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2019 Projections (Preseason PECOTA - seasonal age 34)
IP ERA WHIP SO W L SV WARP
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Birth Date8-28-1984
Height6' 4"
Weight236 lbs
Age39 years, 7 months, 1 days
BatsR
ThrowsR
2.02015
2.02016
1.42017
1.72018
0.62019
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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
2012 COL MLB 20 0 17.7 1 1 0 27 6 19 3 117 13.8 3.1 1.5 9.7 0% .400 1.87 4.37 8.15 91 2.97 68.0 0.4
2013 ARI MLB 61 0 52.7 4 1 0 50 15 53 3 101 8.5 2.6 0.5 9.1 0% .326 1.23 2.71 2.91 70 2.45 58.7 1.4
2014 ARI MLB 29 0 29.0 0 3 0 27 9 35 3 106 8.4 2.8 0.9 10.9 0% .338 1.24 3.17 4.34 78 2.92 71.6 0.6
2015 HOU MLB 68 0 71.0 5 5 2 42 22 68 8 106 5.3 2.8 1.0 8.6 0% .192 0.90 3.62 1.90 77 2.37 55.5 2.0
2016 HOU MLB 66 0 64.0 1 2 12 52 15 69 3 101 7.3 2.1 0.4 9.7 59% .293 1.05 2.30 2.25 60 2.26 50.1 2.0
2017 HOU MLB 46 0 45.3 3 2 2 37 7 52 7 7.3 1.4 1.4 10.3 49% .270 0.97 3.32 2.98 64 2.45 52.2 1.4
2018 HOU MLB 61 0 56.7 5 3 0 48 14 64 3 96 7.6 2.2 0.5 10.2 54% .306 1.09 2.47 3.49 64 2.32 51.8 1.7
2019 HOU MLB 68 0 60.0 4 1 4 42 14 62 6 102 6.3 2.1 0.9 9.3 54% .245 0.93 3.18 1.50 84 3.45 70.8 1.2
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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-
2006 TRI A- NWN 22 0 31.2 2 3 6 20 9 42 0 79 5.8 2.6 0.0 12.1 0% .294 0.93 1.43 1.15 67 2.62 55.0
2007 ASH A SAL 38 0 47.7 1 2 1 38 13 68 2 119 7.2 2.5 0.4 12.8 0% .327 1.07 2.06 1.32 50 2.03 41.6
2008 MOD A+ CLF 49 0 61.7 3 5 3 51 20 70 4 96 7.4 2.9 0.6 10.2 0% .296 1.15 3.36 2.77 80 3.23 66.0
2009 TRI A- NWN 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 103 9.0 0.0 0.0 18.0 0% .500 1.00 -0.23 0.00 53 1.85 39.0
2011 MOD A+ CAL 33 0 47.0 3 2 0 45 21 55 4 8.6 4.0 0.8 10.5 0% .336 1.40 4.05 5.55 96 4.61 94.2
2012 COL MLB NL 20 0 17.7 1 1 0 27 6 19 3 117 13.8 3.1 1.5 9.7 0% .400 1.87 4.37 8.15 91 2.97 68.0
2012 TUL AA TEX 31 0 34.3 2 1 1 26 12 46 2 6.8 3.1 0.5 12.1 0% .304 1.11 2.48 2.62 64 2.73 56.9
2012 CSP AAA PCL 13 0 17.7 2 0 0 9 1 20 0 4.6 0.5 0.0 10.2 0% .214 0.57 1.56 1.02 51 1.27 26.5
2013 ARI MLB NL 61 0 52.7 4 1 0 50 15 53 3 101 8.5 2.6 0.5 9.1 0% .326 1.23 2.71 2.91 70 2.45 58.7
2013 RNO AAA PCL 12 0 11.7 0 0 2 12 6 23 1 9.3 4.6 0.8 17.7 0% .440 1.54 2.28 4.63 52 2.58 56.0
2014 ARI MLB NL 29 0 29.0 0 3 0 27 9 35 3 106 8.4 2.8 0.9 10.9 0% .338 1.24 3.17 4.34 78 2.92 71.6
2014 RNO AAA PCL 43 0 45.7 3 2 1 34 20 44 3 6.7 3.9 0.6 8.7 0% .261 1.18 4.26 0.99 93 2.46 52.0
2015 HOU MLB AL 68 0 71.0 5 5 2 42 22 68 8 106 5.3 2.8 1.0 8.6 0% .192 0.90 3.62 1.90 77 2.37 55.5
2016 HOU MLB AL 66 0 64.0 1 2 12 52 15 69 3 101 7.3 2.1 0.4 9.7 59% .293 1.05 2.30 2.25 60 2.26 50.1
2017 HOU MLB AL 46 0 45.3 3 2 2 37 7 52 7 7.3 1.4 1.4 10.3 49% .270 0.97 3.32 2.98 64 2.45 52.2
2017 BCA A+ CAR 1 1 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 86 0.0 0.0 0.0 18.0 100% .000 0.00 -0.61 0.00 68 3.24 69.0
2017 CCH AA TEX 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 9.0 100% .000 0.00 1.32 0.00 87 3.94 83.8
2017 FRE AAA PCL 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 2 1 1 0 18.0 9.0 0.0 9.0 25% .500 3.00 4.72 18.00 109 6.66 141.7
2018 HOU MLB AL 61 0 56.7 5 3 0 48 14 64 3 96 7.6 2.2 0.5 10.2 54% .306 1.09 2.47 3.49 64 2.32 51.8
2019 HOU MLB AL 68 0 60.0 4 1 4 42 14 62 6 102 6.3 2.1 0.9 9.3 54% .245 0.93 3.18 1.50 84 3.45 70.8

Plate Discipline

YEAR Pits Zone% Swing% Contact% Z-Swing% O-Swing% Z-Contact% O-Contact% SwStr%
2012 326 0.4847 0.4693 0.7320 0.6266 0.3214 0.8384 0.5370 0.2680
2013 877 0.4823 0.4698 0.7500 0.6501 0.3018 0.8073 0.6350 0.2500
2014 437 0.4577 0.4302 0.7287 0.6150 0.2743 0.8211 0.5538 0.2713
2015 1123 0.4720 0.4417 0.7843 0.6151 0.2867 0.8681 0.6235 0.2157
2016 1043 0.4621 0.4727 0.6957 0.6266 0.3405 0.8013 0.5288 0.3043
2017 668 0.4775 0.4656 0.7010 0.6301 0.3152 0.8408 0.4455 0.2990
2018 884 0.4197 0.4446 0.6743 0.5822 0.3450 0.8565 0.4520 0.3257
2019 910 0.4473 0.4209 0.6997 0.5971 0.2783 0.8272 0.4786 0.3003
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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
2009-04-09 2009-09-08 Minors 152 0 Right Elbow Surgery Tommy John Surgery 2009-07-08
2008-08-25 2008-09-06 Minors 12 0 Right Elbow Inflammation -

Compensation

Year Team Salary
2022 WAS $8,000,000
2021 WAS $8,000,000
2020 WAS $8,000,000
2019 HOU $4,225,000
2018 HOU $2,800,000
2017 HOU $2,200,000
2016 HOU $525,500
2015 HOU $513,900
2014 ARI $510,000
2013 ARI $
2012 COL $
YearsDescriptionSalary
9 yrPrevious$34,774,400
9 yrTotal$34,774,400

 

Service TimeAgentContract Status
8 y 102 dGavin Kahn3 years/$24M (2020-22)

Details
  • 3 years/$24M (2020-22). Signed by Washington as a free agent 1/3/20. 2020-22:$8M annually.
  • 1 year/$4.225M (2019). Re-signed by Houston 1/11/19 (avoided arbitration).
  • 2 year/$5M (2017-18), plus 2019 club option. Signed extension 2/3/17 (avoided arbitration, $2.3M-$1.95M). 17:$2.2M, 18:$2.8M, 19:$5.5M club option. 2019 option increases to $6.5M with 15 games finished in 2018, $7.5M with 25 GF in 2018 or $8.5M with 35 GF in 2018. Award bonuses: $0.1M for Cy Young ($50,000 for second place in vote, $25,000 for third). $50,000 each for All-Star, Gold Glove, Silver Slugger, WS MVP, LCS MVP. Houston declined 2019 option 11/1/18.
  • 1 year/$525,500 (2016). Re-signed by Houston 3/16.
  • 1 year/$513,900 (2015). Re-signed by Houston 3/15.
  • 1 year/$510,000 (2014). Re-signed by Arizona 3/3/14. Claimed by Houston off waivers from Arizona 11/3/14.
  • 1 year (2013). Re-signed by Colorado 3/6/13. Claimed by Oakland off waivers 4/3/13 after being DFA by Colorado 3/29/13. Claimed by Arizona off waivers from Oakland 4/6/13.
  • 1 year (2012). Contract purchased by Colorado 8/11/12.
  • Drafted by Colorado 2006 (9-258) (LSU). $16,000 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
90o 0.1 0 0 0 0 14.6 10 4 16 1 .235 0.91 2.24 2.65 0.0 0.0
80o 0 0 0 0 0 9.6 7 3 10 1 .249 0.99 2.56 3.03 0.0 0.0
70o 0 0 0 0 0 6.0 4 2 6 1 .259 1.04 2.78 3.3 0.0 0.0
60o 0 0 0 0 0 3.1 2 1 3 0 .268 1.09 2.99 3.53 0.0 0.0
50o 0 0 0 0 0 0.4 0 0 0 0 .276 1.14 3.18 3.76 0.0 0.0
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DateQuestionAnswer
2015-04-16 17:00:00 (link to chat)5x5 ROS: Mujica, Medina, or Will Harris? Already have Mujica so would have to cut him and FAAB one of the other two.
(Jeremy from Cleveland)
I'd go with Yoervis Medina, although I wouldn't spend more than $1-2. (Mike Gianella)


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PITCHf/x Pitcher Profile

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Although he has not thrown an MLB pitch in 2023, Will Harris threw 7,107 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 Cutter (90mph), also mixing in a Curve (80mph). He also rarely threw a Change (81mph).