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Casey Lawrence PBlue Jays

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2019 Projections (Preseason PECOTA - seasonal age 31)
IP ERA WHIP SO W L SV WARP
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Birth Date10-28-1987
Height6' 2"
Weight170 lbs
Age36 years, 5 months, 19 days
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2015
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-0.52017
-0.42018
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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 SEA 0 23 0 42.0 2 0 0 56 14 45 9 12.0 3.0 1.9 9.6 44% .382 1.67 4.85 5.57 108 5.49 116.8 -0.1
2017 TOR 0 4 2 13.3 0 3 0 21 11 7 2 95 14.2 7.4 1.4 4.7 59% .365 2.40 6.52 8.78 126 7.90 168.1 -0.4
2018 SEA MLB 11 0 23.3 1 0 0 28 10 14 2 96 10.8 3.9 0.8 5.4 48% .333 1.63 4.65 7.33 115 6.46 144.2 -0.4
2017 TOT MLB 27 2 55.3 2 3 0 77 25 52 11 23 12.5 4.1 1.8 8.5 48% .377 1.84 5.26 6.34 113 6.07 129.2 -0.5
CareerMLB38278.73301053566134512.04.01.57.648%.3641.785.086.641146.18133.6-0.9

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 LNS A MDW 4 3 20.3 1 1 1 21 3 13 1 104 9.3 1.3 0.4 5.8 0% .317 1.18 3.85 3.99 0 0.00 0.0
2010 AUB A- NYP 12 10 57.0 6 1 0 41 9 48 2 100 6.5 1.4 0.3 7.6 0% .253 0.88 2.81 1.74 0 0.00 0.0
2011 LNS A MID 22 21 125.7 11 8 0 123 22 97 9 99 8.8 1.6 0.6 6.9 0% .292 1.15 3.29 3.08 92 4.40 89.9
2011 DUN A+ FSL 4 4 25.3 3 1 0 26 2 14 3 111 9.2 0.7 1.1 5.0 0% .280 1.11 4.04 2.84 100 4.22 86.2
2012 DUN A+ FSL 24 23 138.7 9 6 0 149 21 90 9 106 9.7 1.4 0.6 5.8 0% .311 1.23 3.41 3.63 96 4.75 99.0
2012 NHP AA EAS 3 2 12.7 0 1 0 20 5 6 1 102 14.2 3.6 0.7 4.3 0% .422 1.97 4.69 6.39 112 7.52 156.5
2013 DUN A+ FSL 16 15 89.3 4 6 0 107 15 54 7 100 10.8 1.5 0.7 5.4 0% .333 1.37 3.55 4.43 97 5.36 116.5
2013 NHP AA EAS 2 2 10.0 0 0 0 9 3 6 2 108 8.1 2.7 1.8 5.4 0% .241 1.20 5.62 2.70 115 3.91 84.9
2013 BUF AAA INT 1 1 4.0 0 1 0 10 2 3 0 105 22.5 4.5 0.0 6.8 0% .500 3.00 3.20 11.25 107 8.12 176.5
2014 NHP AA EAS 26 22 151.3 9 9 0 161 29 93 9 103 9.6 1.7 0.5 5.5 0% .308 1.26 3.51 3.69 95 4.61 97.6
2015 NHP AA EAS 26 26 161.3 12 13 0 208 32 91 9 98 11.6 1.8 0.5 5.1 0% .347 1.49 3.50 4.52 101 6.23 136.7
2015 BUF AAA INT 1 1 6.3 0 1 0 9 0 6 1 91 12.8 0.0 1.4 8.5 0% .381 1.42 3.31 5.68 87 4.66 102.1
2016 NHP AA EAS 13 13 75.0 3 6 0 92 13 50 8 106 11.0 1.6 1.0 6.0 54% .341 1.40 3.97 4.56 100 5.23 115.5
2016 BUF AAA INT 15 15 87.0 5 6 0 87 24 58 5 101 9.0 2.5 0.5 6.0 51% .293 1.28 3.51 3.83 99 4.42 97.7
2017 SEA MLB AL 23 0 42.0 2 0 0 56 14 45 9 12.0 3.0 1.9 9.6 44% .382 1.67 4.85 5.57 108 5.49 116.8
2017 TOR MLB AL 4 2 13.3 0 3 0 21 11 7 2 95 14.2 7.4 1.4 4.7 59% .365 2.40 6.52 8.78 126 7.90 168.1
2017 BUF AAA INT 3 3 10.0 1 0 0 9 1 7 1 90 8.1 0.9 0.9 6.3 50% .258 1.00 3.84 0.90 89 2.98 63.4
2017 TAC AAA PCL 11 7 57.3 2 4 0 50 10 41 7 98 7.8 1.6 1.1 6.4 40% .256 1.05 4.45 4.08 95 2.88 61.3
2018 SEA MLB AL 11 0 23.3 1 0 0 28 10 14 2 96 10.8 3.9 0.8 5.4 48% .333 1.63 4.65 7.33 115 6.46 144.2
2018 TAC AAA PCL 19 16 98.0 7 5 1 98 13 89 11 101 9.0 1.2 1.0 8.2 41% .302 1.13 3.84 3.31 87 3.51 74.3

Plate Discipline

YEAR Pits Zone% Swing% Contact% Z-Swing% O-Swing% Z-Contact% O-Contact% SwStr%
2017 984 0.4268 0.4593 0.7478 0.6310 0.3316 0.8755 0.5668 0.2522
2018 398 0.3995 0.4925 0.7806 0.6918 0.3598 0.8818 0.6512 0.2194
Career13820.41890.46890.75720.64850.33970.87730.59110.2428

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
2014-05-29 2014-06-21 Minors 23 0 - Not Disclosed -

Compensation

Year Team Salary
2023 TOR $
2022 TOR $
2021 TOR $
2020 MIN $
2018 SEA $546,000
2017 SEA $
YearsDescriptionSalary
1 yrPrevious$546,000
1 yrTotal$546,000

 

Service TimeAgentContract Status
1 y 64 d1 year (2023)

Details
  • 1 year (2023). Re-signed by Toronto as a free agent 1/6/23 (minor-league contract). Released by Toronto 7/18/23 (Lawrence exercised right to opt out of contract). Signed by St. Louis as a free agent 7/19/23 (minor-league contract). Contract selected by St. Louis 8/15/23. Sent outright to Triple-A by St. Louis 10/26/23.
  • 1 year (2022). Re-signed by Toronto as a free agent 11/29/21 (minor-league contract). Contract selected by Toronto 5/4/22. Sent outright to Triple-A 11/9/22 (elected free agency).
  • 1 year (2021). Signed by Toronto as a free agent 5/19/21 (minor-league contract).
  • 1 year (2020). Signed by Minnesota as a free agent 1/28/20 (minor-league contract).
  • 2019. Signed by Hiroshima Carp of Japan 12/18.
  • 1 year (2018). Re-signed by Seattle 12/17 (minor-league contract). Contract selected by Seattle 3/28/18. Released by Seattle 11/29/18.
  • 1 year (2017). Re-signed by Toronto as a free agent 11/11/16 (minor-league contract). Contract selected by Toronto 4/8/17. Claimed by Seattle off waivers 5/11/17 after being DFA by Toronto 5/8/17. Sent outright to Triple-A by Seattle 10/31/17.
  • Signed by Toronto 6/15/10 as an amateur free agent (Albright College, Pa.).

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 8.6 0.2 26 18 119.8 110 30 95 17 .270 1.17 3.81 4.16 -11.9 -1.3
80o 0 8.6 0.2 25 17 113.7 111 30 90 17 .281 1.24 4.16 4.54 -15.8 -1.7
70o 0 8.6 0.2 24 16 109.4 111 30 87 17 .290 1.29 4.41 4.82 -18.4 -2.0
60o 0 8.6 0.2 23 16 105.8 111 30 84 17 .297 1.34 4.63 5.06 -20.5 -2.2
50o 0 8.6 0.2 22 15 102.4 111 30 81 17 .303 1.38 4.84 5.28 -22.2 -2.4
40o 0 8.6 0.1 22 15 99.1 111 30 79 17 .310 1.43 5.05 5.51 -23.8 -2.6
30o 0 8.6 0.1 21 14 95.7 111 30 76 17 .317 1.48 5.27 5.76 -25.5 -2.8
20o 0 8.5 0.1 20 14 91.7 111 30 73 17 .326 1.54 5.54 6.06 -27.3 -3.0
10o 0 8.4 0.1 19 13 86.2 110 30 69 17 .337 1.62 5.92 6.48 -29.5 -3.2
Weighted Mean08.60.22215102.2110308117.3021.384.825.26-21.9-2.4

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PITCHf/x Pitcher Profile

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Casey Lawrence has thrown 4,315 pitches that have been tracked by the PITCHf/x system between 2017 and 2024, all of them occuring in Spring Training. In 2024, he has relied primarily on his Change (82mph), Sinker (88mph) and Slider (79mph), also mixing in a Cutter (83mph) and Fourseam Fastball (89mph). He also rarely throws a Curve (77mph).