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Portrait of José De León

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2019 Projections (Preseason PECOTA - seasonal age 26)
IP ERA WHIP SO W L SV WARP
24.0 4.25 1.29 25 1 2 0 0.3
Birth Date8-7-1992
Height6' 2"
Weight215 lbs
Age31 years, 7 months, 21 days
BatsR
ThrowsR
2015
0.12016
-0.02017
2018
0.32019
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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 LAN MLB 4 4 17.0 2 0 0 19 7 15 5 98 10.1 3.7 2.6 7.9 45% .280 1.53 7.00 6.35 106 4.86 107.4 0.1
2017 TBA MLB 1 0 2.7 1 0 0 4 3 2 1 13.5 10.1 3.4 6.8 60% .333 2.63 9.89 10.13 127 6.15 131.0 0.0
2019 TBA MLB 3 0 4.0 1 0 0 3 3 7 0 98 6.8 6.8 0.0 15.8 44% .333 1.50 3.49 2.25 99 3.10 63.6 0.1
CareerMLB8423.74002613246879.94.92.39.147%.2941.656.736.081084.71102.70.2

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-
2013 DOD Rk AZL 9 8 33.7 2 3 0 32 18 35 1 96 8.6 4.8 0.3 9.4 0% .341 1.49 4.26 4.01 102 5.24 113.8
2013 OGD Rk PIO 5 5 19.3 1 2 0 35 3 18 5 114 16.3 1.4 2.3 8.4 0% .429 1.97 6.82 12.10 101 7.77 168.9
2014 GRL A MID 4 4 22.7 2 0 0 14 2 42 1 95 5.6 0.8 0.4 16.7 0% .317 0.71 0.61 1.19 40 1.91 40.5
2014 OGD Rk PIO 10 8 54.3 5 0 0 44 19 77 2 7.3 3.1 0.3 12.8 0% .333 1.16 2.92 2.65 66 2.09 44.1
2015 RCU A+ CAL 7 7 37.7 4 1 0 26 8 58 1 114 6.2 1.9 0.2 13.9 0% .325 0.90 2.00 1.67 52 1.67 36.6
2015 TUL AA TEX 16 16 76.7 2 6 0 61 29 105 11 104 7.2 3.4 1.3 12.3 0% .294 1.17 3.63 3.64 80 3.59 78.8
2016 LAN MLB NL 4 4 17.0 2 0 0 19 7 15 5 98 10.1 3.7 2.6 7.9 45% .280 1.53 7.00 6.35 106 4.86 107.4
2016 OKL AAA PCL 16 16 86.3 7 1 0 61 20 111 9 96 6.4 2.1 0.9 11.6 36% .259 0.94 3.23 2.61 74 1.73 38.1
2017 TBA MLB AL 1 0 2.7 1 0 0 4 3 2 1 13.5 10.1 3.4 6.8 60% .333 2.63 9.89 10.13 127 6.15 131.0
2017 PCH A+ FSL 4 3 14.3 1 0 0 11 9 18 0 103 6.9 5.7 0.0 11.3 39% .333 1.40 2.68 1.88 85 3.93 83.5
2017 DUR AAA INT 3 3 12.0 0 2 0 14 6 14 1 97 10.5 4.5 0.8 10.5 38% .394 1.67 3.59 6.75 95 5.31 112.9
2017 RAY Rk GCL 3 2 12.0 1 0 0 4 1 12 1 101 3.0 0.8 0.8 9.0 30% .115 0.42 3.00 0.75 82 0.66 14.0
2019 TBA MLB AL 3 0 4.0 1 0 0 3 3 7 0 98 6.8 6.8 0.0 15.8 44% .333 1.50 3.49 2.25 99 3.10 63.6
2019 PCH A+ FSL 2 2 4.7 0 0 0 4 3 1 1 102 7.7 5.8 1.9 1.9 40% .214 1.50 7.59 3.86 142 6.17 126.9
2019 DUR AAA INT 17 13 51.3 2 1 1 41 27 73 4 100 7.2 4.7 0.7 12.8 30% .330 1.32 3.72 3.51 87 3.80 78.3

Plate Discipline

YEAR Pits Zone% Swing% Contact% Z-Swing% O-Swing% Z-Contact% O-Contact% SwStr%
2016 298 0.4933 0.4430 0.7348 0.6190 0.2715 0.7692 0.6585 0.2652
2017 68 0.5000 0.4853 0.8182 0.7059 0.2647 0.8750 0.6667 0.1818
2019 59 0.4746 0.4576 0.5556 0.6786 0.2581 0.5789 0.5000 0.4444
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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
2023 MIN $
2022 TOR $
2021 CIN $573,500
2020 CIN $
2019 TBA $558,000
2018 TBA $545,600
2017 TBA $
2016 LAN $
YearsDescriptionSalary
3 yrPrevious$1,677,100
3 yrTotal$1,677,100

 

Service TimeAgentContract Status
3 y 62 dBoras Corp.1 year (2023)

Details
  • 1 year (2023). Signed by Minnesota as a free agent 12/13/22 (minor-league contract). Contract selected by Minnesota 5/16/23. Sent outright to Triple-A by Minnesota 10/20/23.
  • 1 year (2022). Signed by Toronto as a free agent 11/29/21 (minor-league contract).
  • 1 year/$573,500 (2021). Re-signed by Cincinnati 3/21. DFA by Cincinnati 7/19/21. Released 7/23/21. Signed by Boston as a free agent 8/7/21 (minor-league contract).
  • 1 year (2020). Re-signed by Cincinnati 3/20.
  • 1 year/$558,000 (2019). Re-signed by Tampa Bay 3/19. Acquired by Cincinnati in trade from Tampa Bay 11/20/19.
  • 1 year/$545,600 (2018). Re-signed by Tampa Bay 3/18.
  • 1 year (2017). Acquired by Tampa Bay in trade from LA Dodgers 1/23/17. Re-signed by Tampa Bay 3/17.
  • 1 year (2016). Contract selected by LA Dodgers 9/4/16.
  • Drafted by LA Dodgers 2013 (24-724) (Southern University). $914,600 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 0 0 0 0 15.1 10 5 16 1 .240 1.00 2.54 2.86 0.0 0.0
80o 0 0 0 0 0 9.7 7 3 11 1 .255 1.08 2.88 3.26 0.0 0.0
70o 0 0 0 0 0 6.0 5 2 7 1 .265 1.14 3.14 3.54 0.0 0.0
60o 0 0 0 0 0 2.9 2 1 3 0 .274 1.19 3.36 3.79 0.0 0.0
50o 0 0 0 0 0 0.1 0 0 0 0 .282 1.24 3.57 4.03 0.0 0.0
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Preseason Long-Term Forecast (Beyond the 2019 Projections)

Playing time estimates are based on performance, not Depth Charts.
Year Age W L SV G GS IP H BB SO HR GB% BABIP WHIP ERA DRA H/9 BB/9 K/9 HR/9 WARP
20202753072711095451201439.2841.273.984.317.73.79.81.11.0
202128430586887637971139.2851.283.994.337.73.89.91.10.8
202229420525796832861039.2831.264.014.357.73.69.81.10.7
202330320495746730811039.2941.314.044.388.13.69.91.20.6
20243132044467572772839.2831.263.994.337.73.69.71.10.6
20253232044467582873939.2821.284.054.397.83.79.81.20.6
20263332041463542668839.2821.274.054.397.73.79.71.10.5
20273432039459512464839.2821.264.074.417.73.69.71.20.5
20283522036354472258739.2821.274.074.417.83.69.61.20.4

Comparable Players (Similarity Index 77)

Rank Score Name Year Run Average Trend
1 87 Nate Karns 2014 4.50
2 84 Gonzalez Germen 2014 4.75
3 83 Matt Maloney 2010 3.05
4 82 Chad Green 2017 1.83
5 82 Brock Stewart 2018 7.64
6 81 Matt Cooper 2018 0.00 DNP
7 80 Matt Barnes 2016 4.32
8 80 Jairo Heredia 2016 0.00 DNP
9 80 Kyle Lloyd 2017 9.00
10 80 Austin Hyatt 2012 0.00 DNP
11 80 P.J. Walters 2011 7.20
12 80 Josh Smith 2014 0.00 DNP
13 80 Kyle Zimmer 2018 0.00 DNP
14 80 Nick Tropeano 2017 0.00 DNP
15 80 Ryan Yarbrough 2018 4.28
16 80 Rob Zastryzny 2018 4.76
17 79 Chad Bettis 2015 4.38
18 79 Cory Mazzoni 2016 0.00 DNP
19 79 Tyler Lyons 2014 5.65
20 79 Trevor May 2016 5.48
21 79 Red Patterson 2013 0.00 DNP
22 79 David Rollins 2016 7.71
23 79 Ryne Stanek 2018 3.12
24 79 Cody Martin 2016 3.86
25 78 Jharel Cotton 2018 0.00 DNP
26 78 Jeremy McBryde 2013 0.00 DNP
27 78 Taylor Williams 2018 4.75
28 78 Eammon Portice 2011 0.00 DNP
29 78 Sean Gilmartin 2016 7.13
30 78 Brayan Villarreal 2013 20.77
31 78 Tyler Cravy 2016 2.86
32 78 Brad Wieck 2018 1.29
33 78 Brian Holmes 2017 0.00 DNP
34 78 Mike Fiers 2011 0.00
35 78 Zack Godley 2016 6.51
36 77 Matt Strahm 2018 2.35
37 77 Adam Conley 2016 3.98
38 77 Mike Clevinger 2017 3.40
39 77 Scott Lewis 2010 0.00 DNP
40 77 Collin McHugh 2013 10.04
41 77 Alec Mills 2018 4.00
42 77 Jose Ramirez 2016 4.41
43 77 Scott Gorgen 2013 0.00 DNP
44 77 J.A. Happ 2009 2.98
45 77 Josh Zeid 2013 3.90
46 76 Guillermo Moscoso 2010 27.00
47 76 Rob Musgrave 2012 0.00 DNP
48 76 J.J. Hoover 2014 5.17
49 76 A.J. Cole 2018 7.08
50 76 Cesar Vargas 2018 0.00 DNP
51 76 Buck Farmer 2017 7.13
52 76 John Ely 2012 20.25
53 76 Glenn Sparkman 2018 4.70
54 76 Neil Ramirez 2015 3.21
55 76 John Lamb 2017 0.00 DNP
56 76 Chase Anderson 2014 4.41
57 76 Caleb Smith 2018 4.19
58 75 Ross Stripling 2016 4.14
59 75 John Maine 2007 4.24
60 75 Luis Cessa 2018 5.44
61 75 Angel Guzman 2008 5.59
62 75 Tom Mastny 2007 4.68
63 75 Scott Elbert 2012 2.20
64 75 Tyler Duffey 2017 5.32
65 75 Mike Bolsinger 2014 6.19
66 75 Alex Meyer 2016 5.68
67 75 Joel Carreno 2013 0.00 DNP
68 75 Brandon Workman 2015 0.00 DNP
69 74 Drew Rucinski 2015 7.71
70 74 Matt Wotherspoon 2018 0.00 DNP
71 74 Ramon Ramirez 2008 2.89
72 74 Cory Luebke 2011 3.48
73 74 Austin Adams 2013 0.00 DNP
74 74 Taylor Cole 2016 0.00 DNP
75 74 Marc Rzepczynski 2012 4.24
76 74 Jose Rosario 2012 0.00 DNP
77 74 Seth Lugo 2016 2.67
78 74 Jake Odorizzi 2016 3.84
79 74 Wei-Chung Wang 2018 0.00 DNP
80 74 Erik Davis 2013 3.12
81 74 Artie Lewicki 2018 5.59
82 74 Yohan Pino 2010 0.00 DNP
83 74 Blake Treinen 2014 3.02
84 74 Dustin Nippert 2007 5.96
85 74 Tony Watson 2011 3.95
86 74 Brad Meyers 2012 0.00 DNP
87 74 Matthew Boyd 2017 5.60
88 74 D.J. Snelten 2018 12.46
89 74 Ivan Pineyro 2018 0.00 DNP
90 74 Marco Gonzales 2018 4.10
91 74 Aaron Brooks 2016 0.00 DNP
92 73 Luis Santos 2017 2.70
93 73 Dan Meyer 2008 9.11
94 73 Alberto Cabrera 2015 0.00 DNP
95 73 Antonio Bastardo 2012 4.50
96 73 T.J. Weir 2018 0.00 DNP
97 73 Tyler DeLoach 2017 0.00 DNP
98 73 Mark Leiter Jr. 2017 5.86
99 73 Matt Wright 2013 0.00 DNP
100 73 Corey Littrell 2018 0.00 DNP

BP Annual Player Comments

YearComment
2019  Due to publishing agreements, the 2019 player comments and team essays are only available in the Baseball Prospectus 2019 book (available in hardcopy, and soon e-book and Kindle).
2018 The Dodgers decided to trade De Leon proactively, and in hindsight maybe that should have served as the warning sign for all would-be suitors. Andrew Friedman engaged the Twins in a game of chicken, offering De Leon straight up for Brian Dozier, but Minnesota never did flinch. Friedman's former organization, however, saw the hurler's size, minor-league numbers and changeup, and were persuaded to make a swap for Logan Forsythe. It immediately went to pieces for them. De Leon missed time with forearm tightness and a lat strain, never getting much further than the end of a rehab stint before requiring another trip to the disabled list. He has struggled to stay healthy in the past, and now seems to be damaged goods. If he can ever regain full strength and health, there's still a lot of promise here.
2017 De Leon burst onto the scene with an virtuoso performance to close out 2014, before laying waste to the high-octane environs of the California League and stymying Double-A hitters down the stretch. 2016 brought more of a lurch, as he toiled away in Oklahoma City and saw Julio Urias leapfrog him on the depth chart. He finally debuted in September, whiffing nine Padres in the process—but we already knew he could pitch against Triple-A lineups. He'll continue to be homer-prone if he leaves his heater up, as it lacks the elite velocity needed to skirt that kind of trouble. His changeup, however, is a swing-and-miss offering, and he could become a mid-rotation starter if he can find more consistency with his slider. He figures to be a significant part of the Dodgers rotation going forward...or the chip that brings it in via trade.
2016 It doesn't really seem fair that the Dodgers, what with their unseemly wealth, genius front office and productive farm system, should also get to unearth gems in the 24th round of the draft. Yet here we are with De Leon, who has gone from “interesting arm” to “top-flight prospect” in just two seasons. After a breakout 2014, De Leon was even more impressive last season, decimating High-A hitters before missing bats but also allowing more contact in Double-A. De Leon routinely sits in the mid-90s with his fastball, can devastate with his slider and shows more than enough promise with his change to portend success in the rotation. He was surprisingly homer-prone in Tulsa and his command and control both need to take a step forward, but he's got all the ingredients you look for in a stud starting prospect. De Leon has lived in Julio Urias' shadow to this point but could sniff the majors in 2016 all the same.
2015 No relation to Ponce, probably, though keep an eye on his aging curve, De Leon opened eyes in the Pioneer League by striking out 12 in his second start, and then pitched better after a promotion to Great Lakes. He uses a low-90s fastball that tops out at 96, a slider and a changeup, the latter being the pitch he likes to throw most. De Leon is too young to be called the next great Dodgers pitcher, but the bat-missing looks legit and, in any event, as a 24th-round pick, he'll be considered a wild success the day he makes his big-league debut.

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PITCHf/x Pitcher Profile

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José De León has thrown 1,891 pitches that have been tracked by the PITCHf/x system between 2016 and 2023, all of them occuring in Spring Training. In 2023, he has relied primarily on his Fourseam Fastball (93mph) and Change (84mph), also mixing in a Slider (79mph) and Cutter (86mph).