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Matt Lindstrom P

Career Summary

Years	G	IP	W	L	SV	ERA	WARP
9	469	420.7	17	21	51	3.68	2.8

Birth Date	2-11-1980
Height	6' 3"
Weight	215 lbs

Age	44 years, 2 months, 14 days
Bats	R
Throws	R

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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	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
2007	FLO	MLB	71	67.0	3	4	0	66	21	62	2	104	8.9	2.8	0.3	8.3	0%	.327	1.30	2.78	3.09	86	3.73	77.2	1.3
2008	FLO	MLB	66	57.3	3	3	5	57	26	43	1	96	8.9	4.1	0.2	6.8	0%	.322	1.45	3.24	3.14	100	4.80	102.4	0.4
2009	FLO	MLB	54	47.3	2	1	15	54	24	39	5	98	10.3	4.6	1.0	7.4	0%	.329	1.65	4.42	5.89	100	4.93	105.7	0.2
2010	HOU	MLB	58	53.3	2	5	23	68	20	43	5	93	11.5	3.4	0.8	7.3	0%	.358	1.65	3.83	4.39	101	4.82	108.8	0.0
2011	COL	MLB	63	54.0	2	2	2	52	14	36	3	110	8.7	2.3	0.5	6.0	0%	.287	1.22	3.26	3.00	100	4.14	96.2	0.4
2012	ARI	0	12	10.7	0	0	0	10	2	10	0	100	8.4	1.7	0.0	8.4	0%	.313	1.13	2.10	2.53	93	4.75	108.9	0.0
2012	BAL	0	34	36.3	1	0	0	35	12	30	2	106	8.7	3.0	0.5	7.4	0%	.308	1.29	3.42	2.72	104	4.87	111.6	0.0
2013	CHA	MLB	76	60.7	2	4	0	64	23	46	2	99	9.5	3.4	0.3	6.8	0%	.330	1.43	3.17	3.12	102	4.09	97.9	0.4
2014	CHA	MLB	35	34.0	2	2	6	47	12	18	3	101	12.4	3.2	0.8	4.8	0%	.355	1.74	4.39	5.03	102	4.01	98.3	0.2
2012	TOT	MLB	46	47.0	1	0	0	45	14	40	2	105	8.6	2.7	0.4	7.7	0%	.000	1.26	3.12	2.68	102	4.84	111.0	0.0
Career		MLB	469	420.7	17	21	51	453	154	327	23	101	9.7	3.3	0.5	7.0	51%	.327	1.44	3.45	3.68	98	4.40	98.7	2.7

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-
2007	FLO	MLB	NL	71	0	67.0	3	4	0	66	21	62	2	104	8.9	2.8	0.3	8.3	0%	.327	1.30	2.78	3.09	86	3.73	77.2
2008	FLO	MLB	NL	66	0	57.3	3	3	5	57	26	43	1	96	8.9	4.1	0.2	6.8	0%	.322	1.45	3.24	3.14	100	4.80	102.4
2009	FLO	MLB	NL	54	0	47.3	2	1	15	54	24	39	5	98	10.3	4.6	1.0	7.4	0%	.329	1.65	4.42	5.89	100	4.93	105.7
2010	HOU	MLB	NL	58	0	53.3	2	5	23	68	20	43	5	93	11.5	3.4	0.8	7.3	0%	.358	1.65	3.83	4.39	101	4.82	108.8
2011	COL	MLB	NL	63	0	54.0	2	2	2	52	14	36	3	110	8.7	2.3	0.5	6.0	0%	.287	1.22	3.26	3.00	100	4.14	96.2
2011	CSP	AAA	PCL	2	0	2.0	0	0	0	4	0	4	1		18.0	0.0	4.5	18.0	0%	.600	2.00	6.28	13.50	65	3.04	62.0
2012	ARI	MLB	NL	12	0	10.7	0	0	0	10	2	10	0	100	8.4	1.7	0.0	8.4	0%	.313	1.13	2.10	2.53	93	4.75	108.9
2012	BAL	MLB	AL	34	0	36.3	1	0	0	35	12	30	2	106	8.7	3.0	0.5	7.4	0%	.308	1.29	3.42	2.72	104	4.87	111.6
2012	BOW	AA	EAS	2	1	2.3	0	0	0	4	1	1	0	98	15.4	3.9	0.0	3.9	0%	.400	2.14	3.62	3.86	108	6.67	138.9
2012	ORI	Rk	GCL	2	2	2.0	0	0	0	2	0	2	0	94	9.0	0.0	0.0	9.0	0%	.333	1.00	1.43	4.50	79	2.54	52.8
2013	CHA	MLB	AL	76	0	60.7	2	4	0	64	23	46	2	99	9.5	3.4	0.3	6.8	0%	.330	1.43	3.17	3.12	102	4.09	97.9
2014	CHA	MLB	AL	35	0	34.0	2	2	6	47	12	18	3	101	12.4	3.2	0.8	4.8	0%	.355	1.74	4.39	5.03	102	4.01	98.3
2014	CHR	AAA	INT	5	0	4.7	0	1	0	9	3	3	0		17.4	5.8	0.0	5.8	0%	.474	2.57	4.63	13.50	108	7.65	161.9
2015	CHR	AAA	INT	18	0	22.7	2	1	2	23	5	17	1		9.1	2.0	0.4	6.8	0%	.293	1.24	3.15	5.56	91	3.72	81.5

Plate Discipline

YEAR	Pits	Zone%	Swing%	Contact%	Z-Swing%	O-Swing%	Z-Contact%	O-Contact%	SwStr%
2008	821	0.5238	0.5055	0.7880	0.6488	0.3478	0.8315	0.6985	0.2120
2009	820	0.5341	0.4561	0.7487	0.6187	0.2696	0.8044	0.6019	0.2513
2010	894	0.4698	0.4743	0.7736	0.6310	0.3354	0.8981	0.5660	0.2264
2011	791	0.5335	0.4766	0.8037	0.6327	0.2981	0.8727	0.6364	0.1963
2012	767	0.4733	0.4641	0.7697	0.6309	0.3144	0.8777	0.5748	0.2303
2013	939	0.4878	0.4622	0.7696	0.6201	0.3119	0.8697	0.5800	0.2304
2014	554	0.5199	0.4513	0.8240	0.6215	0.2669	0.8771	0.6901	0.1760
Career	5586	0.5047	0.4708	0.7801	0.6293	0.3087	0.8613	0.6166	0.2199

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
2014-05-20	2014-08-12	15-DL	84	73	Left	Ankle	Surgery	Peroneal Tendon Subluxation	2014-05-21	-
2014-02-27	2014-03-21	Camp	22	0	-	Abdomen	Strain	Oblique	-	-
2012-07-21	2012-07-25	DTD	4	4	Left	Knee	Contusion	Batted Ball	-	-
2012-05-11	2012-06-27	15-DL	47	41	Right	Fingers	Sprain	Middle Finger	-	-
2012-04-11	2012-04-14	DTD	3	2	-	Low Back	Tightness		-	-
2012-03-25	2012-04-04	Camp	10	0	-	Thigh	Strain	Hamstring	-	-
2012-03-08	2012-03-14	Camp	6	0	-	Low Back	Inflammation		-	-
2011-08-06	2011-08-26	15-DL	20	18	Right	Arm	Nerve Injury		-	-
2011-05-07	2011-05-07	DTD	0	0		Arm	Soreness		-
2010-08-17	2010-09-01	15-DL	15	15		Low Back	Strain		-
2010-08-11	2010-08-16	DTD	5	4		Low Back	Soreness		-
2010-06-09	2010-06-16	DTD	7	6		Low Back	Spasms		-
2009-06-24	2009-08-01	15-DL	38	31	Right	Elbow	Sprain	Been Bothering for Previous 3 Weeks	-
2009-03-14	2009-04-08	Camp	25	2	Right	Shoulder	Strain	Rotator Cuff	-
2008-05-01	2008-05-08	DTD	7	6		Low Back	Stiffness	Been Bothering for a Week Prior	-
2007-07-18	2007-07-21	DTD	3	3		Low Back	Spasms		-

Compensation

Year	Team	Salary
2015	CHA	$
2014	CHA	$4,000,000
2013	CHA	$2,300,000
2012	BAL	$3,600,000
2011	COL	$2,800,000
2010	HOU	$1,625,000
2009	FLO	$410,000
2008	FLO	$395,000
2007	FLO	$380,000

Years	Description	Salary
8 yr	Previous	$15,510,000
8 yr	Total	$15,510,000

Service Time	Agent	Contract Status
8 y 0 d	Greg Genske	1 year (2015)

Details

1 year (2015). Signed by LA Angels as a free agent 2/17/15 (minor-league contract). Salary of $1M in majors. Released by LA Angels 3/28/15. Signed by Chicago White Sox as a free agent 4/2/15 (minor-league contract).
1 year/$2.8M (2013), plus 2014 club option. Signed by Chicago White Sox as a free agent 1/25/13. 13:$2.3M, 14:$4M club option, $0.5M buyout. May earn additional $2.25M in performance bonuses based on games finished. Chicago White Sox exercised 2014 option for $4M 10/31/13.
2 years/$6.6M (2011-12), plus 2013 club option. Signed extension with Colorado 1/17/11. 11:$2.8M, 12:$3.6M, 13:$4M club option, $0.2M buyout. Acquired by Baltimore in trade from Colorado 2/6/12. Acquired by Arizona in trade from Baltimore 8/26/12. Arizona declined 2013 option 10/31/12.
1 year/$1.625M (2010). Signed by Houston 1/19/10 (avoided arbitration). Acquired by Colorado in trade from Houston 12/23/10.
1 year/$0.41M (2009). Renewed by Florida 3/09. Acquired by Houston in trade from Florida 12/9/09.
1 year/$0.395M (2008). Renewed by Florida 3/2/08. Recalled 7/5/08.
1 year/$0.38M (2007). Signed by Florida 2/07 (split contract).
1 year (2006). Re-signed by NY Mets 3/06. Acquired by Florida in trade from NY Mets 11/06.
1 year (2005). Contract purchased by NY Mets 11/04. Re-signed 3/05.
Drafted by NY Mets 2002 (10-297) (Ricks JC, Idaho).

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
Weighted Mean	?	?	?	?	?	0.0	?	0	0	?	.000	0.00	0.00	?	0.0	0.0

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BP Chats

Date	Question	Answer
2014-05-15 20:00:00 (link to chat)	Who do you like best now and ros? Shaw, lindstrom, Doolittle, familia,O'day? (mp from to)	I can't believe I'm typing this, but Matt Lindstrom. And yes, LOL Matt Lindstrom. (Bret Sayre)
2014-04-16 19:00:00 (link to chat)	I'm in a 14 team, 6 keepers per team league with traditional 5x5 roto scoring. We also get 20 minor leaguers who can be kept for 3 free years once they pass 120AB/50IP. I'm being offered a deal of Jose Reyes, Aramis Ramirez and either Huston Street or Eddie Butler for David Wright and Matt Lindstrom or Alex Gonzalez. Is the injury history of Reyes/Ramirez too much? Should I not give up the best player in a keeper league? Or does the quantity outweigh those concerns? (oscarbluth from Madison, WI)	If you can only keep 6 players, I keep the Wright side. If you think you can win it all this year with another closer and some speed, then pull the trigger and pray for health. (Ben Carsley)
2014-04-09 19:00:00 (link to chat)	I've been getting crushed by injuries early. I'm in a 15 team mixed where my only healthy closer left is Latroy Hawkins, yeah I know. There are no closers on waivers and most of the really good closers in waiting are taken. I'm looking at names like A.J Ramos, Jake McGee and Edward Mujica. If you're speculating on future saves are there any under the radar options that people might not be that familiar with? Thanks. (KcDozer from Florida)	Starting to think there are no healthy relievers left. I would say Cody Allen but Bret Sayre has blown him up already. Daniel Webb on the White Sox should get a look if Matt Lindstrom fails in Nate Jones' absence. Jeurys Familia has his issues and isn't exactly holding it down this year but he still throws hard and has a slider which is the requisite closer starting kit. Dellin Betances can get a look, there are a few names out there. (Mauricio Rubio)
2009-08-05 13:00:00 (link to chat)	What really is the travesty is that he created this situation by trading their cheapest and youngest options a few years back. Heath Bell and Matt Lindstrom were both young and cheap (while also being effective. (lornad11 from Dumont NJ)	Now, now. Who knew that a relief pitcher with great stuff, some nifty peripherals and limited major league exposure would turn a corner in a full-time role? I mean, it's not like he had three pitches, one of them a mid-90s fastball, and was essentially traded for someone who spent as much time playing for the Mets as I have. (Marc Normandin)
2009-07-01 14:00:00 (link to chat)	Shameless fantasy question... does Nunez keep the closer role in Florida? (tommybones from brooklyn)	It's certainly possible that he'll eventually wrest the job away from Matt Lindstrom during the latter's absence, but it's also not entirely in his control. (Christina Kahrl)
2009-06-25 13:00:00 (link to chat)	Does Matt Lindstrom ever regain the closers role or is Nunez the man now? (Thomas from NYC)	Leo Nunez has been effective, and has good short-reliever stuff. He's not a budding star, and I suspect the two will switch roles in a manner most disturbing to fantasy owners for some time. Here's an idea: if NFL coaches can adapt to a tandem RB setup, where no one guy is the man, why can't MLB managers do that with short relievers? (Joe Sheehan)
2008-07-29 16:00:00 (link to chat)	Marlins send Volstad, John Baker, Matt Lindstrom, and another spec for Ramon Hernandez and Sherill. (Miguel from Florida)	WAY too much for a declining catcher and a half-season wonder. (Will Carroll)

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PITCHf/x Pitcher Profile

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Although he has not thrown an MLB pitch in 2024, Matt Lindstrom threw 5,867 pitches that were tracked by the PITCHf/x system between 2007 and 2014, all of them occuring in Spring Training. In 2014, he relied primarily on his Sinker (94mph) and Cutter (88mph), also mixing in a Slider (84mph) and Fourseam Fastball (94mph). He also rarely threw a Change (86mph) and Curve (83mph).