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Spencer Turnbull PTigers

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2019 Projections (Preseason PECOTA - seasonal age 26)
IP ERA WHIP SO W L SV WARP
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Birth Date9-18-1992
Height6' 3"
Weight210 lbs
Age32 years, 11 months, 6 days
BatsR
ThrowsR
2015
2016
2017
0.12018
1.12019
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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
2018 DET MLB 4 3 16.3 0 2 0 17 4 15 1 100 9.4 2.2 0.6 8.3 48% .327 1.29 2.89 6.06 111 4.99 111.4 0.1
2019 DET MLB 30 30 148.3 3 17 0 154 59 146 14 102 9.3 3.6 0.8 8.9 49% .333 1.44 4.02 4.61 95 5.21 106.9 0.9
CareerMLB3433164.7319017163161151029.33.40.88.849%.3321.423.914.76975.19107.31.0

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-
2014 ONE A- NYP 11 11 28.3 0 2 0 31 14 19 1 101 9.8 4.4 0.3 6.0 0% .313 1.59 4.14 4.45 104 5.75 121.8
2014 TGR Rk GCL 1 1 3.0 0 0 0 2 1 4 1 6.0 3.0 3.0 12.0 0% .200 1.00 6.15 3.00 0 0.00 0.0
2015 WMI A MID 22 22 116.7 11 3 0 106 52 106 0 101 8.2 4.0 0.0 8.2 0% .314 1.35 3.09 3.01 99 4.57 100.3
2016 LAK A+ FSL 6 6 30.0 1 1 0 24 10 27 1 109 7.2 3.0 0.3 8.1 56% .274 1.13 2.98 3.00 94 3.25 71.8
2016 TGR Rk GCL 2 2 3.7 0 0 0 4 1 5 2 102 9.8 2.5 4.9 12.3 50% .250 1.36 8.48 7.36 105 5.02 110.7
2016 TGW Rk GCL 4 4 10.7 0 1 0 3 5 7 0 103 2.5 4.2 0.0 5.9 69% .115 0.75 3.40 3.38 105 3.14 69.4
2016 SRR Wnt AFL 6 6 20.0 1 3 0 20 10 20 0 9.0 4.5 0.0 9.0 0% .333 1.50 3.57 3.60 0 0.00 0.0
2017 LAK A+ FSL 15 15 82.7 7 3 0 68 25 64 3 85 7.4 2.7 0.3 7.0 52% .280 1.13 3.36 3.05 102 4.41 93.9
2017 ERI AA EAS 4 4 20.3 0 3 0 22 8 22 1 108 9.7 3.5 0.4 9.7 58% .356 1.48 3.32 6.20 86 4.47 95.0
2017 TGW Rk GCL 2 2 9.0 0 0 0 8 2 16 0 94 8.0 2.0 0.0 16.0 65% .471 1.11 0.53 4.00 62 2.21 47.1
2017 MSS Wnt AFL 6 6 21.7 2 2 0 25 6 19 3 10.4 2.5 1.2 7.9 0% .333 1.43 5.18 3.74 0 0.00 0.0
2018 DET MLB AL 4 3 16.3 0 2 0 17 4 15 1 100 9.4 2.2 0.6 8.3 48% .327 1.29 2.89 6.06 111 4.99 111.4
2018 LAK A+ FSL 1 1 4.7 0 0 0 2 0 6 0 98 3.9 0.0 0.0 11.6 40% .200 0.43 0.90 0.00 69 2.61 55.2
2018 ERI AA EAS 19 19 98.7 4 7 0 92 40 105 4 99 8.4 3.6 0.4 9.6 56% .332 1.34 3.14 4.47 80 4.22 89.2
2018 TOL AAA INT 2 2 13.3 1 1 0 8 3 19 0 96 5.4 2.0 0.0 12.8 57% .267 0.83 1.38 2.03 75 2.90 61.3
2018 TGW Rk GCL 1 1 2.7 0 0 0 1 3 3 0 93 3.4 10.1 0.0 10.1 50% .167 1.50 4.77 0.00 109 4.09 86.5
2019 DET MLB AL 30 30 148.3 3 17 0 154 59 146 14 102 9.3 3.6 0.8 8.9 49% .333 1.44 4.02 4.61 95 5.21 106.9
2019 TOL AAA INT 1 1 3.7 0 0 0 1 0 7 0 90 2.5 0.0 0.0 17.2 60% .200 0.27 0.62 0.00 54 1.49 30.8

Plate Discipline

YEAR Pits Zone% Swing% Contact% Z-Swing% O-Swing% Z-Contact% O-Contact% SwStr%
2018 282 0.5035 0.4681 0.7879 0.6197 0.3143 0.9091 0.5455 0.2121
2019 2567 0.4476 0.4675 0.7542 0.6771 0.2976 0.8393 0.5972 0.2458
Career28490.45310.46760.75750.67140.29930.84620.59210.2425

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 PHI $2,000,000
2023 DET $2,150,000
2022 DET $1,500,000
2021 DET $586,900
2020 DET $573,500
2019 DET $556,100
2018 DET $
YearsDescriptionSalary
6 yrPrevious$7,366,500
6 yrTotal$7,366,500

 

Service TimeAgentContract Status
5 y 20 dBoras Corp.1 year/$2M (2024)

Details
  • 1 year/$2M (2024). Signed by Philadelphia as a free agent 2/11/24. Performance bonuses: $200,000 each for 12, 14, 16, 18, 20 starts. $200,000 each for 40, 60, 80, 100, 120 innings. Turnbull to be a XX(B) free agent upon contract's expiration.
  • 2 years/$3.65M (2022-23). Signed extension with Detroit 4/4/22 (avoided arbitration, $2.1M-$1.325M). 22:$1.5M, 23:$2.15M. May earn additional $125,000 in 2023 performance bonuses. Non-tendered by Detroit 11/17/23.
  • 1 year/$586,900 (2021). Re-signed by Detroit 3/21.
  • 1 year/$573,500 (2020). Re-signed by Detroit 3/20.
  • 1 year/$556,100 (2019). Re-signed by Detroit 3/19.
  • 1 year (2018). Contract selected by Detroit 11/20/17. Re-signed by Detroit 3/18.
  • Drafted by Detroit 2014 (2-63) (Alabama). $900,000 signing bonus ($900,600 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 0.6 0 1 1 18.1 15 6 17 2 .263 1.16 3.16 3.47 -0.1 0.0
80o 0 0.7 0 1 1 13.5 12 5 13 1 .277 1.24 3.51 3.86 -0.3 0.0
70o 0 0.7 0 1 1 10.2 9 4 9 1 .286 1.31 3.77 4.15 -0.5 -0.1
60o 0 0.7 0 1 1 7.5 7 3 7 1 .295 1.36 3.98 4.39 -0.6 -0.1
50o 0 0.7 0 1 1 5.0 5 2 5 1 .302 1.41 4.20 4.63 -0.7 -0.1
40o 0 0.7 0 1 1 2.6 3 1 2 0 .310 1.46 4.42 4.87 -0.9 -0.1
30o 0 0.8 0 1 1 0.1 0 0 0 0 .318 1.52 4.64 5.13 -1.0 -0.1
Weighted Mean00.70114.54241.3011.404.174.6-0.7-0.1

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BP Chats

DateQuestionAnswer
2020-09-16 13:00:00 (link to chat)Spencer Turnbull: Good No. 4, No. 3 or guy about to see his run prevention numbers blow up any second now?
(bgawlowski14 from Seattle)		I think a good No. 4 which isn't mutually exclusive of the last thing you mentioned. I have actually kind of liked him for a bit, but the health issues he's dealt with keep him from attaining No. 3 status for me, since he won't pile up the innings over the course of a full season with regularity. If he does, he might get there, though. (Craig Goldstein)
2020-02-28 13:00:00 (link to chat)Hey Jesse thanks for the chat.Can you rank these four pitchers for the back end of a rotation in a deep categories league please, Jordan Yamamoto,Spencer Turnbull, Brad Keller and Tyler Beede, they all have nice pitchers parks to call home,and all seem pretty similar, any insights .Cheers.
(boatman44 from Liverpool)		(1) Yamamoto, (2) Keller, (3) Turnbull, and (4) Beede. I think Yamamoto could surprise. His stuff is sneaky good. (Jesse Roche)
2019-05-29 13:00:00 (link to chat)I'm thinking of dealing Dustin May for Spencer Turnbull. Thoughts? When will May actually be a fantasy starter of note after the growing pains/dodgers screw with him? 2022?
(Tony from Alsip)		I think you're turning a ton of upside into a back-end starter who can miss bats but has struggled to stay healthy or consistent. May should be up next year, I think. Possibly relief this year. I wouldn't do this deal. (Craig Goldstein)
2015-11-18 13:00:00 (link to chat)Spencer Turnbull is large
(Tom from Marquette)		I will not debate this. (Christopher Crawford)


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PITCHf/x Pitcher Profile

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Spencer Turnbull has thrown 7,898 pitches that have been tracked by the PITCHf/x system between 2018 and 2025, all of them occuring in Spring Training. In 2025, he has relied primarily on his Slider (83mph) and Cutter (91mph), also mixing in a Sinker (92mph), Curve (76mph) and Change (85mph).