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Aaron Crow PCubs

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2019 Projections (Preseason PECOTA - seasonal age 32)
IP ERA WHIP SO W L SV WARP
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Birth Date11-10-1986
Height6' 3"
Weight195 lbs
Age37 years, 5 months, 16 days
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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
2011 KCA MLB 57 0 62.0 4 4 0 55 31 65 8 109 8.0 4.5 1.2 9.4 0% .290 1.39 4.14 2.76 94 3.53 82.0 0.9
2012 KCA MLB 73 0 64.7 3 1 2 54 22 65 4 101 7.5 3.1 0.6 9.0 0% .298 1.18 2.90 3.48 91 3.25 74.5 1.2
2013 KCA MLB 57 0 48.0 7 5 1 49 22 44 6 100 9.2 4.1 1.1 8.3 0% .316 1.48 4.36 3.38 108 4.67 111.8 0.0
2014 KCA MLB 67 0 59.0 6 1 3 52 24 34 10 100 7.9 3.7 1.5 5.2 0% .239 1.29 5.43 4.12 115 4.95 121.4 -0.3
CareerMLB2540233.72011621099208281038.13.81.18.050%.2831.324.173.431024.0496.01.7

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 gcr Wnt AFL 4 4 15.3 0 2 0 17 2 12 2 10.0 1.2 1.2 7.1 0% .313 1.24 5.15 5.88 0 0.00 0.0
2010 WIL A+ CRL 7 7 44.0 2 3 0 51 6 53 6 106 10.4 1.2 1.2 10.8 0% .378 1.30 3.23 5.93 0 0.00 0.0
2010 NWA AA TXS 22 22 119.3 7 7 0 130 59 90 13 104 9.8 4.5 1.0 6.8 0% .315 1.58 4.71 5.66 0 0.00 0.0
2011 KCA MLB AL 57 0 62.0 4 4 0 55 31 65 8 109 8.0 4.5 1.2 9.4 0% .290 1.39 4.14 2.76 94 3.53 82.0
2012 KCA MLB AL 73 0 64.7 3 1 2 54 22 65 4 101 7.5 3.1 0.6 9.0 0% .298 1.18 2.90 3.48 91 3.25 74.5
2013 KCA MLB AL 57 0 48.0 7 5 1 49 22 44 6 100 9.2 4.1 1.1 8.3 0% .316 1.48 4.36 3.38 108 4.67 111.8
2014 KCA MLB AL 67 0 59.0 6 1 3 52 24 34 10 100 7.9 3.7 1.5 5.2 0% .239 1.29 5.43 4.12 115 4.95 121.4
2014 NWA AA TEX 2 0 3.0 1 0 0 3 1 1 1 9.0 3.0 3.0 3.0 0% .250 1.33 7.78 3.00 127 5.96 126.1
2016 CUB Rk AZL 3 2 3.0 0 0 0 2 0 2 0 96 6.0 0.0 0.0 6.0 50% .250 0.67 2.77 0.00 91 3.21 70.9

Plate Discipline

YEAR Pits Zone% Swing% Contact% Z-Swing% O-Swing% Z-Contact% O-Contact% SwStr%
2011 1013 0.4610 0.4255 0.7077 0.5803 0.2930 0.8524 0.4625 0.2923
2012 953 0.4627 0.4512 0.6907 0.6077 0.3164 0.8582 0.4136 0.3093
2013 794 0.4723 0.4559 0.7569 0.6480 0.2840 0.8848 0.4958 0.2431
2014 927 0.4908 0.4196 0.8226 0.5912 0.2542 0.9294 0.5833 0.1774
Career36870.47140.43720.74280.60470.28740.88020.48740.2572

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
2011-07-11 2011-07-14 DTD 3 0 - General Medical Illness - -

Compensation

Year Team Salary
2016 CHN $
2015 MIA $1,975,000
2014 KCA $1,475,000
2013 KCA $1,280,000
2012 KCA $1,600,000
2011 KCA $1,400,000
2010 KCA $900,000
YearsDescriptionSalary
6 yrPrevious$8,630,000
6 yrTotal$8,630,000

 

Service TimeAgentContract Status
5 y 0 dExcel Sports1 year (2016)

Details
  • 1 year (2016). Signed by Chicago Cubs as a free agent 2/19/16 (minor-league contract).
  • 1 year/$1.975M (2015). Re-signed by Miami 1/16/15 (avoided arbitration). Non-tendered by Miami 12/2/15.
  • 1 year/$1.475M (2014). Re-signed by Kansas City (avoided arbitration, $1.7M-$1.28M). Award bonus: $50,000 for All-Star selection. Acquired by Miami in trade from Kansas City 11/28/14.
  • 1 year/$1.28M (2013). Re-signed by Kansas City 3/2/13.
  • 3 years/$3M (2010-12). Signed Major League contract with Kansas City 9/18/09. $1.5M signing bonus. Estimated salaries: 10:$0.4M, 11:$0.5M, 12:$0.6M. Salaries may increase based on when Crow is promoted to Major Leagues, with total value of contract increasing to as much as $4.5M.
  • Drafted by Kansas City 2009 (1-12) (Fort Worth of independent American Association). Drafted by Washington 2008 (1-9) (Missouri). Did not sign.

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 4.6 0.7 24 7 51.3 46 24 28 9 .236 1.37 5.16 5.57 -13.3 -1.5
80o 0 4.2 0.5 21 6 44.3 43 23 24 8 .252 1.50 5.67 6.13 -14.2 -1.5
70o 0 3.9 0.4 19 6 39.4 41 22 22 8 .263 1.59 6.05 6.54 -14.3 -1.6
60o 0 3.6 0.4 17 5 35.4 39 20 20 7 .273 1.67 6.39 6.9 -14.2 -1.5
50o 0 3.4 0.3 15 5 31.8 37 19 18 7 .283 1.75 6.71 7.25 -13.9 -1.5
40o 0 3.1 0.3 14 4 28.3 34 18 16 6 .292 1.84 7.03 7.6 -13.5 -1.5
30o 0 2.8 0.2 12 4 24.6 31 16 14 6 .302 1.93 7.39 7.99 -12.7 -1.4
20o 0 2.4 0.2 10 3 20.5 28 14 11 5 .315 2.04 7.83 8.46 -11.6 -1.3
10o 0 1.9 0.1 7 2 15.1 22 12 8 4 .332 2.21 8.46 9.14 -9.6 -1.0
Weighted Mean03.20.315430.83518177.2801.736.657.18-13.3-1.4

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BP Chats

DateQuestionAnswer
2018-07-13 15:00:00 (link to chat)If I were an MLB prospect, who would be my closest comp?
(George Hirst from SWFC)		I guess it would be someone who didn't sign and went and played indy ball for a year. Aaron Crow maybe? I guess the closest actual baseball comp is Rolen forcing a move from Philly? (Jeffrey Paternostro)
2014-06-17 20:00:00 (link to chat)We in Canada have only been drafting Rule IV guys right after their June draft since 2009. That was the Dustin Ackley - Aaron Crow class in the American League. We've been drafting about 3 or 4 of them every June's first round ever since. It is too soon to say how many of them were a worthwhile pick. If Bryon Buxton turns out as good as expected that will make up for a long list of duds who didn't bring significant value. With your experience, can you quantify how worthwhile it has been to jump on these top picks right away?
(John Carter from T.O.)		Since so many of the superstars in Scoresheet are first acquired in the supplemental that follows the MLB rule IV draft, we advocate grabbing as many of those lottery tickets as possible. You can keep the superstars indefinitely, so you don't have to be successful too often for it to be worthwhile taking those chances with supplemental picks. In some leagues, it's the only way you're going to end up with a player of that caliber, like Strasburg, Harper, Longoria, Tulowitzki, etc. In almost leagues, it's a great way to build up your keepers. We once said that in general you should trade for keepers and draft for depth, and the ability to pick up these potential superstars in a supplemental draft is the most obvious exception to that particular phrase. (Scoresheet Chat with Ben, Jared, and Ian)


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PITCHf/x Pitcher Profile

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Although he has not thrown an MLB pitch in 2024, Aaron Crow threw 4,130 pitches that were tracked by the PITCHf/x system between 2010 and 2014, all of them occuring in Spring Training. In 2014, he relied primarily on his Sinker (93mph) and Slider (83mph), also mixing in a Fourseam Fastball (93mph). He also rarely threw a Change (86mph).