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Portrait of Zach Lovvorn

Zach Lovvorn PRoyals

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2019 Projections (Preseason PECOTA - seasonal age 25)
IP ERA WHIP SO W L SV WARP
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Birth Date5-26-1994
Height6' 0"
Weight185 lbs
Age29 years, 10 months, 23 days
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ThrowsR
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WARP Summary

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 SV H BB SO HR PPF H/9 BB/9 HR/9 K/9 GB% BABIP WHIP FIP ERA cFIP DRA DRA- WARP

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 ROY Rk AZL 14 8 49.7 0 3 0 64 27 39 3 102 11.6 4.9 0.5 7.1 0% .365 1.83 5.85 8.34 116 8.71 181.3
2013 BNC Rk APP 11 11 53.0 2 3 0 50 21 36 2 97 8.5 3.6 0.3 6.1 0% .293 1.34 3.97 3.74 114 5.59 121.5
2014 IDA Rk PIO 14 6 66.7 3 6 1 83 15 56 3 11.2 2.0 0.4 7.6 0% .367 1.47 3.90 5.00 89 4.26 90.2
2015 LEX A SAL 14 13 70.7 5 6 1 87 15 50 5 106 11.1 1.9 0.6 6.4 0% .345 1.44 3.83 4.20 97 5.15 113.0
2015 WIL A+ CAR 12 11 66.3 4 5 0 65 19 35 2 97 8.8 2.6 0.3 4.7 0% .288 1.27 3.49 3.93 103 4.29 94.2
2016 WIL A+ CAR 25 23 127.7 2 15 0 134 44 107 8 101 9.4 3.1 0.6 7.5 47% .326 1.39 3.87 3.95 96 4.43 97.8
2017 NWA AA TEX 31 18 117.3 4 9 0 142 34 93 8 102 10.9 2.6 0.6 7.1 44% .353 1.50 3.62 4.83 96 5.21 110.9
2017 SUR Wnt AFL 6 6 21.0 1 1 0 29 7 14 2 12.4 3.0 0.9 6.0 0% .360 1.71 5.22 6.43 0 0.00 0.0
2018 NWA AA TEX 15 15 80.7 4 3 0 90 26 52 9 108 10.0 2.9 1.0 5.8 50% .319 1.44 4.61 4.80 107 4.92 104.0
2018 OMA AAA PCL 12 9 63.0 2 6 1 70 23 30 5 93 10.0 3.3 0.7 4.3 43% .308 1.48 5.10 5.71 114 5.56 117.5
2018 GIG Wnt DWL 5 5 17.3 0 2 0 20 4 10 0 96 10.4 2.1 0.0 5.2 0% .351 1.38 2.51 4.67 0 0.00 0.0
2019 NWA AA TEX 8 0 13.0 1 0 0 6 5 12 0 4.2 3.5 0.0 8.3 48% .194 0.85 2.75 1.38 96 2.60 53.5
2019 OMA AAA PCL 21 7 75.3 4 11 0 115 46 59 19 96 13.7 5.5 2.3 7.0 48% .384 2.14 7.73 8.84 119 9.10 187.3

Plate Discipline

YEAR Pits Zone% Swing% Contact% Z-Swing% O-Swing% Z-Contact% O-Contact% SwStr%

Injury History  —  No longer being updated

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

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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 VORP WARP
90o 22.1 0 0.2 29 23 132.4 132 45 87 17 .280 1.34 4.08 4.41 -16.5 -1.8
80o 20.2 0 0.2 27 22 125.9 134 45 83 17 .293 1.42 4.43 4.8 -20.8 -2.3
70o 18.8 0 0.2 26 21 121.3 134 46 79 17 .301 1.48 4.69 5.09 -23.7 -2.6
60o 17.8 0 0.2 26 21 117.5 135 46 77 17 .309 1.54 4.92 5.33 -25.9 -2.8
50o 16.7 0 0.2 25 20 113.9 135 46 75 17 .316 1.59 5.13 5.57 -27.9 -3.0
40o 15.8 0 0.2 24 19 110.4 136 46 72 17 .323 1.64 5.35 5.8 -29.7 -3.2
30o 14.7 0 0.2 23 19 106.8 136 46 70 17 .331 1.70 5.58 6.06 -31.6 -3.4
20o 13.6 0 0.1 22 18 102.5 136 46 67 17 .340 1.77 5.86 6.36 -33.6 -3.6
10o 12 0 0.1 21 17 96.8 136 46 63 17 .352 1.88 6.26 6.79 -36.1 -3.9
Weighted Mean16.800.22520113.8134467517.3151.585.115.54-27.6-3.0

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PITCHf/x Pitcher Profile

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Although he has not thrown an MLB pitch in 2024, Zach Lovvorn threw 60 pitches that were tracked by the PITCHf/x system in 2019, all of them occuring in Spring Training. In 2019, he relied primarily on his Fourseam Fastball (93mph), Curve (81mph) and Sinker (93mph), also mixing in a Slider (89mph) and Change (86mph).