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2019 Projections (Preseason PECOTA - seasonal age 39)

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Birth Date	6-6-1980
Height	6' 3"
Weight	230 lbs

Age	43 years, 10 months, 13 days
Bats	R
Throws	R

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MLB Statistics

Historical (past-seasons) WARP is now based on DRA..
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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
2003	CIN	MLB	6	0	8.7	1	1	0	10	2	6	1	103	10.4	2.1	1.0	6.2	0%	.310	1.38	4.12	5.19	97	4.50	94.4	0.1
2005	CIN	MLB	60	5	85.7	4	8	1	101	26	59	11	105	10.6	2.7	1.2	6.2	0%	.321	1.48	4.39	4.41	93	4.15	89.3	1.3
2006	CIN	MLB	30	2	40.0	2	0	0	43	19	26	5	96	9.7	4.3	1.1	5.9	0%	.299	1.55	5.08	3.60	104	5.20	105.9	0.2
2007	CIN	MLB	30	30	177.7	8	9	0	212	43	125	26	102	10.7	2.2	1.3	6.3	0%	.326	1.44	4.51	5.32	102	4.81	99.5	1.8
2008	CIN	MLB	6	6	29.7	1	4	0	47	6	14	4	92	14.3	1.8	1.2	4.2	0%	.364	1.79	4.51	7.28	92	3.65	77.8	0.6
2009	COL	MLB	24	0	31.0	3	1	0	35	5	22	6	100	10.2	1.5	1.7	6.4	0%	.293	1.29	4.73	5.52	94	3.86	82.8	0.5
2010	COL	MLB	76	0	92.0	7	5	1	84	16	91	7	103	8.2	1.6	0.7	8.9	0%	.309	1.09	2.69	2.93	73	2.88	65.1	2.1
2011	COL	MLB	74	0	72.0	10	4	0	77	14	58	5	110	9.6	1.8	0.6	7.3	0%	.327	1.26	3.03	3.25	85	3.81	88.5	0.8
2012	COL	MLB	80	0	80.0	3	8	3	91	18	69	5	119	10.2	2.0	0.6	7.8	0%	.340	1.36	3.00	3.71	88	4.30	98.6	0.5
2013	COL	MLB	72	0	73.0	5	7	0	76	15	62	6	113	9.4	1.8	0.7	7.6	0%	.321	1.25	3.00	4.32	82	3.45	82.6	1.0
2014	COL	MLB	66	1	64.7	4	7	0	74	19	43	5	123	10.3	2.6	0.7	6.0	0%	.322	1.44	3.70	4.87	107	5.52	135.5	-0.8
2015	SLN	MLB	34	0	33.7	1	1	0	34	15	25	1	94	9.1	4.0	0.3	6.7	0%	.314	1.46	3.66	2.67	98	4.20	98.2	0.2
2016	WAS	MLB	40	0	46.0	0	0	0	43	7	32	2	93	8.4	1.4	0.4	6.3	49%	.285	1.09	2.87	1.76	97	3.83	84.7	0.6
2017	MIN	MLB	62	0	60.3	2	2	9	48	22	54	7		7.2	3.3	1.0	8.1	43%	.253	1.16	4.05	4.03	98	3.89	82.7	0.9
2018	CLE	0	8	0	10.7	0	0	0	9	1	4	1	106	7.6	0.8	0.8	3.4	46%	.222	0.94	4.50	5.06	98	5.06	113.1	0.0
2018	MIN	0	25	0	23.7	1	1	0	40	10	21	5	105	15.2	3.8	1.9	8.0	49%	.432	2.11	5.56	9.13	104	6.07	135.6	-0.3
2018	TOT	MLB	33	0	34.3	1	1	0	49	11	25	6	105	12.8	2.9	1.6	6.6	48%	.368	1.75	5.23	7.86	103	5.76	128.6	-0.3
Career		MLB	693	44	928.7	52	58	14	1024	238	711	97	99	9.9	2.3	0.9	6.9	48%	.319	1.36	3.81	4.32	94	4.23	93.6	9.5

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-
1999	DNV	Rk	APL	14	14	71.3	2	5	0	86	23	60	3		10.9	2.9	0.4	7.6	0%	-.965	1.53	4.07	4.67	0	0.00	0.0
2000	MCN	A	SAL	15	15	102.3	9	5	0	79	18	97	7		7.0	1.6	0.6	8.5	0%	-.590	0.95	3.02	2.38	0	0.00	0.0
2000	MYR	A+	CRL	12	12	78.7	3	4	0	72	11	71	5		8.2	1.3	0.6	8.1	0%	-.770	1.05	2.85	3.43	0	0.00	0.0
2001	Pho	Wnt	AFL	4	3	18.3	2	1	0	26	6	22	3		12.8	3.0	1.5	10.8	0%	-.742	1.75	5.04	5.90	0	0.00	0.0
2002	GRN	AA	SOU	26	26	159.3	5	9	0	162	39	123	18		9.2	2.2	1.0	6.9	0%	.293	1.26	3.86	4.35	0	0.00	0.0
2003	CIN	MLB	NL	6	0	8.7	1	1	0	10	2	6	1	103	10.4	2.1	1.0	6.2	0%	.310	1.38	4.12	5.19	97	4.50	94.4
2003	GRN	AA	SOU	21	21	125.3	6	8	0	128	42	94	5		9.2	3.0	0.4	6.8	0%	.319	1.36	3.24	3.52	0	0.00	0.0
2003	GWN	AAA	INT	3	3	20.0	1	1	0	17	0	10	1		7.7	0.0	0.5	4.5	0%	.250	0.85	3.23	2.25	0	0.00	0.0
2003	LOU	AAA	INT	4	4	26.0	1	3	0	31	5	15	2		10.7	1.7	0.7	5.2	0%	.341	1.38	3.82	3.81	0	0.00	0.0
2004	LOU	AAA	INT	28	28	162.7	9	11	0	192	51	106	16		10.6	2.8	0.9	5.9	0%	.331	1.49	4.37	5.26	0	0.00	0.0
2005	CIN	MLB	NL	60	5	85.7	4	8	1	101	26	59	11	105	10.6	2.7	1.2	6.2	0%	.321	1.48	4.39	4.41	93	4.15	89.3
2006	CIN	MLB	NL	30	2	40.0	2	0	0	43	19	26	5	96	9.7	4.3	1.1	5.9	0%	.299	1.55	5.08	3.60	104	5.20	105.9
2006	DYT	A	MDW	2	0	4.1	1	0	1	3	0	3	0		6.6	0.0	0.0	6.6	0%	.231	0.73	1.84	0.00	0	0.00	0.0
2006	CHT	AA	SOU	2	1	3.1	0	0	0	3	0	4	0		8.7	0.0	0.0	11.6	0%	.333	0.97	0.39	0.00	0	0.00	0.0
2006	LOU	AAA	INT	8	1	9.2	1	0	0	4	1	9	0	100	3.9	1.0	0.0	8.8	0%	.182	0.54	1.44	0.00	71	2.48	52.0
2007	CIN	MLB	NL	30	30	177.7	8	9	0	212	43	125	26	102	10.7	2.2	1.3	6.3	0%	.326	1.44	4.51	5.32	102	4.81	99.5
2007	LOU	AAA	INT	1	1	6.0	0	1	0	7	2	7	0	100	10.5	3.0	0.0	10.5	0%	.368	1.50	1.83	3.00	75	3.99	81.9
2008	CIN	MLB	NL	6	6	29.7	1	4	0	47	6	14	4	92	14.3	1.8	1.2	4.2	0%	.364	1.79	4.51	7.28	92	3.65	77.8
2008	SAR	A+	FSL	1	1	8.7	1	0	0	2	0	3	0	100	2.1	0.0	0.0	3.1	0%	.080	0.23	2.51	0.00	95	2.08	42.5
2008	CHT	AA	SOU	1	1	9.0	1	0	0	7	0	3	0	108	7.0	0.0	0.0	3.0	0%	.219	0.78	2.57	2.00	96	3.34	68.3
2008	LOU	AAA	INT	26	1	38.0	5	1	4	43	11	27	1	97	10.2	2.6	0.2	6.4	0%	.331	1.42	3.42	4.26	93	4.82	98.7
2009	COL	MLB	NL	24	0	31.0	3	1	0	35	5	22	6	100	10.2	1.5	1.7	6.4	0%	.293	1.29	4.73	5.52	94	3.86	82.8
2009	CSP	AAA	PCL	33	4	58.3	1	1	9	58	15	47	2	111	9.0	2.3	0.3	7.3	0%	.324	1.25	3.05	3.09	76	3.15	66.3
2010	COL	MLB	NL	76	0	92.0	7	5	1	84	16	91	7	103	8.2	1.6	0.7	8.9	0%	.309	1.09	2.69	2.93	73	2.88	65.1
2011	COL	MLB	NL	74	0	72.0	10	4	0	77	14	58	5	110	9.6	1.8	0.6	7.3	0%	.327	1.26	3.03	3.25	85	3.81	88.5
2012	COL	MLB	NL	80	0	80.0	3	8	3	91	18	69	5	119	10.2	2.0	0.6	7.8	0%	.340	1.36	3.00	3.71	88	4.30	98.6
2013	COL	MLB	NL	72	0	73.0	5	7	0	76	15	62	6	113	9.4	1.8	0.7	7.6	0%	.321	1.25	3.00	4.32	82	3.45	82.6
2014	COL	MLB	NL	66	1	64.7	4	7	0	74	19	43	5	123	10.3	2.6	0.7	6.0	0%	.322	1.44	3.70	4.87	107	5.52	135.5
2015	SLN	MLB	NL	34	0	33.7	1	1	0	34	15	25	1	94	9.1	4.0	0.3	6.7	0%	.314	1.46	3.66	2.67	98	4.20	98.2
2016	WAS	MLB	NL	40	0	46.0	0	0	0	43	7	32	2	93	8.4	1.4	0.4	6.3	49%	.285	1.09	2.87	1.76	97	3.83	84.7
2016	POT	A+	CAR	3	0	4.0	0	0	0	6	1	5	1		13.5	2.3	2.3	11.3	31%	.417	1.75	5.04	4.50	89	4.84	106.9
2016	HAR	AA	EAS	3	0	4.0	0	0	0	5	0	2	0		11.3	0.0	0.0	4.5	43%	.357	1.25	2.35	4.50	91	4.97	109.8
2016	SYR	AAA	INT	3	0	3.0	0	1	0	4	0	4	0		12.0	0.0	0.0	12.0	67%	.444	1.33	1.50	3.00	69	3.36	74.2
2017	MIN	MLB	AL	62	0	60.3	2	2	9	48	22	54	7		7.2	3.3	1.0	8.1	43%	.253	1.16	4.05	4.03	98	3.89	82.7
2018	CLE	MLB	AL	8	0	10.7	0	0	0	9	1	4	1	106	7.6	0.8	0.8	3.4	46%	.222	0.94	4.50	5.06	98	5.06	113.1
2018	MIN	MLB	AL	25	0	23.7	1	1	0	40	10	21	5	105	15.2	3.8	1.9	8.0	49%	.432	2.11	5.56	9.13	104	6.07	135.6
2018	COH	AAA	INT	9	0	10.7	0	0	1	10	1	11	1		8.4	0.8	0.8	9.3	55%	.321	1.03	3.04	4.22	77	3.31	69.9

Plate Discipline

YEAR	Pits	Zone%	Swing%	Contact%	Z-Swing%	O-Swing%	Z-Contact%	O-Contact%	SwStr%
2008	515	0.5087	0.4738	0.8770	0.6489	0.2925	0.9529	0.7027	0.1230
2009	483	0.5424	0.5217	0.8373	0.6603	0.3575	0.8844	0.7342	0.1627
2010	1434	0.5669	0.4784	0.7813	0.6162	0.2979	0.8383	0.6270	0.2187
2011	1168	0.5848	0.5103	0.8104	0.6574	0.3031	0.8530	0.6803	0.1896
2012	1250	0.5992	0.5032	0.7981	0.6208	0.3273	0.8452	0.6646	0.2019
2013	1116	0.5627	0.5116	0.7741	0.6385	0.3484	0.8404	0.6176	0.2259
2014	1042	0.5393	0.4808	0.8064	0.6228	0.3146	0.8429	0.7219	0.1936
2015	586	0.4727	0.4505	0.7955	0.6137	0.3042	0.8529	0.6915	0.2045
2016	660	0.5621	0.5636	0.8172	0.7089	0.3772	0.8707	0.6881	0.1828
2017	959	0.4922	0.4786	0.7647	0.6144	0.3470	0.8172	0.6746	0.2353
2018	573	0.4817	0.5323	0.7607	0.7283	0.3502	0.8607	0.5673	0.2393
Career	9786	0.5472	0.4986	0.7970	0.6413	0.3261	0.8523	0.6656	0.2030

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
2010-11-01	2010-11-01	Off	0	0		Knee	Surgery	Meniscus Most of Season	2010-11-01
2010-03-06	2010-03-14	Camp	8	0	Right	Forearm	Tightness		-
2009-02-23	2009-03-09	Camp	14	0	Right	Forearm	Strain		-
2008-08-19	2008-09-29	60-DL	41	37	Right	Knee	Surgery	ACL	2008-08-19
2008-03-22	2008-03-26	Camp	4	0	Right	Forearm	Soreness	Working on Changeup	-
2008-03-21	2008-04-21	15-DL	31	19	Right	Forearm	Soreness		-
2006-07-10	2006-08-19	15-DL	40	33		Low Back	Strain		-
2006-05-28	2006-06-26	15-DL	29	27		Low Back	Strain		-
2006-03-01	2006-03-06	Camp	5	0		General Medical	Illness		-
2001-04-05	2001-09-05	Minors	153	0	-	Low Back	Surgery	Herniated Disk	2001-03-29	-

Compensation

Year	Team	Salary
2018	CLE	$1,500,000
2017	MIN	$2,050,000
2016	WAS	$1,250,000
2015	SLN	$3,500,000
2014	COL	$4,250,000
2013	COL	$4,100,000
2012	COL	$3,775,000
2011	COL	$2,350,000
2010	COL	$850,000
2008	CIN	$1,250,000
2007	CIN	$390,000
2006	CIN	$343,500
2005	CIN	$316,000

Years	Description	Salary
13 yr	Previous	$25,924,500
13 yr	Total	$25,924,500

Service Time	Agent	Contract Status
12 y 19 d	CAA Sports	1 year (2018)

Details

1 year (2018). Signed by Cleveland as a free agent 2/25/18 (minor-league contract). Salary of $1.5M in majors. May earn additional $1.75M in performance bonuses. Contract selected by Cleveland 3/29/18. DFA by Cleveland 5/2/18. Sent outright to Triple-A 5/7/18 (refused assignment). Re-signed by Cleveland as a free agent 5/16/18 (minor-league contract). Released by Cleveland 6/12/18. Signed by Minnesota as a free agent 6/12/18 (minor-league contract).
1 year/$2.05M (2017). Signed by Minnesota as a free agent 2/3/17.
1 year (2016). Signed by Washington as a free agent 2/17/16 (minor-league contract). Salary of $1.25M in majors. May opt out of contract 3/27/16 or 6/1/16 if not on Major League roster. Contract selected by Washington 3/29/16.
1 year/$3.5M (2015). Signed by St. Louis as a free agent 12/2/14. Performance bonuses: $0.15M each for 50, 60 games. $0.2M for 70 games.
2 years/$8.125M (2012-13), plus 2014 mutual option. Signed extension with Colorado 2/3/12. 12:$3.775M, 13:$4.1M, 14:$4.25M mutual option, $0.25M mutual option. Performance bonuses: $0.225M annually based on games finished.
2 years/$6.125M (2011-12). Signed extension with Colorado 2/19/11 (replacing 1 year/$2.35M deal signed 1/11/11, avoiding arbitration). 11:$2.35M, 12:$3.775M.
1 year/$0.85M (2010). Re-signed by Colorado 11/5/09 (avoided arbitration). Performance bonuses: $0.275M based on games (55-75). $0.2M based on games finished, starting at 40.
1 year (2009). Signed by Colorado as a free agent 1/14/09 (minor-league contract, $0.8M in majors). Performance bonuses: $25,000 for 165 IP, $50,000 for 175 IP, $75,000 for 185 IP, $0.1M for 195 IP, $0.125M for 205 IP. $25,000 each for 55, 60 games. $50,000 each for 65, 70, 75 games. Contract purchased by Colorado 4/10/09. DFA by Colorado 5/25/09, sent outright to AAA 5/27/09. Contract purchased by Colorado 7/11/09. DFA by Colorado 7/16/09. Contract purchased by Colorado 9/8/09.
1 year/$1.25M (2008). Re-signed by Cincinnati 1/31/08 (avoided arbitration, $1.65M-$1M). Performance bonus: $25,000 each for 175, 185, 200, 210 IP. Non-tendered by Cincinnati 12/12/08.
1 year/$0.39M (2007). Re-signed by Cincinnati 3/07.
1 year/$0.3435M (2006). Re-signed by Cincinnati 3/06.
1 year/$0.316M (2005). Re-signed by Cincinnati 3/05.
1 year (2004). Re-signed by Cincinnati 3/04.
1 year (2003). Acquired by Cincinnati in trade from Atlanta 8/03.
Drafted by Atlanta 1998 (2-52) (McCallum HS, Austin, Texas).

2019 Preseason Forecast

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

PCT	L	SV	G	IP	H	BB	SO	HR	BABIP	WHIP	ERA	DRA	VORP	WARP
90^o	2	3.7	55	57.9	49	20	46	6	.259	1.19	3.51	3.83	-5.1	-0.6
80^o	1.7	3.2	50	51.9	48	19	41	6	.273	1.28	3.89	4.24	-6.8	-0.7
70^o	1.5	2.9	46	47.8	46	18	38	6	.284	1.35	4.17	4.54	-7.8	-0.8
60^o	1.3	2.6	42	44.3	45	18	35	6	.293	1.41	4.41	4.81	-8.5	-0.9
50^o	1.2	2.4	39	41.1	43	17	33	5	.301	1.47	4.64	5.06	-9.0	-1.0
40^o	1	2.1	36	38.0	42	17	30	5	.310	1.53	4.87	5.31	-9.3	-1.0
30^o	0.9	1.9	33	34.8	40	16	28	5	.319	1.60	5.12	5.58	-9.5	-1.0
20^o	0.7	1.6	30	31.1	37	15	25	5	.330	1.68	5.43	5.91	-9.6	-1.0
10^o	0.5	1.3	25	26.2	34	13	21	4	.345	1.80	5.86	6.38	-9.4	-1.0
Weighted Mean	1.1	2.3	39	40.5	42	17	32	5	.299	1.46	4.61	5.02	-8.7	-0.9

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Date	Question	Answer
2009-10-23 16:00:00 (link to chat)	From a baseball standpoint, who would you most likely want to build a team around from "Major League 3: Back to the Minors"? Hoss(the pitcher that punked out Liston), "Downtown", The Juans(combo pair) or the ballet-trained utility guy? (jlarsen from Chicago, IL)	Clearly Downtown... he was a pure hitter, as he told that waitress in the diner, meaning he has quick hands. Plus, once he learned how to take pitches the opposite way, watch out. I think he would have gone on to have a Johnny Damon career while Hoss would have become Matt Belisle. (Eric Seidman)

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PITCHf/x Pitcher Profile

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Although he has not thrown an MLB pitch in 2024, Matt Belisle threw 10,774 pitches that were tracked by the PITCHf/x system between 2007 and 2018, all of them occuring in Spring Training. In 2018, he relied primarily on his Fourseam Fastball (91mph) and Slider (86mph), also mixing in a Sinker (92mph) and Curve (74mph). He also rarely threw a Change (87mph).