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Max Kranick

Nationals
Number #35
Position RP
Bats R
Throws R
Age 29
Height 6' 3"
Weight 220 lbs
Birth Place Scranton, PA
Born Jul 21, 1997

Key Insights

2026
He saves one pitch for one side of the plate

Kranick throws the curveball 39.7% of the time against left-handers and 4.6% against right-handers.

151 pitches to right-handers, 189 to left-handers.
One pitch of his moves in a way hitters rarely see

Kranick's 4-seam fastball carries 15.1 inches of ride against a spinless ball, the biggest vertical move in his arsenal.

131 thrown, averaging 95.4 mph.
This is the pitch he goes to when he needs the out

With two strikes Kranick goes to the sweeper: 16.1% of his two-strike pitches, against 4% the rest of the time.

87 two-strike pitches in 2026.
The angle he throws from is unusual, and hitters notice

Kranick releases the ball from a low three-quarters slot, about 31 degrees above horizontal and 2.2 feet to the third-base side of the rubber.

340 tracked release points, averaging 5.7 feet off the ground.
The gap between his pitches is what makes them work

15.0 mph separates Kranick's 4-seam fastball from his curveball, 95.4 against 80.4.

131 and 82 of them respectively.
He lives on one side of the plate

Kranick works in on right-handers: his average pitch lands 3.0 inches to that side of the middle of the plate.

340 located pitches in 2026.

Movement Profile (Induced Break)

Catcher's Perspective • Pitch movement relative to a spinless ball

Player Bio Data
DOB Jul 21, 1997
Birth Place Scranton, PA
Height 6' 3"
Weight 220 lbs LBS
Bats/Throws R/R