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2019 Projections (Preseason PECOTA - seasonal age 22)
IP ERA WHIP SO W L SV WARP
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Birth Date3-2-1997
Height6' 3"
Weight215 lbs
Age27 years, 1 months, 22 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 SLN MLB 13 0 11.7 0 1 0 9 6 16 2 93 6.9 4.6 1.5 12.3 50% .269 1.29 5.22 5.40 91 3.34 68.6 0.3
CareerMLB13011.701096162936.94.61.512.350%.2691.295.225.40913.3468.60.3

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 DCA Rk DSL 7 6 28.0 0 5 0 29 12 13 1 9.3 3.9 0.3 4.2 0% .301 1.46 4.74 5.79 0 0.00 0.0
2015 PMB A+ FSL 2 1 6.7 0 0 0 8 2 5 0 94 10.8 2.7 0.0 6.8 0% .381 1.50 2.56 1.35 90 5.05 110.7
2015 CRD Rk GCL 11 9 51.0 3 2 0 54 15 58 0 102 9.5 2.6 0.0 10.2 0% .383 1.35 2.20 3.88 87 5.14 112.8
2016 PEO A MID 14 14 78.3 6 5 0 71 34 63 3 98 8.2 3.9 0.3 7.2 52% .296 1.34 3.85 3.33 111 4.99 110.2
2016 PMB A+ FSL 10 6 43.7 2 2 0 48 20 25 4 92 9.9 4.1 0.8 5.2 47% .297 1.56 4.87 5.36 122 5.85 129.2
2017 PMB A+ FSL 16 16 90.3 5 3 0 82 39 58 5 94 8.2 3.9 0.5 5.8 45% .281 1.34 4.27 3.69 119 4.91 104.5
2018 PMB A+ FSL 8 0 9.7 1 0 3 9 2 7 0 8.4 1.9 0.0 6.5 43% .321 1.14 3.26 0.00 97 4.69 99.2
2018 SFD AA TEX 16 0 21.0 0 0 0 19 16 17 1 8.1 6.9 0.4 7.3 35% .295 1.67 4.73 5.14 122 6.42 135.8
2019 SLN MLB NL 13 0 11.7 0 1 0 9 6 16 2 93 6.9 4.6 1.5 12.3 50% .269 1.29 5.22 5.40 91 3.34 68.6
2019 PMB A+ FSL 9 0 11.7 0 0 4 8 8 11 0 6.2 6.2 0.0 8.5 45% .258 1.37 3.73 1.54 113 4.57 94.0
2019 SFD AA TEX 18 0 29.0 1 1 5 18 11 42 0 5.6 3.4 0.0 13.0 48% .295 1.00 1.79 1.55 75 3.03 62.3
2019 MEM AAA PCL 18 0 24.3 2 1 2 17 11 27 0 6.3 4.1 0.0 10.0 63% .274 1.15 3.18 1.48 81 2.36 48.5

Plate Discipline

YEAR Pits Zone% Swing% Contact% Z-Swing% O-Swing% Z-Contact% O-Contact% SwStr%
2019 218 0.3853 0.4541 0.5657 0.7024 0.2985 0.7797 0.2500 0.4343
Career2180.38530.45410.56570.70240.29850.77970.25000.4343

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
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2022 SLN $
2021 SLN $
2020 SLN $

 

Service TimeAgentContract Status
1 y 163 d2024

Details
  • 2024. Signed by Chiba Lotte Marines of Japan 12/9/23.
  • 1 year (2023). Claimed by Toronto off waivers 1/5/23 after being DFA by NY Yankees 12/21/22. DFA by Toronto 1/10/23. Sent outright to Triple-A 1/17/23. Re-signed by Toronto 1/30/23 (minor-league contract). Released by Toronto 8/22/23. Signed by Washington as a free agent 8/29/23 (minor-league contract).
  • 1 year (2022). Re-signed by St. Louis 3/22. Claimed by Pittsburgh off waivers 9/7/22 after being DFA by St. Louis 9/5/22. Claimed by NY Yankees off waivers 11/18/22 after being DFA by Pittsburgh 11/15/22.
  • 1 year (2021). Re-signed by St. Louis 3/21.
  • 1 year/$566,000 (2020). Re-signed by St. Louis 3/20.
  • 1 year (2019). Contract selected by St. Louis 8/6/19.
  • Signed by St. Louis 7/2/14 as an amateur free agent from the Dominican Republic. $400,000 signing bonus.

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 15.0 12 7 13 2 .248 1.26 4.00 4.26 0.0 0.0
80o 0 0 0 0 0 9.7 8 5 9 1 .263 1.36 4.44 4.73 0.0 0.0
70o 0 0 0 0 0 5.9 5 3 5 1 .274 1.43 4.77 5.08 0.0 0.0
60o 0 0 0 0 0 2.9 3 2 3 0 .283 1.50 5.07 5.38 0.0 0.0
50o 0 0 0 0 0 0.1 0 0 0 0 .292 1.57 5.33 5.67 0.0 0.0
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BP Chats

DateQuestionAnswer
2016-06-27 20:00:00 (link to chat)Higher ceiling: Sandy Alcantara or Junior Fernandez?
(James Fisher from Peoria, Ill)		Couple of question in the queue about Sandy Alcantara and Junior Fernandez so I'll tackle them together. I've seen them both and would take Sandy Alcantara if given the choice. He is the more projectable guy at this point and the command will come because the delivery is cleaner. (James Fisher)
2016-04-25 23:00:00 (link to chat)Mr. Karaman! Got 2 hitting prospects and pitchers wouldn't mind getting your opinion on: Eloy Jimenez & Luis Alexander Basabe; Franklyn Kilome & Junior Fernandez. If you could have only one of the hitters and pitchers in your system who would you choose and why?
(Leonard from None of Your Business)		Can I cheat and take Jimenez/Basabe? I wrote about both those guys recently as sweet ceiling guys, and given that all four of them are reasonably equivalent degrees of raw I'd want the two bats. Kilome's been a tire fire in his first three starts, but assuming he's okay (haven't seen any firsthand reports yet) I'd probably prefer him as the arm if you HAVE to do 1-1. (Wilson Karaman)


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PITCHf/x Pitcher Profile

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Although he has not thrown an MLB pitch in 2024, Junior Fernández threw 2,445 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 Sinker (98mph) and Change (89mph), also mixing in a Fourseam Fastball (98mph) and Slider (87mph).