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2019 Projections (Preseason PECOTA - seasonal age 24)
IP ERA WHIP SO W L SV WARP
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Birth Date10-10-1994
Height6' 1"
Weight245 lbs
Age29 years, 6 months, 13 days
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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
2019 SDN MLB 13 0 11.0 0 2 0 10 5 14 3 100 8.2 4.1 2.5 11.5 34% .269 1.36 5.53 6.55 95 4.50 92.2 0.1
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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-
2016 FTW A MID 15 0 21.0 3 4 2 20 4 25 0 8.6 1.7 0.0 10.7 37% .339 1.14 1.66 3.43 78 3.36 74.1
2016 TRI A- NWL 8 0 10.0 1 0 2 7 0 15 0 6.3 0.0 0.0 13.5 41% .318 0.70 1.07 0.00 61 1.44 31.8
2017 FTW A MID 24 0 33.7 1 1 9 18 11 50 1 4.8 2.9 0.3 13.4 48% .250 0.86 1.98 1.87 62 1.88 40.1
2017 LEL A+ CAL 21 0 27.7 0 3 2 27 9 31 1 8.8 2.9 0.3 10.1 44% .351 1.30 3.56 3.58 85 3.42 72.8
2017 PER Wnt AFL 7 0 8.0 1 0 0 1 0 7 1 1.1 0.0 1.1 7.9 0% .000 0.13 3.91 1.13 0 0.00 0.0
2018 LEL A+ CAL 47 0 69.3 2 4 10 65 29 96 4 8.4 3.8 0.5 12.5 41% .363 1.36 3.16 2.73 89 3.90 82.4
2019 SDN MLB NL 13 0 11.0 0 2 0 10 5 14 3 100 8.2 4.1 2.5 11.5 34% .269 1.36 5.53 6.55 95 4.50 92.2
2019 AMA AA TEX 44 0 58.0 2 5 14 49 18 86 4 7.6 2.8 0.6 13.3 50% .349 1.16 2.46 2.95 71 3.36 69.1

Plate Discipline

YEAR Pits Zone% Swing% Contact% Z-Swing% O-Swing% Z-Contact% O-Contact% SwStr%
2019 196 0.5255 0.4592 0.6667 0.6505 0.2473 0.7612 0.3913 0.3333
Career1960.52550.45920.66670.65050.24730.76120.39130.3333

Injury History  —  No longer being updated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
2023 PIT $745,000
2022 PIT $715,000
2021 PIT $579,000
2020 SDN $564,300
2019 SDN $
YearsDescriptionSalary
4 yrPrevious$2,603,300
4 yrTotal$2,603,300

 

Service TimeAgentContract Status
2 y 76 d1 year/$745,000 (2023)

Details
  • 1 year/$745,000 (2023). Re-signed by Pittsburgh 3/23.
  • 1 year/$715,000 (2022). Re-signed by Pittsburgh 3/22.
  • 1 year/$579,000 (2021). Acquired by Pittsburgh in trade from San Diego 1/18/21. Re-signed by Pittsburgh 3/21.
  • 1 year/$564,300 (2020). Re-signed by San Diego 3/20.
  • 1 year (2019). Contract selected by San Diego 9/1/19.
  • Drafted by San Diego 2016 (35-1,044) (Lafayette, Pa.).

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 17.1 13 6 18 2 .258 1.11 3.05 3.2 0.0 0.0
80o 0 0 0 0 0 11.0 9 5 12 1 .276 1.22 3.48 3.65 0.0 0.0
70o 0 0 0 0 0 6.8 6 3 7 1 .288 1.30 3.79 3.99 0.0 0.0
60o 0 0 0 0 0 3.3 3 2 4 0 .299 1.37 4.07 4.28 0.0 0.0
50o 0 0 0 0 0 0.2 0 0 0 0 .309 1.44 4.33 4.56 0.0 0.0
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PITCHf/x Pitcher Profile

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David Bednar has thrown 3,786 pitches that have been tracked by the PITCHf/x system between 2019 and 2024, all of them occuring in Spring Training. In 2024, he has relied primarily on his Fourseam Fastball (97mph) and Curve (78mph), also mixing in a Splitter (92mph).