Biographical

David Robertson P
Scouting Report
Scouted by Ethan Purser (Oct 21, 2014)
CSS Button No Image Css3Menu.com

Phillies Player Cards | Phillies Team Audit | Phillies Depth Chart

2019 Projections (Preseason PECOTA - seasonal age 34)

IP	ERA	WHIP	SO	W	L	SV	WARP
Login or Subscribe today for access to projections!

Birth Date	4-9-1985
Height	5' 11"
Weight	195 lbs

Age	40 years, 2 months, 4 days
Bats	R
Throws	R

: 2.22015
: 1.72016
: 2.52017
: 1.52018
: 0.62019
proj

WARP Summary

Show All
Stats Only
Transactions
More PECOTA
Splits
Book Comments
Pitch f/x
Articles

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.
Multiple stints are are currently shown —Click to hide.

YEAR	Team	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
2008	NYA	25	30.3	4	0	0	29	15	36	3	103	8.6	4.5	0.9	10.7	0%	.338	1.45	3.55	5.34	67	2.37	50.6	1.0
2009	NYA	45	43.7	2	1	1	36	23	63	4	109	7.4	4.7	0.8	13.0	0%	.320	1.35	3.09	3.30	59	2.03	43.5	1.6
2010	NYA	64	61.3	4	5	1	59	33	71	5	115	8.7	4.8	0.7	10.4	0%	.335	1.50	3.55	3.82	82	2.92	66.0	1.4
2011	NYA	70	66.7	4	0	1	40	35	100	1	106	5.4	4.7	0.1	13.5	0%	.289	1.13	1.87	1.08	51	2.13	49.6	2.1
2012	NYA	65	60.7	2	7	2	52	19	81	5	101	7.7	2.8	0.7	12.0	0%	.331	1.17	2.43	2.67	55	2.01	46.1	2.0
2013	NYA	70	66.3	5	1	3	51	18	77	5	101	6.9	2.4	0.7	10.4	0%	.288	1.04	2.63	2.04	60	2.26	54.1	1.9
2014	NYA	63	64.3	4	5	39	45	23	96	7	99	6.3	3.2	1.0	13.4	0%	.288	1.06	2.71	3.08	52	1.84	45.2	2.1
2015	CHA	60	63.3	6	5	34	46	13	86	7	104	6.5	1.8	1.0	12.2	0%	.273	0.93	2.48	3.41	52	1.79	41.8	2.2
2016	CHA	62	62.3	5	3	37	53	32	75	6	104	7.7	4.6	0.9	10.8	47%	.307	1.36	3.53	3.47	75	2.57	56.9	1.7
2017	CHA	31	33.3	4	2	13	21	11	47	4		5.7	3.0	1.1	12.7	43%	.250	0.96	3.05	2.70	60	1.98	42.1	1.2
2017	NYA	30	35.0	5	0	1	14	12	51	2		3.6	3.1	0.5	13.1	56%	.182	0.74	2.08	1.03	49	1.86	39.6	1.3
2017	TOT	61	68.3	9	2	14	35	23	98	6		4.6	3.0	0.8	12.9	49%	.216	0.85	2.56	1.84	55	1.92	40.8	2.5
2018	NYA	69	69.7	8	3	5	46	26	91	7	111	5.9	3.4	0.9	11.8	47%	.245	1.03	3.01	3.23	85	3.03	67.7	1.5
2019	PHI	7	6.7	0	1	0	8	6	6	1	100	10.8	8.1	1.4	8.1	33%	.350	2.10	6.01	5.40	115	7.03	144.2	-0.1
Career		661	663.7	53	33	137	500	266	880	57	94	6.8	3.6	0.8	11.9	46%	.294	1.15	2.84	2.90	64	2.31	52.4	19.8

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.
Minor league stats are currently shown —Click to hide.

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	NYA	MLB	AL	25	0	30.3	4	0	0	29	15	36	3	103	8.6	4.5	0.9	10.7	0%	.338	1.45	3.55	5.34	67	2.37	50.6
2009	NYA	MLB	AL	45	0	43.7	2	1	1	36	23	63	4	109	7.4	4.7	0.8	13.0	0%	.320	1.35	3.09	3.30	59	2.03	43.5
2010	NYA	MLB	AL	64	0	61.3	4	5	1	59	33	71	5	115	8.7	4.8	0.7	10.4	0%	.335	1.50	3.55	3.82	82	2.92	66.0
2011	NYA	MLB	AL	70	0	66.7	4	0	1	40	35	100	1	106	5.4	4.7	0.1	13.5	0%	.289	1.13	1.87	1.08	51	2.13	49.6
2012	NYA	MLB	AL	65	0	60.7	2	7	2	52	19	81	5	101	7.7	2.8	0.7	12.0	0%	.331	1.17	2.43	2.67	55	2.01	46.1
2012	SWB	AAA	INT	2	1	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	100	0.0	0.0	0.0	9.0	0%	.000	0.00	1.15	0.00	79	3.17	66.1
2013	NYA	MLB	AL	70	0	66.3	5	1	3	51	18	77	5	101	6.9	2.4	0.7	10.4	0%	.288	1.04	2.63	2.04	60	2.26	54.1
2014	NYA	MLB	AL	63	0	64.3	4	5	39	45	23	96	7	99	6.3	3.2	1.0	13.4	0%	.288	1.06	2.71	3.08	52	1.84	45.2
2015	CHA	MLB	AL	60	0	63.3	6	5	34	46	13	86	7	104	6.5	1.8	1.0	12.2	0%	.273	0.93	2.48	3.41	52	1.79	41.8
2016	CHA	MLB	AL	62	0	62.3	5	3	37	53	32	75	6	104	7.7	4.6	0.9	10.8	47%	.307	1.36	3.53	3.47	75	2.57	56.9
2017	CHA	MLB	AL	31	0	33.3	4	2	13	21	11	47	4		5.7	3.0	1.1	12.7	43%	.250	0.96	3.05	2.70	60	1.98	42.1
2017	NYA	MLB	AL	30	0	35.0	5	0	1	14	12	51	2		3.6	3.1	0.5	13.1	56%	.182	0.74	2.08	1.03	49	1.86	39.6
2018	NYA	MLB	AL	69	0	69.7	8	3	5	46	26	91	7	111	5.9	3.4	0.9	11.8	47%	.245	1.03	3.01	3.23	85	3.03	67.7
2019	PHI	MLB	NL	7	0	6.7	0	1	0	8	6	6	1	100	10.8	8.1	1.4	8.1	33%	.350	2.10	6.01	5.40	115	7.03	144.2

Plate Discipline

YEAR	Pits	Zone%	Swing%	Contact%	Z-Swing%	O-Swing%	Z-Contact%	O-Contact%	SwStr%
2008	546	0.5678	0.4048	0.7647	0.5452	0.2203	0.8284	0.5577	0.2353
2009	855	0.5462	0.3825	0.7401	0.5118	0.2268	0.7531	0.7045	0.2599
2010	1153	0.5160	0.3755	0.7667	0.5126	0.2294	0.8328	0.6094	0.2333
2011	1190	0.4723	0.4151	0.7206	0.5409	0.3025	0.8026	0.5895	0.2794
2012	973	0.5057	0.4255	0.7464	0.5589	0.2890	0.8218	0.5971	0.2536
2013	1049	0.4662	0.4023	0.7464	0.5726	0.2536	0.8500	0.5423	0.2536
2014	1072	0.4282	0.4198	0.6844	0.5773	0.3018	0.8151	0.4973	0.3156
2015	972	0.4588	0.4753	0.6775	0.6233	0.3498	0.8129	0.4728	0.3225
2016	1032	0.4641	0.4457	0.6935	0.5971	0.3146	0.8217	0.4828	0.3065
2017	1050	0.4552	0.4514	0.6203	0.5900	0.3357	0.8050	0.3490	0.3797
2018	1184	0.3986	0.4392	0.6731	0.5720	0.3511	0.8481	0.4840	0.3269
2019	136	0.4191	0.3824	0.7115	0.5789	0.2405	0.8788	0.4211	0.2885
Career	11212	0.4732	0.4218	0.7094	0.5646	0.2921	0.8191	0.5306	0.2906

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
2014-04-07	2014-04-22	15-DL	15	13	Right	Groin	Strain		-	-
2013-09-06	2013-09-11	DTD	5	5	Right	Shoulder	Tendonitis		-	-
2013-05-02	2013-05-08	DTD	6	4	Left	Thigh	Strain	Hamstring	-	-
2012-05-12	2012-06-14	15-DL	33	30	Left	Abdomen	Strain	Oblique	-	-
2012-03-06	2012-03-26	Camp	20	0	Right	Foot	Sprain	Mid-foot	-	-
2010-09-21	2010-09-26	DTD	5	5		Low Back	Spasms		-
2010-05-30	2010-06-05	DTD	6	6		Low Back	Stiffness		-
2009-09-01	2009-09-16	DTD	15	15	Right	Elbow	Stiffness		-

Compensation

Year	Team	Salary
2010	NYA	$426,650
2011	NYA	$460,450
2012	NYA	$1,600,000
2013	NYA	$3,100,000
2014	NYA	$5,215,000
2015	CHA	$10,000,000
2016	CHA	$11,000,000
2017	CHA	$12,000,000
2018	NYA	$13,000,000
2019	PHI	$10,000,000
2020	PHI	$11,000,000
2021	TBA	$
2022	CHN	$3,500,000
2023	NYN	$10,000,000
2024	TEX	$10,000,000
2025	TEX	$1,500,000

Years	Description	Salary
14 yr	Previous	$101,302,100
2019	Current	$1,500,000
15 yr	Pvs + Cur	$102,802,100
15 yr	Total	$102,802,100

Service Time	Agent	Contract Status
14 y 119 d	self-represented	1 year/$11.5M (2024), 2025 option

Details

1 year/$11.5M (2024), plus 2025 mutual option. Signed by Texas as a free agent 1/26/24. 24:$10M 25:$7M mutual option ($1.5M buyout). $5M of 2024 salary is deferred, paid $1M annually, 2027-31.
1 year/$10M (2023). Signed by NY Mets as a free agent 12/8/22. Acquired by Miami in trade from NY Mets 7/27/23 with $3,548,387 remaining on contract.
1 year/$3.5M (2022). Signed by Chicago Cubs as a free agent 3/16/22. Performance bonuses: $125,000 each for 25, 30, 35, 50 games. Roster bonuses: $200,000 each for 30, 60, 90, 120, 150 days on active roster. Assignment bonus: $100,000 with trade. Acquired by Philadelphia in trade from Chicago Cubs 8/2/22 with $1,230,769 remaining on contract.
1 year (2021). Signed by Tampa Bay as a free agent 8/16/21.
2 years/$23M (2019-20), plus 2021 club option. Signed by Philadelphia as a free agent 1/3/19. 19:$10M, 20:$11M, 21:$12M club option ($2M buyout). Award bonuses: $50,000 each for All Star, Gold Glove, Silver Slugger, LCS MVP. $100,000 for WS MVP, Cy Young ($50,000 for second place in vote, $25,000 for third). Robertson to donate 1% of salary to club charity. Philadelphia declined 2021 option 10/30/20.
4 years/$46M (2015-18). Signed by Chicago White Sox as a free agent 12/9/14. 15:$10M, 16:$11M, 17:$12M, 18:$13M. Limited no-trade protection (Robertson may block deals to five clubs). Acquired by NY Yankees in trade from Chicago White Sox 7/18/17.
1 year/$5.215M (2014). Re-signed by NY Yankees 1/17/14 (avoided arbitration). NY Yankees made qualifying offer 10/31/14.
1 year/$3.1M (2013). Re-signed by NY Yankees 1/25/13 (avoided arbitration, $3.55M-$2.85M).
1 year/$1.6M (2012). Re-signed by NY Yankees 1/17/12 (avoided arbitration). May earn $25,000 in performance bonuses.
1 year/$460,450 (2011). Re-signed by NY Yankees 3/11.
1 year/$426,650 (2010). Re-signed by NY Yankees 3/12/10.
1 year/$406,825 (2009). Re-signed by NY Yankees 3/3/09 ($102,810 in minors).
1 year (2008). Contract purchased by NY Yankees 6/28/08. Optioned to Triple-A 8/28/08. Recalled 9/13/08.
Drafted 2006 (17-524) (Alabama). $200,000 signing bonus.

2019 Preseason Forecast

Last Update: 1/27/2017 12:35 ET

PCT	W	SV	G	IP	H	BB	SO	HR	BABIP	WHIP	ERA	DRA	VORP	WARP
90^o	10.3	6.3	72	74.9	46	27	95	6	.242	0.97	2.28	2.54	3.3	0.4
80^o	9.3	5.6	66	68.8	46	26	88	6	.257	1.05	2.64	2.92	0.2	0.0
70^o	8.6	5.2	62	64.5	46	26	82	6	.267	1.11	2.91	3.21	-1.8	-0.2
60^o	8	4.8	58	61.0	45	26	78	6	.276	1.16	3.14	3.46	-3.3	-0.4
50^o	7.5	4.4	55	57.7	45	25	73	6	.285	1.21	3.36	3.69	-4.5	-0.5
40^o	7	4.1	52	54.5	44	25	69	6	.293	1.26	3.58	3.93	-5.6	-0.6
30^o	6.5	3.8	49	51.1	43	25	65	6	.302	1.32	3.81	4.19	-6.7	-0.7
20^o	5.9	3.4	45	47.2	42	24	60	6	.313	1.39	4.10	4.49	-7.7	-0.8
10^o	5.1	2.9	40	42.0	40	23	54	5	.327	1.49	4.50	4.92	-8.7	-0.9
Weighted Mean	7.5	4.4	55	57.2	44	25	73	6	.282	1.20	3.32	3.66	-4.3	-0.5

The rest of this card is restricted to Baseball Prospectus Subscribers.

Not a subscriber? Click here for a free card so you can see what's missing.

Click here for more information on Baseball Prospectus subscriptions or to subscribe and get instant access to the best baseball content on the web.

BP Annual Player Comments

The rest of this card is restricted to Baseball Prospectus Subscribers.

Not a subscriber? Click here for a free card so you can see what's missing.

Click here for more information on Baseball Prospectus subscriptions or to subscribe and get instant access to the best baseball content on the web.

BP Articles

Click here to see articles tagged with David Robertson

BP Chats

Search:

Date	Question	Answer
2019-04-26 16:00:00 (link to chat)	Do you have an update on David Robertson? (Vic from Baltimore)	Sounds like he's pretty close. I read that they're going to take a look at him before last night's game and make a decision from there. (Mark Barry)
2019-04-05 16:00:00 (link to chat)	How badly am I overreacting to David Robertson's start in looking at dropping him for Ryan Pressly / Taylor Rodgers / Swarzak? (First Timer from Michigan)	Seems EVERYONE is giving up the free passes early. I do think it's early, but I also think Taylor Rogers is a nice sleeper RP who could close if given the chance. Same goes for Pressly, but with Osuna there, saves are less likely than Rogers. Swarzak should get chances when he comes back given the lack of great options in Seattle, but I'm personally less high on him given the BB/9 spike in 2018. If he gets that back under control, he's most likely of the three to net 20+ saves in 2019. (Kevin Jebens)
2017-06-22 13:00:00 (link to chat)	Who do you think the White Sox actually trade at the deadline? (jfegan from Papa John's)	Hey, an easy one to start. Thanks, Jim Jam. I think the most obvious answer here is David Robertson, as relievers seem to be the biggest need among contenders. Whether the White Sox are willing to absorb some of his money or not will be the determining factor on what they get in return (spoiler alert: they won't be willing). But I think he's gone regardless. After Robertson, Melky, Frazier and Swazark are probably the most likely to go. I don't think the Sox will budget on Quintana until they get an offer they believe is reasonably value, and given his start to the season, that's unlikely to come before July 31. I also think they'll hold onto Avisail Garcia and Tommy Kahnle. (Collin Whitchurch)
2017-04-11 19:00:00 (link to chat)	Why did the White Sox get off to that crazy good start last year? Are there any lessons from the rise and then crash landing? (bemused from connecticut)	They started 17-8 and were below .500 every month after that until September. Looks like a lot of that good start was individual herculean pitching efforts, which seems easy to explain given their personnel. David Robertson was probably healthy in the first few months, as opposed to pitching through a knee injury in the second half. Austin Jackson was roughly replacement level instead of Shuck who was below, luck, variance. In terms of collapsing in the second half, the team had already traded away what little depth they had in previous years (Trayce Thompson, Chris Bassitt, Marcus Semien, etc.) so any time anything went wrong there was no fallback option. The White Sox did aggressively attempt to fix their rotation. Miguel Gonzalez worked out, James Shields didn't. But they did basically nothing to help what already looked like a horrible offense as the season went on. Jerry Sands, Jimmy Rollins, and blitzing Tim Anderson through the minors at a blinding pace were basically their only efforts to upgrade from some really, really miserable options. (Nick Schaefer)
2017-04-11 19:00:00 (link to chat)	Who will be the White Sox All-Star rep in 2017 and why will it be Leury Garcia? (Beeps Lover from Manhattan)	The White Sox are the weirdest rebuilding team ever because they haven't finished selling and they're still littered with All Star-type guys. Given that a ton of pitchers initially selected back out and need replacement due to injury or timing of the game, pretty much any plus pitcher on the team is a candidate to go--Nate Jones, David Robertson, Jose Quintana if he's still on the team. Rodon starting on the DL probably rules him out. Position player wise, 1B is stacked, but Jose Abreu should be a worthy candidate. Anderson could break out, Frazier has done it before... So what I'm trying to say is Avisail Garcia. (Nick Schaefer)

Showing 1 to 5 of 24 entries

First Previous1 2 3 4 5Next Last

BP Roundtables

Search:

Date	Roundtable Name	Comment
2009-10-28 17:00:00	2009 WS Game One	A David Robertson sighting! Shocker! (Steven Goldman)
2009-10-28 17:00:00	2009 WS Game One	Hey, Will... Can you expand on your David Robertson comments @ BP earlier today? (Steven Goldman)

Showing 1 to 2 of 2 entries

First Previous1Next Last

PITCHf/x Pitcher Profile

A Collaboration between BrooksBaseball.net and Baseball Prospectus - Pitch classifications provided by Pitch Info LLC

Although he has not thrown an MLB pitch in 2025, David Robertson threw 15,577 pitches that were tracked by the PITCHf/x system between 2008 and 2024, all of them occuring in Spring Training. In 2024, he relied primarily on his Cutter (94mph) and Curve (84mph), also mixing in a Slider (84mph). He also rarely threw a Change (88mph) and Sinker (95mph).

Baseball Prospectus

Biographical

David Robertson P Scouting ReportScouted by Ethan Purser (Oct 21, 2014)CSS Button No Image Css3Menu.com

2019 Projections (Preseason PECOTA - seasonal age 34)

MLB Statistics

Statistics for All Levels

Plate Discipline

Injury History — No longer being updated

Compensation

2019 Preseason Forecast

The rest of this card is restricted to Baseball Prospectus Subscribers.

BP Annual Player Comments

The rest of this card is restricted to Baseball Prospectus Subscribers.

BP Articles

BP Chats

BP Roundtables

PITCHf/x Pitcher Profile

David Robertson P
Scouting Report
Scouted by Ethan Purser (Oct 21, 2014)
CSS Button No Image Css3Menu.com