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2019 Projections (Preseason PECOTA - seasonal age 27)
IP ERA WHIP SO W L SV WARP
17.0 3.92 1.25 19 1 0 0 0.1
Birth Date12-27-1991
Height6' 0"
Weight175 lbs
Age32 years, 3 months, 22 days
BatsR
ThrowsR
2015
2016
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-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
2017 ARI MLB 11 0 10.7 2 0 1 5 2 9 0 4.2 1.7 0.0 7.6 54% .192 0.66 2.05 0.00 111 6.00 127.6 -0.1
2018 ARI MLB 15 0 16.3 0 0 0 8 10 17 1 104 4.4 5.5 0.6 9.4 40% .179 1.10 4.04 1.65 117 6.54 146.0 -0.3
2019 ARI MLB 17 0 18.3 1 0 1 23 5 22 4 101 11.3 2.5 2.0 10.8 22% .373 1.53 4.58 5.89 108 5.90 121.1 -0.1
CareerMLB43045.33023617485787.13.41.09.535%.2671.173.792.981126.15131.6-0.5

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 SBN A MID 9 0 8.3 1 1 2 10 3 12 0 10.8 3.2 0.0 13.0 0% .417 1.56 1.53 2.16 75 4.67 101.4
2013 YAK A- NOR 9 0 9.0 0 0 5 3 1 17 0 3.0 1.0 0.0 17.0 0% .231 0.44 0.54 0.00 35 1.35 29.2
2014 VIS A+ CAL 11 0 11.0 2 0 6 6 5 23 2 4.9 4.1 1.6 18.8 0% .308 1.00 3.55 3.27 66 2.04 43.2
2014 MOB AA SOU 37 0 38.0 3 1 1 34 18 45 4 8.1 4.3 0.9 10.7 0% .316 1.37 3.91 4.97 99 4.64 98.2
2015 MOB AA SOU 44 0 49.7 1 6 2 50 28 50 3 9.1 5.1 0.5 9.1 0% .336 1.57 3.94 6.52 100 4.93 108.0
2016 VIS A+ CAL 12 0 12.3 0 0 8 5 6 21 0 3.6 4.4 0.0 15.3 68% .263 0.89 1.76 0.00 59 1.35 29.7
2016 MOB AA SOU 16 0 19.7 2 0 10 6 5 31 1 2.7 2.3 0.5 14.2 51% .147 0.56 1.89 0.46 53 1.44 31.8
2016 RNO AAA PCL 24 0 23.3 1 4 12 20 13 27 5 7.7 5.0 1.9 10.4 42% .288 1.41 5.86 6.17 102 3.54 78.1
2017 ARI MLB NL 11 0 10.7 2 0 1 5 2 9 0 4.2 1.7 0.0 7.6 54% .192 0.66 2.05 0.00 111 6.00 127.6
2017 RNO AAA PCL 44 0 49.0 2 1 20 37 10 61 6 6.8 1.8 1.1 11.2 35% .279 0.96 3.62 3.12 75 1.84 39.2
2018 ARI MLB NL 15 0 16.3 0 0 0 8 10 17 1 104 4.4 5.5 0.6 9.4 40% .179 1.10 4.04 1.65 117 6.54 146.0
2018 RNO AAA PCL 38 0 45.0 5 1 15 31 20 58 1 6.2 4.0 0.2 11.6 36% .283 1.13 2.92 1.60 76 2.09 44.2
2019 ARI MLB NL 17 0 18.3 1 0 1 23 5 22 4 101 11.3 2.5 2.0 10.8 22% .373 1.53 4.58 5.89 108 5.90 121.1
2019 RNO AAA PCL 35 0 35.0 2 3 12 32 21 49 2 8.2 5.4 0.5 12.6 41% .361 1.51 3.71 3.60 80 3.22 66.3
2019 DIA Rk AZL 3 0 2.7 1 0 0 3 0 5 1 10.1 0.0 3.4 16.9 17% .400 1.13 5.37 6.75 79 2.41 49.7

Plate Discipline

YEAR Pits Zone% Swing% Contact% Z-Swing% O-Swing% Z-Contact% O-Contact% SwStr%
2017 156 0.4808 0.3590 0.7857 0.5333 0.1975 0.8500 0.6250 0.2143
2018 286 0.4371 0.4091 0.7521 0.6080 0.2547 0.8289 0.6098 0.2479
2019 316 0.5000 0.4241 0.7090 0.5633 0.2848 0.8315 0.4667 0.2910
Career7580.47230.40500.74100.57400.25550.83430.55330.2590

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
2022 LAN $
2021 SFN $
2020 ARI $
2019 ARI $
2018 ARI $
2017 ARI $

 

Service TimeAgentContract Status
1 y 60 d1 year (2021)

Details
  • 1 year (2021). Signed by San Francisco as a free agent 2/3/21 (minor-league contract). Contract selected by San Francisco 6/6/21. Claimed by LA Dodgers off waivers 7/13/21 after being DFA by San Francisco 7/6/21. Sent outright to Triple-A by LA Dodgers 11/5/21.
  • 2020. DFA by Arizona 1/9/20. Sent outright to Triple-A 1/16/20. Released by Arizona 8/19/20.
  • 1 year (2019). Re-signed by Arizona 3/19.
  • 1 year (2018). Re-signed by Arizona 3/18.
  • 1 year (2017). Contract selected by Arizona 11/18/16. Re-signed by Arizona 3/17.
  • Drafted by Arizona 2013 (10-300) (Oregon). $100,000 signing bonus ($135,300 slot).

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 6 17 2 .244 1.06 3.00 3.29 0.0 0.0
80o 0 0 0 0 0 9.8 7 4 11 1 .259 1.15 3.41 3.73 0.0 0.0
70o 0 0 0 0 0 6.1 5 3 7 1 .269 1.22 3.71 4.05 0.0 0.0
60o 0 0 0 0 0 3.1 3 1 3 0 .279 1.28 3.96 4.33 0.0 0.0
50o 0 0 0 0 0 0.3 0 0 0 0 .287 1.33 4.20 4.6 -0.1 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
20202831154057452666740.3011.253.984.597.14.110.51.10.2
20212931051054432463740.2991.244.004.617.24.010.51.20.2
20223031054057442565840.2901.214.044.666.93.910.31.30.2
20233121050053412461740.2921.234.064.687.04.110.41.20.1
20243221047050402258740.2961.234.104.737.23.910.41.30.1
20253321046049392256740.2981.244.154.787.24.010.31.30.1
20263421044047372153640.2951.244.124.757.14.010.21.20.1
20273521041043351949640.2951.254.144.777.33.910.21.20.1
20283621038041331846640.2961.254.174.807.34.010.21.30.0

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Rank Score Name Year Run Average Trend
1 87 Cory Gearrin 2013 3.77
2 84 Blake Parker 2012 10.50
3 81 Kevin Munson 2016 0.00 DNP
4 81 Spencer Patton 2015 9.00
5 81 Mark Montgomery 2018 0.00 DNP
6 80 Roy Corcoran 2007 0.00 DNP
7 80 Jason Stoffel 2016 0.00 DNP
8 80 C.C. Lee 2014 4.82
9 80 Kevin Quackenbush 2016 4.07
10 80 Preston Guilmet 2015 11.05
11 79 Zach Putnam 2015 4.44
12 79 Nick Vincent 2014 3.60
13 79 Steve Geltz 2015 4.14
14 79 Josh Osich 2016 5.20
15 78 Joe Paterson 2013 3.86
16 78 Scott Alexander 2017 3.00
17 78 Phil Klein 2016 6.98
18 77 Lester Oliveros 2015 0.00 DNP
19 77 Brad Kilby 2010 2.16
20 77 Cody Eppley 2013 21.60
21 77 A.J. Achter 2016 3.11
22 77 C.J. Riefenhauser 2017 0.00 DNP
23 77 Vic Black 2015 0.00 DNP
24 77 Ben Rowen 2016 18.00
25 77 Mark Melancon 2012 6.20
26 77 Tyler Rogers 2018 0.00 DNP
27 76 Giovanni Soto 2018 0.00 DNP
28 76 Jhan Marinez 2016 3.61
29 76 Michael Blazek 2016 7.19
30 76 Enrique Burgos 2018 0.00 DNP
31 76 Jeremy Berg 2014 0.00 DNP
32 75 Jeremy Jeffress 2015 2.91
33 75 A.J. Ramos 2014 2.25
34 75 Daniel Herrera 2012 0.00 DNP
35 75 Royce Ring 2008 10.07
36 75 Keith Butler 2016 0.00 DNP
37 75 Dan Runzler 2012 0.00
38 74 Adam Cimber 2018 3.69
39 74 Danny Burawa 2016 0.00 DNP
40 74 Evan Scribner 2013 4.39
41 74 Tommy Kahnle 2017 2.87
42 74 Steve Cishek 2013 2.45
43 73 Mickey Storey 2013 6.75
44 73 Ryan Cook 2014 3.42
45 73 John Gaub 2012 0.00 DNP
46 73 Ryan Kussmaul 2014 0.00 DNP
47 73 Lisalverto Bonilla 2017 8.10
48 73 Sammy Gervacio 2012 0.00 DNP
49 73 Seth Frankoff 2016 0.00 DNP
50 72 Sam Demel 2013 0.00 DNP
51 72 Tony Zych 2018 0.00 DNP
52 72 Seth Simmons 2015 0.00 DNP
53 72 Andrew Triggs 2016 4.95
54 72 Ehren Wassermann 2008 8.69
55 72 Justin De Fratus 2015 5.85
56 72 Richard Rodriguez 2017 14.29
57 72 Hunter Strickland 2016 3.25
58 72 Paul Smyth 2014 0.00 DNP
59 72 Josh Martin 2017 0.00 DNP
60 72 Blake Cooper 2015 0.00 DNP
61 71 Matt Stites 2017 0.00 DNP
62 71 Edward Santos 2017 0.00 DNP
63 71 Jeff Johnson 2017 0.00 DNP
64 71 Pedro Strop 2012 2.44
65 71 Atahualpa Severino 2012 0.00 DNP
66 71 Chasen Bradford 2017 4.54
67 71 Daniel Coulombe 2017 3.83
68 71 Kenneth Roberts 2015 7.24
69 71 Cory Wade 2010 0.00 DNP
70 71 Emilio Pagan 2018 4.50
71 71 Paul Sewald 2017 4.96
72 71 Josh Roenicke 2010 7.11
73 71 Robbie Weinhardt 2013 0.00 DNP
74 71 Darren O'Day 2010 2.18
75 71 Tucker Healy 2017 0.00 DNP
76 70 Shawn Armstrong 2018 1.23
77 70 Kirby Yates 2014 4.00
78 70 Danny Barnes 2017 3.55
79 70 Mark Peterson 2018 0.00 DNP
80 70 Sam Freeman 2014 3.08
81 70 Eury De La Rosa 2017 0.00 DNP
82 70 Heath Wyatt 2016 0.00 DNP
83 70 Nelson Gonzalez 2017 0.00 DNP
84 70 Josh Fields 2013 4.97
85 70 Enosil Tejeda 2016 0.00 DNP
86 70 Chase Huchingson 2016 0.00 DNP
87 70 Shae Simmons 2018 0.00 DNP
88 70 John Stilson 2018 0.00 DNP
89 70 Jairo Diaz 2018 0.00 DNP
90 70 Brian Wilson 2009 3.36
91 70 Jess Todd 2013 0.00 DNP
92 70 Bryan Shaw 2015 3.38
93 69 Luis Avilan 2017 3.13
94 69 Jeremy Accardo 2009 2.92
95 69 Kevin Barry 2006 5.61
96 69 Kaleb Fleck 2016 0.00 DNP
97 69 Dean Kiekhefer 2016 5.73
98 69 Zach Phillips 2014 0.00 DNP
99 69 Bryce Stowell 2014 0.00 DNP
100 69 Nick Hagadone 2013 5.74

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 Jimmie Sherfy looks the part of a late-inning reliever, but the whole high-octane profile is reliant upon him keeping his violently whippy delivery in order.
2017 Sherfy has been a tough nut to crack since being drafted in the 10th round in 2013. The former Oregon closer had a funky delivery that was hard to pick up for hitters and even tougher to repeat for the pitcher. After a promising debut, he hit a major bump in the road in 2015, walking over five batters per nine at Double-A. Some mechanical tweaks have quieted the delivery and he rebounded to dominate the Southern League in 2016 before a promotion to Triple-A issued yet another blow to his stat line. His fastball can play above average at times, but it's his plus slider that often gets the job done. With better command, he's a big leaguer. Without, he may just stall out at Triple-A.
2016 Jimmie Sherfy and his wipeout slider held batters to .220/.280/.294 with bases empty and .325/.471/.475 with men on, i.e. it wasn't great but he'll never have another season this bad, either.
2015 There's no truth to the rumor that ABC named Wipeout after Jimmie Sherfy's slider; literally cannot even imagine how such an illogical rumor might have been started. Armed with a 96-98 mph fastball and a max-effort delivery, Sherfy has a chance to be a special reliever.

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BP Chats

DateQuestionAnswer
2018-02-05 12:00:00 (link to chat)Who is the best pure reliever prospect in the minors (as in, someone presently a minor league reliever)? Would you consider a pure reliever for the 101 like Kimbrel and Reed were years ago?
(Mike from Nevada)		If Burdi was healthy he, well may have graduated, but he'd be considered. I like Jimmie Sherfy, but he is what he is at this point. I would never say never, but it's a tough road to hoe when like Michael Kopech could be the best reliever in baseball this year or something (Top 101 with Jeffrey Paternostro)
2015-02-16 11:00:00 (link to chat)You mentioned Arizona with regards to a Navarro trade. Would an unproven relief prospect like Kaleb Fleck, Jimmie Sherfy, Jake Barrett, or Enrique Burgos be a fair return?
(JobaTheHut from Limbo)		Possibly, yeah. (R.J. Anderson)


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PITCHf/x Pitcher Profile

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Although he has not thrown an MLB pitch in 2024, Jimmie Sherfy threw 1,264 pitches that were tracked by the PITCHf/x system between 2015 and 2022, all of them occuring in Spring Training. In 2022, he relied primarily on his Curve (78mph), Fourseam Fastball (90mph) and Change (85mph).