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Neal Cotts PMets

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Birth Date	3-25-1980
Height	6' 2"
Weight	200 lbs

Age	44 years, 1 months, 14 days
Bats	L
Throws	L

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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	CHA	MLB	4	4	13.3	1	1	0	15	17	10	1	107	10.1	11.5	0.7	6.8	0%	.341	2.40	6.39	8.10	135	9.47	198.6	-0.5
2004	CHA	MLB	56	1	65.3	4	4	0	61	30	58	13	107	8.4	4.1	1.8	8.0	0%	.271	1.39	5.48	5.65	103	4.47	92.2	0.8
2005	CHA	MLB	69	0	60.3	4	0	0	38	29	58	1	103	5.7	4.3	0.1	8.7	0%	.237	1.11	2.97	1.94	95	3.50	75.3	1.3
2006	CHA	MLB	70	0	54.0	1	2	1	64	24	43	12	112	10.7	4.0	2.0	7.2	0%	.308	1.63	5.98	5.17	109	5.31	108.2	0.2
2007	CHN	MLB	16	0	16.7	0	1	0	15	9	14	1	103	8.1	4.9	0.5	7.6	0%	.286	1.44	4.43	4.86	99	4.23	87.5	0.2
2008	CHN	MLB	50	0	35.7	0	2	0	38	13	43	7	101	9.6	3.3	1.8	10.9	0%	.323	1.43	4.42	4.29	94	3.59	76.6	0.7
2009	CHN	MLB	19	0	11.0	0	2	0	14	9	9	3	95	11.5	7.4	2.5	7.4	0%	.333	2.09	7.69	7.36	98	5.21	111.6	0.0
2013	TEX	MLB	58	0	57.0	8	3	1	36	18	65	2	101	5.7	2.8	0.3	10.3	0%	.246	0.95	2.19	1.11	75	2.50	59.8	1.4
2014	TEX	MLB	73	0	66.7	2	9	2	66	23	63	6	100	8.9	3.1	0.8	8.5	0%	.314	1.34	3.61	4.32	113	4.35	106.6	0.1
2015	MIL	0	51	0	49.7	1	0	0	44	17	49	9	96	8.0	3.1	1.6	8.9	0%	.267	1.23	4.75	3.26	105	4.49	104.9	0.1
2015	MIN	0	17	0	13.7	0	0	0	14	5	9	3	108	9.2	3.3	2.0	5.9	0%	.262	1.39	5.95	3.95	117	4.92	114.9	0.0
2015	TOT	MLB	68	0	63.3	1	0	0	58	22	58	12	98	8.2	3.1	1.7	8.2	0%	.000	1.26	5.01	3.41	108	4.58	107.1	0.1
Career		MLB	483	5	443.3	21	24	4	405	194	421	58	103	8.2	3.9	1.2	8.5	43%	.287	1.35	4.38	3.96	102	4.27	94.2	4.4

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-
2001	VAN	A-	NWN	9	7	35.0	1	0	0	28	13	44	2		7.2	3.3	0.5	11.3	0%	-.441	1.17	3.12	3.09	0	0.00	0.0
2001	VIS	A+	CLF	7	7	31.0	3	2	0	27	15	34	0		7.8	4.4	0.0	9.9	0%	-.551	1.35	3.01	2.32	0	0.00	0.0
2002	MOD	A+	CLF	28	28	137.7	12	6	0	123	87	178	5		8.0	5.7	0.3	11.6	0%	.351	1.53	3.52	4.12	0	0.00	0.0
2003	CHA	MLB	AL	4	4	13.3	1	1	0	15	17	10	1	107	10.1	11.5	0.7	6.8	0%	.341	2.40	6.39	8.10	135	9.47	198.6
2003	BIR	AA	SOU	21	21	108.3	9	7	0	67	56	133	2		5.6	4.7	0.2	11.1	0%	.264	1.14	2.49	2.16	0	0.00	0.0
2003	Peo	Wnt	AFL	6	6	21.3	0	2	0	24	8	19	0		10.1	3.4	0.0	8.0	0%	-.889	1.50	3.62	4.65	0	0.00	0.0
2004	CHA	MLB	AL	56	1	65.3	4	4	0	61	30	58	13	107	8.4	4.1	1.8	8.0	0%	.271	1.39	5.48	5.65	103	4.47	92.2
2005	CHA	MLB	AL	69	0	60.3	4	0	0	38	29	58	1	103	5.7	4.3	0.1	8.7	0%	.237	1.11	2.97	1.94	95	3.50	75.3
2006	CHA	MLB	AL	70	0	54.0	1	2	1	64	24	43	12	112	10.7	4.0	2.0	7.2	0%	.308	1.63	5.98	5.17	109	5.31	108.2
2007	CHN	MLB	NL	16	0	16.7	0	1	0	15	9	14	1	103	8.1	4.9	0.5	7.6	0%	.286	1.44	4.43	4.86	99	4.23	87.5
2007	IOW	AAA	PCL	24	6	50.3	2	2	0	43	30	48	4	111	7.7	5.4	0.7	8.6	0%	.291	1.45	4.50	4.83	101	3.92	80.4
2008	CHN	MLB	NL	50	0	35.7	0	2	0	38	13	43	7	101	9.6	3.3	1.8	10.9	0%	.323	1.43	4.42	4.29	94	3.59	76.6
2008	IOW	AAA	PCL	19	0	27.0	2	0	3	23	10	33	0	104	7.7	3.3	0.0	11.0	0%	.343	1.22	2.15	2.00	66	3.25	66.4
2009	CHN	MLB	NL	19	0	11.0	0	2	0	14	9	9	3	95	11.5	7.4	2.5	7.4	0%	.333	2.09	7.69	7.36	98	5.21	111.6
2009	IOW	AAA	PCL	12	0	12.7	1	1	1	7	6	11	1	81	5.0	4.3	0.7	7.8	0%	.188	1.02	4.39	2.83	99	2.90	61.1
2012	ROU	AAA	PCL	25	0	31.7	2	1	3	32	15	41	2		9.1	4.3	0.6	11.7	0%	.361	1.48	3.40	4.55	77	3.73	77.7
2013	TEX	MLB	AL	58	0	57.0	8	3	1	36	18	65	2	101	5.7	2.8	0.3	10.3	0%	.246	0.95	2.19	1.11	75	2.50	59.8
2013	ROU	AAA	PCL	15	0	23.0	3	1	2	13	5	42	1		5.1	2.0	0.4	16.4	0%	.353	0.78	1.13	0.78	31	1.25	27.2
2014	TEX	MLB	AL	73	0	66.7	2	9	2	66	23	63	6	100	8.9	3.1	0.8	8.5	0%	.314	1.34	3.61	4.32	113	4.35	106.6
2015	MIL	MLB	NL	51	0	49.7	1	0	0	44	17	49	9	96	8.0	3.1	1.6	8.9	0%	.267	1.23	4.75	3.26	105	4.49	104.9
2015	MIN	MLB	AL	17	0	13.7	0	0	0	14	5	9	3	108	9.2	3.3	2.0	5.9	0%	.262	1.39	5.95	3.95	117	4.92	114.9
2016	ROU	AAA	PCL	20	0	23.7	2	2	0	23	10	23	2		8.7	3.8	0.8	8.7	43%	.323	1.39	4.14	3.80	96	4.80	105.9
2016	SLC	AAA	PCL	14	0	13.7	0	0	1	12	3	13	1		7.9	2.0	0.7	8.6	46%	.289	1.10	3.42	3.29	91	5.16	113.9
2016	SWB	AAA	INT	7	0	7.3	0	0	0	8	1	2	2		9.8	1.2	2.5	2.5	48%	.240	1.23	6.98	4.91	125	4.79	105.7
2017	SYR	AAA	INT	52	0	48.0	1	3	2	37	17	57	4		6.9	3.2	0.8	10.7	46%	.282	1.13	3.23	3.94	86	3.22	68.6

Plate Discipline

YEAR	Pits	Zone%	Swing%	Contact%	Z-Swing%	O-Swing%	Z-Contact%	O-Contact%	SwStr%
2008	639	0.5321	0.4601	0.7109	0.6441	0.2508	0.7854	0.4933	0.2891
2009	220	0.5591	0.3909	0.7442	0.5528	0.1856	0.7941	0.5556	0.2558
2013	923	0.5255	0.5038	0.7355	0.6639	0.3265	0.7981	0.5944	0.2645
2014	1048	0.5048	0.4752	0.7550	0.6654	0.2813	0.8210	0.5959	0.2450
2015	1063	0.4845	0.4666	0.7581	0.6874	0.2591	0.8333	0.5704	0.2419
Career	3893	0.5117	0.4724	0.7434	0.6612	0.2755	0.8116	0.5695	0.2566

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
2014-04-22	2014-04-25	DTD	3	2	-	Hip	Contusion	Batted Ball	-	-
2012-04-04	2012-06-10	Minors	67	0	Left	Shoulder	Recovery From Previous Injury	Latissimus Dorsi Strain	-	-
2012-04-01	2012-04-04	Camp	3	0	Left	Shoulder	Strain	Latissimus Dorsi	-	-
2010-04-09	2010-09-07	Minors	151	0	Right	Hip	Surgery	Labrum Tear and Had Three Other Surgeries for Resulting Infection	-
2009-06-25	2009-09-08	Minors	75	0	Left	Elbow	Surgery	Tommy John Surgery	2009-07-02
2007-06-20	2007-07-21	Minors	31	0	Left	Thigh	Strain	Hamstring	-	-
2004-06-04	2004-06-16	Minors	12	0	Left	Shoulder	Inflammation		-	-

Compensation

Year	Team	Salary
2017	WAS	$
2016	ANA	$
2015	MIL	$3,000,000
2014	TEX	$2,200,000
2013	TEX	$
2012	TEX	$
2011	NYA	$
2010	PIT	$
2009	CHN	$1,100,000
2008	CHN	$800,000
2007	CHN	$825,000
2006	CHA	$400,000
2005	CHA	$330,000
2004	CHA	$301,000

Years	Description	Salary
8 yr	Previous	$8,956,000
8 yr	Total	$8,956,000

Service Time	Agent	Contract Status
7 y 41 d	Pro Star Management	1 year (2017)

Details

1 year (2017). Signed by Washington as a free agent 1/17 (minor-league contract).
1 year (2016). Signed by Houston as a free agent 3/2/16 (minor-league contract). Salary of $1.5M in majors. Released by Houston 3/25/16. Signed by LA Angels as a free agent 4/3/16 (minor-league contract with May opt-out clause). Cotts exercised right to opt out of contract 5/17/16. Released by LA Angels 5/18/16. Signed by Texas as a free agent 6/20/16 (minor-league contract).
1 year/$3M (2015). Signed by Milwaukee as a free agent 1/30/15. Acquired by Minnesota in trade from Milwaukee 8/21/15.
1 year/$2.2M (2014). Re-signed by Texas 1/15/14 (avoided arbitration).
1 year (2013). Re-signed by Texas 12/5/12 (minor-league contract). Contract selected by Texas 5/21/13.
1 year (2012). Signed by Texas as a free agent 2/20/12 (minor-league contract).
1 year (2011). Signed by NY Yankees as a free agent for 2011 (minor-league contract).
1 year (2010). Signed by Pittsburgh as a free agent 1/4/10 (minor-league contract). $0.9M in majors, $0.12M in minors.
1 year/$1.1M (2009). Re-signed by Cubs 12/12/08 (avoided arbitration). Award bonuses. Non-tendered by Chicago Cubs 12/12/09.
1 year/$0.8M (2008). Re-signed by Chicago Cubs 12/13/07 (avoided arbitration). Performance bonuses: $25,000 each for 50, 55, 60 games. Award bonuses: $0.15M for WS MVP, $0.1M each for MVP, LCS MVP, Rolaids ($75,000 for 2nd in vote, $50,000 for 3rd-4th), $75,000 each for All Star, Gold Glove.
1 year/$0.825M (2007). Signed by Chicago Cubs 1/07 (avoided arbitration). Award bonuses, including $0.15M for World Series MVP.
1 year/$0.4M (2006). Re-signed by Chicago White Sox 2/06. Acquired by Chicago Cubs in trade from Chicago White Sox 11/06.
1 year/$0.33M (2005). Re-signed by Chicago White Sox 2/05.
1 year/$0.31M (2004). Re-signed by Chicago White Sox 2/04.
Acquired by Chicago White Sox in trade from Oakland 12/02.
Drafted by Oakland 2001 (2-69). $0.525M signing bonus.

2019 Preseason Forecast

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

PCT	W	SV	G	IP	H	BB	SO	HR	BABIP	WHIP	ERA	DRA	VORP	WARP
90^o	7.5	2.5	53	51.1	40	18	48	6	.249	1.13	3.35	3.59	-3.5	-0.4
80^o	6.5	2.1	47	45.1	38	17	42	6	.264	1.22	3.74	4.01	-5.1	-0.6
70^o	5.8	1.9	42	40.9	36	17	38	5	.275	1.29	4.03	4.32	-6.0	-0.6
60^o	5.2	1.6	39	37.4	35	16	35	5	.284	1.35	4.29	4.6	-6.6	-0.7
50^o	4.7	1.5	35	34.2	33	15	32	5	.293	1.41	4.53	4.85	-6.9	-0.8
40^o	4.2	1.3	32	31.1	31	14	29	5	.301	1.47	4.77	5.12	-7.2	-0.8
30^o	3.7	1.1	29	27.8	29	13	26	4	.311	1.54	5.04	5.4	-7.2	-0.8
20^o	3.1	0.9	25	24.2	27	12	23	4	.322	1.62	5.36	5.74	-7.2	-0.8
10^o	2.4	0.7	20	19.2	23	10	18	3	.337	1.73	5.81	6.23	-6.7	-0.7
Weighted Mean	4.6	1.4	35	33.5	32	15	32	5	.290	1.39	4.49	4.82	-6.7	-0.7

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Date	Question	Answer
2013-05-24 14:00:00 (link to chat)	In a deep redraft league. Give me three guys who might get saves in August and September that nobody is thinking of (Will from Jersey)	With the caveat that I'm not the guy who knows who everybody is thinking of, James Russell, Tim Collins and Neal Cotts? Any of those do it for you? (Sam Miller)
2013-05-22 18:00:00 (link to chat)	Is Neal Cotts real or is he a figment of our imagination? What about his performance in AAA and so far at the MLB level? (Obviously he'll have some hiccups and we have SSS) (Aceathon from Texas)	He's always been a tough guy to pick up for hitters but his command comes and goes like the wind. Deep AL speculation if you need K's from relief. (Jason Collette)

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PITCHf/x Pitcher Profile

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Although he has not thrown an MLB pitch in 2024, Neal Cotts threw 4,200 pitches that were tracked by the PITCHf/x system between 2008 and 2015, all of them occuring in Spring Training. In 2015, he relied primarily on his Fourseam Fastball (91mph) and Cutter (87mph), also mixing in a Slider (82mph) and Sinker (91mph). He also rarely threw a Change (86mph).