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IP ERA WHIP SO W L SV WARP
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Birth Date7-28-1991
Height6' 0"
Weight207 lbs
Age32 years, 8 months, 22 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 NYA MLB 9 2 18.7 0 1 0 21 10 18 4 104 10.1 4.8 1.9 8.7 28% .315 1.66 5.60 7.71 110 4.92 104.8 0.1
2018 MIA MLB 16 16 77.3 5 6 0 63 33 88 10 89 7.3 3.8 1.2 10.2 31% .276 1.24 3.92 4.19 102 4.05 90.5 1.1
2019 MIA MLB 28 28 153.3 10 11 0 128 60 168 33 96 7.5 3.5 1.9 9.9 28% .251 1.23 5.06 4.52 109 4.55 93.4 2.0
CareerMLB5346249.31518021210327447947.73.71.79.929%.2641.264.754.661074.4293.33.2

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 STA A- NYP 13 9 47.7 1 2 0 33 15 52 0 105 6.2 2.8 0.0 9.8 0% .273 1.01 1.97 1.89 83 2.78 60.3
2013 TRN AA EAS 1 1 3.7 0 0 0 3 1 5 0 104 7.4 2.5 0.0 12.3 0% .300 1.09 1.41 2.45 76 4.38 95.1
2014 CSC A SAL 18 18 78.3 5 7 0 60 35 80 4 100 6.9 4.0 0.5 9.2 0% .283 1.21 3.62 3.10 98 3.91 82.8
2014 TAM A+ FSL 9 9 39.3 5 2 0 39 11 36 2 99 8.9 2.5 0.5 8.2 0% .316 1.27 3.20 4.81 93 3.99 84.4
2015 TRN AA EAS 25 24 130.7 10 7 0 118 51 92 7 90 8.1 3.5 0.5 6.3 0% .280 1.29 3.89 3.38 107 4.29 94.0
2015 SWB AAA INT 1 1 4.3 0 0 0 5 5 4 1 79 10.4 10.4 2.1 8.3 0% .308 2.31 7.76 6.23 139 6.91 151.5
2016 TRN AA EAS 27 7 63.7 3 5 3 66 20 70 4 95 9.3 2.8 0.6 9.9 45% .344 1.35 3.15 3.96 87 4.67 103.2
2017 NYA MLB AL 9 2 18.7 0 1 0 21 10 18 4 104 10.1 4.8 1.9 8.7 28% .315 1.66 5.60 7.71 110 4.92 104.8
2017 TRN AA EAS 1 0 2.7 0 0 0 1 3 5 1 3.4 10.1 3.4 16.9 33% .000 1.50 7.73 3.38 77 2.34 49.7
2017 SWB AAA INT 18 17 98.0 9 1 0 75 28 97 7 100 6.9 2.6 0.6 8.9 42% .264 1.05 3.27 2.39 88 2.68 57.0
2018 MIA MLB NL 16 16 77.3 5 6 0 63 33 88 10 89 7.3 3.8 1.2 10.2 31% .276 1.24 3.92 4.19 102 4.05 90.5
2019 MIA MLB NL 28 28 153.3 10 11 0 128 60 168 33 96 7.5 3.5 1.9 9.9 28% .251 1.23 5.06 4.52 109 4.55 93.4
2019 JAX AA SOU 2 2 9.3 0 0 0 7 2 19 4 89 6.8 1.9 3.9 18.3 25% .250 0.96 5.76 5.79 69 2.83 58.2

Plate Discipline

YEAR Pits Zone% Swing% Contact% Z-Swing% O-Swing% Z-Contact% O-Contact% SwStr%
2017 344 0.4390 0.4826 0.7048 0.6954 0.3161 0.7429 0.6393 0.2952
2018 1389 0.4802 0.4766 0.7205 0.6717 0.2964 0.7879 0.5794 0.2795
2019 2657 0.4855 0.4896 0.7187 0.6775 0.3124 0.7895 0.5738 0.2813
Career43900.48020.48490.71820.67710.30760.78530.58070.2818

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 PIT $
2022 ARI $2,000,000
2021 ARI $1,465,000
2020 MIA $586,500
2019 MIA $556,500
2018 MIA $1,090,000
2017 NYA $
YearsDescriptionSalary
5 yrPrevious$5,698,000
5 yrTotal$5,698,000

 

Service TimeAgentContract Status
5 y 77 dBallengee1 year (2023)

Details
  • 1 year (2023). Signed by Pittsburgh as a free agent 2/9/23 (minor-league contract).
  • 1 year/$2M (2022). Re-signed by Arizona 11/30/21 (avoided arbitration). DFA by Arizona 11/13/22. Non-tendered 11/18/22.
  • 1 year/$1.465M (2021). Re-signed by Arizona 1/15/21 (avoided arbitration).
  • 1 year/$586,500 (2020). Re-signed by Miami 3/20. Acquired by Arizona in trade from Miami 8/31/20.
  • 1 year (2019). Renewed by Miami 3/19.
  • 1 year/$1.09M (2018). Re-signed by Miami 3/18.
  • 1 year (2017). Selected by Milwaukee from NY Yankees in Rule 5 draft 12/8/16. Acquired by San Diego in trade from Milwaukee 12/8/16. Re-signed by Chicago Cubs 3/17. Returned by Chicago Cubs to NY Yankees 3/28/17. Contract selected by NY Yankees 7/16/17. Acquired by Miami in trade from NY Yankees 11/20/17.
  • Drafted by NY Yankees 2013 (14-434) (Sam Houston State). $100,000 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 0.7 0 1 1 19.7 14 6 21 2 .241 0.99 2.83 3.23 0.0 0.0
80o 0 0.7 0 1 1 14.7 11 5 16 2 .254 1.06 3.18 3.62 -0.3 0.0
70o 0 0.7 0 1 1 11.3 9 4 12 1 .263 1.11 3.44 3.91 -0.4 0.0
60o 0 0.8 0 1 1 8.4 7 3 9 1 .271 1.16 3.65 4.17 -0.6 -0.1
50o 0 0.8 0 1 1 5.7 5 2 6 1 .278 1.21 3.87 4.4 -0.7 -0.1
40o 0 0.8 0 1 1 3.1 3 1 3 0 .286 1.25 4.08 4.65 -0.9 -0.1
30o 0 0.8 0 1 1 0.4 0 0 0 0 .294 1.30 4.31 4.91 -1.0 -0.1
Weighted Mean00.80115.04251.2771.193.844.37-0.7-0.1

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PITCHf/x Pitcher Profile

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Although he has not thrown an MLB pitch in 2024, Caleb Smith threw 9,342 pitches that were tracked by the PITCHf/x system between 2017 and 2023, all of them occuring in Spring Training. In 2023, he relied primarily on his Fourseam Fastball (90mph), Slider (84mph) and Change (82mph), also mixing in a Curve (76mph). He also rarely threw a Sinker (90mph).