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2019 Projections (Preseason PECOTA - seasonal age 29)
IP ERA WHIP SO W L SV WARP
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Birth Date1-3-1990
Height6' 1"
Weight250 lbs
Age34 years, 3 months, 16 days
BatsL
ThrowsL
2015
-0.32016
-0.02017
2018
0.02019
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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
2016 ATL 0 50 0 34.0 1 0 0 20 23 35 2 91 5.3 6.1 0.5 9.3 51% .231 1.26 4.00 3.18 117 5.42 119.9 -0.2
2016 MIA 0 18 0 9.3 0 0 0 11 5 7 1 90 10.6 4.8 1.0 6.8 45% .333 1.71 4.68 4.82 120 5.91 130.8 -0.1
2017 MIA MLB 5 0 4.7 0 0 0 1 8 6 0 1.9 15.4 0.0 11.6 50% .125 1.93 7.03 15.43 115 5.55 118.2 0.0
2016 TOT MLB 68 0 43.3 1 0 0 31 28 42 3 90 6.4 5.8 0.6 8.7 50% .259 1.36 4.15 3.53 117 5.52 122.3 -0.3
CareerMLB73048.01003236483826.06.80.69.050%.2501.424.434.691175.53121.9-0.3

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-
2009 RSX Rk GCL 11 5 22.3 2 2 1 16 26 18 0 89 6.5 10.5 0.0 7.3 0% .271 1.88 5.33 4.84 143 7.46 156.9
2010 LOW A- NYP 14 13 62.7 2 4 0 53 42 55 2 104 7.6 6.0 0.3 7.9 0% .280 1.52 4.32 3.59 0 0.00 0.0
2011 GRN A SAL 7 0 20.0 0 2 0 22 18 18 2 9.9 8.1 0.9 8.1 0% .345 2.00 6.02 10.80 126 7.71 157.4
2011 LOW A- NYP 15 5 52.7 2 8 1 51 40 51 5 94 8.7 6.8 0.9 8.7 0% .311 1.73 4.99 6.84 119 7.22 147.4
2012 GRN A SAL 9 0 15.7 0 3 0 15 12 24 1 8.6 6.9 0.6 13.8 0% .378 1.72 3.83 8.04 92 5.46 113.8
2012 PEO A MID 15 0 28.3 3 0 1 23 10 28 1 7.3 3.2 0.3 8.9 0% .293 1.16 2.88 2.54 89 4.37 91.0
2012 DAY A+ FSL 11 0 18.7 0 0 0 21 11 19 2 10.1 5.3 1.0 9.2 0% .359 1.71 4.51 3.86 104 5.94 123.6
2013 DAY A+ FSL 11 0 21.7 1 0 5 13 15 21 0 5.4 6.2 0.0 8.7 0% .232 1.29 3.65 2.91 105 3.30 71.8
2013 TEN AA SOU 30 0 38.3 5 1 1 29 20 33 1 6.8 4.7 0.2 7.7 0% .259 1.28 3.16 3.05 99 4.36 94.8
2014 TEN AA SOU 48 0 61.7 4 4 1 44 31 65 1 6.4 4.5 0.1 9.5 0% .277 1.22 2.98 3.79 84 3.44 72.8
2015 MIS AA SOU 3 0 4.0 0 0 0 3 1 8 0 6.8 2.3 0.0 18.0 0% .429 1.00 0.05 0.00 76 4.41 96.7
2015 TEN AA SOU 3 0 4.3 1 0 1 2 3 4 0 4.2 6.2 0.0 8.3 0% .200 1.15 3.53 2.08 76 4.19 92.0
2015 GWN AAA INT 14 0 16.7 1 0 0 13 8 23 0 7.0 4.3 0.0 12.4 0% .342 1.26 2.19 0.00 72 3.44 75.4
2015 IOW AAA PCL 12 0 13.0 0 1 0 21 15 20 2 14.5 10.4 1.4 13.8 0% .452 2.77 5.98 11.08 109 8.67 190.3
2016 ATL MLB NL 50 0 34.0 1 0 0 20 23 35 2 91 5.3 6.1 0.5 9.3 51% .231 1.26 4.00 3.18 117 5.42 119.9
2016 MIA MLB NL 18 0 9.3 0 0 0 11 5 7 1 90 10.6 4.8 1.0 6.8 45% .333 1.71 4.68 4.82 120 5.91 130.8
2016 JAX AA SOU 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 1 2 0 0.0 9.0 0.0 18.0 100% .000 1.00 5.31 9.00 99 5.26 116.1
2016 MIS AA SOU 2 0 3.0 0 0 0 1 1 2 0 3.0 3.0 0.0 6.0 86% .143 0.67 2.98 0.00 98 3.87 85.3
2016 NWO AAA PCL 2 0 2.0 0 0 1 1 0 4 0 4.5 0.0 0.0 18.0 67% .333 0.50 -0.28 0.00 59 2.32 51.3
2017 MIA MLB NL 5 0 4.7 0 0 0 1 8 6 0 1.9 15.4 0.0 11.6 50% .125 1.93 7.03 15.43 115 5.55 118.2
2017 NWO AAA PCL 44 0 39.3 1 4 0 38 26 39 7 8.7 5.9 1.6 8.9 46% .290 1.63 6.26 4.58 119 5.71 121.5
2018 LAK A+ FSL 2 0 3.3 0 0 0 1 0 5 0 2.7 0.0 0.0 13.5 83% .167 0.30 0.47 0.00 56 2.09 44.1
2018 ERI AA EAS 3 0 5.7 0 0 0 2 2 4 0 3.2 3.2 0.0 6.4 71% .143 0.71 2.96 0.00 94 2.75 58.2
2018 TOL AAA INT 24 0 26.7 3 2 0 21 8 31 2 7.1 2.7 0.7 10.5 44% .288 1.09 3.33 2.36 91 3.92 82.8
2018 ORI Wnt VWL 17 0 15.3 1 0 1 7 5 10 2 4.1 2.9 1.2 5.9 42% .250 0.78 4.50 1.76 0 0.00 0.0
2019 MEM AAA PCL 36 0 42.7 1 2 4 31 23 50 2 6.5 4.9 0.4 10.5 50% .290 1.27 3.89 2.95 85 2.76 56.7
2019 NOR AAA INT 9 0 12.0 1 0 0 7 5 18 0 5.3 3.8 0.0 13.5 58% .292 1.00 1.87 2.25 75 2.18 44.9

Plate Discipline

YEAR Pits Zone% Swing% Contact% Z-Swing% O-Swing% Z-Contact% O-Contact% SwStr%
2016 743 0.4401 0.4509 0.7522 0.6544 0.2909 0.8551 0.5702 0.2478
2017 98 0.3571 0.3061 0.6667 0.5143 0.1905 0.8333 0.4167 0.3333
Career8410.43040.43400.74220.63810.27920.85260.55230.2578

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
2014-05-11 2014-05-25 Minors 14 0 - Not Disclosed - -

Compensation

Year Team Salary
2020 BAL $
2019 SLN $
2018 DET $
2017 MIA $
2016 ATL $

 

Service TimeAgentContract Status
1 y 18 d1 year (2020)

Details
  • 1 year (2020). Re-signed by Baltimore as a free agent 11/19 (minor-league contract).
  • 1 year (2019). Signed by St. Louis as a free agent 11/19/18 (minor-league contract). Released by St. Louis 7/30/19. Signed by Baltimore as a free agent 8/7/19 (minor-league contract).
  • 2018. Released by Miami 3/8/18. Signed by Baltimore as a free agent 3/13/18 (minor-league contract). Released by Baltimore 3/30/18. Signed by Detroit as a free agent 6/8/18 (minor-league contract).
  • 1 year (2017). Renewed by Miami 3/17. DFA by Miami 12/14/17. Sent outright to Triple-A 12/20/17.
  • 1 year (2016). Re-signed by Atlanta (minor-league contract). Contract selected by Atlanta 4/11/16. Acquired by Miami in trade from Atlanta 8/6/16.
  • 1 year (2015). Released by Chicago Cubs 5/29/15. Signed by Atlanta as a free agent 7/7/15 (minor-league contract).
  • Acquired by Chicago Cubs in trade from Boston 5/15/12.
  • Drafted by Boston 2008 (27-832) (Sterling HS, Baytown, Texas). $0.35M signing bonus.

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 2.1 1 55 0 50.8 36 22 52 5 .247 1.15 3.21 3.62 -3.6 -0.4
80o 0 1.7 0.8 49 0 44.7 35 21 46 4 .262 1.24 3.61 4.07 -5.3 -0.6
70o 0 1.5 0.7 44 0 40.5 33 20 41 4 .273 1.31 3.90 4.4 -6.3 -0.7
60o 0 1.3 0.6 40 0 37.0 32 19 38 4 .282 1.38 4.16 4.69 -6.9 -0.7
50o 0 1.1 0.6 37 0 33.8 30 18 34 4 .291 1.44 4.40 4.96 -7.3 -0.8
40o 0 1 0.5 33 0 30.6 29 17 31 4 .299 1.50 4.65 5.24 -7.5 -0.8
30o 0 0.8 0.4 30 0 27.4 27 16 28 3 .309 1.57 4.92 5.54 -7.6 -0.8
20o 0 0.6 0.3 26 0 23.7 24 15 24 3 .320 1.65 5.24 5.9 -7.5 -0.8
10o 0 0.5 0.2 20 0 18.8 21 13 19 3 .335 1.77 5.70 6.42 -7.0 -0.8
Weighted Mean01.10.536033.12918344.2881.424.374.92-7.0-0.8

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PITCHf/x Pitcher Profile

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Although he has not thrown an MLB pitch in 2024, Hunter Cervenka threw 1,380 pitches that were tracked by the PITCHf/x system between 2014 and 2021, all of them occuring in Spring Training. In 2021, he relied primarily on his Cutter (89mph) and Fourseam Fastball (92mph), also mixing in a Curve (81mph).