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2019 Projections (Preseason PECOTA - seasonal age 23)
IP ERA WHIP SO W L SV WARP
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Birth Date9-7-1995
Height6' 3"
Weight195 lbs
Age29 years, 5 months, 24 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 11 6 49.0 2 2 1 50 12 38 8 101 9.2 2.2 1.5 7.0 39% .294 1.27 4.61 3.86 112 5.59 114.7 0.0
CareerMLB11649.022150123881019.22.21.57.039%.2941.274.613.861125.59114.70.0

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 DOD Rk AZL 11 0 10.7 0 2 0 16 6 12 0 13.5 5.1 0.0 10.1 38% .471 2.06 3.54 7.59 107 9.34 206.2
2017 GRL A MID 10 10 52.3 2 3 0 40 12 57 6 95 6.9 2.1 1.0 9.8 49% .266 0.99 3.55 3.78 85 2.93 62.4
2017 RCU A+ CAL 16 15 90.0 5 4 0 107 18 102 10 105 10.7 1.8 1.0 10.2 44% .367 1.39 3.80 4.40 86 4.75 101.0
2018 CHT AA SOU 10 0 12.0 0 0 4 14 2 16 0 10.5 1.5 0.0 12.0 36% .389 1.33 1.45 3.00 68 3.60 76.0
2018 TUL AA TEX 23 14 83.7 5 5 0 94 19 67 9 110 10.1 2.0 1.0 7.2 39% .321 1.35 4.10 4.73 96 4.70 99.3
2018 SRR Wnt AFL 8 0 7.7 1 0 0 14 4 7 1 16.4 4.7 1.2 8.2 25% .419 2.35 5.42 5.87 0 0.00 0.0
2019 MIN MLB AL 11 6 49.0 2 2 1 50 12 38 8 101 9.2 2.2 1.5 7.0 39% .294 1.27 4.61 3.86 112 5.59 114.7
2019 PEN AA SOU 5 5 30.0 3 1 0 19 3 33 0 103 5.7 0.9 0.0 9.9 42% .268 0.73 1.49 0.60 66 2.66 54.6
2019 ROC AAA INT 15 14 74.3 1 4 0 68 19 71 14 98 8.2 2.3 1.7 8.6 40% .271 1.17 5.05 3.63 103 3.89 80.1

Plate Discipline

YEAR Pits Zone% Swing% Contact% Z-Swing% O-Swing% Z-Contact% O-Contact% SwStr%
2019 732 0.4891 0.4932 0.7922 0.6536 0.3396 0.8632 0.6614 0.2078
Career7320.48910.49320.79220.65360.33960.86320.66140.2078

Injury History  —  No longer being updated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 MIA $
2022 MIN $
2021 MIN $
2020 MIN $571,000
2019 MIN $
YearsDescriptionSalary
1 yrPrevious$571,000
1 yrTotal$571,000

 

Service TimeAgentContract Status
2 y 136 dISE1 year (2024)

Details
  • 1 year (2024). Re-signed by Miami as a free agent 12/7/23 (minor-league contract).
  • 1 year (2023). Signed by Miami as a free agent 1/24/23 (minor-league contract). Contract selected by Miami 4/9/23. DFA by Miami 4/28/23. Sent outright to Triple-A 5/2/23. Contract selected by Miami 5/3/23. DFA by Miami 5/4/23. Sent outright to Triple-A 5/6/23. Contract selected by Miami 8/3/23. DFA by Miami 8/5/23. Sent outright to Triple-A 8/7/23. Contract selected by Miami 9/6/23. DFA by Miami 9/8/23. Elected free agency 10/16/23.
  • 1 year (2022). Contract selected by Minnesota 5/14/22. Sent outright to Triple-A by Minnesota 10/11/22.
  • 1 year (2021). Re-signed by Minnesota 3/21. Sent outright to Triple-A by Minnesota 11/19/21.
  • 1 year/$571,000 (2020). Re-signed by Minnesota 3/20.
  • 1 year (2019). Contract selected by Minnesota 5/28/19.
  • Acquired by Minnesota in trade from LA Dodgers 7/31/18.
  • Drafted by LA Dodgers 2016 (5-161) (San Jacinto JC, Texas). $497,500 signing bonus ($331,100 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 0 0 0 0 14.7 13 6 13 2 .260 1.25 4.00 4.31 0.0 0.0
80o 0 0 0 0 0 9.5 9 4 8 1 .274 1.35 4.41 4.76 0.0 0.0
70o 0 0 0 0 0 5.9 6 3 5 1 .284 1.42 4.72 5.09 0.0 0.0
60o 0 0 0 0 0 2.9 3 1 3 0 .293 1.48 5.00 5.38 -0.1 0.0
50o 0 0 0 0 0 0.2 0 0 0 0 .301 1.54 5.25 5.65 -0.1 0.0
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DateQuestionAnswer
2019-06-10 20:00:00 (link to chat)Was tricked by a two start promise for Devin Smeltzer. Drop him to get Gallen before someone else does? Limited add/drop league.
(Vic from Baltimore)		I'm not going to lie to you -- I had to look up who Devin Smeltzer is. He is safe to drop for pretty much anyone. (Ben Carsley)


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PITCHf/x Pitcher Profile

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Devin Smeltzer has thrown 4,987 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 Slider (76mph) and Fourseam Fastball (87mph), also mixing in a Sinker (87mph) and Change (81mph). He also rarely throws a Cutter (81mph) and Curve (75mph).