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Birth Date	9-10-1985
Height	6' 4"
Weight	215 lbs

Age	38 years, 7 months, 16 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
2009	MIN	MLB	12	12	59.0	3	7	0	76	20	34	12	103	11.6	3.1	1.8	5.2	0%	.320	1.63	5.74	6.25	123	7.04	151.0	-1.0
2011	MIN	MLB	27	11	102.0	4	7	0	111	26	55	9	104	9.8	2.3	0.8	4.9	0%	.296	1.34	4.07	4.32	110	5.14	119.4	-0.2
2012	MIN	MLB	44	5	96.7	3	6	0	106	31	62	15	105	9.9	2.9	1.4	5.8	0%	.298	1.42	4.74	5.03	116	5.77	132.3	-1.0
2013	MIN	MLB	48	0	96.0	3	2	0	89	22	69	7	100	8.3	2.1	0.7	6.5	0%	.285	1.16	3.30	2.91	97	4.14	99.2	0.5
2014	MIN	MLB	50	4	86.0	3	2	0	100	28	47	5	108	10.5	2.9	0.5	4.9	0%	.319	1.49	3.80	4.60	114	5.84	143.1	-1.3
2015	CLE	MLB	10	0	13.3	0	0	0	18	4	13	1	110	12.2	2.7	0.7	8.8	0%	.395	1.65	3.02	3.38	85	3.10	72.3	0.3
2016	NYA	MLB	26	0	31.0	1	2	0	28	7	31	10	110	8.1	2.0	2.9	9.0	46%	.240	1.13	6.07	5.52	105	4.39	97.2	0.2
2017	CHA	0	41	0	48.3	4	3	1	37	13	52	2		6.9	2.4	0.4	9.7	40%	.294	1.03	2.33	2.23	76	2.92	62.2	1.2
2017	MIL	0	29	0	29.0	2	1	1	21	9	39	4		6.5	2.8	1.2	12.1	51%	.270	1.03	3.41	2.48	80	3.37	71.7	0.6
2018	NYN	MLB	29	0	26.3	0	2	4	28	14	31	6	90	9.6	4.8	2.1	10.6	31%	.344	1.59	5.44	6.15	112	5.71	127.6	-0.2
2019	ATL	0	44	0	39.7	1	2	1	38	19	35	6	100	8.6	4.3	1.4	7.9	49%	.291	1.44	4.80	4.31	112	5.48	111.3	-0.1
2019	SEA	0	15	0	13.7	2	2	3	14	8	17	6	99	9.2	5.3	4.0	11.2	44%	.242	1.61	8.22	5.27	110	5.45	114.8	0.0
2017	TOT	MLB	70	0	77.3	6	4	2	58	22	91	6		6.8	2.6	0.7	10.6	44%	.286	1.03	2.74	2.33	78	3.09	65.7	1.8
2019	TOT	MLB	59	0	53.3	3	4	4	52	27	52	12	100	8.8	4.6	2.0	8.8	48%	.280	1.48	5.68	4.56	112	5.47	112.2	-0.1
Career		MLB	375	32	641.0	26	36	10	666	201	485	83	91	9.4	2.8	1.2	6.8	43%	.298	1.35	4.28	4.32	107	5.08	115.6	-1.1

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-
2005	BLT	A	MDW	18	18	91.3	9	5	0	81	32	101	7	26	8.0	3.2	0.7	10.0	0%	-.503	1.24	3.52	4.04	84	4.07	80.1
2005	FTM	A+	FSL	10	10	59.0	3	4	0	72	11	55	3		11.0	1.7	0.5	8.4	0%	-.986	1.41	2.85	3.66	0	0.00	0.0
2006	FTM	A+	FSL	27	27	145.1	11	7	0	131	60	131	8	84	8.1	3.7	0.5	8.1	0%	.298	1.32	3.42	3.29	95	4.25	89.1
2007	FTM	A+	FSL	3	3	15.7	0	0	0	14	5	18	0	82	8.0	2.9	0.0	10.3	0%	.333	1.21	2.15	2.29	76	3.72	76.3
2007	NBR	AA	EAS	15	14	86.3	5	4	0	78	23	76	6	108	8.1	2.4	0.6	7.9	0%	.295	1.17	3.37	3.23	81	3.75	77.0
2007	PDD	Wnt	AFL	7	7	22.0	1	1	0	20	4	12	2		8.2	1.6	0.8	4.9	0%	.257	1.09	4.30	2.05	0	0.00	0.0
2008	NBR	AA	EAS	20	20	101.7	3	8	0	126	37	76	12	104	11.2	3.3	1.1	6.7	0%	.341	1.60	4.44	5.66	104	5.69	116.5
2008	ROC	AAA	INT	7	7	45.0	5	0	0	41	14	26	4	91	8.2	2.8	0.8	5.2	0%	.262	1.22	4.51	1.80	105	3.87	79.2
2009	MIN	MLB	AL	12	12	59.0	3	7	0	76	20	34	12	103	11.6	3.1	1.8	5.2	0%	.320	1.63	5.74	6.25	123	7.04	151.0
2009	ROC	AAA	INT	13	13	79.7	4	5	0	79	21	45	4	115	8.9	2.4	0.5	5.1	0%	.292	1.25	3.57	3.27	98	4.19	88.2
2010	ROC	AAA	INT	22	22	111.7	5	12	0	143	38	69	14	101	11.5	3.1	1.1	5.6	0%	.333	1.62	4.83	6.20	0	0.00	0.0
2010	ARA	Wnt	VWL	5	4	19.7	0	3	0	21	8	9	1		9.6	3.7	0.5	4.1	0%	.303	1.47	4.10	5.03	0	0.00	0.0
2011	MIN	MLB	AL	27	11	102.0	4	7	0	111	26	55	9	104	9.8	2.3	0.8	4.9	0%	.296	1.34	4.07	4.32	110	5.14	119.4
2011	ROC	AAA	INT	6	6	32.3	2	1	0	35	7	25	3	100	9.7	1.9	0.8	7.0	0%	.308	1.30	3.54	3.90	89	4.47	91.3
2012	MIN	MLB	AL	44	5	96.7	3	6	0	106	31	62	15	105	9.9	2.9	1.4	5.8	0%	.298	1.42	4.74	5.03	116	5.77	132.3
2013	MIN	MLB	AL	48	0	96.0	3	2	0	89	22	69	7	100	8.3	2.1	0.7	6.5	0%	.285	1.16	3.30	2.91	97	4.14	99.2
2014	MIN	MLB	AL	50	4	86.0	3	2	0	100	28	47	5	108	10.5	2.9	0.5	4.9	0%	.319	1.49	3.80	4.60	114	5.84	143.1
2015	CLE	MLB	AL	10	0	13.3	0	0	0	18	4	13	1	110	12.2	2.7	0.7	8.8	0%	.395	1.65	3.02	3.38	85	3.10	72.3
2015	COH	AAA	INT	6	0	5.0	0	1	0	6	1	5	0		10.8	1.8	0.0	9.0	0%	.375	1.40	1.75	3.60	73	3.75	82.2
2016	NYA	MLB	AL	26	0	31.0	1	2	0	28	7	31	10	110	8.1	2.0	2.9	9.0	46%	.240	1.13	6.07	5.52	105	4.39	97.2
2016	SWB	AAA	INT	15	6	46.7	1	4	7	47	8	43	4	101	9.1	1.5	0.8	8.3	45%	.323	1.18	2.95	3.86	86	4.22	93.2
2017	CHA	MLB	AL	41	0	48.3	4	3	1	37	13	52	2		6.9	2.4	0.4	9.7	40%	.294	1.03	2.33	2.23	76	2.92	62.2
2017	MIL	MLB	NL	29	0	29.0	2	1	1	21	9	39	4		6.5	2.8	1.2	12.1	51%	.270	1.03	3.41	2.48	80	3.37	71.7
2018	NYN	MLB	NL	29	0	26.3	0	2	4	28	14	31	6	90	9.6	4.8	2.1	10.6	31%	.344	1.59	5.44	6.15	112	5.71	127.6
2018	BRO	A-	NYP	1	0	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0		0.0	0.0	0.0	18.0	0%	.000	0.00	-0.52	0.00	78	3.25	68.7
2018	LVG	AAA	PCL	3	0	2.7	2	0	0	4	2	3	0		13.5	6.8	0.0	10.1	78%	.444	2.25	3.74	10.13	96	3.63	76.8
2019	ATL	MLB	NL	44	0	39.7	1	2	1	38	19	35	6	100	8.6	4.3	1.4	7.9	49%	.291	1.44	4.80	4.31	112	5.48	111.3
2019	SEA	MLB	AL	15	0	13.7	2	2	3	14	8	17	6	99	9.2	5.3	4.0	11.2	44%	.242	1.61	8.22	5.27	110	5.45	114.8

Plate Discipline

YEAR	Pits	Zone%	Swing%	Contact%	Z-Swing%	O-Swing%	Z-Contact%	O-Contact%	SwStr%
2009	1052	0.4876	0.4097	0.8910	0.5789	0.2486	0.9024	0.8657	0.1090
2011	1674	0.5060	0.4570	0.8693	0.6269	0.2830	0.9190	0.7564	0.1307
2012	1426	0.5133	0.4551	0.8197	0.5956	0.3069	0.8945	0.6667	0.1803
2013	1492	0.5188	0.4511	0.8158	0.6047	0.2855	0.8782	0.6732	0.1842
2014	1383	0.5192	0.4671	0.8452	0.6490	0.2707	0.9142	0.6667	0.1548
2015	194	0.5206	0.5103	0.7879	0.6733	0.3333	0.8676	0.6129	0.2121
2016	488	0.4467	0.4693	0.7817	0.6606	0.3148	0.8681	0.6353	0.2183
2017	1271	0.4650	0.4925	0.6901	0.6785	0.3309	0.7930	0.5067	0.3099
2018	488	0.4775	0.4365	0.7746	0.6180	0.2706	0.8819	0.5507	0.2254
2019	932	0.4067	0.4378	0.7181	0.6623	0.2839	0.8406	0.5223	0.2819
Career	10400	0.4910	0.4557	0.8083	0.6290	0.2893	0.8800	0.6618	0.1917

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
2014-08-13	2014-08-18	DTD	5	4	Right	Ankle	Sprain		-
2014-08-13	-	DTD	-	-	Right	Forearm	Strain		-
2013-04-03	2013-04-03	On-Alr	0	0	-	Face	Surgery	Wisdom Teeth Removed	2013-04-03	-
2013-03-22	2013-04-07	15-DL	16	5	-	Trunk	Recovery From Fracture	2 Ribs While Wrestling	-	-
2013-02-12	2013-03-22	Camp	38	0	-	Trunk	Recovery From Fracture	2 Ribs While Wrestling	-	-
2013-01-25	2013-01-25	Off	0	0	-	Trunk	Fracture	2 Ribs While Wrestling	-	-
2012-07-25	2012-08-17	15-DL	23	20	Right	Shoulder	Strain	Rotator Cuff	-	-
2010-04-14	2010-05-25	Minors	41	0	Right	Foot	Fracture	Batted Ball	-

Compensation

Year	Team	Salary
2021	PHI	$
2020	PHI	$
2019	SEA	$8,500,000
2018	NYN	$5,500,000
2017	CHA	$900,000
2016	NYA	$
2015	CLE	$950,000
2014	MIN	$935,000
2013	MIN	$502,500
2012	MIN	$487,500

Years	Description	Salary
7 yr	Previous	$17,775,000
7 yr	Total	$17,775,000

Service Time	Agent	Contract Status
8 y 24 d	Jet Sports	1 year (2021)

Details

1 year (2021). Signed by Arizona as a free agent 3/5/21 (minor-league contract). Contract selected by Arizona 4/7/21. DFA by Arizona 4/17/21. Released 4/23/21. Signed by Kansas City as a free agent 5/14/21 (minor-league contract). Contract selected by Kansas City 6/18/21. DFA by Kansas City 7/17/21.
1 year (2020). Signed by Philadelphia as a free agent 2/4/20 (minor-league contract). Salary of $1.5M in majors. May earn additional $1.25M in performance bonuses based on appearances. Released by Philadelphia 7/20/20.
2 years/$14M (2018-19). Signed by NY Mets as a free agent 12/15/17. $1M signing bonus. 18:$5M, 19:$8M. Acquired by Seattle in trade from NY Mets 12/3/18. Acquired by Atlanta in trade from Seattle 5/20/19, with Mariners paying Braves $1,788,172 as part of the deal.
1 year (2017). Signed by Chicago White Sox as a free agent 1/20/17 (minor-league contract). Salary of $900,000 in majors. Contract selected by Chicago White Sox 3/31/17. Acquired by Milwaukee in trade from Chicago White Sox 7/26/17.
1 year (2016). Signed by NY Yankees as a free agent 2/5/16 (minor-league contract). Contract selected by NY Yankees 6/7/16. Refused assignment, elected free agency 10/5/16.
1 year/$950,000 (2015). Signed by Cleveland as a free agent 1/15/15 (minor-league contract). Salary of $950,000 in majors. May earn additional $0.35M in performance bonuses. Contract selected by Cleveland 3/30/15. DFA by Cleveland 5/9/15. Sent outright to Triple-A 5/14/15.
1 year/$935,000 (2014). Re-signed by Minnesota 1/17/14 (avoided arbitration). Sent outright to Triple-A by Minnesota 11/25/14.
1 year/$502,500 (2013). Re-signed by Minnesota 2/21/13.
1 year/$487,500 (2012). Re-signed by Minnesota 3/3/12. Sent outright to Triple-A by Minnesota 10/24/12.
1 year (2011). Re-signed by Minnesota 3/11.
1 year (2010). Re-signed by Minnesota 3/7/10.
1 year (2009). Contract purchased by Minnesota 11/19/08. Re-signed by Minnesota 3/8/09.
Drafted by Minnesota 2004 (2-61) (Nova HS, Ft. Lauderdale, Fla.). $575,000 signing bonus.

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
90^o	0	0	0	0	0	14.7	11	5	15	1	.260	1.10	2.98	3.35	0.0
80^o	0	0	0	0	0	9.6	8	3	10	1	.275	1.19	3.35	3.75	0.0
70^o	0	0	0	0	0	6.0	5	2	6	1	.286	1.25	3.62	4.05	0.0
60^o	0	0	0	0	0	3.0	3	1	3	0	.295	1.31	3.86	4.31	0.0
50^o	0	0	0	0	0	0.3	0	0	0	0	.303	1.37	4.08	4.56	-0.1
Weighted Mean	?	?	?	?	?	0.0	?	0	0	?	.000	0.00	0.00	?	0.0

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Date	Question	Answer
2017-07-25 20:00:00 (link to chat)	What would it take from the Dodgers to get Addison Reed? What about the Brewers? (Sam from NY)	Not sure but the White Sox just got a top 20 prospect for Anthony Swarzak so I would think they could get similar or better even if Reed is just a rental. -Nathan (Emmett Rosenbaum & Nathan Graham)
2017-07-19 17:00:00 (link to chat)	White Sox closer? Clippard? Any chance that works? (tomhauck from NJ)	Probably not. 52% fly ball rate in Guaranteed Rate Field? ABORT ABORT ABORT. The sad thing is, they probably don't have a better option. Nate Jones and Zach Putnam are both done for the year, and Anthony Swarzak is probably going to get some save opportunities as well. It's a mess. (Brett Cowett)
2017-07-12 13:00:00 (link to chat)	Could you see the White Sox trying to package players in order to get better deals. Frazier and Quintana to New York or multiple relievers to the Nationals? Something of that vein in order to get quality talent in return rather than a multitude of meh dudes (Ryan from St. Louis)	It's something I would try, particularly if they're willing to eat salary on someone like Frazier to help bring back more talent in return. The White Sox' track record is that they prefer to save money than get talent back, but they're operating differently this year than they have in the past. In that same vein, Anthony Swarzak has pitched really well this year, while being cheap and a free agent at the end of the season. The Nationals need more than one reliever and I would try to use Swarzak to get over any impasses in a Robertson deal. (Nick Schaefer)
2017-05-08 20:00:00 (link to chat)	In a league that counts holds, do you prefer Wandy Peralta or Anthony Swarzak? (Brett from Calgary)	I'd lean Swarzak slightly, just because the White Sox have been using him in higher leverage spots a little more often. In dynasty, I'm a little more interested in Peralta. (Mark Barry)
2009-05-28 14:00:00 (link to chat)	I'm watching Anthony Swarzak on my television right now. He seems good enough, but not terribly interesting. What do I like? What should I be worried about? (Minneapolitan from Chicago)	I think that's a great scouting report for him: Good, but not terribly interesting. I think he'll be a fine, usable starting pitcher for a while. (Kevin Goldstein)

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PITCHf/x Pitcher Profile

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Although he has not thrown an MLB pitch in 2024, Anthony Swarzak threw 10,625 pitches that were tracked by the PITCHf/x system between 2009 and 2021, all of them occuring in Spring Training. In 2021, he relied primarily on his Slider (86mph) and Fourseam Fastball (93mph). He also rarely threw a Sinker (93mph).