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2019 Projections (Preseason PECOTA - seasonal age 26)
IP ERA WHIP SO W L SV WARP
8.7 4.15 1.36 9 0 0 0 0.0
Birth Date6-27-1993
Height6' 3"
Weight215 lbs
Age30 years, 9 months, 28 days
BatsR
ThrowsR
2015
2016
-0.22017
0.32018
0.02019
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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 PHI MLB 13 0 16.3 1 0 0 15 9 17 4 8.3 5.0 2.2 9.4 36% .256 1.47 5.93 4.41 114 6.52 138.8 -0.2
2018 PHI MLB 36 0 36.0 3 2 0 43 15 36 6 97 10.8 3.8 1.5 9.0 47% .349 1.61 4.70 6.75 98 4.14 92.5 0.3
2019 PHI 0 4 0 2.7 0 0 0 6 3 2 2 97 20.3 10.1 6.8 6.8 23% .364 3.38 15.91 13.50 121 5.25 107.3 0.0
2019 PIT 0 10 0 10.3 1 0 0 10 5 10 2 97 8.7 4.4 1.7 8.7 45% .296 1.45 5.78 5.23 122 7.55 155.0 -0.2
2019 TOT MLB 14 0 13.0 1 0 0 16 8 12 4 97 11.1 5.5 2.8 8.3 38% .316 1.85 7.86 6.92 122 7.08 144.4 -0.2
CareerMLB63065.3520743265147310.24.41.99.043%.3211.625.646.201075.32114.4-0.2

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.
Minor league stats are currently shownClick to hide.
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 PHL Rk GCL 10 0 11.3 0 1 0 14 14 10 0 11.1 11.1 0.0 7.9 0% .368 2.47 5.87 8.74 126 9.08 185.4
2012 PHL Rk GCL 13 4 30.0 2 2 0 44 9 19 3 84 13.2 2.7 0.9 5.7 0% .391 1.77 4.56 6.60 115 8.92 185.7
2013 WPT A- NYP 15 10 52.7 5 3 0 52 19 39 1 104 8.9 3.2 0.2 6.7 0% .317 1.35 3.11 3.59 102 5.63 122.4
2014 LWD A SAL 33 13 102.3 6 2 1 102 40 73 9 97 9.0 3.5 0.8 6.4 0% .290 1.39 4.64 3.69 114 4.81 101.8
2015 CLR A+ FSL 26 10 88.3 6 5 1 69 23 71 4 93 7.0 2.3 0.4 7.2 0% .258 1.04 3.20 2.75 99 3.54 77.7
2015 GDD Wnt AFL 7 6 21.0 2 2 0 22 5 14 2 9.4 2.1 0.9 6.0 0% .290 1.29 4.63 5.14 0 0.00 0.0
2016 CLR A+ FSL 22 6 58.7 4 3 1 59 23 42 4 99 9.1 3.5 0.6 6.4 44% .306 1.40 4.13 6.14 109 5.22 115.3
2016 REA AA EAS 13 1 17.7 1 1 0 20 14 21 0 127 10.2 7.1 0.0 10.7 47% .392 1.92 3.52 4.58 99 6.62 146.2
2016 PHL Rk GCL 2 0 2.0 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 4.5 4.5 0.0 4.5 33% .167 1.00 5.30 4.50 107 3.10 68.4
2016 MAY Wnt PWL 16 0 18.7 1 0 0 20 12 17 0 9.6 5.8 0.0 8.2 0% .364 1.71 2.82 1.45 0 0.00 0.0
2017 PHI MLB NL 13 0 16.3 1 0 0 15 9 17 4 8.3 5.0 2.2 9.4 36% .256 1.47 5.93 4.41 114 6.52 138.8
2017 REA AA EAS 24 0 38.0 1 2 2 22 10 47 2 5.2 2.4 0.5 11.1 40% .235 0.84 2.38 1.89 70 2.07 44.0
2017 LEH AAA INT 13 1 18.3 0 1 1 10 4 17 3 106 4.9 2.0 1.5 8.3 36% .159 0.76 4.26 1.96 101 2.12 45.1
2018 PHI MLB NL 36 0 36.0 3 2 0 43 15 36 6 97 10.8 3.8 1.5 9.0 47% .349 1.61 4.70 6.75 98 4.14 92.5
2018 LEH AAA INT 22 0 22.7 0 0 1 18 17 26 2 7.1 6.8 0.8 10.3 54% .281 1.54 4.69 3.97 109 4.58 96.9
2019 PHI MLB NL 4 0 2.7 0 0 0 6 3 2 2 97 20.3 10.1 6.8 6.8 23% .364 3.38 15.91 13.50 121 5.25 107.3
2019 PIT MLB NL 10 0 10.3 1 0 0 10 5 10 2 97 8.7 4.4 1.7 8.7 45% .296 1.45 5.78 5.23 122 7.55 155.0
2019 IND AAA INT 9 0 15.3 0 0 1 19 4 12 2 11.2 2.3 1.2 7.0 42% .354 1.50 4.73 2.35 108 6.21 127.7
2019 LEH AAA INT 31 0 34.0 1 3 7 38 22 37 4 10.1 5.8 1.1 9.8 50% .343 1.76 5.18 7.41 104 6.05 124.5

Plate Discipline

YEAR Pits Zone% Swing% Contact% Z-Swing% O-Swing% Z-Contact% O-Contact% SwStr%
2017 278 0.4856 0.4856 0.7630 0.7111 0.2727 0.8333 0.5897 0.2370
2018 622 0.5129 0.4823 0.7467 0.6677 0.2871 0.8216 0.5632 0.2533
2019 222 0.4865 0.5360 0.7311 0.7407 0.3421 0.8000 0.5897 0.2689
Career11220.50090.49370.74770.69290.29440.82020.57500.2523

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
2023 ATL $
2022 CHA $
2021 TBA $
2020 PIT $
2019 PIT $
2018 PHI $
2017 PHI $

 

Service TimeAgentContract Status
3 y 20 d1 year (2024)

Details
  • 1 year (2024). Signed by NY Mets as a free agent 1/10/24 (minor-league contract).
  • 1 year (2023). Signed by Atlanta as a free agent 1/7/23 (minor-league contract). Acquired by Oakland in trade from Atlanta 6/18/23. Contract selected by Oakland 6/20/23.
  • 1 year (2022). Signed by Chicago White Sox 12/16/21 (minor-league contract).
  • 1 year (2021). Signed by Tampa Bay as a free agent 1/21/21 (minor-league contract). Acquired by Seattle in trade from Tampa Bay, contract selected 6/4/21. Acquired by Boston in trade 6/14/21 after being DFA by Seattle 6/11/21. DFA by Boston 9/23/21.
  • 1 year (2020). Re-signed by Pittsburgh 3/20. Sent outright to Alternate Training Site 6/28/20. Contract selected by Pittsburgh 8/3/20.
  • 1 year (2019). Re-signed by Philadelphia 3/19. Claimed by Pittsburgh off waivers 8/3/19 after being DFA by Philadelphia 7/29/19.
  • 1 year (2018). Re-signed by Philadelphia 3/18.
  • 1 year (2017). Contract selected by Philadelphia 8/22/17.
  • Drafted by Philadelphia 2011 (12-391) (Conchita Cuevas HS, Gurabo P.R.).

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 0 0 0 0 14.4 11 6 14 1 .252 1.14 3.12 3.42 0.0 0.0
80o 0 0 0 0 0 9.4 7 4 9 1 .266 1.24 3.49 3.83 0.0 0.0
70o 0 0 0 0 0 5.9 5 3 6 1 .277 1.30 3.78 4.14 0.0 0.0
60o 0 0 0 0 0 2.9 3 1 3 0 .286 1.36 4.02 4.41 0.0 0.0
50o 0 0 0 0 0 0.3 0 0 0 0 .294 1.42 4.25 4.66 -0.1 0.0
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Preseason Long-Term Forecast (Beyond the 2019 Projections)

Playing time estimates are based on performance, not Depth Charts.
Year Age W L SV G GS IP H BB SO HR GB% BABIP WHIP ERA DRA H/9 BB/9 K/9 HR/9 WARP
20202731052055442759743.2931.304.324.867.24.49.71.20.0
20212831050053432659743.2951.294.234.767.34.410.01.20.1
20222921047050402455643.2981.294.174.697.24.310.01.10.1
20233021046048392353643.2951.284.224.757.34.39.91.10.1
20243121043045372249643.2961.304.294.827.34.49.71.20.0
20253221043046372250643.2941.284.254.787.24.39.81.20.1
20263321039042342046543.2951.304.304.837.34.39.91.10.0
20273421038040321944543.2951.274.254.787.24.39.91.10.1
20283521037039321842543.2941.284.274.807.44.29.71.20.0

Comparable Players (Similarity Index 85)

Rank Score Name Year Run Average Trend
1 93 Mayckol Guaipe 2017 0.00 DNP
2 90 Lucas Luetge 2013 5.59
3 89 Logan Ondrusek 2011 3.67
4 89 Randor Bierd 2010 0.00 DNP
5 89 Matt Marksberry 2017 0.00 DNP
6 88 Juan Mateo 2009 0.00 DNP
7 88 Michael Stutes 2013 5.60
8 87 Tyler Cravy 2016 2.86
9 87 Adam Johnson 2006 0.00 DNP
10 87 Patrick Light 2017 0.00 DNP
11 87 Michael Mariot 2015 3.00
12 87 Chad Smith 2016 0.00 DNP
13 87 Noe Ramirez 2016 6.23
14 87 Ryne Stanek 2018 3.12
15 86 Frank Garces 2016 0.00 DNP
16 86 Seth Frankoff 2015 0.00 DNP
17 86 Enrique Gonzalez 2009 4.91
18 86 Ryan Brasier 2014 0.00 DNP
19 86 Daniel Stumpf 2017 4.06
20 86 Steve Hathaway 2017 0.00 DNP
21 86 Paul Kometani 2009 0.00 DNP
22 86 Joel De La Cruz 2015 0.00 DNP
23 85 Bryan Price 2013 0.00 DNP
24 85 Wandy Peralta 2018 6.35
25 85 Dennis O'Grady 2015 0.00 DNP
26 85 Brian Rogers 2009 0.00 DNP
27 85 Juan Minaya 2017 4.33
28 85 Jose Ramirez 2016 4.41
29 85 Michael Dubee 2012 0.00 DNP
30 85 Angel Nesbitt 2017 0.00 DNP
31 85 Kevin McGowan 2018 0.00 DNP
32 85 Nick Hill 2011 0.00 DNP
33 85 Ty'Relle Harris 2013 0.00 DNP
34 84 Chris Gloor 2013 0.00 DNP
35 84 Romulo Sanchez 2010 0.00
36 84 Buddy Baumann 2014 0.00 DNP
37 84 Alberto Cabrera 2015 0.00 DNP
38 84 Luke Jackson 2018 4.87
39 84 Mike Piazza 2013 0.00 DNP
40 84 Carlos Torres 2009 6.35
41 84 Sergio Escalona 2011 3.25
42 84 Leuris Gomez 2013 0.00 DNP
43 84 Josh Zeid 2013 3.90
44 84 Corey Baker 2016 0.00 DNP
45 84 Craig Breslow 2007 0.00 DNP
46 84 Matt Langwell 2012 0.00 DNP
47 84 Hunter Jones 2010 0.00
48 84 Matthew Carasiti 2018 0.00 DNP
49 83 Matthew West 2015 0.00
50 83 J.D. Durbin 2008 0.00 DNP
51 83 Kyle Hansen 2017 0.00 DNP
52 83 Jared Gayhart 2013 0.00 DNP
53 83 David Rollins 2016 7.71
54 83 John Ennis 2006 0.00 DNP
55 83 Pedro Beato 2013 3.60
56 83 Stefan Crichton 2018 0.00 DNP
57 83 Roberto Novoa 2006 5.57
58 83 Dustin Moseley 2008 6.62
59 83 Jose Dominguez 2017 0.00 DNP
60 83 Tony Pena 2008 4.71
61 83 Andrew Albers 2012 0.00 DNP
62 83 Jesse Simpson 2013 0.00 DNP
63 83 Zack Godley 2016 6.51
64 83 Sam Moll 2018 0.00 DNP
65 83 Taylor Williams 2018 4.75
66 83 Mike McClendon 2011 3.29
67 83 Matt Wright 2013 0.00 DNP
68 83 T.J. Weir 2018 0.00 DNP
69 83 Chase Whitley 2015 4.19
70 83 Royce Ring 2007 3.60
71 83 Pat Lehman 2013 0.00 DNP
72 83 Eddie Gamboa 2011 0.00 DNP
73 83 Daniel Meadows 2014 0.00 DNP
74 83 Blake Wood 2012 0.00 DNP
75 83 Matt Belisle 2006 4.05
76 82 Davis Romero 2009 0.00 DNP
77 82 Amalio Diaz 2013 0.00 DNP
78 82 Jonathan Aro 2017 0.00 DNP
79 82 Marcus Hatley 2014 0.00 DNP
80 82 Madison Younginer 2017 0.00 DNP
81 82 Cody Martin 2016 3.86
82 82 Matthew Hauser 2014 0.00 DNP
83 82 Brian Burres 2007 6.02
84 82 Clay Hensley 2006 3.95
85 82 Preston Claiborne 2014 3.86
86 82 Marco Albano 2010 0.00 DNP
87 82 Matt Purke 2017 0.00 DNP
88 82 Miles Mikolas 2015 0.00 DNP
89 82 Matt Wotherspoon 2018 0.00 DNP
90 82 Fernando Nieve 2009 3.19
91 82 Tony Zych 2017 2.66
92 82 Roque Mercedes 2013 0.00 DNP
93 82 Juan Gonzalez 2016 0.00 DNP
94 82 Shane Broyles 2018 0.00 DNP
95 82 Jeffrey Walters 2014 0.00 DNP
96 82 Jake Dunning 2015 0.00 DNP
97 82 JT Chargois 2017 0.00 DNP
98 82 Scott Maine 2011 10.29
99 82 Mason Melotakis 2017 0.00 DNP
100 82 Joe Saunders 2007 4.70

BP Annual Player Comments

YearComment
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 Yacksel Rios is baseball's only Yacksel and yet one of baseball's hundreds of relievers that can run it up to the mid-90s and throw a decent slider.

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PITCHf/x Pitcher Profile

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Yacksel Ríos has thrown 2,636 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 Fourseam Fastball (96mph) and Slider (87mph), also mixing in a Splitter (87mph).