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2019 Projections (Preseason PECOTA - seasonal age 21)
IP ERA WHIP SO W L SV WARP
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Birth Date10-6-1997
Height6' 5"
Weight220 lbs
Age27 years, 1 months, 18 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 BRA Rk GCL 4 4 12.0 0 0 0 3 5 18 0 94 2.3 3.8 0.0 13.5 33% .167 0.67 1.80 0.00 71 0.94 20.7
2016 DNV Rk APP 8 8 32.0 1 4 0 31 20 35 0 99 8.7 5.6 0.0 9.8 26% .365 1.59 3.62 5.06 99 5.24 115.6
2017 ROM A SAL 26 26 131.7 8 3 0 99 46 152 4 102 6.8 3.1 0.3 10.4 41% .293 1.10 2.68 2.60 80 2.78 59.1
2018 BRV A+ FSL 16 16 67.0 3 4 0 49 24 53 3 98 6.6 3.2 0.4 7.1 47% .250 1.09 3.63 2.28 101 3.46 73.1
2019 ERI AA EAS 5 5 25.7 2 0 0 20 4 37 3 103 7.0 1.4 1.1 13.0 19% .315 0.94 2.27 2.10 71 3.28 67.5
2019 MIS AA SOU 20 20 103.0 5 8 0 90 45 100 13 93 7.9 3.9 1.1 8.7 35% .280 1.31 4.39 4.72 118 5.50 113.2

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Injury History  —  No longer being updated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
2023 DET $723,500
2022 DET $
YearsDescriptionSalary
1 yrPrevious$723,500
1 yrTotal$723,500

 

Service TimeAgentContract Status
0 y 30 d1 year/$723,500 (2023)

Details
  • 1 year/$723,500 (2023). Re-signed by Detroit 3/23.
  • 1 year (2022). Re-signed by Detroit 3/22.
  • 2021. Contract selected by Detroit 11/20/20.
  • Acquired by Detroit in trade from Atlanta 7/31/19.
  • Drafted by Atlanta 2016 (1s-40) (Shawnee Mission East, Prairie Village, Kan.). $3.05M signing bonus ($1,616,800 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 14.1 0 0 17 17 79.8 61 39 68 9 .240 1.26 3.97 4.45 -10.6 -1.2
80o 12.3 0 0 16 16 72.5 61 39 62 9 .256 1.37 4.42 4.95 -13.5 -1.5
70o 11 0 0 15 15 67.5 60 38 58 9 .267 1.45 4.75 5.32 -15.2 -1.7
60o 10 0 0 14 14 63.3 59 38 54 9 .276 1.52 5.04 5.65 -16.5 -1.8
50o 9 0 0 13 13 59.4 58 37 51 9 .285 1.59 5.32 5.96 -17.4 -1.9
40o 8.1 0 0 12 12 55.7 57 36 48 9 .295 1.66 5.60 6.28 -18.2 -2.0
30o 7.2 0 0 11 11 51.8 55 35 44 8 .304 1.75 5.91 6.62 -18.8 -2.0
20o 6.2 0 0 10 10 47.4 53 34 41 8 .316 1.84 6.28 7.04 -19.3 -2.1
10o 4.9 0 0 9 9 41.4 50 32 36 8 .332 1.99 6.81 7.64 -19.5 -2.1
Weighted Mean900131358.75636508.2831.575.275.91-16.9-1.8

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DateQuestionAnswer
2019-08-30 16:00:00 (link to chat)How would you rank these pitching prospects in a dynasty league: Albert Abreu, Trevor Rogers, Patrick Weigel, Joey Wentz? I'm having trouble weighing reliever risk against upside.
(Pete from Rhode Island)
Ah, a prospect question! Keeping in mind that I'm Not a Prospect Guy, I would say that Abreu excites me the most out of this quartet, but I would be shocked if he doesn't end up in the pen. Rogers and Wentz could be decentish, while Weigel is already pitching out of the pen in AAA. (Jon Hegglund)
2016-12-02 13:00:00 (link to chat)Favorite breakout prospect for 2017? What about someone who you think will suffer a drop in status?
(Francisco from Maryland)
Breakouts I'll be watching for: Anderson Tejeda, Dustin May, Joey Wentz, Riley Pint
Guys I could see falling: Jorge Mateo, Adonis Medina, Anderson Espinoza, Jahmai Jones (Jeffrey Paternostro)
2016-08-11 14:00:00 (link to chat)Rank the following prospects: Mitch Keller, Fernando Romero, Mike Soroko, Joey Wentz. Thanks!
(Jeb from Johnson City)
I'm a huge fan of Mitch Keller. I'd go Keller, Soroka, Wentz, Romero -- with a gap between Wentz and Romero. (J.P. Breen)
2016-07-22 13:00:00 (link to chat)Any mets prospects you like more than the average guy?
(Gary from NJ)
Kingsport:
-Chris Viall--XXL (6'9'') power arm from Stanford, has a lot of stuff, we'll see if anything can click control/command/consistency-wise.
-Jake Simon--LHP was the team's 11th-rounder in 2015, over-slot prep southpaw from Texas. Striking out hitters and keeping a ton of balls on the ground over a solid showing for Kingsport every fifth day.

Brooklyn: Pete Alonso, Blake Tiberi both college performers who fit that Harrison Bader type of player (talked about earlier) where they'll have to perform at every level...but also have the chance to be the types of grinders who just go out and do that.

Definitely will give Thomas Szapucki his own little bit here, though. There are a few more I could mention, but he really impressed when he was in the Appy League and he got promoted. High school lefty in 2015 in the first 10 rounds from a Florida high school. Really tough angle on hitters with an arm-slot that's death for lefties, especially. Gets good run on a fastball that touched 96 most every start (sitting 92-94) with some feel for a slider. It isn't an Anderson Espinoza type of low-level minors pitching prospect where you're really pushing a teenage pitcher way up your minor league prospect board, but Szapucki has been the type of guy you see in the Appy League who has a lot of big league ingredients, and you take note of that.

Good year for Appy League lefties overall. Kolby Allard was there, now Joey Wentz is, and there's Resly Linares for Princeton (Rays) as well as Szapucki, obviously. (Adam McInturff)


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PITCHf/x Pitcher Profile

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Joey Wentz has thrown 5,090 pitches that have been tracked by the PITCHf/x system between 2021 and 2024, all of them occuring in Spring Training. In 2024, he has relied primarily on his Fourseam Fastball (94mph) and Cutter (86mph), also mixing in a Change (86mph) and Curve (79mph).