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2019 Projections (Preseason PECOTA - seasonal age 28)
IP ERA WHIP SO W L SV WARP
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Birth Date11-13-1990
Height6' 3"
Weight200 lbs
Age33 years, 5 months, 11 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 ANA MLB 8 0 11.7 0 0 0 10 5 13 4 100 7.7 3.9 3.1 10.0 31% .214 1.29 7.48 5.40 128 6.83 152.6 -0.3
2019 ANA MLB 32 3 49.0 3 3 0 41 13 40 8 99 7.5 2.4 1.5 7.3 37% .248 1.10 4.83 4.78 111 4.81 98.6 0.3
CareerMLB40360.7330511853121007.62.71.87.936%.2421.145.344.901145.20109.00.0

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-
2012 ELZ Rk APP 4 0 3.0 0 0 1 2 2 4 0 6.0 6.0 0.0 12.0 0% .333 1.33 3.02 0.00 105 4.71 98.0
2012 TWI Rk GCL 3 1 4.0 0 0 0 3 5 3 0 98 6.8 11.3 0.0 6.8 0% .300 2.00 6.43 6.75 130 6.39 133.1
2013 FTM A+ FSL 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 18.0 0% .000 0.00 -0.76 0.00 73 3.52 76.5
2013 ELZ Rk APP 7 0 8.3 1 0 0 2 6 6 0 2.2 6.5 0.0 6.5 0% .118 0.96 4.50 1.08 117 3.02 65.6
2013 TWI Rk GCL 4 0 3.0 0 0 0 5 3 1 0 15.0 9.0 0.0 3.0 0% .357 2.67 5.79 12.00 122 7.81 169.8
2015 CDR A MID 28 0 52.3 7 1 0 45 15 47 1 7.7 2.6 0.2 8.1 0% .303 1.15 2.99 2.41 92 3.67 80.5
2016 FTM A+ FSL 35 0 50.3 3 1 2 47 20 45 0 8.4 3.6 0.0 8.0 64% .315 1.33 2.77 3.40 92 4.71 104.1
2016 CHT AA SOU 9 0 14.7 0 0 0 16 8 12 1 9.8 4.9 0.6 7.4 57% .333 1.64 4.40 4.91 109 5.49 121.3
2017 CHT AA SOU 33 0 52.3 4 3 5 50 20 78 4 8.6 3.4 0.7 13.4 35% .380 1.34 2.56 2.58 70 3.89 82.7
2017 ROC AAA INT 8 0 13.0 0 0 0 13 4 21 1 9.0 2.8 0.7 14.5 30% .400 1.31 2.26 3.46 75 3.31 70.5
2018 ANA MLB AL 8 0 11.7 0 0 0 10 5 13 4 100 7.7 3.9 3.1 10.0 31% .214 1.29 7.48 5.40 128 6.83 152.6
2018 ROC AAA INT 32 0 48.3 3 3 1 54 18 52 6 10.1 3.4 1.1 9.7 37% .356 1.49 3.97 4.66 101 6.05 128.0
2019 ANA MLB AL 32 3 49.0 3 3 0 41 13 40 8 99 7.5 2.4 1.5 7.3 37% .248 1.10 4.83 4.78 111 4.81 98.6
2019 SLC AAA PCL 16 1 19.0 2 4 1 28 10 26 4 113 13.3 4.7 1.9 12.3 33% .453 2.00 5.53 7.11 97 6.79 139.7

Plate Discipline

YEAR Pits Zone% Swing% Contact% Z-Swing% O-Swing% Z-Contact% O-Contact% SwStr%
2018 213 0.4836 0.4789 0.7941 0.6893 0.2818 0.8873 0.5806 0.2059
2019 793 0.4603 0.4552 0.7147 0.6329 0.3037 0.8442 0.4846 0.2853
Career10060.46520.46020.73150.64480.29910.85330.50490.2685

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 TOR $
2022 TBA $
2021 ANA $590,500
2020 ANA $
2019 ANA $575,000
2018 ANA $545,000
YearsDescriptionSalary
3 yrPrevious$1,710,500
3 yrTotal$1,710,500

 

Service TimeAgentContract Status
2 y 68 d1 year (2023)

Details
  • 1 year (2023). Signed by Toronto as a free agent 2/11/23 (minor-league contract).
  • 1 year (2022). Signed by Tampa Bay as a free agent 3/24/22 (minor-league contract). Contract selected by Tampa Bay 5/19/22. Claimed by NY Yankees off waivers 8/5/22 after being DFA by Tampa Bay 8/1/22. DFA by NY Yankees 9/6/22. Elected free agency 10/25/22.
  • 1 year/$590,500 (2021). Re-signed by LA Angels 3/21. Sent outright to Triple-A by LA Angels 10/21/21.
  • 1 year (2020). Re-signed by LA Angels 3/20.
  • 1 year/$575,000 (2019). Signed by LA Angels as a free agent 2/16/19 (minor-league contract). Contract selected by LA Angels 3/27/19.
  • 1 year/$545,000 (2018). Selected by LA Angels from Minnesota in Rule 5 draft 12/14/17. DFA by LA Angels 4/21/18. Returned by LA Angels to Minnesota 4/27/18.
  • Drafted by Minnesota 2012 (1s-42) (Georgia Tech). $1.227M signing bonus (slot amount).

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 15.0 12 6 15 2 .260 1.19 3.83 3.83 0.0 0.0
80o 0 0 0 0 0 9.7 8 4 10 1 .275 1.29 4.27 4.29 0.0 0.0
70o 0 0 0 0 0 6.0 5 3 6 1 .286 1.36 4.60 4.63 0.0 0.0
60o 0 0 0 0 0 2.9 3 1 3 0 .295 1.42 4.89 4.93 0.0 0.0
50o 0 0 0 0 0 0.1 0 0 0 0 .304 1.48 5.17 5.21 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, Luke Bard threw 2,063 pitches that were tracked by the PITCHf/x system between 2018 and 2023, all of them occuring in Spring Training. In 2023, he relied primarily on his Sinker (93mph) and Slider (81mph), also mixing in a Cutter (89mph), Change (88mph) and Fourseam Fastball (93mph).