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2019 Projections (Preseason PECOTA - seasonal age 24)
IP ERA WHIP SO W L SV WARP
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Birth Date9-14-1994
Height6' 1"
Weight205 lbs
Age29 years, 7 months, 12 days
BatsL
ThrowsL
2015
2016
2017
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

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.
Minor league stats are currently shown —Click to hide.
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 BLJ Rk GCL 9 0 7.7 0 0 0 5 12 8 1 5.9 14.1 1.2 9.4 0% .211 2.22 8.54 10.57 136 6.50 141.2
2014 BLJ Rk GCL 12 6 39.7 1 3 2 30 26 34 1 6.8 5.9 0.2 7.7 0% .259 1.41 4.29 4.08 0 0.00 0.0
2015 EVE A- NWL 5 4 14.0 1 1 1 9 8 14 0 112 5.8 5.1 0.0 9.0 0% .257 1.21 3.53 3.86 102 3.15 69.0
2015 BLU Rk APP 6 6 22.0 0 1 0 25 11 16 2 104 10.2 4.5 0.8 6.5 0% .343 1.64 5.15 4.09 111 6.49 142.3
2016 CLN A MID 8 0 10.3 3 1 0 7 6 14 0 6.1 5.2 0.0 12.2 52% .280 1.26 2.79 4.35 92 3.59 79.4
2016 EVE A- NWL 10 7 33.7 1 1 0 34 28 35 3 103 9.1 7.5 0.8 9.4 49% .341 1.84 5.79 5.08 125 7.77 171.6
2016 TAC AAA PCL 2 0 1.7 0 0 0 2 2 1 0 10.8 10.8 0.0 5.4 83% .333 2.40 7.92 16.20 114 5.37 118.6
2017 BRD A+ FSL 19 0 26.0 1 2 2 23 9 33 0 8.0 3.1 0.0 11.4 47% .338 1.23 1.81 3.81 79 3.91 83.1
2017 ALT AA EAS 14 0 14.0 0 1 0 7 15 16 3 4.5 9.6 1.9 10.3 27% .133 1.57 7.37 5.79 139 5.06 107.8
2018 BRD A+ FSL 19 0 21.3 0 0 0 25 18 30 1 10.5 7.6 0.4 12.7 50% .407 2.02 3.80 8.02 101 6.56 138.7
2018 ALT AA EAS 12 0 11.3 0 1 0 12 21 15 1 9.5 16.7 0.8 11.9 47% .355 2.91 7.37 13.50 146 8.95 189.2
2019 ALT AA EAS 9 0 11.7 0 1 0 6 3 13 0 4.6 2.3 0.0 10.0 57% .214 0.77 1.96 0.77 76 2.56 52.6
2019 NWA AA TEX 5 0 5.3 0 0 0 6 2 5 1 10.1 3.4 1.7 8.4 56% .333 1.50 5.13 3.38 106 5.25 108.1
2019 IND AAA INT 27 0 35.7 1 0 8 42 23 41 4 10.6 5.8 1.0 10.3 43% .388 1.82 4.88 5.55 102 6.49 133.4

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

Compensation

Year Team Salary
2024 KCA $1,050,000
2023 KCA $850,000
2022 KCA $711,250
2021 KCA $570,500
YearsDescriptionSalary
3 yrPrevious$2,131,750
2019Current$1,050,000
4 yrPvs + Cur$3,181,750
4 yrTotal$3,181,750

 

Service TimeAgentContract Status
2 y 0 d2 years/$1.9M (2023-24)

Details
  • 2 years/$1.9M (2023-24). Re-signed by Kansas City as a free agent 3/16/23. 23:$850,000, 24:$1.05M. Annual performance bonuses: $50,000 each for 25, 30, 35, 40, 45, 50 GF. 2024 roster bonus: $50,000 each for 90, 120 days on active ML roster.
  • 1 year/$711,250 (2022). Re-signed by Kansas City 3/22.
  • 1 year/$570,500 (2021). Contract selected by Kansas City 4/1/21.
  • 1 year (2020). Re-signed by Kansas City (minor-league contract).
  • 1 year (2019). Signed by Kansas City as a free agent 8/20/19 (minor-league contract).
  • Acquired by Pittsburgh in trade from Seattle 8/6/16.
  • Acquired by Seattle in trade from Toronto 7/31/15.
  • Drafted by Toronto 2013 (11-325) (Parkway South HS, Manchester, Mo.).

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 2.7 1.2 31 5 50.1 36 35 53 4 .252 1.41 3.78 4.17 -5.9 -0.6
80o 0 2.4 1 27 4 43.4 34 33 46 4 .269 1.55 4.27 4.71 -7.5 -0.8
70o 0 2.2 0.8 24 4 38.8 32 32 41 4 .282 1.65 4.64 5.11 -8.4 -0.9
60o 0 2 0.7 22 3 34.9 31 30 37 4 .293 1.74 4.96 5.47 -8.8 -1.0
50o 0 1.9 0.6 19 3 31.5 29 29 33 3 .303 1.83 5.27 5.81 -9.1 -1.0
40o 0 1.7 0.5 17 3 28.1 27 27 30 3 .313 1.92 5.58 6.16 -9.1 -1.0
30o 0 1.5 0.4 15 2 24.6 25 25 26 3 .324 2.02 5.93 6.55 -9.0 -1.0
20o 0 1.3 0.3 13 2 20.7 22 22 22 3 .337 2.15 6.35 7.02 -8.6 -0.9
10o 0 1 0.2 10 1 15.6 18 18 16 2 .356 2.33 6.96 7.7 -7.6 -0.8
Weighted Mean01.80.619330.62827323.3001.805.215.75-8.6-0.9

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