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Portrait of Michael Kelly

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2019 Projections (Preseason PECOTA - seasonal age 26)
IP ERA WHIP SO W L SV WARP
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Birth Date9-6-1992
Height6' 4"
Weight185 lbs
Age31 years, 7 months, 19 days
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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

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-
2012 FTW A MID 7 0 14.3 0 2 0 18 18 14 0 11.3 11.3 0.0 8.8 0% .419 2.51 5.36 7.53 133 8.75 182.3
2012 PDR Rk AZL 13 6 44.3 0 5 0 54 25 37 2 101 11.0 5.1 0.4 7.5 0% .361 1.78 5.42 7.11 112 7.38 153.7
2013 FTW A MID 15 0 18.0 2 1 0 17 12 16 1 8.5 6.0 0.5 8.0 0% .308 1.61 4.61 5.00 111 5.89 127.9
2013 EUG A- NOR 18 0 38.3 1 1 0 36 35 33 2 8.5 8.2 0.5 7.7 0% .321 1.85 5.48 6.10 129 7.75 168.3
2014 EUG A- NOR 15 14 73.3 7 5 0 59 25 71 5 94 7.2 3.1 0.6 8.7 0% .283 1.15 3.95 4.05 94 3.50 74.1
2015 FTW A MID 13 13 66.7 5 3 0 68 22 35 5 103 9.2 3.0 0.7 4.7 0% .293 1.35 4.30 4.46 118 5.21 114.2
2015 LEL A+ CAL 6 5 30.0 0 6 0 45 9 22 5 105 13.5 2.7 1.5 6.6 0% .377 1.80 5.78 8.40 123 7.96 174.5
2016 LEL A+ CAL 6 6 29.3 1 3 0 33 12 25 2 88 10.1 3.7 0.6 7.7 47% .333 1.53 4.42 5.83 102 5.28 116.6
2016 SAN AA TEX 9 9 49.7 2 2 0 42 17 49 3 82 7.6 3.1 0.5 8.9 40% .305 1.19 3.01 2.90 92 4.50 99.4
2016 ELP AAA PCL 10 10 49.7 6 3 0 50 23 41 4 109 9.1 4.2 0.7 7.4 46% .326 1.47 4.68 4.89 103 4.26 94.0
2017 SAN AA TEX 15 15 84.7 7 2 0 68 30 91 6 91 7.2 3.2 0.6 9.7 45% .291 1.16 3.26 2.98 88 3.88 82.5
2017 ELP AAA PCL 13 7 42.0 3 2 0 47 26 37 6 112 10.1 5.6 1.3 7.9 41% .328 1.74 5.96 6.64 119 6.35 135.0
2018 BOW AA EAS 25 8 56.3 1 5 1 55 66 55 8 97 8.8 10.5 1.3 8.8 41% .301 2.15 7.04 9.11 146 7.90 167.0
2018 NOR AAA INT 6 0 11.0 0 1 0 13 11 7 0 10.6 9.0 0.0 5.7 44% .333 2.18 5.05 4.91 130 7.09 150.0

Plate Discipline

YEAR Pits Zone% Swing% Contact% Z-Swing% O-Swing% Z-Contact% O-Contact% SwStr%

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 CLE $
2022 PHI $
2018 BAL $

 

Service TimeAgentContract Status
0 y 112 d2024

Details
  • 1 year (2023). Signed by Cleveland as a free agent 1/4/23 (minor-league contract). Contract selected by Cleveland 6/3/23. Claimed by Oakland off waivers 11/17/23 after being DFA by Cleveland 11/14/23.
  • 1 year (2022). Signed by Philadelphia as a free agent 12/14/21 (minor-league contract). Contract selected by Philadelphia 6/13/22.
  • 1 year (2021). Signed by Houston as a free agent 5/11/21 (minor-league contract).
  • 2020: did not pitch.
  • 2019: Southern Maryland of independent Atlantic League.
  • 1 year (2018). Signed by Baltimore as a free agent 12/17/17. DFA by Baltimore 3/29/18. Sent outright to Triple-A 4/5/18.
  • Drafted by San Diego 2011 (1s-43) (West Boca Raton Community HS, Fla.). $0.718M signing bonus ($0.728M slot).

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 7.5 0.3 22 15 88.2 74 52 77 10 .263 1.43 4.35 4.43 -11.2 -1.2
80o 0 7.3 0.2 20 14 81.6 74 52 71 10 .277 1.54 4.79 4.89 -14.3 -1.6
70o 0 7.2 0.2 19 13 77.0 73 52 67 10 .288 1.63 5.12 5.24 -16.3 -1.8
60o 0 7.1 0.2 18 13 73.2 73 52 64 10 .297 1.70 5.41 5.54 -17.8 -1.9
50o 0 7 0.2 17 12 69.6 72 51 61 10 .305 1.77 5.69 5.83 -19.0 -2.1
40o 0 6.9 0.2 16 12 66.2 71 51 58 10 .314 1.84 5.97 6.12 -20.1 -2.2
30o 0 6.8 0.2 15 11 62.6 70 50 54 10 .323 1.92 6.27 6.44 -21.1 -2.3
20o 0 6.6 0.1 14 10 58.5 69 49 51 9 .334 2.02 6.64 6.82 -22.0 -2.4
10o 0 6.3 0.1 13 9 53.0 67 48 46 9 .349 2.16 7.17 7.37 -23.0 -2.5
Weighted Mean06.90.2171269.271506010.3031.755.655.79-18.6-2.0

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PITCHf/x Pitcher Profile

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Michael Kelly has thrown 1,431 pitches that have been tracked by the PITCHf/x system between 2022 and 2024, all of them occuring in Spring Training. In 2024, he has relied primarily on his Slider (84mph) and Fourseam Fastball (96mph), also mixing in a Cutter (89mph). He also rarely throws a Sinker (95mph).