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José Ruiz PWhite Sox

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2019 Projections (Preseason PECOTA - seasonal age 24)
IP ERA WHIP SO W L SV WARP
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Birth Date10-21-1994
Height6' 1"
Weight245 lbs
Age29 years, 6 months, 3 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
2017 SDN MLB 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0.0 9.0 0.0 9.0 50% .000 1.00 4.17 0.00 157 9.17 195.1 0.0
2018 CHA MLB 6 0 4.3 0 0 0 5 3 6 1 105 10.4 6.2 2.1 12.5 42% .364 1.85 5.50 4.15 82 2.40 53.6 0.1
2019 CHA MLB 40 1 40.0 1 4 0 56 24 35 6 101 12.6 5.4 1.4 7.9 37% .377 2.00 5.39 5.63 118 8.13 166.8 -1.2
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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-
2016 TRI A- NWL 9 0 10.7 2 0 2 3 2 12 0 2.5 1.7 0.0 10.1 71% .143 0.47 2.08 0.00 80 1.06 23.5
2016 LEL A+ CAL 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0.0 9.0 0.0 9.0 0% .000 1.00 4.70 0.00 113 4.31 95.1
2016 PDR Rk AZL 1 0 0.7 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 0.0 27.0 0.0 13.5 100% .000 3.00 10.11 0.00 114 3.74 82.5
2017 SDN MLB NL 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0.0 9.0 0.0 9.0 50% .000 1.00 4.17 0.00 157 9.17 195.1
2017 LEL A+ CAL 44 0 49.7 1 2 2 57 25 45 7 10.3 4.5 1.3 8.2 33% .345 1.65 5.57 5.98 117 5.93 126.1
2018 CHA MLB AL 6 0 4.3 0 0 0 5 3 6 1 105 10.4 6.2 2.1 12.5 42% .364 1.85 5.50 4.15 82 2.40 53.6
2018 WNS A+ CAR 10 0 13.3 0 0 2 6 5 22 2 4.1 3.4 1.4 14.9 33% .182 0.83 3.58 2.70 75 2.36 49.9
2018 BIR AA SOU 33 0 45.3 3 1 14 33 19 55 2 6.6 3.8 0.4 10.9 41% .290 1.15 2.84 3.18 82 3.37 71.3
2019 CHA MLB AL 40 1 40.0 1 4 0 56 24 35 6 101 12.6 5.4 1.4 7.9 37% .377 2.00 5.39 5.63 118 8.13 166.8
2019 CHR AAA INT 11 0 14.3 0 0 7 9 7 15 0 5.7 4.4 0.0 9.4 34% .257 1.12 3.20 1.26 86 2.50 51.5

Plate Discipline

YEAR Pits Zone% Swing% Contact% Z-Swing% O-Swing% Z-Contact% O-Contact% SwStr%
2017 15 0.5333 0.4000 0.8333 0.6250 0.1429 0.8000 1.0000 0.1667
2018 89 0.4382 0.5056 0.6667 0.7436 0.3200 0.7586 0.5000 0.3333
2019 752 0.4894 0.4947 0.7581 0.7092 0.2891 0.8084 0.6396 0.2419
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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
2024 PHI $
2023 CHA $925,000
2022 CHA $720,000
2021 CHA $575,000
2020 CHA $
2019 CHA $
2018 CHA $
2017 SDN $
YearsDescriptionSalary
3 yrPrevious$2,220,000
3 yrTotal$2,220,000

 

Service TimeAgentContract Status
3 y 170 d1 year (2024)

Details
  • 1 year (2024). Signed by Philadelphia as a free agent 11/27/23 (minor-league contract).
  • 1 year/$925,000 (2023). Re-signed by Chicago White Sox 1/13/23 (avoided arbitration). Acquired by Arizona in trade 4/9/23 after being DFA by Chicago White Sox 4/7/23. DFA by Arizona 7/25/23. Sent outright to Triple-A 7/30/23.
  • 1 year/$720,000 (2022). Re-signed by Chicago White Sox 3/22.
  • 1 year/$575,000 (2021). Re-signed by Chicago White Sox 3/21.
  • 1 year (2020). Re-signed by Chicago White Sox 3/20.
  • 1 year (2019). Re-signed by Chicago White Sox 3/19.
  • 1 year (2018). Claimed by Chicago White Sox off waivers from San Diego 12/22/17. Re-signed by Chicago White Sox 3/18. Sent outright to Triple-A by Chicago White Sox 3/29/18. Contract selected by Chicago White Sox 9/4/18.
  • 1 year (2017). Contract selected by San Diego 11/18/16. Re-signed 3/17. DFA by San Diego 12/15/17.
  • Signed by San Diego 7/2/11 as an amateur free agent from the Dominican Republic.

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 17.0 12 7 19 2 .249 1.14 3.33 3.54 0.0 0.0
80o 0 0 0 0 0 10.9 8 5 12 1 .266 1.25 3.80 4.02 0.0 0.0
70o 0 0 0 0 0 6.7 6 3 7 1 .278 1.33 4.14 4.38 0.0 0.0
60o 0 0 0 0 0 3.2 3 2 4 0 .289 1.40 4.44 4.69 0.0 0.0
50o 0 0 0 0 0 0.1 0 0 0 0 .299 1.47 4.72 4.99 0.0 0.0
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PITCHf/x Pitcher Profile

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José Ruiz has thrown 4,737 pitches that have been tracked by the PITCHf/x system between 2017 and 2024, all of them occuring in Spring Training. In 2024, he has relied primarily on his Fourseam Fastball (97mph) and Curve (86mph), also mixing in a Sinker (96mph) and Change (89mph). He also rarely throws a Slider (89mph).