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2019 Projections (Preseason PECOTA - seasonal age 29)
IP ERA WHIP SO W L SV WARP
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Birth Date3-27-1990
Height6' 3"
Weight205 lbs
Age34 years, 0 months, 23 days
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2015
0.02016
2017
2018
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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
2016 MIA MLB 3 3 13.0 0 1 0 17 6 10 4 82 11.8 4.2 2.8 6.9 50% .342 1.77 7.26 5.54 109 5.21 115.3 0.0
2017 SDN MLB 1 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0% .000 0.00 0.00 0.00 0 0.00 0.0 0.0
CareerMLB4313.00101781048211.84.22.86.950%.3421.777.265.541065.21115.30.0

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-
2011 JAM A- NYP 8 0 11.7 1 1 0 13 6 11 0 10.0 4.6 0.0 8.5 0% .371 1.63 3.01 4.63 92 5.08 103.7
2011 MRL Rk GCL 4 0 7.0 2 0 0 4 2 6 0 5.1 2.6 0.0 7.7 0% .235 0.86 3.83 1.29 95 2.82 57.6
2012 GRB A SAL 6 4 31.7 1 3 0 27 11 26 1 90 7.7 3.1 0.3 7.4 0% .280 1.20 3.38 3.13 94 4.30 89.5
2012 JAM A- NYP 10 2 37.0 3 0 1 31 13 27 3 93 7.5 3.2 0.7 6.6 0% .269 1.19 4.06 3.16 106 4.34 90.3
2012 GBR int WBQ 1 1 6.0 1 0 0 5 0 3 0 7.5 0.0 0.0 4.5 0% .250 0.83 2.81 3.00 0 0.00 0.0
2013 JUP A+ FSL 23 19 94.0 2 10 0 99 38 57 5 92 9.5 3.6 0.5 5.5 0% .302 1.46 4.15 4.69 115 5.60 121.8
2014 JUP A+ FSL 25 24 135.7 6 6 0 147 34 105 7 100 9.8 2.3 0.5 7.0 0% .326 1.33 3.36 4.05 94 4.90 103.7
2015 JAX AA SOU 15 15 85.3 6 5 0 69 33 68 5 94 7.3 3.5 0.5 7.2 0% .263 1.20 3.70 3.48 102 3.89 85.4
2015 NWO AAA PCL 6 6 30.0 1 3 0 41 9 20 3 92 12.3 2.7 0.9 6.0 0% .369 1.67 4.66 5.40 109 7.21 158.2
2015 MRL Rk GCL 2 2 8.0 1 0 0 2 1 7 0 103 2.3 1.1 0.0 7.9 0% .100 0.38 2.30 0.00 89 1.19 26.1
2015 MSS Wnt AFL 6 6 19.7 1 1 0 22 5 18 0 10.1 2.3 0.0 8.2 0% .339 1.37 2.51 4.58 0 0.00 0.0
2016 MIA MLB NL 3 3 13.0 0 1 0 17 6 10 4 82 11.8 4.2 2.8 6.9 50% .342 1.77 7.26 5.54 109 5.21 115.3
2016 JAX AA SOU 22 22 118.3 10 9 0 117 37 82 8 95 8.9 2.8 0.6 6.2 43% .296 1.30 3.87 4.03 107 4.73 104.4
2016 NWO AAA PCL 4 4 23.7 2 1 0 26 9 14 2 87 9.9 3.4 0.8 5.3 42% .320 1.48 4.90 5.70 111 6.04 133.4
2017 SDN MLB NL 1 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0% .000 0.00 0.00 0.00 0 0.00 0.0
2017 LEL A+ CAL 7 7 42.3 1 4 0 56 8 31 5 101 11.9 1.7 1.1 6.6 49% .359 1.51 4.70 5.74 108 5.98 127.3
2017 SAN AA TEX 6 4 34.7 0 3 0 37 16 19 2 98 9.6 4.2 0.5 4.9 45% .304 1.53 4.44 2.86 115 5.74 122.1
2017 ELP AAA PCL 1 1 4.7 0 1 0 7 0 3 1 123 13.5 0.0 1.9 5.8 47% .375 1.50 5.86 7.71 83 3.74 79.5
2017 SDP Rk AZL 1 1 4.0 0 1 0 5 1 7 0 101 11.3 2.3 0.0 15.8 36% .455 1.50 2.97 4.50 84 3.56 75.7

Plate Discipline

YEAR Pits Zone% Swing% Contact% Z-Swing% O-Swing% Z-Contact% O-Contact% SwStr%
2016 210 0.4524 0.4762 0.7800 0.6632 0.3217 0.9206 0.5405 0.2200
Career2100.45240.47620.78000.66320.32170.92060.54050.2200

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
2014-04-17 2014-04-28 Minors 11 0 Right Fingers Infection Middle Finger - -

Compensation

Year Team Salary
2017 SDN $
2016 MIA $

 

Service TimeAgentContract Status
0 y 33 d1 year/$0.535M (2017)

Details
  • 1 year/$0.535M (2017). Re-signed by Miami 3/17. Claimed by San Diego off waivers from Miami 3/31/17. DFA by San Diego 6/11/17. Released 6/12/17.
  • 1 year (2016). Contract selected by Miami 11/20/15. Re-signed by Miami 3/16.
  • Signed by Miami 2011 (11-343) (Georgia Tech). $0.2M signing bonus.

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 5 0 9 9 48.2 48 17 31 7 .273 1.35 4.43 4.68 -7.6 -0.8
80o 0 4.7 0 8 8 42.6 46 16 27 7 .287 1.45 4.84 5.11 -8.6 -0.9
70o 0 4.5 0 7 7 38.7 44 15 25 6 .297 1.52 5.13 5.42 -9.1 -1.0
60o 0 4.3 0 7 7 35.5 42 14 23 6 .306 1.58 5.39 5.7 -9.4 -1.0
50o 0 4 0 6 6 32.5 40 14 21 6 .314 1.64 5.64 5.96 -9.5 -1.0
40o 0 3.8 0 5 5 29.7 38 13 19 6 .322 1.71 5.89 6.22 -9.5 -1.0
30o 0 3.5 0 5 5 26.6 35 12 17 5 .331 1.78 6.17 6.51 -9.3 -1.0
20o 0 3.2 0 4 4 23.2 32 11 15 5 .341 1.86 6.49 6.86 -9.0 -1.0
10o 0 2.8 0 3 3 18.7 28 10 12 4 .356 1.99 6.96 7.35 -8.2 -0.9
Weighted Mean03.906631.93913216.3121.635.615.93-9.2-1.0

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PITCHf/x Pitcher Profile

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Although he has not thrown an MLB pitch in 2024, Jake Esch threw 241 pitches that were tracked by the PITCHf/x system between 2016 and 2023, including pitches thrown in . In 2023, he relied primarily on his Sinker (89mph), Fourseam Fastball (89mph) and Slider (81mph), also mixing in a Curve (77mph).