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2019 Projections (Preseason PECOTA - seasonal age 30)
IP ERA WHIP SO W L SV WARP
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Birth Date8-27-1988
Height6' 5"
Weight206 lbs
Age35 years, 7 months, 27 days
BatsR
ThrowsR
2015
2016
-0.02017
2018
0.32019
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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
2017 CHN MLB 1 0 2.0 0 1 0 4 0 2 1 18.0 0.0 4.5 9.0 43% .500 2.00 7.67 9.00 111 5.78 123.1 0.0
CareerMLB102.0010402118.00.04.59.043%.5002.007.679.001115.78123.10.0

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 VAN A- NWN 7 7 30.0 3 2 0 31 13 31 0 98 9.3 3.9 0.0 9.3 0% .348 1.47 2.80 3.30 0 0.00 0.0
2010 ATH Rk AZL 8 4 27.7 2 3 0 14 14 35 0 63 4.5 4.5 0.0 11.4 0% .219 1.01 3.34 2.27 0 0.00 0.0
2011 BUR A MID 5 5 12.0 0 1 0 21 9 7 0 92 15.8 6.8 0.0 5.3 0% .447 2.50 4.94 11.25 127 9.56 195.3
2011 VER A- NYP 14 14 73.0 6 3 0 54 27 63 1 106 6.7 3.3 0.1 7.8 0% .262 1.11 3.16 2.34 93 2.96 60.4
2012 BUR A MID 36 9 104.3 5 7 1 107 40 84 11 103 9.2 3.5 0.9 7.2 0% .318 1.41 4.48 4.83 108 5.34 111.2
2013 STO A+ CAL 48 0 74.3 2 0 4 57 23 93 6 6.9 2.8 0.7 11.3 0% .285 1.08 3.43 2.78 77 2.38 51.8
2014 MID AA TEX 27 0 33.7 2 2 15 29 11 47 3 7.8 2.9 0.8 12.6 0% .325 1.19 2.46 2.41 71 3.36 71.2
2014 SAC AAA PCL 22 0 30.7 1 1 1 30 10 22 3 8.8 2.9 0.9 6.5 0% .281 1.30 4.60 4.40 100 3.75 79.5
2015 MID AA TEX 38 0 50.0 0 1 8 48 14 50 5 8.6 2.5 0.9 9.0 0% .312 1.24 3.43 3.24 85 3.72 81.6
2015 NAS AAA PCL 9 0 10.7 0 1 0 6 9 7 2 5.1 7.6 1.7 5.9 0% .148 1.41 7.53 5.91 138 4.13 90.7
2016 TUL AA TEX 21 9 60.7 3 4 0 73 15 58 2 97 10.8 2.2 0.3 8.6 53% .376 1.45 2.48 4.15 87 5.64 124.5
2016 OKL AAA PCL 4 1 7.3 0 0 0 5 2 4 1 100 6.1 2.5 1.2 4.9 45% .190 0.95 5.22 3.68 106 2.54 56.2
2016 DOD Rk AZL 3 0 6.0 1 0 0 4 1 11 0 6.0 1.5 0.0 16.5 73% .364 0.83 0.94 1.50 61 0.96 21.3
2017 CHN MLB NL 1 0 2.0 0 1 0 4 0 2 1 18.0 0.0 4.5 9.0 43% .500 2.00 7.67 9.00 111 5.78 123.1
2017 IOW AAA PCL 24 21 116.7 2 8 0 102 47 119 18 97 7.9 3.6 1.4 9.2 53% .279 1.28 5.10 4.40 103 3.72 79.2

Plate Discipline

YEAR Pits Zone% Swing% Contact% Z-Swing% O-Swing% Z-Contact% O-Contact% SwStr%
2017 37 0.3514 0.4054 0.8000 0.6154 0.2917 0.8750 0.7143 0.2000
Career370.35140.40540.80000.61540.29170.87500.71430.2000

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 SDN $
2018 SEA $
2017 CHN $

 

Service TimeAgentContract Status
0 y 49 d1 year (2021)

Details
  • 1 year (2021). Signed by Arizona as a free agent 1/8/21 (minor-league contract). Contract selected by Arizona 5/12/21. Released by Arizona 9/8/21.
  • 1 year (2020). Signed by San Diego as a free agent 2/14/20 (minor-league contract). Elected free agency 7/14/20. Signed by Seattle as a free agent 8/11/20 (minor-league contract). Contract selected by Seattle 8/30/20.
  • 1 year/$1.1M (2019). Re-signed by Doosan of Korea 12/18. $50,000 signing bonus.
  • 1 year (2018). Signed by Doosan of Korea 12/11/17.
  • 1 year (2017). Signed by Chicago Cubs as a free agent 11/14/16 (minor-league contract). Contract selected by Chicago Cubs 6/8/17. Claimed by Seattle off waivers 9/4/17 after being DFA by Chicago Cubs 9/1/17.
  • 1 year (2016). Released by Oakland 3/28/16. Signed by LA Dodgers as a free agent 4/2/16 (minor-league contract).
  • Drafted by Oakland 2010 (27-815) (UNC-Wilmington).

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 3.3 0.4 19 7 51.7 39 15 48 5 .248 1.06 3.15 3.44 -1.5 -0.2
80o 0 3 0.4 17 7 45.8 37 15 42 5 .262 1.14 3.52 3.84 -3.2 -0.4
70o 0 2.9 0.3 15 6 41.6 36 14 38 5 .272 1.20 3.79 4.14 -4.2 -0.5
60o 0 2.7 0.3 14 5 38.2 34 14 35 4 .281 1.26 4.02 4.4 -4.9 -0.5
50o 0 2.6 0.3 13 5 35.0 33 13 32 4 .290 1.31 4.25 4.64 -5.4 -0.6
40o 0 2.4 0.2 12 5 31.9 31 12 30 4 .298 1.36 4.47 4.89 -5.7 -0.6
30o 0 2.2 0.2 11 4 28.7 29 12 27 4 .307 1.42 4.72 5.16 -6.0 -0.6
20o 0 2 0.2 9 4 25.0 27 11 23 3 .317 1.49 5.01 5.48 -6.0 -0.7
10o 0 1.7 0.1 7 3 20.1 23 9 19 3 .331 1.60 5.42 5.93 -5.8 -0.6
Weighted Mean02.50.213534.33213324.2871.294.224.61-5.2-0.6

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PITCHf/x Pitcher Profile

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Although he has not thrown an MLB pitch in 2024, Seth Frankoff threw 581 pitches that were tracked by the PITCHf/x system between 2017 and 2022, all of them occuring in Spring Training. In 2022, he relied primarily on his Cutter (87mph) and Fourseam Fastball (91mph), also mixing in a Change (85mph) and Curve (79mph).