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Portrait of Drew Carpenter

Drew Carpenter PPhillies

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Career Summary
Years G IP W L SV ERA WARP
7 23 33.3 1 1 0 7.56 0.2
Birth Date5-18-1985
Height6' 3"
Weight240 lbs
Age38 years, 10 months, 30 days
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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.
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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
2008 PHI MLB 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 99 9.0 9.0 0.0 9.0 0% .333 2.00 4.10 0.00 119 7.79 166.3 0.0
2009 PHI MLB 3 1 5.7 1 0 0 11 4 5 1 95 17.5 6.4 1.6 7.9 0% .476 2.65 6.23 11.12 118 8.40 180.2 -0.2
2010 PHI MLB 1 0 3.0 0 1 0 5 0 2 1 83 15.0 0.0 3.0 6.0 0% .364 1.67 6.10 9.00 85 2.24 50.6 0.1
2011 PHI 0 6 0 9.3 0 0 0 13 4 10 2 92 12.5 3.9 1.9 9.6 0% .393 1.82 4.91 7.71 93 2.98 69.3 0.2
2011 SDN 0 6 0 5.3 0 0 0 6 3 6 1 83 10.1 5.1 1.7 10.1 0% .357 1.69 4.86 8.44 75 2.07 48.0 0.2
2012 TOR MLB 6 0 9.0 0 0 0 7 6 9 4 102 7.0 6.0 4.0 9.0 0% .143 1.44 8.82 5.00 118 5.22 119.7 0.0
2011 TOT MLB 12 0 14.7 0 0 0 19 7 16 3 89 11.7 4.3 1.8 9.8 0% .000 1.77 4.89 7.98 86 2.65 61.6 0.4
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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-
2008 PHI MLB NL 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 99 9.0 9.0 0.0 9.0 0% .333 2.00 4.10 0.00 119 7.79 166.3
2009 PHI MLB NL 3 1 5.7 1 0 0 11 4 5 1 95 17.5 6.4 1.6 7.9 0% .476 2.65 6.23 11.12 118 8.40 180.2
2010 PHI MLB NL 1 0 3.0 0 1 0 5 0 2 1 83 15.0 0.0 3.0 6.0 0% .364 1.67 6.10 9.00 85 2.24 50.6
2011 PHI MLB NL 6 0 9.3 0 0 0 13 4 10 2 92 12.5 3.9 1.9 9.6 0% .393 1.82 4.91 7.71 93 2.98 69.3
2011 SDN MLB NL 6 0 5.3 0 0 0 6 3 6 1 83 10.1 5.1 1.7 10.1 0% .357 1.69 4.86 8.44 75 2.07 48.0
2011 LEH AAA INT 34 1 60.3 5 1 0 48 11 65 2 87 7.2 1.6 0.3 9.7 0% .288 0.98 2.05 1.79 69 2.74 55.9
2012 TOR MLB AL 6 0 9.0 0 0 0 7 6 9 4 102 7.0 6.0 4.0 9.0 0% .143 1.44 8.82 5.00 118 5.22 119.7
2012 BIN AA EAS 5 0 5.0 0 0 3 4 2 10 0 7.2 3.6 0.0 18.0 0% .444 1.20 0.39 0.00 38 2.56 53.4
2012 BUF AAA INT 5 0 4.7 0 0 0 5 0 6 1 9.6 0.0 1.9 11.6 0% .333 1.07 3.37 1.93 75 3.93 81.9
2012 LVG AAA PCL 21 12 74.7 6 3 0 83 19 56 10 107 10.0 2.3 1.2 6.8 0% .315 1.37 4.74 3.38 98 4.22 87.9
2013 ARK AA TEX 5 5 31.3 3 1 0 20 4 18 3 92 5.7 1.1 0.9 5.2 0% .189 0.77 3.53 1.44 102 4.23 92.0
2013 MID AA TEX 4 4 20.3 1 1 0 20 3 12 2 110 8.9 1.3 0.9 5.3 0% .257 1.13 4.18 3.10 102 4.84 105.2
2013 CSP AAA PCL 9 9 48.0 2 3 0 66 15 25 10 113 12.4 2.8 1.9 4.7 0% .344 1.69 6.17 6.75 122 6.19 134.6
2013 IOW AAA PCL 6 6 27.0 1 4 0 33 15 20 4 99 11.0 5.0 1.3 6.7 0% .326 1.78 5.67 7.33 119 5.77 125.3
2014 ABQ AAA PCL 16 6 47.7 3 1 1 67 20 40 3 105 12.7 3.8 0.6 7.6 0% .388 1.83 4.28 7.74 95 6.37 134.8
2014 DOD Rk AZL 1 1 4.0 0 1 0 7 1 2 0 15.8 2.3 0.0 4.5 0% .438 2.00 3.76 6.75 0 0.00 0.0

Plate Discipline

YEAR Pits Zone% Swing% Contact% Z-Swing% O-Swing% Z-Contact% O-Contact% SwStr%
2008 15 0.5333 0.4667 0.8571 0.6250 0.2857 1.0000 0.5000 0.1429
2009 136 0.4853 0.4191 0.8421 0.5606 0.2857 0.9189 0.7000 0.1579
2010 49 0.4490 0.5306 0.7692 0.7727 0.3333 0.7647 0.7778 0.2308
2011 266 0.4098 0.4436 0.7034 0.6330 0.3121 0.8116 0.5510 0.2966
2012 161 0.3540 0.3975 0.7500 0.6316 0.2692 0.9444 0.5000 0.2500
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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
2014-04-05 2014-06-20 Minors 76 0 - Not Disclosed -
2008-05-31 2008-06-16 Minors 16 0 Right Sprain Turf Toe -

Compensation

Year Team Salary
2010 PHI $401,000
YearsDescriptionSalary
1 yrPrevious$401,000
1 yrTotal$401,000

 

Service TimeAgentContract Status
0 y 122 d1 year (2014)

Details
  • 1 year (2014). Signed by LA Dodgers as a free agent 12/13/13 (minor-league contract).
  • 1 year (2013). Signed by Chicago Cubs as a free agent 12/17/12 (minor-league contract). Acquired by Colorado in trade from Chicago Cubs 5/10/13. Released by Colorado 6/29/13. Signed by LA Angels as a free agent 7/10/13 (minor-league contract). Released by LA Angels 8/2/13. Signed by Oakland as a free agent 8/12/13 (minor-league contract).
  • 1 year (2012). Re-signed by Toronto as a free agent (minor-league contract). Contract purchased by Toronto 7/3/12. DFA by Toronto 8/4/12 (refused assignment). Signed by NY Mets as a free agent 8/9/12 (minor-league contract).
  • 1 year (2011). Sent outright to Triple-A by Philadelphia 2/20/11. Contract purchased by Philadelphia 6/28/11. Claimed by San Diego off waivers from Philadelphia 9/2/11. Claimed by Toronto off waivers from San Diego 11/18/11. Sent outright to Triple-A by Toronto 12/12/11.
  • 1 year/$0.401M (2010). Re-signed 2/10.
  • 1 year/$0.4M (2009). Re-signed 1/21/09.
  • 1 year (2008). Contract purchased 8/27/08.
  • Drafted 2006 (2-65). $0.57M 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
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Comparable Players (Similarity Index )

Rank Score Name Year Run Average Trend

BP Annual Player Comments

YearComment
2013 Andrew Carpenter is a low-velocity sinker-slider guy who doesn't walk or strike anyone out in the minors, but has done a whole bunch of both while also giving up numerous long balls in brief stints in the majors.
2012 Claimed on waivers from Philadelphia in September, former second-round pick Drew Carpenter didn't impress in a cameo with the Padres and remains a fringe right-hander with good control but little else.
2011 This is what it looks like when a prospect hits a wall in Triple-A. Carpenter was a second-round selection for the Phillies in 2006, but he has been mediocre since climbing from Clearwater to Lehigh Valley in 2008. In 2010 he took no steps forward, which in reality is a step back for a pitcher without the strikeout stuff to impress the front office. Add to that the fact that he faced an average of three fewer batters per outing and walked an extra batter every third start in comparison to the previous year, and Carpenter’s path to the big leagues looks hazy at best.
2010 After struggling in Double-A in 2008, Carpenter had a fairly good season last year, but his command still isn't where it needs to be. When called up to the big leagues to make an emergency start, he struggled to find the strike zone, which is the essential prerequisite for making it as a finesse pitcher. Carpenter throws a number of different pitches, but the problem is that none of them are terribly good. He does a good job of striking some hitters out in the minors by hitting his spots, but if he is going to be successful in the big leagues, he is going to need to have good control. Even then, his fly-ball rate is tailor-made for self-destruction in CBP, and the upside's that he winds up as fourth starter material, probably elsewhere.
2009 Carpenter has five pitches, but the problem is none of them are especially good. He's a command/control type with little margin for error, and that margin disappeared when he moved up to Double-A at got hit around for a .305 batting average. Once seen as a possible back-end rotation piece, he needs to figure out some kind of something—better control, different pitch sequences, a trick offering—to recover even that modest status in a pivotal year in his development.

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PITCHf/x Pitcher Profile

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Although he has not thrown an MLB pitch in 2024, Drew Carpenter threw 671 pitches that were tracked by the PITCHf/x system between 2008 and 2013, all of them occuring in Spring Training. In 2013, he relied primarily on his Slider (84mph) and Sinker (91mph), also mixing in a Change (85mph).