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2019 Projections (Preseason PECOTA - seasonal age 24)
IP ERA WHIP SO W L SV WARP
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Birth Date10-24-1994
Height6' 0"
Weight203 lbs
Age29 years, 5 months, 4 days
BatsL
ThrowsR
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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 CSC A SAL 7 1 23.0 1 0 3 15 3 34 2 99 5.9 1.2 0.8 13.3 38% .289 0.78 1.96 0.78 65 2.47 54.5
2016 STA A- NYP 6 1 15.3 2 0 1 2 4 25 0 94 1.2 2.3 0.0 14.7 57% .095 0.39 0.78 0.00 49 1.06 23.3
2017 TAM A+ FSL 27 27 119.3 7 8 0 87 50 129 5 98 6.6 3.8 0.4 9.7 45% .273 1.15 3.05 3.39 94 3.05 65.0
2018 WTN AA SOU 26 25 137.3 5 8 0 99 43 176 12 101 6.5 2.8 0.8 11.5 37% .275 1.03 2.99 2.75 82 3.01 63.6
2019 RNO AAA PCL 23 23 100.0 6 7 0 133 41 109 23 110 12.0 3.7 2.1 9.8 32% .381 1.74 5.89 8.10 105 6.72 138.2

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Injury History  —  No longer being updated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
2024 ATL $
2023 ARI $
2022 ARI $
2021 ARI $583,400
2020 ARI $
YearsDescriptionSalary
1 yrPrevious$583,400
1 yrTotal$583,400

 

Service TimeAgentContract Status
2 y 42 dBeverly Hills Sports1 year (2024)

Details
  • 1 year (2024). Signed by Atlanta as a free agent 12/18/23 (minor-league contract).
  • 2023. Sent outright to Triple-A by Arizona 1/5/23.
  • 1 year (2022). Re-signed by Arizona 3/22. DFA by Arizona 12/23/22.
  • 1 year/$583,400 (2021). Re-signed by Arizona 3/21.
  • 2020. Contract selected by Arizona 11/20/19.
  • Acquired by Arizona in trade from NY Yankees 2/20/18.
  • Drafted by NY Yankees 2016 (12-368) (South Carolina). $100,000 signing bonus.

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 9.2 0.2 29 24 128.3 87 42 143 13 .242 1.00 2.85 3.14 0.4 0.0
80o 0 9.3 0.2 27 23 121.1 89 42 135 14 .255 1.08 3.22 3.55 -4.7 -0.5
70o 0 9.3 0.2 26 22 116.0 89 43 129 14 .265 1.14 3.49 3.85 -8.1 -0.9
60o 0 9.3 0.2 25 21 111.7 90 43 125 14 .274 1.19 3.73 4.11 -10.8 -1.2
50o 0 9.3 0.2 24 20 107.8 90 43 120 14 .282 1.24 3.95 4.35 -13.1 -1.4
40o 0 9.2 0.2 23 20 104.0 91 43 116 14 .290 1.29 4.18 4.6 -15.3 -1.7
30o 0 9.2 0.2 22 19 99.9 91 43 112 14 .299 1.34 4.42 4.87 -17.5 -1.9
20o 0 9.2 0.1 21 18 95.2 91 43 106 14 .309 1.41 4.72 5.19 -19.8 -2.2
10o 0 9.1 0.1 20 17 88.9 91 43 99 14 .323 1.50 5.13 5.65 -22.7 -2.5
Weighted Mean09.20.22420107.6894312014.2801.233.924.32-12.7-1.4

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PITCHf/x Pitcher Profile

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Although he has not thrown an MLB pitch in 2023, Taylor Widener threw 2,720 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 (94mph), also mixing in a Slider (84mph) and Change (85mph).