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2019 Projections (Preseason PECOTA - seasonal age 27)
IP ERA WHIP SO W L SV WARP
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Birth Date4-29-1992
Height6' 0"
Weight195 lbs
Age32 years, 7 months, 5 days
BatsL
ThrowsL
2015
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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
2016 PIT MLB 8 7 33.3 0 3 0 45 17 29 5 92 12.2 4.6 1.4 7.8 47% .354 1.86 5.10 4.86 100 5.13 113.6 0.1
2017 PIT MLB 11 4 34.7 1 0 1 41 14 23 3 95 10.6 3.6 0.8 6.0 45% .317 1.59 4.36 4.67 110 6.17 131.3 -0.3
2018 PIT MLB 45 5 91.7 6 3 0 84 57 82 10 96 8.2 5.6 1.0 8.1 50% .289 1.54 4.88 4.61 111 5.66 126.5 -0.7
2019 PIT MLB 25 19 113.3 4 6 0 117 53 100 15 100 9.3 4.2 1.2 7.9 45% .310 1.50 4.71 5.16 102 4.40 90.3 1.6
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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 ABE A- NYP 12 12 43.0 1 2 0 35 12 38 1 98 7.3 2.5 0.2 8.0 0% .293 1.09 2.60 2.09 91 3.86 83.9
2014 DEL A SAL 22 21 130.0 9 8 0 107 28 115 4 102 7.4 1.9 0.3 8.0 0% .286 1.04 3.09 3.05 82 2.90 61.5
2014 FRD A+ CAR 3 3 16.3 2 0 0 7 2 9 0 94 3.9 1.1 0.0 5.0 0% .152 0.55 2.77 0.55 91 2.11 44.6
2015 BRD A+ FSL 13 13 65.7 4 1 0 62 21 45 3 96 8.5 2.9 0.4 6.2 0% .292 1.26 3.44 3.02 107 4.67 102.3
2015 ALT AA EAS 15 15 90.0 9 3 0 72 19 80 1 93 7.2 1.9 0.1 8.0 0% .273 1.01 2.37 2.00 77 2.87 62.9
2015 GDD Wnt AFL 5 5 14.7 0 0 0 13 5 16 1 8.0 3.1 0.6 9.8 0% .316 1.23 3.31 4.91 0 0.00 0.0
2016 PIT MLB NL 8 7 33.3 0 3 0 45 17 29 5 92 12.2 4.6 1.4 7.8 47% .354 1.86 5.10 4.86 100 5.13 113.6
2016 WEV A- NYP 1 1 4.0 0 0 0 1 0 5 0 103 2.3 0.0 0.0 11.3 75% .125 0.25 0.76 0.00 74 2.06 45.6
2016 IND AAA INT 16 15 71.3 2 7 0 66 35 81 6 98 8.3 4.4 0.8 10.2 39% .319 1.42 3.59 3.91 96 4.48 98.9
2017 PIT MLB NL 11 4 34.7 1 0 1 41 14 23 3 95 10.6 3.6 0.8 6.0 45% .317 1.59 4.36 4.67 110 6.17 131.3
2017 IND AAA INT 21 20 120.3 10 5 0 85 44 109 5 95 6.4 3.3 0.4 8.2 53% .252 1.07 3.29 1.94 93 2.85 60.7
2018 PIT MLB NL 45 5 91.7 6 3 0 84 57 82 10 96 8.2 5.6 1.0 8.1 50% .289 1.54 4.88 4.61 111 5.66 126.5
2018 IND AAA INT 5 0 5.3 0 1 0 6 4 7 0 10.1 6.8 0.0 11.8 40% .400 1.88 2.95 3.38 103 5.52 116.7
2019 PIT MLB NL 25 19 113.3 4 6 0 117 53 100 15 100 9.3 4.2 1.2 7.9 45% .310 1.50 4.71 5.16 102 4.40 90.3
2019 IND AAA INT 1 1 4.0 0 0 0 3 5 2 0 90 6.8 11.3 0.0 4.5 50% .250 2.00 6.37 4.50 129 5.78 118.9

Plate Discipline

YEAR Pits Zone% Swing% Contact% Z-Swing% O-Swing% Z-Contact% O-Contact% SwStr%
2016 657 0.4277 0.4323 0.7430 0.6940 0.2367 0.8051 0.6067 0.2570
2017 643 0.4992 0.4619 0.8114 0.6667 0.2578 0.8598 0.6867 0.1886
2018 1649 0.4269 0.4378 0.7535 0.6506 0.2794 0.8428 0.5985 0.2465
2019 2000 0.4410 0.4490 0.7661 0.6395 0.2987 0.8457 0.6317 0.2339
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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 CHN $
2021 PIT $2,050,000
2020 PIT $590,500
2019 PIT $574,500
2018 PIT $557,000
2017 PIT $
2016 PIT $
YearsDescriptionSalary
4 yrPrevious$3,772,000
4 yrTotal$3,772,000

 

Service TimeAgentContract Status
4 y 167 dWarner Cos.2023

Details
  • 1 year (2022). Signed by Chicago Cubs as a free agent 3/21/22 (minor-league contract). Salary of $1.5M in majors. May earn additional $400,000 in performance bonuses. May opt out of contract 7/1/22 if not on Major League roster. Contract selected by Chicago Cubs 7/16/22. Sent outright to Triple-A by Chicago Cubs 11/10/22 (elected free agency). Retired 12/9/23.
  • 1 year/$2.05M (2021). Re-signed by Pittsburgh 1/15/21 (avoided arbitration). DFA by Pittsburgh 11/29/21.
  • 1 year/$590,500 (2020). Re-signed by Pittsburgh 3/20.
  • 1 year/$574,500 (2019). Re-signed by Pittsburgh 3/19.
  • 1 year/$557,000 (2018). Re-signed by Pittsburgh 3/18.
  • 1 year (2017). Re-signed by Pittsburgh 3/17.
  • 1 year (2016). Contract selected by Pittsburgh 7/5/16.
  • Acquired by Pittsburgh in trade from Baltimore 2/20/15.
  • Drafted by Baltimore 2013 (11-339) (Regis University, Colo.).

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
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BP Chats

DateQuestionAnswer
2019-08-30 16:00:00 (link to chat)Thanks for the chat. I have some SP about to be activated as the Fantasy playoffs start so I may need to drop a SP or two in my 20 team H2H league with QS and K/9. Who would you drop from this list: Michael Wacha, Mike Montgomery, Adrian Houser, Steven Brault, Michael Pineda, Steven Matz?
(Festivus from Phoenix)
You are welcome for the chat. Wacha and Monty are the names that stand out here. Montgomery has a sweet two-start schedule next week (DET, @MIA) so I'd probably cut Wacha first. He hasn't gone into the sixth inning in, like, forever (or, since June 28, to be exact). (Jon Hegglund)
2018-04-19 13:00:00 (link to chat)If Mitch Keller were in another organization would he be up already?
(James from California )
Oh good golly no. He barely pitched professionally in 2014 and 2015. 130 innings in 2016, 116 in 2017, at age 21. He entered the season with less than 35 IP above High-A. Trust me, he's not being blocked by Steven Brault. Management is running this fine. (Rob Mains)


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PITCHf/x Pitcher Profile

A Collaboration between BrooksBaseball.net and Baseball Prospectus - Pitch classifications provided by Pitch Info LLC


Although he has not thrown an MLB pitch in 2024, Steven Brault threw 6,484 pitches that were tracked by the PITCHf/x system between 2016 and 2022, all of them occuring in Spring Training. In 2022, he relied primarily on his Sinker (91mph), Fourseam Fastball (91mph) and Slider (82mph), also mixing in a Change (86mph).