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Keith Hessler PRockies

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2019 Projections (Preseason PECOTA - seasonal age 30)

IP	ERA	WHIP	SO	W	L	SV	WARP
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Birth Date	3-15-1989
Height	6' 4"
Weight	244 lbs

Age	35 years, 1 months, 3 days
Bats	L
Throws	L

: -0.12015
: -0.62016
: 2017
: 2018
: -0.22019
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MLB Statistics

Historical (past-seasons) WARP is now based on DRA..
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YEAR	Team	Lg	G	IP	W	L	H	BB	SO	HR	PPF	H/9	BB/9	HR/9	K/9	GB%	BABIP	WHIP	FIP	ERA	cFIP	DRA	DRA-	WARP
2015	ARI	MLB	18	12.3	0	1	16	4	12	4	95	11.7	2.9	2.9	8.8	0%	.324	1.62	6.40	8.03	115	5.67	132.5	-0.1
2016	ARI	0	2	3.0	0	0	5	2	2	0	110	15.0	6.0	0.0	6.0	42%	.417	2.33	4.85	9.00	117	8.38	185.5	-0.1
2016	SDN	0	15	18.7	1	0	19	11	9	2	93	9.2	5.3	1.0	4.3	41%	.266	1.61	5.37	3.38	124	7.19	159.1	-0.5
2016	TOT	MLB	17	21.7	1	0	24	13	11	2	96	10.0	5.4	0.8	4.6	41%	.289	1.71	5.30	4.15	123	7.36	162.8	-0.6
Career		MLB	35	34.0	1	1	40	17	23	6	95	10.6	4.5	1.6	6.1	41%	.289	1.68	5.70	5.56	120	6.74	151.8	-0.7

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-
2011	MSO	Rk	PIO	23	1	43.7	4	0	0	32	20	62	3	111	6.6	4.1	0.6	12.8	0%	.287	1.19	3.82	2.89	86	1.86	38.0
2012	SBN	A	MID	39	7	90.0	2	5	1	86	44	75	3	96	8.6	4.4	0.3	7.5	0%	.319	1.44	3.74	3.20	99	5.03	104.8
2013	VIS	A+	CAL	26	26	137.0	8	7	0	161	64	126	24	94	10.6	4.2	1.6	8.3	0%	.343	1.64	5.82	5.85	115	6.62	143.7
2014	VIS	A+	CAL	44	0	59.3	4	2	1	79	18	78	3		12.0	2.7	0.5	11.8	0%	.444	1.63	2.92	4.40	70	4.95	104.7
2014	RNO	AAA	PCL	1	1	3.0	0	0	0	4	2	4	1	96	12.0	6.0	3.0	12.0	0%	.429	2.00	7.36	3.00	106	5.36	113.4
2015	ARI	MLB	NL	18	0	12.3	0	1	0	16	4	12	4	95	11.7	2.9	2.9	8.8	0%	.324	1.62	6.40	8.03	115	5.67	132.5
2015	VIS	A+	CAL	10	0	14.7	1	0	0	11	2	20	0		6.8	1.2	0.0	12.3	0%	.333	0.89	1.46	0.00	65	2.32	50.8
2015	MOB	AA	SOU	24	0	25.3	3	1	1	17	5	32	1		6.0	1.8	0.4	11.4	0%	.281	0.87	1.88	0.71	56	2.03	44.5
2015	RNO	AAA	PCL	17	0	19.0	1	1	0	14	8	13	3		6.6	3.8	1.4	6.2	0%	.216	1.16	5.54	5.68	114	3.48	76.3
2016	ARI	MLB	NL	2	0	3.0	0	0	0	5	2	2	0	110	15.0	6.0	0.0	6.0	42%	.417	2.33	4.85	9.00	117	8.38	185.5
2016	SDN	MLB	NL	15	0	18.7	1	0	0	19	11	9	2	93	9.2	5.3	1.0	4.3	41%	.266	1.61	5.37	3.38	124	7.19	159.1
2016	MOB	AA	SOU	7	0	5.3	0	0	1	7	3	5	0		11.8	5.1	0.0	8.4	53%	.412	1.88	3.69	5.06	92	5.51	121.7
2016	ELP	AAA	PCL	28	0	36.7	1	1	2	32	12	42	1		7.9	2.9	0.2	10.3	53%	.330	1.20	2.84	2.95	77	2.89	63.9
2016	GIG	Wnt	DWL	9	0	9.7	0	0	0	8	4	7	1		7.4	3.7	0.9	6.5	0%	.250	1.24	3.82	3.72	0	0.00	0.0
2017	ELP	AAA	PCL	41	0	45.3	2	2	1	52	23	36	7		10.3	4.6	1.4	7.1	46%	.326	1.65	5.73	4.57	113	5.61	119.3
2018	ABQ	AAA	PCL	42	0	52.7	3	2	0	63	34	57	9		10.8	5.8	1.5	9.7	43%	.353	1.84	5.73	5.47	107	5.75	121.6

Plate Discipline

YEAR	Pits	Zone%	Swing%	Contact%	Z-Swing%	O-Swing%	Z-Contact%	O-Contact%	SwStr%
2015	209	0.4545	0.4641	0.7732	0.6526	0.3070	0.8387	0.6571	0.2268
2016	410	0.4976	0.4341	0.8202	0.6520	0.2184	0.8647	0.6889	0.1798
Career	619	0.4830	0.4442	0.8043	0.6522	0.2483	0.8559	0.6782	0.1957

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
2018	COL	$
2017	SDN	$
2016	ARI	$
2015	ARI	$

Service Time	Agent	Contract Status
0 y 130 d	Marc Kligman	1 year (2018)

Details

1 year (2018). Signed by Colorado as a free agent 1/10/18 (minor-league contract).
1 year (2017). Re-signed by San Diego 3/17. DFA by San Diego 4/1/17. Sent outright to Triple-A 4/5/17.
1 year (2016). Re-signed by Arizona 3/16. Claimed by San Diego off waivers 5/10/16 after being DFA by Arizona 4/30/16.
1 year (2015). Contract selected by Arizona 8/8/15.
Signed by Arizona 6/9/11 as an amateur free agent (Coastal Carolina).

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	8	2.5	56	62.4	56	28	54	8	.274	1.34	3.91	4.01	-6.9	-0.8
80^o	7	2.2	50	56.2	54	27	49	7	.289	1.45	4.34	4.45	-8.9	-1.0
70^o	6.3	1.9	46	51.9	53	27	45	7	.301	1.53	4.65	4.77	-9.9	-1.1
60^o	5.8	1.8	43	48.3	51	26	42	7	.310	1.60	4.93	5.06	-10.7	-1.2
50^o	5.3	1.6	40	45.0	50	25	39	7	.319	1.67	5.19	5.33	-11.2	-1.2
40^o	4.9	1.4	37	41.8	49	25	36	7	.329	1.75	5.45	5.6	-11.6	-1.3
30^o	4.4	1.3	34	38.5	47	24	33	6	.338	1.82	5.75	5.9	-11.9	-1.3
20^o	3.9	1.1	31	34.7	44	22	30	6	.350	1.92	6.09	6.26	-12.1	-1.3
10^o	3.2	0.9	27	29.7	41	21	26	6	.366	2.06	6.59	6.77	-11.9	-1.3
Weighted Mean	5.3	1.6	40	44.4	49	25	39	7	.317	1.66	5.15	5.29	-10.9	-1.2

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Although he has not thrown an MLB pitch in 2024, Keith Hessler threw 619 pitches that were tracked by the PITCHf/x system between 2015 and 2016, including pitches thrown in . In 2016, he relied primarily on his Fourseam Fastball (93mph) and Slider (84mph). He also rarely threw a Change (88mph).