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The big number is his career NUT, his total production against league average, with its letter grade. This season's NUT sits just below it, followed by his season and career lines, recent form over 7, 14 and 30 days, game logs, and percentile ranks against every qualified player. NUT is built on the advanced hitting and pitching stats analysts trust, with defense left out, so the number reflects what the player controls.

Michael Pineda 2026 Season · DET

Michael Pineda is a free agent pitcher. His career NUT is +3.9, #611 of 7,125 pitchers since 1876, and his best season by NUT was 2015 (+1.2). NUT is one number for production against league average: 0.0 is average, and every season is graded against its own league.

Career: 64-61, 4.06 ERA, 966 K in 1008.2 IP.

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Michael Pineda Career Stats & NUT | Baseball NUT

Michael Pineda

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+3.9Career NUT

+4.1 to Great

Career

4.06ERA1.20WHIP64W966K1008.2IP

Career · season grades

R/R · 6' 7", 280 lb · b. Jan 18, 1989 · Yaguate, Dominican Republic · Signed International FA, 2011

Player Overview

Year by Year


2011	22	SEA	+1.0	9	10	3.74	28	28	0	696	171.0	133	71	55	5	173	1.10
2014	25	NYY	+1.0	5	5	1.89	13	13	0	290	76.1	56	16	7	0	59	0.83
2015	26	NYY	+1.2	12	10	4.37	27	27	1	668	160.2	176	78	21	3	156	1.23
2016	27	NYY	+0.8	6	12	4.82	32	32	0	756	175.2	184	94	53	6	207	1.35
2017	28	NYY	-0.3	8	4	4.39	17	17	0	410	96.1	103	47	21	2	92	1.29
2019	30	MIN	+0.8	11	5	4.01	26	26	0	600	146.0	141	65	28	5	140	1.16
2020	31	MIN	+0.6	2	0	3.38	5	5	0	111	26.2	25	10	7	1	25	1.20
2021	32	MIN	+0.1	9	8	3.62	22	21	0	458	109.1	114	44	21	2	88	1.23
2022	33	DET	-1.2	2	7	5.79	11	11	0	200	46.2	58	30	8	0	26	1.41
Career	—	9 yrs	+3.9	64	61	4.06	181	180	1	4189	1008.2	990	455	221	24	966	1.20

Stat definitions →

NUT Breakdown

K Ability

HR Prevention

Walk Avoidance

What's driving Pineda's career NUT of +3.9

Slice size = share of total NUT. K Ability = Strikeouts · HR Prevention = HR allowed · Walk Avoidance = BB + HBP.

Career NUT Trend

1.2

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NUT by Season

+1.0

+1.2

+0.8

-0.3

+0.8

+0.6

+0.1

-1.2

Awards

2011AL Rookie of the Month · AL All-Star · Baseball America Major League All-Rookie Team

2015AL Player of the Week

Minor League

Year	Age	Lv	W	L	ERA	G	GS	CG	SHO	BF	IP	H	ER	BB	HBP	SO	WHIP
2008	19	A	8	6	1.95	26	21	1	1	551	138.1	109	30	35	5	128	1.04
2009	20	A+	4	2	2.84	10	8	0	0	168	44.1	29	14	6	6	48	0.79
2010	21	AA	8	1	2.22	13	13	0	0	316	77.0	67	19	17	4	78	1.09
2010	21	AAA	3	3	4.76	12	12	0	0	260	62.1	54	33	17	3	76	1.14
2013	24	A+	0	0	1.08	2	2	0	0	36	8.1	7	1	2	0	7	1.08
2013	24	AA	1	0	4.00	2	2	0	0	40	9.0	6	4	6	1	8	1.33
2013	24	AAA	1	1	3.86	6	6	0	0	96	23.1	18	10	6	2	26	1.03
2014	25	AAA	0	1	1.17	2	2	0	0	33	7.2	9	1	1	0	11	1.30
2015	26	AA	0	1	6.00	1	1	0	0	12	3.0	4	2	0	0	0	1.33
2015	26	AAA	0	0	1.93	1	1	0	0	18	4.2	3	1	0	1	3	0.64
2018	29	A+	0	0	1.50	2	2	0	0	24	6.0	7	1	0	0	4	1.17
2018	29	AAA	1	0	2.25	1	0	0	0	14	4.0	2	1	2	0	2	1.00
2021	32	AAA	0	1	9.00	1	1	0	0	20	4.0	4	4	3	0	1	1.75
2022	33	AAA	1	2	4.68	7	6	0	0	106	25.0	30	13	5	0	21	1.40

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