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Portrait of Joel De La Cruz

Joel De La Cruz PBraves

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2019 Projections (Preseason PECOTA - seasonal age 30)
IP ERA WHIP SO W L SV WARP
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Birth Date6-9-1989
Height6' 1"
Weight240 lbs
Age34 years, 10 months, 16 days
BatsR
ThrowsR
2015
-0.22016
2017
2018
-0.42019
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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
2016 ATL MLB 22 9 62.7 0 7 0 65 22 37 10 89 9.3 3.2 1.4 5.3 46% .268 1.39 5.22 4.88 120 5.55 122.9 -0.2
CareerMLB22962.707065223710899.33.21.45.346%.2681.395.224.881205.55122.9-0.2

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-
2006 BRR Rk AZL 2 0 3.0 0 0 0 1 4 4 0 113 3.0 12.0 0.0 12.0 0% .167 1.67 6.60 0.00 120 5.19 108.8
2011 TAM A+ FSL 1 0 3.0 0 1 0 2 1 3 0 6.0 3.0 0.0 9.0 0% .250 1.00 3.37 3.00 86 3.25 66.4
2011 YAN Rk GCL 17 0 30.0 2 0 0 30 12 19 3 9.0 3.6 0.9 5.7 0% .281 1.40 4.63 5.10 107 5.15 105.1
2012 CSC A SAL 25 0 46.7 3 3 3 45 27 49 3 8.7 5.2 0.6 9.5 0% .339 1.54 4.11 3.66 101 5.61 116.8
2012 TAM A+ FSL 1 0 1.7 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 5.4 0.0 0.0 10.8 0% .250 0.60 0.99 0.00 78 3.01 62.6
2013 TAM A+ FSL 33 6 85.0 6 3 1 70 27 73 2 98 7.4 2.9 0.2 7.7 0% .280 1.14 2.88 3.28 87 3.25 70.6
2014 TRN AA EAS 11 10 56.0 4 4 0 60 19 39 3 100 9.6 3.1 0.5 6.3 0% .322 1.41 3.83 4.34 101 5.24 110.9
2014 SWB AAA INT 17 12 65.7 3 5 0 74 18 38 6 102 10.1 2.5 0.8 5.2 0% .302 1.40 4.29 4.52 108 5.22 110.6
2015 TRN AA EAS 8 2 23.3 1 2 0 24 5 13 2 92 9.3 1.9 0.8 5.0 0% .279 1.24 4.17 3.47 105 4.82 105.7
2015 SWB AAA INT 15 7 61.0 7 0 0 59 17 29 4 94 8.7 2.5 0.6 4.3 0% .281 1.25 3.98 3.25 112 4.74 103.9
2016 ATL MLB NL 22 9 62.7 0 7 0 65 22 37 10 89 9.3 3.2 1.4 5.3 46% .268 1.39 5.22 4.88 120 5.55 122.9
2016 GWN AAA INT 21 5 57.7 1 3 0 62 24 44 5 107 9.7 3.7 0.8 6.9 48% .333 1.49 4.28 4.68 106 5.30 117.0
2016 TOR Wnt DWL 14 0 11.0 0 3 0 9 5 7 1 7.4 4.1 0.8 5.7 0% .242 1.27 3.96 5.73 0 0.00 0.0
2017 GWN AAA INT 6 0 8.7 0 0 0 12 5 3 1 12.5 5.2 1.0 3.1 50% .314 1.96 5.88 7.27 131 7.32 155.8

Plate Discipline

YEAR Pits Zone% Swing% Contact% Z-Swing% O-Swing% Z-Contact% O-Contact% SwStr%
2016 1006 0.4652 0.4742 0.7945 0.6774 0.2974 0.8644 0.6563 0.2055
Career10060.46520.47420.79450.67740.29740.86440.65630.2055

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
2014-06-21 2014-06-29 Minors 8 0 - Forearm Strain -

Compensation

Year Team Salary
2017 ATL $
2016 ATL $
2015 NYA $

 

Service TimeAgentContract Status
0 y 121 d2017

Details
  • 1 year (2016). Signed by Atlanta as a free agent 11/12/15 (minor-league contract). Contract selected by Atlanta 4/11/16. Sent outright to Triple-A 4/22/16. Contract selected by Atlanta 5/20/16. Sent outright to Triple-A by Atlanta 5/30/16. Contract selected by Atlanta 6/29/16. Sent outright to Triple-A by Atlanta 10/7/16.
  • 1 year (2015). Contract selected by NY Yankees 4/13/15. Sent outright to Triple-A by NY Yankees 4/18/15.
  • 1 year (2010). Signed by NY Yankees as a free agent 4/19/10 (minor-league contract).
  • 1 year (2009). Signed by Washington 2/5/09 (minor-league contract). Released by Washington 7/23/09.
  • Released by Milwaukee 7/25/07.
  • Signed by Milwaukee 2006 as a free agent from the Dominican Republic.

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 6.4 0 0.6 20 5 50.0 43 19 32 6 .247 1.24 4.10 4.61 -7.9 -0.9
80o 5.5 0 0.5 17 4 44.2 41 18 28 6 .260 1.33 4.49 5.04 -8.9 -1.0
70o 4.9 0 0.5 16 4 40.2 39 17 26 5 .270 1.39 4.77 5.36 -9.4 -1.0
60o 4.3 0 0.4 15 4 36.8 37 16 24 5 .278 1.45 5.01 5.63 -9.6 -1.0
50o 3.9 0 0.4 13 3 33.7 35 15 22 5 .286 1.51 5.25 5.9 -9.8 -1.1
40o 3.4 0 0.3 12 3 30.7 34 15 20 5 .294 1.57 5.48 6.16 -9.7 -1.1
30o 3 0 0.3 11 3 27.5 31 14 18 4 .302 1.64 5.74 6.45 -9.5 -1.0
20o 2.5 0 0.2 9 2 23.9 29 12 15 4 .312 1.71 6.05 6.8 -9.1 -1.0
10o 1.9 0 0.2 8 2 19.1 24 11 12 3 .326 1.83 6.49 7.29 -8.3 -0.9
Weighted Mean3.800.413333.03415215.2841.505.225.86-9.4-1.0

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PITCHf/x Pitcher Profile

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Although he has not thrown an MLB pitch in 2024, Joel De La Cruz threw 1,004 pitches that were tracked by the PITCHf/x system in 2016, including pitches thrown in . In 2016, he relied primarily on his Sinker (92mph), Slider (87mph) and Change (85mph). He also rarely threw a Fourseam Fastball (92mph) and Splitter (92mph).