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Donn Roach PWhite Sox

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2019 Projections (Preseason PECOTA - seasonal age 29)
IP ERA WHIP SO W L SV WARP
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Birth Date12-14-1989
Height6' 0"
Weight195 lbs
Age34 years, 4 months, 11 days
BatsR
ThrowsR
-0.02015
-0.12016
2017
2018
0.52019
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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
2014 SDN MLB 16 1 30.3 1 0 0 36 15 17 2 99 10.7 4.5 0.6 5.0 0% .333 1.68 4.71 4.75 113 5.39 132.3 -0.3
2015 CHN MLB 1 1 3.3 0 1 0 8 1 1 0 93 21.6 2.7 0.0 2.7 0% .500 2.70 3.46 10.80 112 5.70 133.2 0.0
2016 SEA MLB 4 0 5.3 2 0 0 7 2 2 1 101 11.8 3.4 1.7 3.4 78% .273 1.69 6.48 8.44 120 6.67 147.7 -0.1
CareerMLB21239.031051182039911.84.20.74.668%.3231.774.855.771145.60134.5-0.5

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-
2010 ORM Rk PIO 16 10 53.7 4 1 0 64 16 59 6 113 10.7 2.7 1.0 9.9 0% .374 1.49 4.48 6.03 0 0.00 0.0
2011 CDR A MID 45 0 70.3 5 5 2 73 20 68 1 9.3 2.6 0.1 8.7 0% .338 1.32 2.58 3.45 83 4.50 91.8
2012 LEL A+ CAL 8 7 46.7 5 1 0 41 11 44 1 85 7.9 2.1 0.2 8.5 0% .303 1.11 3.16 1.74 80 4.64 96.6
2012 SBR A+ CAL 6 6 41.7 5 0 0 36 3 29 1 7.8 0.6 0.2 6.3 0% .271 0.94 3.01 2.16 0 0.00 0.0
2012 SAN AA TEX 4 3 17.0 1 1 0 9 8 5 0 90 4.8 4.2 0.0 2.6 0% .167 1.00 4.27 1.59 123 2.92 60.9
2013 SAN AA TEX 28 28 142.7 8 12 0 138 40 77 7 95 8.7 2.5 0.4 4.9 0% .278 1.25 3.55 3.53 102 4.78 103.9
2014 SDN MLB NL 16 1 30.3 1 0 0 36 15 17 2 99 10.7 4.5 0.6 5.0 0% .333 1.68 4.71 4.75 113 5.39 132.3
2014 ELP AAA PCL 19 13 77.3 4 6 0 98 40 44 2 103 11.4 4.7 0.2 5.1 0% .352 1.78 4.71 5.24 122 6.15 130.1
2015 CHN MLB NL 1 1 3.3 0 1 0 8 1 1 0 93 21.6 2.7 0.0 2.7 0% .500 2.70 3.46 10.80 112 5.70 133.2
2015 BUF AAA INT 3 1 12.0 0 0 0 10 3 2 0 91 7.5 2.3 0.0 1.5 0% .233 1.08 3.57 1.50 106 5.75 126.1
2015 IOW AAA PCL 15 15 89.0 7 2 0 83 16 33 6 93 8.4 1.6 0.6 3.3 0% .258 1.11 4.37 2.33 105 3.57 78.4
2015 LOU AAA INT 7 7 42.0 2 4 0 57 7 18 2 95 12.2 1.5 0.4 3.9 0% .342 1.52 3.48 6.00 107 5.52 121.1
2016 SEA MLB AL 4 0 5.3 2 0 0 7 2 2 1 101 11.8 3.4 1.7 3.4 78% .273 1.69 6.48 8.44 120 6.67 147.7
2016 TAC AAA PCL 22 17 108.0 6 6 1 116 19 62 7 88 9.7 1.6 0.6 5.2 57% .304 1.25 4.05 4.08 96 4.34 95.8
2016 TOL AAA INT 5 5 29.7 3 1 0 29 5 21 1 104 8.8 1.5 0.3 6.4 60% .304 1.15 2.80 3.03 94 4.32 95.4
2018 CHR AAA INT 16 15 95.0 9 2 0 95 21 61 3 104 9.0 2.0 0.3 5.8 56% .306 1.22 3.24 2.65 97 4.37 92.3
2019 CHR AAA INT 18 16 79.3 3 6 0 127 26 53 16 112 14.4 2.9 1.8 6.0 51% .389 1.93 5.97 7.83 109 7.53 155.0

Plate Discipline

YEAR Pits Zone% Swing% Contact% Z-Swing% O-Swing% Z-Contact% O-Contact% SwStr%
2014 492 0.4065 0.4065 0.8300 0.5450 0.3116 0.9266 0.7143 0.1700
2015 61 0.4754 0.4590 0.9286 0.6207 0.3125 1.0000 0.8000 0.0714
2016 88 0.5455 0.4659 0.9024 0.6458 0.2500 0.9032 0.9000 0.0976
Career6410.43210.41970.84930.56600.30320.93040.74790.1507

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

Compensation

Year Team Salary
2019 CHA $
2016 SEA $
2015 CHN $
2014 SDN $500,000
YearsDescriptionSalary
1 yrPrevious$500,000
1 yrTotal$500,000

 

Service TimeAgentContract Status
0 y 83 dLegacy Agency2017

Details
  • 1 year (2019). Signed by Chicago White Sox as a free agent 12/30/18 (minor-league contract).
  • 1 year (2018). Signed by Chicago White Sox (minor-league contract). Released by Chicago White Sox 7/6/18. Signed by Orix of Japan 7/18.
  • 2017. Signed by KT Wiz of Korea 11/16.
  • 1 year (2016). Signed by Seattle as a free agent 12/5/15 (minor-league contract). Contract selected by Seattle 6/24/16. Claimed by Detroit off waivers 8/9/16 after being DFA by Seattle 8/6/16. Claimed by Oakland off waivers 9/5/16 after being DFA by Detroit 9/3/16. Sent outright to Triple-A by Oakland 10/6/16.
  • 1 year (2015). Contract selected by Chicago Cubs 6/27/15. Claimed by Cincinnati off waivers 7/13/15 after being DFA by Chicago Cubs 7/10/15. Claimed by Toronto off waivers 8/25/15 after being DFA by Cincinnati 8/23/15. DFA by Toronto 9/30/15. Sent outright to Triple-A 10/2/15.
  • 1 year/$0.5M (2014). Contract purchased by San Diego 11/20/13. Re-signed by San Diego 3/3/14. Claimed by Chicago Cubs off waivers 11/12/14 after being DFA by San Diego 11/3/14. DFA by Chicago Cubs 12/19/14. Sent outright to Triple-A 12/22/14.
  • Acquired by San Diego in trade from LA Angels 5/3/12.
  • Drafted by LA Angels 2010 (3s-115) (JC of Southern Nevada). $0.261M 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 13.1 0 0 14 14 81.5 71 19 58 8 .259 1.11 3.34 3.67 -3.7 -0.4
80o 11.7 0 0 13 13 75.3 70 19 53 8 .272 1.19 3.68 4.04 -6.4 -0.7
70o 10.7 0 0 12 12 70.9 70 19 50 8 .282 1.25 3.93 4.31 -8.0 -0.9
60o 9.9 0 0 12 12 67.2 69 19 48 8 .291 1.30 4.15 4.54 -9.3 -1.0
50o 9.2 0 0 11 11 63.9 68 19 45 8 .299 1.35 4.36 4.76 -10.3 -1.1
40o 8.5 0 0 11 11 60.6 67 18 43 8 .306 1.41 4.56 4.99 -11.2 -1.2
30o 7.8 0 0 10 10 57.2 66 18 41 8 .315 1.46 4.79 5.23 -12.1 -1.3
20o 7 0 0 9 9 53.2 64 17 38 8 .325 1.53 5.05 5.52 -12.8 -1.4
10o 6 0 0 8 8 48.0 62 17 34 7 .339 1.63 5.43 5.93 -13.7 -1.5
Weighted Mean9.100111163.46718458.2971.344.334.74-10.1-1.1

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DateQuestionAnswer
2013-07-29 11:00:00 (link to chat)I find Donn Roach to be very interesting. Please share whatever thoughts you have about him, or pass along the thoughts of others'. Thanks.
(Mario66 from Pittsburgh)		Sinkerball profile who relies on plus command to create tons of groundball; classic back-of-the-rotation starter profile. (Zach Mortimer)
2012-05-21 14:00:00 (link to chat)Donn Roach has crazy good numbers in the Cal league.. Is he a potential 3-4 starter in the big leagues?
(Zach from CA)		Role is still to be determined, but he looks like a big leaguer. One of the best sinkers around, and we'll see when he develops around it. (Kevin Goldstein)


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PITCHf/x Pitcher Profile

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Although he has not thrown an MLB pitch in 2024, Donn Roach threw 950 pitches that were tracked by the PITCHf/x system between 2011 and 2016, all of them occuring in Spring Training. In 2016, he relied primarily on his Sinker (92mph), also mixing in a Curve (78mph) and Splitter (87mph). He also rarely threw a Fourseam Fastball (92mph).