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2019 Projections (Preseason PECOTA - seasonal age 26)

IP	ERA	WHIP	SO	W	L	SV	WARP
54.7	5.38	1.49	40	3	3	0	-0.3

Birth Date	2-17-1993
Height	6' 2"
Weight	195 lbs

Age	31 years, 2 months, 8 days
Bats	R
Throws	R

: 2015
: 2016
: 2017
: 2018
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MLB Statistics

Historical (past-seasons) WARP is now based on DRA..
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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	SEA	MLB	14	0	17.3	1	0	0	14	8	18	0	99	7.3	4.2	0.0	9.3	65%	.304	1.27	2.72	4.15	94	3.58	73.4	0.3
Career		MLB	14	0	17.3	1	0	0	14	8	18	0	99	7.3	4.2	0.0	9.3	65%	.304	1.27	2.72	4.15	94	3.58	73.4	0.3

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-
2015	TCV	A-	NYP	16	0	17.0	4	3	4	16	4	11	0		8.5	2.1	0.0	5.8	0%	.291	1.18	3.10	4.24	100	4.35	95.5
2015	GRV	Rk	APP	3	0	5.0	1	0	1	1	1	4	0		1.8	1.8	0.0	7.2	0%	.083	0.40	2.51	0.00	95	1.85	40.5
2016	OGD	Rk	PIO	5	2	18.0	4	0	0	15	3	11	0	107	7.5	1.5	0.0	5.5	62%	.246	1.00	3.79	0.50	96	2.61	57.6
2018	COL	A	SAL	13	13	80.0	3	7	0	91	12	83	4	96	10.2	1.4	0.5	9.3	48%	.366	1.29	2.82	4.61	87	5.37	113.6
2019	SEA	MLB	AL	14	0	17.3	1	0	0	14	8	18	0	99	7.3	4.2	0.0	9.3	65%	.304	1.27	2.72	4.15	94	3.58	73.4
2019	ARK	AA	TEX	26	6	57.3	4	4	1	47	11	69	4	73	7.4	1.7	0.6	10.8	58%	.312	1.01	2.68	2.51	83	3.90	80.2
2019	TAC	AAA	PCL	2	0	3.0	1	0	0	2	1	3	0		6.0	3.0	0.0	9.0	100%	.250	1.00	2.79	0.00	89	3.42	70.5

Plate Discipline

YEAR	Pits	Zone%	Swing%	Contact%	Z-Swing%	O-Swing%	Z-Contact%	O-Contact%	SwStr%
2019	278	0.3993	0.4281	0.8151	0.6216	0.2994	0.9130	0.6800	0.1849
Career	278	0.3993	0.4281	0.8151	0.6216	0.2994	0.9130	0.6800	0.1849

Injury History — No longer being updated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	SEA	$

Service Time	Agent	Contract Status
0 y 103 d		1 year (2021)

Details

1 year (2021). Signed by Boston as a free agent 1/21/21 (minor-league contract).
1 year (2020). Re-signed by Seattle 3/20. Sent outright to Alternate Training Site 9/1/20.
1 year (2019). Signed by Seattle as a free agent 11/7/18 (minor-league contract). Contract selected by Seattle 7/31/19.
1 year (2018). Signed by NY Mets as a free agent 6/10/18 (minor-league contract).
2017. Bridgeport of independent Atlantic League.
1 year (2016). Signed by LA Dodgers as a free agent 6/18/16 (minor-league contract). Released by LA Dodgers 9/15/16.
Released by Houston 3/3/16.
Drafted by Houston 2015 (28-829) (Embry-Riddle, Fla.).

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
90^o	0	0	0	0	0	17.9	15	5	14	2	.254	1.13	4.02	4.13	0.0
80^o	0	0	0	0	0	11.6	11	4	9	2	.271	1.24	4.46	4.59	-0.1
70^o	0	0	0	0	0	7.2	7	2	6	1	.282	1.31	4.79	4.93	-0.1
60^o	0	0	0	0	0	3.6	4	1	3	1	.293	1.38	5.08	5.23	-0.1
50^o	0	0	0	0	0	0.4	0	0	0	0	.302	1.45	5.35	5.52	-0.1
Weighted Mean	?	?	?	?	?	0.0	?	0	0	?	.000	0.00	0.00	?	0.0

Preseason Long-Term Forecast (Beyond the 2019 Projections)

Playing time estimates are based on performance, not Depth Charts.

Year	Age	W	L	SV	G	GS	IP	H	BB	SO	HR	GB%	BABIP	WHIP	ERA	DRA	H/9	BB/9	K/9	HR/9	WARP
2020	27	6	7	1	40	16	128	135	45	99	22	46	.314	1.41	5.09	5.88	9.5	3.2	7.0	1.6	-0.9
2021	28	6	7	1	40	16	128	134	44	96	22	46	.309	1.39	5.06	5.84	9.4	3.1	6.7	1.5	-0.9
2022	29	6	7	1	39	16	125	130	43	94	21	46	.308	1.39	5.07	5.86	9.4	3.1	6.8	1.5	-0.9
2023	30	5	6	1	34	14	109	113	37	84	18	46	.308	1.37	5.00	5.78	9.3	3.0	6.9	1.5	-0.7
2024	31	5	6	1	34	14	111	115	37	84	19	46	.306	1.37	5.06	5.84	9.3	3.0	6.8	1.5	-0.8
2025	32	5	6	1	34	14	109	113	37	84	19	46	.306	1.38	5.06	5.85	9.3	3.1	6.9	1.6	-0.8
2026	33	5	6	1	33	13	106	108	36	82	18	46	.304	1.36	5.06	5.84	9.2	3.1	7.0	1.5	-0.7
2027	34	5	6	1	31	13	100	101	34	76	17	46	.301	1.35	5.04	5.82	9.1	3.1	6.9	1.5	-0.7
2028	35	4	5	1	29	12	93	95	31	71	16	46	.304	1.36	5.04	5.82	9.2	3.0	6.9	1.6	-0.6

Comparable Players (Similarity Index 88)

Rank	Score	Name	Year	Run Average	Trend
1	94	Brandon Mann	2010	0.00	DNP
2	93	Jeff Icenogle	2010	0.00	DNP
3	93	Max Duval	2017	0.00	DNP
4	92	Cory VanAllen	2011	0.00	DNP
5	92	Miles Nordgren	2018	0.00	DNP
6	92	Alberto Bastardo	2010	0.00	DNP
7	91	Matt Wickswat	2013	0.00	DNP
8	90	Chris Fetter	2012	0.00	DNP
9	90	Sean Bierman	2015	0.00	DNP
10	90	Pete Ruiz	2014	0.00	DNP
11	90	Elvys Quezada	2008	0.00	DNP
12	90	Austin Ross	2015	0.00	DNP
13	90	Derek Miller	2008	0.00	DNP
14	89	Nathan Starner	2010	0.00	DNP
15	89	Nic Ungs	2006	0.00	DNP
16	89	Marty Popham	2014	0.00	DNP
17	89	Joe Cuda	2016	0.00	DNP
18	89	Kolton Mahoney	2018	0.00	DNP
19	89	Matthew Green	2008	0.00	DNP
20	89	Matthew Long	2010	0.00	DNP
21	89	Patrick McAnaney	2012	0.00	DNP
22	89	Matt Buschmann	2010	0.00	DNP
23	89	Nicholas Haughian	2013	0.00	DNP
24	89	Miguel Pinango	2009	0.00	DNP
25	88	Jonathan Cornelius	2014	0.00	DNP
26	88	Jose Rosario	2017	0.00	DNP
27	88	Matt Fox	2009	0.00	DNP
28	88	Brad Ziegler	2006	0.00	DNP
29	88	Blake Hawksworth	2009	2.25
30	88	Chris Mason	2011	0.00	DNP
31	88	Chris Smith	2007	0.00	DNP
32	88	T.J. Nall	2007	0.00	DNP
33	88	Ramon Garcia	2011	0.00	DNP
34	88	Ethan Hollingsworth	2013	0.00	DNP
35	88	Andy Graham	2010	0.00	DNP
36	88	Erik Arnesen	2010	0.00	DNP
37	88	Ryan Ketchner	2008	0.00	DNP
38	88	Cole DeVries	2011	0.00	DNP
39	87	Bruedlin Suero	2016	0.00	DNP
40	87	Fredy Deza	2009	0.00	DNP
41	87	Eric Stults	2006	6.11
42	87	Austin Fleet	2013	0.00	DNP
43	87	Will Savage	2011	0.00	DNP
44	87	Sean Gleason	2012	0.00	DNP
45	87	Paul Burnside	2013	0.00	DNP
46	87	Thomas Dorminy	2018	0.00	DNP
47	87	Cole Sulser	2016	0.00	DNP
48	87	Jake Drehoff	2018	0.00	DNP
49	87	Chris Kirkland	2012	0.00	DNP
50	87	Adam Howard	2010	0.00	DNP
51	86	Eric Arnett	2014	0.00	DNP
52	86	Luis Ramirez	2008	0.00	DNP
53	86	Alfredo Simon	2007	0.00	DNP
54	86	Nathan Nery	2012	0.00	DNP
55	86	Jason Stephens	2011	0.00	DNP
56	86	Madison Boer	2016	0.00	DNP
57	86	Evan MacLane	2009	0.00	DNP
58	86	Jeff Housman	2008	0.00	DNP
59	86	Chris Saenz	2008	0.00	DNP
60	86	Curtis Partch	2013	6.17
61	86	Chris Salberg	2010	0.00	DNP
62	86	Noel Castillo	2010	0.00	DNP
63	86	Jeffrey Lorick	2014	0.00	DNP
64	86	Daniel Davidson	2007	0.00	DNP
65	86	Tim Berry	2017	0.00	DNP
66	86	Jon Hesketh	2012	0.00	DNP
67	86	Shawn Haviland	2012	0.00	DNP
68	86	Kurt Birkins	2007	8.13
69	86	Cory Stewart	2006	0.00	DNP
70	86	Christian Beltre	2011	0.00	DNP
71	86	Jonathan Joseph	2014	0.00	DNP
72	86	Glenn Swanson	2009	0.00	DNP
73	86	Steven Bruce	2018	0.00	DNP
74	86	Sean Black	2014	0.00	DNP
75	86	Nate Long	2012	0.00	DNP
76	86	Steven Hammond	2008	0.00	DNP
77	86	Deolis Guerra	2015	6.48
78	86	Ryan Zink	2011	0.00	DNP
79	86	Eddie Bonine	2007	0.00	DNP
80	85	Tyler Cox	2012	0.00	DNP
81	85	Justin Orenduff	2009	0.00	DNP
82	85	Jon Switzer	2006	5.08
83	85	Khalid Ballouli	2006	0.00	DNP
84	85	Carlos Fisher	2009	4.30
85	85	Brian Irving	2012	0.00	DNP
86	85	Brandon Dickson	2011	3.24
87	85	Pedro Liriano	2007	0.00	DNP
88	85	Matt Ridings	2014	0.00	DNP
89	85	Virgil Vasquez	2008	0.00	DNP
90	85	Tyson Brummett	2011	0.00	DNP
91	85	Eric Brown	2010	0.00	DNP
92	85	Mike Nannini	2007	0.00	DNP
93	85	Kyle Hald	2015	0.00	DNP
94	85	Michael Lee	2013	0.00	DNP
95	85	Ricky Brooks	2011	0.00	DNP
96	85	Scarlyn Reyes	2016	0.00	DNP
97	85	Michael Tarsi	2013	0.00	DNP
98	85	Mike Esposito	2008	0.00	DNP
99	85	Jose Oyervidez	2008	0.00	DNP
100	85	Aaron Miller	2014	0.00	DNP

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PITCHf/x Pitcher Profile

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Although he has not thrown an MLB pitch in 2024, Zac Grotz threw 510 pitches that were tracked by the PITCHf/x system between 2019 and 2020, all of them occuring in Spring Training. In 2020, he relied primarily on his Fourseam Fastball (92mph), Slider (82mph) and Splitter (82mph), also mixing in a Sinker (91mph) and Cutter (86mph).