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2019 Projections (Preseason PECOTA - seasonal age 31)
IP ERA WHIP SO W L SV WARP
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Birth Date1-10-1988
Height6' 0"
Weight170 lbs
Age36 years, 3 months, 16 days
BatsL
ThrowsL
-0.22015
-0.32016
-0.02017
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
2015 COL MLB 9 0 7.7 0 0 0 16 2 7 1 117 18.8 2.3 1.2 8.2 0% .517 2.35 3.81 9.39 105 6.59 153.9 -0.2
2016 COL MLB 6 0 9.7 0 0 0 16 2 7 1 117 14.9 1.9 0.9 6.5 53% .429 1.86 3.70 9.31 116 7.36 162.8 -0.3
2017 ANA MLB 3 0 0.7 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 27.0 13.5 0.0 0.0 0% .500 4.50 7.64 0.00 155 11.42 243.0 0.0
CareerMLB18018.000034514211217.02.51.07.048%.4362.173.899.001147.18162.0-0.5

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-
2008 BLU Rk APL 2 0 3.0 0 0 0 5 0 5 1 90 15.0 0.0 3.0 15.0 0% .500 1.67 4.78 9.00 95 6.30 128.9
2010 ABE A- NYP 22 0 38.3 2 2 0 27 19 46 4 6.3 4.5 0.9 10.8 0% .250 1.20 3.98 4.93 0 0.00 0.0
2011 DEL A SAL 13 0 25.0 2 0 0 28 2 33 4 10.1 0.7 1.4 11.9 0% .348 1.20 3.44 2.52 75 4.16 85.0
2011 FRD A+ CAR 20 0 28.3 1 1 1 19 9 34 2 6.0 2.9 0.6 10.8 0% .266 0.99 2.80 3.18 77 3.04 62.1
2012 FRD A+ CAR 20 1 45.3 1 2 1 30 12 43 1 100 6.0 2.4 0.2 8.5 0% .250 0.93 3.03 2.18 86 2.95 61.4
2012 BOW AA EAS 12 0 20.0 2 3 1 19 12 22 3 8.6 5.4 1.4 9.9 0% .302 1.55 5.34 3.60 106 4.71 98.0
2013 BOW AA EAS 20 0 39.7 2 2 4 35 18 46 2 7.9 4.1 0.5 10.4 0% .337 1.34 3.47 2.95 89 4.55 98.8
2014 BOW AA EAS 30 3 64.3 3 1 0 50 18 60 4 100 7.0 2.5 0.6 8.4 0% .261 1.06 3.22 2.38 85 3.03 64.2
2014 NOR AAA INT 2 2 6.7 0 2 0 8 1 6 1 92 10.8 1.4 1.4 8.1 0% .333 1.35 4.39 9.45 99 4.97 105.2
2015 COL MLB NL 9 0 7.7 0 0 0 16 2 7 1 117 18.8 2.3 1.2 8.2 0% .517 2.35 3.81 9.39 105 6.59 153.9
2015 NBR AA EAS 14 0 23.3 3 0 0 17 6 20 0 6.6 2.3 0.0 7.7 0% .266 0.99 2.45 2.31 84 3.65 80.1
2015 ABQ AAA PCL 21 1 39.7 2 1 0 42 12 33 3 85 9.5 2.7 0.7 7.5 0% .336 1.36 4.05 3.18 92 3.50 76.8
2016 COL MLB NL 6 0 9.7 0 0 0 16 2 7 1 117 14.9 1.9 0.9 6.5 53% .429 1.86 3.70 9.31 116 7.36 162.8
2016 ABQ AAA PCL 18 0 21.3 0 1 4 25 6 31 3 10.5 2.5 1.3 13.1 60% .407 1.45 3.62 1.69 66 2.83 62.5
2017 ANA MLB AL 3 0 0.7 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 27.0 13.5 0.0 0.0 0% .500 4.50 7.64 0.00 155 11.42 243.0
2017 SLC AAA PCL 30 0 34.0 3 1 1 29 11 36 1 7.7 2.9 0.3 9.5 56% .318 1.18 3.40 2.12 80 2.95 62.7
2017 SWB AAA INT 13 0 16.7 0 0 0 25 2 20 4 13.5 1.1 2.2 10.8 62% .412 1.62 4.60 5.40 84 5.84 124.3
2018 NOR AAA INT 16 0 22.7 1 2 0 27 6 24 2 10.7 2.4 0.8 9.5 45% .373 1.46 3.55 3.18 92 5.41 114.3
2019 MVA AAA MEX 16 5 25.3 2 1 0 39 9 22 5 13.9 3.2 1.8 7.8 0% .386 1.89 6.11 6.39 0 0.00 0.0

Plate Discipline

YEAR Pits Zone% Swing% Contact% Z-Swing% O-Swing% Z-Contact% O-Contact% SwStr%
2015 142 0.5563 0.5070 0.7222 0.6203 0.3651 0.8163 0.5217 0.2778
2016 154 0.5455 0.5195 0.8750 0.6310 0.3857 0.9434 0.7407 0.1250
2017 21 0.3810 0.4286 0.7778 0.8750 0.1538 1.0000 0.0000 0.2222
Career3170.53940.50790.80010.64240.36110.89020.59350.1999

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
2014-08-02 - Minors - - - Not Disclosed -

Compensation

Year Team Salary
2018 ANA $
2017 ANA $
2016 COL $660,000
2015 COL $
YearsDescriptionSalary
1 yrPrevious$660,000
1 yrTotal$660,000

 

Service TimeAgentContract Status
0 y 89 d2018

Details
  • 2018
  • 1 year (2017). Signed by NY Yankees as a free agent 12/9/16 (minor-league contract). Released by NY Yankees as a free agent 6/2/17. Signed by LA Angels as a free agent 6/5/17 (minor-league contract). Contract selected by LA Angels 9/1/17. DFA by LA Angels 10/9/17. Sent outright to Triple-A 10/16/17.
  • 1 year (2016). Re-signed by Colorado as a free agent 12/15 (minor-league contract). Salary of $0.66M in majors. Contract selected by Colorado 4/3/16. Released by Colorado 8/20/16.
  • 1 year (2015). Signed by Colorado as a free agent 12/16/14 (minor-league contract). Contract selected by Colorado 8/28/15. Non-tendered by Colorado 12/2/15.
  • Drafted by Baltimore 2008 (15-446) (Angelina JC, Texas).

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 1.2 3.4 38 0 50.5 44 16 46 6 .270 1.19 3.61 3.64 -3.4 -0.4
80o 0 1 2.9 33 0 44.4 41 16 40 6 .285 1.28 4.02 4.07 -4.9 -0.5
70o 0 0.8 2.6 30 0 40.2 40 15 36 6 .297 1.36 4.32 4.39 -5.8 -0.6
60o 0 0.7 2.3 28 0 36.7 38 14 33 5 .306 1.42 4.58 4.66 -6.3 -0.7
50o 0 0.6 2 25 0 33.5 36 14 30 5 .315 1.48 4.83 4.92 -6.7 -0.7
40o 0 0.5 1.8 23 0 30.4 34 13 28 5 .324 1.55 5.09 5.18 -6.9 -0.7
30o 0 0.5 1.6 20 0 27.2 32 12 25 5 .334 1.62 5.37 5.47 -7.0 -0.8
20o 0 0.4 1.3 18 0 23.5 29 11 21 4 .345 1.70 5.70 5.82 -6.9 -0.7
10o 0 0.3 1 14 0 18.6 25 9 17 4 .361 1.82 6.17 6.31 -6.4 -0.7
Weighted Mean00.6225032.83513305.3131.474.804.88-6.4-0.7

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PITCHf/x Pitcher Profile

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Although he has not thrown an MLB pitch in 2024, Jason Gurka threw 347 pitches that were tracked by the PITCHf/x system between 2015 and 2017, all of them occuring in Spring Training. In 2017, he relied primarily on his Curve (78mph) and Fourseam Fastball (91mph), also mixing in a Sinker (92mph).