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Pitcher · 2026

Scott Barlow

Age
34
B/T
R/R
Height
6' 3"
Weight
210 lb
Number
#58
Born
December 18, 1992 in New London, CT, USA
MLB debut
April 30, 2018
Drafted
2011, round 6
High school
Golden Valley
Salary, 2026
$2M
dbWAR
-.4
3 season(s)
IP
33.1
ERA
6.48
FIP
6.42
K/9
7.8
FIP−
154
100 = avg

Scott Barlow is a relief pitcher for the Athletics. In 2026 he struck out 29 batters over 33.1 innings across 36 appearances, going 2-0. His ERA of 6.48 was 55.2% higher than the league average of 4.18 — the second worst on his team, and 437th of 467 among MLB pitchers with 20+ innings. Stripping out defence, his 6.42 FIP suggests the ERA was no fluke. He missed bats on 33.1% of swings (14.1% of every pitch he threw), walked 12.5% of the batters he faced and struck out 19.1%. His -0.7 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.

FIP6.42
K/97.8
WHIP1.35
WAR-.7

Platoon splits

How left- and right-handed hitters fare against him.

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.
SplitPAABHHRBBSOAVGOBPSLGwOBAK%
vs LHB70571231014.211.343.404.33120.0%
vs RHB83671441015.209.349.463.35418.1%

Pitch sequencing

What Scott Barlow throws in each count, and what he follows each pitch with. Select any cell for the breakdown.

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SweeperCurveballSinkerFour-seamSlider

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Pitch arsenal

What he throws, how hard, and how often it misses in 2026.

Sweeper35.3%20679.22,39443.7%32.9%
Curveball34.1%19976.22,50746.7%44.2%
Sinker13.2%7789.12,14532.5%17.9%
Four-Seam Fastball13.0%7689.02,32046.1%10.7%
Slider3.9%2382.52,45921.7%16.7%
Scott Barlow'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.

Pitching

Standard and advanced, by season.

Trend
202636033.1202262429196.486.421.357.85.1155154-0.7
202575168.1631503275454.214.701.399.95.9101113-0.1
202463055.0332442668314.254.021.3611.15.1104990.3

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Nearest 2026 seasons by command, run prevention and role, on rate statistics rather than totals.

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.