Adam Liberatore Stats | Baseball Prospectus

IP	ERA	WHIP	SO	W	L	SV	WARP
36.0	4.38	1.33	34	2	1	0	0.0

MLB Statistics

Historical (past-seasons) WARP is now based on DRA..
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YEAR	Team	Lg	G	IP	W	L	H	BB	SO	HR	PPF	H/9	BB/9	HR/9	K/9	GB%	BABIP	WHIP	FIP	ERA	cFIP	DRA	DRA-	WARP
2015	LAN	MLB	39	29.7	2	2	26	9	29	3	95	7.9	2.7	0.9	8.8	0%	.284	1.18	3.43	4.25	94	4.15	96.8	0.2
2016	LAN	MLB	58	42.7	2	2	34	17	47	2	88	7.2	3.6	0.4	9.9	40%	.296	1.20	2.92	3.38	99	4.15	91.8	0.4
2017	LAN	MLB	4	3.3	0	0	3	2	5	0		8.1	5.4	0.0	13.5	63%	.375	1.50	1.97	2.70	110	6.12	130.2	0.0
2018	LAN	MLB	17	13.0	2	1	10	8	12	1	96	6.9	5.5	0.7	8.3	64%	.281	1.38	4.35	2.77	91	3.96	88.5	0.1
Career		MLB	118	88.7	6	5	73	36	93	6	88	7.4	3.7	0.6	9.4	46%	.297	1.23	3.26	3.55	97	4.19	94.5	0.7

Statistics for All Levels

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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	PCH	A+	FSL	38	1	90.3	6	5	1	88	31	70	3	103	8.8	3.1	0.3	7.0	0%	.321	1.32	3.42	3.09	97	4.79	97.8
2012	MNT	AA	SOU	33	0	52.0	3	4	8	53	20	27	4		9.2	3.5	0.7	4.7	0%	.295	1.40	4.60	2.94	112	5.01	104.4
2012	DUR	AAA	INT	16	0	21.0	1	1	1	18	8	21	0		7.7	3.4	0.0	9.0	0%	.300	1.24	2.30	1.29	82	3.57	74.3
2013	MNT	AA	SOU	1	0	2.0	0	0	1	1	0	3	0		4.5	0.0	0.0	13.5	0%	.250	0.50	-0.10	0.00	72	3.66	79.6
2013	DUR	AAA	INT	43	0	60.3	5	3	0	50	25	69	1		7.5	3.7	0.1	10.3	0%	.308	1.24	2.42	3.58	81	3.34	72.5
2014	DUR	AAA	INT	54	0	65.0	6	1	4	43	15	86	1		6.0	2.1	0.1	11.9	0%	.292	0.89	1.64	1.66	55	2.29	48.5
2015	LAN	MLB	NL	39	0	29.7	2	2	0	26	9	29	3	95	7.9	2.7	0.9	8.8	0%	.284	1.18	3.43	4.25	94	4.15	96.8
2015	OKL	AAA	PCL	19	0	21.7	0	1	3	18	10	18	2		7.5	4.2	0.8	7.5	0%	.267	1.29	4.65	3.74	103	3.32	72.8
2016	LAN	MLB	NL	58	0	42.7	2	2	0	34	17	47	2	88	7.2	3.6	0.4	9.9	40%	.296	1.20	2.92	3.38	99	4.15	91.8
2016	RCU	A+	CAL	1	0	1.0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0		27.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	17%	.500	3.00	3.70	18.00	113	6.79	150.0
2016	OKL	AAA	PCL	4	0	5.0	0	0	1	0	2	10	0		0.0	3.6	0.0	18.0	75%	.000	0.40	0.92	0.00	40	1.30	28.8
2017	LAN	MLB	NL	4	0	3.3	0	0	0	3	2	5	0		8.1	5.4	0.0	13.5	63%	.375	1.50	1.97	2.70	110	6.12	130.2
2017	RCU	A+	CAL	1	1	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	108	0.0	0.0	0.0	9.0	67%	.000	0.00	1.92	0.00	88	2.59	55.2
2017	OKL	AAA	PCL	10	0	11.7	0	1	0	9	1	10	0		6.9	0.8	0.0	7.7	36%	.273	0.86	2.52	2.31	81	2.76	58.7
2017	DOD	Rk	AZL	1	1	1.0	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	103	0.0	9.0	0.0	18.0	0%	.000	1.00	3.22	0.00	84	3.48	74.0
2018	LAN	MLB	NL	17	0	13.0	2	1	0	10	8	12	1	96	6.9	5.5	0.7	8.3	64%	.281	1.38	4.35	2.77	91	3.96	88.5
2018	OKL	AAA	PCL	18	0	17.3	2	2	0	29	6	17	3		15.1	3.1	1.6	8.8	41%	.413	2.02	5.41	5.19	104	7.58	160.3

Plate Discipline

YEAR	Pits	Zone%	Swing%	Contact%	Z-Swing%	O-Swing%	Z-Contact%	O-Contact%	SwStr%
2015	467	0.5011	0.4518	0.7299	0.6496	0.2532	0.8026	0.5424	0.2701
2016	700	0.5043	0.4543	0.7610	0.6346	0.2709	0.8527	0.5426	0.2390
2017	75	0.4533	0.4133	0.7742	0.5294	0.3171	0.8333	0.6923	0.2258
2018	181	0.4033	0.4586	0.7711	0.6575	0.3241	0.8333	0.6857	0.2289
Career	1423	0.4877	0.4519	0.7528	0.6369	0.2743	0.8328	0.5686	0.2472

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
2018	LAN	$
2017	LAN	$
2016	LAN	$
2015	LAN	$

Service Time	Agent	Contract Status
2 y 86 d		1 year (2018)

Details
1 year (2018). Re-signed by LA Dodgers 3/18. DFA by LA Dodgers 8/31/18. Released 9/5/18. 1 year (2017). Re-signed by LA Dodgers 3/17. 1 year (2016). Re-signed by LA Dodgers 3/16. 1 year/$0.5075M (2015). Contract selected, acquired by LA Dodgers in trade from Tampa Bay 11/20/14. Signed by LA Dodgers 3/15. Drafted by Tampa Bay 2010 (21-641) (Tennessee Tech).

2019 Preseason Forecast

Last Update: 1/27/2017 12:35 ET

PCT	W	SV	G	IP	H	BB	SO	HR	BABIP	WHIP	ERA	DRA	VORP	WARP
90^o	8.1	1	60	51.7	38	19	47	5	.242	1.11	3.39	3.59	-3.6	-0.4
80^o	6.9	0.8	53	45.5	37	18	42	5	.257	1.20	3.79	4.01	-5.2	-0.6
70^o	6.2	0.7	48	41.2	35	17	38	5	.268	1.27	4.08	4.33	-6.1	-0.7
60^o	5.5	0.6	43	37.6	34	16	35	5	.277	1.33	4.34	4.6	-6.7	-0.7
50^o	5	0.6	40	34.4	32	16	32	5	.286	1.39	4.58	4.86	-7.1	-0.8
40^o	4.5	0.5	36	31.2	30	15	29	4	.294	1.45	4.82	5.13	-7.3	-0.8
30^o	3.9	0.4	32	27.9	28	14	26	4	.304	1.51	5.09	5.41	-7.4	-0.8
20^o	3.3	0.3	28	24.1	26	13	22	4	.315	1.59	5.41	5.76	-7.3	-0.8
10^o	2.6	0.2	22	19.1	22	11	18	3	.330	1.71	5.87	6.25	-6.8	-0.7
Weighted Mean	4.9	0.5	39	33.6	31	15	31	4	.283	1.37	4.54	4.82	-6.8	-0.7

Preseason Long-Term Forecast (Beyond the 2019 Projections)

Playing time estimates are based on performance, not Depth Charts.

Year	Age	W	L	SV	G	IP	H	BB	SO	HR	GB%	BABIP	WHIP	ERA	DRA	H/9	BB/9	K/9	HR/9	WARP
2020	33	3	1	1	60	52	46	21	49	7	43	.298	1.29	4.41	4.94	8.0	3.6	8.5	1.2	-0.0
2021	34	3	1	1	54	47	41	20	44	6	43	.298	1.31	4.47	5.00	7.9	3.9	8.5	1.2	-0.1
2022	35	3	1	1	53	46	40	19	43	6	43	.296	1.28	4.54	5.08	7.8	3.7	8.4	1.2	-0.1
2023	36	2	1	1	50	43	38	18	41	6	43	.298	1.30	4.48	5.02	8.0	3.8	8.6	1.3	-0.1
2024	37	2	1	1	44	38	34	16	35	5	43	.300	1.32	4.59	5.14	8.1	3.8	8.3	1.2	-0.1
2025	38	2	1	1	45	39	35	16	36	5	43	.300	1.32	4.53	5.07	8.1	3.7	8.4	1.2	-0.1
2026	39	2	1	1	41	36	33	15	33	5	43	.302	1.33	4.62	5.17	8.2	3.8	8.2	1.2	-0.1
2027	40	2	1	1	43	37	34	16	35	5	43	.302	1.34	4.63	5.18	8.2	3.9	8.4	1.2	-0.1
2028	41	2	1	1	42	37	33	15	34	5	43	.301	1.31	4.63	5.19	8.1	3.7	8.3	1.2	-0.1

Comparable Players (Similarity Index 74)

Rank	Score	Name	Year	Run Average	Trend
1	88	Louis Coleman	2018	3.68
2	86	Blake Parker	2017	2.67
3	83	Jumbo Diaz	2016	4.19
4	82	Tommy Layne	2017	8.31
5	82	Mitch Stetter	2013	0.00	DNP
6	82	Clay Rapada	2013	0.00
7	80	Pat Neshek	2013	3.57
8	80	Justin Hampson	2012	3.60
9	80	Nick Hagadone	2018	0.00	DNP
10	79	Pat Venditte	2017	0.00	DNP
11	79	Rob Wooten	2018	0.00	DNP
12	78	Tim Hamulack	2009	0.00	DNP
13	78	Al Alburquerque	2018	0.00	DNP
14	77	Scott Atchison	2008	0.00	DNP
15	77	Josh Kinney	2011	6.62
16	77	Brandon Gomes	2017	0.00	DNP
17	77	Scott Strickland	2008	0.00	DNP
18	77	Cory Gearrin	2018	3.77
19	77	Randy Choate	2008	0.00	DNP
20	76	Dale Thayer	2013	3.60
21	75	Fernando Cabrera	2014	0.00	DNP
22	75	Dane De La Rosa	2015	0.00	DNP
23	75	Chris Hatcher	2017	4.37
24	75	Chris Leroux	2016	0.00	DNP
25	75	Marcos Mateo	2016	0.00	DNP
26	75	Mike Koplove	2009	0.00	DNP
27	75	Jim Henderson	2015	0.00	DNP
28	75	Blake Wood	2018	2.31
29	74	Fernando Rodriguez	2016	4.20
30	74	Kevin Gregg	2010	3.66
31	74	Brad Brach	2018	4.60
32	74	Anthony Varvaro	2017	0.00	DNP
33	74	Jean Machi	2014	2.58
34	74	Will Harris	2017	3.18
35	74	Randy Flores	2008	5.61
36	74	Micah Bowie	2007	4.71
37	73	Jason Bulger	2011	3.86
38	73	Jeff Manship	2017	0.00	DNP
39	73	Chris Schroder	2011	0.00	DNP
40	73	Tom Wilhelmsen	2016	6.99
41	73	Carlos Almanzar	2006	0.00	DNP
42	73	George Sherrill	2009	1.70
43	73	Jason Frasor	2010	4.24
44	73	Matt Bush	2018	5.09
45	73	Bobby Korecky	2012	18.00
46	73	Pedro Feliciano	2009	3.94
47	73	Gabe DeHoyos	2012	0.00	DNP
48	72	Rafael Martin	2016	2.45
49	72	Fernando Rodney	2009	4.52
50	72	Steve Cishek	2018	2.56
51	72	Jared Burton	2013	3.95
52	72	Evan Meek	2015	0.00	DNP
53	72	Mike MacDougal	2009	5.13
54	72	Brandon Villafuerte	2008	0.00	DNP
55	72	Brandon Kintzler	2017	3.15
56	72	Ramon Ramirez	2014	0.00
57	71	Sam LeCure	2016	0.00	DNP
58	71	Casey Janssen	2014	4.34
59	71	Fernando Abad	2018	0.00	DNP
60	71	Javy Guerra	2018	6.81
61	71	Craig Breslow	2013	2.41
62	71	Jack Taschner	2010	6.41
63	71	Joe Thatcher	2014	4.75
64	71	Peter Moylan	2011	3.24
65	71	Wesley Wright	2017	0.00	DNP
66	71	George Kontos	2017	3.80
67	71	Dustin Molleken	2017	0.00	DNP
68	71	Cesar Ramos	2016	6.61
69	71	Scott Williamson	2008	0.00	DNP
70	71	Tim Dillard	2016	0.00	DNP
71	71	Will Ohman	2010	3.86
72	71	Justin Miller	2010	4.44
73	71	Kevin Jepsen	2017	0.00	DNP
74	70	Mike Marshall	1975	3.79	DNP
75	70	Logan Kensing	2015	5.87
76	70	Cristhian Martinez	2014	0.00	DNP
77	70	Chad Paronto	2008	4.35
78	70	Todd Coffey	2013	0.00	DNP
79	70	Matt Wise	2008	6.43
80	70	Santiago Casilla	2013	2.52
81	70	Anthony Swarzak	2018	6.15
82	70	Jesse Crain	2014	0.00	DNP
83	70	Paul Shuey	2003	3.00
84	70	Mike Adams	2011	1.59
85	70	Tyler Sturdevant	2018	0.00	DNP
86	70	Bobby Seay	2010	0.00	DNP
87	70	Casey Fien	2016	5.49
88	70	Jonathan Broxton	2016	4.45
89	70	Doug Slaten	2012	2.77
90	69	Luke Gregerson	2016	3.59
91	69	Matt Lindstrom	2012	3.26
92	69	Adam Ottavino	2018	2.90
93	69	Brendan Donnelly	2004	3.00
94	69	Darren O'Day	2015	1.79
95	69	Kyle Farnsworth	2008	4.77
96	69	Jose Veras	2013	3.30
97	69	J.P. Howell	2015	1.84
98	69	Matt Thornton	2009	2.74
99	69	Saul Rivera	2010	22.09
100	69	Jose Valdez	2015	0.00	DNP

BP Annual Player Comments

Year		Comment
2019		Due to publishing agreements, the 2019 player comments and team essays are only available in the Baseball Prospectus 2019 book (available in hardcopy, and soon e-book and Kindle).
2018		Would-be LOOGY Adam Liberatore was unable to liberate himself from injury in 2017, as groin and forearm issues limited him to just four spring appearances before an eventual September rehab shutdown.
2017		In 2014, Childish Gambino dropped a freestyle on HOT97 with Rosenberg that accomplished something heretofore thought impossible: positive YouTube comments. It was four minutes of straight fire, kicked off with the refrain "I've been grindin' my whole life." Liberatore knows a little something about grinding—as do most 28-year-old rookies. A 21st-round pick by the Rays from Tennessee Technological University in 2010, Liberatore wasn't handed anything on the diamond, including a check. But as Gambino croons, "they gave the wrong [pitchers] money." Liberatore didn't post an ERA over 3.74 in his minor league career, yet he didn't earn many chances due to his low-90s fastball, even as a lefty. Finally afforded an opportunity to get that paper in 2016, he reeled off a string as epic as the aforementioned freestyle, recording a 42-game, 33-inning stretch from April to July where he allowed two earned runs and struck out 38 against only 10 walks. Liberatore struggled down the stretch and was ultimately surpassed by Grant Dayton as the go-to lefty―likely due to an elbow that needed arthroscopic surgery after the season. As a result, he'll enter Spring Training just trying to make the team. That's nothing new for Liberatore, of course. He's been grindin' his whole life.
2016		Not content to rely on J.P. Howell and Joel Peralta alone, Andrew Friedman also picked up Liberatore to round out a bullpen replete with former Rays, but the lefty never made it to the majors in Tampa. His debut with the Dodgers was fine, okay, nondescript, average, middle of the road, vanilla. Still, the large lefty will need to miss a few more bats if he wants to earn his name à la Simon Bolivar, Emperor Alexander II and Pedro I of Brazil. Now those were some Liberatores who knew how to provide relief.
2015		A classic three-year Triple-A project, Liberatore has gone from just a big body to a big-league-ready fireman. He beat out Durham's entire starting rotation for the team's Most Valuable Pitcher Award, was named the Rays' minor-league Reliever of the Year and was by most statistical measures the best reliever in the International League. Liberatore's increasingly heavy, 93 mph fastball was responsible for most of his success, along with a workable slider, a show-me changeup and (more importantly) maturity that allowed him to assume Durham's closer role late in the season. The 2010 21st-rounder should make his big-league debut this year; his sub-.500 OPS allowed to lefties over three Triple-A seasons recommends him for situational use, but he handles righties, too.
2013		Adam Liberatore, a 2010 21st-rounder out of Tennessee Tech, has moved quietly but steadily up the system and, in a late-season stint at Triple-A, put up his best numbers yet.

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PITCHf/x Pitcher Profile

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Although he has not thrown an MLB pitch in 2024, Adam Liberatore threw 1,448 pitches that were tracked by the PITCHf/x system between 2015 and 2018, all of them occuring in Spring Training. In 2018, he relied primarily on his Fourseam Fastball (91mph) and Change (83mph), also mixing in a Slider (83mph).

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2019 Projections (Preseason PECOTA - seasonal age 32)