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Richard Rodríguez PBraves

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2019 Projections (Preseason PECOTA - seasonal age 29)
IP ERA WHIP SO W L SV WARP
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Birth Date3-4-1990
Height6' 4"
Weight220 lbs
Age34 years, 1 months, 19 days
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1.72018
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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
2017 BAL MLB 5 0 5.7 0 0 0 12 3 3 4 19.1 4.8 6.4 4.8 46% .400 2.65 13.38 14.29 128 8.32 177.2 -0.2
2018 PIT MLB 63 0 69.3 4 3 0 55 19 88 5 95 7.1 2.5 0.6 11.4 40% .309 1.07 2.56 2.47 83 2.82 63.0 1.7
2019 PIT MLB 72 0 65.3 4 5 1 65 23 63 14 99 9.0 3.2 1.9 8.7 44% .280 1.35 5.17 3.72 102 4.70 96.4 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-
2011 AST Rk GCL 4 0 3.7 0 0 0 6 1 3 1 14.7 2.5 2.5 7.4 0% .385 1.91 6.13 9.82 104 6.92 141.3
2012 LEX A SAL 1 1 3.0 0 0 0 3 1 4 0 93 9.0 3.0 0.0 12.0 0% .375 1.33 2.91 3.00 94 6.08 126.7
2012 GRV Rk APP 8 6 32.3 2 1 0 27 9 37 3 106 7.5 2.5 0.8 10.3 0% .279 1.11 3.62 3.90 86 2.31 48.1
2013 QUD A MID 14 0 23.3 0 1 0 29 10 18 4 11.2 3.9 1.5 6.9 0% .313 1.67 5.30 7.33 116 5.73 124.5
2013 TCV A- NYP 16 0 21.0 4 0 1 17 3 23 2 7.3 1.3 0.9 9.9 0% .278 0.95 2.56 1.29 85 2.76 59.9
2014 LNC A+ CAL 7 0 10.7 0 0 0 10 2 16 2 8.4 1.7 1.7 13.5 0% .348 1.13 3.73 5.06 71 3.03 64.1
2014 CCH AA TEX 11 0 20.7 0 2 0 21 2 28 1 9.1 0.9 0.4 12.2 0% .377 1.11 1.47 3.05 64 4.47 94.6
2014 OKL AAA PCL 16 0 28.3 2 0 0 19 6 23 3 6.0 1.9 1.0 7.3 0% .216 0.88 4.29 3.49 94 2.30 48.7
2015 BOW AA EAS 10 0 21.3 1 1 0 11 2 23 2 4.6 0.8 0.8 9.7 0% .177 0.61 2.75 1.27 74 1.89 41.5
2015 FRE AAA PCL 23 0 42.0 5 0 0 32 10 36 4 6.9 2.1 0.9 7.7 0% .235 1.00 3.83 2.57 88 1.91 41.8
2015 NOR AAA INT 13 0 20.3 1 3 0 19 10 15 2 8.4 4.4 0.9 6.6 0% .279 1.43 4.87 3.54 115 4.72 103.6
2016 NOR AAA INT 48 2 81.7 6 2 2 65 25 81 5 103 7.2 2.8 0.6 8.9 34% .276 1.10 3.08 2.53 92 3.31 73.0
2017 BAL MLB AL 5 0 5.7 0 0 0 12 3 3 4 19.1 4.8 6.4 4.8 46% .400 2.65 13.38 14.29 128 8.32 177.2
2017 NOR AAA INT 42 1 70.7 4 4 10 56 18 80 5 81 7.1 2.3 0.6 10.2 29% .285 1.05 2.88 2.42 85 3.06 65.1
2017 AGU Wnt DWL 14 0 12.3 1 2 0 18 1 19 2 13.1 0.7 1.5 13.9 0% .457 1.54 1.60 7.30 0 0.00 0.0
2018 PIT MLB NL 63 0 69.3 4 3 0 55 19 88 5 95 7.1 2.5 0.6 11.4 40% .309 1.07 2.56 2.47 83 2.82 63.0
2018 IND AAA INT 2 0 5.0 0 0 0 1 2 9 0 1.8 3.6 0.0 16.2 14% .143 0.60 0.93 0.00 65 2.18 46.1
2019 PIT MLB NL 72 0 65.3 4 5 1 65 23 63 14 99 9.0 3.2 1.9 8.7 44% .280 1.35 5.17 3.72 102 4.70 96.4
2019 IND AAA INT 2 0 3.0 1 0 1 2 0 3 1 6.0 0.0 3.0 9.0 13% .143 0.67 5.96 3.00 83 3.55 73.0

Plate Discipline

YEAR Pits Zone% Swing% Contact% Z-Swing% O-Swing% Z-Contact% O-Contact% SwStr%
2017 124 0.4919 0.3952 0.8367 0.6230 0.1746 0.8947 0.6364 0.1633
2018 1131 0.5623 0.4943 0.6923 0.6384 0.3091 0.7660 0.4967 0.3077
2019 1133 0.5252 0.4854 0.7600 0.6588 0.2937 0.8316 0.5823 0.2400
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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
2021 PIT $1,700,000
2020 PIT $633,500
2019 PIT $650,000
2018 PIT $
2017 BAL $
YearsDescriptionSalary
3 yrPrevious$2,983,500
3 yrTotal$2,983,500

 

Service TimeAgentContract Status
4 y 16 d1 year (2023)

Details
  • 1 year (2023). Signed by Miami as a free agent 2/28/23 (minor-league contract).
  • 1 year (2022). Signed by NY Yankees as a free agent 7/7/22 (minor-league contract).
  • 1 year/$1.7M (2021). Re-signed by Pittsburgh 1/15/21 (avoided arbitration). Acquired by Atlanta in trade from Pittsburgh 7/30/21. Non-tendered by Atlanta 11/30/21.
  • 1 year/$633,500 (2020). Re-signed by Pittsburgh 3/20.
  • 1 year/$650,000 (2019). Re-signed by Pittsburgh 3/19.
  • 1 year (2018). Signed by Pittsburgh as a free agent 12/7/17 (minor-league contract). Contract selected by Pittsburgh 3/13/18.
  • 1 year (2017). Contract selected by Baltimore 9/1/17. DFA, sent outright to Triple-A by Baltimore 9/17/17.
  • Acquired by Baltimore in trade from Houston 6/25/15.
  • Signed by Houston 4/20/10 as an amateur free agent from the Dominican Republic.

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 0 0 0 0 14.6 10 4 16 1 .246 0.97 2.50 2.87 0.0 0.0
80o 0 0 0 0 0 9.5 7 3 11 1 .261 1.05 2.85 3.27 0.0 0.0
70o 0 0 0 0 0 5.9 5 2 7 1 .271 1.11 3.10 3.56 0.0 0.0
60o 0 0 0 0 0 3.0 2 1 3 0 .280 1.16 3.32 3.82 0.0 0.0
50o 0 0 0 0 0 0.3 0 0 0 0 .288 1.21 3.53 4.06 0.0 0.0
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PITCHf/x Pitcher Profile

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Although he has not thrown an MLB pitch in 2024, Richard Rodríguez threw 5,168 pitches that were tracked by the PITCHf/x system between 2017 and 2023, all of them occuring in Spring Training. In 2023, he relied primarily on his Sinker (92mph), Fourseam Fastball (92mph) and Curve (80mph).