Thu, Sep 3rd | @ BAL | vs MIA | ||||
| Fri, Sep 4th | @ BAL | vs TOR | ||||
| Sat, Sep 5th | @ BAL | vs TOR | ||||
| Sun, Sep 6th | @ BAL | vs TOR | ||||
| Mon, Sep 7th | vs LAA | vs ARI | ||||
| Tue, Sep 8th | vs LAA | vs ARI | ||||
| Wed, Sep 9th | vs LAA | vs ARI | ||||
| Fri, Sep 11th | vs KC | @ BOS | ||||
| Sat, Sep 12th | vs KC | @ BOS | ||||
| Sun, Sep 13th | vs KC | @ BOS | ||||
| Tue, Sep 15th | @ TEX | @ HOU | ||||
| Wed, Sep 16th | @ TEX | @ HOU | ||||
| Thu, Sep 17th | @ TEX | @ HOU | ||||
| Fri, Sep 18th | @ TB | @ PIT | ||||
| Sat, Sep 19th | @ TB | @ PIT | ||||
| Sun, Sep 20th | @ TB | @ PIT | ||||
| Tue, Sep 22nd | vs CLE | vs CWS | ||||
| Wed, Sep 23rd | vs CLE | vs CWS | ||||
| Thu, Sep 24th | vs CLE | vs CWS | ||||
| Fri, Sep 25th | vs CHC | vs CLE | ||||
| Sat, Sep 26th | vs CHC | vs CLE | ||||
| Sun, Sep 27th | vs CHC | vs CLE | ||||
| Thu, Mar 26th | @ CIN | Andrew Abbott (4-3) | #99 | |||
| Tue, Mar 31st | @ HOU | Hunter Brown (1-0) | #17 | |||
| Fri, Apr 3rd | vs SD | Michael King (4-4) | #35 | |||
| Mon, Apr 13th | @ MIN | Bailey Ober (6-3) | #72 | |||
| Thu, Apr 23rd | vs NYY | Cam Schlittler (7-2) | #36 | |||
| Mon, Apr 27th | @ TOR | Dylan Cease (3-3) | #16 | |||
| Thu, May 28th | vs ATL | Chris Sale (8-3) | #5 | |||
| Mon, Jun 8th | @ TB | Steven Matz (4-2) | #98 | |||
| Sat, Jun 20th | @ SEA | |||||
| Mon, Jun 29th | vs WSH | |||||
| Fri, Jul 3rd | @ LAA | |||||
| Mon, Jul 27th | @ ATH | |||||
| Thu, Aug 13th | @ TOR | |||||
| Mon, Aug 24th | @ MIA | |||||
| Mon, Aug 31st | vs SEA | |||||
