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2019 Projections (Preseason PECOTA - seasonal age 33)
IP ERA WHIP SO W L SV WARP
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Birth Date12-21-1985
Height6' 3"
Weight238 lbs
Age38 years, 4 months, 4 days
BatsR
ThrowsR
-0.32015
2016
2017
2018
0.12019
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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
2010 CHN MLB 7 0 8.0 0 1 0 18 5 7 2 101 20.3 5.6 2.3 7.9 0% .485 2.88 6.85 12.38 113 6.27 141.5 -0.1
2014 CHN MLB 61 0 56.3 2 3 0 58 19 31 2 101 9.3 3.0 0.3 5.0 0% .298 1.37 3.58 4.15 109 5.44 133.4 -0.7
2015 CHN MLB 10 0 7.3 1 2 0 12 2 4 2 95 14.7 2.5 2.5 4.9 0% .370 1.91 6.43 7.36 123 8.19 191.4 -0.3
2019 OAK MLB 6 0 9.7 0 0 0 12 4 6 0 99 11.2 3.7 0.0 5.6 61% .387 1.66 3.24 3.72 102 5.34 109.5 0.0
CareerMLB84081.33601003048610011.13.30.75.359%.3331.604.125.201105.76136.6-1.1

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-
2010 CHN MLB NL 7 0 8.0 0 1 0 18 5 7 2 101 20.3 5.6 2.3 7.9 0% .485 2.88 6.85 12.38 113 6.27 141.5
2012 DAY A+ FSL 21 0 27.0 0 1 2 27 2 19 1 9.0 0.7 0.3 6.3 0% .302 1.07 2.80 2.00 86 4.11 85.6
2012 TEN AA SOU 29 0 42.0 3 4 6 43 11 44 2 9.2 2.4 0.4 9.4 0% .339 1.29 2.44 3.00 80 4.08 84.9
2013 TEN AA SOU 16 0 21.7 0 2 2 24 6 13 0 10.0 2.5 0.0 5.4 0% .308 1.38 2.67 0.83 95 4.95 107.5
2013 IOW AAA PCL 38 0 41.7 1 4 20 38 9 45 4 8.2 1.9 0.9 9.7 0% .301 1.13 3.37 3.24 77 2.84 61.6
2014 CHN MLB NL 61 0 56.3 2 3 0 58 19 31 2 101 9.3 3.0 0.3 5.0 0% .298 1.37 3.58 4.15 109 5.44 133.4
2014 IOW AAA PCL 7 0 8.0 0 0 3 10 3 4 0 11.3 3.4 0.0 4.5 0% .333 1.63 3.82 3.38 101 5.11 108.2
2014 CUB Rk AZL 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0% .000 0.00 4.01 0.00 0 0.00 0.0
2015 CHN MLB NL 10 0 7.3 1 2 0 12 2 4 2 95 14.7 2.5 2.5 4.9 0% .370 1.91 6.43 7.36 123 8.19 191.4
2015 IOW AAA PCL 45 0 44.7 2 3 23 41 26 35 1 8.3 5.2 0.2 7.1 0% .305 1.50 4.13 1.61 100 4.23 92.8
2016 ABQ AAA PCL 36 0 42.0 1 2 8 42 21 43 2 9.0 4.5 0.4 9.2 49% .345 1.50 3.86 3.64 92 3.57 78.9
2018 OKL AAA PCL 58 0 67.0 7 2 21 66 26 46 2 8.9 3.5 0.3 6.2 69% .303 1.37 4.05 3.36 97 3.89 82.1
2019 OAK MLB AL 6 0 9.7 0 0 0 12 4 6 0 99 11.2 3.7 0.0 5.6 61% .387 1.66 3.24 3.72 102 5.34 109.5
2019 LVG AAA PCL 35 1 42.7 4 1 11 51 11 31 6 94 10.8 2.3 1.3 6.5 71% .336 1.45 5.01 4.64 92 4.13 85.0

Plate Discipline

YEAR Pits Zone% Swing% Contact% Z-Swing% O-Swing% Z-Contact% O-Contact% SwStr%
2010 178 0.5000 0.4607 0.8171 0.7079 0.2135 0.8571 0.6842 0.1829
2014 892 0.4944 0.4361 0.8612 0.6100 0.2661 0.9257 0.7167 0.1388
2015 139 0.4532 0.4604 0.8594 0.7143 0.2500 0.9556 0.6316 0.1406
2019 149 0.4161 0.4765 0.8169 0.6613 0.3448 0.8780 0.7333 0.1831
Career13580.48230.44620.85040.63910.26620.91450.70560.1496

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
2014-08-09 2014-08-24 15-DL 15 15 Right Shoulder Inflammation -
2011-03-22 2011-09-29 60-DL 191 162 Right Forearm Recovery From Strain -
2011-02-27 2011-03-22 Camp 23 0 Right Forearm Strain -
2010-08-25 2010-09-07 Minors 13 0 Right Shoulder Not Disclosed -
2010-07-03 2010-07-23 15-DL 20 16 Right Shoulder Impingement -
2008-07-09 2008-07-28 Minors 19 0 Not Disclosed -

Compensation

Year Team Salary
2016 COL $
2015 CHN $
2014 CHN $500,000
2011 PHI $414,000
YearsDescriptionSalary
2 yrPrevious$914,000
2 yrTotal$914,000

 

Service TimeAgentContract Status
2 y 92 dMagnus Sports1 year (2021)

Details
  • 1 year (2021). Signed by Seattle as a free agent 5/26/21 (minor-league contract).
  • 1 year (2020). Re-signed by Oakland as a free agent 11/19 (minor-league contract).
  • 1 year (2019). Signed by Oakland as a free agent 1/24/19 (minor-league contract). Contract selected by Oakland 6/23/19. DFA by Oakland 7/29/19.
  • 1 year (2018). Signed by LA Dodgers as a free agent 2/15/18 (minor-league contract).
  • 2017. Signed by Seibu of Japan.
  • 1 year (2016). Signed by Colorado as a free agent 11/26/15 (minor-league contract).
  • 1 year/$524,500 (2015). Re-signed by Chicago Cubs 3/5/15. DFA by Chicago Cubs 8/27/15. Sent outright to Triple-A 9/1/15. Elected free agency 10/16/15.
  • 1 year/$0.5M (2014). Re-signed by Chicago Cubs (minor-league contract). Contract selected by Chicago Cubs 3/29/14.
  • 1 year (2013). Re-signed by Chicago Cubs (minor-league contract).
  • 1 year (2012). Re-signed by Chicago Cubs (minor-league contract).
  • 1 year/$0.414M (2011). Re-signed by Philadelphia 3/11. Returned by Philadelphia to Chicago Cubs 4/11 (pre-existing elbow injury).
  • 1 year (2010). Contract purchased by Chicago Cubs 6/26/10.
  • Acquired by Chicago Cubs in trade from Philadelphia 8/7/08 (Scott Eyre deal).
  • Drafted by Philadelphia 2007 (16-503) (College of Charleston).

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 8.8 0 2.8 59 0 64.5 47 25 49 4 .235 1.12 3.32 3.66 -4.5 -0.5
80o 7.8 0 2.4 53 0 58.1 46 25 44 4 .250 1.21 3.68 4.07 -6.6 -0.7
70o 7.1 0 2.2 49 0 53.7 45 24 41 4 .260 1.28 3.95 4.37 -7.8 -0.8
60o 6.5 0 1.9 46 0 49.9 43 24 38 4 .269 1.34 4.18 4.63 -8.6 -0.9
50o 5.9 0 1.8 43 0 46.5 42 23 35 4 .277 1.40 4.40 4.88 -9.2 -1.0
40o 5.4 0 1.6 40 0 43.2 41 22 33 4 .286 1.46 4.62 5.13 -9.7 -1.1
30o 4.9 0 1.4 36 0 39.7 39 21 30 4 .295 1.52 4.86 5.41 -10.1 -1.1
20o 4.4 0 1.2 33 0 35.8 37 20 27 3 .305 1.60 5.15 5.73 -10.3 -1.1
10o 3.6 0 1 28 0 30.5 34 18 23 3 .320 1.72 5.56 6.2 -10.3 -1.1
Weighted Mean5.901.742045.84122354.2751.384.374.84-8.9-1.0

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BP Chats

DateQuestionAnswer
2013-08-27 13:00:00 (link to chat)Brian Schlitter is an older guy in Des Moines having a really solid year. Stuff-wise, is there anything there? I was hoping the Cubs would take a look at him as a middle-reliever, but he's not on the 40-man and a September callup is looking unlikely. Anything to be intrigued by going into next year?
(sitrick2 from Minneapolis, MN)		not really (Harry Pavlidis)
2010-07-26 14:00:00 (link to chat)Ken, The Mets have lost three road games in the last five days in their opponents' last at-bat, while K-Rod only got work in mop-up duty on Saturday in a 6-1 win. Manuel says he's not wavering from his belief in the "no closer in tie games on the road" mentality, but we're falling out of wild card race on the backs of Ollie Perez and Fernando Nieve. What did we do to deserve this?
(Dan from Brooklyn)		While last night, as an example, TLR let Ryan Franklin work the 9th and 10th on the road in a tie game. And hey presto, they won! Meanwhile, Carlos Marmol pitched only the 9th and gave way to the immortal Brian Schlitter (whose one-line comment in the 2009 BP Annual is one of my all-time faves), who worked two innings and took the loss. I hate, just hate, stuff like that.

What did you do to deserve this? You chose the wrong hometown team to root for, I guess (something I, too, am guilty of). (Ken Funck)


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PITCHf/x Pitcher Profile

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Although he has not thrown an MLB pitch in 2024, Brian Schlitter threw 1,467 pitches that were tracked by the PITCHf/x system between 2010 and 2019, all of them occuring in Spring Training. In 2019, he relied primarily on his Sinker (93mph), also mixing in a Slider (87mph). He also rarely threw a Change (88mph).