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Portrait of J.C. Mejia

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2019 Projections (Preseason PECOTA - seasonal age 22)
IP ERA WHIP SO W L SV WARP
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Birth Date8-26-1996
Height6' 5"
Weight240 lbs
Age27 years, 7 months, 2 days
BatsR
ThrowsR
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0.32019
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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

Statistics for All Levels

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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 DIN Rk DSL 16 0 33.3 3 0 1 22 15 29 0 5.9 4.1 0.0 7.8 0% .232 1.11 3.26 2.70 0 0.00 0.0
2015 DIN Rk DSL 19 0 39.3 4 3 1 30 12 25 1 6.9 2.7 0.2 5.7 0% .248 1.07 3.74 1.37 102 3.67 80.5
2016 DIN Rk DSL 17 1 33.7 2 4 5 33 5 22 0 82 8.8 1.3 0.0 5.9 59% .282 1.13 2.51 3.48 89 4.34 95.8
2017 MHV A- NYP 11 0 22.7 1 0 3 6 5 31 0 2.4 2.0 0.0 12.3 66% .146 0.49 1.62 0.00 72 1.45 30.8
2017 CLE Rk AZL 10 0 14.3 1 0 6 13 5 19 0 8.2 3.1 0.0 11.9 68% .342 1.26 2.61 3.14 87 3.06 65.2
2018 LKC A MID 17 15 92.0 4 8 0 84 20 97 3 101 8.2 2.0 0.3 9.5 57% .325 1.13 2.54 3.13 79 3.76 79.6
2018 LYN A+ CAR 1 1 6.0 0 1 0 5 1 3 0 105 7.5 1.5 0.0 4.5 45% .250 1.00 2.86 6.00 102 3.94 83.3
2019 LYN A+ CAR 8 8 33.0 3 1 0 28 9 36 0 101 7.6 2.5 0.0 9.8 57% .318 1.12 2.10 4.09 82 3.76 77.4

Plate Discipline

YEAR Pits Zone% Swing% Contact% Z-Swing% O-Swing% Z-Contact% O-Contact% SwStr%

Injury History  —  No longer being updated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 MIL $
2022 MIL $
2021 CLE $
2020 CLE $
2019 CLE $

 

Service TimeAgentContract Status
1 y 13 d2024

Details
  • 1 year (2023). Contract selected by Milwaukee 7/5/23. Placed on restricted list 9/20/23 (second violation of MLB policy on performance-enhancing drugs). Non-tendered by Milwaukee 11/17/23.
  • 1 year (2022). Re-signed by Milwaukee 3/22. Sent outright to Triple-A by Milwaukee 8/24/22.
  • 1 year (2021). Re-signed by Cleveland 3/21. Acquired by Milwaukee in trade 11/22/21 after being DFA by Cleveland 11/19/21.
  • 1 year (2020). Re-signed by Cleveland 3/20.
  • 1 year (2019). Contract selected by Cleveland 11/20/18. Re-signed by Cleveland 3/19.
  • Signed by Cleveland 11/29/13 as an amateur free agent from the Dominican Republic.

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 12.8 0 1.1 32 8 90.7 74 29 78 10 .258 1.14 3.35 3.61 -4.6 -0.5
80o 11.3 0 1 29 7 82.7 74 29 71 10 .275 1.24 3.77 4.05 -7.9 -0.9
70o 10.3 0 0.9 27 7 77.2 73 29 67 10 .287 1.32 4.07 4.38 -9.9 -1.1
60o 9.4 0 0.8 25 7 72.5 73 28 62 9 .298 1.39 4.34 4.67 -11.5 -1.2
50o 8.7 0 0.7 24 6 68.3 72 28 59 9 .308 1.46 4.60 4.94 -12.7 -1.4
40o 8 0 0.7 22 6 64.1 71 28 55 9 .319 1.53 4.86 5.22 -13.7 -1.5
30o 7.2 0 0.6 21 5 59.8 69 27 52 9 .329 1.61 5.14 5.52 -14.6 -1.6
20o 6.4 0 0.5 19 5 54.9 68 26 47 9 .342 1.71 5.48 5.89 -15.5 -1.7
10o 5.4 0 0.4 17 4 48.4 64 25 42 8 .360 1.85 5.97 6.41 -16.2 -1.8
Weighted Mean8.600.724667.57027589.3051.444.554.89-12.2-1.3

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PITCHf/x Pitcher Profile

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J.C. Mejía has thrown 2,275 pitches that have been tracked by the PITCHf/x system between 2019 and 2023, all of them occuring in Spring Training. In 2023, he has relied primarily on his Sinker (95mph) and Slider (85mph), also mixing in a Change (89mph) and Fourseam Fastball (95mph).