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Sean Marshall PCubs

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Career Summary

Years	G	IP	W	L	SV	ERA	WARP
12	396	615.3	37	46	16	3.86	10.1

Birth Date	8-30-1982
Height	6' 7"
Weight	225 lbs

Age	41 years, 7 months, 24 days
Bats	L
Throws	L

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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	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
2006	CHN	MLB	24	24	125.7	6	9	0	132	59	77	20	95	9.5	4.2	1.4	5.5	0%	.280	1.52	5.52	5.59	113	5.43	110.5	0.5
2007	CHN	MLB	21	19	103.3	7	8	0	107	35	67	13	102	9.3	3.0	1.1	5.8	0%	.285	1.37	4.55	3.92	105	5.05	104.5	0.8
2008	CHN	MLB	34	7	65.3	3	5	1	60	23	58	9	103	8.3	3.2	1.2	8.0	0%	.276	1.27	4.35	3.86	96	3.50	74.6	1.4
2009	CHN	MLB	55	9	85.3	3	7	0	91	32	68	10	99	9.6	3.4	1.1	7.2	0%	.309	1.44	4.14	4.32	85	3.29	70.6	2.0
2010	CHN	MLB	80	0	74.7	7	5	1	58	25	90	3	98	7.0	3.0	0.4	10.8	0%	.294	1.11	2.29	2.65	80	3.17	71.6	1.5
2011	CHN	MLB	78	0	75.7	6	6	5	66	17	79	1	101	7.9	2.0	0.1	9.4	0%	.313	1.10	1.82	2.26	66	2.68	62.3	1.8
2012	CIN	MLB	73	0	61.0	5	5	9	55	16	74	3	100	8.1	2.4	0.4	10.9	0%	.325	1.16	2.28	2.51	75	2.67	61.3	1.5
2013	CIN	MLB	16	0	10.3	0	1	0	4	2	10	0	102	3.5	1.7	0.0	8.7	0%	.167	0.58	1.95	1.74	94	2.93	70.1	0.2
2014	CIN	MLB	15	0	14.0	0	0	0	23	12	14	1	99	14.8	7.7	0.6	9.0	0%	.431	2.50	5.03	7.71	100	2.97	72.9	0.3
Career		MLB	396	59	615.3	37	46	16	596	221	537	60	99	8.7	3.2	0.9	7.9	51%	.297	1.33	3.80	3.86	92	3.88	83.1	10.1

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-
2003	LNS	A	MDW	1	1	7.0	1	0	0	5	0	11	0		6.4	0.0	0.0	14.1	0%	.333	0.71	0.01	0.00	0	0.00	0.0
2003	BOI	A-	NWN	14	14	73.7	5	6	0	66	23	88	1		8.1	2.8	0.1	10.7	0%	.328	1.21	2.29	2.56	0	0.00	0.0
2004	LNS	A	MDW	7	7	48.7	2	0	0	29	4	51	1		5.4	0.7	0.2	9.4	0%	.235	0.68	1.89	1.11	0	0.00	0.0
2004	WTN	AA	SOU	6	6	29.0	2	2	0	36	12	23	2		11.2	3.7	0.6	7.1	0%	.362	1.66	3.90	5.90	0	0.00	0.0
2004	msa	Wnt	AFL	5	5	18.3	0	1	0	21	2	16	3		10.3	1.0	1.5	7.9	0%	-.857	1.26	5.20	3.93	0	0.00	0.0
2005	DAY	A+	FSL	12	12	69.0	4	4	0	63	26	61	7		8.2	3.4	0.9	8.0	0%	-.589	1.29	4.17	2.74	0	0.00	0.0
2005	WTN	AA	SOU	4	4	25.0	0	1	0	16	5	24	1	25	5.8	1.8	0.4	8.6	0%	-.484	0.84	2.66	2.52	76	2.85	56.1
2006	CHN	MLB	NL	24	24	125.7	6	9	0	132	59	77	20	95	9.5	4.2	1.4	5.5	0%	.280	1.52	5.52	5.59	113	5.43	110.5
2006	IOW	AAA	PCL	4	4	21.2	0	2	0	17	14	21	1	94	7.2	5.9	0.4	8.9	0%	.286	1.46	3.95	3.40	100	3.95	83.0
2007	CHN	MLB	NL	21	19	103.3	7	8	0	107	35	67	13	102	9.3	3.0	1.1	5.8	0%	.285	1.37	4.55	3.92	105	5.05	104.5
2007	DAY	A+	FSL	1	1	6.0	1	0	0	7	1	4	1	103	10.5	1.5	1.5	6.0	0%	.333	1.33	4.63	3.00	90	4.06	83.2
2007	IOW	AAA	PCL	4	4	24.7	2	0	0	17	8	15	2	107	6.2	2.9	0.7	5.5	0%	.208	1.01	4.34	1.82	98	2.53	51.9
2008	CHN	MLB	NL	34	7	65.3	3	5	1	60	23	58	9	103	8.3	3.2	1.2	8.0	0%	.276	1.27	4.35	3.86	96	3.50	74.6
2008	IOW	AAA	PCL	7	7	31.7	1	1	0	26	6	25	2	106	7.4	1.7	0.6	7.1	0%	.261	1.01	3.38	3.41	78	2.43	49.7
2009	CHN	MLB	NL	55	9	85.3	3	7	0	91	32	68	10	99	9.6	3.4	1.1	7.2	0%	.309	1.44	4.14	4.32	85	3.29	70.6
2010	CHN	MLB	NL	80	0	74.7	7	5	1	58	25	90	3	98	7.0	3.0	0.4	10.8	0%	.294	1.11	2.29	2.65	80	3.17	71.6
2011	CHN	MLB	NL	78	0	75.7	6	6	5	66	17	79	1	101	7.9	2.0	0.1	9.4	0%	.313	1.10	1.82	2.26	66	2.68	62.3
2012	CIN	MLB	NL	73	0	61.0	5	5	9	55	16	74	3	100	8.1	2.4	0.4	10.9	0%	.325	1.16	2.28	2.51	75	2.67	61.3
2013	CIN	MLB	NL	16	0	10.3	0	1	0	4	2	10	0	102	3.5	1.7	0.0	8.7	0%	.167	0.58	1.95	1.74	94	2.93	70.1
2013	LOU	AAA	INT	2	2	2.0	0	0	0	2	0	4	0	99	9.0	0.0	0.0	18.0	0%	.500	1.00	-0.80	0.00	45	2.32	50.4
2014	CIN	MLB	NL	15	0	14.0	0	0	0	23	12	14	1	99	14.8	7.7	0.6	9.0	0%	.431	2.50	5.03	7.71	100	2.97	72.9
2014	LOU	AAA	INT	2	2	2.0	0	0	0	2	1	2	1	114	9.0	4.5	4.5	9.0	0%	.200	1.50	9.34	4.50	97	3.41	72.3

Plate Discipline

YEAR	Pits	Zone%	Swing%	Contact%	Z-Swing%	O-Swing%	Z-Contact%	O-Contact%	SwStr%
2008	957	0.5350	0.4525	0.7968	0.5820	0.3034	0.8624	0.6519	0.2032
2009	1403	0.5210	0.4448	0.8013	0.5855	0.2917	0.8645	0.6633	0.1987
2010	1162	0.5318	0.4518	0.7390	0.5372	0.3548	0.8614	0.5285	0.2610
2011	1169	0.5398	0.4465	0.7222	0.5483	0.3271	0.8266	0.5170	0.2778
2012	997	0.5085	0.4644	0.7149	0.5858	0.3388	0.8316	0.5060	0.2851
2013	154	0.4221	0.5195	0.8000	0.6308	0.4382	0.9024	0.6923	0.2000
2014	295	0.4407	0.4475	0.7424	0.5615	0.3576	0.7945	0.6780	0.2576
Career	6137	0.5204	0.4528	0.7568	0.5688	0.3267	0.8486	0.5840	0.2432

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
2014-06-11	2014-09-29	60-DL	110	99	Left	Shoulder	Surgery	Debridement	2014-06-24
2014-03-21	2014-04-19	15-DL	29	16	Left	Shoulder	Inflammation		-	-
2013-05-21	2013-09-16	60-DL	118	105	Left	Shoulder	Sprain		-	-
2013-04-08	2013-04-26	15-DL	18	17	Left	Shoulder	Tendonitis		-	-
2013-04-02	2013-04-07	DTD	5	4	Left	Shoulder	Fatigue		-	-
2008-05-23	2008-06-08	Minors	16	0	-		Not Disclosed		-	-
2007-04-05	2007-04-22	Minors	17	0	-		Not Disclosed		-	-
2007-02-24	2007-03-19	Camp	23	0	Left	Shoulder	Soreness		-
2006-07-23	2006-09-01	15-DL	40	37	Left	Abdomen	Strain	Oblique	-
2005-07-10	2005-09-18	Minors	70	0			Not Disclosed		-
2005-04-07	2005-04-14	Minors	7	0	-		Not Disclosed		-	-
2004-06-21	2004-09-08	Minors	79	0	-		Not Disclosed		-	-

Compensation

Year	Team	Salary
2015	CIN	$6,500,000
2014	CIN	$5,500,000
2013	CIN	$4,500,000
2012	CIN	$3,100,000
2011	CHN	$1,600,000
2010	CHN	$950,000
2009	CHN	$450,000
2006	CHN	$327,000

Years	Description	Salary
8 yr	Previous	$22,927,000
8 yr	Total	$22,927,000

Service Time	Agent	Contract Status
9 y 88 d	Meister Sports	3 years/$16.5M (2013-15)

Details

3 years/$16.5M (2013-15). Signed extension with Cincinnati 2/27/12. 13:$4.5M, 14:$5.5M, 15:$6.5M. Performance bonuses: $1M annually based on starts. $1M annually based on games finished.
2 years/$4.7M (2011-12). Re-signed by Chicago Cubs 1/18/11 (avoided arbitration). 11:$1.6M, 12:$3.1M. Performance bonuses based on starts. Acquired by Cincinnati in trade from Chicago Cubs 12/23/11.
1 year/$0.95M (2010). Re-signed (avoided arbitration, $1.175M-$0.8M).
1 year/$0.45M (2009). Re-signed 2/25/09.
1 year (2008).
1 year (2007). Re-signed 3/07.
1 year/$0.327M (2006). Contract purchased 11/05.
Drafted 2003 (6-163). $0.143M 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	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
2013-10-11 14:00:00 (link to chat)	What does Tyler Skaggs need to work on? I see him as another Sean Marshall which is okay with me. (Boz from ())	My contention is that Skaggs has a ton of work to do. He does so many things that are intended to manipulate his arm angle - from a closed stride that is directed at the left-hand batter's box to his excessive spine tilt - that he is minimizing his potential effectiveness. The tricks might survive in the bullpen, but as a starter they create serious obstacles to pitch repetition. The techniques also give Skaggs a very shallow release point, which actually functions to limit his deception. I don't know that the D'Backs are trying to make any adjustments, but I feel that his ceiling is severely limited until he makes a drastic change to approach. On the jukebox: Rage Against the Machine, "Killing in the Name of" (Doug Thorburn)
2011-09-14 13:00:00 (link to chat)	Does it make sense for the Cubs to move Sean Marshall into the rotation next yr, given their SP woes and lack of a pitching pipeline? (Matt from Chicago)	It usually makes sense to move any reliever who's capable of starting into the rotation, barring a real embarrassment of wealth. Marshall's stuff has really played up in the pen, though, so in his case, another switch might not be the best idea. Marshall has already been a starter, so we can see how that went--in about 225 innings in the rotation in 2006-2007, he was worth about half a win. In roughly half that number of innings over the past two seasons in the bullpen, he's been worth four wins. Unless you think his shiny new strikeout rate is something that would actually survive a move back out of the bullpen, it probably makes sense to leave him be and look elsewhere (Andrew Cashner to the rescue!). Cue Ray Davies singing "This is Where I Belong." (Ben Lindbergh)
2011-01-18 13:00:00 (link to chat)	Hi Marc, 2 Scoresheet keeper league questions. Team 1: Protect Tim Hudson or Sean Marshall? Team 2: Pick one from among Vernon Wells, Travis Snider, Adam Lind and Felix Pie. Thanks for the chat! (rrydelek from Maryland)	You might want to ask Rob McQuown for help on this one. I'm still just learning Scoresheet and I expect to get destroyed this year. Rob knows what he's doing. (Marc Normandin)
2010-06-10 13:00:00 (link to chat)	What do you think of Sean Marshall as a reliver in mixed leagues? (Harvey Dent from Arkham Asylum)	I love strikeouts, and Marshall's got a whole bunch of 'em. I'm all for using relievers who don't provide saves to bolster your other statistics. I'm currently listening to "Legendary Demo" from Clouds. (Marc Normandin)
2008-11-07 13:00:00 (link to chat)	The Cubs are rumored to be the front runners for Peavy. You mentioned it should take 3 top 100 prospects to get him, do the Cubs even have one outside of Vitters? I don't see how they take Felix Pie, Sean Marshall and Ronny Cedeno for Peavy, do you? (Parker from Chicago)	No. The Cubs would have to include Vitters. Would Vitters, Pie and an arm do it? The Padres really need a center fielder. Would the Cubs even trade Vitters? (Joe Sheehan)
2008-06-26 13:00:00 (link to chat)	Eric Patterson, Donald Veal, and Sean Marshall for AJ Burnett. (Jack from Chicago)	With the way he's pitching right now, would you really rather have Burnett over just Marshall? Reminds of the days when teams would clamor to get Tim Belcher every July. (Dayn Perry)
2008-06-23 12:00:00 (link to chat)	Hi John, have you heard if any other teams are interested in Rich Hill? I am curious if his trade value is higher or lower than Sean Marshall's. Thanks. (Guancous from Silver Spring, MD)	I think a small-market club would be perfect for Hill. He's got an awful lot of talent but it's clear that he has lost the faith of Lou Piniella. Put him in a low-pressure environment and he could easily put his career back together. Yes, I think Hill has more value than Marshall simply because he has a higher ceiling, though I also think Marshall has a chance to be a good major-league starter. (John Perrotto)
2008-03-31 13:00:00 (link to chat)	Matt Murton or Jonny Gomes, if given the choice...who would you rather have? (jlarsen from DRays Bay, FL)	Sounds like a perfect platoon to me. Actually, I remarked in today's Pinstriped Bible that the Indians could usefully liberate Murton and Sean Marshall from the Cubs, given that their outfield corner production looks a bit weak and the back of their rotation is nothing special. (Steven Goldman)
2008-01-28 13:00:00 (link to chat)	How good is Christian Friedrich? I have seen some video and he does have a nasty curveball. Are the comparisons to Barry Zito fair, and how big of a concern are his walks? (Tom from Atlanta)	I think Zito is sort of the natural comparison for a guy of Chris' caliber, with that nasty curveball and a solid-average fastball behind. Ted Lilly and Sean Marshall are the others I usually here in that category. But you're right, the key for Chris this year is going to be commanding his fastball and proving that it can be a weapon in the way that Lance Broadway's fastball has never been a weapon behind his curve. I hope to talk to Friedrich on the phone relatively soon, and when I do, you can bet I'll Unfilter it immediately. (Bryan Smith)

BP Roundtables

Date	Roundtable Name	Comment
2008-10-02 11:00:00	Thursday Playoff Games	OK, now I'm starting to think that I scared everyone away... "Dexter Fishmore (New York, NY): Which is the bigger mismatch: Sean Marshall vs. Manny, or Biden vs. Palin?" Someone should have gotten Katie Couric to lower our expectations for Sean Marshall... (Derek Jacques)

PITCHf/x Pitcher Profile

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Although he has not thrown an MLB pitch in 2024, Sean Marshall threw 7,504 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 Curve (74mph) and Slider (83mph), also mixing in a Cutter (87mph), Fourseam Fastball (88mph) and Sinker (89mph).