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Joe Biagini PCubs

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2019 Projections (Preseason PECOTA - seasonal age 29)
IP ERA WHIP SO W L SV WARP
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Birth Date5-29-1990
Height6' 5"
Weight235 lbs
Age33 years, 10 months, 26 days
BatsR
ThrowsR
2015
0.92016
2.02017
-0.62018
0.12019
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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 TOR MLB 60 0 67.7 4 3 1 69 19 62 3 110 9.2 2.5 0.4 8.2 54% .320 1.30 2.91 3.06 88 3.87 85.7 0.9
2017 TOR MLB 44 18 119.7 3 13 1 125 42 97 15 105 9.4 3.2 1.1 7.3 56% .305 1.40 4.25 5.34 92 3.98 84.7 2.0
2018 TOR MLB 50 4 72.0 4 7 0 96 24 53 14 106 12.0 3.0 1.8 6.6 49% .355 1.67 5.50 6.00 107 5.72 127.8 -0.6
2019 HOU 0 13 0 14.7 0 1 0 21 9 10 6 102 12.9 5.5 3.7 6.1 50% .341 2.05 9.04 7.36 149 11.80 241.3 -1.0
2019 TOR 0 50 0 50.0 3 1 1 50 17 50 8 100 9.0 3.1 1.4 9.0 45% .309 1.34 4.40 3.78 100 4.73 97.3 0.3
2019 TOT MLB 63 0 64.7 3 2 1 71 26 60 14 100 9.9 3.6 1.9 8.4 46% .317 1.50 5.45 4.59 112 6.33 130.1 -0.7
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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 AUG A SAL 9 9 34.0 0 4 0 36 29 36 4 91 9.5 7.7 1.1 9.5 0% .333 1.91 5.54 7.41 124 7.30 152.0
2012 SLO A- NOR 14 12 59.0 2 4 0 54 18 63 5 116 8.2 2.7 0.8 9.6 0% .318 1.22 3.35 4.27 85 3.40 70.8
2013 AUG A SAL 20 20 96.7 7 6 0 102 42 79 5 84 9.5 3.9 0.5 7.4 0% .323 1.49 3.94 5.03 106 5.91 128.5
2014 SJO A+ CAL 23 23 128.0 10 9 0 133 46 103 5 98 9.4 3.2 0.4 7.2 0% .336 1.40 3.85 4.01 95 5.00 105.7
2015 RIC AA EAS 23 22 130.3 10 7 0 112 34 84 5 87 7.7 2.3 0.3 5.8 0% .264 1.12 3.35 2.42 99 3.49 76.6
2016 TOR MLB AL 60 0 67.7 4 3 1 69 19 62 3 110 9.2 2.5 0.4 8.2 54% .320 1.30 2.91 3.06 88 3.87 85.7
2017 TOR MLB AL 44 18 119.7 3 13 1 125 42 97 15 105 9.4 3.2 1.1 7.3 56% .305 1.40 4.25 5.34 92 3.98 84.7
2017 BUF AAA INT 4 4 17.3 1 1 0 13 6 14 2 91 6.8 3.1 1.0 7.3 58% .239 1.10 4.26 3.12 104 3.50 74.5
2018 TOR MLB AL 50 4 72.0 4 7 0 96 24 53 14 106 12.0 3.0 1.8 6.6 49% .355 1.67 5.50 6.00 107 5.72 127.8
2018 BUF AAA INT 4 4 21.7 0 3 0 19 8 13 1 95 7.9 3.3 0.4 5.4 45% .257 1.25 3.97 4.57 113 5.96 126.0
2019 HOU MLB AL 13 0 14.7 0 1 0 21 9 10 6 102 12.9 5.5 3.7 6.1 50% .341 2.05 9.04 7.36 149 11.80 241.3
2019 TOR MLB AL 50 0 50.0 3 1 1 50 17 50 8 100 9.0 3.1 1.4 9.0 45% .309 1.34 4.40 3.78 100 4.73 97.3
2019 ROU AAA PCL 2 0 1.7 0 0 0 3 3 3 0 16.2 16.2 0.0 16.2 20% .600 3.60 5.59 27.00 110 7.83 161.1

Plate Discipline

YEAR Pits Zone% Swing% Contact% Z-Swing% O-Swing% Z-Contact% O-Contact% SwStr%
2016 1110 0.4495 0.4829 0.7463 0.6533 0.3437 0.8558 0.5762 0.2537
2017 1909 0.4887 0.4547 0.8030 0.6420 0.2756 0.8731 0.6468 0.1970
2018 1220 0.4713 0.4598 0.7932 0.6470 0.2930 0.8763 0.6296 0.2068
2019 1140 0.4228 0.4596 0.7156 0.6577 0.3146 0.8013 0.5845 0.2844
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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 CHN $
2020 HOU $1,000,000
2019 TOR $900,000
2018 TOR $
2017 TOR $543,000
2016 TOR $507,500
YearsDescriptionSalary
4 yrPrevious$2,950,500
4 yrTotal$2,950,500

 

Service TimeAgentContract Status
4 y 83 d1 year (2022)

Details
  • 1 year (2022). Signed by Toronto as a free agent 3/10/22 (minor-league contract).
  • 1 year (2021). Signed by Chicago Cubs as a free agent 2/4/21 (minor-league contract). Contract selected by Chicago Cubs 10/2/21. Returned by Chicago Cubs to Triple-A 10/18/21. Sent outright to Triple-A by Chicago Cubs 10/19/21.
  • 1 year/$1M (2020). Re-signed by Houston 12/2/19 (avoided arbitration).
  • 1 year/$900,000 (2019). Re-signed by Toronto 1/11/19 (avoided arbitration). Acquired by Houston in trade from Toronto 7/31/19 with $290,323 remaining on contract.
  • 1 year (2018). Re-signed by Toronto 3/18.
  • 1 year/$543,000 (2017). Re-signed by Toronto 3/17.
  • 1 year/$507,500 (2016). Selected by Toronto from San Francisco in Rule 5 draft 12/10/15.
  • Drafted by San Francisco 2011 (26-807) (UC Davis). $175,000 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 13.0 11 4 11 1 .255 1.11 3.23 3.58 0.0 0.0
80o 0 0 0 0 0 8.4 7 3 7 1 .267 1.19 3.56 3.94 0.0 0.0
70o 0 0 0 0 0 5.3 5 2 4 1 .276 1.24 3.82 4.21 0.0 0.0
60o 0 0 0 0 0 2.6 2 1 2 0 .284 1.29 4.03 4.44 0.0 0.0
50o 0 0 0 0 0 0.2 0 0 0 0 .291 1.34 4.23 4.66 0.0 0.0
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PITCHf/x Pitcher Profile

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Although he has not thrown an MLB pitch in 2024, Joe Biagini threw 5,698 pitches that were tracked by the PITCHf/x system between 2016 and 2023, all of them occuring in Spring Training. In 2023, he relied primarily on his Cutter (85mph) and Fourseam Fastball (92mph), also mixing in a Sinker (92mph) and Change (82mph).