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2019 Projections (Preseason PECOTA - seasonal age 25)
IP ERA WHIP SO W L SV WARP
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Birth Date3-15-1994
Height6' 3"
Weight210 lbs
Age30 years, 1 months, 10 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 MIN MLB 4 0 8.3 0 0 0 10 5 9 1 98 10.8 5.4 1.1 9.7 45% .429 1.80 4.44 7.56 105 5.83 119.7 0.0
CareerMLB408.3000105919810.85.41.19.745%.4291.804.447.561055.83119.70.0

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 CDR A MID 4 3 17.0 1 1 0 11 6 19 1 104 5.8 3.2 0.5 10.1 70% .238 1.00 3.06 2.12 88 2.84 62.8
2016 ELZ Rk APP 8 8 36.3 2 3 0 34 18 38 2 112 8.4 4.5 0.5 9.4 55% .327 1.43 4.26 2.97 101 4.47 98.8
2017 CDR A MID 14 14 87.0 6 2 0 76 17 81 5 103 7.9 1.8 0.5 8.4 56% .280 1.07 3.21 2.90 86 3.00 63.9
2017 FTM A+ FSL 11 11 52.0 3 2 0 57 8 41 0 104 9.9 1.4 0.0 7.1 53% .337 1.25 2.37 3.63 87 4.46 94.9
2018 FTM A+ FSL 8 6 33.7 1 2 1 30 11 44 3 97 8.0 2.9 0.8 11.8 49% .333 1.22 3.35 2.41 83 3.78 80.0
2018 CHT AA SOU 18 14 94.0 5 7 0 88 28 79 11 100 8.4 2.7 1.1 7.6 53% .295 1.23 4.29 3.83 106 4.62 97.6
2019 MIN MLB AL 4 0 8.3 0 0 0 10 5 9 1 98 10.8 5.4 1.1 9.7 45% .429 1.80 4.44 7.56 105 5.83 119.7
2019 PEN AA SOU 8 7 28.7 2 3 0 30 17 39 0 100 9.4 5.3 0.0 12.2 59% .423 1.64 2.77 4.40 82 5.73 118.0
2019 ROC AAA INT 12 9 61.0 5 1 0 53 27 68 4 101 7.8 4.0 0.6 10.0 58% .306 1.31 3.92 3.84 89 3.69 75.8

Plate Discipline

YEAR Pits Zone% Swing% Contact% Z-Swing% O-Swing% Z-Contact% O-Contact% SwStr%
2019 134 0.4552 0.4030 0.7407 0.6066 0.2329 0.8919 0.4118 0.2593
Career1340.45520.40300.74070.60660.23290.89190.41180.2593

Injury History  —  No longer being updated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
2023 SDN $
2022 ARI $717,400
2021 PIT $
2020 MIN $
2019 MIN $
YearsDescriptionSalary
1 yrPrevious$717,400
1 yrTotal$717,400

 

Service TimeAgentContract Status
1 y 116 dMunger English2023

Details
  • 2023. Sent outright to Triple-A 1/20/23.
  • 1 year/$717,400 (2022). Re-signed by Arizona 3/22. Claimed by San Diego off waivers from Arizona 12/2/22.
  • 1 year (2021). Re-signed by Pittsburgh 3/21. Acquired by Tampa Bay in trade 5/18/21 after being DFA by Pittsburgh 5/13/21. DFA by Tampa Bay 7/30/21.
  • 1 year (2020). Re-signed by Minnesota 3/20. Claimed by Pittsburgh off waivers from Minnesota 10/1/20.
  • 1 year (2019). Contract selected by Minnesota 6/19/19.
  • Drafted by Minnesota 2016 (19-573) (Harvard).

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 11.7 0 24 24 125.2 105 46 105 13 .261 1.20 3.54 3.86 -8.2 -0.9
80o 0 11.8 0 23 23 117.9 106 46 99 13 .275 1.29 3.92 4.27 -12.9 -1.4
70o 0 11.8 0 22 22 112.8 107 47 94 13 .285 1.36 4.20 4.57 -15.9 -1.7
60o 0 11.8 0 21 21 108.5 107 47 91 14 .294 1.42 4.44 4.83 -18.3 -2.0
50o 0 11.8 0 20 20 104.6 107 47 88 14 .302 1.48 4.67 5.08 -20.4 -2.2
40o 0 11.8 0 20 20 100.8 108 47 84 14 .310 1.53 4.90 5.33 -22.3 -2.4
30o 0 11.7 0 19 19 96.7 108 47 81 14 .319 1.60 5.15 5.61 -24.3 -2.6
20o 0 11.7 0 18 18 92.1 107 47 77 14 .329 1.68 5.45 5.94 -26.3 -2.9
10o 0 11.5 0 17 17 85.8 107 47 72 14 .343 1.79 5.88 6.4 -28.7 -3.1
Weighted Mean011.702020104.4106468713.3001.464.645.05-20.0-2.2

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PITCHf/x Pitcher Profile

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Sean Poppen has thrown 2,977 pitches that have been tracked by the PITCHf/x system between 2019 and 2024, all of them occuring in Spring Training. In 2024, he has relied primarily on his Sinker (92mph) and Slider (84mph). He also rarely throws a Change (85mph).