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Portrait of Michael Rucker

Michael Rucker PCubs

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2019 Projections (Preseason PECOTA - seasonal age 25)
IP ERA WHIP SO W L SV WARP
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Birth Date4-27-1994
Height6' 1"
Weight195 lbs
Age29 years, 11 months, 22 days
BatsR
ThrowsR
2015
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-0.12019
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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-
2017 SBN A MID 7 0 12.7 0 0 1 7 0 22 1 5.0 0.0 0.7 15.6 33% .261 0.55 1.29 1.42 40 1.29 27.5
2017 MYR A+ CAR 20 15 93.3 5 5 1 82 21 92 5 96 7.9 2.0 0.5 8.9 48% .302 1.10 2.82 2.51 81 3.65 77.8
2018 TEN AA SOU 26 26 132.7 9 6 0 111 38 118 17 95 7.5 2.6 1.2 8.0 39% .251 1.12 4.34 3.73 106 3.73 79.0
2019 TEN AA SOU 34 0 75.7 0 3 1 76 22 89 10 9.0 2.6 1.2 10.6 43% .340 1.30 3.73 4.28 86 4.56 93.8
2019 IOW AAA PCL 2 1 4.0 0 0 0 4 3 4 0 93 9.0 6.8 0.0 9.0 64% .364 1.75 4.79 2.25 94 4.40 90.6

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Injury History  —  No longer being updated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 PHI $
2023 CHN $737,000
2022 CHN $702,500
2021 CHN $
YearsDescriptionSalary
2 yrPrevious$1,439,500
2 yrTotal$1,439,500

 

Service TimeAgentContract Status
1 y 156 d2024

Details
  • 2024. Acquired by Philadelphia in trade 2/6/24 after being DFA by Chicago Cubs 2/1/24.
  • 1 year/$737,000 (2023). Re-signed by Chicago Cubs 3/23.
  • 1 year/$702,500 (2022). Re-signed by Chicago Cubs 3/22.
  • 1 year (2021). Contract selected by Chicago Cubs 7/30/21.
  • 2020. Selected by Baltimore from Chicago Cubs in Rule 5 draft 12/12/19. Returned by Baltimore to Chicago Cubs 3/6/20.
  • Drafted by Chicago Cubs 2016 (11-344) (BYU). $180,000 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 9.9 0.4 29 20 123.6 102 35 97 17 .244 1.11 3.74 4.04 -11.2 -1.2
80o 0 9.9 0.4 27 19 116.3 103 35 92 17 .258 1.19 4.13 4.45 -15.4 -1.7
70o 0 9.9 0.3 26 18 111.1 104 35 88 17 .267 1.25 4.41 4.76 -18.3 -2.0
60o 0 9.8 0.3 25 17 106.8 104 35 84 17 .276 1.31 4.66 5.03 -20.6 -2.2
50o 0 9.8 0.3 24 17 102.8 104 35 81 17 .284 1.36 4.89 5.28 -22.4 -2.4
40o 0 9.7 0.3 23 16 98.9 104 35 78 17 .292 1.41 5.13 5.54 -24.2 -2.6
30o 0 9.7 0.3 22 15 94.8 104 35 75 17 .300 1.47 5.39 5.82 -26.0 -2.8
20o 0 9.6 0.2 21 15 90.1 104 35 71 17 .310 1.55 5.69 6.15 -27.8 -3.0
10o 0 9.4 0.2 20 14 83.7 103 35 66 17 .324 1.65 6.13 6.62 -29.8 -3.2
Weighted Mean09.70.32417102.5103358117.2821.354.865.25-22.1-2.4

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