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2019 Projections (Preseason PECOTA - seasonal age 36)
IP ERA WHIP SO W L SV WARP
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Birth Date2-7-1983
Height6' 6"
Weight225 lbs
Age41 years, 1 months, 21 days
BatsL
ThrowsR
1.72015
1.22016
0.52017
2018
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
2005 TEX MLB 8 0 9.3 0 1 0 9 2 4 0 108 8.7 1.9 0.0 3.9 0% .290 1.18 2.83 0.96 97 4.87 104.7 0.1
2006 TEX MLB 36 0 41.3 0 2 0 42 10 30 4 109 9.1 2.2 0.9 6.5 0% .299 1.26 4.00 3.92 84 4.06 82.7 0.7
2007 TEX MLB 29 0 39.0 1 2 0 44 32 19 3 102 10.2 7.4 0.7 4.4 0% .304 1.95 6.02 5.77 123 8.60 178.0 -1.3
2008 TEX MLB 28 25 151.3 6 8 0 161 56 74 22 112 9.6 3.3 1.3 4.4 0% .284 1.43 5.37 5.29 117 6.04 128.8 -0.9
2009 TEX MLB 34 31 189.7 17 8 0 178 65 113 18 105 8.4 3.1 0.9 5.4 0% .273 1.28 4.34 4.08 101 4.22 90.6 2.8
2010 TEX MLB 29 22 141.3 7 11 0 181 45 75 18 113 11.5 2.9 1.1 4.8 0% .327 1.60 4.70 5.48 112 5.17 116.7 0.1
2011 TEX MLB 11 2 32.0 2 1 0 25 10 22 3 113 7.0 2.8 0.8 6.2 0% .239 1.09 4.02 3.94 97 4.22 98.0 0.2
2012 TEX MLB 29 21 123.7 6 11 0 139 32 96 14 104 10.1 2.3 1.0 7.0 0% .318 1.38 3.76 5.09 98 4.39 100.7 1.1
2013 BAL 0 15 15 90.7 5 6 0 80 31 65 9 99 7.9 3.1 0.9 6.5 0% .262 1.22 4.15 4.27 101 3.84 91.9 1.2
2013 CHN 0 15 15 91.0 7 6 0 79 25 67 10 103 7.8 2.5 1.0 6.6 0% .255 1.14 3.90 3.46 98 3.39 81.2 1.7
2014 HOU MLB 29 29 180.3 8 12 0 185 50 107 16 98 9.2 2.5 0.8 5.3 0% .291 1.30 4.14 3.74 107 4.75 116.5 0.2
2015 HOU MLB 18 18 108.3 5 5 0 115 27 61 13 105 9.6 2.2 1.1 5.1 0% .291 1.31 4.28 3.90 101 3.74 87.4 1.7
2016 HOU 0 26 5 62.0 5 3 0 64 13 42 8 102 9.3 1.9 1.2 6.1 49% .281 1.24 4.20 2.90 90 3.75 83.1 1.0
2016 TOR 0 14 0 15.0 2 1 0 23 6 14 2 108 13.8 3.6 1.2 8.4 66% .412 1.93 4.17 8.40 87 3.67 81.3 0.2
2017 CIN MLB 21 21 111.3 7 7 0 116 35 93 21 97 9.4 2.8 1.7 7.5 46% .300 1.36 5.06 4.77 105 5.15 109.6 0.5
2013 TOT MLB 30 30 181.7 12 12 0 159 56 132 19 101 7.9 2.8 0.9 6.5 0% .000 1.18 4.02 3.86 99 3.61 86.5 2.9
2016 TOT MLB 40 5 77.0 7 4 0 87 19 56 10 103 10.2 2.2 1.2 6.5 52% .308 1.38 4.19 3.97 89 3.74 82.7 1.2
CareerMLB3422041386.37884014414398821611059.42.81.05.748%.2921.364.434.431044.65104.59.4

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-
2005 TEX MLB AL 8 0 9.3 0 1 0 9 2 4 0 108 8.7 1.9 0.0 3.9 0% .290 1.18 2.83 0.96 97 4.87 104.7
2005 BAK A+ CLF 6 0 9.0 0 0 3 5 2 11 0 5.0 2.0 0.0 11.0 0% -.357 0.78 2.41 0.00 0 0.00 0.0
2005 FRI AA TXS 46 0 61.0 1 2 14 43 23 41 3 84 6.3 3.4 0.4 6.0 0% -.597 1.08 3.70 2.36 100 3.38 66.7
2006 TEX MLB AL 36 0 41.3 0 2 0 42 10 30 4 109 9.1 2.2 0.9 6.5 0% .299 1.26 4.00 3.92 84 4.06 82.7
2006 OKL AAA PCL 23 0 27.0 2 2 4 20 9 24 2 96 6.7 3.0 0.7 8.0 0% .247 1.07 3.85 2.00 89 2.94 61.6
2007 TEX MLB AL 29 0 39.0 1 2 0 44 32 19 3 102 10.2 7.4 0.7 4.4 0% .304 1.95 6.02 5.77 123 8.60 178.0
2007 OKL AAA PCL 21 0 30.0 1 1 2 28 12 24 1 98 8.4 3.6 0.3 7.2 0% .297 1.33 3.66 4.50 90 3.58 73.5
2007 gcr Wnt AFL 8 0 17.0 1 1 0 16 8 16 3 8.5 4.2 1.6 8.5 0% .289 1.41 5.35 4.24 0 0.00 0.0
2008 TEX MLB AL 28 25 151.3 6 8 0 161 56 74 22 112 9.6 3.3 1.3 4.4 0% .284 1.43 5.37 5.29 117 6.04 128.8
2008 FRI AA TXS 2 2 12.7 2 0 0 11 2 4 0 93 7.8 1.4 0.0 2.8 0% .244 1.02 3.64 4.25 101 4.02 82.2
2009 TEX MLB AL 34 31 189.7 17 8 0 178 65 113 18 105 8.4 3.1 0.9 5.4 0% .273 1.28 4.34 4.08 101 4.22 90.6
2010 TEX MLB AL 29 22 141.3 7 11 0 181 45 75 18 113 11.5 2.9 1.1 4.8 0% .327 1.60 4.70 5.48 112 5.17 116.7
2010 OKL AAA PCL 1 0 4.0 0 0 0 5 0 3 2 11.3 0.0 4.5 6.8 0% .273 1.25 8.58 4.50 0 0.00 0.0
2011 TEX MLB AL 11 2 32.0 2 1 0 25 10 22 3 113 7.0 2.8 0.8 6.2 0% .239 1.09 4.02 3.94 97 4.22 98.0
2011 FRI AA TEX 2 2 9.0 1 0 0 5 2 8 0 102 5.0 2.0 0.0 8.0 0% .208 0.78 2.26 3.00 76 2.24 45.7
2011 ROU AAA PCL 8 8 40.7 2 1 0 48 9 24 5 109 10.6 2.0 1.1 5.3 0% .316 1.40 4.93 4.43 96 4.70 96.0
2012 TEX MLB AL 29 21 123.7 6 11 0 139 32 96 14 104 10.1 2.3 1.0 7.0 0% .318 1.38 3.76 5.09 98 4.39 100.7
2013 BAL MLB AL 15 15 90.7 5 6 0 80 31 65 9 99 7.9 3.1 0.9 6.5 0% .262 1.22 4.15 4.27 101 3.84 91.9
2013 CHN MLB NL 15 15 91.0 7 6 0 79 25 67 10 103 7.8 2.5 1.0 6.6 0% .255 1.14 3.90 3.46 98 3.39 81.2
2014 HOU MLB AL 29 29 180.3 8 12 0 185 50 107 16 98 9.2 2.5 0.8 5.3 0% .291 1.30 4.14 3.74 107 4.75 116.5
2015 HOU MLB AL 18 18 108.3 5 5 0 115 27 61 13 105 9.6 2.2 1.1 5.1 0% .291 1.31 4.28 3.90 101 3.74 87.4
2015 CCH AA TEX 2 2 8.0 1 0 0 10 5 7 0 111 11.3 5.6 0.0 7.9 0% .370 1.88 3.42 4.50 98 5.67 124.4
2016 HOU MLB AL 26 5 62.0 5 3 0 64 13 42 8 102 9.3 1.9 1.2 6.1 49% .281 1.24 4.20 2.90 90 3.75 83.1
2016 TOR MLB AL 14 0 15.0 2 1 0 23 6 14 2 108 13.8 3.6 1.2 8.4 66% .412 1.93 4.17 8.40 87 3.67 81.3
2017 CIN MLB NL 21 21 111.3 7 7 0 116 35 93 21 97 9.4 2.8 1.7 7.5 46% .300 1.36 5.06 4.77 105 5.15 109.6

Plate Discipline

YEAR Pits Zone% Swing% Contact% Z-Swing% O-Swing% Z-Contact% O-Contact% SwStr%
2008 2344 0.5183 0.4185 0.8716 0.5794 0.2453 0.9162 0.7581 0.1284
2009 3145 0.4725 0.4197 0.8326 0.5942 0.2634 0.8845 0.7277 0.1674
2010 2393 0.5123 0.4505 0.8581 0.5962 0.2973 0.9056 0.7579 0.1419
2011 508 0.4902 0.4429 0.8089 0.6104 0.2819 0.8947 0.6301 0.1911
2012 2093 0.4983 0.4448 0.8120 0.6107 0.2800 0.8901 0.6429 0.1880
2013 2985 0.4623 0.4198 0.8172 0.5920 0.2717 0.8972 0.6674 0.1828
2014 2932 0.4778 0.4430 0.8406 0.6253 0.2763 0.9110 0.6950 0.1594
2015 1762 0.4711 0.4484 0.8278 0.6277 0.2886 0.8791 0.7286 0.1722
2016 1302 0.4854 0.4255 0.8069 0.5949 0.2657 0.8697 0.6742 0.1931
2017 1904 0.5005 0.4265 0.7919 0.5918 0.2608 0.8599 0.6371 0.2081
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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
2014-04-18 2014-05-09 15-DL 21 19 Right Arm Tendonitis Biceps - -
2011-08-06 2011-08-12 DTD 6 5 Right Fingers Blister - -
2011-03-22 2011-07-22 15-DL 122 99 Right Knee Recovery From Surgery Microfracture 2010-11-03
2010-11-03 2010-11-03 Off 0 0 Right Knee Surgery Microfracture 2010-11-03
2010-08-22 2010-09-07 15-DL 16 15 Right Knee Contusion Bone -
2010-04-18 2010-04-24 DTD 6 5 General Medical Respiratory Flu -
2007-09-10 2007-09-26 DTD 16 16 Right Knee Soreness -
2006-06-13 2006-06-13 DTD 0 0 Right Forearm Contusion Batted Ball -
2006-05-20 2006-05-24 DTD 4 4 Ankle Sprain -
2004-06-05 2004-08-11 Minors 67 0 Right Elbow Recovery From Surgery Tommy John Surgery - Date Is Approximate - -
2003-10-01 2003-10-01 Minors 0 0 Right Elbow Surgery Tommy John Surgery - Date Is Approximate - -

Compensation

Year Team Salary
2017 CIN $2,300,000
2016 HOU $8,000,000
2015 HOU $10,000,000
2014 HOU $12,000,000
2013 CHN $6,000,000
2012 TEX $6,500,000
2011 TEX $4,400,000
2010 TEX $2,425,000
2009 TEX $434,680
2008 TEX $397,430
2007 TEX $388,203
2006 TEX $329,000
YearsDescriptionSalary
12 yrPrevious$53,174,313
12 yrTotal$53,174,313

 

Service TimeAgentContract Status
11 y 91 dMatt Brown1 year/$2.3M (2017)

Details
  • 1 year/$2.3M (2017). Signed by Cincinnati as a free agent 1/23/17. Performance bonuses: $0.1M each for 11, 13, 15, 16, 18, 19 starts and for starts 21-26. $0.2M each for 10, 12, 14, 17, 20 starts. $0.1M each for 25 relief appearances. $0.2M each for 30, 35 relief appearances. $0.25M each for 40, 45, 50, 55 relief appearances.
  • 3 years/$30M (2014-16). Signed by Houston as a free agent 12/6/13. 14:$12M, 15:$10M, 16:$8M. Acquired by Toronto in trade from Houston 8/1/16 with $2,710,383 remaining on contract.
  • 1 year/$6M (2013). Signed by Chicago Cubs as a free agent 11/27/12. May earn additional $1M in performance bonuses. Acquired by Baltimore in trade from Chicago Cubs 7/2/13.
  • 2 years/$11.5M (2011-12), plus 2013 club option. Signed extension with Texas 4/2/10. 11:$4.4M, 12:$6.5M, 13:$9.25M club option, $0.6M buyout. Texas declined 2013 option 10/30/12.
  • 1 year/$2.425M (2010). Re-signed by Texas 1/29/10 (avoided arbitration, $2.9M-$2.05M)
  • 1 year/$434,680 (2009). Re-signed by Texas 2/20/09. Award bonus: $10,000 for All Star
  • 1 year/$397,430 (2008). Re-signed by Texas 2/15/08
  • 1 year/$388,203 (2007). Re-signed 2/07 (split contract paying $144,300 in minors)
  • 1 year/$0.329M (2006). Re-signed 2/06

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 3.8 0.3 13 8 49.6 44 14 42 7 .265 1.17 3.63 3.83 -3.5 -0.4
80o 0 3.6 0.2 12 7 44.2 42 14 37 6 .279 1.25 4.00 4.22 -4.9 -0.5
70o 0 3.4 0.2 11 6 40.4 40 13 34 6 .288 1.31 4.28 4.51 -5.7 -0.6
60o 0 3.3 0.2 10 6 37.2 38 13 31 6 .297 1.37 4.52 4.76 -6.2 -0.7
50o 0 3.1 0.2 9 5 34.3 37 12 29 6 .305 1.42 4.74 4.99 -6.6 -0.7
40o 0 2.9 0.1 8 5 31.4 35 11 26 5 .313 1.47 4.97 5.23 -6.8 -0.7
30o 0 2.8 0.1 8 4 28.4 33 11 24 5 .321 1.53 5.22 5.48 -6.9 -0.7
20o 0 2.5 0.1 7 4 25.1 30 10 21 5 .331 1.60 5.51 5.79 -6.9 -0.7
10o 0 2.2 0.1 5 3 20.5 26 9 17 4 .345 1.71 5.93 6.22 -6.5 -0.7
Weighted Mean03.10.29533.73612285.3031.414.714.96-6.3-0.7

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DateQuestionAnswer
2015-07-23 17:00:00 (link to chat)Rank these Theo Epstein trade fleecings: 1. Rangers - 2 trades (recevied Hendricks, Villanueva, Edwards, Grimm, Ramirez, and Olt for Dempster and Garza rentals (resulted in 0 WS)). 2. Orioles (received Jake Arrieta, Pedro Strop, and international bonus money for Scott Feldman and Steve Clevenger. 3. A's (received Addison Russell (!), Billy McKinney, and Dan Straily for Jeff Samardzija and Jason Hammel (who promptly returned to Cubs in FA)). Also, are you still a little in shock that Billy Beane traded Addison Russell?
(Mark from Bleacher Nation)
That's a fun question.

The Arrieta trade, the Russell trade, and the Rangers trade. I was not in shock about it (nothing Beane does is on the shock level) but I was very surprised. (Mike Gianella)
2013-07-02 13:00:00 (link to chat)How come Goofy can talk and walk and live on his own but Pluto is someone's pet and can't talk or live on his own? Both are dogs.
(Free Boosie from ATL)
So it looks like the Orioles in the last hour or so, per reports, have indeed traded from their quantity of starting pitching. Reports have them getting Scott Feldman as part of a deal sending Jake Arrietta and Pedro Strop to the Cubs. I think it's somewhat of an upgrade but I still think their lineup offers places for more predictable improvements.

Oh, and Free Boosie indeed. (Zachary Levine)
2013-05-07 13:00:00 (link to chat)Any reason to be believe in Scott Feldman's success?
(MickeyRivers from NJ)
No. (Paul Sporer)
2012-12-20 14:00:00 (link to chat)Lindbergh and miller talked about their favorite/least favorites moves on the podcast the other day. Your favorite/least favorite offseason move?
(Roberto from jury duty (fml))
Glad I could make jury duty go by a little faster, Roberto - and I've got my own appearance to look forward to not long from now.

If we count extensions, I wasn't a fan of the Brandon League move for the Dodgers; if we limit this to free-agent signings, relative to some of the deals handed out since, the three-year, $25 million hitch the Royals gave Jeremy Guthrie seems a little out of place. Specifically, I liked the one-year, $6 million deal for Scott Feldman and the two-year, $15.5 million deal for Brandon McCarthy. And from a bullpen standpoint, one year and $4.25 million for Koji Uehara looks good.

To just choose two, I'll take League and Feldman. (Daniel Rathman)
2012-01-10 13:00:00 (link to chat)Assuming Yu signs in Texas, any idea how the rest of the rotation shakes out? Is Ogando, Harrison, or Lewis the odd man out? Is the odd man out worth targeting as guys like Feliz and Yu may have their innings curtailed a bit?
(jaymoff from Salem, OR)
Not Lewis, unless he gets traded (which doesn't seem very likely). Moving Ogando back to the bullpen is the most logical thing, but word is that they'll approach the situation like they did with Napoli last year. Depth isn't a bad thing, and they'll work it out during Spring Training. At this point, though, either Ogando or Harrison to the bullpen makes the most sense. Rarely will a team make it through the year with the same five starters, so they'll hang onto the depth and plug guys in as need be. So yes, the odd man out is probably worth speculating on unless, say, they move Ogando to the bullpen and tell us that they won't want to move him and back forth and will use him as a starter even if an opening arises (maybe using Scott Feldman as their sixth). (Derek Carty)
2009-09-24 14:00:00 (link to chat)With this scenario: Rangers win their final 11 games: Angels go 3-7 (meaning that they go 3-3 in games which they don't have in common) In those final 11 games, Scott Feldman pitches shutouts (or, more likely, typical Scott Feldman 6+ innings, <2 runs) in his 3 remaining starts, winning all 3 of them to get to a record of 20-5. How much Cy Young consideration will he get?
(Ira from North Texas)
More than he will deserve.

Bless you, Ira. Seriously. (Joe Sheehan)
2009-08-05 13:00:00 (link to chat)How is Scott Feldman doing it, and can he continue to do so?
(buffum from Austin TX)
I wish he was better about keeping the ball on the ground, given his home park and the lack of punch outs, but there's no reason that he can't continue to be an average starter as long as the ball isn't going yard. He's never displayed a consistent issue with homers (though things got a bit iffy last year so it's possible he keeps it up. (Marc Normandin)


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PITCHf/x Pitcher Profile

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Although he has not thrown an MLB pitch in 2023, Scott Feldman threw 22,526 pitches that were tracked by the PITCHf/x system between 2007 and 2017, all of them occuring in Spring Training. In 2017, he relied primarily on his Cutter (89mph), Sinker (90mph) and Curve (76mph). He also rarely threw a Change (82mph) and Fourseam Fastball (89mph).