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2019 Projections (Preseason PECOTA - seasonal age 32)
IP ERA WHIP SO W L SV WARP
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Birth Date10-22-1986
Height6' 2"
Weight200 lbs
Age37 years, 6 months, 3 days
BatsL
ThrowsL
-1.62015
0.72016
1.62017
-0.42018
0.22019
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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
2012 CHN MLB 7 7 29.7 2 3 0 38 11 21 4 106 11.5 3.3 1.2 6.4 0% .354 1.65 4.88 6.37 116 5.40 123.9 -0.1
2013 CHN MLB 13 13 66.3 2 6 0 66 24 36 8 102 9.0 3.3 1.1 4.9 0% .275 1.36 4.72 3.93 118 4.92 117.9 0.0
2014 CHN MLB 4 0 12.7 0 0 0 16 5 8 1 109 11.4 3.6 0.7 5.7 0% .341 1.66 4.05 7.11 126 6.59 161.7 -0.3
2015 COL MLB 24 22 131.7 6 10 0 170 41 86 19 109 11.6 2.8 1.3 5.9 0% .339 1.60 4.73 5.33 108 6.09 142.4 -1.6
2016 COL MLB 29 7 84.3 3 5 0 82 23 69 5 108 8.8 2.5 0.5 7.4 61% .308 1.25 3.24 3.74 93 4.39 97.1 0.7
2017 COL MLB 60 0 85.0 5 1 2 75 19 71 9 7.9 2.0 1.0 7.5 60% .277 1.11 3.66 2.65 89 3.49 74.4 1.6
2018 COL MLB 49 0 54.7 2 3 0 56 26 47 7 111 9.2 4.3 1.2 7.7 57% .308 1.50 4.60 6.09 108 5.62 125.5 -0.4
2019 COL MLB 2 0 1.0 0 0 0 5 1 0 1 121 45.0 9.0 9.0 0.0 13% .571 6.00 19.16 36.00 118 8.43 173.0 0.0
CareerMLB18849465.32028250815033854889.82.91.06.555%.3011.414.274.621055.06115.7-0.1

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-
2009 BOI A- NWN 8 8 31.0 0 4 0 33 9 27 1 103 9.6 2.6 0.3 7.8 0% .337 1.35 3.71 3.48 92 4.03 84.8
2009 CUB Rk AZL 2 1 5.0 0 0 0 1 3 2 0 105 1.8 5.4 0.0 3.6 0% .077 0.80 5.42 0.00 127 2.95 62.1
2010 DAY A+ FSL 20 17 91.0 4 3 0 79 15 84 6 91 7.8 1.5 0.6 8.3 0% .287 1.03 3.16 3.36 0 0.00 0.0
2010 TEN AA SOU 4 4 19.0 2 1 0 21 4 15 0 104 9.9 1.9 0.0 7.1 0% .344 1.32 2.58 1.89 0 0.00 0.0
2011 TEN AA SOU 15 15 76.0 3 2 0 80 16 49 5 118 9.5 1.9 0.6 5.8 0% .301 1.26 3.69 3.91 96 4.25 86.7
2011 IOW AAA PCL 11 9 62.7 5 2 0 70 14 46 8 96 10.1 2.0 1.1 6.6 0% .326 1.34 4.69 4.02 97 4.58 93.5
2011 ESC Wnt LID 6 6 25.3 1 2 0 24 8 21 1 8.5 2.8 0.4 7.5 0% .291 1.26 2.98 2.84 0 0.00 0.0
2012 CHN MLB NL 7 7 29.7 2 3 0 38 11 21 4 106 11.5 3.3 1.2 6.4 0% .354 1.65 4.88 6.37 116 5.40 123.9
2012 TEN AA SOU 1 1 3.0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 103 0.0 0.0 0.0 3.0 0% .000 0.00 2.47 0.00 98 2.79 58.1
2012 IOW AAA PCL 25 25 140.3 8 9 0 146 53 94 17 95 9.4 3.4 1.1 6.0 0% .291 1.42 5.20 4.55 112 5.22 108.7
2013 CHN MLB NL 13 13 66.3 2 6 0 66 24 36 8 102 9.0 3.3 1.1 4.9 0% .275 1.36 4.72 3.93 118 4.92 117.9
2013 IOW AAA PCL 19 18 121.0 8 7 0 113 27 69 8 92 8.4 2.0 0.6 5.1 0% .272 1.16 4.02 3.35 97 3.38 73.3
2014 CHN MLB NL 4 0 12.7 0 0 0 16 5 8 1 109 11.4 3.6 0.7 5.7 0% .341 1.66 4.05 7.11 126 6.59 161.7
2014 IOW AAA PCL 23 23 146.3 8 13 0 163 38 97 15 92 10.0 2.3 0.9 6.0 0% .320 1.37 4.62 4.31 104 5.14 108.8
2015 COL MLB NL 24 22 131.7 6 10 0 170 41 86 19 109 11.6 2.8 1.3 5.9 0% .339 1.60 4.73 5.33 108 6.09 142.4
2015 ABQ AAA PCL 7 6 34.3 3 2 0 47 11 18 6 124 12.3 2.9 1.6 4.7 0% .325 1.69 5.78 6.29 117 6.80 149.2
2016 COL MLB NL 29 7 84.3 3 5 0 82 23 69 5 108 8.8 2.5 0.5 7.4 61% .308 1.25 3.24 3.74 93 4.39 97.1
2016 ABQ AAA PCL 3 3 9.3 0 1 0 13 3 11 1 106 12.5 2.9 1.0 10.6 55% .400 1.71 4.04 5.79 88 4.45 98.2
2017 COL MLB NL 60 0 85.0 5 1 2 75 19 71 9 7.9 2.0 1.0 7.5 60% .277 1.11 3.66 2.65 89 3.49 74.4
2017 ABQ AAA PCL 1 0 2.7 1 0 0 2 0 3 0 6.8 0.0 0.0 10.1 75% .250 0.75 1.47 0.00 74 2.09 44.4
2018 COL MLB NL 49 0 54.7 2 3 0 56 26 47 7 111 9.2 4.3 1.2 7.7 57% .308 1.50 4.60 6.09 108 5.62 125.5
2018 ABQ AAA PCL 3 0 3.3 0 0 0 3 2 1 0 8.1 5.4 0.0 2.7 67% .250 1.50 4.94 5.40 108 4.05 85.6
2019 COL MLB NL 2 0 1.0 0 0 0 5 1 0 1 121 45.0 9.0 9.0 0.0 13% .571 6.00 19.16 36.00 118 8.43 173.0
2019 HFD AA EAS 3 0 7.0 1 0 0 8 3 5 0 10.3 3.9 0.0 6.4 39% .348 1.57 3.02 5.14 109 5.58 114.9
2019 ABQ AAA PCL 22 10 65.7 3 4 0 83 21 42 7 115 11.4 2.9 1.0 5.8 55% .335 1.58 5.00 4.93 96 4.50 92.6

Plate Discipline

YEAR Pits Zone% Swing% Contact% Z-Swing% O-Swing% Z-Contact% O-Contact% SwStr%
2012 507 0.4753 0.4477 0.7797 0.6141 0.2970 0.8649 0.6203 0.2203
2013 1009 0.4579 0.4410 0.8090 0.5996 0.3071 0.8809 0.6905 0.1910
2014 192 0.5000 0.4531 0.8276 0.6250 0.2813 0.9333 0.5926 0.1724
2015 2129 0.4932 0.4692 0.8078 0.6219 0.3207 0.8744 0.6821 0.1922
2016 1252 0.4561 0.4633 0.7793 0.6480 0.3084 0.8811 0.6000 0.2207
2017 1206 0.4967 0.4925 0.7323 0.6477 0.3394 0.8351 0.5388 0.2677
2018 873 0.4628 0.4742 0.7899 0.6757 0.3006 0.8571 0.6596 0.2101
2019 25 0.4000 0.5200 0.8462 0.7000 0.4000 0.8571 0.8333 0.1538
Career71930.47730.46700.78690.63400.31490.86860.63600.2131

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
2010-09-05 2010-09-19 Minors 14 0 Not Disclosed -
2010-04-15 2010-04-30 Minors 15 0 Not Disclosed -

Compensation

Year Team Salary
2020 ATL $
2019 COL $1,687,500
2018 COL $1,287,500
2017 COL $545,000
2016 COL $512,500
2015 COL $
2014 CHN $
2013 CHN $
YearsDescriptionSalary
4 yrPrevious$4,032,500
4 yrTotal$4,032,500

 

Service TimeAgentContract Status
4 y 169 d1 year (2021)

Details
  • 1 year (2021). Signed by Colorado as a free agent 4/12/21 (minor-league contract).
  • 1 year (2020). Signed by Atlanta as a free agent 1/18/20 (minor-league contract). Contract selected by Atlanta 8/1/20. DFA by Atlanta 8/4/20. Sent outright to Alternate Training Site 8/6/20. Released by Atlanta 9/5/20.
  • 1 year/$1.6875M (2019). Re-signed by Colorado 11/29/18 (avoided arbitration). DFA by Colorado 6/7/19. Sent outright to Triple-A 6/12/19. Elected free agency 10/19.
  • 1 year/$1.2875M (2018). Re-signed by Colorado 1/11/18 (avoided arbitration).
  • 1 year (2017). Re-signed by Colorado 3/17.
  • 1 year/$512,500 (2016). Re-signed by Colorado 3/16.
  • 1 year (2015). Re-signed by Colorado 3/6/15.
  • 1 year/$503,500 (2014). Re-signed by Chicago Cubs 3/3/14. Claimed by Colorado off waivers from Chicago Cubs 9/27/14.
  • 1 year (2013). Re-signed by Chicago Cubs 3/4/13.
  • 1 year (2012). Contract purchased by Chicago Cubs 8/21/12.
  • Drafted by Chicago Cubs 2009 (4-140) (Kentucky). $0.14M 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 9.9 0 0.7 29 7 67.6 60 22 56 6 .276 1.21 3.29 3.35 -1.9 -0.2
80o 8.9 0 0.6 27 6 61.8 59 22 51 6 .290 1.30 3.64 3.72 -4.2 -0.5
70o 8.1 0 0.6 25 6 57.7 58 21 48 6 .300 1.37 3.90 3.99 -5.5 -0.6
60o 7.5 0 0.5 24 5 54.3 57 21 45 6 .309 1.43 4.13 4.22 -6.5 -0.7
50o 7 0 0.5 22 5 51.3 56 20 43 6 .318 1.48 4.34 4.44 -7.3 -0.8
40o 6.5 0 0.4 21 5 48.2 54 20 40 6 .326 1.54 4.56 4.67 -8.0 -0.9
30o 5.9 0 0.4 20 4 45.1 53 19 37 6 .335 1.61 4.80 4.91 -8.6 -0.9
20o 5.3 0 0.4 18 4 41.4 51 19 34 6 .346 1.69 5.08 5.2 -9.2 -1.0
10o 4.5 0 0.3 16 4 36.6 48 18 30 5 .360 1.80 5.48 5.61 -9.7 -1.1
Weighted Mean6.900.522550.85520426.3161.474.324.42-7.1-0.8

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DateQuestionAnswer
2015-08-21 13:00:00 (link to chat)The Rockies are dead last in QS with only 36 in 106 GP. The only pitchers who have given them a 50% or better shot at a quality start are Chad Bettis (8/13 - hurt) and Chris Rusin (7/12 - free agent). Jon Gray looks like Eddie Butler 2.0. Other recent top picks Kyle Freeland and Tyler Anderson can't stay healthy. Please give me some reason to hope that the Rockies pitching won't be as terrible next season.
(matzabal from Denver)		Man, I dunno if I can do that. I wouldn't be so quick to give up on Gray just yet (or Butler, for that matter). Even with diminished stuff since his college days I think Gray can still be a solid enough Major League starter, at least in a neutral context. Butler's shoulder issues seem uncomfortably Bedardian, and I think they have contributed a good bit to his stalled development. Always going to be awfully tough for them to lure FA hurlers there, and their best arm in the minors right now is either a recently drafted high schooler or Antonio Senzatela, who's 20 with a very good fastball but lagging secondaries. (Wilson Karaman)
2013-11-19 13:00:00 (link to chat)What type of fantasy impact can Chris Rusin have next year? What type of career do you see him having? The Cubs seem to like him...can he pitch in a rotation over time?
(Bryant from Dearborn, MI)		Very little. It's more of a middle relief profile for me long-term for me. (Bret Sayre)
2013-08-27 13:00:00 (link to chat)By this time in 2014, Chris Rusin is: a) In Chicago's rotation? b) a mop-up guy in the bullpen? c) In Iowa? Is there any reason to think Rusin can continue to get major league hitters out missing as few bats as he does?
(sitrick2 from Minneapolis, MN)		Guys like Rusin make me nervous. I'd like to see how his cutter plays out of the bullpen, but I really feel like he's a sixth/seventh starter type. Iowa or Chicago depends on the health of other people, in that case. (Harry Pavlidis)


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PITCHf/x Pitcher Profile

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Although he has not thrown an MLB pitch in 2024, Chris Rusin threw 7,451 pitches that were tracked by the PITCHf/x system between 2012 and 2020, all of them occuring in Spring Training. In 2020, he relied primarily on his Cutter (84mph) and Sinker (87mph), also mixing in a Change (82mph), Slider (80mph) and Fourseam Fastball (88mph).