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Rob Whalen PTwins

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2019 Projections (Preseason PECOTA - seasonal age 25)
IP ERA WHIP SO W L SV WARP
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Birth Date1-31-1994
Height6' 2"
Weight220 lbs
Age30 years, 2 months, 25 days
BatsR
ThrowsR
2015
0.52016
-0.22017
-0.12018
0.62019
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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 ATL MLB 5 5 24.7 1 2 0 20 12 25 4 91 7.3 4.4 1.5 9.1 44% .242 1.30 5.08 6.57 98 3.56 78.8 0.5
2017 SEA MLB 2 1 7.3 0 1 0 7 2 2 1 106 8.6 2.5 1.2 2.5 40% .250 1.23 6.00 6.14 130 7.59 161.5 -0.2
2018 SEA MLB 1 0 4.0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 91 2.3 2.3 0.0 0.0 46% .077 0.50 3.94 0.00 130 6.80 151.9 -0.1
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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 KNG Rk APP 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 9.0 0.0 0.0 9.0 0% .333 1.00 1.69 0.00 91 3.36 70.0
2013 KNG Rk APP 12 12 72.3 3 2 0 50 17 76 1 106 6.2 2.1 0.1 9.5 0% .251 0.93 2.49 1.87 79 2.19 47.6
2014 SAV A SAL 11 10 62.7 9 1 0 44 19 53 2 99 6.3 2.7 0.3 7.6 0% .239 1.01 3.45 2.01 99 2.89 61.1
2014 MTS Rk GCL 3 2 7.0 0 1 0 4 2 10 0 5.1 2.6 0.0 12.9 0% .267 0.86 1.48 1.29 0 0.00 0.0
2015 CAR A+ CAR 3 3 13.7 1 2 0 11 4 7 2 92 7.2 2.6 1.3 4.6 0% .225 1.10 5.00 3.29 123 5.00 109.6
2015 SLU A+ FSL 15 14 83.0 4 5 0 72 34 61 4 99 7.8 3.7 0.4 6.6 0% .273 1.28 3.84 3.36 110 4.32 94.7
2016 ATL MLB NL 5 5 24.7 1 2 0 20 12 25 4 91 7.3 4.4 1.5 9.1 44% .242 1.30 5.08 6.57 98 3.56 78.8
2016 MIS AA SOU 18 18 101.3 7 5 0 87 37 94 4 91 7.7 3.3 0.4 8.3 55% .292 1.22 3.18 2.49 92 3.62 79.8
2016 GWN AAA INT 3 3 18.7 0 1 0 12 7 18 0 104 5.8 3.4 0.0 8.7 45% .255 1.02 2.52 1.93 88 2.88 63.6
2017 SEA MLB AL 2 1 7.3 0 1 0 7 2 2 1 106 8.6 2.5 1.2 2.5 40% .250 1.23 6.00 6.14 130 7.59 161.5
2017 TAC AAA PCL 10 10 53.3 0 7 0 61 20 43 9 95 10.3 3.4 1.5 7.3 41% .317 1.52 5.59 6.58 109 5.75 122.4
2018 SEA MLB AL 1 0 4.0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 91 2.3 2.3 0.0 0.0 46% .077 0.50 3.94 0.00 130 6.80 151.9
2018 EVE A- NWL 2 2 4.7 0 1 0 9 0 5 3 117 17.4 0.0 5.8 9.6 47% .375 1.93 9.76 9.64 106 7.64 161.6
2018 ARK AA TEX 2 2 6.0 0 2 0 10 3 8 1 99 15.0 4.5 1.5 12.0 52% .450 2.17 4.44 7.50 96 6.84 144.7
2018 TAC AAA PCL 20 20 99.3 7 7 0 119 37 92 5 102 10.8 3.4 0.5 8.3 48% .360 1.57 4.02 5.16 95 5.85 123.8

Plate Discipline

YEAR Pits Zone% Swing% Contact% Z-Swing% O-Swing% Z-Contact% O-Contact% SwStr%
2016 449 0.4388 0.4053 0.7418 0.5584 0.2857 0.8545 0.5694 0.2582
2017 112 0.5089 0.4375 0.8980 0.6491 0.2182 0.9730 0.6667 0.1020
2018 47 0.4255 0.4468 0.8571 0.6500 0.2963 0.9231 0.7500 0.1429
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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
2014-05-02 2014-07-21 Minors 80 0 - Hand Infection - -

Compensation

Year Team Salary
2020 NYN $
2018 SEA $
2017 SEA $537,500
2016 ATL $
YearsDescriptionSalary
1 yrPrevious$537,500
1 yrTotal$537,500

 

Service TimeAgentContract Status
0 y 95 d1 year (2020)

Details
  • 1 year (2020). Signed by NY Mets as a free agent 1/27/20 (minor-league contract).
  • 2019. Did not pitch.
  • 1 year (2018). Re-signed by Seattle 3/18. DFA by Seattle 9/1/18. Sent outright to Triple-A 9/5/18. Retired 2/19.
  • 1 year/$0.5375M (2017). Re-signed by Seattle 2/17.
  • 1 year (2016). Contract selected by Atlanta 8/3/16. Acquired by Seattle in trade from Atlanta 11/28/16.
  • Acquired by Atlanta in trade from NY Mets 7/24/15.
  • Drafted by NY Mets 2012 (12-380) (Haines City, HS, Fla.). $0.1M 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 9.5 0 22 22 115.5 91 37 102 12 .250 1.11 3.49 3.8 -6.9 -0.7
80o 0 9.5 0 21 21 108.9 92 37 96 13 .263 1.19 3.85 4.2 -11.1 -1.2
70o 0 9.5 0 20 20 104.3 92 38 92 13 .272 1.24 4.11 4.49 -13.8 -1.5
60o 0 9.5 0 19 19 100.5 92 38 89 13 .279 1.29 4.34 4.74 -16.0 -1.7
50o 0 9.5 0 19 19 96.9 92 38 86 13 .287 1.34 4.56 4.98 -17.9 -1.9
40o 0 9.5 0 18 18 93.4 92 38 83 13 .294 1.39 4.78 5.22 -19.6 -2.1
30o 0 9.4 0 17 17 89.7 92 38 79 13 .302 1.44 5.01 5.48 -21.3 -2.3
20o 0 9.4 0 16 16 85.5 91 37 76 12 .311 1.50 5.30 5.79 -23.1 -2.5
10o 0 9.3 0 15 15 79.8 90 37 71 12 .323 1.60 5.70 6.23 -25.3 -2.7
Weighted Mean09.40191996.691378512.2851.334.534.95-17.5-1.9

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BP Chats

DateQuestionAnswer
2013-07-29 11:00:00 (link to chat)Anything on Chris Flexen and Robert Whalen? Do they bring the heat like Harvey/Wheeler/Syndergaard?
(Sean from NY)		They may be ok, but can we really get to talk about how good Harvey/Syndergaard/Wheeler trio is going to be? (Zach Mortimer)


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PITCHf/x Pitcher Profile

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Although he has not thrown an MLB pitch in 2024, Rob Whalen threw 661 pitches that were tracked by the PITCHf/x system between 2016 and 2018, all of them occuring in Spring Training. In 2018, he relied primarily on his Sinker (90mph), also mixing in a Slider (82mph), Curve (78mph) and Fourseam Fastball (91mph).