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2019 Projections (Preseason PECOTA - seasonal age 26)
IP ERA WHIP SO W L SV WARP
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Birth Date3-27-1993
Height6' 5"
Weight245 lbs
Age31 years, 0 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
2018 PIT MLB 11 4 26.3 1 3 0 30 23 21 2 95 10.3 7.9 0.7 7.2 58% .346 2.01 5.36 6.84 117 6.25 139.7 -0.3
2019 PIT MLB 35 0 50.0 1 2 0 45 36 56 5 98 8.1 6.5 0.9 10.1 60% .301 1.62 4.92 5.58 97 4.16 85.4 0.6
CareerMLB46476.32507559777978.87.00.89.159%.3181.765.076.011044.88104.20.3

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 shown —Click 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-
2012 SCO A- NYP 13 13 59.3 5 3 0 35 29 34 1 94 5.3 4.4 0.2 5.2 0% .204 1.08 4.12 2.28 118 3.53 73.4
2013 WVA A SAL 26 25 119.0 5 6 0 106 69 90 7 85 8.0 5.2 0.5 6.8 0% .283 1.47 4.76 4.08 125 5.61 121.9
2015 BRD A+ FSL 6 6 23.0 0 2 0 18 7 16 0 94 7.0 2.7 0.0 6.3 0% .273 1.09 3.21 2.74 102 3.99 87.6
2015 PIR Rk GCL 3 3 13.3 1 0 0 13 1 10 0 106 8.8 0.7 0.0 6.8 0% .310 1.05 2.70 2.03 92 3.94 86.4
2016 ALT AA EAS 26 26 136.3 10 9 0 138 64 101 10 108 9.1 4.2 0.7 6.7 63% .314 1.48 4.54 4.22 111 5.08 112.3
2017 IND AAA INT 25 24 112.7 10 5 0 96 59 99 4 92 7.7 4.7 0.3 7.9 62% .302 1.38 3.83 3.36 101 4.39 93.5
2018 PIT MLB NL 11 4 26.3 1 3 0 30 23 21 2 95 10.3 7.9 0.7 7.2 58% .346 2.01 5.36 6.84 117 6.25 139.7
2018 BRD A+ FSL 1 1 6.0 0 0 0 4 0 8 0 108 6.0 0.0 0.0 12.0 79% .286 0.67 0.80 1.50 67 2.84 60.0
2018 IND AAA INT 22 16 95.3 8 3 0 94 40 100 4 93 8.9 3.8 0.4 9.4 61% .346 1.41 3.19 3.40 92 5.10 107.8
2019 PIT MLB NL 35 0 50.0 1 2 0 45 36 56 5 98 8.1 6.5 0.9 10.1 60% .301 1.62 4.92 5.58 97 4.16 85.4
2019 ALT AA EAS 2 0 4.0 1 0 0 5 1 3 0 11.3 2.3 0.0 6.8 50% .357 1.50 3.16 6.75 100 5.27 108.5
2019 IND AAA INT 10 0 15.7 2 1 1 17 15 13 1 9.8 8.6 0.6 7.5 55% .320 2.04 5.86 6.32 110 6.00 123.5

Plate Discipline

YEAR Pits Zone% Swing% Contact% Z-Swing% O-Swing% Z-Contact% O-Contact% SwStr%
2018 499 0.4349 0.3627 0.7845 0.5760 0.1986 0.8560 0.6250 0.2155
2019 872 0.4472 0.3727 0.7446 0.5436 0.2344 0.8962 0.4602 0.2554
Career13710.44270.36910.75910.55540.22140.88160.52020.2409

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
2014-04-02 2014-09-09 Minors 160 0 - - -

Compensation

Year Team Salary
2024 NYA $6,000,000
2023 NYA $3,300,000
2022 NYA $1,100,000
2021 PIT $650,000
2020 PIT $579,500
2019 PIT $
2018 PIT $
2017 PIT $
YearsDescriptionSalary
4 yrPrevious$5,629,500
2019Current$6,000,000
5 yrPvs + Cur$11,629,500
5 yrTotal$11,629,500

 

Service TimeAgentContract Status
5 y 31 dWasserman1 year/$6M (2024)

Details
  • 1 year/$6M (2024). Re-signed by NY Yankees 1/11/24 (avoided arbitration). Performance bonuses: $25,000 each for 30, 40 games finished.
  • 1 year/$3.3M (2023). Re-signed by NY Yankees 1/13/23 (avoided arbitration).
  • 1 year/$1.1M (2022). Re-signed by NY Yankees 3/22/22 (avoided arbitration).
  • 1 year/$650,000 (2021). Signed by Pittsburgh as a free agent 12/4/20 (minor-league contract with salary of $650,000 in majors. Contract selected by Pittsburgh 4/1/21. Acquired by NY Yankees in trade from Pittsburgh 7/26/21 with $241,129 remaining on contract.
  • 1 year/579,500 (2020). Re-signed by Pittsburgh 3/20.
  • 1 year (2019). Re-signed by Pittsburgh 3/19.
  • 1 year (2018). Re-signed by Pittsburgh 3/18.
  • 1 year (2017). Contract selected by Pittsburgh 11/18/16. Re-signed by Pittsburgh 3/17.
  • Drafted by Pittsburgh 2011 (9-272) (Slocomb HS, Ala.). $1.2M 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 0 0 0 0 12.7 9 5 12 1 .262 1.15 2.65 3.04 0.0 0.0
80o 0 0 0 0 0 8.3 7 4 8 0 .275 1.23 2.97 3.4 0.0 0.0
70o 0 0 0 0 0 5.2 4 2 5 0 .285 1.29 3.19 3.66 0.0 0.0
60o 0 0 0 0 0 2.6 2 1 3 0 .293 1.35 3.40 3.89 0.0 0.0
50o 0 0 0 0 0 0.3 0 0 0 0 .301 1.40 3.58 4.11 0.0 0.0
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PITCHf/x Pitcher Profile

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Clay Holmes has thrown 5,054 pitches that have been tracked by the PITCHf/x system between 2018 and 2024, all of them occuring in Spring Training. In 2024, he has relied primarily on his Sinker (96mph) and Slider (86mph). He also rarely throws a Fourseam Fastball (97mph).