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2019 Projections (Preseason PECOTA - seasonal age 26)

IP	ERA	WHIP	SO	W	L	SV	WARP
27.7	5.35	1.43	26	1	0	0	-0.2

Birth Date	12-1-1992
Height	6' 0"
Weight	220 lbs

Age	31 years, 4 months, 18 days
Bats	L
Throws	L

: 2015
: 2016
: 2017
: -0.12018
: -0.22019
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MLB Statistics

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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
2018	BOS	MLB	20	0	22.3	1	0	22	3	24	4	107	8.9	1.2	1.6	9.7	34%	.300	1.12	4.04	3.22	107	5.31	118.6	-0.1
2019	BOS	MLB	13	1	11.7	0	1	10	5	11	2	106	7.7	3.9	1.5	8.5	28%	.267	1.29	5.13	6.94	116	6.55	134.4	-0.1
Career		MLB	33	1	34.0	1	1	32	8	35	6	107	8.5	2.1	1.6	9.3	32%	.289	1.18	4.42	4.50	111	5.74	124.0	-0.2

Statistics for All Levels

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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-
2015	LOW	A-	NYP	17	0	23.7	1	2	10	29	2	22	3		11.0	0.8	1.1	8.4	0%	.356	1.31	3.68	2.28	92	4.90	107.4
2016	GRN	A	SAL	16	0	26.0	0	0	11	11	0	32	0		3.8	0.0	0.0	11.1	47%	.200	0.42	0.93	0.35	53	1.45	32.1
2016	SLM	A+	CAR	23	1	39.7	3	1	4	44	11	30	4	96	10.0	2.5	0.9	6.8	32%	.310	1.39	4.24	4.99	107	4.35	96.2
2017	SLM	A+	CAR	16	0	22.0	2	0	6	20	6	32	2		8.2	2.5	0.8	13.1	46%	.346	1.18	2.48	2.45	69	3.33	70.9
2017	PME	AA	EAS	27	0	38.3	0	1	9	19	11	52	2		4.5	2.6	0.5	12.2	35%	.210	0.78	2.13	0.94	62	1.46	31.1
2017	PER	Wnt	AFL	7	0	10.0	0	1	0	10	1	10	1		9.0	0.9	0.9	9.0	0%	.321	1.10	3.63	3.60	0	0.00	0.0
2018	BOS	MLB	AL	20	0	22.3	1	0	0	22	3	24	4	107	8.9	1.2	1.6	9.7	34%	.300	1.12	4.04	3.22	107	5.31	118.6
2018	PME	AA	EAS	1	1	1.0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	107	9.0	0.0	0.0	9.0	0%	.333	1.00	1.31	0.00	89	3.81	80.6
2018	PAW	AAA	INT	33	0	43.0	0	0	6	43	11	35	4		9.0	2.3	0.8	7.3	26%	.300	1.26	3.88	3.14	98	4.51	95.3
2019	BOS	MLB	AL	13	1	11.7	0	1	0	10	5	11	2	106	7.7	3.9	1.5	8.5	28%	.267	1.29	5.13	6.94	116	6.55	134.4
2019	PAW	AAA	INT	43	1	57.3	2	5	6	47	27	70	9	84	7.4	4.2	1.4	11.0	21%	.271	1.29	4.79	3.77	99	3.76	77.3

Plate Discipline

YEAR	Pits	Zone%	Swing%	Contact%	Z-Swing%	O-Swing%	Z-Contact%	O-Contact%	SwStr%
2018	374	0.4920	0.5455	0.7451	0.7391	0.3579	0.7941	0.6471	0.2549
2019	225	0.5556	0.4844	0.7431	0.6560	0.2700	0.8049	0.5556	0.2569
Career	599	0.5159	0.5225	0.7443	0.7079	0.3249	0.7982	0.6127	0.2557

Injury History — No longer being updated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
2021	BOS	$
2020	BOS	$
2019	BOS	$
2018	BOS	$545,000

Years	Description	Salary
1 yr	Previous	$545,000
1 yr	Total	$545,000

Service Time	Agent	Contract Status
0 y 109 d		1 year (2021)

Details
1 year (2021). Re-signed by Boston (minor-league contract). Released by Boston 7/8/21. 2020. DFA by Boston 1/15/20. Sent outright to Triple-A 1/21/20. 1 year (2019). Re-signed by Boston 3/19. 1 year (2018). Contract selected by Boston 3/29/18. Drafted by Boston 2015 (14-411) (Florida). $10,000 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
90^o	0	0	0	0	0	15.8	14	5	14	3	.255	1.16	4.12	4.25
80^o	0	0	0	0	0	10.2	9	3	9	2	.270	1.25	4.59	4.73
70^o	0	0	0	0	0	6.3	6	2	6	1	.281	1.32	4.94	5.08
60^o	0	0	0	0	0	3.0	3	1	3	1	.290	1.39	5.23	5.39
50^o	0	0	0	0	0	0.1	0	0	0	0	.299	1.45	5.52	5.68
Weighted Mean	?	?	?	?	?	0.0	?	0	0	?	.000	0.00	0.00	?

Preseason Long-Term Forecast (Beyond the 2019 Projections)

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

Year	Age	W	L	G	IP	H	BB	SO	HR	GB%	BABIP	WHIP	ERA	DRA	H/9	BB/9	K/9	HR/9	WARP
2020	27	1	0	31	33	34	13	30	8	34	.287	1.44	5.82	6.16	9.4	3.6	8.3	2.2	-0.4
2021	28	1	0	31	33	35	12	31	8	34	.293	1.42	5.68	6.01	9.5	3.3	8.5	2.2	-0.4
2022	29	2	1	39	41	43	15	38	9	34	.290	1.40	5.50	5.82	9.4	3.3	8.3	2.0	-0.4
2023	30	2	1	38	40	42	15	37	9	34	.291	1.44	5.51	5.83	9.5	3.4	8.4	2.0	-0.3
2024	31	2	1	34	37	39	13	33	8	34	.294	1.42	5.59	5.92	9.6	3.2	8.1	2.0	-0.4
2025	32	2	0	33	35	37	13	32	8	34	.293	1.43	5.64	5.97	9.5	3.3	8.2	2.1	-0.4
2026	33	1	0	31	33	36	12	30	7	34	.296	1.45	5.71	6.04	9.8	3.3	8.2	1.9	-0.4
2027	34	1	0	31	33	35	12	30	7	34	.294	1.42	5.65	5.98	9.5	3.3	8.2	1.9	-0.3
2028	35	1	0	28	30	32	11	27	7	34	.297	1.45	5.66	5.99	9.7	3.3	8.2	2.1	-0.3

Comparable Players (Similarity Index 85)

Rank	Score	Name	Year	Run Average	Trend
1	95	R.J. Swindle	2010	0.00	DNP
2	92	Donnie Hart	2017	4.12
3	90	Edgar Santana	2018	3.26
4	90	Evan Scribner	2012	2.80
5	89	Ron Flores	2006	3.34
6	88	Jonathan Aro	2017	0.00	DNP
7	87	Chad Girodo	2017	0.00	DNP
8	87	Josh Martin	2016	0.00	DNP
9	87	Casey Fien	2010	10.13
10	87	Craig Breslow	2007	0.00	DNP
11	87	Enosil Tejeda	2015	0.00	DNP
12	87	Mitchell Lambson	2017	0.00	DNP
13	86	Brad Kilby	2009	1.06
14	86	Noe Ramirez	2016	6.23
15	86	Tanner Scheppers	2013	2.47
16	86	Keith Butler	2015	0.00	DNP
17	86	Paul Sewald	2016	0.00	DNP
18	86	Erik Stiller	2011	0.00	DNP
19	86	Tony Zych	2017	2.66
20	86	Andrew McKirahan	2016	0.00	DNP
21	86	Jordan Conley	2013	0.00	DNP
22	86	Patrick Keating	2013	0.00	DNP
23	86	Cody Ege	2017	0.00	DNP
24	85	Kyle Landis	2012	0.00	DNP
25	85	Daniel Meszaros	2012	0.00	DNP
26	85	Joe Broussard	2017	0.00	DNP
27	85	Angel Nesbitt	2017	0.00	DNP
28	85	Jose Monegro	2016	0.00	DNP
29	85	Matthew Sartor	2011	0.00	DNP
30	85	James Farris	2018	0.00	DNP
31	85	Emilio Pagan	2017	3.58
32	85	Justin Freeman	2013	18.00
33	85	Richard Rodriguez	2016	0.00	DNP
34	85	Pedro Vidal	2014	0.00	DNP
35	85	Tyler Bremer	2016	0.00	DNP
36	85	Robby Scott	2016	0.00
37	85	Robert Hinton	2011	0.00	DNP
38	85	Geoff Broussard	2017	0.00	DNP
39	85	Paul Smyth	2013	0.00	DNP
40	85	Troy Neiman	2017	0.00	DNP
41	85	Hector Neris	2015	4.24
42	85	Barry Bowden	2011	0.00	DNP
43	85	Jason Gurka	2014	0.00	DNP
44	85	Frank Gailey	2012	0.00	DNP
45	85	Pedro Strop	2011	2.05
46	85	Juan Minaya	2017	4.33
47	85	Tucker Healy	2016	0.00	DNP
48	85	Rob Wooten	2012	0.00	DNP
49	85	Kyler Newby	2011	0.00	DNP
50	85	Jon Link	2010	7.27
51	85	Neil Wagner	2010	0.00	DNP
52	85	Ryan Kussmaul	2013	0.00	DNP
53	84	David Roseboom	2018	0.00	DNP
54	84	Pedro Viola	2009	5.14
55	84	Caleb Graham	2013	0.00	DNP
56	84	Richard James Hively	2015	0.00	DNP
57	84	Jeff Urlaub	2013	0.00	DNP
58	84	Joe Donofrio	2015	0.00	DNP
59	84	Hamilton Bennett	2014	0.00	DNP
60	84	Josh Lucas	2017	3.68
61	84	Matt German	2010	0.00	DNP
62	84	Brandon Sisk	2012	0.00	DNP
63	84	Colton Murray	2016	6.25
64	84	Kurt Yacko	2014	0.00	DNP
65	84	A.J. Battisto	2010	0.00	DNP
66	84	Taylor Thompson	2013	0.00	DNP
67	84	Matthew West	2015	0.00
68	84	Robert Benincasa	2017	0.00	DNP
69	84	Ralston Cash	2018	0.00	DNP
70	84	Stefan Crichton	2018	0.00	DNP
71	84	Brett Jensen	2010	0.00	DNP
72	84	Lucas Luetge	2013	5.59
73	84	Matt Langwell	2012	0.00	DNP
74	84	Mike Benacka	2009	0.00	DNP
75	84	Brian Grening	2011	0.00	DNP
76	84	Cody Hall	2014	0.00	DNP
77	84	Brandon Cunniff	2015	5.14
78	84	Louis Head	2016	0.00	DNP
79	84	Trevor Frank	2017	0.00	DNP
80	84	Ryan Thompson	2018	0.00	DNP
81	84	Scott Maine	2011	10.29
82	84	Richie Mirowski	2015	0.00	DNP
83	84	Josh Lueke	2011	6.06
84	83	Bryan Oland	2011	0.00	DNP
85	83	T.J. Weir	2018	0.00	DNP
86	83	Hunter Jones	2010	0.00
87	83	Steven Okert	2018	1.23
88	83	Diego Moreno	2014	0.00	DNP
89	83	Travis Hissong	2018	0.00	DNP
90	83	Josh Wilkie	2011	0.00	DNP
91	83	Dean Kiekhefer	2015	0.00	DNP
92	83	Matt Marsh	2018	0.00	DNP
93	83	Jacob Smith	2016	4.50
94	83	Tyler Kinley	2017	0.00	DNP
95	83	Matt Gorgen	2013	0.00	DNP
96	83	Matt Wright	2013	0.00	DNP
97	83	Tyler Webb	2017	5.63
98	83	Jesse Simpson	2013	0.00	DNP
99	83	Chris Petrini	2013	0.00	DNP
100	83	Kirby Bellow	2018	0.00	DNP

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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).

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PITCHf/x Pitcher Profile

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Although he has not thrown an MLB pitch in 2024, Bobby Poyner threw 599 pitches that were tracked by the PITCHf/x system between 2018 and 2019, including pitches thrown in . In 2019, he relied primarily on his Fourseam Fastball (89mph), also mixing in a Change (82mph) and Slider (83mph). He also rarely threw a Curve (77mph).