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2019 Projections (Preseason PECOTA - seasonal age 30)
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Birth Date11-15-1988
Height6' 4"
Weight200 lbs
Age35 years, 5 months, 11 days
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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 TEX MLB 8 0 8.7 0 0 0 10 4 7 0 93 10.4 4.2 0.0 7.3 0% .357 1.62 2.93 4.15 125 5.73 140.5 -0.1
2016 MIL MLB 4 0 3.0 0 0 0 10 0 2 0 93 30.0 0.0 0.0 6.0 71% .588 3.33 1.85 15.00 138 9.96 220.5 -0.2
CareerMLB12011.7000204909315.43.10.06.964%.4442.062.656.941306.82161.1-0.3

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 SPO A- NWN 21 0 33.0 2 0 1 18 14 30 0 4.9 3.8 0.0 8.2 0% .209 0.97 3.02 1.09 0 0.00 0.0
2011 HIC A SAL 33 0 59.0 5 4 2 55 18 43 1 8.4 2.7 0.2 6.6 0% .297 1.24 3.25 1.98 94 4.50 91.9
2012 MYR A+ CAR 38 0 57.3 5 0 19 41 3 52 2 6.4 0.5 0.3 8.2 0% .257 0.77 2.39 1.57 74 2.63 54.8
2012 LEO Wnt VWL 5 0 5.0 0 0 0 4 1 4 0 7.2 1.8 0.0 7.2 0% .235 1.00 2.23 1.80 0 0.00 0.0
2012 SUR Wnt AFL 14 0 14.0 0 1 0 9 6 13 1 5.8 3.9 0.6 8.4 0% .211 1.07 4.28 3.21 0 0.00 0.0
2013 FRI AA TEX 31 0 33.7 3 0 10 23 11 28 1 6.1 2.9 0.3 7.5 0% .253 1.01 2.75 0.53 92 3.48 75.7
2013 ROU AAA PCL 20 0 32.0 3 1 3 18 6 30 0 5.1 1.7 0.0 8.4 0% .212 0.75 2.25 0.84 66 1.09 23.6
2014 TEX MLB AL 8 0 8.7 0 0 0 10 4 7 0 93 10.4 4.2 0.0 7.3 0% .357 1.62 2.93 4.15 125 5.73 140.5
2014 ROU AAA PCL 34 0 47.0 3 0 5 47 9 31 2 9.0 1.7 0.4 5.9 0% .290 1.19 3.88 3.45 88 3.81 80.6
2015 BOW AA EAS 20 0 27.7 2 0 1 24 3 18 1 7.8 1.0 0.3 5.9 0% .284 0.98 2.87 2.28 92 3.98 87.2
2015 BUF AAA INT 14 0 18.0 0 1 1 12 2 11 0 6.0 1.0 0.0 5.5 0% .226 0.78 2.59 2.00 92 3.88 85.1
2015 IOW AAA PCL 8 0 9.3 2 0 0 6 1 7 0 5.8 1.0 0.0 6.8 0% .250 0.75 2.41 0.00 81 2.53 55.4
2015 NOR AAA INT 6 0 9.7 0 0 0 8 3 6 0 7.4 2.8 0.0 5.6 0% .267 1.14 2.84 2.79 93 4.67 102.5
2016 MIL MLB NL 4 0 3.0 0 0 0 10 0 2 0 93 30.0 0.0 0.0 6.0 71% .588 3.33 1.85 15.00 138 9.96 220.5
2016 BUF AAA INT 37 0 47.3 0 4 1 46 11 33 1 8.7 2.1 0.2 6.3 65% .306 1.20 2.74 2.47 88 3.63 80.2
2016 CSP AAA PCL 8 0 10.7 0 0 0 11 3 12 0 9.3 2.5 0.0 10.1 34% .379 1.31 2.31 1.69 76 3.19 70.5
2016 ESC Wnt DWL 13 0 11.0 0 1 0 8 3 3 0 6.5 2.5 0.0 2.5 0% .216 1.00 2.96 2.45 0 0.00 0.0
2017 LVG AAA PCL 54 0 63.3 3 3 0 80 13 52 6 11.4 1.8 0.9 7.4 54% .370 1.47 4.02 4.41 90 4.87 103.7
2018 LOU AAA INT 10 0 10.7 0 2 0 19 2 7 3 16.0 1.7 2.5 5.9 44% .381 1.97 6.51 9.28 119 7.91 167.3
2019 MIS AA SOU 9 1 12.0 1 0 0 13 4 7 1 83 9.8 3.0 0.8 5.3 44% .300 1.42 4.46 4.50 120 7.09 145.9
2019 GWN AAA INT 31 6 77.7 4 3 0 72 11 58 4 98 8.3 1.3 0.5 6.7 41% .291 1.07 3.38 3.48 86 2.79 57.4

Plate Discipline

YEAR Pits Zone% Swing% Contact% Z-Swing% O-Swing% Z-Contact% O-Contact% SwStr%
2014 133 0.5113 0.4135 0.8727 0.5588 0.2615 0.9737 0.6471 0.1273
2016 60 0.5833 0.4833 0.8966 0.6286 0.2800 0.9091 0.8571 0.1034
Career1930.53370.43520.88010.58050.26730.95360.71240.1199

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
2014-04-01 2014-04-14 Minors 13 0 - Not Disclosed - -
2014-02-12 2014-02-17 Camp 5 0 Right Arm Inflammation Tendonitis - -

Compensation

Year Team Salary
2019 ATL $
2018 CIN $
2017 NYN $
2016 TOR $
2015 CHN $

 

Service TimeAgentContract Status
0 y 88 d1 year (2021)

Details
  • 1 year (2021). Signed by LA Angels as a free agent 12/14/20 (minor-league contract). Contract selected by LA Angels 4/12/21. DFA by LA Angels 5/5/21. Elected free agency 10/14/21. Retired 12/21.
  • 2020
  • 1 year (2019). Signed by Atlanta as a free agent 2/3/19 (minor-league contract).
  • 1 year (2018). Signed by Cincinnati as a free agent 2/20/18 (minor-league contract). Released by Cincinnati 5/14/18.
  • 1 year (2017). Signed by NY Mets as a free agent 12/14/16 (minor-league contract).
  • 1 year (2016). Re-signed by Toronto 3/16. Claimed by Milwaukee off waivers 8/4/16 after being DFA by Toronto 8/1/16. Sent outright to Triple-A by Milwaukee 11/7/16.
  • 1 year (2015). Signed by LA Dodgers as a free agent 1/20/15 (minor-league contract). Acquired by Baltimore in trade from LA Dodgers 4/9/15. Released by Baltimore 7/4/15. Signed by Chicago Cubs as a free agent 7/5/15 (minor-league contract). Contract selected by Chicago Cubs 7/29/15. Claimed by Toronto off waivers 8/3/15 after being DFA by Chicago Cubs 7/31/15.
  • 1 year/$0.5M (2014). Contract purchased by Texas 11/20/13. Re-signed by Texas 2/26/14. DFA by Texas 12/16/14. Released 12/19/14.
  • Drafted by Texas 2010 (22-676) (Virginia Tech).

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 5.7 0 1.7 40 0 50.2 45 17 33 7 .255 1.23 4.09 4.6 -8.6 -0.9
80o 4.9 0 1.4 35 0 44.2 43 16 29 6 .269 1.33 4.49 5.05 -9.7 -1.1
70o 4.4 0 1.3 32 0 40.0 41 15 26 6 .279 1.40 4.78 5.37 -10.1 -1.1
60o 3.9 0 1.1 29 0 36.5 39 14 24 6 .288 1.46 5.04 5.66 -10.3 -1.1
50o 3.5 0 1 27 0 33.3 37 14 22 5 .296 1.52 5.28 5.93 -10.3 -1.1
40o 3.1 0 0.9 24 0 30.2 35 13 20 5 .305 1.59 5.52 6.21 -10.3 -1.1
30o 2.8 0 0.7 22 0 27.0 33 12 18 5 .314 1.65 5.79 6.51 -10.0 -1.1
20o 2.3 0 0.6 19 0 23.3 30 11 15 4 .324 1.74 6.11 6.87 -9.5 -1.0
10o 1.8 0 0.4 15 0 18.4 25 9 12 4 .339 1.86 6.57 7.39 -8.5 -0.9
Weighted Mean3.50126032.63613225.2941.515.245.89-10.0-1.1

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DateQuestionAnswer
2016-09-08 19:00:00 (link to chat)Just curious as of now who is your favorite player and why? Do you suggest always having him on your fantasy baseball team ?
(Wally from FL)		That's an extremely difficult question. It's a tie between Mookie Betts and J.D. Martinez among hitters right now. Julio Urias or Marcus Stroman among pitchers. I'll go with someone a bit more obscure for the purposes of this question. The pitcher that I think about on a daily basis is Ben Rowen. He's a submarine pitcher that's now with the Brewers. He's fascinating to me. The other two obscure pitchers I'm obsessed with are Eddie Gamboa, a 31-year-old knuckleballer with the Rays and Robby Scott, a Red Sox lefty who throws from different arm slots to right and left handed batters. It's surreal. (George Bissell)


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PITCHf/x Pitcher Profile

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Although he has not thrown an MLB pitch in 2024, Ben Rowen threw 439 pitches that were tracked by the PITCHf/x system between 2013 and 2021, all of them occuring in Spring Training. In 2021, he relied primarily on his Slider (71mph) and Sinker (80mph). He also rarely threw a Fourseam Fastball (88mph).