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Esmerling Vasquez P

Career Summary

Years	G	IP	W	L	SV	ERA	WARP
11	147	168.7	5	12	0	4.86	-2.1

Birth Date	11-7-1983
Height	6' 1"
Weight	200 lbs

Age	40 years, 5 months, 9 days
Bats	R
Throws	R

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MLB Statistics

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
2009	ARI	MLB	53	0	53.0	3	3	52	29	45	4	99	8.8	4.9	0.7	7.6	0%	.306	1.53	4.14	4.42	105	4.82	103.3	0.2
2010	ARI	MLB	57	0	53.7	1	6	46	38	55	6	96	7.7	6.4	1.0	9.2	0%	.296	1.57	4.96	5.20	128	6.83	154.2	-1.2
2011	ARI	MLB	31	0	30.3	1	1	27	13	20	2	100	8.0	3.9	0.6	5.9	0%	.269	1.32	4.21	4.15	122	6.06	140.8	-0.5
2012	MIN	MLB	6	6	31.7	0	2	32	19	14	2	104	9.1	5.4	0.6	4.0	0%	.286	1.61	4.87	5.68	133	6.94	159.1	-0.7
Career		MLB	147	6	168.7	5	12	157	99	134	14	99	8.4	5.3	0.7	7.2	37%	.292	1.52	4.55	4.86	121	6.08	136.7	-2.1

Statistics for All Levels

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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	YAK	A-	NWN	5	0	5.7	0	0	1	10	0	7	1		15.8	0.0	1.6	11.1	0%	.450	1.75	3.40	6.32	0	0.00	0.0
2004	MSO	Rk	PIO	19	0	30.7	3	2	5	22	21	33	1		6.4	6.2	0.3	9.7	0%	.284	1.40	5.24	3.52	0	0.00	0.0
2005	SBN	A	MDW	53	0	71.7	6	4	3	63	47	79	2	22	7.9	5.9	0.3	9.9	0%	-.459	1.53	3.79	3.64	96	4.74	93.5
2006	LNC	A+	CLF	34	18	117.1	4	9	0	129	51	115	9	83	9.9	3.9	0.7	8.8	0%	.333	1.54	4.40	5.92	92	4.19	88.0
2007	MOB	AA	SOU	29	29	165.3	10	6	0	125	60	151	11	97	6.8	3.3	0.6	8.2	0%	.266	1.12	3.74	2.99	92	3.51	72.1
2007	SUR	Wnt	AFL	8	0	7.7	0	0	0	4	7	7	0		4.7	8.2	0.0	8.2	0%	.222	1.43	6.00	2.34	0	0.00	0.0
2008	TUC	AAA	PCL	24	15	83.0	3	6	0	79	73	57	11	118	8.6	7.9	1.2	6.2	0%	.278	1.83	6.90	6.72	134	6.15	125.8
2009	ARI	MLB	NL	53	0	53.0	3	3	0	52	29	45	4	99	8.8	4.9	0.7	7.6	0%	.306	1.53	4.14	4.42	105	4.82	103.3
2009	RNO	AAA	PCL	6	0	9.7	0	0	1	7	3	9	0	122	6.5	2.8	0.0	8.4	0%	.269	1.03	2.52	0.93	77	2.92	61.3
2009	EST	Wnt	DWL	2	0	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0		0.0	0.0	0.0	9.0	0%	.000	0.00	1.28	0.00	0	0.00	0.0
2010	ARI	MLB	NL	57	0	53.7	1	6	0	46	38	55	6	96	7.7	6.4	1.0	9.2	0%	.296	1.57	4.96	5.20	128	6.83	154.2
2010	RNO	AAA	PCL	1	0	1.0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0		9.0	0.0	0.0	9.0	0%	.333	1.00	1.58	0.00	0	0.00	0.0
2011	ARI	MLB	NL	31	0	30.3	1	1	0	27	13	20	2	100	8.0	3.9	0.6	5.9	0%	.269	1.32	4.21	4.15	122	6.06	140.8
2011	RNO	AAA	PCL	23	0	27.7	2	2	0	26	21	26	3		8.5	6.8	1.0	8.5	0%	.288	1.70	5.91	6.18	112	4.11	83.9
2011	EST	Wnt	LID	12	0	9.0	1	1	0	7	7	5	0		7.0	7.0	0.0	5.0	0%	.241	1.56	4.95	3.00	0	0.00	0.0
2012	MIN	MLB	AL	6	6	31.7	0	2	0	32	19	14	2	104	9.1	5.4	0.6	4.0	0%	.286	1.61	4.87	5.68	133	6.94	159.1
2012	ROC	AAA	INT	31	8	100.3	9	6	0	74	39	98	8	98	6.6	3.5	0.7	8.8	0%	.263	1.13	3.61	2.78	91	3.31	69.0
2016	EST	Wnt	DWL	11	0	8.7	0	0	0	10	3	8	0		10.4	3.1	0.0	8.3	0%	.370	1.50	1.88	3.12	0	0.00	0.0
2019	FRI	AA	TEX	5	4	17.7	1	2	0	16	15	7	2	107	8.2	7.6	1.0	3.6	46%	.246	1.75	7.35	6.11	146	7.01	144.2
2019	NAS	AAA	PCL	7	4	17.7	1	2	0	15	11	10	0	91	7.6	5.6	0.0	5.1	37%	.263	1.47	5.21	5.60	110	5.56	114.4

Plate Discipline

YEAR	Pits	Zone%	Swing%	Contact%	Z-Swing%	O-Swing%	Z-Contact%	O-Contact%	SwStr%
2009	931	0.4758	0.4662	0.7143	0.6704	0.2807	0.7879	0.5547	0.2857
2010	986	0.4483	0.4087	0.7270	0.5882	0.2629	0.7885	0.6154	0.2730
2011	493	0.4949	0.4483	0.8281	0.6639	0.2369	0.8704	0.7119	0.1719
2012	546	0.4689	0.4286	0.7821	0.5859	0.2897	0.8600	0.6429	0.2179
Career	2956	0.4685	0.4371	0.7500	0.6263	0.2691	0.8152	0.6175	0.2500

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
2007-11-14	2007-11-14	WIN	0	0	Right	Shoulder	Cartilage Injury	Labrum	-

Compensation

Year	Team	Salary
2010	ARI	$404,500

Years	Description	Salary
1 yr	Previous	$404,500
1 yr	Total	$404,500

Service Time	Agent	Contract Status
2 y 99 d		2015

Details

2015. Signed with Seibu Lions of Japan 11/14.
2014
1 year (2013). Re-signed by Minnesota (minor-league contract). Released by Minnesota 6/21/13.
1 year (2012). Sent outright to Triple-A by Minnesota 2/13/12. Contract purchased by Minnesota 9/1/12. Sent outright to Triple-A by Minnesota 10/24/12.
1 year (2011). Re-signed by Arizona 3/11. Claimed by Minnesota off waivers 9/27/11 after being DFA by Arizona 9/23/11.
1 year/$0.4045M (2010). Re-signed by Arizona 3/11/10.
1 year (2009). Re-signed by Arizona 3/3/09.
1 year (2008). Contract purchased by Arizona 11/20/07. Re-signed by Arizona 3/9/08.
Signed by Arizona 3/2/03 as 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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PITCHf/x Pitcher Profile

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Although he has not thrown an MLB pitch in 2024, Esmerling Vasquez threw 3,072 pitches that were tracked by the PITCHf/x system between 2009 and 2012, all of them occuring in Spring Training. In 2012, he relied primarily on his Fourseam Fastball (92mph) and Change (83mph), also mixing in a Slider (79mph), Sinker (91mph) and Curve (75mph).