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2019 Projections (Preseason PECOTA - seasonal age 25)
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Birth Date6-3-1994
Height6' 3"
Weight180 lbs
Age29 years, 10 months, 17 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

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-
2016 BRD A+ FSL 5 5 29.0 4 0 0 13 2 26 1 95 4.0 0.6 0.3 8.1 52% .167 0.52 2.11 0.93 77 1.65 36.4
2016 ALT AA EAS 22 20 118.0 7 9 0 122 61 94 9 109 9.3 4.7 0.7 7.2 61% .321 1.55 4.48 4.12 112 5.14 113.5
2017 WEV A- NYP 2 2 9.0 1 0 0 5 3 11 1 112 5.0 3.0 1.0 11.0 42% .222 0.89 3.43 1.00 86 2.74 58.3
2017 ALT AA EAS 15 15 66.0 3 3 0 60 27 56 3 97 8.2 3.7 0.4 7.6 51% .295 1.32 3.53 3.55 98 4.24 90.1
2017 PIR Rk GCL 1 0 3.0 1 0 0 1 0 4 0 3.0 0.0 0.0 12.0 33% .167 0.33 0.75 0.00 73 1.87 39.7
2017 GDD Wnt AFL 9 1 14.0 1 0 1 13 4 15 0 8.4 2.6 0.0 9.6 0% .325 1.21 2.96 2.57 0 0.00 0.0
2018 ALT AA EAS 9 8 53.7 2 1 0 39 19 43 4 92 6.5 3.2 0.7 7.2 55% .243 1.08 3.96 2.68 102 3.39 71.6
2018 IND AAA INT 19 15 81.7 5 8 0 91 36 60 3 92 10.0 4.0 0.3 6.6 42% .337 1.56 3.73 4.19 109 6.40 135.2
2019 ALT AA EAS 7 7 36.3 3 1 0 29 9 42 0 96 7.2 2.2 0.0 10.4 53% .305 1.05 1.68 2.23 74 3.63 74.6
2019 IND AAA INT 29 7 61.0 3 7 1 78 40 69 11 91 11.5 5.9 1.6 10.2 46% .368 1.93 5.67 8.70 111 6.97 143.5

Plate Discipline

YEAR Pits Zone% Swing% Contact% Z-Swing% O-Swing% Z-Contact% O-Contact% SwStr%

Injury History  —  No longer being updated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 SLN $
2021 BAL $

 

Service TimeAgentContract Status
0 y 106 d1 year (2022)

Details
  • 1 year (2022). Re-signed by St. Louis 3/22. Sent outright to Triple-A 4/7/22.
  • 1 year (2021). DFA by Minnesota 2/11/21. Sent outright to Triple-A 2/13/21. Contract selected by Minnesota 4/7/21. Claimed by Baltimore off waivers 5/8/21 after being DFA by Minnesota 5/7/21. Claimed by St. Louis off waivers 6/6/21 after being DFA by Baltimore 6/4/21. Contract selected by St. Louis 6/28/21.
  • 1 year (2020). Contract selected by Pittsburgh 8/9/20. Claimed by Minnesota off waivers from Pittsburgh 10/30/20.
  • Drafted by Pittsburgh 2015 (5-157) (Virginia). $315,000 signing bonus ($329,100 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 9.5 0.4 29 20 120.2 100 45 100 13 .259 1.20 3.63 4.01 -10.5 -1.1
80o 0 9.5 0.3 27 19 113.4 100 46 94 13 .272 1.29 4.00 4.42 -14.8 -1.6
70o 0 9.5 0.3 26 18 108.6 101 46 90 13 .281 1.35 4.27 4.72 -17.6 -1.9
60o 0 9.4 0.3 25 18 104.5 101 46 87 13 .290 1.41 4.50 4.99 -19.9 -2.2
50o 0 9.4 0.3 24 17 100.8 101 46 84 13 .297 1.46 4.73 5.23 -21.7 -2.4
40o 0 9.4 0.3 23 16 97.2 101 46 81 13 .305 1.52 4.95 5.48 -23.4 -2.5
30o 0 9.3 0.2 22 16 93.3 101 46 78 13 .313 1.58 5.20 5.76 -25.2 -2.7
20o 0 9.2 0.2 21 15 88.9 101 46 74 13 .323 1.65 5.49 6.08 -27.0 -2.9
10o 0 9.1 0.2 20 14 83.0 100 46 69 13 .336 1.75 5.90 6.54 -29.2 -3.2
Weighted Mean09.30.32417100.6100468413.2951.454.705.2-21.3-2.3

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PITCHf/x Pitcher Profile

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Although he has not thrown an MLB pitch in 2024, Brandon Waddell threw 430 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 Fourseam Fastball (92mph) and Slider (86mph), also mixing in a Change (84mph). He also rarely threw a Curve (76mph) and Sinker (92mph).