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2019 Projections (Preseason PECOTA - seasonal age 32)
IP ERA WHIP SO W L SV WARP
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Birth Date11-1-1986
Height6' 2"
Weight210 lbs
Age37 years, 5 months, 25 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
2012 HOU MLB 52 0 55.0 1 1 0 65 29 46 8 100 10.6 4.7 1.3 7.5 0% .339 1.71 5.04 6.05 115 5.81 133.1 -0.7
2013 HOU MLB 20 0 21.3 0 2 0 25 11 10 2 99 10.5 4.6 0.8 4.2 0% .315 1.69 5.18 3.38 127 6.67 159.6 -0.5
2018 TOR MLB 2 0 3.3 0 0 0 3 2 4 0 109 8.1 5.4 0.0 10.8 44% .333 1.50 2.59 2.70 118 5.31 118.7 0.0
CareerMLB74079.71309342601010110.54.71.16.838%.3331.694.975.201186.02139.6-1.2

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-
2007 DME Rk DSL 4 1 13.3 0 1 1 8 10 18 0 5.4 6.8 0.0 12.2 0% .267 1.35 3.65 2.71 0 0.00 0.0
2007 KNG Rk APL 11 0 12.7 1 1 4 7 14 13 0 101 5.0 9.9 0.0 9.2 0% .259 1.65 5.01 0.71 132 6.18 126.9
2007 MTS Rk GCL 4 0 6.0 2 0 0 1 5 4 0 110 1.5 7.5 0.0 6.0 0% .071 1.00 5.60 0.00 118 2.89 59.3
2008 SAV A SAL 15 0 30.3 2 2 1 27 14 33 4 92 8.0 4.2 1.2 9.8 0% .288 1.35 4.68 5.05 108 4.95 101.3
2008 BRO A- NYP 6 0 9.7 0 0 1 9 6 13 1 90 8.4 5.6 0.9 12.1 0% .333 1.55 4.74 3.71 103 4.80 98.2
2009 SAV A SAL 50 0 61.0 3 3 22 42 31 55 2 84 6.2 4.6 0.3 8.1 0% .255 1.20 3.99 1.92 113 4.14 87.1
2009 GIG Wnt DWL 3 0 3.3 0 0 0 3 2 1 0 8.2 5.5 0.0 2.7 0% .250 1.52 5.40 8.18 0 0.00 0.0
2010 SLU A+ FSL 51 0 75.3 0 5 6 62 53 66 6 7.4 6.3 0.7 7.9 0% .275 1.53 5.30 3.47 0 0.00 0.0
2011 SLU A+ FSL 8 0 13.0 2 1 0 9 6 18 1 6.2 4.2 0.7 12.5 0% .286 1.15 3.45 2.77 74 2.75 56.2
2011 BIN AA EAS 36 0 58.7 3 2 7 43 39 51 4 6.6 6.0 0.6 7.8 0% .242 1.40 4.80 4.14 116 4.22 86.2
2011 GIG Wnt LID 21 0 18.3 0 0 0 11 10 17 1 5.4 4.9 0.5 8.3 0% .213 1.15 3.55 1.47 0 0.00 0.0
2012 HOU MLB NL 52 0 55.0 1 1 0 65 29 46 8 100 10.6 4.7 1.3 7.5 0% .339 1.71 5.04 6.05 115 5.81 133.1
2012 OKL AAA PCL 2 0 1.7 0 0 0 1 1 3 0 5.4 5.4 0.0 16.2 0% .500 1.20 3.66 5.40 71 2.65 55.2
2012 GIG Wnt DWL 16 0 14.0 1 1 0 12 9 18 1 7.7 5.8 0.6 11.6 0% .333 1.50 3.85 2.57 0 0.00 0.0
2012 LEO Wnt VWL 1 0 0.0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0% 1.000 0.00 0.00 0.00 0 0.00 0.0
2013 HOU MLB AL 20 0 21.3 0 2 0 25 11 10 2 99 10.5 4.6 0.8 4.2 0% .315 1.69 5.18 3.38 127 6.67 159.6
2013 OKL AAA PCL 37 0 41.7 1 2 2 34 32 38 6 7.3 6.9 1.3 8.2 0% .252 1.58 6.13 4.75 124 4.70 102.1
2013 ESP int WBC 2 0 1.3 0 0 0 4 1 2 1 27.0 6.8 6.8 13.5 0% .600 3.75 14.88 20.25 0 0.00 0.0
2014 OKL AAA PCL 14 0 20.0 1 1 0 19 7 19 0 8.6 3.2 0.0 8.6 0% .317 1.30 2.84 2.25 83 3.78 80.0
2016 VAQ AAA MEX 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 1 2 2 0 9.0 18.0 0.0 18.0 0% .500 3.00 5.43 18.00 0 0.00 0.0
2016 YUC AAA MEX 7 0 6.0 0 2 3 8 4 7 1 12.0 6.0 1.5 10.5 0% .389 2.00 5.26 7.50 0 0.00 0.0
2016 GIG Wnt DWL 13 0 9.0 0 0 0 8 6 11 0 8.0 6.0 0.0 11.0 0% .348 1.56 2.57 4.00 0 0.00 0.0
2017 GWN AAA INT 40 0 50.7 1 5 5 43 24 63 3 7.6 4.3 0.5 11.2 42% .308 1.32 3.22 2.84 89 3.20 68.2
2017 GIG Wnt DWL 9 0 8.3 1 0 0 3 4 8 0 3.2 4.3 0.0 8.6 0% .150 0.84 2.57 1.08 0 0.00 0.0
2018 TOR MLB AL 2 0 3.3 0 0 0 3 2 4 0 109 8.1 5.4 0.0 10.8 44% .333 1.50 2.59 2.70 118 5.31 118.7
2018 BUF AAA INT 6 0 8.7 1 0 1 6 5 9 1 6.2 5.2 1.0 9.3 36% .238 1.27 4.48 1.04 104 4.08 86.3
2018 GIG Wnt DWL 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 9.0 0.0 0.0 9.0 0% .333 1.00 0.80 0.00 0 0.00 0.0

Plate Discipline

YEAR Pits Zone% Swing% Contact% Z-Swing% O-Swing% Z-Contact% O-Contact% SwStr%
2012 979 0.4566 0.4484 0.7403 0.6376 0.2895 0.7789 0.6688 0.2597
2013 380 0.5132 0.4711 0.7765 0.6872 0.2432 0.8284 0.6222 0.2235
2018 55 0.4545 0.4545 0.7600 0.8400 0.1333 0.7619 0.7500 0.2400
Career14140.47170.45470.75080.65880.27100.79150.65940.2492

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
2012-04-24 2012-05-09 15-DL 15 13 Right Ankle Sprain - -

Compensation

Year Team Salary
2018 TOR $
2014 HOU $
2013 HOU $498,000
2012 HOU $480,000
YearsDescriptionSalary
2 yrPrevious$978,000
2 yrTotal$978,000

 

Service TimeAgentContract Status
1 y 143 d2019

Details
  • 2019
  • 1 year (2018). Signed by Toronto as a free agent 1/25/18 (minor-league contract). Contract selected by Toronto 7/4/18. Sent outright to Triple-A by Toronto 11/2/18 (elected free agency).
  • 1 year (2017). Signed by Atlanta as a free agent 12/1/16 (minor-league contract).
  • 2016. Signed by Yucatan of Mexican League 4/30/16. Signed by Laguna of Mexican League 5/18/16.
  • 2015
  • 2014. Released by Houston 6/2/14.
  • 1 year/$0.498M (2013). Re-signed by Houston 3/13. Sent outright to Triple-A by Houston 12/23/13.
  • 1 year (2012). Selected by Houston from NY Mets in Rule 5 draft 12/8/11.
  • Signed by NY Mets as a free agent 2/15/07 (minor-league contract).
  • Released by Detroit 6/06.
  • Signed 2003 by Detroit 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
90o 0 1.6 1.5 50 0 52.8 39 23 54 6 .251 1.19 3.38 3.57 -3.2 -0.3
80o 0 1.3 1.2 43 0 45.8 37 22 47 5 .268 1.30 3.84 4.04 -5.0 -0.5
70o 0 1.1 1 39 0 40.9 36 21 42 5 .281 1.39 4.17 4.4 -6.0 -0.7
60o 0 0.9 0.9 35 0 36.9 34 20 38 5 .292 1.46 4.47 4.71 -6.6 -0.7
50o 0 0.8 0.8 32 0 33.3 32 19 34 5 .302 1.54 4.75 5.01 -7.0 -0.8
40o 0 0.7 0.7 28 0 29.8 30 18 30 4 .312 1.62 5.03 5.31 -7.2 -0.8
30o 0 0.5 0.6 25 0 26.1 28 16 26 4 .323 1.70 5.35 5.64 -7.2 -0.8
20o 0 0.4 0.4 21 0 21.9 25 15 22 4 .336 1.81 5.73 6.04 -7.0 -0.8
10o 0 0.3 0.3 16 0 16.5 20 12 17 3 .355 1.96 6.27 6.62 -6.3 -0.7
Weighted Mean00.80.831032.43118334.2991.524.694.95-6.7-0.7

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PITCHf/x Pitcher Profile

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Although he has not thrown an MLB pitch in 2024, Rhiner Cruz threw 1,473 pitches that were tracked by the PITCHf/x system between 2012 and 2023, all of them occuring in Spring Training. In 2023, he relied primarily on his Fourseam Fastball (92mph), also mixing in a Change (84mph). He also rarely threw a Slider (81mph).