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Portrait of Sam Hentges

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2019 Projections (Preseason PECOTA - seasonal age 22)
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Birth Date7-18-1996
Height6' 6"
Weight245 lbs
Age27 years, 9 months, 1 days
BatsL
ThrowsL
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-0.42019
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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 CLE Rk AZL 8 0 13.0 1 0 0 4 5 10 0 2.8 3.5 0.0 6.9 0% .125 0.69 3.63 0.69 0 0.00 0.0
2015 MHV A- NYP 2 2 6.3 0 2 0 13 8 2 0 109 18.5 11.4 0.0 2.8 0% .433 3.32 6.67 14.21 143 10.14 222.4
2015 CLE Rk AZL 11 9 49.3 3 3 0 49 19 59 4 98 8.9 3.5 0.7 10.8 0% .336 1.38 3.68 3.10 96 4.94 108.4
2016 LKC A MID 14 14 60.3 2 4 0 71 29 73 8 97 10.6 4.3 1.2 10.9 41% .375 1.66 4.52 6.12 99 5.40 119.2
2017 MHV A- NYP 5 5 17.7 0 1 0 5 12 23 1 102 2.5 6.1 0.5 11.7 65% .121 0.96 3.60 2.04 98 2.22 47.1
2017 CLE Rk AZL 6 6 13.0 0 3 0 16 3 18 2 106 11.1 2.1 1.4 12.5 43% .400 1.46 4.14 4.85 90 4.23 90.1
2018 LYN A+ CAR 23 23 118.3 6 6 0 114 53 122 4 102 8.7 4.0 0.3 9.3 41% .343 1.41 3.21 3.27 91 4.49 94.8
2019 AKR AA EAS 26 26 128.7 2 13 0 148 64 126 11 97 10.4 4.5 0.8 8.8 36% .358 1.65 3.83 5.11 110 7.13 146.7

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Injury History  —  No longer being updated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 CLE $730,200
2022 CLE $702,500
2021 CLE $
2020 CLE $
2019 CLE $
YearsDescriptionSalary
2 yrPrevious$1,432,700
2 yrTotal$1,432,700

 

Service TimeAgentContract Status
1 y 157 dWarner Cos.1 year/$730,200 (2023)

Details
  • 1 year/$730,200 (2023). Re-signed by Cleveland 3/23.
  • 1 year/$702,500 (2022). Re-signed by Cleveland 3/22.
  • 1 year (2021). Re-signed by Cleveland 3/21.
  • 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.
  • Drafted by Cleveland 2014 (4-128) (Mounds View HS, Arden Hills, Minn.). $0.7M signing bonus ($0.4002M 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 20.2 0 0 23 23 103.0 89 47 100 15 .270 1.32 4.09 4.4 -12.7 -1.4
80o 17.9 0 0 22 22 95.4 89 47 92 15 .285 1.43 4.55 4.89 -16.7 -1.8
70o 16.3 0 0 20 20 90.1 89 47 87 15 .297 1.51 4.89 5.26 -19.3 -2.1
60o 15 0 0 19 19 85.7 89 47 83 15 .307 1.59 5.19 5.58 -21.2 -2.3
50o 13.7 0 0 19 19 81.6 89 47 79 15 .316 1.66 5.47 5.89 -22.9 -2.5
40o 12.6 0 0 18 18 77.7 88 46 75 15 .325 1.73 5.76 6.2 -24.4 -2.6
30o 11.4 0 0 17 17 73.5 87 46 71 15 .335 1.81 6.08 6.54 -25.7 -2.8
20o 10.1 0 0 16 16 68.8 86 45 66 15 .346 1.91 6.46 6.95 -27.0 -2.9
10o 8.3 0 0 14 14 62.4 84 44 60 14 .362 2.05 7.01 7.53 -28.4 -3.1
Weighted Mean13.700181881.187467815.3131.645.435.84-22.3-2.4

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DateQuestionAnswer
2019-05-29 13:00:00 (link to chat)Who is most exciting out of Zack Brown, Will Crowe, Sean Hjelle, and Sam Hentges?
(Beano from CA)
What color is most exciting: Egg Shell, Off-white, Cream, Ivory (Craig Goldstein)
2016-08-10 13:00:00 (link to chat)What are some sleepers in The midwest League?
(Twin from Cali)
Here's a few... Ryan Helsley for Peoria, Ruddy Giron for Fort Wayne, Rayder Ascanio and Luiz Gohara for Clinton, Sam Hentges for Lake County and Fernery Ozuna for Kane County. (James Fisher)
2014-11-20 13:00:00 (link to chat)Any high school prospects you like from the upper Midwest? Here in Minnesota, last year we saw LHP Sam Hentges go in the 4th Round. And just across the river, OF Jeren Kendall was a top-100 prospect, although he went to Vanderbilt. Who do you like this year?
(CGAnderson from Minneapolis)
Good question, and I think Kendall is going to be a hell of a player for Vandy.

If you count Ontario then OF Demi Orimoloye is very intriguing. Let's call him the Canadian Courtney Hawkins. His swing is a bit more raw at the same age but he's a better runner and has made huge improvements over the past year and it looks like he's within striking distance of the first round at this point.

Stateside, Michigan OF Nick Plummer is a guy that is going to get some early round looks as well. He lacks the kind of loud tools you'd typically associate with an early round high school prospect, but makes up for it with precocious on-base skills. One of the best pure hitters in the high school class and he pairs it with average playable power.

Both of these guys are going to have big range of opinions from scouts depending on their taste, as they are very contrasting players. Orimoloye is the raw ingredients guy that you dream on, Plummer already displays valuable skills but doesn't have high end athleticism. (Todd Gold)


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PITCHf/x Pitcher Profile

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Although he has not thrown an MLB pitch in 2024, Sam Hentges threw 3,248 pitches that were tracked by the PITCHf/x system between 2019 and 2023, all of them occuring in Spring Training. In 2023, he relied primarily on his Curve (80mph) and Fourseam Fastball (96mph), also mixing in a Sinker (95mph) and Slider (88mph).