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2019 Projections (Preseason PECOTA - seasonal age 33)
IP ERA WHIP SO W L SV WARP
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Birth Date10-1-1985
Height6' 4"
Weight225 lbs
Age38 years, 6 months, 24 days
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2018
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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
2009 CHN MLB 2 0 2.0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 102 4.5 0.0 0.0 0.0 0% .143 0.50 3.05 0.00 105 4.95 106.1 0.0
2010 CHN MLB 5 0 10.0 0 0 0 12 6 10 2 95 10.8 5.4 1.8 9.0 0% .333 1.80 5.80 6.30 86 3.43 77.4 0.2
2011 BAL MLB 3 3 10.7 0 0 0 21 3 7 5 117 17.7 2.5 4.2 5.9 0% .400 2.25 8.96 8.44 144 8.61 200.1 -0.4
CareerMLB10322.700034917710613.53.62.86.836%.3511.907.046.751166.00137.7-0.3

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 BOI A- NWN 15 15 73.3 3 6 0 85 30 59 8 100 10.4 3.7 1.0 7.2 0% -.726 1.57 4.88 5.03 110 5.74 113.1
2006 PEO A MDW 25 25 138.0 13 4 0 110 53 127 10 54 7.2 3.5 0.7 8.3 0% .265 1.18 3.62 2.41 95 3.57 75.0
2007 DAY A+ FSL 20 20 115.0 8 7 0 99 31 88 14 101 7.7 2.4 1.1 6.9 0% .261 1.13 4.37 3.13 102 3.40 69.8
2007 TEN AA SOU 7 4 26.0 1 1 0 30 11 18 5 103 10.4 3.8 1.7 6.2 0% .301 1.58 6.00 5.54 122 6.26 128.5
2008 TEN AA SOU 18 18 110.0 9 6 0 107 27 88 14 112 8.8 2.2 1.1 7.2 0% .282 1.22 4.11 3.76 92 4.00 81.8
2008 IOW AAA PCL 10 10 54.3 8 1 0 48 23 44 11 115 8.0 3.8 1.8 7.3 0% .243 1.31 5.98 4.48 107 2.90 59.4
2009 CHN MLB NL 2 0 2.0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 102 4.5 0.0 0.0 0.0 0% .143 0.50 3.05 0.00 105 4.95 106.1
2009 IOW AAA PCL 27 27 146.3 8 12 0 164 52 127 26 86 10.1 3.2 1.6 7.8 0% .314 1.48 5.31 6.58 120 6.41 134.8
2010 CHN MLB NL 5 0 10.0 0 0 0 12 6 10 2 95 10.8 5.4 1.8 9.0 0% .333 1.80 5.80 6.30 86 3.43 77.4
2010 IOW AAA PCL 28 15 106.7 8 3 1 98 42 76 14 96 8.3 3.5 1.2 6.4 0% .263 1.31 5.12 3.63 0 0.00 0.0
2011 BAL MLB AL 3 3 10.7 0 0 0 21 3 7 5 117 17.7 2.5 4.2 5.9 0% .400 2.25 8.96 8.44 144 8.61 200.1
2011 FRD A+ CAR 2 2 9.0 0 1 0 7 0 14 1 85 7.0 0.0 1.0 14.0 0% .316 0.78 1.89 3.00 53 2.83 57.9
2011 BOW AA EAS 4 4 26.7 1 2 0 21 11 19 2 78 7.1 3.7 0.7 6.4 0% .247 1.20 4.41 3.38 111 4.62 94.4
2011 NOR AAA INT 17 17 94.3 3 7 0 95 37 74 10 92 9.1 3.5 1.0 7.1 0% .299 1.40 4.63 5.44 109 4.92 100.4
2012 SYR AAA INT 28 20 118.3 6 9 0 133 39 91 12 101 10.1 3.0 0.9 6.9 0% .321 1.45 3.97 4.87 99 5.52 114.9
2012 MAG Wnt VWL 3 0 2.0 0 0 0 6 0 2 2 27.0 0.0 9.0 9.0 0% .444 3.00 14.23 13.50 0 0.00 0.0
2013 MIS AA SOU 17 16 96.0 5 2 0 97 35 76 6 97 9.1 3.3 0.6 7.1 0% .312 1.38 3.38 3.47 98 4.75 103.2
2014 MIS AA SOU 17 17 107.0 6 1 0 100 19 90 13 93 8.4 1.6 1.1 7.6 0% .283 1.11 3.78 3.45 99 4.39 93.0
2014 GWN AAA INT 11 5 34.3 1 3 0 33 17 20 1 108 8.7 4.5 0.3 5.2 0% .283 1.46 4.13 4.72 110 4.59 97.2
2016 PME AA EAS 30 20 126.7 6 7 2 134 41 145 15 108 9.5 2.9 1.1 10.3 33% .351 1.38 3.81 4.48 93 4.99 110.1
2016 PAW AAA INT 1 0 4.7 0 0 0 0 1 6 0 0.0 1.9 0.0 11.6 38% .000 0.21 1.24 0.00 51 1.86 41.2
2017 LVG AAA PCL 14 14 78.0 4 8 0 90 27 57 13 105 10.4 3.1 1.5 6.6 31% .307 1.50 5.58 5.65 114 5.13 109.1

Plate Discipline

YEAR Pits Zone% Swing% Contact% Z-Swing% O-Swing% Z-Contact% O-Contact% SwStr%
2009 21 0.6190 0.6190 0.8462 0.6154 0.6250 0.8750 0.8000 0.1538
2010 204 0.5098 0.4412 0.7111 0.5962 0.2800 0.8065 0.5000 0.2889
2011 231 0.5281 0.4113 0.8526 0.6148 0.1835 0.9067 0.6500 0.1474
Career4560.52410.43420.78900.60650.24700.86040.58980.2110

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
2014-04-28 2014-05-10 Minors 12 0 Right Groin Strain - -
2011-04-07 2011-04-17 Minors 10 6 Left Abdomen Recovery From Strain Oblique -
2011-02-17 2011-03-22 Camp 33 0 Left Abdomen Strain Oblique -

Compensation

Year Team Salary

 

Service TimeAgentContract Status
0 y 39 d1 year (2017)

Details
  • 1 year (2017). Signed by NY Mets as a free agent 6/22/17 (minor-league contract).
  • 1 year (2016). Signed by Boston as a free agent 2/11/16 (minor-league contract).
  • 1 year (2015). Signed by Texas as a free agent 12/14 (minor-league contract). Released by Texas 3/30/15.
  • 1 year (2014). Re-signed by Atlanta (minor-league contract).
  • 1 year (2013). Signed by Atlanta as a free agent 6/3/13 (minor-league contract).
  • 1 year (2012). Signed by Washington as a free agent 2/3/12 (minor-league contract).
  • 1 year (2011). Signed by Baltimore as a free agent 11/15/10 (minor-league contract).
  • 1 year (2010). Re-signed by Chicago Cubs 2/10. DFA by Chicago Cubs 9/20/10.
  • 1 year (2009). Contract purchased by Chicago Cubs 11/19/08. Re-signed 2/25/09.
  • Drafted by Chicago Cubs 2004 (7-216) (NE Guilford HS, N.C.). $0.149M 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 7.2 0 0.1 11 9 50.2 44 15 43 8 .252 1.17 4.10 4.62 -7.5 -0.8
80o 6.1 0 0.1 10 8 44.4 41 14 38 8 .265 1.25 4.51 5.08 -8.7 -0.9
70o 5.3 0 0.1 9 7 40.4 40 13 34 8 .274 1.31 4.81 5.41 -9.3 -1.0
60o 4.7 0 0.1 8 7 37.0 38 13 32 7 .282 1.37 5.07 5.7 -9.6 -1.0
50o 4.2 0 0.1 8 6 33.9 36 12 29 7 .290 1.42 5.32 5.98 -9.8 -1.1
40o 3.7 0 0 7 6 30.9 34 12 26 7 .298 1.48 5.57 6.26 -9.8 -1.1
30o 3.2 0 0 6 5 27.7 32 11 24 6 .306 1.54 5.84 6.57 -9.7 -1.1
20o 2.6 0 0 5 4 24.1 29 10 21 6 .316 1.61 6.17 6.93 -9.3 -1.0
10o 1.9 0 0 4 3 19.3 25 8 16 5 .329 1.71 6.63 7.45 -8.5 -0.9
Weighted Mean4.100.17633.23512287.2881.415.285.94-9.5-1.0

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PITCHf/x Pitcher Profile

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Although he has not thrown an MLB pitch in 2024, Mitch Atkins threw 2,062 pitches that were tracked by the PITCHf/x system between 2009 and 2023, all of them occuring in Spring Training. In 2023, he relied primarily on his Fourseam Fastball (85mph), also mixing in a Cutter (80mph), Curve (72mph) and Change (79mph).