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2019 Projections (Preseason PECOTA - seasonal age 29)
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Birth Date4-23-1990
Height6' 1"
Weight180 lbs
Age34 years, 0 months, 17 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 LKC A MID 15 0 33.3 2 0 0 38 7 28 6 10.3 1.9 1.6 7.6 0% .299 1.35 4.72 3.78 106 5.26 109.6
2012 MHV A- NYP 7 0 13.3 0 2 3 10 1 15 0 6.8 0.7 0.0 10.1 0% .278 0.83 1.30 2.03 72 2.62 54.5
2013 LKC A MID 25 0 29.7 0 2 5 27 10 23 0 8.2 3.0 0.0 7.0 0% .300 1.25 2.79 1.82 93 4.44 96.5
2013 CAR A+ CAR 21 0 37.7 4 2 3 33 3 41 4 7.9 0.7 1.0 9.8 0% .319 0.96 2.87 3.11 73 3.55 77.1
2013 COH AAA INT 1 0 1.7 0 0 0 2 2 2 0 10.8 10.8 0.0 10.8 0% .500 2.40 4.40 0.00 96 4.68 101.7
2014 CAR A+ CAR 17 0 20.3 0 3 9 10 7 34 0 4.4 3.1 0.0 15.0 0% .263 0.84 1.49 2.21 50 2.02 42.8
2014 AKR AA EAS 29 0 36.3 1 1 3 35 16 39 3 8.7 4.0 0.7 9.7 0% .320 1.40 3.68 2.97 93 4.39 92.9
2015 AKR AA EAS 47 0 60.3 3 3 0 54 33 59 2 8.1 4.9 0.3 8.8 0% .319 1.44 3.43 4.03 103 4.76 104.5
2016 AKR AA EAS 45 0 67.7 2 1 6 56 18 61 3 7.4 2.4 0.4 8.1 52% .283 1.09 2.97 2.66 84 3.22 71.1
2017 COH AAA INT 50 0 61.3 3 2 7 50 28 65 2 7.3 4.1 0.3 9.5 44% .304 1.27 3.11 3.23 87 3.83 81.4
2018 COH AAA INT 15 0 15.7 1 1 0 28 10 20 3 16.1 5.7 1.7 11.5 36% .500 2.43 5.75 12.64 108 8.52 180.2
2019 TUL AA TEX 6 0 10.7 2 1 1 9 3 16 1 7.6 2.5 0.8 13.5 48% .364 1.13 3.07 3.38 76 3.85 79.3
2019 OKL AAA PCL 9 0 12.0 1 0 0 20 7 14 2 15.0 5.3 1.5 10.5 49% .514 2.25 5.38 8.25 92 6.21 127.8
2019 DOD Rk AZL 2 2 2.7 0 0 0 2 0 2 0 92 6.8 0.0 0.0 6.8 29% .286 0.75 3.87 0.00 98 7.14 146.9
2019 DOT Rk AZL 5 2 7.3 0 1 0 13 3 8 1 93 16.0 3.7 1.2 9.8 48% .500 2.18 5.07 9.82 98 6.87 141.4

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 PHI $
2022 MIA $706,000
2021 TBA $
YearsDescriptionSalary
1 yrPrevious$706,000
1 yrTotal$706,000

 

Service TimeAgentContract Status
1 y 16 d1 year (2023)

Details
  • 1 year (2023). Signed by Philadelphia as a free agent 1/14/23 (minor-league contract).
  • 1 year/$706,000 (2022). Re-signed by Miami 3/22. Claimed by Baltimore off waivers from Miami 7/12/22. DFA by Baltimore 10/14/22, sent outright to Triple-A 10/18/22.
  • 1 year (2021). Signed by Tampa Bay as a free agent 2/12/21 (minor-league contract). Contract selected by Tampa Bay 4/23/21. Acquired by Miami in trade from Tampa Bay 11/14/21.
  • 1 year (2020). Signed by Seattle as a free agent 2/5/20 (minor-league contract). Released by Seattle 5/27/20.
  • 1 year (2019). Signed by LA Dodgers as a free agent 2/23/19 (minor-league contract).
  • Released by Cleveland 8/2/18.
  • Drafted by Cleveland 2012 (18-563) (Texas State, San Marcos, Texas).

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 5.3 0 1.8 39 0 50.9 39 19 49 6 .253 1.14 3.44 3.64 -3.6 -0.4
80o 4.6 0 1.6 35 0 44.9 38 18 44 5 .268 1.23 3.84 4.07 -5.2 -0.6
70o 4 0 1.4 31 0 40.6 36 17 39 5 .279 1.30 4.14 4.39 -6.1 -0.7
60o 3.6 0 1.2 29 0 37.1 34 16 36 5 .288 1.36 4.40 4.67 -6.6 -0.7
50o 3.3 0 1.1 26 0 33.9 33 15 33 5 .297 1.42 4.64 4.93 -7.0 -0.8
40o 2.9 0 0.9 24 0 30.8 31 15 30 5 .305 1.48 4.89 5.2 -7.2 -0.8
30o 2.6 0 0.8 21 0 27.6 29 14 27 4 .315 1.55 5.16 5.5 -7.3 -0.8
20o 2.2 0 0.7 18 0 23.9 26 12 23 4 .326 1.63 5.49 5.85 -7.2 -0.8
10o 1.7 0 0.5 15 0 18.9 22 11 18 3 .341 1.74 5.95 6.35 -6.7 -0.7
Weighted Mean3.201.126033.23215325.2951.414.614.9-6.7-0.7

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PITCHf/x Pitcher Profile

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Although he has not thrown an MLB pitch in 2024, Louis Head threw 1,525 pitches that were tracked by the PITCHf/x system between 2017 and 2023, all of them occuring in Spring Training. In 2023, he relied primarily on his Slider (83mph) and Fourseam Fastball (93mph), also mixing in a Change (88mph).