Aaron Wilkerson Stats | Baseball Prospectus

IP	ERA	WHIP	SO	W	L	SV	WARP
23.0	4.51	1.25	21	1	1	0	-0.1

MLB Statistics

Historical (past-seasons) WARP is now based on DRA..
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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
2017	MIL	MLB	3	2	10.3	1	0	6	1	7	1	92	5.2	0.9	0.9	6.1	48%	.179	0.68	3.37	3.48	78	3.34	71.1	0.3
2018	MIL	MLB	3	1	9.0	0	1	12	3	10	4	96	12.0	3.0	4.0	10.0	31%	.320	1.67	8.01	10.00	112	6.02	134.5	-0.1
2019	MIL	MLB	8	0	16.0	0	0	25	9	11	4	96	14.1	5.1	2.3	6.2	38%	.375	2.13	6.73	7.31	122	8.11	166.3	-0.5
Career		MLB	14	3	35.3	1	1	43	13	28	9	95	11.0	3.3	2.3	7.1	39%	.312	1.58	6.07	6.88	109	6.18	130.4	-0.3

Statistics for All Levels

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YEAR	Team	Lg	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-
2014	LOW	A-	NYP	8	8	50.0	5	1	32	11	54	3	107	5.8	2.0	0.5	9.7	0%	.238	0.86	2.84	1.62	85	2.27	48.1
2015	GRN	A	SAL	5	1	17.0	0	0	17	5	17	2	124	9.0	2.6	1.1	9.0	0%	.326	1.29	4.06	4.76	97	4.03	88.5
2015	SLM	A+	CAR	17	12	79.0	7	2	62	21	85	0	105	7.1	2.4	0.0	9.7	0%	.304	1.05	1.89	2.96	73	3.21	70.5
2015	PME	AA	EAS	7	7	40.7	4	1	28	13	35	0	97	6.2	2.9	0.0	7.7	0%	.252	1.01	2.58	2.66	86	2.79	61.2
2015	SCO	Wnt	AFL	2	2	7.0	0	0	10	5	4	0		12.9	6.4	0.0	5.1	0%	.385	2.14	4.58	7.71	0	0.00	0.0
2016	PME	AA	EAS	8	8	44.3	2	1	28	14	48	2	111	5.7	2.8	0.4	9.7	48%	.236	0.95	2.72	1.83	77	2.24	49.5
2016	CSP	AAA	PCL	11	11	54.7	2	6	67	16	57	5	110	11.0	2.6	0.8	9.4	38%	.371	1.52	3.86	6.42	88	4.45	98.3
2016	PAW	AAA	INT	9	8	48.0	4	2	41	11	54	5	97	7.7	2.1	0.9	10.1	32%	.286	1.08	3.21	2.44	85	3.41	75.4
2017	MIL	MLB	NL	3	2	10.3	1	0	6	1	7	1	92	5.2	0.9	0.9	6.1	48%	.179	0.68	3.37	3.48	78	3.34	71.1
2017	BLX	AA	SOU	24	24	142.3	11	4	117	36	143	12	101	7.4	2.3	0.8	9.0	37%	.285	1.07	3.00	3.16	88	3.69	78.4
2018	MIL	MLB	NL	3	1	9.0	0	1	12	3	10	4	96	12.0	3.0	4.0	10.0	31%	.320	1.67	8.01	10.00	112	6.02	134.5
2018	CSP	AAA	PCL	15	12	72.3	4	5	64	25	61	3	114	8.0	3.1	0.4	7.6	42%	.285	1.23	3.63	2.49	88	3.11	65.8
2018	GIG	Wnt	DWL	2	2	7.0	0	1	6	4	4	1	113	7.7	5.1	1.3	5.1	0%	.227	1.43	5.22	6.43	0	0.00	0.0
2018	MSS	Wnt	AFL	3	0	4.0	0	0	2	3	3	0		4.5	6.8	0.0	6.8	27%	.182	1.25	4.74	0.00	0	0.00	0.0
2019	MIL	MLB	NL	8	0	16.0	0	0	25	9	11	4	96	14.1	5.1	2.3	6.2	38%	.375	2.13	6.73	7.31	122	8.11	166.3
2019	SAN	AAA	PCL	17	17	76.3	8	2	62	29	81	10	95	7.3	3.4	1.2	9.6	38%	.271	1.19	4.59	3.42	92	2.44	50.2

Plate Discipline

YEAR	Pits	Zone%	Swing%	Contact%	Z-Swing%	O-Swing%	Z-Contact%	O-Contact%	SwStr%
2017	137	0.4964	0.4234	0.7759	0.6176	0.2319	0.8571	0.5625	0.2241
2018	166	0.4759	0.4819	0.7875	0.6709	0.3103	0.8679	0.6296	0.2125
2019	333	0.4384	0.4204	0.7929	0.6849	0.2139	0.8300	0.7000	0.2071
Career	636	0.4607	0.4371	0.7878	0.6667	0.2429	0.8457	0.6520	0.2122

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
2019	MIL	$
2018	MIL	$
2017	MIL	$

Service Time	Agent	Contract Status
0 y 67 d		1 year (2023)

Details

1 year (2023). Signed by Oakland as a free agent 4/22/23 (minor-league contract).
2022. Signed by Hanshin Tigers of Japan 12/6/21.
2021. Signed by LA Dodgers (minor-league contract).
2020. Did not play.
1 year (2019). Re-signed by Milwaukee 3/19. DFA by Milwaukee 9/1/19. Sent outright to Triple-A 9/3/19.
1 year (2018). Re-signed by Milwaukee 3/18.
1 year (2017). Contract selected by Milwaukee 9/15/17.
Acquired by Milwaukee in trade from Boston 7/7/16.
Signed by Boston 7/18/14 as an amateur free agent (Cumberland University, Tenn.).

2019 Preseason Forecast

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

PCT	W	SV	G	GS	IP	H	BB	SO	HR	BABIP	WHIP	ERA	DRA	VORP	WARP
90^o	16.7	0.1	19	15	92.8	73	26	80	13	.241	1.07	3.60	3.98	-7.8	-0.8
80^o	15	0.1	18	14	86.4	73	26	75	13	.253	1.15	3.98	4.39	-11.0	-1.2
70^o	13.9	0.1	17	13	81.9	73	26	71	13	.263	1.21	4.25	4.69	-12.9	-1.4
60^o	12.9	0.1	16	13	78.2	72	26	68	13	.270	1.26	4.49	4.95	-14.5	-1.6
50^o	12.1	0.1	15	12	74.7	72	26	65	12	.278	1.30	4.71	5.2	-15.8	-1.7
40^o	11.2	0.1	15	12	71.3	71	25	62	12	.285	1.35	4.94	5.45	-16.9	-1.8
30^o	10.4	0	14	11	67.7	70	25	59	12	.293	1.41	5.19	5.72	-18.0	-2.0
20^o	9.4	0	13	10	63.6	69	25	55	12	.302	1.47	5.48	6.04	-19.0	-2.1
10^o	8.1	0	12	10	58.1	67	24	50	12	.315	1.56	5.90	6.5	-20.1	-2.2
Weighted Mean	12	0.1	15	12	74.1	71	25	64	12	.276	1.29	4.68	5.17	-15.4	-1.7

Preseason Long-Term Forecast (Beyond the 2019 Projections)

Playing time estimates are based on performance, not Depth Charts.

Year	Age	W	L	G	GS	IP	H	BB	SO	HR	GB%	BABIP	WHIP	ERA	DRA	H/9	BB/9	K/9	HR/9	WARP
2020	31	6	7	63	15	141	135	50	129	25	39	.300	1.31	4.81	5.51	8.6	3.2	8.2	1.6	-0.5
2021	32	6	6	56	13	124	115	42	111	21	39	.292	1.27	4.74	5.43	8.3	3.0	8.1	1.5	-0.4
2022	33	4	5	44	11	98	92	33	87	17	39	.292	1.28	4.84	5.54	8.5	3.0	8.0	1.6	-0.4
2023	34	4	5	44	11	99	92	34	89	17	39	.292	1.27	4.80	5.50	8.4	3.1	8.1	1.5	-0.4
2024	35	4	4	42	10	94	88	33	84	17	39	.292	1.29	4.85	5.56	8.4	3.2	8.0	1.6	-0.4
2025	36	4	4	40	10	89	83	31	80	16	39	.293	1.28	4.85	5.55	8.4	3.1	8.1	1.6	-0.4
2026	37	4	4	38	9	84	79	29	75	15	39	.293	1.29	4.85	5.55	8.5	3.1	8.1	1.6	-0.3
2027	38	4	4	37	9	82	77	29	73	15	39	.293	1.29	4.85	5.55	8.4	3.2	8.0	1.6	-0.3
2028	39	4	4	36	9	81	76	28	72	14	39	.293	1.28	4.85	5.56	8.4	3.1	8.0	1.6	-0.3

Comparable Players (Similarity Index 77)

Rank	Score	Name	Year	Run Average	Trend
1	91	Paolo Espino	2017	6.38
2	90	Yohan Pino	2014	5.52
3	88	Hiram Burgos	2018	0.00	DNP
4	86	Erik Arnesen	2014	0.00	DNP
5	85	Matt Fox	2013	0.00	DNP
6	85	John Ely	2016	0.00	DNP
7	84	Andrew Baldwin	2013	0.00	DNP
8	83	Mitch Atkins	2016	0.00	DNP
9	83	Matt Yourkin	2012	0.00	DNP
10	83	Adam Wilk	2018	0.00	DNP
11	82	Ronald Bay	2014	0.00	DNP
12	82	Todd Redmond	2015	7.31
13	82	Derek Hankins	2014	0.00	DNP
14	81	Chris Jakubauskas	2009	5.71
15	81	Andrew Albers	2016	8.47
16	81	Eddie Gamboa	2015	0.00	DNP
17	81	Everett Teaford	2014	0.00	DNP
18	80	Steve Bray	2011	0.00	DNP
19	80	Bruce Billings	2016	0.00	DNP
20	80	Brian Baker	2013	0.00	DNP
21	80	Matt Torra	2014	0.00	DNP
22	80	Brad Thomas	2008	0.00	DNP
23	79	Greg Smith	2014	0.00	DNP
24	79	Michael Brady	2017	6.54
25	79	Elih Villanueva	2017	0.00	DNP
26	79	Randy Boone	2015	0.00	DNP
27	79	Austin Bibens-Dirkx	2015	0.00	DNP
28	79	J.D. Martin	2013	0.00	DNP
29	79	Jason Stanford	2007	5.13
30	78	Devern Hansack	2008	6.75
31	78	Bryan Bullington	2011	0.00	DNP
32	78	Omar Beltre	2012	0.00	DNP
33	78	Heath Phillips	2012	0.00	DNP
34	78	Ryohei Tanaka	2013	0.00	DNP
35	78	Steve Johnson	2018	0.00	DNP
36	78	Thad Weber	2015	0.00	DNP
37	77	Nick Additon	2018	0.00	DNP
38	77	Eric Junge	2007	0.00	DNP
39	77	Josh Smith	2018	0.00	DNP
40	77	Nic Ungs	2010	0.00	DNP
41	77	Matt Ginter	2008	5.14
42	77	Justin Marks	2018	0.00	DNP
43	77	Tom Cochran	2013	0.00	DNP
44	77	Nick Greenwood	2018	0.00	DNP
45	76	Paul Bush	2010	0.00	DNP
46	76	Dylan Axelrod	2016	0.00	DNP
47	76	Daniel Rodriguez	2015	0.00	DNP
48	76	Yohan Flande	2016	14.73
49	76	Shawn Haviland	2016	0.00	DNP
50	76	Terry Doyle	2016	0.00	DNP
51	76	Joshua Miller	2009	0.00	DNP
52	76	Kyler Newby	2015	0.00	DNP
53	76	Mike Parisi	2013	0.00	DNP
54	76	Chris Seddon	2014	0.00	DNP
55	76	Chris Oxspring	2007	0.00	DNP
56	76	Cristhian Martinez	2012	4.03
57	76	Brandon Hynick	2015	0.00	DNP
58	76	Carlos Hernandez	2010	0.00	DNP
59	76	Nate Long	2016	0.00	DNP
60	75	Bryan Evans	2017	0.00	DNP
61	75	Jeff Mandel	2015	0.00	DNP
62	75	Brad Mills	2015	5.40
63	75	Anthony Vasquez	2017	0.00	DNP
64	75	David Martinez	2018	0.00	DNP
65	75	Casey Lawrence	2018	7.33
66	75	Jim Paduch	2013	0.00	DNP
67	75	Andrew Barbosa	2018	0.00	DNP
68	75	Chris Baker	2008	0.00	DNP
69	75	Andy Van Hekken	2010	0.00	DNP
70	75	Eric Stults	2010	0.00	DNP
71	75	Matt Buschmann	2014	0.00	DNP
72	74	Esmailin Caridad	2014	0.00	DNP
73	74	Fernando Nieve	2013	0.00	DNP
74	74	Les Walrond	2007	0.00	DNP
75	74	Christian Bergman	2018	5.79
76	74	P.J. Walters	2015	0.00	DNP
77	74	Jarrett Grube	2012	0.00	DNP
78	74	Austin Fleet	2017	0.00	DNP
79	73	Carlos Torres	2013	3.54
80	73	Kyle Denney	2008	0.00	DNP
81	73	Dave Borkowski	2007	5.78
82	73	Jerome Williams	2012	4.77
83	73	Yoanner Negrin	2014	0.00	DNP
84	73	Tim Adleman	2018	0.00	DNP
85	73	Clay Condrey	2006	3.45
86	73	Kei Igawa	2010	0.00	DNP
87	73	Ryan Feierabend	2016	0.00	DNP
88	73	Brooks Brown	2015	4.91
89	73	Eric Cyr	2009	0.00	DNP
90	73	Billy Traber	2010	0.00	DNP
91	73	Josh Hancock	2008	0.00	DNP
92	73	Dan Meyer	2012	0.00	DNP
93	72	Zack Segovia	2013	0.00	DNP
94	72	Matt Childers	2009	0.00	DNP
95	72	Kris Johnson	2015	0.00	DNP
96	72	Yunesky Maya	2012	0.00	DNP
97	72	Jason Hirsh	2012	0.00	DNP
98	72	Jorge Campillo	2009	6.23
99	72	Garrett Mock	2013	0.00	DNP
100	72	Ryan Ketchner	2012	0.00	DNP

BP Annual Player Comments

Year		Comment
2019		Due to publishing agreements, the 2019 player comments and team essays are only available in the Baseball Prospectus 2019 book (available in hardcopy, and soon e-book and Kindle).
2018		Wilkerson was a relatively unknown minor-league journeyman before starting the Brewers' final game of the year and carrying a perfect game into the seventh inning. He pitched at Cumberland University and, after going undrafted, spent time in three different independent leagues in 2013 and 2014 before getting his first taste of affiliated ball. The former Red Sox prospect came to the Brewers in the very well-known Aaron Hill deal in 2016. He throws four average pitches, controls the zone and has an idea how to pitch. It's unclear how his approach can translate to the majors, especially once teams get multiple looks at him. Plus, as it often is with this type of pitcher, Wilkerson's margin for error with his command will likely be minuscule. Still, the fact that we're talking about Wilkerson as a potential no. 5 starter at the major-league level is a success in itself, considering his journey to this point.

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PITCHf/x Pitcher Profile

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Although he has not thrown an MLB pitch in 2024, Aaron Wilkerson threw 1,536 pitches that were tracked by the PITCHf/x system between 2017 and 2023, all of them occuring in Spring Training. In 2023, he relied primarily on his Fourseam Fastball (91mph), also mixing in a Slider (83mph), Curve (76mph), Cutter (87mph) and Change (84mph).

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