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2019 Projections (Preseason PECOTA - seasonal age 25)
IP ERA WHIP SO W L SV WARP
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Birth Date6-20-1994
Height6' 2"
Weight225 lbs
Age29 years, 10 months, 5 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
2019 BAL MLB 10 4 36.0 1 2 0 47 11 22 12 103 11.8 2.8 3.0 5.5 33% .297 1.61 7.35 6.50 131 8.73 179.1 -1.2
CareerMLB10436.01204711221210311.82.83.05.533%.2971.617.356.501318.73179.1-1.2

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 QUD A MID 2 2 6.3 0 0 0 9 3 5 0 107 12.8 4.3 0.0 7.1 0% .429 1.89 3.23 4.26 98 6.60 144.8
2015 AST Rk GCL 2 2 4.0 0 1 0 3 2 3 0 81 6.8 4.5 0.0 6.8 0% .250 1.25 3.30 4.50 102 3.60 78.9
2016 CLR A+ FSL 11 11 59.3 4 2 0 58 11 64 7 104 8.8 1.7 1.1 9.7 47% .311 1.16 3.23 3.34 85 3.57 78.8
2016 REA AA EAS 13 13 61.3 5 5 0 79 17 55 4 121 11.6 2.5 0.6 8.1 45% .373 1.57 3.29 5.14 89 5.77 127.3
2017 REA AA EAS 5 5 29.0 3 0 0 27 5 22 6 107 8.4 1.6 1.9 6.8 36% .266 1.10 5.02 3.10 105 3.64 77.4
2017 LEH AAA INT 18 18 121.0 10 3 0 101 13 80 8 100 7.5 1.0 0.6 6.0 45% .255 0.94 3.20 2.23 89 2.41 51.3
2018 LEH AAA INT 27 26 140.3 2 13 0 189 45 104 21 100 12.1 2.9 1.3 6.7 41% .356 1.67 4.79 5.84 114 7.07 149.5
2019 BAL MLB AL 10 4 36.0 1 2 0 47 11 22 12 103 11.8 2.8 3.0 5.5 33% .297 1.61 7.35 6.50 131 8.73 179.1
2019 REA AA EAS 6 6 28.7 0 3 0 43 6 26 4 103 13.5 1.9 1.3 8.2 44% .402 1.71 3.79 6.28 95 7.01 144.2
2019 LEH AAA INT 4 4 26.0 1 1 0 23 5 23 3 101 8.0 1.7 1.0 8.0 49% .282 1.08 3.93 2.77 96 5.01 103.0
2019 NOR AAA INT 7 6 38.3 2 1 0 43 7 28 6 104 10.1 1.6 1.4 6.6 45% .298 1.30 4.90 4.70 97 4.51 92.8

Plate Discipline

YEAR Pits Zone% Swing% Contact% Z-Swing% O-Swing% Z-Contact% O-Contact% SwStr%
2019 609 0.5025 0.4680 0.8456 0.6405 0.2937 0.9031 0.7191 0.1544
Career6090.50250.46800.84560.64050.29370.90310.71910.1544

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
2022 SDN $
2021 BAL $
2020 BAL $
2019 BAL $

 

Service TimeAgentContract Status
1 y 86 d1 year (2022)

Details
  • 1 year (2022). Signed by San Diego as a free agent 3/22 (minor-league contract). Elected free agency 10/25/22.
  • 1 year (2021). Re-signed by Baltimore as a free agent 1/16/21 (minor-league contract). Contract selected by Baltimore 6/18/21. DFA by Baltimore 8/1/21. Sent outright to Triple-A 8/3/21. Contract selected by Baltimore 9/19/21. Sent outright to Triple-A by Baltimore 10/22/21 (elected free agency).
  • 1 year (2020). Contract selected by Baltimore 7/31/20. DFA by Baltimore 11/25/20. Sent outright to Triple-A 12/2/20 (elected free agency).
  • 1 year (2019). Acquired by Baltimore in trade from Philadelphia 6/9/19. Contract selected by Baltimore 7/1/19. DFA by Baltimore 9/2/19. Sent outright to Triple-A 9/4/19.
  • Acquired by Philadelphia in trade from Houston 12/12/15.
  • Drafted by Houston 2015 (2-46) (Cal State Fullerton). $1.1M signing bonus ($1,325,700 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 22.6 0 0 26 26 140.3 134 37 111 20 .275 1.22 3.78 4.14 -14.0 -1.5
80o 20.8 0 0 25 25 133.8 135 38 106 20 .287 1.29 4.13 4.52 -18.8 -2.0
70o 19.6 0 0 24 24 129.1 136 38 102 21 .296 1.35 4.39 4.8 -22.0 -2.4
60o 18.5 0 0 23 23 125.2 137 38 99 21 .304 1.40 4.61 5.04 -24.5 -2.7
50o 17.6 0 0 23 23 121.7 137 38 97 21 .311 1.44 4.82 5.27 -26.8 -2.9
40o 16.7 0 0 22 22 118.1 138 38 94 21 .318 1.49 5.03 5.49 -28.7 -3.1
30o 15.7 0 0 21 21 114.4 138 38 91 21 .325 1.54 5.26 5.74 -30.8 -3.4
20o 14.6 0 0 21 21 110.1 138 39 87 21 .334 1.61 5.54 6.04 -33.2 -3.6
10o 13.2 0 0 19 19 104.3 139 39 83 21 .346 1.70 5.92 6.45 -36.0 -3.9
Weighted Mean17.6002323121.6136389621.3091.434.805.24-26.3-2.9

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BP Chats

DateQuestionAnswer
2016-08-18 13:00:00 (link to chat)Your thoughts on control specialist Thomas Eshelman? He seems to have figured something out after a bad stretch at Reading. Future up-and-down guy or something more?
(Elbo from Altoona)		I think he's better than and up-and-down guy, but I'm not sure how much. He hasn't shown the same control in college, because that wasn't possible, but he throws plenty of strikes with good enough stuff to be a fourth or fifth starter. He was a nice get in the Ken Giles trade, but I don't see a ton of upside here. (Christopher Crawford)
2016-01-21 19:00:00 (link to chat)Little bit deeper, but what are you thoughts on Mallex Smith - ATL and Thomas Eshelman - PHI?
(SPG from LA)		Love the speed with Smith. I would be buying in on him now. (George Bissell)


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PITCHf/x Pitcher Profile

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Although he has not thrown an MLB pitch in 2024, Thomas Eshelman threw 2,328 pitches that were tracked by the PITCHf/x system between 2019 and 2022, all of them occuring in Spring Training. In 2022, he relied primarily on his Sinker (86mph) and Slider (78mph), also mixing in a Cutter (82mph), Fourseam Fastball (86mph), Curve (75mph) and Change (81mph).