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Brandon Kintzler PPhillies

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Birth Date	8-1-1984
Height	5' 10"
Weight	200 lbs

Age	39 years, 8 months, 15 days
Bats	R
Throws	R

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Historical (past-seasons) WARP is now based on DRA..
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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
2010	MIL	MLB	7	7.3	0	1	0	10	4	9	2	94	12.3	4.9	2.5	11.0	0%	.444	1.91	5.82	7.36	70	2.47	55.9	0.2
2011	MIL	MLB	9	14.7	1	1	0	14	3	15	3	100	8.6	1.8	1.8	9.2	0%	.275	1.16	4.21	3.68	94	3.57	82.9	0.2
2012	MIL	MLB	14	16.7	3	0	0	18	7	14	1	103	9.7	3.8	0.5	7.6	0%	.340	1.50	3.49	3.78	107	4.56	104.4	0.0
2013	MIL	MLB	71	77.0	3	3	0	66	16	58	2	107	7.7	1.9	0.2	6.8	0%	.281	1.06	2.51	2.69	86	3.19	76.5	1.3
2014	MIL	MLB	64	58.3	3	3	0	62	16	31	8	104	9.6	2.5	1.2	4.8	0%	.294	1.34	4.64	3.24	108	4.62	113.2	-0.1
2015	MIL	MLB	7	7.0	0	1	0	12	5	7	1	89	15.4	6.4	1.3	9.0	0%	.478	2.43	5.16	6.43	106	4.96	115.9	0.0
2016	MIN	MLB	54	54.3	0	2	17	59	8	35	5	113	9.8	1.3	0.8	5.8	63%	.310	1.23	3.56	3.15	95	5.06	112.0	-0.1
2017	MIN	0	45	45.3	2	2	28	41	11	27	3		8.1	2.2	0.6	5.4	54%	.273	1.15	3.67	2.78	102	4.76	101.3	0.2
2017	WAS	0	27	26.0	2	1	1	25	5	12	2		8.7	1.7	0.7	4.2	57%	.267	1.15	3.94	3.46	106	5.84	124.4	-0.2
2018	CHN	0	25	18.0	2	1	0	27	9	12	3	100	13.5	4.5	1.5	6.0	53%	.381	2.00	5.62	7.00	108	6.40	142.9	-0.3
2018	WAS	0	45	42.7	1	2	2	40	13	31	2	98	8.4	2.7	0.4	6.5	49%	.302	1.24	3.40	3.59	115	6.36	142.1	-0.7
2019	CHN	MLB	62	57.0	3	3	1	46	13	48	5	97	7.3	2.1	0.8	7.6	56%	.261	1.04	3.51	2.68	89	3.81	78.2	1.0
2017	TOT	MLB	72	71.3	4	3	29	66	16	39	5		8.3	2.0	0.6	4.9	55%	.271	1.15	3.77	3.03	104	5.16	109.7	0.0
2018	TOT	MLB	70	60.7	3	3	2	67	22	43	5	99	9.9	3.3	0.7	6.4	51%	.328	1.47	4.06	4.60	113	6.37	142.3	-1.0
Career		MLB	430	424.3	20	20	49	420	110	299	37	86	8.9	2.3	0.8	6.3	57%	.294	1.25	3.70	3.37	99	4.58	102.9	1.5

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-
2004	EUG	A-	NWN	3	0	3.0	0	0	3	3	0	4	0		9.0	0.0	0.0	12.0	0%	.375	1.00	0.91	0.00	0	0.00	0.0
2005	FTW	A	MDW	19	0	23.3	1	2	0	20	7	19	2	63	7.7	2.7	0.8	7.3	0%	-.600	1.16	4.09	3.09	97	4.79	94.5
2005	EUG	A-	NWN	3	0	3.3	0	0	0	3	0	1	0	100	8.2	0.0	0.0	2.7	0%	-3.000	0.91	2.87	0.00	103	4.87	96.0
2009	HUN	AA	SOU	9	6	35.7	1	2	0	41	9	32	5	94	10.3	2.3	1.3	8.1	0%	.336	1.40	3.96	4.54	89	5.10	107.3
2010	MIL	MLB	NL	7	0	7.3	0	1	0	10	4	9	2	94	12.3	4.9	2.5	11.0	0%	.444	1.91	5.82	7.36	70	2.47	55.9
2010	HUN	AA	SOU	20	0	22.3	1	0	10	11	1	23	0		4.4	0.4	0.0	9.3	0%	.200	0.54	1.58	0.40	0	0.00	0.0
2010	NAS	AAA	PCL	22	0	26.7	3	0	6	19	6	21	1		6.4	2.0	0.3	7.1	0%	.237	0.94	3.28	2.36	0	0.00	0.0
2010	gcr	Wnt	AFL	11	0	14.3	1	0	2	16	2	15	1		10.1	1.3	0.6	9.4	0%	.375	1.26	3.60	3.15	0	0.00	0.0
2011	MIL	MLB	NL	9	0	14.7	1	1	0	14	3	15	3	100	8.6	1.8	1.8	9.2	0%	.275	1.16	4.21	3.68	94	3.57	82.9
2011	NAS	AAA	PCL	1	0	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0		0.0	0.0	0.0	18.0	0%	.000	0.00	-0.22	0.00	68	3.27	66.8
2012	MIL	MLB	NL	14	0	16.7	3	0	0	18	7	14	1	103	9.7	3.8	0.5	7.6	0%	.340	1.50	3.49	3.78	107	4.56	104.4
2012	BRV	A+	FSL	6	0	6.0	0	1	0	7	3	9	0		10.5	4.5	0.0	13.5	0%	.467	1.67	1.89	3.00	70	4.63	96.4
2012	HUN	AA	SOU	31	0	35.7	0	2	9	35	12	20	1		8.8	3.0	0.3	5.0	0%	.306	1.32	3.56	3.28	104	5.30	110.4
2012	NAS	AAA	PCL	8	0	11.7	0	1	0	8	2	11	0		6.2	1.5	0.0	8.5	0%	.267	0.86	2.29	1.54	69	2.26	47.1
2013	MIL	MLB	NL	71	0	77.0	3	3	0	66	16	58	2	107	7.7	1.9	0.2	6.8	0%	.281	1.06	2.51	2.69	86	3.19	76.5
2014	MIL	MLB	NL	64	0	58.3	3	3	0	62	16	31	8	104	9.6	2.5	1.2	4.8	0%	.294	1.34	4.64	3.24	108	4.62	113.2
2015	MIL	MLB	NL	7	0	7.0	0	1	0	12	5	7	1	89	15.4	6.4	1.3	9.0	0%	.478	2.43	5.16	6.43	106	4.96	115.9
2015	CSP	AAA	PCL	17	0	19.0	1	1	0	23	4	14	0		10.9	1.9	0.0	6.6	0%	.365	1.42	2.75	5.21	85	4.11	90.2
2015	BRR	Rk	AZL	3	1	3.3	0	0	0	2	0	3	0	96	5.4	0.0	0.0	8.1	0%	.222	0.60	2.00	0.00	96	3.11	68.3
2016	MIN	MLB	AL	54	0	54.3	0	2	17	59	8	35	5	113	9.8	1.3	0.8	5.8	63%	.310	1.23	3.56	3.15	95	5.06	112.0
2016	ROC	AAA	INT	10	0	15.3	4	1	0	15	3	11	0		8.8	1.8	0.0	6.5	57%	.326	1.17	2.51	3.52	87	4.06	89.6
2017	MIN	MLB	AL	45	0	45.3	2	2	28	41	11	27	3		8.1	2.2	0.6	5.4	54%	.273	1.15	3.67	2.78	102	4.76	101.3
2017	WAS	MLB	NL	27	0	26.0	2	1	1	25	5	12	2		8.7	1.7	0.7	4.2	57%	.267	1.15	3.94	3.46	106	5.84	124.4
2018	CHN	MLB	NL	25	0	18.0	2	1	0	27	9	12	3	100	13.5	4.5	1.5	6.0	53%	.381	2.00	5.62	7.00	108	6.40	142.9
2018	WAS	MLB	NL	45	0	42.7	1	2	2	40	13	31	2	98	8.4	2.7	0.4	6.5	49%	.302	1.24	3.40	3.59	115	6.36	142.1
2018	POT	A+	CAR	1	0	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0		0.0	0.0	0.0	9.0	50%	.000	0.00	1.36	0.00	89	3.63	76.7
2019	CHN	MLB	NL	62	0	57.0	3	3	1	46	13	48	5	97	7.3	2.1	0.8	7.6	56%	.261	1.04	3.51	2.68	89	3.81	78.2

Plate Discipline

YEAR	Pits	Zone%	Swing%	Contact%	Z-Swing%	O-Swing%	Z-Contact%	O-Contact%	SwStr%
2010	119	0.4202	0.4706	0.6071	0.6600	0.3333	0.8182	0.3043	0.3929
2011	228	0.4430	0.4693	0.8131	0.6139	0.3543	0.9194	0.6667	0.1869
2012	294	0.5102	0.4762	0.7643	0.6867	0.2569	0.8058	0.6486	0.2357
2013	1095	0.4667	0.4676	0.7969	0.6419	0.3151	0.8689	0.6685	0.2031
2014	849	0.4264	0.4452	0.8439	0.6271	0.3101	0.9207	0.7285	0.1561
2015	148	0.3243	0.4324	0.7813	0.6250	0.3400	0.9333	0.6471	0.2188
2016	822	0.4951	0.4428	0.8297	0.5749	0.3133	0.8974	0.7077	0.1703
2017	1117	0.5031	0.4458	0.8675	0.6423	0.2468	0.9224	0.7226	0.1325
2018	980	0.4918	0.4520	0.8284	0.6432	0.2671	0.8935	0.6767	0.1716
2019	855	0.4854	0.4444	0.8132	0.6241	0.2750	0.8880	0.6529	0.1868
Career	6507	0.4746	0.4521	0.8214	0.6304	0.2896	0.8941	0.6816	0.1786

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
2014-09-30	2014-09-30	Off	0	0	Left	Knee	Surgery	Chronic Patellar Tendon Pain X 2 Years	2014-09-30
2014-04-09	2014-04-24	15-DL	15	14	Right	Shoulder	Strain		-	-
2012-03-26	2012-05-16	15-DL	51	36	Right	Elbow	Inflammation	Valgus Extension Overload	-	-
2012-02-28	2012-03-26	Camp	27	0	Right	Elbow	Recovery From Surgery	Stress Fracture	2011-07-26	-
2011-05-05	2011-10-17	15-DL	165	132	Right	Elbow	Surgery	Stress Fracture	2011-07-26
2010-07-11	2010-08-06	Minors	26	0			Not Disclosed		-
2006-09-05	2006-09-05	FA	0	0	Right	Shoulder	Surgery		2006-09-05	-

Compensation

Year	Team	Salary
2021	PHI	$3,000,000
2020	MIA	$3,000,000
2019	CHN	$5,000,000
2018	WAS	$5,000,000
2017	MIN	$2,950,000
2016	MIN	$
2015	MIL	$1,075,000
2014	MIL	$507,000
2013	MIL	$491,000
2012	MIL	$481,000
2011	MIL	$414,000

Years	Description	Salary
10 yr	Previous	$21,918,000
10 yr	Total	$21,918,000

Service Time	Agent	Contract Status
9 y 125 d	Kevin Kohler	1 year (2022)

Details

1 year (2022). Signed by San Diego as a free agent 8/17/22 (minor-league contract).
1 year (2021). Signed by Philadelphia as a free agent 2/10/21 (minor-league contract). Salary of $3M in majors. May earn additional $1M in Performance bonuses: $125,000 each for 30, 40, 50, 60 games. $125,000 each for 20, 25, 30, 35 games finished. Contract selected by Philadelphia 3/26/21. DFA by Philadelphia 7/30/21. Released 8/3/21.
1 year/$3.25M (2020), plus 2021 club option. Signed by Miami as a free agent 1/20. 20:$3M, 21:$4M club option ($250,000 buyout). If traded, 2021 option increases to $5M club option ($500,000 buyout).
2 years/$10M (2018), plus 2019 options. Re-signed by Washington as a free agent 12/14/17. 18:$5M, 19:$10M club option or $5M player option. Price of 2019 options may increase based on 2018 performance. Annual performance bonuses: $0.1M each for 20, 25 games finished. $50,000 for 30 GF. Acquired by Chicago Cubs in trade from Washington 7/31/18 with $1,639,785 in 2018 salary remaining. Kintzler exercised 2019 player option at $5M 10/31/18.
1 year/$2.95M (2017). Re-signed by Minnesota 1/13/17 (avoided arbitration). Acquired by Washington in trade from Minnesota 7/31/17 with $999,453 remaining on contract.
1 year (2016). Signed by Minnesota as a free agent 12/15/15 (minor-league contract). Contract selected by Minnesota 5/7/16.
1 year/$1.075M (2015). Re-signed by Milwaukee 12/2/14 (avoided arbitration). DFA by Milwaukee 4/21/15. Sent outright to Triple-A 4/23/15. Contract selected by Milwaukee 5/8/15. DFA, sent outright to Triple-A by Milwaukee 9/8/15.
1 year/$507,000 (2014). Re-signed by Milwaukee 3/14.
1 year/$491,000 (2013). Re-signed by Milwaukee 3/13.
1 year/$481,000 (2012). Re-signed by Milwaukee 2/21/12. DFA by Milwaukee 6/28/12. Sent outright to Triple-A 6/30/12. Contract selected by Milwaukee 9/3/12.
1 year/$414,000 (2011). Re-signed by Milwaukee 3/1/11.
1 year (2010). Contract selected by Milwaukee 9/8/10.
1 year (2009). Signed by Milwaukee as a free agent 7/24/09 (minor-league contract).
Released by San Diego 4/1/06.
Drafted by San Diego 2004 (40-1,182) (Dixie State JC, Utah).

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	14.6	13	4	10	1	.262	1.19	3.72	3.86
80^o	0	0	0	0	0	9.5	9	3	7	1	.277	1.28	4.09	4.25
70^o	0	0	0	0	0	5.9	6	2	4	1	.287	1.35	4.37	4.54
60^o	0	0	0	0	0	2.9	3	1	2	0	.297	1.41	4.61	4.79
50^o	0	0	0	0	0	0.2	0	0	0	0	.305	1.47	4.84	5.03
Weighted Mean	?	?	?	?	?	0.0	?	0	0	?	.000	0.00	0.00	?

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Date	Question	Answer
2017-05-15 17:00:00 (link to chat)	Do Flags truly Fly Forever? In the middle of the 2011 season, I traded a 2012 1st round pick and Mike Trout for Robinson Cano. I won my first ever league championship in 2011, and another in 2013. Yet years later, I still feel guilty for having traded away the best player since Barry Bonds. Am I silly to talk about this with my therapist, or should I just suck it up and be happy with what I got out of the deal? (Paul from DC)	It sounds to me like you did OK. I'd only feel bad about that deal if I hadn't won the league. And you won multiple times! Therapy is for when you make a deal like that and lose the league by half a point because Brandon Kintzler got a save on the last day of the regular season. (Mike Gianella)
2017-05-15 17:00:00 (link to chat)	I missed out on the recent slew of new closers in our league. Who is your prediction for the next set up man to become closer? (Hawzy from FB&T)	Brandon Kintzler has been fine but he strikes out almost no one and has little margin for error. Tyler Duffey is my fun, don't-call-me-out-on-this-five-months-from-now pick. (Mike Gianella)
2013-04-10 20:00:00 (link to chat)	So, who do you have finishing the season with the most saves for the Cubs, Cards and Brewers? thanks (Kevin from Boston)	For the Cubs, I would have to guess Kyuji Fujikawa. Carlos Marmol might get the job again, but he would probably be put in there to showcase him for a trade. Trevor Rosenthal isn't the closer now in St. Louis, but Mitchell Boggs has already struggled so if I'm going to guess, I'm going to guess the guy with the skills and the stuff. Milwaukee is a mystery to me. I thought John Axford would lose the job but had no idea it would happen so quickly. I would guess Jim Henderson, but he has some of the same control/command issues that Ax does/did. My sleeper in this pen is Brandon Kintzler, but I don't see Kintzler as having a path to the job at the moment. (Mike Gianella)

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PITCHf/x Pitcher Profile

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Although he has not thrown an MLB pitch in 2024, Brandon Kintzler threw 7,849 pitches that were tracked by the PITCHf/x system between 2010 and 2022, all of them occuring in Spring Training. In 2022, he relied primarily on his Sinker (92mph), also mixing in a Slider (85mph) and Change (85mph).