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2019 Projections (Preseason PECOTA - seasonal age 27)
IP ERA WHIP SO W L SV WARP
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Birth Date10-6-1991
Height6' 2"
Weight215 lbs
Age32 years, 6 months, 19 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 BAL MLB 2 0 4.7 0 0 0 10 2 2 2 95 19.3 3.9 3.9 3.9 24% .421 2.57 9.89 15.43 126 8.38 171.9 -0.2
CareerMLB204.7000102229519.33.93.93.924%.4212.579.8915.431268.38171.9-0.2

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 STA A- NYP 17 0 32.0 2 3 2 22 9 29 1 6.2 2.5 0.3 8.2 0% .244 0.97 3.16 1.97 109 4.60 97.3
2015 CSC A SAL 16 15 84.3 4 3 0 82 20 97 3 91 8.8 2.1 0.3 10.4 0% .350 1.21 2.46 3.84 73 3.50 76.7
2015 TAM A+ FSL 4 1 12.0 0 0 0 13 5 8 0 90 9.8 3.8 0.0 6.0 0% .325 1.50 3.33 2.25 108 4.89 107.2
2015 TRN AA EAS 3 1 10.3 1 1 0 11 6 7 2 86 9.6 5.2 1.7 6.1 0% .273 1.65 6.46 7.84 132 5.62 123.2
2016 TRN AA EAS 26 2 67.7 4 2 5 46 27 74 3 112 6.1 3.6 0.4 9.8 46% .256 1.08 3.12 2.66 84 2.97 65.6
2016 SWB AAA INT 10 1 22.3 2 0 3 20 7 14 1 102 8.1 2.8 0.4 5.6 41% .279 1.21 3.70 2.01 107 3.92 86.5
2017 TRN AA EAS 15 0 27.0 2 1 3 21 7 33 2 7.0 2.3 0.7 11.0 46% .302 1.04 2.52 1.67 70 2.97 63.2
2017 NOR AAA INT 17 0 28.7 3 1 0 21 15 34 3 6.6 4.7 0.9 10.7 39% .269 1.26 4.10 2.20 95 4.05 86.3
2017 SWB AAA INT 6 1 12.0 1 0 1 10 3 12 0 101 7.5 2.3 0.0 9.0 33% .303 1.08 2.09 2.25 88 5.00 106.5
2018 NOR AAA INT 39 12 94.0 2 8 0 95 38 105 13 95 9.1 3.6 1.2 10.1 27% .323 1.41 4.33 4.60 105 5.53 117.0
2019 BAL MLB AL 2 0 4.7 0 0 0 10 2 2 2 95 19.3 3.9 3.9 3.9 24% .421 2.57 9.89 15.43 126 8.38 171.9
2019 NOR AAA INT 33 3 65.0 5 2 1 65 27 67 10 100 9.0 3.7 1.4 9.3 34% .314 1.42 5.04 5.54 103 4.88 100.4
2019 TOL AAA INT 3 0 6.0 0 0 1 5 1 8 1 7.5 1.5 1.5 12.0 21% .308 1.00 3.62 3.00 95 5.97 122.8

Plate Discipline

YEAR Pits Zone% Swing% Contact% Z-Swing% O-Swing% Z-Contact% O-Contact% SwStr%
2019 103 0.4466 0.4660 0.7708 0.6522 0.3158 0.8667 0.6111 0.2292
Career1030.44660.46600.77080.65220.31580.86670.61110.2292

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
2019 BAL $

 

Service TimeAgentContract Status
0 y 0 d1 year (2019)

Details
  • 1 year (2019). Contract selected by Baltimore 4/3/19. Sent outright to Triple-A by Baltimore 4/6/19. Contract selected by Baltimore 6/22/19. DFA by Baltimore 7/2/19. Sent outright to Triple-A 7/6/19. Released by Baltimore 8/19/19. Signed by Detroit as a free agent 8/24/19 (minor-league contract).
  • Acquired by Baltimore in trade from NY Yankees 7/2/17.
  • Drafted by NY Yankees 2014 (34-1,022) (Pittsburgh).

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 4.5 1.3 37 8 95.1 80 35 92 14 .262 1.21 3.92 3.97 -8.6 -0.9
80o 0 4.3 1.1 34 8 88.3 80 35 85 14 .277 1.30 4.35 4.42 -12.1 -1.3
70o 0 4.2 1.1 32 7 83.6 80 35 81 14 .287 1.37 4.67 4.75 -14.3 -1.6
60o 0 4.1 1 31 7 79.6 79 35 77 14 .296 1.43 4.94 5.04 -16.0 -1.7
50o 0 4 0.9 29 7 75.9 79 34 73 14 .304 1.49 5.20 5.31 -17.4 -1.9
40o 0 3.9 0.8 28 6 72.3 78 34 70 14 .313 1.55 5.47 5.59 -18.6 -2.0
30o 0 3.8 0.8 27 6 68.6 77 34 66 14 .322 1.62 5.76 5.89 -19.8 -2.2
20o 0 3.7 0.7 25 6 64.3 76 33 62 14 .332 1.70 6.10 6.25 -21.0 -2.3
10o 0 3.5 0.6 23 5 58.5 74 32 57 13 .347 1.82 6.60 6.76 -22.2 -2.4
Weighted Mean040.929775.478347314.3021.485.175.27-16.9-1.8

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PITCHf/x Pitcher Profile

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Although he has not thrown an MLB pitch in 2024, Matt Wotherspoon threw 103 pitches that were tracked by the PITCHf/x system in 2019, including pitches thrown in . In 2019, he relied primarily on his Fourseam Fastball (91mph) and Slider (82mph), also mixing in a Change (84mph).