Bobby Wahl Stats | Baseball Prospectus

IP	ERA	WHIP	SO	W	L	SV	WARP
38.7	3.30	1.21	52	2	1	0	0.5

MLB Statistics

Historical (past-seasons) WARP is now based on DRA..
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YEAR	Team	Lg	G	IP	L	H	BB	SO	HR	PPF	H/9	BB/9	HR/9	K/9	GB%	BABIP	WHIP	FIP	ERA	cFIP	DRA	DRA-	WARP
2017	OAK	MLB	7	7.7	0	8	4	8	0		9.4	4.7	0.0	9.4	22%	.348	1.57	3.01	4.70	123	7.51	159.7	-0.2
2018	NYN	MLB	7	5.3	1	9	4	7	2	87	15.2	6.8	3.4	11.8	17%	.438	2.44	7.62	10.13	99	4.11	91.9	0.0
Career		MLB	14	13.0	1	17	8	15	2	36	11.8	5.5	1.4	10.4	20%	.385	1.92	4.90	6.92	112	6.11	131.9	-0.1

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-
2013	VER	A-	NYP	9	4	20.7	0	0	2	20	6	27	3	97	8.7	2.6	1.3	11.8	0%	.321	1.26	3.23	3.92	89	4.22	91.7
2013	ATH	Rk	AZL	1	1	1.0	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	90	0.0	18.0	0.0	9.0	0%	.000	2.00	8.00	9.00	124	5.32	115.7
2014	BLT	A	MID	20	7	42.7	0	4	4	46	19	43	5	101	9.7	4.0	1.1	9.1	0%	.323	1.52	4.53	5.06	104	5.36	113.4
2014	STO	A+	CAL	9	0	10.7	0	0	0	8	6	19	2		6.8	5.1	1.7	16.0	0%	.286	1.31	4.29	4.22	80	2.56	54.2
2015	MID	AA	TEX	24	0	32.3	2	0	4	36	14	36	2		10.0	3.9	0.6	10.0	0%	.374	1.55	3.17	4.18	86	5.12	112.3
2016	STO	A+	CAL	3	0	4.0	0	0	0	3	5	3	0		6.8	11.3	0.0	6.8	55%	.273	2.00	5.95	6.75	129	5.89	130.1
2016	MID	AA	TEX	33	0	40.7	0	1	10	26	17	48	3		5.8	3.8	0.7	10.6	55%	.256	1.06	3.09	2.21	83	2.81	62.0
2016	NAS	AAA	PCL	9	0	9.7	1	0	4	7	6	14	0		6.5	5.6	0.0	13.0	48%	.333	1.34	2.68	2.79	83	3.34	73.8
2017	OAK	MLB	AL	7	0	7.7	0	0	0	8	4	8	0		9.4	4.7	0.0	9.4	22%	.348	1.57	3.01	4.70	123	7.51	159.7
2017	STO	A+	CAL	2	0	2.0	0	0	0	0	3	6	0		0.0	13.5	0.0	27.0	0%	.000	1.50	2.42	0.00	62	1.69	35.9
2017	NAS	AAA	PCL	11	0	13.0	1	1	3	13	5	22	3		9.0	3.5	2.1	15.2	23%	.357	1.38	4.49	4.15	75	2.91	61.9
2018	NYN	MLB	NL	7	0	5.3	0	1	0	9	4	7	2	87	15.2	6.8	3.4	11.8	17%	.438	2.44	7.62	10.13	99	4.11	91.9
2018	LVG	AAA	PCL	4	0	5.3	1	0	1	3	2	8	0		5.1	3.4	0.0	13.5	67%	.333	0.94	1.86	1.69	62	5.48	115.9
2018	NAS	AAA	PCL	34	1	39.7	3	2	11	17	17	65	2	88	3.9	3.9	0.5	14.7	42%	.224	0.86	2.48	2.27	58	1.91	40.3

Plate Discipline

YEAR	Pits	Zone%	Swing%	Contact%	Z-Swing%	O-Swing%	Z-Contact%	O-Contact%	SwStr%
2017	145	0.5034	0.4690	0.7647	0.6849	0.2500	0.8400	0.5556	0.2353
2018	112	0.5446	0.4643	0.6923	0.6885	0.1961	0.7619	0.4000	0.3077
Career	257	0.5214	0.4670	0.7331	0.6865	0.2265	0.8060	0.4878	0.2669

Injury History — No longer being updated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
2014-04-16	2014-05-12	Minors	26	0	-		Not Disclosed		-	-

Compensation

Year	Team	Salary
2021	MIL	$576,700
2020	MIL	$
2019	MIL	$558,400
2018	NYN	$
2017	OAK	$

Years	Description	Salary
2 yr	Previous	$1,135,100
2 yr	Total	$1,135,100

Service Time	Agent	Contract Status
2 y 59 d		1 year/$576,700 (2021)

Details

1 year/$576,700 (2021). Re-signed by Milwaukee 3/21. Claimed by LA Dodgers off waivers after being DFA by Milwaukee 6/30/21. DFA, released by LA Dodgers 7/13/21. Re-signed by LA Dodgers 7/15/21 (minor-league contract).
1 year/$569,500 (2020). Re-signed by Milwaukee 3/20.
1 year/$558,400 (2019). Acquired by Milwaukee in trade from NY Mets 1/4/19. Re-signed by Milwaukee 3/19.
1 year (2018). Re-signed by Oakland (minor-league contract). Acquired by NY Mets in trade from Oakland 7/21/18. Contract selected by NY Mets 8/2/18.
1 year (2017). Contract selected by Oakland 11/18/16. Re-signed by Oakland 3/17. Sent outright to Triple-A by Oakland 11/20/17.
Drafted by Oakland 2013 (5-161) (Mississippi). $500,000 signing bonus ($286,200 slot).

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	7.8	0.4	46	55.0	33	22	73	4	.245	0.99	2.30	2.56	2.2	0.2
80^o	6.8	0.4	41	48.6	32	21	65	4	.261	1.08	2.69	2.98	-0.1	0.0
70^o	6.1	0.3	37	44.2	31	20	59	4	.272	1.15	2.97	3.29	-1.6	-0.2
60^o	5.5	0.3	34	40.5	29	19	54	4	.282	1.20	3.22	3.56	-2.6	-0.3
50^o	4.9	0.2	31	37.1	28	19	49	4	.291	1.26	3.45	3.82	-3.4	-0.4
40^o	4.4	0.2	29	33.8	27	18	45	4	.300	1.32	3.69	4.08	-4.0	-0.4
30^o	3.9	0.2	26	30.4	25	17	40	3	.310	1.38	3.95	4.37	-4.5	-0.5
20^o	3.4	0.2	22	26.5	23	15	35	3	.322	1.45	4.26	4.71	-4.9	-0.5
10^o	2.6	0.1	18	21.3	20	13	28	3	.338	1.56	4.70	5.19	-5.0	-0.5
Weighted Mean	4.9	0.2	31	36.4	27	18	48	4	.289	1.24	3.42	3.78	-3.1	-0.3

Preseason Long-Term Forecast (Beyond the 2019 Projections)

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

Year	Age	W	L	G	IP	H	BB	SO	HR	GB%	BABIP	WHIP	ERA	DRA	H/9	BB/9	K/9	HR/9	WARP
2020	28	3	1	56	66	47	31	87	7	42	.303	1.18	3.36	3.87	6.4	4.2	11.9	1.0	0.8
2021	29	3	1	56	66	48	31	86	7	42	.307	1.20	3.37	3.88	6.6	4.2	11.8	1.0	0.8
2022	30	3	1	54	64	47	31	82	7	42	.305	1.23	3.54	4.07	6.6	4.4	11.6	1.0	0.6
2023	31	3	1	52	61	45	29	80	7	42	.307	1.21	3.48	4.00	6.6	4.3	11.7	1.0	0.6
2024	32	3	1	52	62	46	29	79	7	42	.307	1.22	3.56	4.10	6.7	4.2	11.5	1.0	0.6
2025	33	2	1	48	57	42	26	73	6	42	.306	1.20	3.54	4.07	6.7	4.1	11.6	1.0	0.5
2026	34	2	1	42	50	37	23	64	6	42	.305	1.21	3.60	4.14	6.7	4.2	11.6	1.1	0.4
2027	35	2	1	42	49	37	23	63	6	42	.305	1.22	3.60	4.14	6.8	4.2	11.5	1.1	0.4
2028	36	2	1	39	46	35	21	59	5	42	.307	1.21	3.58	4.12	6.8	4.1	11.5	1.0	0.4

Comparable Players (Similarity Index 81)

Rank	Score	Name	Year	Run Average	Trend
1	92	Jaye Chapman	2014	0.00	DNP
2	88	Jack Leathersich	2018	0.00	DNP
3	87	Josh Lucas	2018	6.91
4	87	Andrew Brown	2008	3.34
5	86	Jess Todd	2013	0.00	DNP
6	86	Cory Burns	2015	0.00	DNP
7	86	Armando Rivero	2015	0.00	DNP
8	86	Jim Miller	2009	0.00	DNP
9	86	Ryne Harper	2016	0.00	DNP
10	85	Michael Dimock	2017	0.00	DNP
11	84	Josh Roenicke	2010	7.11
12	84	Cody Ege	2018	0.00	DNP
13	84	Jonathan Ortiz	2013	0.00	DNP
14	84	Tyler Webb	2018	6.64
15	84	Jason Motte	2009	5.24
16	83	Danny Barnes	2017	3.55
17	83	Pedro Strop	2012	2.44
18	83	Josh Lueke	2012	18.90
19	83	Lisalverto Bonilla	2017	8.10
20	83	Edward Santos	2017	0.00	DNP
21	82	Brad Kilby	2010	2.16
22	82	James Hoyt	2014	0.00	DNP
23	82	Daniel Coulombe	2017	3.83
24	82	Drew Steckenrider	2018	4.04
25	82	Austin Adams	2018	0.00
26	82	Brent Leach	2010	0.00	DNP
27	82	Josh Osich	2016	5.20
28	81	Tucker Healy	2017	0.00	DNP
29	81	Cesar Cabral	2016	0.00	DNP
30	81	Joseph Mantiply	2018	0.00	DNP
31	81	Cesar Jimenez	2012	0.00	DNP
32	81	Mickey Storey	2013	6.75
33	81	Mike Benacka	2010	0.00	DNP
34	81	Carlos Muniz	2008	5.40
35	81	Royce Ring	2008	10.07
36	81	Noe Ramirez	2017	3.46
37	80	Tyler Jones	2017	0.00	DNP
38	80	Ian Thomas	2014	4.22
39	80	Josh Spence	2015	0.00	DNP
40	80	Juan Abreu	2012	0.00	DNP
41	80	John Holdzkom	2015	0.00	DNP
42	80	Santiago Casilla	2008	3.93
43	80	Spencer Patton	2015	9.00
44	80	Rob Wooten	2013	3.90
45	80	Matt Reynolds	2012	5.02
46	80	Marquis Fleming	2014	0.00	DNP
47	80	Juan Jaime	2015	6.75
48	80	Chris Smith	2016	0.00	DNP
49	79	Marcus Hatley	2015	0.00
50	79	Pat Venditte	2012	0.00	DNP
51	79	Bryce Stowell	2014	0.00	DNP
52	79	Jeremy McBryde	2014	0.00	DNP
53	79	Jeremy Horst	2013	6.58
54	79	Michael Brady	2014	0.00	DNP
55	79	Brandon Cunniff	2016	4.76
56	79	Kyle Martin	2018	0.00	DNP
57	79	Sergio Romo	2010	2.32
58	79	Dan Remenowsky	2013	0.00	DNP
59	79	Michael Olmsted	2014	0.00	DNP
60	79	Brandon Kintzler	2012	3.78
61	79	John Gaub	2012	0.00	DNP
62	79	Seth Frankoff	2016	0.00	DNP
63	79	Aaron Barrett	2015	4.60
64	79	Kam Mickolio	2011	6.75
65	78	Giovanni Soto	2018	0.00	DNP
66	78	Kaleb Fleck	2016	0.00	DNP
67	78	Josh Schmidt	2010	0.00	DNP
68	78	James Pazos	2018	3.42
69	78	Dario Alvarez	2016	5.74
70	78	Josh Zeid	2014	7.84
71	78	Chris Mabeus	2006	21.60
72	78	Jose De La Torre	2013	6.35
73	78	Robert Hinton	2012	0.00	DNP
74	78	Tyler Kinley	2018	11.45
75	78	Sammy Gervacio	2012	0.00	DNP
76	78	Seth Simmons	2015	0.00	DNP
77	77	Hunter Strickland	2016	3.25
78	77	Mike Zagurski	2010	10.29
79	77	Shawn Armstrong	2018	1.23
80	77	Trevor Hildenberger	2018	5.67
81	77	Wil Browning	2016	0.00	DNP
82	77	Luke Bard	2018	5.40
83	77	Diego Moreno	2015	5.23
84	77	Ryan Kussmaul	2014	0.00	DNP
85	77	Jason Bulger	2006	16.20
86	77	Vinnie Pestano	2012	2.57
87	77	Scott Elbert	2013	0.00	DNP
88	76	Matt Pierpont	2018	0.00	DNP
89	76	Hunter Cervenka	2017	13.50
90	76	Jose Ascanio	2012	0.00	DNP
91	76	Fautino De Los Santos	2013	0.00	DNP
92	76	Carlos Fisher	2010	5.64
93	76	Chris Leroux	2011	3.24
94	76	C.C. Lee	2014	4.82
95	76	Sergio Escalona	2012	0.00	DNP
96	76	Taylor Thompson	2014	10.13
97	76	Mark Montgomery	2018	0.00	DNP
98	76	Eammon Portice	2012	0.00	DNP
99	76	Sam Demel	2013	0.00	DNP
100	76	Tristan Archer	2018	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		Bobby hit a Wahl just seven games into his major-league career, acquainting himself with the disabled list in May and undergoing surgery for thoracic outlet syndrome in August. If he makes it back at full strength, he can be an asset in the bullpen (check that velocity and those strikeout rates), but without a ton of projection left (check that age), he's not a good bet to do more than help out in middle relief (check those walk rates). If he can get himself on TV often enough, the full, lustrous beard he wore last year should help him snag an endorsement deal with Wahl Grooming ("Real Grooming for Real Guys"). If you're his agent, give us a call; we've got a million brilliant ideas where that one came from.
2017		Bobby Wahlâ€™s signature triple-digit velocity got him to Triple-A, but some late-season control issues cast a shadow over his future as a major-league reliever.
2016		A flamed-out starter, Bobby Wahl hasn't lost any heat on his fastball, which sits 94-97 mph in relief. Add in his above-average slider and average change, and he could be a late-innings option.
2015		Wahl dealt with an oblique injury that cost him a month during the spring, and after a quartet of ineffective starts upon his return the right-hander was sent to the bullpen. It turns out that a little relief was just what the doctor ordered. His ERA shrunk from 7.01 as a starting pitcher to 2.93 as a reliever and his strikeout rate ballooned from 16 percent to an eye-opening 35. The transition to relief takes the pressure off Wahl to develop a third pitch, allowing his fastball-curveball combination to shine as he parlays a powerful delivery into high-leverage gold. With his future role now defined, Wahl could move quickly and be on the fast track to the bigs.
2014		Wahl entered the college season with first-round aspirations, but he battled blisters that hampered his command. There were questions about his signability when the right-hander slipped to the fifth round of the draft, but the A's gave him a $500,000 deal that was well above slot and convinced Ole Miss's Friday-night starter to turn pro. Wahl has a powerful delivery that involves a King Felix-like twist as he charges toward the plate and a mid-90s fastball and two-plane breaker that will play at the highest level. He could progress quickly if he refines his command, though (you've heard this before) development of the changeup will determine his ultimate role—without that reliable third pitch, he'll likely hit a developmental wall [Ed.: See? Professionals] and wind up in the bullpen.

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Date	Question	Answer
2014-07-22 15:00:00 (link to chat)	Is Bobby Wahl going to stay in the bullpen longterm? Or do you think the A's organization brings him into Spring Training as a starter next year? (Steve from Oakland)	He sure looked like a reliever to me. Came out there to rage against the machine (personal favorite) and was rearing back and throwing as hard as he could. 95-97 with life. Plenty of effort in the delivery. I think he succeeds in the pen, and the arm could be impact, especially with the big time breaking ball. Just let him focus on getting three outs-- could be really good at it. (Jordan Gorosh)
2013-11-19 13:00:00 (link to chat)	Outside the top 10 draftees, has anyone other than JPCrawford improved his stock by a large margin? (tr from Here )	Since the draft? Absolutely. Hunter Harvey, Bobby Wahl and Devin Williams are a few guys whose prospect stock look significantly better than their draft slot. (Bret Sayre)
2013-11-19 13:00:00 (link to chat)	I was surprised to see Bobby Wahl rank so high for the A's. Is that more of a function of Wahl's talent and ceiling, or the A's being nearly bereft of prospects after Addison Russell? (John from San Francisco)	Well, he likely wouldn't be so high in most other orgs, but it's also a function of his talent and ceiling. He's a real arm and a guy to closely track in dynasty drafts beyond the first 20 picks or so. (Bret Sayre)

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PITCHf/x Pitcher Profile

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Although he has not thrown an MLB pitch in 2024, Bobby Wahl threw 411 pitches that were tracked by the PITCHf/x system between 2017 and 2022, all of them occuring in Spring Training. In 2022, he relied primarily on his Fourseam Fastball (94mph) and Slider (84mph), also mixing in a Curve (79mph).

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2019 Projections (Preseason PECOTA - seasonal age 27)