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J.B. Wendelken PAthletics

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2019 Projections (Preseason PECOTA - seasonal age 26)

IP	ERA	WHIP	SO	W	L	SV	WARP
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Birth Date	3-24-1993
Height	6' 1"
Weight	242 lbs

Age	31 years, 0 months, 26 days
Bats	R
Throws	R

: 2015
: -0.12016
: 2017
: 0.12018
: 0.72019
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MLB Statistics

Historical (past-seasons) WARP is now based on DRA..
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YEAR	Team	Lg	G	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
2016	OAK	MLB	8	12.7	0	0	18	9	12	3	105	12.8	6.4	2.1	8.5	35%	.375	2.13	6.42	9.95	111	5.37	118.7	-0.1
2018	OAK	MLB	13	16.7	0	0	8	5	14	1	101	4.3	2.7	0.5	7.6	40%	.167	0.78	3.19	0.54	98	4.16	92.9	0.1
2019	OAK	MLB	27	32.7	3	1	21	9	34	2	100	5.8	2.5	0.6	9.4	38%	.226	0.92	2.97	3.58	99	4.12	84.6	0.4
Career		MLB	48	62.0	3	1	47	23	60	6	101	6.8	3.3	0.9	8.7	38%	.247	1.13	3.73	4.06	102	4.39	93.8	0.5

Statistics for All Levels

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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	RSX	Rk	GCL	13	0	21.3	2	0	2	11	3	28	0		4.6	1.3	0.0	11.8	0%	.229	0.66	1.22	1.27	66	1.56	32.5
2013	GRN	A	SAL	27	0	65.0	2	0	10	59	20	54	4		8.2	2.8	0.6	7.5	0%	.287	1.22	3.67	2.77	97	4.58	99.5
2013	KAN	A	SAL	3	0	4.7	0	1	2	8	1	8	0		15.4	1.9	0.0	15.4	0%	.615	1.93	0.68	9.64	97	6.11	132.7
2013	WNS	A+	CAR	6	0	9.3	0	1	0	12	7	16	1		11.6	6.8	1.0	15.4	0%	.458	2.04	3.56	4.82	79	5.62	122.1
2014	WNS	A+	CAR	27	27	145.7	7	10	0	181	33	129	15	99	11.2	2.0	0.9	8.0	0%	.355	1.47	3.86	5.25	95	6.06	128.3
2015	BIR	AA	SOU	27	0	43.0	6	2	5	36	11	56	4		7.5	2.3	0.8	11.7	0%	.305	1.09	2.67	2.72	74	3.19	69.9
2015	CHR	AAA	INT	12	0	16.0	0	0	0	14	5	13	2		7.9	2.8	1.1	7.3	0%	.250	1.19	4.09	4.50	104	4.11	90.2
2015	GDD	Wnt	AFL	4	0	2.7	0	1	0	8	1	4	2		27.0	3.4	6.8	13.5	0%	.600	3.38	11.46	30.38	0	0.00	0.0
2016	OAK	MLB	AL	8	0	12.7	0	0	0	18	9	12	3	105	12.8	6.4	2.1	8.5	35%	.375	2.13	6.42	9.95	111	5.37	118.7
2016	NAS	AAA	PCL	39	0	46.0	1	4	5	48	26	65	5		9.4	5.1	1.0	12.7	35%	.368	1.61	4.26	4.11	90	4.78	105.6
2018	OAK	MLB	AL	13	0	16.7	0	0	0	8	5	14	1	101	4.3	2.7	0.5	7.6	40%	.167	0.78	3.19	0.54	98	4.16	92.9
2018	MID	AA	TEX	11	0	13.3	0	1	3	11	10	23	3		7.4	6.8	2.0	15.5	43%	.320	1.58	5.17	3.38	103	4.97	105.0
2018	NAS	AAA	PCL	22	1	35.3	1	1	3	29	10	52	2	79	7.4	2.5	0.5	13.2	49%	.342	1.10	2.38	2.80	61	2.36	49.8
2019	OAK	MLB	AL	27	0	32.7	3	1	0	21	9	34	2	100	5.8	2.5	0.6	9.4	38%	.226	0.92	2.97	3.58	99	4.12	84.6
2019	LVG	AAA	PCL	30	1	38.7	6	3	3	47	19	43	8	113	10.9	4.4	1.9	10.0	46%	.365	1.71	5.89	5.59	102	5.60	115.3

Plate Discipline

YEAR	Pits	Zone%	Swing%	Contact%	Z-Swing%	O-Swing%	Z-Contact%	O-Contact%	SwStr%
2016	272	0.4375	0.4632	0.7302	0.6639	0.3072	0.7975	0.6170	0.2698
2018	243	0.5350	0.5226	0.7323	0.6923	0.3274	0.8111	0.5405	0.2677
2019	483	0.4990	0.4783	0.7273	0.6929	0.2645	0.7665	0.6250	0.2727
Career	998	0.4910	0.4850	0.7293	0.6849	0.2915	0.7858	0.6022	0.2707

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
2014-07-09	2014-07-19	Minors	10	0	-		Not Disclosed		-

Compensation

Year	Team	Salary
2022	ARI	$835,000
2021	OAK	$580,500
2020	OAK	$568,500
2019	OAK	$557,500
2018	OAK	$
2017	OAK	$
2016	OAK	$

Years	Description	Salary
4 yr	Previous	$2,541,500
4 yr	Total	$2,541,500

Service Time	Agent	Contract Status
3 y 124 d		1 year (2023)

Details

1 year/$3.05M (2023). Signed by Yokohama Bay Stars of Japan 11/28/22. May earn up to $3.05M, including bonuses.
1 year/$835,000 (2022). Re-signed by Arizona 11/30/21 (avoided arbitration). DFA by Arizona 7/5/22. Sent outright to Triple-A 7/11/22. Elected free agency 10/13/22.
1 year/$580,500 (2021). Re-signed by Oakland 3/21. Claimed by Arizona off waivers 8/11/21 after being DFA by Oakland 8/10/21.
1 year/$568,500 (2020). Re-signed by Oakland 3/20.
1 year/$557,500 (2019). Re-signed by Oakland 3/19.
1 year (2018). Re-signed by Oakland (minor-league contract). Contract selected by Oakland 7/14/18.
1 year (2017). Re-signed by Oakland (minor-league contract).
1 year (2016). Contract selected by Chicago White Sox 11/20/15. Acquired by Oakland in trade from Chicago White Sox 12/9/15. Signed by Oakland 3/16. Sent outright to Triple-A by Oakland 10/6/16.
Acquired by Chicago White Sox in trade from Boston 7/30/13.
Drafted by Boston 2012 (13-421) (Middle Georgia). $100,000 signing bonus.

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	14.6	10	6	17	1	.257	1.07	2.40	2.75
80^o	0	0	0	0	0	9.4	7	4	11	1	.272	1.16	2.75	3.15
70^o	0	0	0	0	0	5.9	5	3	7	0	.282	1.22	3.00	3.45
60^o	0	0	0	0	0	2.9	2	1	3	0	.291	1.28	3.22	3.71
50^o	0	0	0	0	0	0.2	0	0	0	0	.300	1.33	3.43	3.95
Weighted Mean	?	?	?	?	?	0.0	?	0	0	?	.000	0.00	0.00	?

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PITCHf/x Pitcher Profile

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Although he has not thrown an MLB pitch in 2024, J.B. Wendelken threw 3,301 pitches that were tracked by the PITCHf/x system between 2016 and 2022, all of them occuring in Spring Training. In 2022, he relied primarily on his Fourseam Fastball (95mph), also mixing in a Change (85mph), Slider (85mph) and Sinker (94mph). He also rarely threw a Curve (80mph).