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2019 Projections (Preseason PECOTA - seasonal age 31)
IP ERA WHIP SO W L SV WARP
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Birth Date7-17-1987
Height6' 0"
Weight190 lbs
Age36 years, 9 months, 8 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
2013 CIN MLB 3 0 4.0 0 0 0 2 2 1 1 100 4.5 4.5 2.3 2.3 0% .091 1.00 8.02 2.25 146 7.26 173.8 -0.1
2014 CIN MLB 10 0 13.0 0 1 0 12 6 8 2 99 8.3 4.2 1.4 5.5 0% .244 1.38 5.25 5.54 129 6.30 154.4 -0.3
CareerMLB13017.001014893997.44.21.64.849%.2121.295.904.761336.52159.0-0.4

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-
2011 CAR AA SOU 20 0 25.7 2 0 3 16 5 22 0 5.6 1.8 0.0 7.7 0% .232 0.82 2.16 1.75 76 2.36 48.1
2011 LOU AAA INT 33 0 35.7 2 3 7 46 15 19 2 11.6 3.8 0.5 4.8 0% .333 1.71 4.32 5.30 112 6.98 142.5
2012 LOU AAA INT 54 0 72.7 2 5 1 84 29 35 4 10.4 3.6 0.5 4.3 0% .323 1.56 4.19 3.34 113 6.08 126.7
2013 CIN MLB NL 3 0 4.0 0 0 0 2 2 1 1 100 4.5 4.5 2.3 2.3 0% .091 1.00 8.02 2.25 146 7.26 173.8
2013 LOU AAA INT 49 0 56.0 6 5 3 49 17 49 6 7.9 2.7 1.0 7.9 0% .269 1.18 3.91 3.86 98 3.62 78.6
2014 CIN MLB NL 10 0 13.0 0 1 0 12 6 8 2 99 8.3 4.2 1.4 5.5 0% .244 1.38 5.25 5.54 129 6.30 154.4
2014 LOU AAA INT 24 0 28.0 3 0 0 45 18 14 2 14.5 5.8 0.6 4.5 0% .406 2.25 5.74 6.75 127 8.50 180.0
2015 PEN AA SOU 4 0 4.7 0 0 0 8 4 5 0 15.4 7.7 0.0 9.6 0% .500 2.57 4.37 7.71 107 7.91 173.4
2015 LOU AAA INT 22 0 31.3 0 2 0 46 24 17 1 13.2 6.9 0.3 4.9 0% .395 2.23 5.06 5.74 133 8.76 192.2
2017 LOU AAA INT 12 0 15.0 0 0 0 19 22 16 1 11.4 13.2 0.6 9.6 39% .400 2.73 7.27 9.00 144 9.48 201.7

Plate Discipline

YEAR Pits Zone% Swing% Contact% Z-Swing% O-Swing% Z-Contact% O-Contact% SwStr%
2013 55 0.4909 0.5091 0.9643 0.7778 0.2500 0.9524 1.0000 0.0357
2014 171 0.5556 0.4737 0.8642 0.6211 0.2895 0.9153 0.7273 0.1358
Career2260.53990.48230.88860.65920.27990.92430.79370.1114

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
2014-07-07 2014-08-02 Minors 26 0 Right Elbow Impingement -
2014-06-06 2014-06-22 Minors 16 0 - Not Disclosed -
2010-06-19 2010-07-03 Minors 14 0 Not Disclosed -

Compensation

Year Team Salary
2014 CIN $500,000
2013 CIN $
YearsDescriptionSalary
1 yrPrevious$500,000
1 yrTotal$500,000

 

Service TimeAgentContract Status
0 y 39 d1 year/$0.5M (2014)

Details
  • 1 year/$0.5M (2014). Re-signed by Cincinnati 3/14. DFA by Cincinnati 8/2/14. Sent outright to Triple-A 8/6/14.
  • 1 year (2013). Contract selected by Cincinnati 8/22/13.
  • Drafted by Cincinnati 2009 (13-389).

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 1.4 35 0 46.6 37 41 49 5 .272 1.69 4.93 5.25 -10.5 -1.1
80o 0 0.7 1.1 30 0 40.2 35 39 42 5 .289 1.84 5.51 5.87 -11.5 -1.3
70o 0 0.6 0.9 27 0 35.8 33 37 37 5 .302 1.96 5.95 6.33 -11.9 -1.3
60o 0 0.5 0.8 24 0 32.2 32 35 34 4 .314 2.07 6.34 6.73 -12.0 -1.3
50o 0 0.4 0.7 22 0 28.9 30 33 30 4 .324 2.17 6.72 7.13 -11.9 -1.3
40o 0 0.3 0.6 19 0 25.7 28 31 27 4 .335 2.28 7.10 7.53 -11.6 -1.3
30o 0 0.2 0.5 17 0 22.4 26 28 24 4 .347 2.40 7.53 7.98 -11.1 -1.2
20o 0 0.1 0.4 14 0 18.8 23 25 20 3 .360 2.55 8.05 8.53 -10.3 -1.1
10o 0 0.1 0.2 10 0 14.0 19 20 15 3 .380 2.77 8.82 9.32 -8.8 -1.0
Weighted Mean00.40.721028.12932294.3212.146.657.06-11.4-1.2

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PITCHf/x Pitcher Profile

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Although he has not thrown an MLB pitch in 2024, Nick Christiani threw 299 pitches that were tracked by the PITCHf/x system between 2012 and 2014, all of them occuring in Spring Training. In 2014, he relied primarily on his Sinker (93mph), also mixing in a Cutter (92mph) and Slider (85mph). He also rarely threw a Fourseam Fastball (94mph) and Change (86mph).