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Alec Mills PCubs

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2019 Projections (Preseason PECOTA - seasonal age 27)
IP ERA WHIP SO W L SV WARP
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Birth Date11-30-1991
Height6' 4"
Weight205 lbs
Age32 years, 4 months, 20 days
BatsR
ThrowsR
2015
-0.12016
2017
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 KCA MLB 3 0 3.3 0 0 0 3 5 4 0 103 8.1 13.5 0.0 10.8 44% .333 2.40 6.10 13.50 119 7.15 158.2 -0.1
2018 CHN MLB 7 2 18.0 0 1 0 11 7 23 1 100 5.5 3.5 0.5 11.5 51% .250 1.00 2.45 4.00 76 2.42 54.2 0.6
2019 CHN MLB 9 4 36.0 1 0 1 31 11 42 5 95 7.8 2.8 1.3 10.5 49% .299 1.17 4.14 2.75 87 3.70 75.8 0.7
CareerMLB19657.31114523696977.13.60.910.849%.2871.193.723.77873.5073.81.2

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 IDA Rk PIO 17 7 50.7 1 4 3 58 17 50 7 114 10.3 3.0 1.2 8.9 0% .331 1.48 5.54 4.62 98 3.65 76.1
2013 LEX A SAL 18 3 45.3 2 3 6 28 9 47 1 78 5.6 1.8 0.2 9.3 0% .233 0.82 2.41 1.59 78 2.10 45.6
2014 LEX A SAL 7 7 38.0 2 1 0 25 10 33 0 101 5.9 2.4 0.0 7.8 0% .260 0.92 2.71 1.18 78 2.66 56.3
2014 IDA Rk PIO 7 6 19.3 2 2 0 20 4 14 0 9.3 1.9 0.0 6.5 0% .328 1.24 3.49 4.66 91 3.69 78.2
2015 WIL A+ CAR 21 21 113.3 7 7 0 122 14 111 3 98 9.7 1.1 0.2 8.8 0% .349 1.20 2.08 3.02 72 3.76 82.5
2016 KCA MLB AL 3 0 3.3 0 0 0 3 5 4 0 103 8.1 13.5 0.0 10.8 44% .333 2.40 6.10 13.50 119 7.15 158.2
2016 NWA AA TEX 12 12 67.7 1 2 0 57 12 68 2 96 7.6 1.6 0.3 9.0 44% .314 1.02 2.12 2.39 73 3.41 75.3
2016 OMA AAA PCL 12 11 58.0 4 3 0 62 19 54 8 96 9.6 2.9 1.2 8.4 47% .323 1.40 4.73 4.19 101 4.20 92.7
2017 MYR A+ CAR 2 2 9.0 0 1 0 8 1 7 0 97 8.0 1.0 0.0 7.0 68% .320 1.00 2.50 3.00 88 4.12 87.7
2017 IOW AAA PCL 3 3 14.0 2 0 0 12 3 7 0 103 7.7 1.9 0.0 4.5 47% .255 1.07 3.36 3.21 94 3.30 70.3
2017 CUB Rk AZL 2 2 5.0 0 0 0 2 1 6 0 105 3.6 1.8 0.0 10.8 44% .222 0.60 2.42 0.00 75 1.74 37.1
2017 MSS Wnt AFL 6 6 23.0 1 3 0 26 6 20 1 10.2 2.3 0.4 7.8 0% .357 1.39 3.90 3.91 0 0.00 0.0
2018 CHN MLB NL 7 2 18.0 0 1 0 11 7 23 1 100 5.5 3.5 0.5 11.5 51% .250 1.00 2.45 4.00 76 2.42 54.2
2018 IOW AAA PCL 23 23 124.7 5 12 0 121 41 108 10 91 8.7 3.0 0.7 7.8 41% .303 1.30 4.18 4.84 98 4.31 91.2
2019 CHN MLB NL 9 4 36.0 1 0 1 31 11 42 5 95 7.8 2.8 1.3 10.5 49% .299 1.17 4.14 2.75 87 3.70 75.8
2019 IOW AAA PCL 19 18 104.0 6 4 0 116 30 96 17 92 10.0 2.6 1.5 8.3 41% .325 1.40 4.99 5.11 97 4.42 91.0

Plate Discipline

YEAR Pits Zone% Swing% Contact% Z-Swing% O-Swing% Z-Contact% O-Contact% SwStr%
2016 86 0.3256 0.4767 0.8293 0.7500 0.3448 0.9048 0.7500 0.1707
2018 292 0.4795 0.4349 0.7244 0.5500 0.3289 0.7922 0.6200 0.2756
2019 553 0.4340 0.4756 0.7186 0.6458 0.3450 0.8194 0.5741 0.2814
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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
2014-04-05 2014-07-21 Minors 107 0 - Not Disclosed - -
2013-06-13 2013-09-06 Minors 85 0 Right Elbow Surgery Tommy John Surgery -

Compensation

Year Team Salary
2023 CIN $
2022 CHN $741,250
2021 CHN $600,000
2020 CHN $569,500
2019 CHN $
2018 CHN $
2017 CHN $
2016 KCA $
YearsDescriptionSalary
3 yrPrevious$1,910,750
3 yrTotal$1,910,750

 

Service TimeAgentContract Status
3 y 97 dBallengee1 year (2023)

Details
  • 1 year (2023). Signed by Cincinnati as a free agent 5/17/23 (minor-league contract). Contract selected by Cincinnati 6/27/23. DFA by Cincinnati 7/2/23. Sent outright to Triple-A 7/4/23. Elected free agency 10/4/23.
  • 1 year/$741,250 (2022). Re-signed by Chicago Cubs 3/22. Sent outright to Triple-A by Chicago Cubs 11/10/22 (elected free agency).
  • 1 year/$600,000 (2021). Re-signed by Chicago Cubs 3/21.
  • 1 year/$569,500 (2020). Re-signed by Chicago Cubs 3/20.
  • 1 year (2019). Re-signed by Chicago Cubs 3/19.
  • 1 year (2018). Re-signed by Chicago Cubs 3/18.
  • 1 year (2017). Acquired by Chicago Cubs in trade 2/8/17 after being DFA by Kansas City. Re-signed by Chicago Cubs 3/17.
  • 1 year/$507,500 (2016). Contract selected by Kansas City 11/20/15. Re-signed by Kansas City 2/28/16.
  • Drafted by Kansas City 2012 (22-673) (Tennessee-Martin).

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 13.4 11 4 12 1 .257 1.10 3.06 3.34 0.0 0.0
80o 0 0 0 0 0 8.7 7 3 8 1 .270 1.18 3.40 3.7 0.0 0.0
70o 0 0 0 0 0 5.4 5 2 5 1 .280 1.24 3.65 3.97 0.0 0.0
60o 0 0 0 0 0 2.7 2 1 2 0 .288 1.29 3.85 4.21 0.0 0.0
50o 0 0 0 0 0 0.2 0 0 0 0 .295 1.33 4.06 4.43 0.0 0.0
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BP Chats

DateQuestionAnswer
2019-02-06 21:00:00 (link to chat)I'm sure you get this question all the time, but if you had to put a Tomo Ohka comp on any currently active minor leaguer, who would it be?
(Mokajige from Earth)		You would not believe how many times I've been asked this. It's defintely Alec Mills. -BS (Dynasty 101 Chat w/ Ben Carsley and Bret Sayre)
2016-07-13 15:00:00 (link to chat)Alec Mills is flying under the radar. Do you think he can be a 50+ role player as a starter for my Royals or am I being too much of a homer? Thanks for the chat man.
(Jubbs from Smacktown)		You know, I just missed him, he was still in NW Arkansas when Omaha came north. My understanding is that he's a little light of that. Good changeup, not sure he'll miss enough same-side bats. (Brendan Gawlowski)


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PITCHf/x Pitcher Profile

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Although he has not thrown an MLB pitch in 2024, Alec Mills threw 4,677 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 Fourseam Fastball (88mph) and Sinker (89mph), also mixing in a Slider (77mph), Change (79mph) and Curve (66mph).