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2019 Projections (Preseason PECOTA - seasonal age 24)
IP ERA WHIP SO W L SV WARP
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Birth Date4-12-1995
Height5' 11"
Weight200 lbs
Age29 years, 0 months, 14 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
2019 KCA MLB 9 0 7.3 0 0 0 5 6 10 2 99 6.1 7.4 2.5 12.3 29% .200 1.50 6.52 7.36 109 4.78 98.1 0.0
CareerMLB907.300056102996.17.42.512.329%.2001.506.527.361094.7898.10.0

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 RSX Rk GCL 3 2 4.0 0 0 0 5 1 6 0 96 11.3 2.3 0.0 13.5 0% .455 1.50 1.20 2.25 81 4.13 89.7
2014 RSX Rk GCL 9 6 29.0 3 0 0 22 1 26 0 6.8 0.3 0.0 8.1 0% .275 0.79 2.11 1.55 0 0.00 0.0
2015 WMI A MID 33 0 44.0 4 2 0 40 12 36 0 8.2 2.5 0.0 7.4 0% .303 1.18 2.64 2.86 89 4.02 88.1
2016 KNC A MID 17 0 28.3 1 2 2 24 7 31 1 7.6 2.2 0.3 9.8 62% .295 1.09 2.91 2.22 82 3.60 79.6
2016 VIS A+ CAL 9 0 14.0 1 0 1 14 5 9 2 9.0 3.2 1.3 5.8 51% .279 1.36 5.35 4.50 114 4.61 101.7
2016 MOB AA SOU 11 0 14.0 1 0 0 12 7 7 0 7.7 4.5 0.0 4.5 53% .279 1.36 4.03 1.93 121 5.27 116.4
2016 DIA Rk AZL 2 0 2.0 1 0 0 0 1 2 0 0.0 4.5 0.0 9.0 75% .000 0.50 3.61 0.00 122 4.11 90.8
2016 SRR Wnt AFL 10 0 11.3 1 1 0 11 3 6 1 8.7 2.4 0.8 4.8 0% .278 1.24 4.66 3.97 0 0.00 0.0
2017 WTN AA SOU 36 4 69.0 2 6 2 81 31 50 4 102 10.6 4.0 0.5 6.5 47% .350 1.62 3.85 4.30 112 6.93 147.5
2018 NWA AA TEX 26 0 31.3 0 0 0 46 10 22 2 13.2 2.9 0.6 6.3 48% .373 1.79 3.92 3.73 101 6.54 138.3
2018 WTN AA SOU 20 0 29.7 1 0 1 28 10 26 1 8.5 3.0 0.3 7.9 59% .318 1.28 3.16 3.03 94 4.59 97.1
2019 KCA MLB AL 9 0 7.3 0 0 0 5 6 10 2 99 6.1 7.4 2.5 12.3 29% .200 1.50 6.52 7.36 109 4.78 98.1
2019 NWA AA TEX 17 0 22.3 1 1 5 20 9 28 2 8.1 3.6 0.8 11.3 41% .305 1.30 3.71 2.42 91 3.93 80.8
2019 OMA AAA PCL 30 0 40.0 0 4 1 41 17 45 10 9.2 3.8 2.3 10.1 35% .301 1.45 6.14 5.63 110 4.55 93.5

Plate Discipline

YEAR Pits Zone% Swing% Contact% Z-Swing% O-Swing% Z-Contact% O-Contact% SwStr%
2019 139 0.5180 0.4317 0.7833 0.5833 0.2687 0.8810 0.5556 0.2167
Career1390.51800.43170.78330.58330.26870.88100.55560.2167

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 SEA $
2022 KCA $702,000
2021 KCA $
2020 KCA $
2019 KCA $
YearsDescriptionSalary
1 yrPrevious$702,000
1 yrTotal$702,000

 

Service TimeAgentContract Status
1 y 30 d2023

Details
  • 1 year (2023). Re-signed by Seattle 3/23.
  • 1 year/$702,000 (2022). Re-signed by Kansas City 3/22. Claimed by Seattle off waivers from Kansas City 11/9/22.
  • 1 year (2021). Re-signed by Kansas City (minor-league contract). Contract selected by Kansas City 9/15/21.
  • 1 year (2020). Re-signed by Kansas City 2/12/20. DFA by Kansas City 11/20/20. Sent outright to Triple-A 11/25/20.
  • 1 year (2019). Contract selected by Kansas City 9/3/19.
  • Acquired by Kansas City in trade from Arizona 6/6/18.
  • Acquired by Arizona in trade from Atlanta 12/9/15.
  • Acquired by Atlanta in trade from Detroit 11/20/15.
  • Acquired by Detroit in trade from Boston 12/11/14.
  • Drafted by Boston 2013 (19-563) (Dos Pueblos HS, Goleta, Calif.). $200,000 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 0 0 0 15.6 14 6 11 2 .267 1.26 3.93 4.01 0.0 0.0
80o 0 0 0 0 0 10.1 10 4 7 1 .283 1.36 4.34 4.44 0.0 0.0
70o 0 0 0 0 0 6.3 6 3 4 1 .294 1.44 4.64 4.76 -0.1 0.0
60o 0 0 0 0 0 3.1 3 1 2 0 .304 1.51 4.92 5.04 -0.1 0.0
50o 0 0 0 0 0 0.3 0 0 0 0 .313 1.58 5.16 5.3 -0.1 0.0
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PITCHf/x Pitcher Profile

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Gabe Speier has thrown 1,680 pitches that have been tracked by the PITCHf/x system between 2018 and 2024, all of them occuring in Spring Training. In 2024, he has relied primarily on his Sinker (93mph), Fourseam Fastball (94mph) and Slider (83mph). He also rarely throws a Change (88mph).