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2019 Projections (Preseason PECOTA - seasonal age 25)

IP	ERA	WHIP	SO	W	L	SV	WARP
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Birth Date	12-21-1993
Height	6' 3"
Weight	200 lbs

Age	30 years, 4 months, 4 days
Bats	R
Throws	R

: 2015
: 2016
: 2017
: 2018
: -0.12019
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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	KCA	MLB	16	0	19.3	0	0	0	21	10	15	4	101	9.8	4.7	1.9	7.0	32%	.293	1.60	6.09	3.72	120	7.96	163.3	-0.5
Career		MLB	16	0	19.3	0	0	0	21	10	15	4	101	9.8	4.7	1.9	7.0	32%	.293	1.60	6.09	3.72	120	7.96	163.3	-0.5

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	IDA	Rk	PIO	14	1	31.3	3	1	1	18	24	51	0	131	5.2	6.9	0.0	14.6	0%	.316	1.34	3.36	3.16	77	1.24	27.2
2015	ROY	Rk	AZL	4	3	8.7	0	0	0	3	8	7	0	85	3.1	8.3	0.0	7.3	0%	.136	1.27	5.30	0.00	131	3.38	74.2
2016	WIL	A+	CAR	18	15	73.0	2	10	0	62	67	94	3	101	7.6	8.3	0.4	11.6	46%	.328	1.77	4.54	5.05	109	5.04	111.3
2016	NWA	AA	TEX	11	11	50.3	2	1	0	42	37	73	2	94	7.5	6.6	0.4	13.1	42%	.364	1.57	3.23	3.04	91	5.01	110.6
2016	SUR	Wnt	AFL	7	7	24.0	4	2	0	15	16	30	2		5.6	6.0	0.8	11.3	0%	.250	1.29	4.48	4.50	0	0.00	0.0
2017	NWA	AA	TEX	10	10	48.7	3	4	0	42	34	45	2	99	7.8	6.3	0.4	8.3	36%	.308	1.56	4.34	4.44	111	4.72	100.5
2017	OMA	AAA	PCL	16	15	76.0	3	8	0	64	63	93	14	102	7.6	7.5	1.7	11.0	41%	.279	1.67	6.47	6.28	121	4.94	105.1
2018	OMA	AAA	PCL	41	5	74.3	2	5	1	59	52	103	4	93	7.1	6.3	0.5	12.5	44%	.327	1.49	3.85	3.51	92	3.92	83.0
2019	KCA	MLB	AL	16	0	19.3	0	0	0	21	10	15	4	101	9.8	4.7	1.9	7.0	32%	.293	1.60	6.09	3.72	120	7.96	163.3
2019	OMA	AAA	PCL	32	12	51.3	1	5	2	31	37	74	4	94	5.4	6.5	0.7	13.0	50%	.262	1.32	4.26	3.16	82	2.10	43.2

Plate Discipline

YEAR	Pits	Zone%	Swing%	Contact%	Z-Swing%	O-Swing%	Z-Contact%	O-Contact%	SwStr%
2019	326	0.4724	0.4049	0.7727	0.6039	0.2267	0.8817	0.5128	0.2273
Career	326	0.4724	0.4049	0.7727	0.6039	0.2267	0.8817	0.5128	0.2273

Injury History — No longer being updated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	MIN	$950,000
2023	KCA	$1,025,000
2022	KCA	$728,000
2021	KCA	$588,700
2020	KCA	$565,950
2019	KCA	$

Years	Description	Salary
4 yr	Previous	$2,907,650
2019	Current	$950,000
5 yr	Pvs + Cur	$3,857,650
5 yr	Total	$3,857,650

Service Time	Agent	Contract Status
4 y 71 d	Excel	1 year/$950,000 (2024)

Details

1 year/$950,000 (2024). Signed by Minnesota as a free agent 12/27/23. Performance bonus: $100,000 for 60 games pitched.
1 year/$1.025M (2023). Re-signed by Kansas City 1/13/23 (avoided arbitration). DFA by Kansas City 11/14/23. Non-tendered by Kansas City 11/17/23.
1 year/$728,000 (2022). Re-signed by Kansas City 3/22.
1 year/$588,700 (2021). Re-signed by Kansas City 3/21.
1 year/$565,950 (2020). Re-signed by Kansas City 3/20.
1 year/$555,000 (2019). Contract selected by Kansas City 11/20/18. Re-signed by Kansas City 2/18/19.
Drafted by Kansas City 2015 (2-64) (Azusa Pacific). $964,600 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
90^o	0	0	0	0	0	13.8	9	10	17	1	.252	1.34	3.45	3.58
80^o	0	0	0	0	0	8.9	6	7	11	1	.266	1.45	3.91	4.06
70^o	0	0	0	0	0	5.5	4	4	7	0	.277	1.53	4.24	4.42
60^o	0	0	0	0	0	2.7	2	2	3	0	.286	1.60	4.54	4.73
50^o	0	0	0	0	0	0.2	0	0	0	0	.295	1.67	4.82	5.02
Weighted Mean	?	?	?	?	?	0.0	?	0	0	?	.000	0.00	0.00	?

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BP Chats

Date	Question	Answer
2021-03-12 15:00:00 (link to chat)	Hi Jeff, The closer for KC and Det. in 2022 will be? (John from Boston)	Let's go with Josh Staumont and Bryan Garcia. I'd be tempted to put Skubal there, but all saying that is gonna do is make Tigers fans mad. (Jeffrey Paternostro)
2017-05-02 13:00:00 (link to chat)	Any minor leaguer flying under the radar as a potential 2017 contributor in your eyes? Other than Tuley? (kjesanis from worcester)	Royals Josh Staumont is one guy I've been following. Leading the PCL in strikeouts. I think he could get a shot if the Royals fall out of it completely (which might happen). (George Bissell)
2017-04-28 13:30:00 (link to chat)	Touki Toussaint or Josh Staumont? Why? (Ryan from Montreal)	Yeesh. I'll say Touki. I think they're both relievers, in all honesty, but walking 15 percent of batters is no way to go through life. (Craig Goldstein)
2016-08-15 22:00:00 (link to chat)	First, thanks for y'all's hard work. Makes the BP subscription an easy renew each year. Thoughts on some Royals guys: Chase Vallot, Hunter Dozier, and Josh Staumont. (Danny G from Minnesota)	You're welcome! Thanks for reading! I don't think it's hyperbole to say that Staumont has one of the best pure FB/CB combos in the minor leagues, and he'll flash a CH to go with 'em. But the delivery hasn't gotten much crisper this year and he just hasn't shown signs of developing the kind of baseline command to stick in a rotation. High-leverage potential if he can take even minimal steps forward in simplifying and better repeating. Dozier doesn't really have much left to show anyone in the minors. The swing looked stiff and powerful in San Diego. There's plus power, but it's more of a strength swing. He moved around the bag pretty good at third, though the reactions and fluidity of a quality asset at the position weren't on display when I saw him. Vallot seems to have hit a wall offensively in the second half, but he's 19, and these things happen to young catchers. The power and on-base combo was on full display earlier this season though. I don't have anything on his D development, sorry. (Wilson Karaman)
2016-06-21 20:00:00 (link to chat)	Is Josh Staumont a bullpen arm or does he have a chance of starting? (fawkesmulder from Zzyzx)	Given his ludicrously high walk rate this year, my guess would be bullpen with a decent chance of never-makes-it-to-the-majors. (Scooter Hotz)
2015-09-09 13:00:00 (link to chat)	I've seen the Royals Josh Staumont a few times. The fastball is awesome, hiting 102 MPH and it seems like an easy enough delivery. It seems like they are giving him 2-3 innings to work with each outing and sending him out every 3-4 days which hints that they are eyeing him as a starter. That seems a bit out there maybe given his current command and lack of consistent curveball (or any other secondary pitch). Do you think he can develop at least a second pitch, and likely a third? Seems like you could just focus on the FB/CB and try to reign in command in the hopes that he becomes Craig Kimbrel-lite (Duncan from Idaho)	I don't think there's a question in there, but yes. (Christopher Crawford)

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PITCHf/x Pitcher Profile

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Josh Staumont has thrown 3,309 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 Slider (86mph) and Fourseam Fastball (94mph), also mixing in a Curve (80mph) and Sinker (95mph).