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Portrait of Kazuhisa Makita

Kazuhisa Makita PPadres

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2019 Projections (Preseason PECOTA - seasonal age 34)
IP ERA WHIP SO W L SV WARP
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Birth Date11-10-1984
Height5' 10"
Weight181 lbs
Age39 years, 5 months, 16 days
BatsR
ThrowsR
2015
2016
2017
-0.32018
-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
2018 SDN MLB 27 0 35.0 0 1 0 32 12 37 7 102 8.2 3.1 1.8 9.5 23% .275 1.26 4.80 5.40 118 5.69 127.2 -0.3
CareerMLB27035.001032123771028.23.11.89.523%.2751.264.805.401185.69127.2-0.3

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 JPN int WBC 3 0 3.0 1 0 1 4 1 5 0 12.0 3.0 0.0 15.0 0% .500 1.67 1.29 0.00 0 0.00 0.0
2018 SDN MLB NL 27 0 35.0 0 1 0 32 12 37 7 102 8.2 3.1 1.8 9.5 23% .275 1.26 4.80 5.40 118 5.69 127.2
2018 ELP AAA PCL 24 0 26.3 1 1 0 23 10 22 1 7.9 3.4 0.3 7.5 36% .286 1.25 3.93 3.76 97 3.31 70.0
2019 AMA AA TEX 35 0 54.0 3 2 3 53 7 47 5 8.8 1.2 0.8 7.8 36% .306 1.11 3.85 3.17 88 3.76 77.4
2019 ELP AAA PCL 8 0 16.3 3 1 0 14 4 20 0 7.7 2.2 0.0 11.0 48% .318 1.10 2.26 3.86 77 2.11 43.5

Plate Discipline

YEAR Pits Zone% Swing% Contact% Z-Swing% O-Swing% Z-Contact% O-Contact% SwStr%
2018 467 0.5867 0.4818 0.7289 0.6496 0.2435 0.7191 0.7660 0.2711
Career4670.58670.48180.72890.64960.24350.71910.76600.2711

Injury History  —  No longer being updated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 SDN $1,900,000
2018 SDN $1,900,000
YearsDescriptionSalary
2 yrPrevious$3,800,000
2 yrTotal$3,800,000

 

Service TimeAgentContract Status
0 y 101 d2020

Details
  • 2020. Signed by Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles 11/26/19.
  • 2 years/$3.8M (2018-19). Signed by San Diego as a free agent 1/6/18. 18:$1.9M, 19:$1.9M. Performance bonuses: $50,000 each for 40, 45, 50, 55, 60 games. Assignment bonus: $0.15M if traded. San Diego paid $0.5M posting fee to Seibu Lions of Japan for right to negotiate with Makita. DFA by San Diego 11/2/18. Sent outright to Triple-A 11/6/18. DFA by San Diego 6/18/19. Sent outright to Triple-A 6/25/19. Elected free agency 10/19.
  • 2011-2017: Seibu Lions of Japan.

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 1.6 0.2 47 0 60.3 48 22 56 9 .249 1.17 3.86 4.08 -6.9 -0.7
80o 0 1.3 0.2 41 0 52.9 47 21 49 8 .266 1.28 4.34 4.58 -8.7 -0.9
70o 0 1.1 0.1 37 0 47.8 45 20 44 8 .278 1.36 4.69 4.95 -9.7 -1.1
60o 0 0.9 0.1 34 0 43.6 43 19 40 8 .289 1.44 5.00 5.28 -10.3 -1.1
50o 0 0.8 0.1 31 0 39.7 41 19 37 7 .299 1.51 5.29 5.59 -10.6 -1.2
40o 0 0.7 0.1 28 0 36.0 39 18 33 7 .309 1.58 5.59 5.91 -10.8 -1.2
30o 0 0.6 0.1 25 0 32.1 37 17 30 7 .320 1.66 5.92 6.26 -10.8 -1.2
20o 0 0.4 0.1 22 0 27.7 34 15 26 6 .333 1.77 6.32 6.67 -10.4 -1.1
10o 0 0.3 0 17 0 21.9 29 13 20 5 .351 1.91 6.89 7.28 -9.6 -1.0
Weighted Mean00.80.130038.84018367.2961.495.245.53-10.1-1.1

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PITCHf/x Pitcher Profile

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Although he has not thrown an MLB pitch in 2024, Kazuhisa Makita threw 461 pitches that were tracked by the PITCHf/x system in 2018, including pitches thrown in . In 2018, he relied primarily on his Fourseam Fastball (81mph), also mixing in a Slider (70mph) and Sinker (80mph). He also rarely threw a Curve (60mph) and Change (72mph).