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Career Summary

Years	G	IP	W	L	SV	ERA	WARP
13	275	1557.3	97	98	0	4.10	17.4

Birth Date	1-18-1979
Height	5' 10"
Weight	195 lbs

Age	45 years, 2 months, 29 days
Bats	B
Throws	L

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Historical (past-seasons) WARP is now based on DRA..
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YEAR	Team	Lg	G	GS	IP	W	L	H	BB	SO	HR	PPF	H/9	BB/9	HR/9	K/9	GB%	BABIP	WHIP	FIP	ERA	cFIP	DRA	DRA-	WARP
2005	HOU	MLB	25	22	128.7	10	10	135	53	80	19	100	9.4	3.7	1.3	5.6	0%	.290	1.46	5.08	5.53	114	5.45	117.2	0.1
2006	HOU	MLB	30	24	135.7	9	10	154	63	98	17	96	10.2	4.2	1.1	6.5	0%	.321	1.60	4.81	5.64	103	4.60	93.6	1.8
2007	HOU	MLB	31	31	182.7	9	13	179	62	158	22	104	8.8	3.1	1.1	7.8	0%	.293	1.32	4.10	4.58	93	4.13	85.5	3.2
2008	HOU	MLB	25	25	137.3	9	7	136	44	131	14	99	8.9	2.9	0.9	8.6	0%	.310	1.31	3.59	3.54	85	3.43	73.3	3.2
2009	HOU	MLB	33	33	205.7	14	12	192	63	193	21	95	8.4	2.8	0.9	8.4	0%	.302	1.24	3.49	3.02	93	3.69	79.2	4.3
2010	HOU	MLB	32	32	195.0	11	12	183	68	178	16	94	8.4	3.1	0.7	8.2	0%	.303	1.29	3.52	3.60	94	3.83	86.4	3.3
2011	HOU	MLB	30	30	191.0	11	11	182	69	166	25	100	8.6	3.3	1.2	7.8	0%	.289	1.31	4.11	3.49	110	4.52	105.0	1.3
2012	HOU	0	21	21	130.7	7	9	134	32	89	13	99	9.2	2.2	0.9	6.1	0%	.287	1.27	3.84	3.79	101	4.31	98.7	1.3
2012	PIT	0	13	12	75.0	5	4	71	24	50	8	94	8.5	2.9	1.0	6.0	0%	.269	1.27	4.18	3.72	104	4.08	93.5	1.0
2013	PIT	MLB	12	12	62.7	6	4	58	12	46	10	99	8.3	1.7	1.4	6.6	0%	.255	1.12	4.39	3.59	105	4.14	99.0	0.6
2014	PIT	MLB	6	6	26.7	0	2	37	8	20	10	101	12.5	2.7	3.4	6.8	0%	.310	1.69	7.37	6.75	127	6.23	152.8	-0.5
2015	TEX	MLB	17	15	86.3	6	4	99	36	72	10	110	10.3	3.8	1.0	7.5	0%	.328	1.56	4.29	4.90	130	7.22	168.7	-2.2
2012	TOT	MLB	34	33	205.7	12	13	205	56	139	21	97	9.0	2.5	0.9	6.1	0%	.000	1.27	3.96	3.76	103	4.22	96.8	2.3
Career		MLB	275	263	1557.3	97	98	1560	534	1281	185	99	9.0	3.1	1.1	7.4	47%	.296	1.34	4.11	4.10	102	4.39	97.2	17.4

Statistics for All Levels

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YEAR	Team	Lg	LG	G	GS	IP	W	L	H	BB	SO	HR	PPF	H/9	BB/9	HR/9	K/9	GB%	BABIP	WHIP	FIP	ERA	cFIP	DRA	DRA-
2005	HOU	MLB	NL	25	22	128.7	10	10	135	53	80	19	100	9.4	3.7	1.3	5.6	0%	.290	1.46	5.08	5.53	114	5.45	117.2
2006	HOU	MLB	NL	30	24	135.7	9	10	154	63	98	17	96	10.2	4.2	1.1	6.5	0%	.321	1.60	4.81	5.64	103	4.60	93.6
2007	HOU	MLB	NL	31	31	182.7	9	13	179	62	158	22	104	8.8	3.1	1.1	7.8	0%	.293	1.32	4.10	4.58	93	4.13	85.5
2008	HOU	MLB	NL	25	25	137.3	9	7	136	44	131	14	99	8.9	2.9	0.9	8.6	0%	.310	1.31	3.59	3.54	85	3.43	73.3
2009	HOU	MLB	NL	33	33	205.7	14	12	192	63	193	21	95	8.4	2.8	0.9	8.4	0%	.302	1.24	3.49	3.02	93	3.69	79.2
2010	HOU	MLB	NL	32	32	195.0	11	12	183	68	178	16	94	8.4	3.1	0.7	8.2	0%	.303	1.29	3.52	3.60	94	3.83	86.4
2011	HOU	MLB	NL	30	30	191.0	11	11	182	69	166	25	100	8.6	3.3	1.2	7.8	0%	.289	1.31	4.11	3.49	110	4.52	105.0
2011	CCH	AA	TEX	1	1	4.0	0	0	6	1	2	1	124	13.5	2.3	2.3	4.5	0%	.385	1.75	6.37	2.25	112	6.40	130.6
2012	HOU	MLB	NL	21	21	130.7	7	9	134	32	89	13	99	9.2	2.2	0.9	6.1	0%	.287	1.27	3.84	3.79	101	4.31	98.7
2012	PIT	MLB	NL	13	12	75.0	5	4	71	24	50	8	94	8.5	2.9	1.0	6.0	0%	.269	1.27	4.18	3.72	104	4.08	93.5
2013	PIT	MLB	NL	12	12	62.7	6	4	58	12	46	10	99	8.3	1.7	1.4	6.6	0%	.255	1.12	4.39	3.59	105	4.14	99.0
2013	IND	AAA	INT	1	1	4.0	0	0	4	1	5	0	100	9.0	2.3	0.0	11.3	0%	.333	1.25	1.45	2.25	79	3.31	71.8
2013	DOM	int	WBC	2	2	9.3	1	0	5	3	6	0		4.8	2.9	0.0	5.8	0%	.208	0.86	3.30	0.96	0	0.00	0.0
2014	PIT	MLB	NL	6	6	26.7	0	2	37	8	20	10	101	12.5	2.7	3.4	6.8	0%	.310	1.69	7.37	6.75	127	6.23	152.8
2014	ALT	AA	EAS	2	2	8.7	0	1	11	6	7	3	103	11.4	6.2	3.1	7.3	0%	.286	1.96	8.31	10.38	127	5.70	120.6
2015	TEX	MLB	AL	17	15	86.3	6	4	99	36	72	10	110	10.3	3.8	1.0	7.5	0%	.328	1.56	4.29	4.90	130	7.22	168.7
2015	OMA	AAA	PCL	5	0	8.0	0	0	5	4	7	0		5.6	4.5	0.0	7.9	0%	.238	1.13	3.34	1.13	72	3.37	73.8
2015	ROU	AAA	PCL	2	2	7.0	0	0	4	0	10	1	93	5.1	0.0	1.3	12.9	0%	.231	0.57	3.02	2.57	74	3.98	87.3
2017	AGU	Wnt	DWL	7	0	6.7	0	0	5	3	9	1		6.8	4.1	1.4	12.2	0%	.250	1.20	2.93	4.05	0	0.00	0.0
2018	AGU	Wnt	DWL	9	2	13.7	0	2	9	7	11	1	103	5.9	4.6	0.7	7.2	57%	.308	1.17	3.67	1.98	0	0.00	0.0

Plate Discipline

YEAR	Pits	Zone%	Swing%	Contact%	Z-Swing%	O-Swing%	Z-Contact%	O-Contact%	SwStr%
2008	2150	0.5116	0.4414	0.7956	0.5973	0.2781	0.8706	0.6267	0.2044
2009	3322	0.5331	0.4422	0.7767	0.5697	0.2966	0.8494	0.6174	0.2233
2010	3180	0.4535	0.4220	0.7660	0.5666	0.3021	0.8592	0.6210	0.2340
2011	3120	0.4628	0.4321	0.7849	0.5699	0.3132	0.8676	0.6552	0.2151
2012	3185	0.5071	0.4593	0.8257	0.6025	0.3121	0.8859	0.7061	0.1743
2013	1021	0.5054	0.4378	0.8501	0.6008	0.2713	0.9032	0.7299	0.1499
2014	449	0.4744	0.4343	0.8051	0.6009	0.2839	0.8594	0.7015	0.1949
2015	1589	0.4733	0.4128	0.8445	0.5824	0.2605	0.9132	0.7064	0.1555
Career	18016	0.4914	0.4368	0.7980	0.5819	0.2960	0.8722	0.6577	0.2020

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
2014-06-25	2014-06-25	FA	0	0	Right	Knee	Surgery		2014-06-25
2014-04-20	2014-05-15	15-DL	25	21	Right	Knee	Inflammation		-	-
2013-06-06	2013-10-10	60-DL	126	102	Left	Forearm	Strain		-	-
2013-04-09	2013-04-19	DTD	10	8	Left	Thigh	Strain	Hamstring	-	-
2011-05-23	2011-06-13	15-DL	21	19	Left	Elbow	Swelling		-
2011-03-11	2011-03-22	Camp	11	0	Left	Shoulder	Inflammation	Tendonitis	-
2010-10-03	2010-10-03	DTD	0	0		Low Back	Soreness		-
2010-04-25	2010-05-01	DTD	6	5		Back	Spasms		-
2010-04-12	2010-04-12	DTD	0	0	Left	Shoulder	Soreness		-
2009-08-02	2009-08-09	DTD	7	6	Left	Thigh	Strain	Hamstring	-
2009-03-19	2009-03-19	Camp	0	0	Left	Fingers	Contusion	Index Finger	-
2009-02-27	2009-03-19	Camp	20	0	Left	Trunk	Strain	Intercostal	-
2008-09-08	2008-09-24	DTD	16	13	Right	Abdomen	Strain	Oblique	-
2008-09-01	2008-09-07	DTD	6	5	Right	Abdomen	Soreness	Oblique	-
2008-04-20	2008-05-27	15-DL	37	34	Left	Groin	Strain		-
2008-03-15	2008-03-28	Camp	13	0		Abdomen	Strain	Oblique	-
2007-09-08	2007-09-15	DTD	7	6	Right	Thumb	Soreness	Thumb	-
2007-03-25	2007-03-25	Camp	0	0	Left	Foot	Contusion	Medial Arch	-
2006-05-06	2006-05-06	DTD	0	0		General Medical	Illness	Throat Infection	-

Compensation

Year	Team	Salary
2016	HOU	$
2015	TEX	$
2014	PIT	$7,500,000
2014	HOU	$5,500,000
2013	PIT	$8,500,000
2013	HOU	$5,000,000
2012	HOU	$10,500,000
2011	HOU	$7,500,000
2010	HOU	$5,000,000
2009	HOU	$2,600,000
2008	HOU	$451,000
2007	HOU	$406,000
2006	HOU	$327,000
2005	HOU	$316,000

Years	Description	Salary
10 yr	Previous	$53,600,000
10 yr	Total	$53,600,000

Service Time	Agent	Contract Status
8 y 167 d	Adam Katz	1 year (2016)

Details

1 year (2016). Signed by Houston as a free agent 1/26/16 (minor-league contract). Released by Houston 4/11/16. Signed by Baltimore as a free agent 4/29/16 (minor-league contract). Exercised right to opt out of contract 6/8/16.
1 year (2015). Signed by Atlanta as a free agent 1/13/15 (minor-league contract with salary of $2M in majors). Failed physical after tentative agreement to sign minor-league contract with Philadelphia as a free agent 12/27/14. Signed by Atlanta as a free agent 1/13/15 (minor-league contract). Released by Atlanta 4/3/15. Signed by Texas as a free agent 4/7/15 (minor-league contract paying minimum salary in majors with $1.8M in performance bonuses). Contract selected by Texas 4/24/15. DFA by Texas 7/29/15. Released 8/4/15. Signed by Kansas City as a free agent 8/16/15 (minor-league contract).
3 years/$34M (2011-13), plus 2014 club option. Signed extension with Houston 1/25/11 (avoided arbitration, $10.25M-$8M). $1.5M signing bonus. 11:$7M, 12:$10M, 13:$13M, 14:$13M club option, $2.5M buyout. Optioned may becomes guaranteed based on performance. Option becomes player option if Rodriguez is traded. Acquired by Pittsburgh in trade from Houston 7/24/12. (Pirates pay $1.7M of remaining 2012 salary and $8.5M of $13M salary in 2013. If Rodriguez exercises player option, Pirates pay $7.5M of $13M 2014 salary.) Rodriguez exercised 2014 option 11/1/13. DFA by Pittsburgh 5/22/14. Released 5/30/14.
1 year/$5M (2010). Lost arbitration with Houston 2/18/10 ($7M-$5M).
1 year/$2.6M (2009). Re-signed by Houston 1/26/09 (avoided arbitration, $3M-$2.25M).
1 year/$0.451M (2008). Re-signed by Houston 2/28/08.
1 year/$0.406M (2007). Re-signed by Houston 2/07.
1 year/$0.327M (2006). Renewed by Houston 3/06. Optioned to Triple-A 7/06. Recalled 8/06.
1 year/$0.316M (2005). Contract purchased by Houston 11/04. Re-signed by Houston 3/05 (split contract). Optioned to Triple-A 3/05. Recalled 5/05. Optioned to Triple-A 7/05.
Signed by Houston 1999 as an amateur free agent from the Dominican Republic.

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
Weighted Mean	?	?	?	?	?	0.0	?	0	0	?	.000	0.00	0.00	?	0.0	0.0

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Date	Question	Answer
2015-07-23 17:00:00 (link to chat)	What do you see for Erasmo Ramirez going forward? Is he going to be the pitcher we all hoped he would be? (Tony from ND)	He won't be that good but he won't be the grand disappointment he was looking like at one point. Solid mid-tier guy, not a superstar. I like the Wandy Rodriguez career trajectory. (Mike Gianella)
2015-04-06 20:15:00 (link to chat)	So, Wandy huh? Best case scenario he has a better season than _____(insert names of Rangers rotation members here)____? (jonraypyle from Texas)	I'm going to ignore this question (even though it's a good one) to say two things: 1) The best part about Wandy Rodriguez is that he's Randy Wandriguez when spoonerized and 2) I'd still rather have Guy Fieri on the bump. (Craig Goldstein)
2013-06-04 13:00:00 (link to chat)	Standard 5x5 NL-only keeper league - is Wandy Rodriguez (with $3 cost for next year) fair value for me to offer in exchange for Jimmy Rollins (who will not be kept next year)? (Kingpin from Grinnell, IA)	Yes, it's a good opening offer. If he doesn't love it, then you can shift, but it's not insulting at all. (Paul Sporer)
2013-03-20 11:00:00 (link to chat)	In my deep 16 team H2H dynasty league. I have a pitching staff of Homer Bailey, Wandy Rodriguez, Mark Buerhle, Ricky Romero, and Edison Volquez. Will this rotation be problematic? Even given the size of the league? (Brent from California)	Yeah, you've got some issues here... you're at least one front-line starter short. Doesn't need to be a Verlander or Kershaw, but even a Cueto or Kennedy or Shields type would be a big help. (Cory Schwartz)
2011-08-24 13:00:00 (link to chat)	I don't know if this is on the table, but would the Rox taking on the whole Wandy Rodriguez contract be a bad decision for them? It doesn't look THAT out of the line with the marketplace and I assume the Rox will be trying to contend in 12. (Rob from Alaska)	I never thought I'd find myself saying this, but I agree with you. (That didn't come out right -- agreeing with you, Rob, isn't something I've always considered inconceivable. Valuing Wandy Rodriguez that much is). They need pitching, he provides pitching, and with their offense in an underwhelming division, there's no reasons they shouldn't make a push this year AND next year. (Ken Funck)
2011-03-02 13:00:00 (link to chat)	Hi Christina, let me ask what may become an annual question- who do you think will be this year's breakout pitchers (aside from Latos). When I first asked you this question in person years ago you said you really liked a young stud named Danny Haren (worked out nice) and last year you said Anderson and Romero (not bad). For 2011...? Thanks, Dan (DanDaMan from SeaCliff)	I don't have any special Kreskin-like abilities... I guess I see those sorts of expectations as eminently reasonable and predictable. This year, if I had to say "he's turning the corner," I'd peg John Danks, Colby Lewis, and Wandy Rodriguez as people who will surpass expectations. (Christina Kahrl)
2011-03-02 13:00:00 (link to chat)	Who are your favorite players to watch this season? Who ya rootin' for? (Goo Goo the Cat from Prowlin' Around, PA)	Rooting for? Well, I suppose I'm no supposed to root for players, but c'mon, how can you help it? I'm hoping to see John Danks bust out and get the sort of attention he deserves, and for Gordon Beckham to put everything together and be the star we thought he'd be. I want to see Wandy Rodriguez deliver that back half over a full season. I'm looking forward to seeing Carlos Zambrano get back to being in the news for his pitching. I'm wondering if Andy LaRoche puts up more WARP than any other NRI in anybody's camp if he can win the A's job at third base. I want to see Jim Thome's 600th career home run in person. I want to enjoy a full season of Starlin Castro at shortstop, having had to spend too much time away from Chicago last summer. I want to see what Mike Stanton and Logan Morrison do for the Fish, since that's about as entertaining a tandem of hitting prospects of similar vintage on any team anywhere. That's a few, but there are more. (Christina Kahrl)
2011-01-03 14:00:00 (link to chat)	Someone threw a Wandy Rodriguez comp on Gio Soto - you buy it? (Adam from OH)	No. (Kevin Goldstein)
2010-07-09 13:00:00 (link to chat)	Hi Marc, thanks for the chat and your great work. Just wanted to get your thoughts on Wandy Rodriguez. Do you think he's a good bet to bounce back the second half and a good bet to be a quality starting pitcher over the next few years? (DS from LA)	I'm concerned by the drop in strikeouts and the defense behind him, but I still like Wandy for a rebound. I'll write something up about him soon--I've been looking at his numbers lately to try to get a feel for what it is we can expect. (Marc Normandin)
2010-07-09 13:00:00 (link to chat)	I am stubborn and stuck with Wandy Rodriguez...is the corner being turned or is it just a bunch of weak opponents? 2nd half outlook for him? (Chip from Sf)	I mentioned this earlier, I'll be writing about Wandy soon. I like him a lot, so I'm optimistic, but we'll see if some deeper digging changes my mind. (Marc Normandin)
2008-05-01 13:00:00 (link to chat)	Do you think we'll one day see a pitching strategy that aggresively takes into account matchups and/or ballparks? Something like the Angels or Astros shuffling their rotations to have Ervin Santana or Wandy Rodriguez pitching at home more often than typical under a set rotation. Or the Royals avoiding pitching Banny in a hitter's park? Is it realistic to expect pitchers to be able to adjust to an extra days rest or one less days rest here or there? Are the potential gains enough to offset the losses from shorter rest of the need to use an extra starter here and there? (blaseta from Calgary)	Not to channel Steven Goldman here, but the idea of a set rotation is fairly recent. In the 1950s and before, managers often juggled rotations to have their best pitchers pitch against the best opposition. In general, the game has shifted too much to "roles," especially on the pitching side. I suspect players can handle a lot more uncertainty than is generally thought, and that the creation of all of these roles has been a net negative for the industry as a whole. But it keeps managers insulated from criticism, which is the real goal. (Joe Sheehan)
2008-03-06 13:00:00 (link to chat)	What the insert expletive are the astros going to do about their pitching staff besides trying to run Roy Oswalt out for 300 innings? Does there even seem to be some semblance of a plan? (matt from austin)	They're going to put on rose-tinted glasses, hope that Wandy Rodriguez continues to develop (he lopped nearly 2 runs off his PERA last year, suggesting that his gains were real enough), hope that Felipe Paulino pitches like a guy who's one of the top two prospects in a system that's much stronger than Houston, hope that Brandon Backe's elbow continues to hold together, and that Woody Williams can pitch like it's 2003 and preserve the team's ball budget... are you detecting a trend here? (Jay Jaffe)

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PITCHf/x Pitcher Profile

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Although he has not thrown an MLB pitch in 2024, Wandy Rodriguez threw 19,259 pitches that were tracked by the PITCHf/x system between 2007 and 2015, all of them occuring in Spring Training. In 2015, he relied primarily on his Fourseam Fastball (90mph), Curve (76mph) and Sinker (89mph). He also rarely threw a Change (83mph).