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2019 Projections (Preseason PECOTA - seasonal age 26)
IP ERA WHIP SO W L SV WARP
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Birth Date9-20-1992
Height6' 3"
Weight218 lbs
Age31 years, 6 months, 9 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 TEX MLB 18 2 32.0 1 1 0 32 14 31 4 107 9.0 3.9 1.1 8.7 33% .308 1.44 4.29 3.38 116 5.95 132.9 -0.4
2019 TEX MLB 25 0 32.3 4 1 0 38 23 32 4 107 10.6 6.4 1.1 8.9 25% .358 1.89 5.01 6.40 118 7.98 163.7 -0.9
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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 HIC A SAL 2 0 3.3 0 0 0 0 1 6 0 0.0 2.7 0.0 16.2 0% .000 0.30 0.78 0.00 57 1.72 37.7
2015 SPO A- NWL 15 0 27.7 2 2 0 21 14 33 2 6.8 4.6 0.7 10.7 0% .297 1.27 4.00 2.93 95 3.45 75.7
2016 HIC A SAL 18 0 31.0 1 1 3 11 8 40 1 3.2 2.3 0.3 11.6 57% .156 0.61 2.00 1.16 67 1.64 36.1
2016 HDS A+ CAL 13 9 48.7 2 2 0 52 21 52 9 115 9.6 3.9 1.7 9.6 44% .321 1.50 5.39 5.36 100 4.17 92.1
2017 DEB A+ CAR 31 17 112.3 2 8 2 104 37 146 13 99 8.3 3.0 1.0 11.7 36% .336 1.26 3.42 3.69 87 3.93 83.6
2018 TEX MLB AL 18 2 32.0 1 1 0 32 14 31 4 107 9.0 3.9 1.1 8.7 33% .308 1.44 4.29 3.38 116 5.95 132.9
2018 FRI AA TEX 20 0 37.3 3 2 1 39 7 68 2 9.4 1.7 0.5 16.4 41% .487 1.23 1.22 4.82 47 3.41 72.0
2018 ROU AAA PCL 13 0 19.3 1 2 1 12 12 30 0 5.6 5.6 0.0 14.0 44% .333 1.24 2.81 2.79 66 2.43 51.4
2019 TEX MLB AL 25 0 32.3 4 1 0 38 23 32 4 107 10.6 6.4 1.1 8.9 25% .358 1.89 5.01 6.40 118 7.98 163.7
2019 NAS AAA PCL 6 0 7.0 3 0 0 6 0 12 1 7.7 0.0 1.3 15.4 50% .385 0.86 2.22 3.86 58 1.59 32.7
2019 RNG Rk AZL 2 2 2.0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 98 0.0 0.0 0.0 13.5 33% .000 0.00 1.25 0.00 79 1.99 40.9

Plate Discipline

YEAR Pits Zone% Swing% Contact% Z-Swing% O-Swing% Z-Contact% O-Contact% SwStr%
2018 561 0.5437 0.4456 0.7320 0.6098 0.2500 0.7581 0.6563 0.2680
2019 665 0.5293 0.4586 0.6984 0.6392 0.2556 0.7689 0.5000 0.3016
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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
2027 TBA $750,000
2026 TBA $10,500,000
2025 TBA $10,500,000
2024 TBA $5,250,000
2023 TBA $4,000,000
2022 TBA $947,000
2021 TBA $585,000
2020 BOS $
2019 TEX $557,000
2018 TEX $
YearsDescriptionSalary
4 yrPrevious$6,089,000
2019Current$5,250,000
5 yrPvs + Cur$11,339,000
3 yrFuture$21,750,000
8 yrTotal$33,089,000

 

Service TimeAgentContract Status
4 y 55 dAlliance Sports4 years/$31M (2023-26), 2027 option

Details
  • 4 years/$31M (2023-26), plus 2027 club option. Signed extension with Tampa Bay 1/25/23 (avoided arbitration, $3.55M-$2.7M). 23:$4M, 24:$5.25M, 25:$10.5M, 26:$10.5M, 27:$15M club option ($750,000 buyout). 2025-26 salaries increase based on 2023-24 innings pitched: $1.5M for 300 IP. $1M for 325 IP. $750,000 for 350 IP. $500,000 for 375 IP. 2025-26 salaries increase based on 2023-24 Cy Young voting: $2M for winning Cy Young award. $1.5M each for second through fifth in vote. $250,000 each for sixth through 10th in vote.
  • 1 year/$947,000 (2022). Re-signed by Tampa Bay 3/22/22 (avoided arbitration).
  • 1 year/$585,000 (2021). Acquired by Tampa Bay in trade 2/17/21 after being DFA by Boston 2/16/21. Re-signed by Tampa Bay 3/21.
  • 1 year/$585,000 (2020). Re-signed by Texas 12/14/19. Acquired by Boston in trade 1/15/20 after being DFA by Texas 1/15/20.
  • 1 year/$557,000 (2019). Re-signed by Texas 3/19. DFA by Texas 12/2/19.
  • 1 year (2018). Contract selected by Texas 7/31/18.
  • Drafted by Texas 2015 (30-888) (Appalachian State).

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 15.2 11 5 18 2 .264 1.10 3.06 3.11 0.0 0.0
80o 0 0 0 0 0 9.8 8 4 11 1 .280 1.19 3.47 3.54 0.0 0.0
70o 0 0 0 0 0 6.1 5 2 7 1 .291 1.26 3.76 3.85 0.0 0.0
60o 0 0 0 0 0 3.0 3 1 3 0 .301 1.32 4.03 4.13 0.0 0.0
50o 0 0 0 0 0 0.2 0 0 0 0 .310 1.38 4.28 4.39 0.0 0.0
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PITCHf/x Pitcher Profile

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Jeffrey Springs has thrown 4,988 pitches that have been tracked by the PITCHf/x system between 2016 and 2023, all of them occuring in Spring Training. In 2023, he has relied primarily on his Fourseam Fastball (92mph), Change (81mph) and Slider (83mph).