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David Phelps PBlue Jays

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Birth Date	10-9-1986
Height	6' 2"
Weight	198 lbs

Age	37 years, 6 months, 16 days
Bats	R
Throws	R

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: 2018
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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	NYA	MLB	33	11	99.7	4	4	0	81	38	96	14	102	7.3	3.4	1.3	8.7	0%	.258	1.19	4.26	3.34	96	3.98	91.1	1.2
2013	NYA	MLB	22	12	86.7	6	5	0	88	35	79	8	101	9.1	3.6	0.8	8.2	0%	.321	1.42	3.83	4.98	97	4.11	98.3	0.8
2014	NYA	MLB	32	17	113.0	5	5	1	115	46	92	13	100	9.2	3.7	1.0	7.3	0%	.301	1.42	4.43	4.38	112	5.09	124.8	-0.4
2015	MIA	MLB	23	19	112.0	4	8	0	119	33	77	11	89	9.6	2.7	0.9	6.2	0%	.303	1.36	4.05	4.50	104	4.27	99.7	1.1
2016	MIA	MLB	64	5	86.7	7	6	4	61	38	114	6	89	6.3	3.9	0.6	11.8	47%	.286	1.14	2.83	2.28	73	2.67	59.0	2.4
2017	MIA	0	44	0	47.0	2	4	0	42	21	51	5		8.0	4.0	1.0	9.8	49%	.308	1.34	3.73	3.45	85	3.36	71.4	1.0
2017	SEA	0	10	0	8.7	2	1	0	9	5	11	0		9.3	5.2	0.0	11.4	42%	.375	1.62	2.68	3.12	91	3.99	85.0	0.1
2019	CHN	0	24	0	17.0	2	1	1	17	10	18	2	97	9.0	5.3	1.1	9.5	46%	.326	1.59	4.34	3.18	105	4.87	99.6	0.1
2019	TOR	0	17	1	17.3	0	0	0	14	7	18	3	102	7.3	3.6	1.6	9.3	31%	.262	1.21	4.80	3.63	111	5.90	121.4	-0.1
2017	TOT	MLB	54	0	55.7	4	5	0	51	26	62	5		8.2	4.2	0.8	10.0	48%	.319	1.38	3.56	3.40	86	3.45	73.5	1.1
2019	TOT	MLB	41	1	34.3	2	1	1	31	17	36	5	99	8.1	4.5	1.3	9.4	39%	.295	1.40	4.57	3.41	108	5.39	111.1	0.0
Career		MLB	269	65	588.0	32	34	6	546	233	556	62	87	8.4	3.6	0.9	8.5	44%	.296	1.32	3.93	3.86	98	4.10	95.0	6.1

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-
2008	STA	A-	NYP	15	15	72.7	8	2	0	67	18	52	4	98	8.3	2.2	0.5	6.4	0%	.288	1.17	3.68	2.72	101	4.47	91.6
2009	CSC	A	SAL	19	19	112.7	10	3	0	117	25	90	9	93	9.3	2.0	0.7	7.2	0%	.320	1.26	3.66	2.80	100	5.04	106.0
2009	TAM	A+	FSL	7	7	38.3	3	1	0	34	6	32	1	104	8.0	1.4	0.2	7.5	0%	.295	1.04	2.33	1.17	83	3.94	82.8
2010	TRN	AA	EAS	14	14	88.3	6	0	0	63	23	84	2	102	6.4	2.3	0.2	8.6	0%	.264	0.97	2.60	2.04	0	0.00	0.0
2010	SWB	AAA	INT	12	11	70.3	4	2	0	76	13	57	4	99	9.7	1.7	0.5	7.3	0%	.324	1.27	3.00	3.07	0	0.00	0.0
2011	SWB	AAA	INT	18	18	107.3	6	6	0	115	26	90	11	82	9.6	2.2	0.9	7.5	0%	.327	1.31	3.72	3.19	96	4.88	99.7
2011	YAN	Rk	GCL	2	2	7.0	1	1	0	4	1	5	0	107	5.1	1.3	0.0	6.4	0%	.182	0.71	2.40	0.00	89	2.22	45.3
2012	NYA	MLB	AL	33	11	99.7	4	4	0	81	38	96	14	102	7.3	3.4	1.3	8.7	0%	.258	1.19	4.26	3.34	96	3.98	91.1
2012	TAM	A+	FSL	2	2	5.3	0	0	0	7	1	5	0	103	11.8	1.7	0.0	8.4	0%	.467	1.50	2.08	0.00	81	6.04	125.7
2012	TRN	AA	EAS	1	1	6.7	1	0	0	1	1	11	0	102	1.4	1.4	0.0	14.9	0%	.100	0.30	0.34	0.00	42	1.96	40.8
2012	SWB	AAA	INT	1	1	6.7	1	0	0	4	3	7	0	100	5.4	4.1	0.0	9.5	0%	.235	1.05	2.40	0.00	89	3.66	76.2
2013	NYA	MLB	AL	22	12	86.7	6	5	0	88	35	79	8	101	9.1	3.6	0.8	8.2	0%	.321	1.42	3.83	4.98	97	4.11	98.3
2013	TRN	AA	EAS	2	2	7.7	0	0	0	5	5	12	2	88	5.9	5.9	2.3	14.1	0%	.231	1.30	5.53	3.52	93	3.04	66.0
2014	NYA	MLB	AL	32	17	113.0	5	5	1	115	46	92	13	100	9.2	3.7	1.0	7.3	0%	.301	1.42	4.43	4.38	112	5.09	124.8
2015	MIA	MLB	NL	23	19	112.0	4	8	0	119	33	77	11	89	9.6	2.7	0.9	6.2	0%	.303	1.36	4.05	4.50	104	4.27	99.7
2016	MIA	MLB	NL	64	5	86.7	7	6	4	61	38	114	6	89	6.3	3.9	0.6	11.8	47%	.286	1.14	2.83	2.28	73	2.67	59.0
2017	MIA	MLB	NL	44	0	47.0	2	4	0	42	21	51	5		8.0	4.0	1.0	9.8	49%	.308	1.34	3.73	3.45	85	3.36	71.4
2017	SEA	MLB	AL	10	0	8.7	2	1	0	9	5	11	0		9.3	5.2	0.0	11.4	42%	.375	1.62	2.68	3.12	91	3.99	85.0
2019	CHN	MLB	NL	24	0	17.0	2	1	1	17	10	18	2	97	9.0	5.3	1.1	9.5	46%	.326	1.59	4.34	3.18	105	4.87	99.6
2019	TOR	MLB	AL	17	1	17.3	0	0	0	14	7	18	3	102	7.3	3.6	1.6	9.3	31%	.262	1.21	4.80	3.63	111	5.90	121.4
2019	DUN	A+	FSL	1	0	1.0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0		9.0	0.0	0.0	9.0	33%	.333	1.00	1.31	0.00	98	4.73	97.4
2019	BUF	AAA	INT	3	1	2.3	1	0	0	2	0	3	0	96	7.7	0.0	0.0	11.6	50%	.333	0.86	1.05	0.00	69	2.84	58.4

Plate Discipline

YEAR	Pits	Zone%	Swing%	Contact%	Z-Swing%	O-Swing%	Z-Contact%	O-Contact%	SwStr%
2012	1666	0.4646	0.3974	0.7976	0.5568	0.2590	0.8770	0.6494	0.2024
2013	1497	0.4883	0.3935	0.8132	0.5609	0.2337	0.8732	0.6760	0.1868
2014	1820	0.4764	0.3885	0.8444	0.5513	0.2403	0.8912	0.7467	0.1556
2015	1849	0.5619	0.4143	0.8760	0.5794	0.2025	0.9020	0.7805	0.1240
2016	1481	0.5577	0.4207	0.7384	0.5835	0.2153	0.7780	0.6028	0.2616
2017	983	0.5148	0.4079	0.7506	0.5632	0.2432	0.8175	0.5862	0.2494
2019	640	0.4500	0.4172	0.7978	0.5972	0.2699	0.8605	0.6842	0.2022
Career	9936	0.5063	0.4041	0.8097	0.5678	0.2339	0.8620	0.6847	0.1903

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
2014-08-04	2014-09-12	15-DL	39	34	Right	Elbow	Inflammation		-
2014-04-19	2014-04-20	DTD	1	1	-	Hip	Contusion	HBP	-	-
2013-07-05	2013-09-14	60-DL	71	63	Right	Forearm	Strain		-	-
2013-05-25	2013-05-29	DTD	4	4	Right	Forearm	Contusion	Batted Ball	-	-
2011-06-22	2011-08-19	Minors	58	53	-		Not Disclosed		-	-

Compensation

Year	Team	Salary
2022	TOR	$1,750,000
2021	TOR	$1,750,000
2020	MIL	$1,250,000
2019	TOR	$2,500,000
2018	SEA	$5,550,000
2017	MIA	$4,600,000
2016	MIA	$2,500,000
2015	MIA	$1,400,000
2014	NYA	$541,425
2013	NYA	$512,425
2012	NYA	$

Years	Description	Salary
10 yr	Previous	$22,353,850
10 yr	Total	$22,353,850

Service Time	Agent	Contract Status
9 y 156 d	Jet Sports	1 year/$1.75M (2022)

Details

1 year (2022). Re-signed by Toronto as a free agent 11/29/21 (minor-league contract). Salary of $1.75M in majors. Performance bonuses: $250,000 each for 35, 40, 45, 50, 55, 60, 65 games.
1 year/$1.75M (2021). Signed by Toronto as a free agent 2/11/21. May earn additional $1.75M in performance bonuses.
1 year/$1.5M (2020), plus 2021 club option. 20:$1.25M, 21:$4.5M club option ($250,000 buyout). Annual performance bonuses: $175,000 for 35 games pitched. $200,000 for 40 games. $225,000 for 45 games. $250,000 for 50 games. $300,000 for 55 games. $350,000 for 60 games. $400,000 for 65 games. Acquired by Philadelphia in trade from Milwaukee 8/31/20.
1 year/$2.5M (2019), plus 2020 club option. Signed by Toronto as a free agent 1/10/19. 19:$2.5M, 20:$1M club option. 2020 option increases to $3M if Phelps pitches in 30-39 games in 2019, $5M with 40-49 games, $7M with 50 games or more, $8M with 50 games or more and 40 or more games finished. Performance bonuses: $0.25 each for 25, 30, 35 games. $0.35 each for 40, 45, 50, 55, 70 games. $0.75M for games finished: $0.125 each for 25, 30 GF. $0.25 each for 35, 40 GF. Acquired by Chicago Cubs in trade from Toronto 7/30/19 with $819,892 remaining on contract (Cubs responsible for remaining $819,892, plus up to $430,108 of any earned performance bonuses). Chicago Cubs declined 2020 option 11/4/19.
1 year/$5.55M (2018). Re-signed by Seattle 1/12/18 (avoided arbitration).
1 year/$4.6M (2017). Won arbitration with Miami 2/8/17 ($4.6M-$4.325M). Acquired by Seattle in trade from Miami 7/20/17.
1 year/$2.5M (2016). Re-signed by Miami 1/15/16 (avoided arbitration).
1 year/$1.4M (2015). Lost in arbitration with Miami 2/13/15 ($1.875M-$1.4M).
1 year/$541,425 (2014). Re-signed by NY Yankees 3/14. Acquired by Miami in trade from NY Yankees 12/19/14.
1 year/$512,425 (2013). Re-signed by NY Yankees 3/13.
1 year/$480,000 (2012). Contract purchased by NY Yankees 11/18/11. Re-signed by NY Yankees 3/7/12.
Drafted by NY Yankees 2008 (14-440) (Notre Dame).

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	14.1	9	5	16	1	.254	1.05	2.21	2.54
80^o	0	0	0	0	0	9.2	7	4	11	1	.268	1.13	2.53	2.91
70^o	0	0	0	0	0	5.7	4	3	7	0	.278	1.19	2.77	3.19
60^o	0	0	0	0	0	2.9	2	1	3	0	.287	1.25	2.97	3.43
50^o	0	0	0	0	0	0.3	0	0	0	0	.296	1.30	3.17	3.65
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Date	Question	Answer
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)
2017-03-09 20:00:00 (link to chat)	Have you guys ever experimented with pitchers who are coded as starting pitchers by Scoresheet but who will likely serve in relief roles in 2017? I am wondering if guys like David Phelps, Michael Lorenzen and Matt Strahm could be deployed as a sort of tandem fifth starter (with benefits such as switching handedness against a platoon-heavy team and potential lower ERAs). Does Scoresheet force you to start a pitcher with a game started that week if there's one on your roster? (cgoble from KC)	This is a fun strategy, and something we've done and heard others also advocate. Playing time restrictions get stricter come playoff time, so these guys aren't as likely to be starting playoff games unless they've started real life games, but during the regular season it's a fun trick to pull. In the regular season, the measurement for contribution from starters is just total innings pitched, so guys like the ones you mentioned can start for you and offer some opportunities for good draft value and stronger than expected run prevention in a starting role (since they don't face that challenge in real life). (Ben Murphy, Ian Lefkowitz and Jared Weiss)
2015-04-29 20:00:00 (link to chat)	Is David Phelps for real? He has looked good as a starter against the Mets and Phili but he's not striking out many batters (nor is he walking many batters). Also, I am looking at De La Rosa who is striking out alot of batters and not walking many. Looks like he is using his changeup more and FB less. Do you like either pitcher going forward in a NL only 4x4, 13 team league? THanks, (Southcoast57 from Texas)	I mean, no, he's not for real like this, but him and JLDR are both worth owning in that deep of a league. Phelps just may not be able to hold a rotation spot for that long with Alvarez on the way back and Fernandez eventually coming. (Bret Sayre)
2013-06-20 13:00:00 (link to chat)	Rest of year: Edwin Jackson, David Phelps, Erasmo Ramirez, Kevin Gausman, Dan Haren. (LoyalRoyal from KS)	EJax, Eraser, Phelps, Haren, and Gausman. So sad about Haren's demise. (Paul Sporer)
2013-01-29 14:00:00 (link to chat)	What do you anticipate the Yankees will do with their #5 starter spot? Signing, trade, from within? And, if the latter, is David Phelps a viable answer in your opinion. Thanks... (LoyalRoyal from Kansas)	I think Phelps showed enough last year to warrant an opportunity to take that job. He seems to be the preferred internal option, so barring a trade (and there haven't been any burning rumors lately), I'd expect him to get the nod. And I do believe that he has the talent to handle it adequately. (Daniel Rathman)
2013-01-22 13:00:00 (link to chat)	Who from the following list of young 4th/5th starter talent types have the best chances at a solid 2013: Dan Straily, Jose Quintana, Joe Kelly, Drew Smyly, AJ Griffin, David Phelps, Erasmo Ramirez, and Patrick Corbin? (Paul from DC)	I don't know if Kelly, Smyly, or Corbin will get a full slate of starts, I know Phelps won't. That leaves Griffin, Straily, Quintana, and Ramirez and I'd lean toward one of the first two. (R.J. Anderson)
2012-06-29 13:00:00 (link to chat)	Losing Pettite and CC within hours of each other cut like a knife to quote Bryan Adams. Besides Garcia, who else can help in the rotation? (Craig from VA)	First Bryan Adams reference on my watch - can't believe I avoided it until now given that the guy's music was an inescapable fungus during my high school years. I wrote about the Yankees' situation at length at SI: http://mlb.si.com/2012/06/27/losses-of-sabathia-and-pettitte-threaten-to-derail-yankees-2/ Short version is that both Adam Warren, who's starting tonight, and David Phelps, who briefly took over Garcia's spot before Pettitte joined the club, can provide some help. The Yankees have a month to see what they can do before entering the trade market, and the resources to get a deal done if need be. They'll be OK, I think. (Jay Jaffe)
2011-01-05 13:00:00 (link to chat)	Assuming Pettitte retires, what do you think will happen to the Yankees rotation? A lot of Ivan Nova and Sergio "Valente" Mitre? The Freddy Garcia Granny Gooden Show? Cashman relenting and trying Joba as a starter? Any chance any candidates among hyped prospects gets called up in the 2nd half after a strong showing in AA? (Nick Stone from New York City)	Hey Nick! Shifting gears away from the Hall for the next few questions... If I had to guess I think that barring a winter trade, the Yankees will begin the season by rounding out their rotation with one outside acquisition (Garcia and Jeremy Bonderman being the most obvious options but hardly the only ones) and Nova or Mitre in the five spot, with the other and David Phelps the next lines of defense in case either of those slots need to be filled. Once those possibilities are exhausted, barring some other hotshot from the minors making a case - and I don't think any of the three Killer B's are within half a season's range given that they don't even have much Double-A experience - that's when I think the Yankees will make a major move. (Jay Jaffe)

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PITCHf/x Pitcher Profile

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Although he has not thrown an MLB pitch in 2024, David Phelps threw 11,943 pitches that were tracked by the PITCHf/x system between 2012 and 2022, all of them occuring in Spring Training. In 2022, he relied primarily on his Fourseam Fastball (93mph), Curve (82mph) and Cutter (90mph), also mixing in a Sinker (93mph) and Change (87mph).