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Portrait of Jose Ascanio

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Career Summary
Years G IP W L SV ERA WARP
10 43 46 1 3 0 5.28 0.5
Birth Date5-2-1985
Height5' 11"
Weight195 lbs
Age38 years, 11 months, 23 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
2007 ATL MLB 13 0 16.0 1 1 0 17 6 13 3 100 9.6 3.4 1.7 7.3 0% .269 1.44 5.10 5.06 111 4.82 99.7 0.1
2008 CHN MLB 6 0 5.7 0 0 0 8 4 3 1 101 12.7 6.4 1.6 4.8 0% .333 2.12 6.98 7.94 117 4.92 104.9 0.0
2009 CHN 0 14 0 15.3 0 1 0 18 9 18 1 98 10.6 5.3 0.6 10.6 0% .395 1.76 3.70 3.52 92 3.24 69.6 0.3
2009 PIT 0 2 0 2.7 0 1 0 4 0 2 0 101 13.5 0.0 0.0 6.8 0% .400 1.50 2.67 6.75 127 7.28 156.1 -0.1
2011 PIT MLB 8 0 6.3 0 0 0 10 2 5 2 98 14.2 2.8 2.8 7.1 0% .364 1.89 6.46 7.11 93 3.78 87.9 0.1
2009 TOT MLB 16 0 18.0 0 2 0 22 9 20 1 99 11.0 4.5 0.5 10.0 0% .000 1.72 3.55 4.00 98 3.84 82.4 0.3
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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-
2004 ROM A SAL 34 0 65.7 3 3 9 58 15 64 6 7.9 2.1 0.8 8.8 0% .280 1.11 3.58 3.84 0 0.00 0.0
2005 MYR A+ CRL 5 3 20.7 3 1 0 26 9 12 5 11.3 3.9 2.2 5.2 0% -.808 1.69 6.61 6.09 0 0.00 0.0
2006 MYR A+ CRL 8 6 31.1 1 1 0 38 20 23 0 73 11.0 5.8 0.0 6.7 0% .376 1.86 4.00 4.92 102 6.89 144.6
2006 MIS AA SOU 24 0 38.0 4 2 0 37 17 37 2 8.8 4.0 0.5 8.8 0% .321 1.42 3.52 4.26 0 0.00 0.0
2007 ATL MLB NL 13 0 16.0 1 1 0 17 6 13 3 100 9.6 3.4 1.7 7.3 0% .269 1.44 5.10 5.06 111 4.82 99.7
2007 MIS AA SOU 44 1 78.0 2 2 10 66 18 71 1 89 7.6 2.1 0.1 8.2 0% .297 1.08 2.61 2.54 77 3.32 68.0
2007 CAR Wnt VWL 20 0 19.0 1 1 3 11 5 23 3 5.2 2.4 1.4 10.9 0% .195 0.84 3.37 1.89 0 0.00 0.0
2008 CHN MLB NL 6 0 5.7 0 0 0 8 4 3 1 101 12.7 6.4 1.6 4.8 0% .333 2.12 6.98 7.94 117 4.92 104.9
2008 IOW AAA PCL 40 0 54.7 2 1 11 54 23 58 10 108 8.9 3.8 1.6 9.5 0% .295 1.41 5.27 5.10 100 4.79 98.1
2009 CHN MLB NL 14 0 15.3 0 1 0 18 9 18 1 98 10.6 5.3 0.6 10.6 0% .395 1.76 3.70 3.52 92 3.24 69.6
2009 PIT MLB NL 2 0 2.7 0 1 0 4 0 2 0 101 13.5 0.0 0.0 6.8 0% .400 1.50 2.67 6.75 127 7.28 156.1
2009 IND AAA INT 1 1 6.7 0 1 0 6 1 9 1 120 8.1 1.3 1.3 12.1 0% .333 1.04 2.85 2.69 69 3.01 63.3
2009 IOW AAA PCL 12 12 51.3 2 4 0 47 18 47 1 88 8.2 3.2 0.2 8.2 0% .313 1.27 3.27 3.16 84 3.81 80.3
2010 BRD A+ FSL 1 1 2.0 0 0 0 2 0 4 0 9.0 0.0 0.0 18.0 0% .500 1.00 -0.57 0.00 0 0.00 0.0
2010 PIR Rk GCL 1 1 1.0 0 0 0 0 1 3 0 104 0.0 9.0 0.0 27.0 0% .000 1.00 0.50 0.00 0 0.00 0.0
2011 PIT MLB NL 8 0 6.3 0 0 0 10 2 5 2 98 14.2 2.8 2.8 7.1 0% .364 1.89 6.46 7.11 93 3.78 87.9
2011 BRD A+ FSL 3 2 3.7 0 0 0 4 1 6 0 112 9.8 2.5 0.0 14.7 0% .400 1.36 0.92 9.82 64 2.90 59.2
2011 IND AAA INT 30 5 44.0 2 3 1 50 15 50 2 102 10.2 3.1 0.4 10.2 0% .378 1.48 2.84 4.91 77 5.33 108.9
2011 CAR Wnt LVB 10 2 18.7 0 0 0 13 2 15 2 6.3 1.0 1.0 7.2 0% .229 0.80 2.98 2.41 0 0.00 0.0
2015 OAX AAA MEX 41 0 46.7 3 5 16 56 15 35 3 10.8 2.9 0.6 6.8 0% .349 1.52 4.02 3.09 0 0.00 0.0
2018 LEO Wnt VWL 23 0 23.0 1 3 2 28 13 19 4 11.0 5.1 1.6 7.4 43% .300 1.78 5.56 6.26 0 0.00 0.0

Plate Discipline

YEAR Pits Zone% Swing% Contact% Z-Swing% O-Swing% Z-Contact% O-Contact% SwStr%
2008 111 0.4505 0.4595 0.7843 0.7600 0.2131 0.8421 0.6154 0.2157
2009 336 0.4792 0.4643 0.7692 0.6149 0.3257 0.8788 0.5789 0.2308
2011 110 0.4000 0.4182 0.7391 0.6136 0.2879 0.8889 0.5263 0.2609
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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
2011-04-21 2011-04-21 On-Alr 0 0 Face Contusion Batted Ball -
2011-03-22 2011-05-11 15-DL 50 36 Right Elbow Recovery From Strain -
2011-02-22 2011-03-22 Camp 28 0 Right Elbow Strain -
2010-08-18 2010-08-18 Off 0 0 Right Hand Contusion -
2010-03-26 2010-10-04 60-DL 192 162 Right Shoulder Recovery From Surgery Labrum 2009-10-02
2009-08-12 2009-10-05 60-DL 54 49 Right Shoulder Surgery Labrum 2009-10-02

Compensation

Year Team Salary
2013 PIT $
2012 PIT $
2011 PIT $416,000
2010 PIT $410,000
YearsDescriptionSalary
2 yrPrevious$826,000
2 yrTotal$826,000

 

Service TimeAgentContract Status
2 y 81 d1 year/$0.416M (2011)

Details
  • 1 year/$0.416M (2011). Re-signed by Pittsburgh 3/11.
  • 1 year/$0.41M (2010). Re-signed by Pittsburgh 3/2/10
  • 1 year/$0.405M (2009). Re-signed by Chicago Cubs 2/25/09. Acquired by Pittsburgh in trade from Cubs 7/30/09
  • 1 year (2008).
  • 1 year (2007). Re-signed 3/07.
  • 1 year (2006). Contract purchased 11/05. Re-signed 2/06.
  • Signed 2001 as an amateur free agent from Venezuela.

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
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BP Annual Player Comments

YearComment
2012 Jose Ascanio has mid-90s heat, but he's been derailed by arm injuries—labrum surgery following the 2009 season, and an elbow strain last spring. He'll keep getting chances somewhere as long as he can throw hard.
2011 Ascanio had a lost year after undergoing labrum surgery in October 2009, not making his 2010 debut until August, after which he made it through only two minor-league rehab appearances before suffering a hand injury in a home accident, ending his season. Ascanio has pitched a grand total of five times since the Pirates acquired him from the Cubs at the 2009 deadline. Armed with a four-seam fastball that reaches 95 mph and a solid two-seamer, the near-26-year-old Ascanio has a chance to be an effective middle reliever or more—if he can ever get healthy.
2010 The Pirates never really got the chance to see what they had in Jose Ascanio after acquiring him from the Cubs before he landed on the DL with a shoulder that eventually required surgery in October to repair his rotator cuff; he won't be able to return to game action until at least June.
2009 The hard-throwing Ascanio had opportunities to sneak into the back end of the bullpen, but tendencies towards high strikes and too many cookies—especially to left-handed hitters—bode ill. If he can keep pumping gas in the mid-90s, he'll get looked at, but the Venezuelan has to be consistent at the right time during the team's moment of need to pan out.
2008 Jose Ascanio is a project with a big-league fastball and a solid slider who was rushed last summer and dealt to the Cubs over the winter.

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PITCHf/x Pitcher Profile

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Although he has not thrown an MLB pitch in 2024, Jose Ascanio threw 776 pitches that were tracked by the PITCHf/x system between 2007 and 2011, including pitches thrown in . In 2011, he relied primarily on his Fourseam Fastball (94mph), Curve (78mph) and Sinker (92mph), also mixing in a Change (83mph).