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2019 Projections (Preseason PECOTA - seasonal age 30)
IP ERA WHIP SO W L SV WARP
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Birth Date8-19-1988
Height6' 2"
Weight205 lbs
Age35 years, 8 months, 6 days
BatsR
ThrowsR
2015
2016
-0.12017
2018
-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
2017 TOR MLB 4 0 5.0 0 0 0 7 1 1 1 12.6 1.8 1.8 1.8 33% .300 1.60 5.94 5.40 118 6.85 145.7 -0.1
CareerMLB405.0000711112.61.81.81.833%.3001.605.945.401186.85145.7-0.1

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 BRI Wnt ABL 9 9 50.7 3 3 0 36 7 65 2 6.4 1.2 0.4 11.5 0% .291 0.85 1.70 2.31 0 0.00 0.0
2014 CSC A SAL 6 0 8.0 1 1 1 9 2 11 2 10.1 2.3 2.3 12.4 0% .350 1.38 4.83 4.50 88 4.28 90.7
2014 TAM A+ FSL 26 0 43.3 0 1 0 36 12 38 3 7.5 2.5 0.6 7.9 0% .277 1.11 3.36 2.70 94 3.54 74.9
2015 DUN A+ FSL 9 0 13.3 1 0 0 4 2 18 1 2.7 1.4 0.7 12.2 0% .120 0.45 1.89 0.68 67 4.31 94.5
2015 TAM A+ FSL 13 0 23.0 2 1 0 14 3 23 0 5.5 1.2 0.0 9.0 0% .237 0.74 1.55 0.78 67 2.98 65.3
2015 NHP AA EAS 2 0 3.0 0 0 0 2 1 4 0 6.0 3.0 0.0 12.0 0% .286 1.00 1.60 0.00 76 5.26 115.4
2015 TRN AA EAS 7 0 13.3 1 1 0 11 3 12 0 7.4 2.0 0.0 8.1 0% .290 1.05 2.37 6.08 77 3.69 81.0
2015 CAR Wnt PWL 18 0 18.7 0 1 2 10 5 19 1 4.8 2.4 0.5 9.2 0% .192 0.80 2.11 0.48 0 0.00 0.0
2016 NHP AA EAS 43 0 57.0 1 2 15 44 21 76 2 6.9 3.3 0.3 12.0 42% .302 1.14 2.30 1.89 73 2.92 64.4
2016 BUF AAA INT 4 0 3.7 0 1 0 2 1 5 1 4.9 2.5 2.5 12.3 29% .167 0.82 4.80 2.45 74 2.95 65.1
2017 TOR MLB AL 4 0 5.0 0 0 0 7 1 1 1 12.6 1.8 1.8 1.8 33% .300 1.60 5.94 5.40 118 6.85 145.7
2017 DUN A+ FSL 1 1 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 109 0.0 0.0 0.0 18.0 0% .000 0.00 -0.69 0.00 65 2.93 62.3
2017 BUF AAA INT 29 0 34.3 2 3 9 36 6 24 6 9.4 1.6 1.6 6.3 31% .280 1.22 4.82 4.46 113 4.83 102.9
2018 SYR AAA INT 49 0 55.0 4 5 1 53 21 65 7 8.7 3.4 1.1 10.6 34% .324 1.35 3.87 3.93 99 4.80 101.4

Plate Discipline

YEAR Pits Zone% Swing% Contact% Z-Swing% O-Swing% Z-Contact% O-Contact% SwStr%
2017 79 0.5443 0.4684 0.8649 0.6512 0.2500 0.9286 0.6667 0.1351
Career790.54430.46840.86490.65120.25000.92860.66670.1351

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
2019 DET $
2018 WAS $
2017 TOR $
2016 TOR $

 

Service TimeAgentContract Status
0 y 22 d1 year (2019)

Details
  • 1 year (2019). Signed by Detroit as a free agent 12/13/18 (minor-league contract). Released by Detroit 3/4/19.
  • 1 year (2018). Signed by Washington as a free agent 12/21/17 (minor-league contract).
  • 1 year (2017). Re-signed by Toronto 3/17. DFA by Toronto 8/12/17. Sent outright to Triple-A 8/14/17.
  • 1 year (2016). Re-signed by Toronto (minor-league contract). Contract selected by Toronto 9/27/16.
  • 1 year (2015). Released by NY Yankees 7/26/15. Signed by Toronto as a free agent 8/1/15 (minor-league contract).
  • Signed by NY Yankees 1/23/13 as an amateur free agent (Kentucky Wesleyan).
  • 2010-11: independent Frontier League

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 6.9 0 1 49 0 62.1 48 21 64 8 .251 1.12 3.42 3.67 -4.6 -0.5
80o 6.1 0 0.9 44 0 55.7 47 21 57 8 .266 1.21 3.84 4.12 -6.8 -0.7
70o 5.5 0 0.8 41 0 51.3 45 20 53 8 .277 1.27 4.14 4.44 -8.0 -0.9
60o 5 0 0.7 38 0 47.6 44 19 49 8 .286 1.33 4.40 4.73 -8.8 -1.0
50o 4.6 0 0.6 35 0 44.2 43 19 45 7 .295 1.39 4.66 5 -9.4 -1.0
40o 4.2 0 0.5 32 0 40.9 41 18 42 7 .303 1.45 4.91 5.27 -9.9 -1.1
30o 3.8 0 0.5 30 0 37.4 39 17 39 7 .313 1.52 5.19 5.57 -10.2 -1.1
20o 3.3 0 0.4 26 0 33.5 37 16 34 6 .323 1.59 5.52 5.92 -10.4 -1.1
10o 2.7 0 0.3 22 0 28.2 33 15 29 6 .339 1.71 5.99 6.43 -10.2 -1.1
Weighted Mean4.500.634043.54218457.2921.384.624.95-9.1-1.0

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PITCHf/x Pitcher Profile

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Although he has not thrown an MLB pitch in 2024, Chris Smith threw 82 pitches that were tracked by the PITCHf/x system between 2017 and 2018, all of them occuring in Spring Training. In 2018, he relied primarily on his Slider (85mph) and Fourseam Fastball (96mph).