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Drew VerHagen PTigers

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2019 Projections (Preseason PECOTA - seasonal age 28)

IP	ERA	WHIP	SO	W	L	SV	WARP
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Birth Date	10-22-1990
Height	6' 6"
Weight	230 lbs

Age	33 years, 6 months, 4 days
Bats	R
Throws	R

: -0.62015
: -0.12016
: 0.12017
: 0.82018
: 0.12019
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MLB Statistics

Historical (past-seasons) WARP is now based on DRA..
cFIP and DRA are not available on a by-team basis and display as zeroes(0). See TOT line for season totals of these stats.
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YEAR	Team	Lg	G	GS	IP	W	L	H	BB	SO	HR	PPF	H/9	BB/9	HR/9	K/9	GB%	BABIP	WHIP	FIP	ERA	cFIP	DRA	DRA-	WARP
2014	DET	MLB	1	1	5.0	0	1	5	3	4	0	112	9.0	5.4	0.0	7.2	0%	.385	1.60	3.36	5.40	126	6.51	159.7	-0.1
2015	DET	MLB	20	0	26.3	2	0	18	14	13	1	107	6.2	4.8	0.3	4.4	0%	.221	1.22	4.31	2.05	114	6.58	153.6	-0.6
2016	DET	MLB	19	0	19.0	1	0	28	7	10	3	106	13.3	3.3	1.4	4.7	60%	.362	1.84	5.36	7.11	99	5.55	122.7	-0.1
2017	DET	MLB	24	2	34.3	0	3	42	9	25	10	110	11.0	2.4	2.6	6.6	51%	.317	1.49	6.26	5.77	105	4.95	105.5	0.1
2018	DET	MLB	41	1	56.3	3	3	46	19	53	6	102	7.3	3.0	1.0	8.5	47%	.263	1.15	3.87	4.63	96	3.79	84.8	0.8
2019	DET	MLB	22	4	58.0	4	3	70	23	51	9	100	10.9	3.6	1.4	7.9	52%	.357	1.60	4.90	5.90	102	5.80	119.0	-0.2
Career		MLB	127	8	199.0	10	10	209	75	156	29	104	9.5	3.4	1.3	7.1	51%	.322	1.43	4.77	5.11	103	5.18	112.9	-0.1

Statistics for All Levels

'opp' stats - Quality of opponents faced - have been moved and are available only as OPP_QUAL in the Statistics reports now.
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YEAR	Team	Lg	LG	G	GS	IP	W	L	SV	H	BB	SO	HR	PPF	H/9	BB/9	HR/9	K/9	GB%	BABIP	WHIP	FIP	ERA	cFIP	DRA	DRA-
2012	LAK	A+	FSL	8	6	27.0	0	3	0	20	14	17	0	105	6.7	4.7	0.0	5.7	0%	.244	1.26	4.02	3.67	111	3.42	71.3
2012	TGR	Rk	GCL	2	0	4.0	0	0	0	5	0	2	0		11.3	0.0	0.0	4.5	0%	.357	1.25	2.43	2.25	96	4.62	96.1
2013	LAK	A+	FSL	12	11	67.3	5	3	0	49	27	35	1	98	6.5	3.6	0.1	4.7	0%	.231	1.13	3.81	2.81	112	3.70	80.3
2013	ERI	AA	EAS	12	12	60.0	2	5	0	53	17	40	3	97	8.0	2.6	0.5	6.0	0%	.272	1.17	3.68	3.00	96	3.71	80.6
2014	DET	MLB	AL	1	1	5.0	0	1	0	5	3	4	0	112	9.0	5.4	0.0	7.2	0%	.385	1.60	3.36	5.40	126	6.51	159.7
2014	TOL	AAA	INT	19	19	110.3	6	7	0	117	25	63	5	104	9.5	2.0	0.4	5.1	0%	.308	1.29	3.69	3.67	99	3.92	83.0
2015	DET	MLB	AL	20	0	26.3	2	0	0	18	14	13	1	107	6.2	4.8	0.3	4.4	0%	.221	1.22	4.31	2.05	114	6.58	153.6
2015	ERI	AA	EAS	5	0	6.7	2	0	2	6	2	5	1		8.1	2.7	1.4	6.8	0%	.294	1.20	4.62	2.70	101	4.09	89.6
2015	TOL	AAA	INT	15	0	27.7	1	3	1	26	11	21	0		8.5	3.6	0.0	6.8	0%	.310	1.34	2.93	3.58	95	4.17	91.6
2016	DET	MLB	AL	19	0	19.0	1	0	0	28	7	10	3	106	13.3	3.3	1.4	4.7	60%	.362	1.84	5.36	7.11	99	5.55	122.7
2016	TOL	AAA	INT	1	0	0.7	0	0	0	1	0	1	1		13.5	0.0	13.5	13.5	0%	.000	1.50	19.67	13.50	116	4.89	108.1
2017	DET	MLB	AL	24	2	34.3	0	3	0	42	9	25	10	110	11.0	2.4	2.6	6.6	51%	.317	1.49	6.26	5.77	105	4.95	105.5
2017	TOL	AAA	INT	19	19	97.3	7	7	0	108	43	69	7	95	10.0	4.0	0.6	6.4	46%	.329	1.55	4.30	4.90	110	5.74	122.1
2018	DET	MLB	AL	41	1	56.3	3	3	0	46	19	53	6	102	7.3	3.0	1.0	8.5	47%	.263	1.15	3.87	4.63	96	3.79	84.8
2018	TOL	AAA	INT	10	6	32.7	2	1	0	18	10	51	0	94	5.0	2.8	0.0	14.1	52%	.273	0.86	1.12	1.65	60	2.11	44.6
2019	DET	MLB	AL	22	4	58.0	4	3	0	70	23	51	9	100	10.9	3.6	1.4	7.9	52%	.357	1.60	4.90	5.90	102	5.80	119.0
2019	LAK	A+	FSL	1	0	1.0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0		0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	100%	.000	0.00	3.31	0.00	109	4.53	93.2
2019	TOL	AAA	INT	11	11	53.0	4	2	0	61	13	51	5	93	10.4	2.2	0.8	8.7	41%	.350	1.40	3.89	4.42	89	4.62	95.1

Plate Discipline

YEAR	Pits	Zone%	Swing%	Contact%	Z-Swing%	O-Swing%	Z-Contact%	O-Contact%	SwStr%
2014	82	0.4756	0.3902	0.7500	0.5897	0.2093	0.8261	0.5556	0.2500
2015	400	0.4900	0.4000	0.8188	0.5459	0.2598	0.9159	0.6226	0.1813
2016	343	0.4927	0.4140	0.8169	0.6272	0.2069	0.8491	0.7222	0.1831
2017	535	0.5140	0.4486	0.7875	0.6473	0.2385	0.8764	0.5323	0.2125
2018	911	0.4599	0.4501	0.7171	0.6348	0.2927	0.8571	0.4583	0.2829
2019	944	0.4915	0.4449	0.7714	0.5776	0.3167	0.8881	0.5658	0.2286
Career	3215	0.4858	0.4367	0.7689	0.6071	0.2754	0.8751	0.5533	0.2311

Injury History — No longer being updated

Last Update: 12/31/2014 23:59 ET

Date On	Date Off	Transaction	Days	Games	Side	Body Part	Injury	Severity	Surgery Date	Reaggravation
2014-09-01	-	60-DL	-	-	-	Low Back	Recovery From Previous Injury	L4 Stress Fracture	-
2014-07-20	2014-09-01	Minors	43	0	-	Low Back	Stress Fracture	L4	-
2013-04-24	2013-05-02	Minors	8	0	Right	Shoulder	Contusion		-	-

Compensation

Year	Team	Salary
2023	SLN	$3,000,000
2022	SLN	$2,500,000
2021	NPB	$
2020	NPB	$
2019	DET	$567,400
2018	DET	$551,400
2017	DET	$
2016	DET	$509,500
2015	DET	$
2014	DET	$

Years	Description	Salary
5 yr	Previous	$7,128,300
5 yr	Total	$7,128,300

Service Time	Agent	Contract Status
5 y 66 d	Vayner Sports	2 years/$8M (2024-25)

Details

2 years/$8M (2024-25). Signed by Nippon Ham Fighters of Japan 1/12/24. 2025 is a player option.
2 years/$5.5M (2022-23). Signed by St. Louis as a free agent 3/11/22. 22:$2.5M, 23:$3M. Performance bonuses:. $125,000 each for 1, 2, 3, 4 games started. $125,000 each for 25, 35, 45, 55 games pitched. VerHagen may not be demoted to minors without permission. VerHagen will become a XX(B) free agent at contract's end.
1 year (2021). Re-signed by Nippon Ham Fighters of Japan.
1 year (2020). Signed by Nippon Ham Fighters of Japan 11/19.
1 year/$567,400 (2019). Re-signed by Detroit 3/19. DFA by Detroit 5/5/19. Sent outright to Triple-A 5/11/19. Contract selected by Detroit 7/25/19. Released by Detroit 11/25/19.
1 year/$0.5514M (2018). Re-signed by Detroit 3/18. DFA by Detroit 4/23/18. Sent outright to Triple-A 4/27/18. Contract selected by Detroit 6/4/18.
1 year (2017). Re-signed by Detroit 3/17.
1 year/$0.5095M (2016). Re-signed by Detroit 2/25/16.
1 year (2015). Re-signed by Detroit 2/19/15.
1 year (2014). Contract selected by Detroit 7/19/14.
Drafted by Detroit 2012 (4-154) (Vanderbilt). $392,500 signing bonus ($0.283M slot).

2019 Preseason Forecast

Last Update: 1/27/2017 12:35 ET

PCT	W	L	SV	G	GS	IP	H	BB	SO	HR	BABIP	WHIP	ERA	DRA
90^o	0	0	0	0	0	14.2	10	5	14	1	.249	1.03	2.69	2.97
80^o	0	0	0	0	0	9.2	7	3	9	1	.263	1.11	3.02	3.34
70^o	0	0	0	0	0	5.7	5	2	6	0	.272	1.17	3.27	3.62
60^o	0	0	0	0	0	2.8	2	1	3	0	.281	1.22	3.47	3.85
50^o	0	0	0	0	0	0.2	0	0	0	0	.289	1.27	3.67	4.08
Weighted Mean	?	?	?	?	?	0.0	?	0	0	?	.000	0.00	0.00	?

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Date	Question	Answer
2014-07-28 19:00:00 (link to chat)	Assuming Max Scherzer leaves Detroit in the off-season, who is more likely to replace his spot in the rotation, Robbie Ray or somebody who's currently outside of the organization? (Curtis from Michigan)	Ray, or Drew VerHagen and 100/1 odds on Josh Beckett. (Matt Sussman)
2013-09-27 13:00:00 (link to chat)	Let's say Chicago or Detroit called saying they want my players and are willing to offer prospects. Who should I ask for? Both farm systems I think stink. (Kevin from Houston )	Considering you can't yet ask for this year's draft picks, the pickings are going to be pretty slim. From Detroit, the obvious answer is Nick Castellanos, but you could also be intrigued by players like Endrys Briceno, Drew VerHagen, Brian McCann, and Steven Moya. From the White Sox you can look at Courtney Hawkins, despite what Mortimer says, and I still believe in Trayce Thompson a little bit. (Mark Anderson)

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PITCHf/x Pitcher Profile

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Although he has not thrown an MLB pitch in 2024, Drew VerHagen threw 4,906 pitches that were tracked by the PITCHf/x system between 2014 and 2023, all of them occuring in Spring Training. In 2023, he relied primarily on his Slider (82mph) and Fourseam Fastball (94mph), also mixing in a Sinker (93mph), Splitter (89mph) and Cutter (90mph).