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2019 Projections (Preseason PECOTA - seasonal age 26)
IP ERA WHIP SO W L SV WARP
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Birth Date12-25-1992
Height6' 2"
Weight247 lbs
Age31 years, 3 months, 22 days
BatsR
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2015
2016
2017
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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 CIN MLB 8 0 7.0 0 0 0 13 12 7 4 104 16.7 15.4 5.1 9.0 31% .409 3.57 13.69 24.43 132 9.00 201.0 -0.3
2019 WAS MLB 52 0 48.3 2 3 0 32 38 74 6 103 6.0 7.1 1.1 13.8 54% .283 1.45 4.32 3.91 82 3.07 62.9 1.2
CareerMLB60055.3230455081101037.38.11.613.249%.3071.725.516.51913.8280.40.9

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 BIL Rk PIO 15 15 59.0 2 2 0 58 28 57 2 97 8.8 4.3 0.3 8.7 0% .329 1.46 4.32 4.27 99 4.57 100.2
2016 DYT A MID 29 20 103.3 5 10 1 109 66 113 9 103 9.5 5.7 0.8 9.8 39% .353 1.69 4.56 5.57 115 6.17 136.3
2017 DAY A+ FSL 39 0 45.0 2 2 9 21 22 77 4 4.2 4.4 0.8 15.4 47% .230 0.96 2.84 3.80 65 1.74 37.1
2017 PEN AA SOU 14 0 17.0 1 1 4 8 11 27 2 4.2 5.8 1.1 14.3 62% .222 1.12 3.76 1.59 88 3.18 67.7
2018 CIN MLB NL 8 0 7.0 0 0 0 13 12 7 4 104 16.7 15.4 5.1 9.0 31% .409 3.57 13.69 24.43 132 9.00 201.0
2018 LOU AAA INT 44 0 51.0 7 2 3 25 35 65 2 4.4 6.2 0.4 11.5 37% .221 1.18 3.40 2.65 94 3.08 65.2
2019 WAS MLB NL 52 0 48.3 2 3 0 32 38 74 6 103 6.0 7.1 1.1 13.8 54% .283 1.45 4.32 3.91 82 3.07 62.9
2019 FRE AAA PCL 16 0 18.0 2 2 2 16 12 32 1 8.0 6.0 0.5 16.0 57% .417 1.56 3.13 4.00 70 2.63 54.1

Plate Discipline

YEAR Pits Zone% Swing% Contact% Z-Swing% O-Swing% Z-Contact% O-Contact% SwStr%
2018 189 0.3651 0.4074 0.7013 0.7391 0.2167 0.8235 0.4615 0.2987
2019 900 0.4267 0.4578 0.5898 0.6458 0.3178 0.7177 0.3963 0.4102
Career10890.41600.44910.60920.66200.30030.73610.40760.3908

Injury History  —  No longer being updated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 WAS $1,500,000
2023 WAS $1,500,000
2022 WAS $860,000
2021 WAS $589,000
2020 WAS $572,200
2019 WAS $
2018 CIN $
YearsDescriptionSalary
4 yrPrevious$3,521,200
2019Current$1,500,000
5 yrPvs + Cur$5,021,200
5 yrTotal$5,021,200

 

Service TimeAgentContract Status
4 y 127 d1 year/$1.5M (2024)

Details
  • 1 year/$1.5M (2024). Re-signed by Washington 11/14/23 (avoided arbitration).
  • 1 year/$1.5M (2023). Re-signed by Washington 12/20/22 (avoided arbitration).
  • 1 year/$860,000 (2022). Re-signed by Washington 3/22/22 (avoided arbitration).
  • 1 year/$589,000 (2021). Re-signed by Washington 3/21.
  • 1 year/$572,200 (2020). Re-signed by Washington 3/20.
  • 2019
  • 1 year (2018). Contract selected by Cincinnati 4/10/18. Re-signed by Cincinnati 3/18. Acquired by Washington in trade from Cincinnati 12/12/18.
  • Drafted by Cincinnati 2015 (2-71) (West Alabama). $432,950 signing bonus ($865,900 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 VORP WARP
90o 0.1 0 0 0 0 15.3 10 10 19 2 .254 1.30 3.73 3.8 0.0 0.0
80o 0.1 0 0 0 0 9.9 7 7 12 1 .270 1.41 4.24 4.31 -0.1 0.0
70o 0.1 0 0 0 0 6.2 5 4 8 1 .282 1.50 4.61 4.68 -0.1 0.0
60o 0 0 0 0 0 3.2 3 2 4 0 .292 1.57 4.93 5.01 -0.1 0.0
50o 0 0 0 0 0 0.4 0 0 0 0 .301 1.64 5.24 5.32 -0.1 0.0
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PITCHf/x Pitcher Profile

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Tanner Rainey has thrown 3,064 pitches that have been tracked by the PITCHf/x system between 2018 and 2024, all of them occuring in Spring Training. In 2024, he has relied primarily on his Fourseam Fastball (93mph) and Slider (85mph), also mixing in a Change (85mph).