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Chad Sobotka PBrewers

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2019 Projections (Preseason PECOTA - seasonal age 25)
IP ERA WHIP SO W L SV WARP
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Birth Date7-10-1993
Height6' 7"
Weight225 lbs
Age30 years, 9 months, 16 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
2018 ATL MLB 14 0 14.3 1 0 0 5 9 21 2 91 3.1 5.7 1.3 13.2 32% .115 0.98 3.89 1.88 79 2.39 53.3 0.4
2019 ATL MLB 32 0 29.0 0 0 0 28 19 38 6 103 8.7 5.9 1.9 11.8 45% .324 1.62 5.51 6.21 99 4.51 92.5 0.3
CareerMLB46043.31003328598996.95.81.712.341%.2661.414.974.78933.8179.60.7

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 ROM A SAL 12 9 32.0 1 6 0 45 21 18 5 101 12.7 5.9 1.4 5.1 0% .364 2.06 6.73 7.31 136 8.43 184.9
2015 BRA Rk GCL 2 0 3.0 0 0 0 1 1 2 0 3.0 3.0 0.0 6.0 0% .143 0.67 2.96 0.00 100 3.19 69.9
2015 DNV Rk APP 1 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 9.0 0% .000 0.00 3.01 0.00 82 1.54 33.7
2016 ROM A SAL 15 0 19.0 1 2 0 23 12 19 1 10.9 5.7 0.5 9.0 58% .393 1.84 3.97 4.26 109 6.47 142.8
2016 CAR A+ CAR 13 0 17.7 1 1 3 12 3 24 0 6.1 1.5 0.0 12.2 49% .324 0.85 1.50 2.04 54 2.88 63.6
2016 MIS AA SOU 2 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 9.0 50% .000 0.00 1.31 0.00 87 3.01 66.5
2017 BRV A+ FSL 16 0 26.7 1 4 2 32 13 29 3 10.8 4.4 1.0 9.8 44% .403 1.69 4.51 6.75 105 6.54 139.2
2017 MIS AA SOU 18 0 31.0 3 1 0 29 19 23 1 8.4 5.5 0.3 6.7 56% .295 1.55 4.08 5.52 113 5.26 111.9
2018 ATL MLB NL 14 0 14.3 1 0 0 5 9 21 2 91 3.1 5.7 1.3 13.2 32% .115 0.98 3.89 1.88 79 2.39 53.3
2018 BRV A+ FSL 13 1 20.3 2 0 2 9 7 28 0 96 4.0 3.1 0.0 12.4 38% .225 0.79 1.75 2.21 63 1.89 39.9
2018 MIS AA SOU 22 0 28.0 2 3 6 16 13 37 1 5.1 4.2 0.3 11.9 32% .254 1.04 3.01 1.93 87 3.03 64.0
2018 GWN AAA INT 9 0 9.3 0 0 3 5 9 12 0 4.8 8.7 0.0 11.6 38% .238 1.50 3.65 1.93 104 3.90 82.4
2019 ATL MLB NL 32 0 29.0 0 0 0 28 19 38 6 103 8.7 5.9 1.9 11.8 45% .324 1.62 5.51 6.21 99 4.51 92.5
2019 GWN AAA INT 17 0 20.7 2 1 2 23 4 32 3 10.0 1.7 1.3 13.9 48% .426 1.31 3.28 4.79 65 3.14 64.6

Plate Discipline

YEAR Pits Zone% Swing% Contact% Z-Swing% O-Swing% Z-Contact% O-Contact% SwStr%
2018 228 0.4956 0.4386 0.6900 0.5664 0.3130 0.8281 0.4444 0.3100
2019 562 0.4164 0.4609 0.6486 0.6496 0.3262 0.7434 0.5140 0.3514
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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
2021 ATL $
2020 ATL $
2019 ATL $565,000
2018 ATL $
YearsDescriptionSalary
1 yrPrevious$565,000
1 yrTotal$565,000

 

Service TimeAgentContract Status
1 y 31 dISE1 year (2021)

Details
  • 1 year (2021). Re-signed by Atlanta 3/21. Acquired by Milwaukee in trade from Atlanta 4/6/21. Sent outright to Triple-A by Milwaukee 6/16/21.
  • 1 year (2020). Re-signed by Atlanta 3/20.
  • 1 year/$565,000 (2019). Re-signed by Atlanta 3/19.
  • 1 year (2018). Contract selected by Atlanta 8/10/18.
  • Drafted by Atlanta 2014 (4-133) (South Carolina-Upstate). $400,000 signing bonus ($381,300 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 0 0 0 0 15.7 11 7 18 1 .253 1.15 3.08 3.39 0.0 0.0
80o 0 0 0 0 0 10.1 8 5 12 1 .269 1.25 3.51 3.85 0.0 0.0
70o 0 0 0 0 0 6.2 5 3 7 1 .281 1.33 3.84 4.2 0.0 0.0
60o 0 0 0 0 0 3.0 2 2 3 0 .291 1.40 4.11 4.5 0.0 0.0
50o 0 0 0 0 0 0.1 0 0 0 0 .301 1.46 4.38 4.79 0.0 0.0
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PITCHf/x Pitcher Profile

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Although he has not thrown an MLB pitch in 2024, Chad Sobotka threw 1,176 pitches that were tracked by the PITCHf/x system between 2018 and 2022, all of them occuring in Spring Training. In 2022, he relied primarily on his Fourseam Fastball (94mph) and Slider (86mph). He also rarely threw a Change (89mph).