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Xavier Cedeño PCubs

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2019 Projections (Preseason PECOTA - seasonal age 32)
IP ERA WHIP SO W L SV WARP
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Birth Date8-26-1986
Height5' 11"
Weight210 lbs
Age37 years, 7 months, 29 days
BatsL
ThrowsL
1.32015
1.32016
-0.12017
1.02018
0.02019
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WARP Summary

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.
Multiple stints are are currently shown —Click to hide.
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
2011 HOU MLB 3 0 1.7 0 0 0 7 0 0 2 103 37.8 0.0 10.8 0.0 0% .556 4.20 18.59 27.00 130 7.21 167.7 0.0
2012 HOU MLB 44 0 31.0 0 1 1 30 14 36 3 101 8.7 4.1 0.9 10.5 0% .321 1.42 3.52 3.77 84 2.94 67.5 0.7
2013 HOU 0 5 0 6.3 0 0 0 10 7 3 0 96 14.2 9.9 0.0 4.3 0% .400 2.68 6.39 11.37 131 7.95 190.5 -0.3
2013 WAS 0 11 0 6.0 0 0 0 5 1 6 0 100 7.5 1.5 0.0 9.0 0% .313 1.00 1.52 1.50 93 4.33 103.6 0.0
2014 WAS MLB 9 0 7.0 0 0 0 10 0 5 1 101 12.9 0.0 1.3 6.4 0% .375 1.43 3.53 3.86 98 3.83 93.8 0.1
2015 TBA 0 61 0 43.0 4 1 1 37 12 43 3 105 7.7 2.5 0.6 9.0 0% .296 1.14 2.91 2.09 80 2.34 54.7 1.2
2015 WAS 0 5 0 3.0 0 0 0 3 2 4 1 105 9.0 6.0 3.0 12.0 0% .286 1.67 7.82 6.00 42 1.43 33.4 0.1
2016 TBA MLB 54 0 41.3 3 4 0 36 13 43 2 100 7.8 2.8 0.4 9.4 51% .296 1.19 2.59 3.70 67 2.13 47.1 1.3
2017 TBA MLB 9 0 3.0 1 1 0 7 4 0 3 21.0 12.0 9.0 0.0 59% .286 3.67 20.14 12.00 127 9.12 194.0 -0.1
2018 CHA 0 33 0 25.3 2 0 1 19 13 28 1 104 6.8 4.6 0.4 9.9 55% .281 1.26 3.03 2.84 66 2.17 48.5 0.8
2018 MIL 0 15 0 8.0 0 0 0 7 3 6 0 96 7.9 3.4 0.0 6.8 52% .280 1.25 2.74 1.13 85 3.12 69.7 0.2
2019 CHN MLB 5 0 2.0 0 0 0 4 3 1 0 102 18.0 13.5 0.0 4.5 44% .444 3.50 6.66 0.00 114 6.76 138.8 0.0
2013 TOT MLB 16 0 12.3 0 0 0 15 8 9 0 98 10.9 5.8 0.0 6.6 0% .000 1.86 4.02 6.57 117 6.19 148.2 -0.2
2015 TOT MLB 66 0 46.0 4 1 1 40 14 47 4 105 7.8 2.7 0.8 9.2 0% .000 1.17 3.23 2.35 77 2.28 53.3 1.3
2018 TOT MLB 48 0 33.3 2 0 1 26 16 34 1 102 7.0 4.3 0.3 9.2 54% .281 1.26 2.96 2.43 71 2.40 53.6 1.0
CareerMLB2540177.7107317572175161008.93.60.88.952%.3191.393.623.65812.9367.03.9

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.
Minor league stats are currently shown —Click to hide.
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 CAS Rk PIO 12 12 53.0 1 3 0 62 17 47 4 85 10.5 2.9 0.7 8.0 0% -.763 1.49 4.63 5.43 95 5.13 101.0
2006 ASH A SAL 27 27 138.0 8 9 0 144 63 99 8 92 9.4 4.1 0.5 6.5 0% .309 1.50 4.10 4.04 108 5.56 116.8
2007 MOD A+ CLF 23 23 116.7 6 8 0 121 61 83 6 94 9.3 4.7 0.5 6.4 0% .307 1.56 4.71 5.09 106 5.33 109.4
2008 TUL AA TXS 19 19 102.7 7 7 0 126 37 52 10 93 11.0 3.2 0.9 4.6 0% .313 1.59 4.75 4.12 110 7.12 145.7
2009 MOD A+ CLF 16 0 16.7 1 2 0 15 9 21 0 100 8.1 4.9 0.0 11.3 0% .313 1.44 2.86 4.31 99 4.95 104.2
2009 TUL AA TXS 28 0 47.0 3 2 0 46 22 25 6 116 8.8 4.2 1.1 4.8 0% .256 1.45 5.44 4.79 118 4.42 93.0
2010 CAR Wnt PWL 6 2 15.7 0 1 0 9 3 12 1 5.2 1.7 0.6 6.9 0% .190 0.76 2.87 2.29 0 0.00 0.0
2011 HOU MLB NL 3 0 1.7 0 0 0 7 0 0 2 103 37.8 0.0 10.8 0.0 0% .556 4.20 18.59 27.00 130 7.21 167.7
2011 CCH AA TEX 23 19 111.7 5 6 0 98 45 110 8 106 7.9 3.6 0.6 8.9 0% .290 1.28 3.67 3.95 90 3.95 80.7
2011 OKL AAA PCL 12 3 26.0 2 3 0 32 8 27 2 102 11.1 2.8 0.7 9.3 0% .375 1.54 3.62 6.23 76 3.77 77.0
2012 HOU MLB NL 44 0 31.0 0 1 1 30 14 36 3 101 8.7 4.1 0.9 10.5 0% .321 1.42 3.52 3.77 84 2.94 67.5
2012 OKL AAA PCL 22 0 27.7 2 0 1 27 9 25 0 8.8 2.9 0.0 8.1 0% .314 1.30 3.04 2.28 76 3.26 67.9
2012 SAN Wnt PWL 3 0 3.7 1 0 0 2 1 8 0 4.9 2.5 0.0 19.6 0% .400 0.82 -0.21 0.00 0 0.00 0.0
2013 HOU MLB AL 5 0 6.3 0 0 0 10 7 3 0 96 14.2 9.9 0.0 4.3 0% .400 2.68 6.39 11.37 131 7.95 190.5
2013 WAS MLB NL 11 0 6.0 0 0 0 5 1 6 0 100 7.5 1.5 0.0 9.0 0% .313 1.00 1.52 1.50 93 4.33 103.6
2013 SYR AAA INT 39 0 34.3 2 0 4 23 16 45 2 6.0 4.2 0.5 11.8 0% .276 1.14 2.82 1.31 77 2.90 63.0
2013 PUR int WBC 5 0 2.0 0 0 1 3 2 4 0 13.5 9.0 0.0 18.0 0% .600 2.50 2.63 4.50 0 0.00 0.0
2014 WAS MLB NL 9 0 7.0 0 0 0 10 0 5 1 101 12.9 0.0 1.3 6.4 0% .375 1.43 3.53 3.86 98 3.83 93.8
2014 SYR AAA INT 35 0 39.3 5 1 4 22 12 57 3 5.0 2.7 0.7 13.0 0% .247 0.86 2.35 2.29 60 2.14 45.2
2015 TBA MLB AL 61 0 43.0 4 1 1 37 12 43 3 105 7.7 2.5 0.6 9.0 0% .296 1.14 2.91 2.09 80 2.34 54.7
2015 WAS MLB NL 5 0 3.0 0 0 0 3 2 4 1 105 9.0 6.0 3.0 12.0 0% .286 1.67 7.82 6.00 42 1.43 33.4
2016 TBA MLB AL 54 0 41.3 3 4 0 36 13 43 2 100 7.8 2.8 0.4 9.4 51% .296 1.19 2.59 3.70 67 2.13 47.1
2017 TBA MLB AL 9 0 3.0 1 1 0 7 4 0 3 21.0 12.0 9.0 0.0 59% .286 3.67 20.14 12.00 127 9.12 194.0
2018 CHA MLB AL 33 0 25.3 2 0 1 19 13 28 1 104 6.8 4.6 0.4 9.9 55% .281 1.26 3.03 2.84 66 2.17 48.5
2018 MIL MLB NL 15 0 8.0 0 0 0 7 3 6 0 96 7.9 3.4 0.0 6.8 52% .280 1.25 2.74 1.13 85 3.12 69.7
2018 CHR AAA INT 20 0 21.7 0 0 0 12 4 25 1 5.0 1.7 0.4 10.4 57% .220 0.74 2.17 1.25 73 2.24 47.4
2019 CHN MLB NL 5 0 2.0 0 0 0 4 3 1 0 102 18.0 13.5 0.0 4.5 44% .444 3.50 6.66 0.00 114 6.76 138.8
2019 TEN AA SOU 7 0 5.0 0 1 0 8 4 7 0 14.4 7.2 0.0 12.6 63% .500 2.40 3.49 7.20 93 6.51 133.9
2019 IOW AAA PCL 9 0 7.0 1 0 0 8 7 3 0 10.3 9.0 0.0 3.9 38% .333 2.14 5.94 3.86 119 7.54 155.1
2019 CUT Rk AZL 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 9.0 100% .000 0.00 2.25 0.00 90 3.04 62.6

Plate Discipline

YEAR Pits Zone% Swing% Contact% Z-Swing% O-Swing% Z-Contact% O-Contact% SwStr%
2011 36 0.6389 0.5000 0.9444 0.6957 0.1538 1.0000 0.5000 0.0556
2012 554 0.4260 0.3953 0.7123 0.5169 0.3050 0.8607 0.5258 0.2877
2013 221 0.4480 0.4253 0.7766 0.5960 0.2869 0.9322 0.5143 0.2234
2014 112 0.5982 0.5000 0.8393 0.6567 0.2667 0.9545 0.4167 0.1607
2015 734 0.4469 0.4591 0.6706 0.5549 0.3818 0.8407 0.4710 0.3294
2016 690 0.4261 0.4565 0.7143 0.6395 0.3207 0.8245 0.5512 0.2857
2017 75 0.3867 0.3600 0.8889 0.6897 0.1522 0.9000 0.8571 0.1111
2018 589 0.4329 0.4346 0.6875 0.6392 0.2784 0.8344 0.4301 0.3125
2019 43 0.4186 0.4186 0.8333 0.6111 0.2800 0.9091 0.7143 0.1667
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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
2014-05-02 2014-05-25 Minors 23 0 - Not Disclosed - -
2012-04-04 2012-04-14 Minors 10 0 - Not Disclosed - -
2009-08-03 2009-08-15 Minors 12 0 General Medical Gastrointestinal GI -
2008-07-21 2008-08-31 Minors 41 0 Not Disclosed -

Compensation

Year Team Salary
2019 CHN $900,000
2018 MIL $
2017 TBA $1,300,000
2016 TBA $524,100
2015 WAS $516,500
2014 WAS $
2013 HOU $495,900
2012 HOU $
YearsDescriptionSalary
5 yrPrevious$3,736,500
5 yrTotal$3,736,500

 

Service TimeAgentContract Status
6 y 5 dMDR Sports1 year/$0.9M (2019)

Details
  • 1 year/$0.9M (2019). Signed by Chicago Cubs as a free agent 2/13/19 (non-guaranteed contract). May earn additional $0.3M in performance bonuses.
  • 1 year (2018). Signed by Chicago White Sox as a free agent 1/26/18. Salary of $1.05M in majors. Contract selected by Chicago White Sox 6/7/18. Acquired by Milwaukee in trade from Chicago White Sox 8/31/18 with $0.175M remaining on contract. Non-tendered by Milwaukee 11/30/18.
  • 1 year/$1.3M (2017). Re-signed by Tampa Bay 1/13/17 (avoided arbitration). Non-tendered by Tampa Bay 12/1/17.
  • 1 year/$0.5241M (2016). Re-signed by Tampa Bay 3/3/16.
  • 1 year/$0.5165M (2015). Re-signed by Washington 3/15. Acquired by LA Dodgers in trade 4/22/15 after being DFA by Washington 4/14/15. Acquired by Tampa Bay in trade 4/27/15 after being DFA by LA Dodgers 4/24/15.
  • 1 year/$0.5078M (2014). Re-signed by Washington 2/26/14.
  • 1 year/$0.4959M (2013). Re-signed by Houston 3/13. Claimed by Washington off waivers 4/23/13 after being DFA by Houston 4/18/13.
  • 1 year (2012). Re-signed by Houston as a free agent 10/24/11 (minor-league contract). Contract purchased by Houston 5/27/12.
  • 1 year (2011). Signed by Houston as a free agent 1/11 (minor-league contract). Contract purchased by Houston 9/11/11. Sent outright to Triple-A by Houston 10/5/11.
  • Drafted by Colorado 2004 (31-920) (Miami-Dade College).

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
90o 0 2.7 3.6 73 0 53.8 40 20 50 6 .243 1.12 3.26 3.52 -3.4 -0.4
80o 0 2.2 3 65 0 47.6 38 19 44 5 .258 1.22 3.66 3.94 -5.2 -0.6
70o 0 1.9 2.7 59 0 43.2 37 19 40 5 .269 1.29 3.95 4.26 -6.2 -0.7
60o 0 1.7 2.4 54 0 39.6 36 18 37 5 .278 1.35 4.20 4.53 -6.9 -0.8
50o 0 1.5 2.1 50 0 36.4 34 17 34 5 .287 1.41 4.44 4.79 -7.4 -0.8
40o 0 1.3 1.9 45 0 33.1 32 16 31 4 .296 1.47 4.68 5.05 -7.7 -0.8
30o 0 1.1 1.6 41 0 29.8 31 15 28 4 .305 1.54 4.94 5.34 -7.9 -0.9
20o 0 0.9 1.4 35 0 26.0 28 14 24 4 .317 1.62 5.26 5.68 -7.8 -0.9
10o 0 0.6 1 29 0 20.9 24 12 20 3 .332 1.74 5.71 6.17 -7.4 -0.8
Weighted Mean01.42.149035.63317335.2851.394.404.75-7.1-0.8

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PITCHf/x Pitcher Profile

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Although he has not thrown an MLB pitch in 2024, Xavier Cedeño threw 3,109 pitches that were tracked by the PITCHf/x system between 2011 and 2019, all of them occuring in Spring Training. In 2019, he relied primarily on his Cutter (86mph) and Curve (77mph).