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2019 Projections (Preseason PECOTA - seasonal age 26)
IP ERA WHIP SO W L SV WARP
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Birth Date5-13-1993
Height6' 4"
Weight217 lbs
Age30 years, 11 months, 13 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 ARI MLB 23 15 84.7 5 5 1 86 30 68 23 99 9.1 3.2 2.4 7.2 40% .264 1.37 6.36 5.31 122 6.46 132.6 -0.7
CareerMLB231584.755186306823999.13.22.47.240%.2641.376.365.311226.46132.6-0.7

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-
2015 YAK A- NWL 13 0 21.0 0 0 3 8 4 27 0 3.4 1.7 0.0 11.6 0% .186 0.57 1.74 0.00 69 1.30 28.5
2016 KNC A MID 6 6 28.7 3 2 0 24 5 24 1 94 7.5 1.6 0.3 7.5 32% .277 1.01 2.77 2.83 89 3.21 70.9
2016 VIS A+ CAL 4 4 23.0 1 1 0 19 7 22 3 96 7.4 2.7 1.2 8.6 31% .262 1.13 4.79 2.74 101 3.02 66.6
2016 MOB AA SOU 17 17 97.7 8 6 0 99 21 72 9 100 9.1 1.9 0.8 6.6 38% .297 1.23 3.83 3.59 103 3.95 87.3
2017 WTN AA SOU 21 21 111.3 9 7 0 94 39 107 7 106 7.6 3.2 0.6 8.6 40% .292 1.19 3.17 2.91 94 3.94 83.8
2017 RNO AAA PCL 6 6 33.7 3 2 0 29 13 31 8 111 7.8 3.5 2.1 8.3 34% .231 1.25 6.21 4.81 113 4.25 90.4
2018 RNO AAA PCL 27 27 152.0 13 8 0 149 44 125 12 116 8.8 2.6 0.7 7.4 40% .302 1.27 4.03 4.03 91 3.49 73.7
2019 ARI MLB NL 23 15 84.7 5 5 1 86 30 68 23 99 9.1 3.2 2.4 7.2 40% .264 1.37 6.36 5.31 122 6.46 132.6
2019 VIS A+ CAL 1 1 6.0 1 0 0 3 0 3 0 92 4.5 0.0 0.0 4.5 71% .176 0.50 2.66 0.00 96 2.88 59.2
2019 RNO AAA PCL 8 8 36.7 3 1 0 41 17 28 6 113 10.1 4.2 1.5 6.9 36% .313 1.58 5.86 6.63 102 4.95 101.9

Plate Discipline

YEAR Pits Zone% Swing% Contact% Z-Swing% O-Swing% Z-Contact% O-Contact% SwStr%
2019 1511 0.4659 0.4805 0.7686 0.6818 0.3048 0.8563 0.5976 0.2314
Career15110.46590.48050.76860.68180.30480.85630.59760.2314

Injury History  —  No longer being updated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
2024 MIL $1,250,000
2023 KCA $1,150,000
2022 KCA $975,000
2021 ARI $601,800
2020 ARI $
2019 ARI $
YearsDescriptionSalary
3 yrPrevious$2,726,800
2019Current$1,250,000
4 yrPvs + Cur$3,976,800
4 yrTotal$3,976,800

 

Service TimeAgentContract Status
4 y 120 dBallengee1 year/$1.25M (2024)

Details
  • 1 year/$1.25M (2024). Re-signed by Kansas City 11/11/23. Acquired by Milwaukee in trade from Kansas City 12/14/23.
  • 1 year/$1.15M (2023). Re-signed by Kansas City 1/13/23 (avoided arbitration).
  • 1 year/$975,000 (2022). Signed by Kansas City as a free agent 12/1/21.
  • 1 year/$601,800 (2021). Re-signed by Arizona 3/21. Non-tendered by Arizona 11/30/21.
  • 1 year (2020). Re-signed by Arizona 3/20.
  • 1 year (2019). Contract selected by Arizona 11/20/18. Re-signed by Arizona 3/19.
  • Drafted by Arizona 2015 (3-76) (College of Charleston). $801,900 signing bonus (slot amount).

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 11.8 0 26 26 140.0 115 40 118 19 .247 1.11 3.67 4.04 -12.5 -1.4
80o 0 12 0 24 24 133.5 116 41 113 19 .259 1.18 4.02 4.43 -17.5 -1.9
70o 0 12 0 24 24 129.0 117 41 109 19 .267 1.23 4.28 4.72 -20.8 -2.3
60o 0 12.1 0 23 23 125.1 118 42 106 19 .274 1.28 4.51 4.97 -23.5 -2.6
50o 0 12.1 0 22 22 121.5 119 42 103 19 .281 1.32 4.72 5.2 -25.8 -2.8
40o 0 12.1 0 22 22 118.0 119 42 100 19 .288 1.37 4.93 5.43 -27.9 -3.0
30o 0 12.1 0 21 21 114.3 119 42 97 20 .295 1.41 5.16 5.69 -30.2 -3.3
20o 0 12.2 0 20 20 110.1 120 42 93 20 .303 1.47 5.44 5.99 -32.6 -3.5
10o 0 12.1 0 19 19 104.3 120 42 88 20 .315 1.56 5.83 6.42 -35.6 -3.9
Weighted Mean012.102222121.41184210219.2791.314.705.17-25.4-2.8

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PITCHf/x Pitcher Profile

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Although he has not thrown an MLB pitch in 2024, Taylor Clarke threw 5,250 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 Slider (87mph) and Fourseam Fastball (95mph), also mixing in a Change (89mph).