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James Norwood PPadres

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2019 Projections (Preseason PECOTA - seasonal age 25)

IP	ERA	WHIP	SO	W	L	SV	WARP
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Birth Date	12-24-1993
Height	6' 2"
Weight	215 lbs

Age	30 years, 4 months, 2 days
Bats	R
Throws	R

: 2015
: 2016
: 2017
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MLB Statistics

Historical (past-seasons) WARP is now based on DRA..
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YEAR	Team	Lg	G	IP	L	H	BB	SO	HR	PPF	H/9	BB/9	HR/9	K/9	GB%	BABIP	WHIP	FIP	ERA	cFIP	DRA	DRA-	WARP
2018	CHN	MLB	11	11.0	1	14	5	10	0	99	11.5	4.1	0.0	8.2	31%	.359	1.73	2.66	4.09	117	5.45	121.7	-0.1
2019	CHN	MLB	9	9.3	1	9	8	11	1	95	8.7	7.7	1.0	10.6	40%	.333	1.82	4.77	2.89	101	4.70	96.5	0.1
Career		MLB	20	20.3	2	23	13	21	1	97	10.2	5.8	0.4	9.3	34%	.349	1.77	3.63	3.54	110	5.11	110.1	0.0

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	BOI	A-	NOR	8	4	18.0	0	2	0	16	7	18	3	115	8.0	3.5	1.5	9.0	0%	.277	1.28	5.15	7.00	112	5.29	111.9
2014	CUB	Rk	AZL	2	0	2.0	0	0	0	4	1	2	0		18.0	4.5	0.0	9.0	0%	.500	2.50	3.51	13.50	0	0.00	0.0
2015	SBN	A	MID	13	7	40.0	2	4	1	40	19	30	2	101	9.0	4.3	0.5	6.8	0%	.314	1.48	4.11	4.95	115	5.43	119.1
2015	CUB	Rk	AZL	4	4	10.0	0	2	0	9	2	9	0	96	8.1	1.8	0.0	8.1	0%	.333	1.10	2.60	3.60	96	4.85	106.4
2016	SBN	A	MID	22	0	26.7	3	1	6	30	8	35	0		10.1	2.7	0.0	11.8	47%	.400	1.43	1.97	3.71	70	4.80	106.0
2016	MYR	A+	CAR	8	0	9.3	1	0	1	12	2	8	0		11.6	1.9	0.0	7.7	44%	.375	1.50	2.47	1.93	88	5.67	125.2
2017	MYR	A+	CAR	27	0	39.0	3	0	6	32	16	41	1		7.4	3.7	0.2	9.5	37%	.313	1.23	2.93	2.31	88	3.91	83.3
2017	TEN	AA	SOU	14	0	18.7	1	3	1	22	9	19	1		10.6	4.3	0.5	9.2	46%	.362	1.66	3.22	5.30	96	5.14	109.4
2018	CHN	MLB	NL	11	0	11.0	0	1	0	14	5	10	0	99	11.5	4.1	0.0	8.2	31%	.359	1.73	2.66	4.09	117	5.45	121.7
2018	TEN	AA	SOU	25	0	32.7	1	2	2	25	12	36	2		6.9	3.3	0.6	9.9	40%	.277	1.13	3.24	2.48	92	3.72	78.7
2018	IOW	AAA	PCL	15	0	17.7	1	1	0	11	12	21	1		5.6	6.1	0.5	10.7	34%	.250	1.30	4.30	2.55	96	3.65	77.2
2019	CHN	MLB	NL	9	0	9.3	0	1	0	9	8	11	1	95	8.7	7.7	1.0	10.6	40%	.333	1.82	4.77	2.89	101	4.70	96.5
2019	IOW	AAA	PCL	45	0	57.7	3	2	6	40	31	81	9		6.2	4.8	1.4	12.6	36%	.265	1.23	4.73	4.21	94	2.79	57.4

Plate Discipline

YEAR	Pits	Zone%	Swing%	Contact%	Z-Swing%	O-Swing%	Z-Contact%	O-Contact%	SwStr%
2018	227	0.4758	0.4714	0.8224	0.7778	0.1933	0.8095	0.8696	0.1776
2019	164	0.3963	0.4451	0.7534	0.6769	0.2929	0.8636	0.5862	0.2466
Career	391	0.4425	0.4604	0.7935	0.7355	0.2351	0.8322	0.7507	0.2065

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	NYA	$
2022	PHI	$706,400
2021	CHC	$
2020	CHC	$
2019	CHC	$
2018	CHC	$

Years	Description	Salary
1 yr	Previous	$706,400
1 yr	Total	$706,400

Service Time	Agent	Contract Status
1 y 169 d		1 year (2023)

Details

1 year (2023). Signed by NY Yankees as a free agent 12/13/22 (minor-league contract).
1 year/$706,400 (2022). Re-signed by San Diego 3/22. Acquired by Philadelphia in trade 3/30/22 after being DFA by San Diego 3/26/22. Acquired by Boston in trade 6/18/22 after being DFA by Philadelphia 6/13/22. DFA by Boston 6/20/22. Sent outright to Triple-A 6/25/22.
1 year (2021). Re-signed by Chicago Cubs 3/21. Acquired by San Diego in trade 4/5/21 after being DFA by Chicago Cubs 3/31/21.
1 year/$566,000 (2020). Re-signed by Chicago Cubs 3/20.
1 year (2019). Re-signed by Chicago Cubs 3/19.
1 year (2018). Contract selected by Chicago Cubs 7/8/18.
Drafted by Chicago Cubs 2014 (7-199) (Saint Louis). $175,000 signing bonus ($201,900 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
90^o	0	0	0	0	0	15.9	13	6	16	2	.264	1.19	3.42	3.58
80^o	0	0	0	0	0	10.2	9	4	11	1	.280	1.30	3.85	4.03
70^o	0	0	0	0	0	6.3	6	3	7	1	.292	1.37	4.17	4.37
60^o	0	0	0	0	0	3.1	3	2	3	0	.302	1.44	4.45	4.66
50^o	0	0	0	0	0	0.2	0	0	0	0	.312	1.51	4.72	4.94
Weighted Mean	?	?	?	?	?	0.0	?	0	0	?	.000	0.00	0.00	?

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PITCHf/x Pitcher Profile

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Although he has not thrown an MLB pitch in 2024, James Norwood threw 1,668 pitches that were tracked by the PITCHf/x system between 2018 and 2023, all of them occuring in Spring Training. In 2023, he relied primarily on his Fourseam Fastball (96mph) and Splitter (88mph), also mixing in a Slider (86mph). He also rarely threw a Cutter (92mph).