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Luis Avilán PNationals

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Birth Date	7-19-1989
Height	6' 2"
Weight	220 lbs

Age	35 years, 4 months, 2 days
Bats	L
Throws	L

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Historical (past-seasons) WARP is now based on DRA..
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YEAR	Team	Lg	G	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
2012	ATL	MLB	31	36.0	1	0	0	27	10	33	1	97	6.8	2.5	0.3	8.3	0%	.268	1.03	2.57	2.00	93	2.87	65.7	0.8
2013	ATL	MLB	75	65.0	5	0	0	40	22	38	1	100	5.5	3.0	0.1	5.3	0%	.204	0.95	3.25	1.52	111	5.15	123.4	-0.4
2014	ATL	MLB	62	43.3	4	1	0	47	21	25	2	96	9.8	4.4	0.4	5.2	0%	.317	1.57	4.21	4.57	121	5.54	135.9	-0.6
2015	ATL	0	50	37.7	2	4	0	35	10	31	4	90	8.4	2.4	1.0	7.4	0%	.284	1.19	3.69	3.58	96	3.77	88.1	0.4
2015	LAN	0	23	15.7	0	1	0	13	5	18	2	91	7.5	2.9	1.1	10.3	0%	.275	1.15	3.67	5.17	82	3.00	70.2	0.3
2016	LAN	MLB	27	19.7	3	0	0	12	10	28	0	94	5.5	4.6	0.0	12.8	55%	.286	1.12	2.16	3.20	78	3.07	67.9	0.4
2017	LAN	MLB	61	46.0	2	3	0	42	22	52	2		8.2	4.3	0.4	10.2	55%	.342	1.39	2.98	2.93	78	3.33	70.9	0.9
2018	CHA	0	58	39.7	2	1	2	40	14	46	2	103	9.1	3.2	0.5	10.4	37%	.352	1.36	2.74	3.86	103	4.83	107.9	0.0
2018	PHI	0	12	5.7	0	0	0	4	4	5	1	92	6.4	6.4	1.6	7.9	38%	.200	1.41	5.77	3.18	84	5.26	117.6	0.0
2019	NYN	MLB	45	32.0	4	0	0	33	14	30	5	97	9.3	3.9	1.4	8.4	45%	.315	1.47	4.91	5.06	104	5.10	104.6	0.1
2015	TOT	MLB	73	53.3	2	5	0	48	15	49	6	90	8.1	2.5	1.0	8.3	0%	.000	1.18	3.68	4.05	92	3.55	82.8	0.7
2018	TOT	MLB	70	45.3	2	1	2	44	18	51	3	102	8.7	3.6	0.6	10.1	37%	.333	1.37	3.12	3.77	101	4.88	109.1	0.0
Career		MLB	444	340.7	23	10	2	293	132	306	20	84	7.7	3.5	0.5	8.1	52%	.288	1.25	3.41	3.28	99	4.30	98.6	2.0

Statistics for All Levels

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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	DRA	Rk	DSL	12	8	41.2	2	4	0	45	12	30	5		9.8	2.6	1.1	6.6	0%	.320	1.38	4.37	3.28	0	0.00	0.0
2007	DRA	Rk	DSL	14	13	70.0	6	3	0	54	16	71	4		6.9	2.1	0.5	9.1	0%	.270	1.00	2.81	2.44	0	0.00	0.0
2008	BRA	Rk	GCL	10	4	38.3	0	3	0	31	15	49	2	103	7.3	3.5	0.5	11.5	0%	.309	1.20	3.07	2.58	88	4.19	85.8
2009	DNV	Rk	APL	14	3	38.3	0	2	2	25	17	34	1	88	5.9	4.0	0.2	8.0	0%	.238	1.10	3.88	3.05	103	3.07	64.5
2009	LAR	Wnt	VWL	2	1	5.3	0	0	0	5	1	5	0		8.5	1.7	0.0	8.5	0%	.313	1.13	2.36	0.00	0	0.00	0.0
2010	ROM	A	SAL	10	0	20.7	2	1	0	15	9	21	1		6.5	3.9	0.4	9.1	0%	.255	1.16	3.57	2.61	0	0.00	0.0
2010	MYR	A+	CRL	31	0	48.0	4	3	9	42	18	37	5		7.9	3.4	0.9	6.9	0%	.264	1.25	4.52	3.94	0	0.00	0.0
2010	LAR	Wnt	VWL	10	0	9.7	0	0	0	14	2	9	0		13.0	1.9	0.0	8.4	0%	.424	1.65	2.05	8.35	0	0.00	0.0
2011	MIS	AA	SOU	36	13	106.3	4	8	1	113	36	78	10	104	9.6	3.0	0.8	6.6	0%	.300	1.40	4.29	4.57	103	5.12	104.4
2012	ATL	MLB	NL	31	0	36.0	1	0	0	27	10	33	1	97	6.8	2.5	0.3	8.3	0%	.268	1.03	2.57	2.00	93	2.87	65.7
2012	MIS	AA	SOU	16	12	61.3	3	6	1	50	31	55	7	94	7.3	4.5	1.0	8.1	0%	.259	1.32	4.39	3.23	106	4.25	88.5
2012	LAR	Wnt	VWL	22	0	28.0	5	3	0	13	13	20	2		4.2	4.2	0.6	6.4	0%	.149	0.93	4.23	2.57	0	0.00	0.0
2013	ATL	MLB	NL	75	0	65.0	5	0	0	40	22	38	1	100	5.5	3.0	0.1	5.3	0%	.204	0.95	3.25	1.52	111	5.15	123.4
2014	ATL	MLB	NL	62	0	43.3	4	1	0	47	21	25	2	96	9.8	4.4	0.4	5.2	0%	.317	1.57	4.21	4.57	121	5.54	135.9
2014	GWN	AAA	INT	9	0	11.7	0	1	0	13	11	6	0		10.0	8.5	0.0	4.6	0%	.342	2.06	5.14	5.40	132	7.73	163.7
2015	ATL	MLB	NL	50	0	37.7	2	4	0	35	10	31	4	90	8.4	2.4	1.0	7.4	0%	.284	1.19	3.69	3.58	96	3.77	88.1
2015	LAN	MLB	NL	23	0	15.7	0	1	0	13	5	18	2	91	7.5	2.9	1.1	10.3	0%	.275	1.15	3.67	5.17	82	3.00	70.2
2016	LAN	MLB	NL	27	0	19.7	3	0	0	12	10	28	0	94	5.5	4.6	0.0	12.8	55%	.286	1.12	2.16	3.20	78	3.07	67.9
2016	OKL	AAA	PCL	33	0	34.0	0	3	4	35	16	37	3		9.3	4.2	0.8	9.8	49%	.337	1.50	4.36	4.24	96	4.74	104.7
2017	LAN	MLB	NL	61	0	46.0	2	3	0	42	22	52	2		8.2	4.3	0.4	10.2	55%	.342	1.39	2.98	2.93	78	3.33	70.9
2017	OKL	AAA	PCL	2	0	2.0	0	0	0	1	1	3	0		4.5	4.5	0.0	13.5	25%	.250	1.00	3.72	9.00	85	2.83	60.2
2018	CHA	MLB	AL	58	0	39.7	2	1	2	40	14	46	2	103	9.1	3.2	0.5	10.4	37%	.352	1.36	2.74	3.86	103	4.83	107.9
2018	PHI	MLB	NL	12	0	5.7	0	0	0	4	4	5	1	92	6.4	6.4	1.6	7.9	38%	.200	1.41	5.77	3.18	84	5.26	117.6
2019	NYN	MLB	NL	45	0	32.0	4	0	0	33	14	30	5	97	9.3	3.9	1.4	8.4	45%	.315	1.47	4.91	5.06	104	5.10	104.6
2019	SLU	A+	FSL	2	0	2.0	1	0	0	1	1	2	0		4.5	4.5	0.0	9.0	50%	.167	1.00	4.31	4.50	96	3.15	64.8
2019	SYR	AAA	INT	2	0	2.3	0	0	0	0	0	4	0		0.0	0.0	0.0	15.4	33%	.000	0.00	0.19	0.00	58	2.04	41.9

Plate Discipline

YEAR	Pits	Zone%	Swing%	Contact%	Z-Swing%	O-Swing%	Z-Contact%	O-Contact%	SwStr%
2012	546	0.3791	0.4707	0.7510	0.6715	0.3481	0.8705	0.6102	0.2490
2013	987	0.4073	0.4640	0.7926	0.6741	0.3197	0.8745	0.6738	0.2074
2014	686	0.4563	0.4956	0.7971	0.7029	0.3217	0.8773	0.6500	0.2029
2015	815	0.4479	0.5117	0.7146	0.6795	0.3756	0.8226	0.5562	0.2854
2016	311	0.4051	0.4695	0.6027	0.5952	0.3838	0.8267	0.3662	0.3973
2017	838	0.2625	0.4511	0.6693	0.6182	0.3916	0.8456	0.5702	0.3307
2018	823	0.4022	0.4411	0.7493	0.5861	0.3435	0.8660	0.6154	0.2507
2019	600	0.3500	0.4200	0.7222	0.5857	0.3308	0.8862	0.5659	0.2778
Career	5606	0.3878	0.4658	0.7349	0.6430	0.3498	0.8599	0.5949	0.2651

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
2014-04-09	2014-04-10	DTD	1	1	Left	Thigh	Cramp	Hamstring	-	-
2013-04-17	2013-04-21	DTD	4	4	Left	Thigh	Strain	Hamstring	-	-

Compensation

Year	Team	Salary
2022	WAS	$
2021	WAS	$950,000
2020	NYA	$
2019	NYN	$
2018	CHA	$450,000
2018	LAN	$2,000,000
2017	LAN	$1,500,000
2016	LAN	$1,390,000
2015	ATL	$530,000
2014	ATL	$517,500
2013	ATL	$491,250
2012	ATL	$

Years	Description	Salary
7 yr	Previous	$7,828,750
7 yr	Total	$7,828,750

Service Time	Agent	Contract Status
8 y 77 d	SPS Sports Group	2023

Details

2023. Retired 10/20/23.
1 year (2022). Re-signed by Washington as a free agent 11/29/21 (minor-league contract).
1 year (2021). Signed by Washington as a free agent 12/14/20 (minor-league contract). Salary of $950,000 in majors. Contract selected by Washington 3/27/21.
1 year (2020). Signed by NY Yankees as a free agent 1/22/20 (minor-league contract). Contract selected by NY Yankees 7/21/20. Released by NY Yankees 8/28/20.
1 year (2019). Signed by NY Mets as a free agent 1/10/19 (minor-league contract).
1 year/$2.45M (2018). Acquired by Chicago White Sox in trade from LA Dodgers 1/4/18. Dodgers pay White Sox $2M as part of the deal. Re-signed by Chicago White Sox 1/12/18 (avoided arbitration). Acquired by Philadelphia in trade from Chicago White Sox 8/22/18 with $513,710 remaining on contract. Non-tendered by Philadelphia 11/30/18.
1 year/$1.5M (2017). Re-signed by LA Dodgers 1/13/17 (avoided arbitration).
1 year/$1.39M (2016). Re-signed by LA Dodgers 1/15/16 (avoided arbitration). DFA by LA Dodgers 7/7/16 (optional assignment).
1 year/$530,000 (2015). Re-signed by Atlanta 3/2/15. Acquired by LA Dodgers in trade from Atlanta 7/30/15.
1 year/$517,500 (2014). Re-signed by Atlanta 2/25/14.
1 year/$491,250 (2013). Re-signed by Atlanta 2/27/13.
2012. Contract purchased by Atlanta 11/16/11. Re-signed by Atlanta 3/2/12.
Signed 2008 as amateur free agent from Venezuela.

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	14.6	11	6	16	1	.253	1.12	3.10	3.46	0.0
80^o	0	0	0	0	0	9.5	7	4	10	1	.268	1.21	3.50	3.89	0.0
70^o	0	0	0	0	0	5.9	5	3	7	1	.278	1.28	3.79	4.21	0.0
60^o	0	0	0	0	0	3.0	3	1	3	0	.287	1.34	4.05	4.49	0.0
50^o	0	0	0	0	0	0.3	0	0	0	0	.295	1.39	4.29	4.75	-0.1
Weighted Mean	?	?	?	?	?	0.0	?	0	0	?	.000	0.00	0.00	?	0.0

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Date	Question	Answer
2014-07-28 19:00:00 (link to chat)	If it was the 18th inning and you needed to use a position player to pitch, would you use the guy who would throw the best (like Andrelton Simmons, if you were the Braves) or the guy you cared least about (like Ramiro Pena, if you were the Braves)? (Jackson from Stockton)	If it's the 18th inning, everyone's tired and I just want to go home so if I'm the Braves I'm using Luis Avilan again. (Matt Sussman)

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PITCHf/x Pitcher Profile

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Although he has not thrown an MLB pitch in 2024, Luis Avilán threw 6,122 pitches that were tracked by the PITCHf/x system between 2012 and 2021, all of them occuring in Spring Training. In 2021, he relied primarily on his Change (84mph) and Sinker (90mph), also mixing in a Curve (77mph). He also rarely threw a Fourseam Fastball (91mph).