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2019 Projections (Preseason PECOTA - seasonal age 24)
IP ERA WHIP SO W L SV WARP
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Birth Date1-23-1995
Height6' 5"
Weight200 lbs
Age29 years, 3 months, 2 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

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 BRI Rk APP 14 0 22.3 0 1 0 25 8 23 1 10.1 3.2 0.4 9.3 0% .338 1.48 3.42 4.84 99 6.19 134.5
2014 GRF Rk PIO 14 13 57.0 3 6 0 81 21 42 6 12.8 3.3 0.9 6.6 0% .362 1.79 5.06 7.26 110 7.74 163.8
2015 GRF Rk PIO 15 15 60.7 2 9 0 80 34 52 7 102 11.9 5.0 1.0 7.7 0% .378 1.88 5.89 8.16 115 7.14 156.6
2016 HIC A SAL 21 4 50.7 4 1 3 51 17 39 2 101 9.1 3.0 0.4 6.9 64% .322 1.34 3.55 1.60 93 4.61 101.8
2016 KAN A SAL 10 0 16.0 0 1 1 17 5 24 1 9.6 2.8 0.6 13.5 61% .372 1.38 2.52 4.50 91 5.55 122.6
2017 HIC A SAL 11 5 33.3 0 1 3 39 10 38 4 101 10.5 2.7 1.1 10.3 54% .350 1.47 4.25 5.67 97 5.19 110.4
2018 INL A+ CAL 14 13 54.3 4 1 0 44 12 55 5 106 7.3 2.0 0.8 9.1 52% .277 1.03 3.75 3.81 91 3.22 68.0
2018 MOB AA SOU 4 4 18.7 1 3 0 22 7 13 0 101 10.6 3.4 0.0 6.3 52% .361 1.55 3.10 5.79 104 6.00 126.9
2019 MOB AA SOU 8 8 35.3 1 3 0 33 13 45 2 104 8.4 3.3 0.5 11.5 46% .348 1.30 2.76 3.57 84 4.35 89.6
2019 SLC AAA PCL 14 7 43.3 0 2 0 48 28 43 9 109 10.0 5.8 1.9 8.9 36% .333 1.75 6.45 5.82 114 6.00 123.4

Plate Discipline

YEAR Pits Zone% Swing% Contact% Z-Swing% O-Swing% Z-Contact% O-Contact% SwStr%

Injury History  —  No longer being updated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

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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 12.3 0 0.4 23 13 73.5 59 24 63 9 .250 1.12 3.70 3.81 -4.7 -0.5
80o 10.7 0 0.4 21 12 66.4 58 23 57 9 .265 1.22 4.12 4.25 -7.3 -0.8
70o 9.6 0 0.3 19 11 61.4 57 23 53 9 .277 1.29 4.43 4.58 -8.8 -1.0
60o 8.8 0 0.3 18 10 57.3 55 22 49 8 .286 1.35 4.70 4.87 -10.0 -1.1
50o 8 0 0.3 17 9 53.5 54 22 46 8 .295 1.42 4.95 5.14 -10.8 -1.2
40o 7.3 0 0.3 15 9 49.8 53 21 43 8 .304 1.48 5.22 5.41 -11.4 -1.2
30o 6.5 0 0.2 14 8 46.0 51 20 39 8 .314 1.55 5.50 5.72 -12.0 -1.3
20o 5.7 0 0.2 13 7 41.6 49 19 36 7 .326 1.63 5.84 6.08 -12.4 -1.4
10o 4.6 0 0.2 11 6 35.8 45 18 31 7 .342 1.76 6.33 6.59 -12.6 -1.4
Weighted Mean7.900.316952.75321458.2931.404.915.09-10.4-1.1

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2014-08-06 16:30:00 (link to chat)Who is your favorite twitter personality besides yourselve(s) between the ages of 19 0/4 and 19 3/4 years old?
(Not Matt Ball from Not Montana)
Definitely not Matt Ball, so probably Not Matt Ball. (Cespedes Family BBQ)


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PITCHf/x Pitcher Profile

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Although he has not thrown an MLB pitch in 2024, Matt Ball threw 84 pitches that were tracked by the PITCHf/x system between 2019 and 2020, all of them occuring in Spring Training. In 2020, he relied primarily on his Fourseam Fastball (93mph) and Slider (82mph), also mixing in a Curve (78mph). He also rarely threw a Change (87mph).