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2019 Projections (Preseason PECOTA - seasonal age 27)
IP ERA WHIP SO W L SV WARP
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Birth Date5-11-1992
Height6' 2"
Weight215 lbs
Age31 years, 11 months, 12 days
BatsR
ThrowsR
2015
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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
2017 TOR MLB 2 0 1.0 0 0 0 9 1 1 0 81.0 9.0 0.0 9.0 20% .900 10.00 4.14 63.00 119 9.33 198.6 0.0
2018 KCA MLB 15 3 38.3 0 3 0 47 15 27 3 103 11.0 3.5 0.7 6.3 47% .338 1.62 4.05 4.46 104 5.21 116.4 -0.1
2019 KCA MLB 31 23 136.0 4 11 0 164 41 81 30 101 10.9 2.7 2.0 5.4 38% .299 1.51 5.96 6.02 133 8.56 175.6 -4.2
CareerMLB4826175.34140220571093310011.32.91.75.640%.3181.585.536.011267.83162.7-4.3

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-
2013 IDA Rk PIO 20 0 36.7 1 0 2 25 10 47 1 6.1 2.5 0.2 11.5 0% .282 0.95 2.76 1.72 68 1.10 23.9
2014 WIL A+ CAR 29 18 121.0 8 3 1 94 25 117 2 88 7.0 1.9 0.1 8.7 0% .281 0.98 2.41 1.56 74 3.04 64.4
2015 NWA AA TEX 4 4 20.0 2 2 0 17 9 21 1 112 7.7 4.1 0.5 9.5 0% .302 1.30 3.34 3.60 87 3.80 83.3
2016 LEX A SAL 3 3 14.3 0 2 0 21 3 19 2 97 13.2 1.9 1.3 11.9 46% .487 1.67 3.18 6.91 81 5.73 126.6
2016 WIL A+ CAR 2 2 11.7 1 0 0 9 1 9 1 104 6.9 0.8 0.8 6.9 46% .235 0.86 3.88 3.86 95 2.81 62.1
2016 NWA AA TEX 4 4 17.7 0 2 0 21 5 20 2 93 10.7 2.5 1.0 10.2 30% .373 1.47 3.23 4.58 98 5.62 124.0
2016 ROY Rk AZL 7 7 16.7 1 3 0 19 1 17 1 104 10.3 0.5 0.5 9.2 56% .353 1.20 3.21 5.40 84 3.48 76.8
2017 TOR MLB AL 2 0 1.0 0 0 0 9 1 1 0 81.0 9.0 0.0 9.0 20% .900 10.00 4.14 63.00 119 9.33 198.6
2017 DUN A+ FSL 1 1 3.3 0 1 0 3 1 3 0 109 8.1 2.7 0.0 8.1 42% .250 1.20 2.41 0.00 98 3.67 78.1
2017 NHP AA EAS 2 2 8.7 1 1 0 6 3 6 2 101 6.2 3.1 2.1 6.2 52% .174 1.04 5.88 3.12 121 4.20 89.4
2017 NWA AA TEX 3 2 10.3 0 0 0 11 5 5 0 99 9.6 4.4 0.0 4.4 47% .306 1.55 3.80 2.61 113 4.80 102.1
2017 BUF AAA INT 4 1 8.0 1 2 1 7 1 3 1 90 7.9 1.1 1.1 3.4 38% .240 1.00 4.59 2.25 113 4.27 90.9
2018 KCA MLB AL 15 3 38.3 0 3 0 47 15 27 3 103 11.0 3.5 0.7 6.3 47% .338 1.62 4.05 4.46 104 5.21 116.4
2018 NWA AA TEX 6 6 33.7 3 2 0 35 1 26 0 107 9.4 0.3 0.0 7.0 45% .321 1.07 2.08 2.94 81 3.86 81.6
2018 OMA AAA PCL 12 12 67.3 5 1 0 76 11 48 10 92 10.2 1.5 1.3 6.4 45% .314 1.29 4.78 4.01 107 5.17 109.3
2019 KCA MLB AL 31 23 136.0 4 11 0 164 41 81 30 101 10.9 2.7 2.0 5.4 38% .299 1.51 5.96 6.02 133 8.56 175.6
2019 OMA AAA PCL 2 1 6.3 0 0 0 4 1 4 0 96 5.7 1.4 0.0 5.7 44% .222 0.79 3.00 0.00 90 3.18 65.5

Plate Discipline

YEAR Pits Zone% Swing% Contact% Z-Swing% O-Swing% Z-Contact% O-Contact% SwStr%
2017 55 0.4909 0.3818 0.9048 0.5556 0.2143 0.9333 0.8333 0.0952
2018 670 0.4985 0.4806 0.7795 0.6647 0.2976 0.8514 0.6200 0.2205
2019 2363 0.4901 0.4774 0.8289 0.7021 0.2614 0.8819 0.6921 0.1711
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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
2020 KCA $604,500
2019 KCA $
2018 KCA $
2017 TOR $535,000
YearsDescriptionSalary
2 yrPrevious$1,139,500
2 yrTotal$1,139,500

 

Service TimeAgentContract Status
3 y 1 d1 year (2021)

Details
  • 1 year (201). Signed by Minnesota as a free agent 12/17/20 (minor-league contract). Released by Minnesota 5/18/21.
  • 1 year/$604,500 (2020). Re-signed by Kansas City 3/20.
  • 1 year/$560,000 (2019). Re-signed by Kansas City 2/18/19.
  • 1 year (2018). Contract selected by Kansas City 7/8/18.
  • 1 year/$0.535M (2017). Selected by Toronto from Kansas City in Rule 5 draft 12/8/16. Re-signed by Toronto 3/17. DFA by Toronto 7/3/17. Returned by Toronto to Kansas City 7/8/17.
  • Drafted by Kansas City 2013 (20-594) (Wharton JC, Texas). $0.1M 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 0.6 0 0 1 1 18.9 19 6 13 3 .271 1.27 4.09 4.49 -0.7 -0.1
80o 0.5 0 0 1 1 14.0 15 4 9 2 .284 1.36 4.46 4.91 -0.9 -0.1
70o 0.5 0 0 1 1 10.7 12 3 7 2 .293 1.42 4.74 5.22 -1.1 -0.1
60o 0.5 0 0 1 1 7.9 9 3 5 1 .301 1.48 4.97 5.48 -1.3 -0.1
50o 0.5 0 0 1 1 5.3 6 2 4 1 .309 1.54 5.20 5.74 -1.4 -0.2
40o 0.4 0 0 1 1 2.8 3 1 2 1 .317 1.59 5.43 5.99 -1.5 -0.2
30o 0.4 0 0 1 1 0.2 0 0 0 0 .325 1.66 5.68 6.27 -1.7 -0.2
Weighted Mean0.500114.86231.3071.535.175.71-1.4-0.2

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PITCHf/x Pitcher Profile

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Although he has not thrown an MLB pitch in 2024, Glenn Sparkman threw 3,211 pitches that were tracked by the PITCHf/x system between 2017 and 2021, all of them occuring in Spring Training. In 2021, he relied primarily on his Slider (87mph) and Fourseam Fastball (94mph).