Kevin Quackenbush Stats | Baseball Prospectus

IP	ERA	WHIP	SO	W	L	SV	WARP
49.3	4.52	1.27	48	2	1	0	-0.1

MLB Statistics

Historical (past-seasons) WARP is now based on DRA..
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YEAR	Team	Lg	G	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	SDN	MLB	56	54.3	3	3	6	42	18	56	2	95	7.0	3.0	0.3	9.3	0%	.278	1.10	2.62	2.48	89	3.24	79.5	0.8
2015	SDN	MLB	57	58.3	3	2	0	52	20	58	6	92	8.0	3.1	0.9	8.9	0%	.291	1.23	3.58	4.01	95	4.29	100.1	0.3
2016	SDN	MLB	60	59.7	7	7	2	55	22	42	8	94	8.3	3.3	1.2	6.3	38%	.260	1.29	4.62	3.92	107	5.16	114.2	-0.1
2017	SDN	MLB	20	26.3	0	2	0	32	16	23	5		10.9	5.5	1.7	7.9	47%	.338	1.82	5.83	7.86	108	6.43	136.9	-0.4
2018	CIN	MLB	10	9.0	0	1	0	13	6	7	3	96	13.0	6.0	3.0	7.0	38%	.345	2.11	7.90	11.00	108	6.39	142.7	-0.2
Career		MLB	203	207.7	13	15	8	194	82	186	24	82	8.4	3.6	1.0	8.1	41%	.286	1.33	4.10	4.38	100	4.63	105.3	0.5

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	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	FTW	A	MID	18	21.3	1	1	9	12	6	38	0		5.1	2.5	0.0	16.0	0%	.316	0.84	0.63	0.84	46	2.29	46.8
2011	EUG	A-	NOR	17	20.7	1	0	9	13	6	33	0		5.7	2.6	0.0	14.4	0%	.351	0.92	1.27	0.44	53	2.59	52.8
2012	LEL	A+	CAL	52	57.7	3	2	27	42	22	70	1		6.6	3.4	0.2	10.9	0%	.302	1.11	2.75	0.94	69	2.48	51.6
2012	PER	Wnt	AFL	11	11.0	0	0	6	4	3	16	1		3.3	2.5	0.8	13.1	0%	.143	0.64	3.01	2.45	0	0.00	0.0
2013	SAN	AA	TEX	29	31.0	2	0	13	16	10	46	1		4.6	2.9	0.3	13.4	0%	.246	0.84	1.76	0.29	64	2.49	54.0
2013	TUC	AAA	PCL	28	34.0	8	2	4	33	19	38	0		8.7	5.0	0.0	10.1	0%	.359	1.53	3.18	2.91	85	3.99	86.8
2014	SDN	MLB	NL	56	54.3	3	3	6	42	18	56	2	95	7.0	3.0	0.3	9.3	0%	.278	1.10	2.62	2.48	89	3.24	79.5
2014	ELP	AAA	PCL	13	14.3	0	0	6	9	4	12	0		5.7	2.5	0.0	7.5	0%	.231	0.91	2.85	1.26	118	5.03	106.5
2015	SDN	MLB	NL	57	58.3	3	2	0	52	20	58	6	92	8.0	3.1	0.9	8.9	0%	.291	1.23	3.58	4.01	95	4.29	100.1
2015	ELP	AAA	PCL	9	11.7	1	0	2	6	2	14	0		4.6	1.5	0.0	10.8	0%	.261	0.69	1.71	0.77	64	2.12	46.4
2016	SDN	MLB	NL	60	59.7	7	7	2	55	22	42	8	94	8.3	3.3	1.2	6.3	38%	.260	1.29	4.62	3.92	107	5.16	114.2
2016	ELP	AAA	PCL	9	13.0	1	0	2	12	2	16	0		8.3	1.4	0.0	11.1	51%	.343	1.08	1.72	2.08	59	1.80	39.7
2017	SDN	MLB	NL	20	26.3	0	2	0	32	16	23	5		10.9	5.5	1.7	7.9	47%	.338	1.82	5.83	7.86	108	6.43	136.9
2017	ELP	AAA	PCL	22	27.7	4	1	4	28	9	24	4		9.1	2.9	1.3	7.8	51%	.316	1.34	4.95	3.90	102	4.20	89.4
2018	CIN	MLB	NL	10	9.0	0	1	0	13	6	7	3	96	13.0	6.0	3.0	7.0	38%	.345	2.11	7.90	11.00	108	6.39	142.7
2018	LOU	AAA	INT	47	47.0	1	2	25	39	11	56	2		7.5	2.1	0.4	10.7	34%	.311	1.06	2.33	2.68	77	3.36	70.9
2019	OKL	AAA	PCL	54	58.7	2	5	11	59	16	85	9		9.1	2.5	1.4	13.0	37%	.348	1.28	3.86	5.06	81	3.07	63.2

Plate Discipline

YEAR	Pits	Zone%	Swing%	Contact%	Z-Swing%	O-Swing%	Z-Contact%	O-Contact%	SwStr%
2014	903	0.5072	0.4507	0.7764	0.6507	0.2449	0.8121	0.6789	0.2236
2015	1032	0.4845	0.4603	0.7853	0.6420	0.2895	0.8287	0.6948	0.2147
2016	1015	0.4857	0.4315	0.8128	0.5943	0.2778	0.8942	0.6483	0.1872
2017	510	0.4647	0.4216	0.8000	0.5696	0.2930	0.9037	0.6250	0.2000
2018	172	0.5000	0.4302	0.7432	0.5930	0.2674	0.7843	0.6522	0.2568
Career	3632	0.4884	0.4430	0.7908	0.6183	0.2746	0.8513	0.6660	0.2092

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	LAN	$
2020	WAS	$
2019	LAN	$
2018	CIN	$690,000
2017	SDN	$
2016	SDN	$521,200
2015	SDN	$
2014	SDN	$

Years	Description	Salary
2 yr	Previous	$1,211,200
2 yr	Total	$1,211,200

Service Time	Agent	Contract Status
3 y 43 d	Full Circle Sports	1 year (2021)

Details

1 year (2021). Signed by LA Dodgers as a free agent 5/1/21 (minor-league contract). Contract selected by LA Dodgers 8/7/21. DFA by LA Dodgers 8/12/21. Sent outright to Triple-A 8/14/21. Elected free agency 10/8/21.
1 year (2020). Signed by Washington as a free agent 1/27/20 (minor-league contract).
1 year (2019). Signed by LA Dodgers as a free agent 11/14/18 (minor-league contract).
1 year (2018). Signed by Cincinnati as a free agent 11/8/17 (minor-league contract). Salary of $0.69M in majors. Contract selected by Cincinnati 3/28/18. DFA by Cincinnati 4/24/18. Sent outright to Triple-A 4/25/18.
1 year (2017). Re-signed by San Diego 3/17. DFA by San Diego 9/1/17. Sent outright to Triple-A 9/6/17.
1 year/$521,200 (2016). Re-signed by San Diego 3/16.
1 year/$514,700 (2015). Re-signed by San Diego 3/10/15.
1 year (2014). Contract purchased by San Diego 4/25/14.
Drafted by San Diego 2011 (8-263) (South Florida). $5,000 signing bonus.

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	0.7	58	64.2	49	21	61	9	.239	1.08	3.54	3.75	-5.4	-0.6
80^o	6.9	0.6	53	58.2	47	20	55	8	.253	1.16	3.94	4.17	-7.5	-0.8
70^o	6.3	0.5	49	54.0	46	20	51	8	.263	1.22	4.23	4.49	-8.7	-1.0
60^o	5.8	0.4	46	50.5	45	19	48	8	.271	1.27	4.48	4.76	-9.6	-1.0
50^o	5.4	0.4	43	47.2	44	19	45	8	.279	1.33	4.72	5.01	-10.2	-1.1
40^o	4.9	0.4	40	44.1	43	18	42	8	.287	1.38	4.96	5.28	-10.8	-1.2
30^o	4.5	0.3	37	40.8	41	17	39	7	.295	1.44	5.23	5.56	-11.2	-1.2
20^o	4	0.3	34	37.0	39	17	35	7	.305	1.51	5.54	5.9	-11.5	-1.2
10^o	3.3	0.2	29	31.9	36	15	30	6	.319	1.61	5.98	6.38	-11.5	-1.3
Weighted Mean	5.3	0.4	42	46.6	43	18	44	8	.277	1.31	4.69	4.98	-10.0	-1.1

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	31	2	1	46	50	43	18	49	8	40	.286	1.21	4.52	5.05	7.7	3.2	8.8	1.4	-0.1
2021	32	2	1	45	49	44	18	47	7	40	.293	1.26	4.55	5.09	8.0	3.3	8.6	1.3	-0.1
2022	33	2	1	44	48	43	18	47	7	40	.295	1.27	4.56	5.10	8.1	3.4	8.8	1.3	-0.1
2023	34	2	1	36	39	34	14	37	6	40	.291	1.24	4.74	5.30	7.9	3.3	8.6	1.4	-0.2
2024	35	2	1	34	37	34	13	35	6	40	.295	1.27	4.69	5.24	8.3	3.2	8.5	1.5	-0.1
2025	36	2	1	32	35	32	12	33	6	40	.295	1.27	4.73	5.29	8.3	3.1	8.6	1.6	-0.2
2026	37	1	0	30	32	29	12	31	5	40	.298	1.28	4.78	5.34	8.2	3.4	8.7	1.4	-0.2
2027	38	1	0	29	32	29	12	30	5	40	.297	1.29	4.78	5.34	8.2	3.4	8.5	1.4	-0.2
2028	39	1	0	28	30	28	11	29	5	40	.297	1.29	4.83	5.40	8.3	3.3	8.6	1.5	-0.2

Comparable Players (Similarity Index 80)

Rank	Score	Name	Year	Run Average	Trend
1	92	Jared Burton	2011	3.86
2	90	Brandon Kintzler	2015	7.71
3	89	Matt Lindstrom	2010	4.39
4	87	Pedro Baez	2018	3.04
5	87	Troy Patton	2016	0.00	DNP
6	87	Vinnie Chulk	2009	4.50
7	86	Manny Acosta	2011	4.02
8	86	Geoff Geary	2007	5.88
9	86	Chris Resop	2013	7.00
10	86	Ronald Belisario	2013	4.50
11	85	Neal Cotts	2010	0.00	DNP
12	85	Kevin Gregg	2008	3.93
13	85	Brandon Medders	2010	7.20
14	85	Wesley Wright	2015	4.91
15	84	Nate Jones	2016	2.55
16	84	Craig Breslow	2011	4.40
17	84	Matt Guerrier	2009	2.71
18	84	Bryan Morris	2017	6.86
19	84	Will Ohman	2008	4.14
20	83	Tony Watson	2015	2.03
21	83	Kevin Jepsen	2015	2.45
22	83	Scott Elbert	2016	0.00	DNP
23	83	Cory Wade	2013	0.00	DNP
24	83	Bobby Seay	2008	4.31
25	83	Dan Jennings	2017	3.88
26	82	Phil Coke	2013	5.63
27	82	Brad Brach	2016	2.62
28	82	David Carpenter	2016	0.00	DNP
29	82	Nick Vincent	2017	3.20
30	81	Aaron Heilman	2009	4.35
31	81	Alex Wilson	2017	5.10
32	81	Santiago Casilla	2011	1.92
33	81	Justin Miller	2017	0.00	DNP
34	81	Tanner Scheppers	2017	6.75
35	80	Jesus Colome	2008	4.82
36	80	Jason Frasor	2008	4.37
37	80	Derrick Turnbow	2008	15.63
38	80	Preston Claiborne	2018	0.00	DNP
39	80	Jose Veras	2011	4.18
40	80	Scott Stewart	2006	0.00	DNP
41	80	Nick Masset	2012	0.00	DNP
42	80	Gary Majewski	2010	22.50
43	80	Fernando Rodney	2007	4.80
44	80	Aaron Loup	2018	5.22
45	79	Adam Ottavino	2016	3.00
46	79	Taylor Buchholz	2012	0.00	DNP
47	79	Angel Guzman	2012	0.00	DNP
48	79	George Kontos	2015	2.45
49	79	Juan Oviedo	2012	0.00	DNP
50	79	Matt Wise	2006	4.87
51	79	Michael Wuertz	2009	2.97
52	79	Evan Meek	2013	0.00	DNP
53	78	Dan Wheeler	2008	3.39
54	78	Pedro Feliciano	2007	3.66
55	78	Anthony Varvaro	2015	4.09
56	78	Josh Fields	2016	5.66
57	78	Duaner Sanchez	2010	0.00	DNP
58	78	Neftali Feliz	2018	0.00	DNP
59	78	Arquimedes Caminero	2017	0.00	DNP
60	78	Will Harris	2015	2.28
61	77	Drew Storen	2018	0.00	DNP
62	77	Jerry Blevins	2014	4.87
63	77	Doug Slaten	2010	3.98
64	77	Rick Bauer	2007	0.00	DNP
65	77	Darren O'Day	2013	2.47
66	77	Sean Burnett	2013	0.93
67	77	Cory Gearrin	2016	4.47
68	77	Ryan Webb	2016	5.71
69	77	Scott Linebrink	2007	4.22
70	77	Jeff Bennett	2010	0.00	DNP
71	77	Luis Garcia	2017	2.78
72	76	Jared Hughes	2016	3.64
73	76	Jon Rauch	2009	3.86
74	76	George Sherrill	2007	2.36
75	76	Guillermo Mota	2004	3.07
76	76	Leo Rosales	2011	0.00	DNP
77	76	Jeremy Affeldt	2009	2.02
78	76	Burke Badenhop	2013	4.62
79	76	Tom Wilhelmsen	2014	2.50
80	76	Bill Bray	2013	0.00	DNP
81	76	Rex Brothers	2018	0.00	DNP
82	76	Manny Corpas	2013	4.54
83	76	Jason Isringhausen	2003	3.00
84	76	Kameron Loe	2012	5.53
85	76	Doug Corbett	1983	5.19
86	76	Mike MacDougal	2007	7.87
87	76	Rob Wooten	2016	0.00	DNP
88	75	Steve Geltz	2018	0.00	DNP
89	75	Scott Proctor	2007	4.27
90	75	Todd Coffey	2011	3.77
91	75	Darren Holmes	1996	4.91
92	75	Fernando Salas	2015	4.81
93	75	Jesse Carlson	2011	0.00	DNP
94	75	Danny Farquhar	2017	4.20
95	75	Charlie Furbush	2016	0.00	DNP
96	75	Lou Pote	2002	3.40
97	75	Brandon Lyon	2010	3.23
98	75	Erasmo Ramirez	2006	0.00	DNP
99	75	Mitch Stetter	2011	5.14
100	75	Zach McAllister	2018	6.40

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		The 2017 season was a fowl one for Quackenbush, who found himself ducking from line drives more than ever before. The Padres became used to seeing a grand passage of baserunners when he was on the mound, and that trend is likely to stay afloat in 2018 considering his lackluster strikeout rate and poor run prevention. The former "top relief prospect" has seemingly deteriorated into a decoy, and heâ€™ll have to fight and paddle his way into a spot with a big-league team next season.
2017		Quackenbush is an example of the risks associated with relief prospects. For every Craig Kimbrel, there's a "closer of the future" who does not live up the hype. Quackenbush again showed off his upside at Triple-A, but took another step backward in the majors. After a lack of command had held him back in the first two years of his career, that got even worse while his strikeout ability cratered. As a righty who relies on deception rather than velocity, command is crucial. Entering his age-28 season, Quackenbush is running out of chances to live up to that potential he showed just a few years ago.
2016		Quackenbush's sophomore campaign didn't go as planned, starting at a Triple-A level he had mastered a year earlier and revisiting it in mid-June. Pitching as if he'd lost his number one dime, the lefties he handled so well as a rookie gave him fits, and his 5.26 ERA over the final two months failed to excite. He seldom pitched in meaningful situations, sometimes going weeks without appearing in a Padres win. Quackenbush isn't a dominant reliever by any stretch, but he's good enough to serve as a setup man for many teams, should one want to give him the chance.
2015		Taken in the eighth round of the 2011 draft, Quackenbush abused every minor-league level he met. After a one-game call-up in late April, he stuck with the big club for good a few weeks later, proving himself in low-leverage situations before assuming a larger role toward the All-Star break. By September he was notching saves when Joaquin Benoit was unavailable. Quackenbush's fastball runs in the low 90s, and he doesn't have one knockout secondary pitch, but a deceptive delivery makes him tough to hit. He held opponents to a .178/.252/.206 line at Petco Park, had a 1.96 ERA from May 27th to season's end and in August confessed to FOX Sports San Diego's Scott Miller that his favorite Mighty Ducks movie is the second one.
2014		Ignoring for now the duck in the room, while others were cracking wise, Quackenbush was busy abusing Double-A hitters before a mid-June promotion to Triple-A. Although he didn't fare as well at Tucson, he finished on a high note, with 10 straight scoreless outings. His fastball runs in the low 90s, but a deceptive delivery makes it appear faster (or, as some have said, “invisible”). Although he will continue to have doubters thanks to pedestrian velocity and underwhelming secondaries, he could see time in the big leagues this year. At some point, dismissing a career 1.15 ERA makes you look silly. Like a goose.
2013		Kevin Quackenbush, an eighth-round pick in 2011, has posted ridiculous numbers in two pro seasons with a low-90s fastball and good deception; after a strong Arizona Fall League showing, he could advance quickly.

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Date	Question	Answer
2014-09-29 14:00:00 (link to chat)	I'm in a 20 team dynasty league. We're allowed to protect 20 players from our 25 man roster yearly. I can protect only two of the following relievers, Brad Ziegler, Shae Simmons, Kevin Quackenbush, John Holdzkom, Hunter Strickland, Jeremy Affeldt, and RJ Alvarez. Which should I keep for next year? (John from MD)	Again, I'd recommend shooting this one at our fantasy guys in their next chats, but I'd go with Quackenbush and Strickland. (Daniel Rathman)
2012-12-28 13:00:00 (link to chat)	Is the Padres magic in building pens of amazing potency likely to continue as they move the fences in? Could we see monsters out there like Cashner and eventually Quackenbush setting up STreet in 2013? (J.A. from MN)	This is a fascinating question and a real concern. The Padres have done well building cheap bullpens and filling in the back of their rotations with guys who might not have succeeded in other venues. Those days may be gone. Kevin Quackenbush and Matthew Stites are two guys who looked good in the AFL and could force their way into the picture before long. I have no idea what's up with Cashner other than the fact that he can't stay healthy. He could be a stud starter, a stud closer, or absolutely nothing. (Geoff Young)
2012-07-20 13:00:00 (link to chat)	A sleeper you like in the Padres system? (Corey from San Diego)	Is Jace Peterson considered a sleeper? I like his skill set. Middle infielders who can hit near the top of the lineup are always useful. Vince Belnome could develop into a utility player. A couple of right-handers at Lake Elsinore, Matt Andriese and Burch Smith, are intriguing. Ditto Matthew Wisler at Fort Wayne. Kevin Quackenbush is a reliever but might be something. (Geoff Young)

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PITCHf/x Pitcher Profile

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Although he has not thrown an MLB pitch in 2024, Kevin Quackenbush threw 4,660 pitches that were tracked by the PITCHf/x system between 2012 and 2023, all of them occuring in Spring Training. In 2023, he relied primarily on his Fourseam Fastball (89mph) and Curve (76mph). He also rarely threw a Slider (81mph).

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2019 Projections (Preseason PECOTA - seasonal age 30)