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2019 Projections (Preseason PECOTA - seasonal age 30)
IP ERA WHIP SO W L SV WARP
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Birth Date1-13-1989
Height6' 4"
Weight220 lbs
Age35 years, 2 months, 15 days
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-0.52015
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1.22017
0.72018
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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 SFN MLB 9 0 7.7 0 0 0 4 2 12 0 97 4.7 2.3 0.0 14.1 0% .267 0.78 0.67 0.00 60 2.20 52.7 0.2
2014 BOS MLB 6 0 10.0 0 0 0 11 5 6 1 98 9.9 4.5 0.9 5.4 0% .323 1.60 4.76 4.50 116 5.15 126.3 -0.1
2015 BOS MLB 22 0 25.3 2 0 0 25 9 15 5 115 8.9 3.2 1.8 5.3 0% .260 1.34 5.55 3.55 127 6.36 148.6 -0.5
2016 BOS MLB 38 0 51.0 4 1 0 51 17 47 6 118 9.0 3.0 1.1 8.3 38% .294 1.33 3.79 2.65 106 4.92 108.9 0.0
2017 BOS MLB 62 0 62.0 2 3 0 72 18 70 10 10.5 2.6 1.5 10.2 42% .360 1.45 3.90 3.63 82 3.39 72.1 1.2
2018 BOS MLB 67 0 60.0 4 1 0 53 27 76 10 107 8.0 4.1 1.5 11.4 40% .295 1.33 4.22 4.20 96 3.87 86.5 0.7
2019 BOS MLB 45 0 39.7 1 0 2 34 18 46 7 105 7.7 4.1 1.6 10.4 24% .273 1.31 4.81 3.86 117 6.54 134.1 -0.5
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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 GIA Rk AZL 12 0 11.0 0 0 3 9 0 22 0 7.4 0.0 0.0 18.0 0% .474 0.82 0.25 0.82 0 0.00 0.0
2011 SJO A+ CAL 26 0 24.7 0 0 21 16 12 44 1 5.8 4.4 0.4 16.1 0% .349 1.14 2.48 0.73 58 1.75 35.7
2011 RIC AA EAS 28 0 28.7 1 1 17 20 13 34 1 6.3 4.1 0.3 10.7 0% .271 1.15 2.84 2.83 86 3.15 64.2
2012 SJO A+ CAL 5 0 5.0 0 0 0 0 1 7 0 0.0 1.8 0.0 12.6 0% .000 0.20 1.60 0.00 73 1.60 33.3
2012 FRE AAA PCL 39 0 38.0 1 1 15 29 20 36 2 6.9 4.7 0.5 8.5 0% .257 1.29 4.34 4.74 99 3.23 67.2
2012 SCO Wnt AFL 9 0 9.0 0 0 2 8 3 12 1 8.0 3.0 1.0 12.0 0% .318 1.22 3.70 3.00 0 0.00 0.0
2013 SFN MLB NL 9 0 7.7 0 0 0 4 2 12 0 97 4.7 2.3 0.0 14.1 0% .267 0.78 0.67 0.00 60 2.20 52.7
2013 FRE AAA PCL 54 0 55.3 1 4 31 54 16 63 7 8.8 2.6 1.1 10.2 0% .315 1.27 3.85 4.07 86 3.73 81.0
2014 BOS MLB AL 6 0 10.0 0 0 0 11 5 6 1 98 9.9 4.5 0.9 5.4 0% .323 1.60 4.76 4.50 116 5.15 126.3
2014 FRE AAA PCL 41 0 39.3 1 3 18 40 13 46 5 9.2 3.0 1.1 10.5 0% .337 1.35 4.15 3.89 91 3.90 82.5
2014 PAW AAA INT 7 0 6.7 0 1 2 5 5 9 0 6.8 6.8 0.0 12.2 0% .294 1.50 2.89 2.70 96 4.78 101.3
2015 BOS MLB AL 22 0 25.3 2 0 0 25 9 15 5 115 8.9 3.2 1.8 5.3 0% .260 1.34 5.55 3.55 127 6.36 148.6
2015 PAW AAA INT 29 0 31.7 0 5 8 23 10 32 1 6.5 2.8 0.3 9.1 0% .265 1.04 2.67 2.27 82 2.86 62.6
2015 RSX Rk GCL 1 1 1.0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 114 18.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0% .400 2.00 3.30 0.00 105 7.21 158.0
2016 BOS MLB AL 38 0 51.0 4 1 0 51 17 47 6 118 9.0 3.0 1.1 8.3 38% .294 1.33 3.79 2.65 106 4.92 108.9
2016 PAW AAA INT 13 0 13.3 0 0 8 6 3 22 0 4.1 2.0 0.0 14.9 38% .250 0.68 0.54 0.68 49 2.28 50.3
2017 BOS MLB AL 62 0 62.0 2 3 0 72 18 70 10 10.5 2.6 1.5 10.2 42% .360 1.45 3.90 3.63 82 3.39 72.1
2018 BOS MLB AL 67 0 60.0 4 1 0 53 27 76 10 107 8.0 4.1 1.5 11.4 40% .295 1.33 4.22 4.20 96 3.87 86.5
2019 BOS MLB AL 45 0 39.7 1 0 2 34 18 46 7 105 7.7 4.1 1.6 10.4 24% .273 1.31 4.81 3.86 117 6.54 134.1
2019 PAW AAA INT 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 18.0 100% .000 0.00 -0.38 0.00 66 1.94 39.9

Plate Discipline

YEAR Pits Zone% Swing% Contact% Z-Swing% O-Swing% Z-Contact% O-Contact% SwStr%
2013 134 0.4925 0.5000 0.6567 0.6667 0.3382 0.6364 0.6957 0.3433
2014 167 0.5150 0.5090 0.7647 0.6977 0.3086 0.8000 0.6800 0.2353
2015 387 0.5323 0.5116 0.7879 0.7573 0.2320 0.8462 0.5714 0.2121
2016 856 0.5350 0.4848 0.7855 0.6616 0.2814 0.8515 0.6071 0.2145
2017 1097 0.4631 0.4995 0.6953 0.6772 0.3463 0.7820 0.5490 0.3047
2018 1103 0.4796 0.4905 0.6839 0.6975 0.2997 0.7859 0.4651 0.3161
2019 713 0.4881 0.4853 0.7254 0.7069 0.2740 0.7642 0.6300 0.2746
Career44570.49380.49360.72410.69140.29920.79530.56360.2759

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
2012-07-05 2012-08-07 Minors 33 29 Right Elbow Strain Flexor Pronator Mass - -

Compensation

Year Team Salary
2024 SEA $
2023 TBA $
2022 PIT $2,125,000
2021 CIN $
2020 BOS $1,612,500
2019 BOS $1,312,500
2018 BOS $581,500
2017 BOS $547,000
2016 BOS $
2015 BOS $
2014 SFN $
2013 SFN $
YearsDescriptionSalary
5 yrPrevious$6,178,500
5 yrTotal$6,178,500

 

Service TimeAgentContract Status
7 y 26 dBallengee1 year (2024)

Details
  • 1 year (2024). Signed by Seattle as a free agent 2/4/24 (minor-league contract).
  • 1 year (2023). Signed by Tampa Bay as a free agent 1/19/23 (minor-league contract). Contract selected by Tampa Bay 4/25/23. DFA by Tampa Bay 4/26/23. Elected free agency 4/28/23. Signed by Detroit as a free agent 5/1/23 (minor-league contract).
  • 1 year/$2.125M (2022). Signed by Pittsburgh as a free agent 3/15/22. DFA by Pittsburgh 6/22/22. Released 6/26/22. Signed by LA Dodgers as a free agent 6/30/22 (minor-league contract). Contract selected by LA Dodgers 8/30/22. DFA by LA Dodgers 9/13/22.
  • 1 year (2021). Signed by Cleveland as a free agent 2/3/21 (minor-league contract). Salary of $1.25M in majors, $200,000 in minors. May earn additional $650,000 in performance bonuses based on games 25-50. Released by Cleveland 3/21/21. Signed by Cincinnati as a free agent 3/22/21 (minor-league contract). Contract selected by Cincinnati 4/23/21. Claimed by NY Mets off waivers 8/20/21 after being DFA by Cincinnati 8/17/21.
  • 1 year/$1.6125M (2020). Re-signed by Boston 1/10/20 (avoided arbitration). Acquired by Philadelphia in trade from Boston 8/21/20.
  • 1 year/$1.3125M (2019). Re-signed by Boston 12/21/18 (avoided arbitration).
  • 1 year/$581,500 (2018). Re-signed by Boston 3/18.
  • 1 year (2017). Re-signed by Boston 3/17.
  • 1 year (2016). Re-signed by Boston 3/2/16.
  • 1 year/$509,500 (2015). Re-signed by Boston 3/8/15.
  • 1 year (2014). Re-signed by San Francisco 3/4/14. Acquired by Boston in trade from San Francisco 7/26/14 (Peavy deal).
  • 1 year (2013). Contract selected by San Francisco 9/3/13.
  • Drafted by San Francisco 2010 (5-168) (College of Charleston). $185,000 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
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DateQuestionAnswer
2017-08-28 13:00:00 (link to chat)I know relief pitchers don't get a lot of attention, but can you name the 5 best future closers in the minors?
(Paddy from Ireland )
Man, I can't honestly give a good answer for this one. I think there are a number of MLB guys who are likely to be tried in the bullpen for health or performance reasons -- Vince Velasquez jumps to mind thanks to fandom; maybe someone tries taking a talented but mercurial starter like Eduardo Rodriguez or Carson Fulmer and transitioning them to a closing role. It's long held that failed starters are relievers, but I think more and more, it's just mediocre starters that become elite closers (Andrew Miller bias much???).

Anyway, that said, I know teams draft closers to be fast rising bullpen lynchpins, but I never trust front offices to stick to that plan. Brandon Finnegan, exhibit A. And assuming closers are going to be as good in the majors as the minors -- say, Heath Hembree -- is almost never workable. It's so hard to pin this down! (Trevor Strunk)
2014-03-12 14:00:00 (link to chat)Have a favorite pick you've made in the reliever draft thus far? Didn't make it into your league so can't see your roster.
(Alex from Milwaukee)
My league is in the middle of the 13th round. My 12 picks so far:

Craig Kimbrel
Grant Balfour
Junichi Tazawa
Kevin Siegrist
Craig Stammen
Will Smith
Carlos Martinez
Adam Ottavino
Wade Davis
Manny Parra
Heath Hembree
Santiago Casilla

(For anyone who doesn't know what we're talking about, Sam is running a reliever-only fantasy league with Effectively Wild listeners. Only categories are runs allowed and strikeouts, and only relief innings count.) (Ben Lindbergh)
2013-06-20 13:00:00 (link to chat)Are any of these arm prospects going to make an impact in 2 years for fantasy owners?: Roberto Osuna, Lucas Giolito, Heath Hembree, Matt Wisler, or Blake Snell?
(Hector from Santa Ana)
I'd bet on Wisler of that group. Hembree should be a major leaguer, but we'll see if he's doing anything of fantasy import. (Paul Sporer)
2012-10-30 13:00:00 (link to chat)Thanks for the chat today. I have questions on a couple of guys. Darrin Ruf will he become a decent MLB bat? Heath Hembree does he make the major league roster next season?
(Frederick from T Hills)
Hi Frederick, thanks for the questions. Ruf's impressive power display last season is softened a bit by the fact that he did it as a 25-year-old in Double-A. Still, that was quite a display and I'd think a team would have room for his bat as a platoon option (he destroyed lefties in 2012) or coming off the bench. As for Hembree, that's a loaded bullpen, but we'll see him up with the Giants at some point. (Geoff Young)


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PITCHf/x Pitcher Profile

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Heath Hembree has thrown 7,016 pitches that have been tracked by the PITCHf/x system between 2012 and 2023, all of them occuring in Spring Training. In 2023, he has relied primarily on his Slider (84mph) and Fourseam Fastball (94mph). He also rarely throws a Curve (82mph).