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Birth Date	8-31-1986
Height	6' 4"
Weight	250 lbs

Age	37 years, 7 months, 19 days
Bats	R
Throws	R

: -0.42015
: 1.72016
: 1.22017
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Historical (past-seasons) WARP is now based on DRA..
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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
2011	COL	MLB	13	13	71.7	4	4	0	73	18	58	8	109	9.2	2.3	1.0	7.3	0%	.304	1.27	3.61	4.14	101	4.22	98.1	0.7
2012	COL	MLB	11	11	58.0	2	3	0	72	22	54	7	119	11.2	3.4	1.1	8.4	0%	.376	1.62	4.02	5.28	107	5.35	122.6	-0.1
2013	COL	MLB	31	31	157.7	9	9	0	168	64	119	17	110	9.6	3.7	1.0	6.8	0%	.303	1.47	4.22	5.14	112	5.96	142.6	-1.9
2014	COL	MLB	33	14	93.7	6	6	0	107	31	63	19	123	10.3	3.0	1.8	6.1	0%	.298	1.47	5.42	5.38	117	6.07	148.9	-1.5
2015	LAN	MLB	53	1	58.3	1	3	1	59	32	65	1	89	9.1	4.9	0.2	10.0	0%	.360	1.56	2.85	3.86	103	5.31	124.1	-0.4
2016	PIT	MLB	52	12	118.0	10	7	0	117	45	138	15	94	8.9	3.4	1.1	10.5	45%	.331	1.37	3.81	4.50	91	3.94	87.2	1.7
2017	PHI	0	2	0	1.3	1	0	0	0	0	1	0		0.0	0.0	0.0	6.8	100%	.000	0.00	1.67	0.00	52	5.22	111.0	0.0
2017	PIT	0	65	0	60.0	2	5	2	49	18	60	4		7.4	2.7	0.6	9.0	47%	.285	1.12	3.04	2.85	88	3.63	77.3	1.0
2017	SLN	0	9	0	11.0	2	0	4	9	2	11	1		7.4	1.6	0.8	9.0	39%	.267	1.00	2.90	1.64	93	4.12	87.8	0.1
2018	SEA	MLB	46	0	42.0	1	6	1	53	5	53	6	98	11.4	1.1	1.3	11.4	37%	.402	1.38	3.02	6.00	80	2.73	60.9	1.1
2019	PHI	MLB	47	0	47.3	2	3	1	57	21	45	4	102	10.8	4.0	0.8	8.6	48%	.366	1.65	3.82	4.75	98	5.36	110.1	0.0
2017	TOT	MLB	76	0	72.3	5	5	6	58	20	72	5		7.2	2.5	0.6	9.0	46%	.277	1.08	2.99	2.61	88	3.74	79.5	1.2
Career		MLB	362	82	719.0	40	46	9	764	258	667	82	96	9.6	3.2	1.0	8.3	46%	.321	1.42	3.90	4.64	102	4.91	113.5	0.7

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	DCK	Rk	DSL	8	5	28.0	2	1	0	27	8	24	1		8.7	2.6	0.3	7.7	0%	.306	1.25	3.22	2.89	0	0.00	0.0
2007	CAS	Rk	PIO	13	8	43.3	0	3	0	48	13	33	3		10.0	2.7	0.6	6.9	0%	.321	1.41	4.38	4.36	0	0.00	0.0
2008	TRI	A-	NWN	12	12	54.0	2	4	0	46	19	61	1		7.7	3.2	0.2	10.2	0%	.317	1.20	2.73	4.50	0	0.00	0.0
2009	ASH	A	SAL	18	18	112.0	9	3	0	110	23	115	6	110	8.8	1.8	0.5	9.2	0%	.325	1.19	2.81	2.41	0	0.00	0.0
2011	COL	MLB	NL	13	13	71.7	4	4	0	73	18	58	8	109	9.2	2.3	1.0	7.3	0%	.304	1.27	3.61	4.14	101	4.22	98.1
2011	TUL	AA	TEX	9	9	56.7	5	1	0	48	10	63	3	107	7.6	1.6	0.5	10.0	0%	.315	1.02	2.36	2.22	54	3.28	66.9
2012	COL	MLB	NL	11	11	58.0	2	3	0	72	22	54	7	119	11.2	3.4	1.1	8.4	0%	.376	1.62	4.02	5.28	107	5.35	122.6
2013	COL	MLB	NL	31	31	157.7	9	9	0	168	64	119	17	110	9.6	3.7	1.0	6.8	0%	.303	1.47	4.22	5.14	112	5.96	142.6
2013	CSP	AAA	PCL	2	2	11.0	1	0	0	8	1	8	0	120	6.5	0.8	0.0	6.5	0%	.250	0.82	2.38	0.82	80	2.10	45.6
2014	COL	MLB	NL	33	14	93.7	6	6	0	107	31	63	19	123	10.3	3.0	1.8	6.1	0%	.298	1.47	5.42	5.38	117	6.07	148.9
2014	CSP	AAA	PCL	10	4	35.7	3	2	1	41	15	36	4	101	10.3	3.8	1.0	9.1	0%	.378	1.57	4.48	4.54	95	5.43	114.9
2015	LAN	MLB	NL	53	1	58.3	1	3	1	59	32	65	1	89	9.1	4.9	0.2	10.0	0%	.360	1.56	2.85	3.86	103	5.31	124.1
2016	PIT	MLB	NL	52	12	118.0	10	7	0	117	45	138	15	94	8.9	3.4	1.1	10.5	45%	.331	1.37	3.81	4.50	91	3.94	87.2
2017	PHI	MLB	NL	2	0	1.3	1	0	0	0	0	1	0		0.0	0.0	0.0	6.8	100%	.000	0.00	1.67	0.00	52	5.22	111.0
2017	PIT	MLB	NL	65	0	60.0	2	5	2	49	18	60	4		7.4	2.7	0.6	9.0	47%	.285	1.12	3.04	2.85	88	3.63	77.3
2017	SLN	MLB	NL	9	0	11.0	2	0	4	9	2	11	1		7.4	1.6	0.8	9.0	39%	.267	1.00	2.90	1.64	93	4.12	87.8
2018	SEA	MLB	AL	46	0	42.0	1	6	1	53	5	53	6	98	11.4	1.1	1.3	11.4	37%	.402	1.38	3.02	6.00	80	2.73	60.9
2019	PHI	MLB	NL	47	0	47.3	2	3	1	57	21	45	4	102	10.8	4.0	0.8	8.6	48%	.366	1.65	3.82	4.75	98	5.36	110.1

Plate Discipline

YEAR	Pits	Zone%	Swing%	Contact%	Z-Swing%	O-Swing%	Z-Contact%	O-Contact%	SwStr%
2011	1145	0.5555	0.4498	0.7786	0.6148	0.2436	0.8363	0.5968	0.2214
2012	1020	0.5000	0.3980	0.7980	0.5843	0.2118	0.8758	0.5833	0.2020
2013	2835	0.5171	0.4483	0.8159	0.6282	0.2557	0.8534	0.7171	0.1841
2014	1516	0.5013	0.4584	0.7942	0.6553	0.2606	0.8594	0.6294	0.2058
2015	1056	0.5161	0.4735	0.7340	0.6661	0.2681	0.7961	0.5693	0.2660
2016	2155	0.5081	0.4645	0.7542	0.6283	0.2953	0.8140	0.6230	0.2458
2017	1206	0.5514	0.5075	0.7582	0.6962	0.2754	0.7927	0.6510	0.2418
2018	765	0.5268	0.5150	0.7640	0.6774	0.3343	0.7949	0.6942	0.2360
2019	831	0.4898	0.4826	0.7880	0.7002	0.2736	0.8351	0.6724	0.2120
Career	12529	0.5178	0.4625	0.7803	0.6442	0.2674	0.8322	0.6452	0.2197

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
2012-06-03	2012-10-04	15-DL	123	110	Left	Knee	Surgery	Patella Microfracture and Loose Bodies	2012-07-16	-
2012-05-17	2012-05-17	DTD	0	0	Right	Thigh	Contusion	Batted Ball	-	-
2011-08-06	2011-08-06	On-Alr	0	0	-	Head	Fracture	From Batted Ball	-	-
2011-08-06	2011-09-29	60-DL	54	49	-	Neck	Surgery	Fractured C1	2011-08-06	-

Compensation

Year	Team	Salary
2020	TEX	$
2019	PHI	$9,250,000
2018	SEA	$7,750,000
2017	PIT	$3,650,000
2016	PIT	$3,000,000
2015	LAN	$2,300,000
2014	COL	$2,025,000
2013	COL	$491,000
2012	COL	$480,000

Years	Description	Salary
8 yr	Previous	$28,946,000
8 yr	Total	$28,946,000

Service Time	Agent	Contract Status
8 y 95 d	El Juego Sports	1 year (2020)

Details

1 year (2020). Signed by Texas as a free agent 1/18/20 (minor-league contract). Contract selected by Texas 8/14/20.
2 years/$17M (2018-19). Signed by Seattle as a free agent 12/20/17. $0.5M signing bonus. 18:$7.5M, 19:$9M. Annual performance bonuses based on games finished: $0.125M each for 20, 25 GF. $0.25M for 30 GF. $0.5M each for 35, 40, 45, 50, 55, 60 GF. Acquired by Philadelphia in trade from Seattle 12/3/18.
1 year/$3.65M (2017). Re-signed by Pittsburgh as a free agent 1/13/17 (avoided arbitration). Claimed by Philadelphia off waivers from Pittsburgh 8/31/17 with $618,306 remaining on contract. Acquired by St. Louis in trade from Philadelphia 9/6/17.
1 year/$3M (2016). Signed by Pittsburgh as a free agent 12/10/15. Placed on restricted list 6/18/16 (personal reasons).
1 year/$2.3M (2015). Re-signed by LA Dodgers 1/16/15 (avoided arbitration). Non-tendered by LA Dodgers 12/2/15.
1 year/$2.025M (2014). Re-signed by Colorado 1/17/14 (avoided arbitration). Acquired by LA Dodgers in trade 11/24/14 after being DFA by Colorado 11/20/14.
1 year/$491,000 (2013). Re-signed by Colorado 3/6/13.
1 year (2012). Re-signed by Colorado 3/3/12.
1 year (2011). Re-signed by Colorado 3/11.
1 year (2010). Contract purchased by Colorado 11/20/09. Re-signed by Colorado 3/5/10.
Signed by Colorado 8/06 as an amateur 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
90^o	0	0	0	0	0	13.9	11	4	16	2	.270	1.05	2.62	2.98
80^o	0	0	0	0	0	9.0	7	3	10	1	.284	1.12	2.96	3.37
70^o	0	0	0	0	0	5.6	5	2	6	1	.294	1.18	3.22	3.65
60^o	0	0	0	0	0	2.8	3	1	3	0	.303	1.23	3.44	3.9
50^o	0	0	0	0	0	0.2	0	0	0	0	.311	1.28	3.65	4.13
Weighted Mean	?	?	?	?	?	0.0	?	0	0	?	.000	0.00	0.00	?

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Date	Question	Answer
2018-12-11 13:00:00 (link to chat)	Do you think Segura will have better stats with Phillies compared to Seattle? (zeeksam from Halifax, NS)	Raw numbers? Probably. I liked that deal for the Phillies, as I think even Juan Nicasio will be valuable for them. (Aaron Gleeman)
2017-10-24 20:00:00 (link to chat)	Hey Rob ... (and also maybe Matt)! Tell me a little about the 2017 Pittsburgh Pirates, and what makes for a compelling story about such a, well, lackluster season. (Not Bryan from Not In This Chat)	Well, they had things go wrong in a kind of interesting way. Cutch was awful, then fantastic, then awful. Marte did a Dee Gordon suspension season impersonation. The Juan Nicasio transaction--put him on revocable waivers, pulled waivers so he wouldn't go to an NL Central foe, where he wound up anyway--was arguably the inscrutable/idiotic transaction of the year. (Bryan, who is BP's transactions expert, had to take off; he probably could list half a dozen more inscrutable/idiotic transactions.) So they were mediocre, though in an arguably interesting way - Rob M (World Series Chat)
2017-08-31 13:00:00 (link to chat)	Who's winning the waiver claim on Juan Nicasio? (Colin Anderle from San Diego)	No serious contender can afford to let him pass. He's been about as good as Archie Bradley and David Phelps this year. His whole career, he couldn't get lefties out, but this year, he's even doing that. So who's first in line among the legit contenders? The Rockies? The Brewers? I want to note, though: it's so weird that the Pirates did this that you have to wonder if the guy is somehow radioactive. Smart teams do their homework even in the heat of a race, so if he's an asshole, he might end up on the Astros or the Mariners. (Matthew Trueblood)
2013-01-16 13:30:00 (link to chat)	I see a lot of varied opinions on Juan Nicasio. A lot of people are high on him, others are not as high. What are your thoughts? (Flynn from Rehabbing)	The raw stuff certainly intrigues me, Flynn. Ultimately, I don't think he's fine enough in the strike zone for sustained success, but improvements in that area can come with big league game experience. Once he's on the mound for an extended stretch of time, we will have a better idea of what steps he is capable of taking at this stage. (Mark Anderson)
2012-04-13 13:00:00 (link to chat)	How much will the Rockies limit their pitchers this year? How will pitch in September? They have the young, Juan Nicasio, Drew Pomeranz, and Chacin. They have the old in Jamie Moyer. (will.I.ain't from roaming)	I'd bet that Pomeranz, who threw about 120 innings across four levels last year, will be capped around 150-160, and Nicasio maybe just a bit higher. I'd be surprised if Moyer makes it through the year, at least in the rotation, and I think it's important to remember that they have Jorge de la Rosa coming back from Tommy John surgery at some point this summer. I don't think it's going to matter particularly how well they pitch in September, as they won't be contending. Their offense is mediocre even in a division that defines offensive mediocrity, and Jim Tracy is more hindrance than help when it comes to running a bullpen. (Jay Jaffe)
2012-03-26 13:00:00 (link to chat)	Great chat, I am really enjoying all the chats on the website lately. I am drafting Thursday for a NL only league. My sleeper pitcher pick is Juan Nicasio. Good, bad, or other? (Jerome from T Hills)	Multiple Juan Nicasio questions. Good sleeper because your other fantasy league managers are going to get all excited and try to trade for him if he happens to start 6-0. Bad sleeper because everything needs to break right for sleepers to pay off, and you just add a lousy ballpark in as another variable against you. He's not great, though, if that's what you're asking, and you'll find just as good on the waiver wire. (Sam Miller)

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PITCHf/x Pitcher Profile

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Although he has not thrown an MLB pitch in 2024, Juan Nicasio threw 12,645 pitches that were tracked by the PITCHf/x system between 2011 and 2020, all of them occuring in Spring Training. In 2020, he relied primarily on his Fourseam Fastball (93mph) and Slider (85mph). He also rarely threw a Change (85mph).