Nicolaus Mears: Everything you need to know

Nicolaus Mears

#31 RP

Status

15-Day IL - Shoulder - Soreness Expected Return: 2026-06-15

STATS

Preseason
Date	Opp	Result	IP	K	BB	HBP	CG	SHO	H	R	ER
3/24	TEX	L 4-1	1.0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
3/21	COL	W 6-5	0.2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
3/18	TEX	L 12-3	0.1	0	2	0	0	0	4	4	4
3/14	ATH	L 12-1	1.1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
3/12	SD	W 10-1	1.0	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	0
3/9	CLE	L 6-2	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	3	3	3
3/6	LAD	L 6-0	1.0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
3/2	LAA	L 5-4	1.0	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0
2/27	ATH	W 7-6	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	1
Preseason Totals			7.4	8	5	0	0	0	9	8	8

Regular Season
Date	Opp	Result	IP	K	BB	HBP	CG	SHO	H	R	ER
5/27	NYY	L 7-0	0.2	1	2	0	0	0	2	3	3
5/22	SEA	L 2-0	1.0	0	1	0	0	0	1	2	2
5/19	BOS	L 7-1	2.0	2	0	0	0	0	2	1	1
5/15	STL	L 5-4	1.0	1	0	0	0	0	2	0	0
5/10	DET	L 6-3	0.2	1	0	0	0	0	2	2	2
5/8	DET	W 4-3	0.1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
5/7	CLE	L 8-5	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0
5/5	CLE	W 5-3	1.0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
4/26	LAA	W 11-9	1.0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
4/24	LAA	W 6-3	0.1	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0
4/21	BAL	W 6-5	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
4/16	DET	L 10-9	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	1
4/14	DET	L 2-1	1.0	0	1	0	0	0	2	2	2
4/12	CWS	L 6-5	0.2	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
4/7	CLE	L 2-1	1.0	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
4/5	MIL	L 8-5	1.0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0
4/4	MIL	W 8-2	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
4/1	MIN	W 13-9	1.0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
3/30	MIN	W 3-1	1.0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
Regular Season Totals			15.8	13	9	0	0	0	18	11	11

Splits	GS	IP	W	L	ERA	K	BB	HBP	CG	H	R	ER	SVO	S	AVG	HR
Overall	0	19.1	2	3	0.0	15	10	0	0	18	11	11	2	0	0.257	2
Home	0	13.2	1	2	0.0	10	7	0	0	12	8	8	1	0	0.245	2
Away	0	5.2	1	1	0.0	5	3	0	0	6	3	3	1	0	0.286	0
Day	0	6.2	0	0	0.0	5	3	0	0	6	1	1	1	0	0.273	0
Night	0	12.2	2	3	0.0	10	7	0	0	12	10	10	1	0	0.250	2
vs Lefty	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	8	4	0	0	10	6	0	0	0	0.256	1
vs Righty	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	7	6	0	0	8	5	0	0	0	0.258	1
March	0	1.0	0	0	0.0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0.333	0
April	0	10.0	2	1	0.0	8	6	0	0	5	3	3	2	0	0.152	0
May	0	8.1	0	2	0.0	6	4	0	0	12	8	8	0	0	0.353	2
Opponent
vs BAL	0	1.0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.000	0
vs MIN	0	2.0	0	0	0.0	3	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0.167	0
vs DET	0	3.0	0	2	0.0	1	1	0	0	7	5	5	1	0	0.467	1
vs STL	0	1.0	0	0	0.0	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0.500	0
vs LAA	0	1.1	0	0	0.0	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.000	0
vs NYY	0	0.2	0	0	0.0	1	2	0	0	2	3	3	0	0	0.500	0
vs MIL	0	2.0	1	0	0.0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0.167	0
vs BOS	0	2.0	0	0	0.0	2	0	0	0	2	1	1	0	0	0.286	0
vs CLE	0	3.0	0	0	0.0	3	1	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0.200	0
vs SEA	0	1.2	0	1	0.0	0	2	0	0	1	2	2	0	0	0.167	1
vs CWS	0	0.2	0	0	0.0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0.000	0
vs ATH	0	1.0	1	0	0.0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.000	0
Venue
@ Detroit	0	2.0	0	1	0.0	0	1	0	0	4	3	3	1	0	0.444	0
@ Seattle	0	0.2	0	0	0.0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.000	0
@ Athletics	0	1.0	1	0	0.0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.000	0
@ St. Louis	0	1.0	0	0	0.0	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0.500	0
@ Kansas City	0	13.2	1	2	0.0	10	7	0	0	12	8	8	1	0	0.245	2
@ Cleveland	0	1.0	0	0	0.0	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.000	0

Nicolaus Mears: Breaking News

Mears (shoulder) began a throwing progression this week and could progress to a bullpen by the end of the week, MLB.com reports. Mears was placed on the injured list May 29 with a right shoulder impingement, and this marks the first notable update on his status since then. The right-hander appears to be trending in a positive direction, and if his progression remains on track, he likely won't require much more of an extended stay on the injured list. Prior to being sidelined, Mears pitched to a 5.12 ERA, 1.50 WHIP and 15:11 K:BB across 19.1 innings.

The Royals placed Mears on the 15-day injured list Friday with a right shoulder impingement. Mears was tagged for three runs on two hits and two walks with one strikeout across two-thirds of an inning in Wednesday's 7-0 loss to the Yankees and will now miss at least the next couple weeks. On the season, he owns a 5.12 ERA, 1.50 WHIP and 15:11 K:BB across 19.1 innings.

Mears (2-3) was tagged with the loss in relief Friday against the Mariners after allowing two runs on one hit and one walk over one inning. Mears has been struggling of late and has given up runs in three of his last four outings, posting an alarming 9.64 ERA and 1.93 WHIP over 4.2 innings in that stretch. While a four-game sample isn't big enough to draw significant concerns, Mears is clearly trending in the wrong direction after he gave up just three earned runs in his first 16 outings (14.0 innings) this season.