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Daniel Mengden 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 Date2-19-1993
Height6' 1"
Weight215 lbs
Age31 years, 2 months, 0 days
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2015
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0.42017
-0.22018
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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 OAK MLB 14 14 72.0 2 9 0 83 33 71 9 96 10.4 4.1 1.1 8.9 42% .344 1.61 4.29 6.50 111 5.67 125.4 -0.3
2017 OAK MLB 7 7 43.0 3 2 0 36 9 29 6 107 7.5 1.9 1.3 6.1 40% .240 1.05 4.23 3.14 105 4.82 102.6 0.4
2018 OAK MLB 22 17 115.7 7 6 0 103 26 72 18 96 8.0 2.0 1.4 5.6 41% .238 1.12 4.72 4.05 113 5.41 120.9 -0.2
2019 OAK MLB 13 9 59.7 5 2 1 59 27 42 7 96 8.9 4.1 1.1 6.3 38% .283 1.44 4.72 4.83 121 7.47 153.3 -1.1
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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-
2014 TCV A- NYP 2 1 4.7 0 0 0 5 1 6 0 105 9.6 1.9 0.0 11.6 0% .417 1.29 1.51 1.93 84 4.38 92.7
2014 AST Rk GCL 4 0 6.3 0 0 0 4 0 11 0 5.7 0.0 0.0 15.6 0% .308 0.63 0.48 4.26 0 0.00 0.0
2015 QUD A MID 8 6 38.7 4 1 0 30 8 36 1 104 7.0 1.9 0.2 8.4 0% .274 0.98 2.64 1.16 84 3.00 65.8
2015 LNC A+ CAL 10 8 49.7 2 1 1 59 18 48 4 112 10.7 3.3 0.7 8.7 0% .367 1.55 4.10 5.26 99 5.59 122.6
2015 STO A+ CAL 8 8 42.3 4 2 0 39 10 41 6 102 8.3 2.1 1.3 8.7 0% .275 1.16 4.53 4.25 99 5.97 130.9
2016 OAK MLB AL 14 14 72.0 2 9 0 83 33 71 9 96 10.4 4.1 1.1 8.9 42% .344 1.61 4.29 6.50 111 5.67 125.4
2016 MID AA TEX 4 4 23.0 2 0 0 15 12 28 0 92 5.9 4.7 0.0 11.0 51% .283 1.17 2.30 0.78 84 3.26 72.0
2016 NAS AAA PCL 13 13 75.3 8 2 0 54 17 67 4 90 6.5 2.0 0.5 8.0 50% .246 0.94 3.42 1.67 81 1.68 37.0
2017 OAK MLB AL 7 7 43.0 3 2 0 36 9 29 6 107 7.5 1.9 1.3 6.1 40% .240 1.05 4.23 3.14 105 4.82 102.6
2017 NAS AAA PCL 9 9 41.0 2 4 0 40 18 40 5 86 8.8 4.0 1.1 8.8 43% .307 1.41 4.89 4.17 106 5.15 109.6
2017 ATH Rk AZL 2 2 5.0 0 0 0 1 3 9 0 102 1.8 5.4 0.0 16.2 71% .143 0.80 2.42 0.00 72 0.10 10.0
2018 OAK MLB AL 22 17 115.7 7 6 0 103 26 72 18 96 8.0 2.0 1.4 5.6 41% .238 1.12 4.72 4.05 113 5.41 120.9
2018 NAS AAA PCL 9 8 45.3 4 1 0 39 7 34 2 98 7.7 1.4 0.4 6.8 43% .272 1.01 3.47 2.98 88 2.84 60.0
2019 OAK MLB AL 13 9 59.7 5 2 1 59 27 42 7 96 8.9 4.1 1.1 6.3 38% .283 1.44 4.72 4.83 121 7.47 153.3
2019 LVG AAA PCL 13 10 64.0 4 3 0 56 20 61 8 112 7.9 2.8 1.1 8.6 53% .268 1.19 4.54 4.22 88 2.41 49.6

Plate Discipline

YEAR Pits Zone% Swing% Contact% Z-Swing% O-Swing% Z-Contact% O-Contact% SwStr%
2016 1308 0.5046 0.4434 0.7776 0.6197 0.2639 0.8411 0.6257 0.2224
2017 645 0.4698 0.4341 0.7857 0.6040 0.2836 0.9126 0.5464 0.2143
2018 1773 0.4946 0.4749 0.8171 0.6397 0.3136 0.8841 0.6833 0.1829
2019 1048 0.5115 0.4275 0.8482 0.6175 0.2285 0.9003 0.7009 0.1518
Career47740.49770.45040.80890.62450.27720.87970.65290.1911

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 OAK $573,500
2019 OAK $
2018 OAK $547,500
2017 OAK $537,500
2016 OAK $
YearsDescriptionSalary
3 yrPrevious$1,658,500
3 yrTotal$1,658,500

 

Service TimeAgentContract Status
3 y 112 d1 year (2023)

Details
  • 1 year (2023). Re-signed by Kansas City as a free agent 3/31/23 (minor-league contract). Released by Kansas City 6/27/23. Signed by Washington as a free agent 7/3/23 (minor-league contract).
  • 1 year (2022). Signed by Kansas City as a free agent 3/7/22 (minor-league contract). Contract selected by Kansas City 6/13/22. Sent outright to Triple-A by Kansas City 7/2/22. Contract selected by Kansas City 9/1/22. DFA by Kansas City 9/2/22. Sent outright to Triple-A 9/4/22.
  • 2021. Kia Tigers of South Korea.
  • 1 year/$573,500 (2020). Re-signed by Oakland 3/20. DFA by Oakland 9/20/20. Sent outright to Alternate Training Site 9/22/20.
  • 1 year (2019). Re-signed by Oakland 3/19.
  • 1 year/$547,500 (2018). Re-signed by Oakland 3/18.
  • 1 year (2017). Re-signed by Oakland 3/17.
  • 1 year (2016). Contract selected by Oakland 6/11/16.
  • Acquired by Oakland in trade from Houston 7/23/15 (Kazmir deal).
  • Drafted by Houston 2014 (4-106) (Texas A&M). $470,000 signing bonus ($494,800 slot).

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 0 0 0 0 11.8 9 3 10 1 .234 1.03 3.27 3.58 0.0 0.0
80o 0 0 0 0 0 7.8 6 2 7 1 .244 1.09 3.60 3.94 0.0 0.0
70o 0 0 0 0 0 4.9 4 2 4 1 .252 1.13 3.84 4.2 0.0 0.0
60o 0 0 0 0 0 2.5 2 1 2 0 .258 1.17 4.04 4.42 0.0 0.0
50o 0 0 0 0 0 0.3 0 0 0 0 .264 1.21 4.23 4.63 -0.1 0.0
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DateQuestionAnswer
2017-10-12 20:00:00 (link to chat)How would you sort out the A's rotation next season? Sean Manaea and Kendall Graveman are the only two locks. You've got Frankie Montas, Raul Alcantara, and Jesse Hahn, who are all out of options. The 4A pitchers - Daniel Gossett, Paul Blackburn, and then Andrew Triggs and Daniel Mengden who showed promise in short stints. And Jharel Cotton who looks great when he isn't giving up homers by the truckload.
(Ken from Palo Alto)		I think Triggs / Blackburn / Mengden have at least earned a shot at it if they're healthy when the season starts. Montas has to be a reliever at this point, no? I might see how Cotton looks in relief also. (Nick Schaefer)
2016-09-07 19:00:00 (link to chat)Looking ahead to 2017, the A's appear to have 3/5 of their rotation, assuming health, locked in for before the trading deadline: Sonny Gray, Sean Manaea, and Kendall Graveman. Out of Jesse Hahn, Chris Bassitt, Henderson Alvarez, Daniel Mengden, Jharel Cotton, Raul Alcantara, Dillon Overton, and Frankie Montas, who can round out the rotation, who is more of a 4A player, and who just won't every be healthy enough again (looking at you, Jesse Hahn and Henderson Alvarez!)?
(Greg from San Francisco)		I'm mostly going to have to go off colleagues' reports, because I don't get any Oakland affiliates out here on the east coast. Seems to me like Mengden, Overton, and Alcantara have the best shots to be MLB starters, whereas Montas and Cotton might be better prospects but also probably profile best in relief. That may be completely wrong, though.

Hard not to feel for Henderson Alvarez given how his last couple years have went. (Jarrett Seidler)


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PITCHf/x Pitcher Profile

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Although he has not thrown an MLB pitch in 2024, Daniel Mengden threw 6,126 pitches that were tracked by the PITCHf/x system between 2016 and 2023, all of them occuring in Spring Training. In 2023, he relied primarily on his Fourseam Fastball (92mph) and Cutter (89mph), also mixing in a Slider (82mph), Change (85mph) and Curve (75mph).