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2019 Projections (Preseason PECOTA - seasonal age 28)
IP ERA WHIP SO W L SV WARP
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Birth Date10-20-1990
Height6' 1"
Weight215 lbs
Age33 years, 5 months, 29 days
BatsR
ThrowsL
2015
-0.12016
1.52017
0.52018
0.22019
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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
2016 SFN MLB 4 2 17.0 1 0 0 8 5 10 1 94 4.2 2.6 0.5 5.3 60% .152 0.76 3.65 1.06 111 5.57 123.3 -0.1
2017 SFN MLB 34 24 163.7 8 12 0 179 43 73 17 90 9.8 2.4 0.9 4.0 48% .290 1.36 4.44 4.78 107 4.75 101.0 1.5
2018 SFN MLB 47 13 118.7 6 7 0 133 41 75 8 95 10.1 3.1 0.6 5.7 55% .323 1.47 3.79 4.25 101 4.79 106.9 0.5
2019 BAL 0 5 5 20.7 1 3 0 32 13 17 6 105 13.9 5.7 2.6 7.4 34% .388 2.18 7.26 11.32 133 10.61 217.7 -1.1
2019 SFN 0 2 0 6.3 0 0 0 14 4 3 2 86 19.9 5.7 2.8 4.3 34% .444 2.84 8.22 14.21 126 9.42 193.4 -0.3
2019 TOT MLB 7 5 27.0 1 3 0 46 17 20 8 100 15.3 5.7 2.7 6.7 34% .404 2.33 7.48 12.00 131 10.33 212.0 -1.4
CareerMLB9244326.316220366106178349310.12.90.94.950%.3061.454.414.991075.27113.50.5

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.
Minor league stats are currently shown —Click to hide.
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-
2013 SJO A+ CAL 22 20 130.3 12 4 0 124 18 117 8 74 8.6 1.2 0.6 8.1 0% .305 1.09 3.22 2.90 81 3.40 74.0
2014 RIC AA EAS 25 25 141.0 8 8 0 142 39 91 8 98 9.1 2.5 0.5 5.8 0% .295 1.28 3.69 3.13 99 4.36 92.4
2015 SAC AAA PCL 27 27 165.3 11 12 0 189 31 93 16 98 10.3 1.7 0.9 5.1 0% .311 1.33 4.32 4.46 103 4.84 106.2
2016 SFN MLB NL 4 2 17.0 1 0 0 8 5 10 1 94 4.2 2.6 0.5 5.3 60% .152 0.76 3.65 1.06 111 5.57 123.3
2016 SAC AAA PCL 26 26 162.7 14 7 0 147 38 113 9 92 8.1 2.1 0.5 6.3 50% .280 1.14 3.78 3.43 91 2.75 60.8
2017 SFN MLB NL 34 24 163.7 8 12 0 179 43 73 17 90 9.8 2.4 0.9 4.0 48% .290 1.36 4.44 4.78 107 4.75 101.0
2018 SFN MLB NL 47 13 118.7 6 7 0 133 41 75 8 95 10.1 3.1 0.6 5.7 55% .323 1.47 3.79 4.25 101 4.79 106.9
2019 BAL MLB AL 5 5 20.7 1 3 0 32 13 17 6 105 13.9 5.7 2.6 7.4 34% .388 2.18 7.26 11.32 133 10.61 217.7
2019 SFN MLB NL 2 0 6.3 0 0 0 14 4 3 2 86 19.9 5.7 2.8 4.3 34% .444 2.84 8.22 14.21 126 9.42 193.4
2019 NOR AAA INT 2 2 5.3 0 1 0 17 2 5 1 99 28.7 3.4 1.7 8.4 42% .640 3.56 5.31 16.88 101 10.32 212.3
2019 SAC AAA PCL 17 15 91.0 3 4 0 121 25 65 14 97 12.0 2.5 1.4 6.4 50% .346 1.60 5.25 5.93 99 5.69 117.0

Plate Discipline

YEAR Pits Zone% Swing% Contact% Z-Swing% O-Swing% Z-Contact% O-Contact% SwStr%
2016 239 0.4979 0.4561 0.8440 0.6303 0.2833 0.9067 0.7059 0.1560
2017 2498 0.5060 0.4432 0.8419 0.6242 0.2577 0.8809 0.7453 0.1581
2018 1878 0.4766 0.4297 0.8154 0.5966 0.2777 0.8783 0.6923 0.1846
2019 520 0.4615 0.4404 0.8384 0.6458 0.2643 0.9097 0.6892 0.1616
Career51350.49040.43860.83200.61660.26690.88410.71840.1680

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

Compensation

Year Team Salary
2024 COL $
2023 COL $1,100,000
2022 COL $750,000
2021 BAL $
2020 BAL $
2019 BAL $
2018 SFN $565,000
2017 SFN $536,500
2016 SFN $
YearsDescriptionSalary
4 yrPrevious$2,951,500
4 yrTotal$2,951,500

 

Service TimeAgentContract Status
3 y 135 dSports Pro Services1 year (2024)

Details
  • 1 year (2024). Re-signed by Colorado as a free agent 12/21/23 (minor-league contract).
  • 1 year (2023). Re-signed by Colorado as a free agent 1/9/23 (minor-league contract). Salary of $1.1M in majors. Contract selected by Colorado 3/25/23. DFA by Colorado 4/29/23. Sent outright to Triple-A 5/2/23. Contract selected by Colorado 6/30/23. Sent outright to Triple-A by Colorado 10/18/23.
  • 1 year (2022). Signed by Colorado as a free agent 12/17/21 (minor-league contract). Salary of $750,000 in majors. Contract selected by Colorado 4/4/22. Sent outright to Triple-A by Colorado 11/9/22.
  • 1 year (2021). Re-signed by Baltimore as a free agent 3/22/21 (minor-league contract).
  • 1 year (2020). Released by Baltimore 8/10/20.
  • 1 year/$565,000 (2019). Re-signed by San Francisco 3/19. Claimed by Baltimore off waivers 8/2/19 after being DFA by San Francisco 7/27/19. DFA by Baltimore 9/16/19. Sent outright to Triple-A 9/19/19.
  • 1 year/$565,000 (2018). Re-signed by San Francisco 3/18.
  • 1 year/$536,500 (2017). Re-signed by San Francisco 3/17.
  • 1 year/$500,000 (2016). Contract selected by San Francisco 11/20/15. Re-signed by San Francisco 3/16.
  • Drafted by San Francisco 2012 (5-178) (Creighton). $224,500 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 VORP WARP
90o 17.6 0 0 26 18 119.6 104 33 77 11 .259 1.14 3.35 3.75 -7.3 -0.8
80o 16.2 0 0 25 17 113.5 105 33 73 11 .271 1.22 3.66 4.1 -11.1 -1.2
70o 15.3 0 0 24 16 109.2 106 33 70 11 .279 1.27 3.89 4.36 -13.7 -1.5
60o 14.4 0 0 23 16 105.5 106 33 68 11 .287 1.32 4.08 4.58 -15.6 -1.7
50o 13.7 0 0 23 15 102.1 106 33 66 11 .294 1.36 4.27 4.79 -17.4 -1.9
40o 13 0 0 22 15 98.8 106 33 63 11 .301 1.41 4.45 5 -19.0 -2.1
30o 12.2 0 0 21 14 95.4 106 33 61 11 .308 1.46 4.65 5.22 -20.5 -2.2
20o 11.4 0 0 20 14 91.3 106 33 59 11 .317 1.52 4.89 5.49 -22.2 -2.4
10o 10.2 0 0 19 13 85.9 105 33 55 11 .329 1.61 5.23 5.87 -24.4 -2.6
Weighted Mean13.7002315101.9105336511.2921.354.254.77-17.1-1.9

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BP Chats

DateQuestionAnswer
2017-02-09 13:00:00 (link to chat)What was your favorite part about writing the comments for the San Francisco Giants in this year's Baseball Prospectus Annual? Did you learn or discover something that you'd consider terribly special or interesting?
(Bryan G. from yup, still under all that snow)		My favorite part of writing for the annual is the jokes, obviously. I actually love the restriction of combining the necessary information about the player, and some flavor or a good joke, all in 150-200 words. Seriously, some of the best things I've ever written are annual comments, I think.

What I learned from researching the Giants is the strange depth of their system. The Giants are one of those teams that always seem to "get away with it" - no matter what terrible signing they make, or how badly they draft, they never sink completely into the swamp. What I learned is that the Giants are incredible at generating replacement-level players, fourth outfielders and four-pitch starters like Ty Blach that no one gets excited about, but who always seem to salvage things when the old overpaid starters go down. It's kind of impressive, really. (Patrick Dubuque)
2014-04-15 13:00:00 (link to chat)Which prospects are at the top end of the scale when it comes to locating their pitches?
(Gary from Irvine, CA)		The guys that came up the most during our off-season Top Tools (http://www.baseballprospectus.com/article.php?articleid=22959) discussion were Kyle Hendriks, Dylan Bundy, Ty Blach, Justin Nicolino, Rafael Montero, Marucs Stroman, and Noah Syndergaard. (Mark Anderson)
2014-01-10 13:00:00 (link to chat)Is Ty Blach a guy who projects as future plus command at the big league level, or just a minor league strike thrower?
(rmunter from Washington DC)		I do think he has plus command projection once he rounds into form at the highest level. That said, I'm not a huge fan and think he's more of a 4/5 starter in the end. (Mark Anderson)


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PITCHf/x Pitcher Profile

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Ty Blach has thrown 8,805 pitches that have been tracked by the PITCHf/x system between 2016 and 2024, all of them occuring in Spring Training. In 2024, he has relied primarily on his Fourseam Fastball (89mph) and Change (80mph), also mixing in a Slider (83mph) and Curve (79mph).