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Portrait of Alex McRae

Alex McRae PWhite Sox

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2019 Projections (Preseason PECOTA - seasonal age 26)
IP ERA WHIP SO W L SV WARP
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Birth Date4-6-1993
Height6' 2"
Weight220 lbs
Age31 years, 0 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
2018 PIT MLB 2 0 6.3 0 1 0 8 5 5 0 94 11.4 7.1 0.0 7.1 57% .381 2.05 4.38 5.68 128 7.80 174.3 -0.2
2019 PIT MLB 11 2 26.7 0 4 0 36 16 19 9 100 12.2 5.4 3.0 6.4 43% .318 1.95 8.26 8.78 128 7.12 146.1 -0.5
CareerMLB13233.005044212499912.05.72.56.545%.3301.977.528.181287.25151.5-0.7

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 JAM A- NYP 15 15 66.7 3 6 0 85 16 44 5 99 11.5 2.2 0.7 5.9 0% .340 1.52 3.99 6.21 121 11.45 242.3
2015 WVA A SAL 28 27 137.3 8 9 0 159 33 90 9 98 10.4 2.2 0.6 5.9 0% .325 1.40 4.00 4.98 104 5.72 125.5
2016 BRD A+ FSL 12 12 67.0 3 4 0 62 17 35 4 98 8.3 2.3 0.5 4.7 50% .264 1.18 3.87 2.69 109 4.14 91.3
2016 ALT AA EAS 16 15 88.3 8 6 0 114 25 67 7 111 11.6 2.5 0.7 6.8 51% .361 1.57 3.75 4.79 100 5.91 130.4
2016 SUR Wnt AFL 10 0 16.0 0 1 0 15 4 9 2 8.4 2.3 1.1 5.1 0% .265 1.19 5.02 3.38 0 0.00 0.0
2017 ALT AA EAS 27 25 149.7 10 5 0 170 36 89 9 100 10.2 2.2 0.5 5.4 50% .325 1.38 3.66 3.61 96 4.99 106.3
2018 PIT MLB NL 2 0 6.3 0 1 0 8 5 5 0 94 11.4 7.1 0.0 7.1 57% .381 2.05 4.38 5.68 128 7.80 174.3
2018 IND AAA INT 26 19 117.0 3 10 1 134 50 104 9 93 10.3 3.8 0.7 8.0 47% .356 1.57 4.06 4.77 107 6.50 137.4
2019 PIT MLB NL 11 2 26.7 0 4 0 36 16 19 9 100 12.2 5.4 3.0 6.4 43% .318 1.95 8.26 8.78 128 7.12 146.1
2019 IND AAA INT 22 22 114.3 7 8 0 128 43 101 20 94 10.1 3.4 1.6 8.0 48% .324 1.50 5.39 5.20 106 5.67 116.6

Plate Discipline

YEAR Pits Zone% Swing% Contact% Z-Swing% O-Swing% Z-Contact% O-Contact% SwStr%
2018 134 0.3881 0.3881 0.8462 0.5962 0.2561 0.9355 0.7143 0.1538
2019 497 0.4004 0.4547 0.8009 0.7035 0.2886 0.9071 0.6279 0.1991
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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
2019 PIT $
2018 PIT $

 

Service TimeAgentContract Status
0 y 111 d1 year (2021)

Details
  • 1 year (2021). Contract selected by Chicago White Sox 4/20/21. Sent outright to Triple-A by Chicago White Sox 6/26/21. Elected free agency 10/15/21.
  • 1 year (2020). Signed by Chicago White Sox as a free agent 1/20 (minor-league contract). Contract selected by Chicago White Sox 9/5/20.
  • 1 year (2019). Re-signed by Pittsburgh (minor-league contract). Contract selected by Pittsburgh 5/27/19. Sent outright to Triple-A by Pittsburgh 11/4/19.
  • 1 year (2018). Contract selected by Pittsburgh 7/7/18. DFA by Pittsburgh 11/27/18. Sent outright to Triple-A 11/30/18.
  • Drafted by Pittsburgh 2014 (10-311) (Jacksonville). $125,000 signing bonus ($137,600 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 0 0 0 12.1 10 4 10 1 .276 1.18 3.06 3.42 0.0 0.0
80o 0 0 0 0 0 7.9 7 3 7 1 .288 1.25 3.36 3.77 0.0 0.0
70o 0 0 0 0 0 4.9 5 2 4 0 .296 1.31 3.59 4.03 0.0 0.0
60o 0 0 0 0 0 2.5 2 1 2 0 .304 1.36 3.79 4.25 0.0 0.0
50o 0 0 0 0 0 0.2 0 0 0 0 .311 1.40 3.98 4.46 0.0 0.0
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PITCHf/x Pitcher Profile

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Although he has not thrown an MLB pitch in 2024, Alex McRae threw 770 pitches that were tracked by the PITCHf/x system between 2018 and 2021, all of them occuring in Spring Training. In 2021, he relied primarily on his Fourseam Fastball (93mph), Change (87mph) and Sinker (92mph), also mixing in a Slider (84mph).