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2019 Projections (Preseason PECOTA - seasonal age 29)
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Birth Date3-12-1990
Height6' 1"
Weight190 lbs
Age34 years, 1 months, 12 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 TBA MLB 7 0 7.3 0 0 0 5 3 9 0 99 6.1 3.7 0.0 11.0 35% .294 1.09 2.02 0.00 97 4.26 87.4 0.1
CareerMLB707.30005390996.13.70.011.035%.2941.092.020.00974.2687.40.1

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 MHV A- NYP 15 9 54.0 3 2 0 37 9 60 1 97 6.2 1.5 0.2 10.0 0% .271 0.85 1.72 1.83 69 2.62 57.0
2014 CAR A+ CAR 25 23 125.0 4 13 0 135 35 120 9 92 9.7 2.5 0.6 8.6 0% .339 1.36 3.51 5.62 92 5.10 107.9
2014 AKR AA EAS 2 2 11.0 0 1 0 9 2 9 2 99 7.4 1.6 1.6 7.4 0% .233 1.00 4.89 3.27 105 3.89 82.3
2016 LYN A+ CAR 12 0 19.7 1 1 2 21 4 25 1 9.6 1.8 0.5 11.4 53% .385 1.27 2.42 4.12 68 4.30 94.9
2016 AKR AA EAS 28 2 39.3 1 4 5 44 13 38 1 104 10.1 3.0 0.2 8.7 41% .355 1.45 2.82 4.81 86 4.03 88.9
2016 COH AAA INT 2 1 5.3 0 0 0 3 0 7 0 116 5.1 0.0 0.0 11.8 33% .250 0.56 0.54 1.69 68 2.89 63.8
2017 AKR AA EAS 10 0 15.3 1 1 1 12 4 11 2 7.0 2.3 1.2 6.5 55% .238 1.04 4.27 2.93 97 3.25 69.3
2017 COH AAA INT 35 0 48.0 2 0 2 47 26 59 3 8.8 4.9 0.6 11.1 45% .361 1.52 3.32 2.63 87 4.58 97.5
2018 AKR AA EAS 6 0 9.0 3 0 1 3 1 17 0 3.0 1.0 0.0 17.0 50% .250 0.44 -0.13 0.00 28 1.38 29.1
2018 COH AAA INT 41 0 51.7 5 4 1 52 16 78 4 9.1 2.8 0.7 13.6 35% .410 1.32 2.42 4.53 69 4.17 88.2
2019 TBA MLB AL 7 0 7.3 0 0 0 5 3 9 0 99 6.1 3.7 0.0 11.0 35% .294 1.09 2.02 0.00 97 4.26 87.4
2019 DUR AAA INT 49 4 66.0 6 3 2 51 24 89 4 101 7.0 3.3 0.5 12.1 32% .307 1.14 2.94 3.27 75 2.56 52.7

Plate Discipline

YEAR Pits Zone% Swing% Contact% Z-Swing% O-Swing% Z-Contact% O-Contact% SwStr%
2019 130 0.4538 0.4692 0.7377 0.6441 0.3239 0.7632 0.6957 0.2623
Career1300.45380.46920.73770.64410.32390.76320.69570.2623

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 NYN $
2023 ARI $825,000
2022 MIA $711,000
2021 BAL $574,500
2020 BAL $565,000
2019 TBA $
YearsDescriptionSalary
4 yrPrevious$2,675,500
4 yrTotal$2,675,500

 

Service TimeAgentContract Status
3 y 157 d1 year (2024)

Details
  • 1 year (2024). Signed by NY Mets as a free agent 11/20/23 (minor-league contract).
  • 1 year/$825,000 (2023). Re-signed by Arizona 11/18/22 (avoided arbitration). Claimed by Tampa Bay off waivers from Arizona 8/5/23. Sent outright to Triple-A by Tampa Bay 11/4/23.
  • 1 year/$711,000 (2022). Re-signed by Miami 3/22. Claimed by Arizona off waivers from Miami 11/8/22.
  • 1 year/$574,500 (2021). Re-signed by Baltimore 3/21.
  • 1 year/$565,000 (2020). Re-signed by Baltimore 3/20.
  • 1 year (2019). Contract selected by Tampa Bay 9/2/19. Claimed by Baltimore off waivers 10/1/19 after being DFA by Tampa Bay 9/29/19.
  • Acquired by Tampa Bay in trade from Cleveland 12/13/18.
  • Drafted by Cleveland 2013 (25-741) (Dartmouth).

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 0 0 0 0 15.2 11 5 18 1 .271 1.09 2.50 2.83 0.0 0.0
80o 0.1 0 0 0 0 9.9 8 4 12 1 .286 1.18 2.87 3.23 0.0 0.0
70o 0.1 0 0 0 0 6.3 5 3 7 1 .297 1.24 3.13 3.53 0.0 0.0
60o 0.1 0 0 0 0 3.3 3 1 4 0 .307 1.30 3.36 3.79 0.0 0.0
50o 0.1 0 0 0 0 0.5 0 0 1 0 .316 1.36 3.58 4.04 -0.1 0.0
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PITCHf/x Pitcher Profile

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Cole Sulser has thrown 2,997 pitches that have been tracked by the PITCHf/x system between 2019 and 2024, all of them occuring in Spring Training. In 2024, he has relied primarily on his Fourseam Fastball (92mph), Change (85mph) and Slider (82mph), also mixing in a Cutter (88mph).