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Birth Date	9-21-1987
Height	6' 0"
Weight	205 lbs

Age	36 years, 7 months, 4 days
Bats	R
Throws	R

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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
2010	MIL	MLB	10	0	10.0	1	0	0	8	6	8	0	98	7.2	5.4	0.0	7.2	0%	.286	1.40	3.30	2.70	90	4.17	94.3	0.1
2011	KCA	MLB	14	0	15.3	1	1	1	12	11	13	1	112	7.0	6.5	0.6	7.6	0%	.262	1.50	4.36	4.70	105	5.10	118.5	-0.1
2012	KCA	MLB	13	0	13.3	0	0	0	19	13	13	0	101	12.8	8.8	0.0	8.8	0%	.404	2.40	4.01	6.75	108	5.36	122.9	-0.1
2013	TOR	MLB	10	0	10.3	1	0	0	8	5	12	1	101	7.0	4.4	0.9	10.5	0%	.280	1.26	3.46	0.87	93	4.00	95.9	0.1
2014	MIL	0	29	0	28.7	1	1	0	27	7	25	1	100	8.5	2.2	0.3	7.8	0%	.321	1.19	2.54	1.88	103	4.04	99.0	0.2
2014	TOR	0	3	0	3.3	0	0	0	8	3	4	0	95	21.6	8.1	0.0	10.8	0%	.667	3.30	5.26	10.80	78	2.03	49.9	0.1
2015	MIL	MLB	72	0	68.0	5	0	0	64	22	67	5	95	8.5	2.9	0.7	8.9	0%	.314	1.26	3.24	2.65	87	3.68	86.1	0.8
2016	MIL	0	47	0	44.7	2	2	27	45	11	35	2	93	9.1	2.2	0.4	7.1	59%	.312	1.25	3.20	2.22	95	4.45	98.5	0.3
2016	TEX	0	12	0	13.3	1	0	0	10	7	7	0	113	6.8	4.7	0.0	4.7	70%	.270	1.28	3.63	2.70	110	5.49	121.5	-0.1
2017	MIL	0	22	1	24.7	4	0	0	24	15	22	2	91	8.8	5.5	0.7	8.0	65%	.301	1.58	4.27	3.65	96	4.42	94.2	0.2
2017	TEX	0	39	0	40.7	1	2	0	49	19	29	8		10.8	4.2	1.8	6.4	56%	.328	1.67	5.82	5.31	113	6.45	137.3	-0.6
2018	MIL	MLB	73	0	76.7	8	1	15	49	27	89	5	95	5.8	3.2	0.6	10.4	58%	.249	0.99	2.74	1.29	75	2.62	58.6	2.0
2019	MIL	MLB	48	0	52.0	3	4	1	54	17	46	5	96	9.3	2.9	0.9	8.0	49%	.322	1.37	3.91	5.02	99	4.80	98.4	0.3
2014	TOT	MLB	32	0	32.0	1	1	0	35	10	29	1	100	9.8	2.8	0.3	8.2	0%	.000	1.41	2.82	2.81	99	3.83	93.9	0.3
2016	TOT	MLB	59	0	58.0	3	2	27	55	18	42	2	97	8.5	2.8	0.3	6.5	61%	.303	1.26	3.30	2.33	98	4.69	103.8	0.2
2017	TOT	MLB	61	1	65.3	5	2	0	73	34	51	10	34	10.1	4.7	1.4	7.0	60%	.318	1.64	5.23	4.68	106	5.68	121.0	-0.4
Career		MLB	392	1	401.0	28	11	44	377	163	370	30	87	8.5	3.7	0.7	8.3	58%	.307	1.35	3.61	3.16	94	4.24	94.2	3.3

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-
2006	BRR	Rk	AZL	13	4	33.0	2	5	0	30	25	37	0	104	8.2	6.8	0.0	10.1	0%	.300	1.67	4.84	6.00	101	4.91	103.0
2007	WVA	A	SAL	18	18	86.3	9	5	0	62	44	95	8	105	6.5	4.6	0.8	9.9	0%	.255	1.23	4.26	3.13	99	3.52	72.2
2008	BRV	A+	FSL	15	14	79.3	4	6	0	65	41	102	5	99	7.4	4.7	0.6	11.6	0%	.323	1.34	3.19	4.09	87	4.24	86.8
2008	HUN	AA	SOU	4	4	14.7	2	1	0	17	11	13	2	103	10.4	6.7	1.2	8.0	0%	.349	1.90	5.89	5.51	115	5.86	119.9
2008	PEJ	Wnt	AFL	3	3	7.0	1	0	0	10	6	7	1		12.9	7.7	1.3	9.0	0%	.391	2.29	7.37	12.86	0	0.00	0.0
2009	BRV	A+	FSL	6	5	33.0	2	1	0	16	22	36	2	93	4.4	6.0	0.5	9.8	0%	.189	1.15	4.07	2.18	100	2.93	61.7
2009	HUN	AA	SOU	8	8	27.3	1	3	0	26	33	34	1	99	8.6	10.9	0.3	11.2	0%	.362	2.16	4.82	7.58	105	6.43	135.2
2010	MIL	MLB	NL	10	0	10.0	1	0	0	8	6	8	0	98	7.2	5.4	0.0	7.2	0%	.286	1.40	3.30	2.70	90	4.17	94.3
2010	WIS	A	MDW	5	0	8.0	0	0	0	0	3	14	0		0.0	3.4	0.0	15.8	0%	.000	0.38	1.60	0.00	0	0.00	0.0
2010	BRV	A+	FSL	8	0	10.0	0	0	1	10	7	14	0		9.0	6.3	0.0	12.6	0%	.370	1.70	2.73	5.40	0	0.00	0.0
2010	HUN	AA	SOU	11	0	14.3	1	1	3	8	2	15	0		5.0	1.3	0.0	9.4	0%	.229	0.70	1.91	1.26	0	0.00	0.0
2010	afw	Wnt	AFL	1	0	1.0	0	0	0	1	1	2	0		9.0	9.0	0.0	18.0	0%	.500	2.00	3.37	0.00	0	0.00	0.0
2010	gcr	Wnt	AFL	10	0	11.7	0	0	0	9	12	14	0		6.9	9.2	0.0	10.8	0%	.281	1.79	5.05	3.08	0	0.00	0.0
2011	KCA	MLB	AL	14	0	15.3	1	1	1	12	11	13	1	112	7.0	6.5	0.6	7.6	0%	.262	1.50	4.36	4.70	105	5.10	118.5
2011	NWA	AA	TEX	9	8	31.7	1	3	0	32	22	20	2	110	9.1	6.3	0.6	5.7	0%	.313	1.71	5.20	4.26	120	6.62	135.1
2011	OMA	AAA	PCL	16	3	24.0	2	3	3	27	18	24	5	92	10.1	6.8	1.9	9.0	0%	.333	1.88	6.86	7.13	116	6.56	134.0
2012	KCA	MLB	AL	13	0	13.3	0	0	0	19	13	13	0	101	12.8	8.8	0.0	8.8	0%	.404	2.40	4.01	6.75	108	5.36	122.9
2012	NWA	AA	TEX	1	0	1.3	0	0	1	0	1	3	0		0.0	6.8	0.0	20.3	0%	.000	0.75	1.02	0.00	54	2.49	51.8
2012	OMA	AAA	PCL	37	0	58.0	5	4	2	52	25	61	4		8.1	3.9	0.6	9.5	0%	.318	1.33	3.74	4.97	85	3.44	71.6
2012	MAR	Wnt	VWL	2	0	3.3	0	0	0	1	1	1	0		2.7	2.7	0.0	2.7	0%	.111	0.60	3.53	0.00	0	0.00	0.0
2013	TOR	MLB	AL	10	0	10.3	1	0	0	8	5	12	1	101	7.0	4.4	0.9	10.5	0%	.280	1.26	3.46	0.87	93	4.00	95.9
2013	DUN	A+	FSL	3	0	5.0	0	0	0	1	0	2	0		1.8	0.0	0.0	3.6	0%	.067	0.20	2.44	0.00	102	2.44	53.0
2013	BUF	AAA	INT	25	0	27.3	1	0	7	22	13	28	0		7.2	4.3	0.0	9.2	0%	.324	1.28	2.58	1.65	89	4.14	89.9
2014	MIL	MLB	NL	29	0	28.7	1	1	0	27	7	25	1	100	8.5	2.2	0.3	7.8	0%	.321	1.19	2.54	1.88	103	4.04	99.0
2014	TOR	MLB	AL	3	0	3.3	0	0	0	8	3	4	0	95	21.6	8.1	0.0	10.8	0%	.667	3.30	5.26	10.80	78	2.03	49.9
2014	NAS	AAA	PCL	30	0	41.7	4	1	5	33	18	45	0		7.1	3.9	0.0	9.7	0%	.317	1.22	2.83	1.51	78	3.39	71.8
2015	MIL	MLB	NL	72	0	68.0	5	0	0	64	22	67	5	95	8.5	2.9	0.7	8.9	0%	.314	1.26	3.24	2.65	87	3.68	86.1
2016	MIL	MLB	NL	47	0	44.7	2	2	27	45	11	35	2	93	9.1	2.2	0.4	7.1	59%	.312	1.25	3.20	2.22	95	4.45	98.5
2016	TEX	MLB	AL	12	0	13.3	1	0	0	10	7	7	0	113	6.8	4.7	0.0	4.7	70%	.270	1.28	3.63	2.70	110	5.49	121.5
2017	MIL	MLB	NL	22	1	24.7	4	0	0	24	15	22	2	91	8.8	5.5	0.7	8.0	65%	.301	1.58	4.27	3.65	96	4.42	94.2
2017	TEX	MLB	AL	39	0	40.7	1	2	0	49	19	29	8		10.8	4.2	1.8	6.4	56%	.328	1.67	5.82	5.31	113	6.45	137.3
2018	MIL	MLB	NL	73	0	76.7	8	1	15	49	27	89	5	95	5.8	3.2	0.6	10.4	58%	.249	0.99	2.74	1.29	75	2.62	58.6
2019	MIL	MLB	NL	48	0	52.0	3	4	1	54	17	46	5	96	9.3	2.9	0.9	8.0	49%	.322	1.37	3.91	5.02	99	4.80	98.4
2019	SAN	AAA	PCL	4	0	4.3	0	0	0	9	0	5	3		18.7	0.0	6.2	10.4	35%	.429	2.08	10.48	14.54	126	7.94	163.5

Plate Discipline

YEAR	Pits	Zone%	Swing%	Contact%	Z-Swing%	O-Swing%	Z-Contact%	O-Contact%	SwStr%
2010	179	0.4413	0.4190	0.7600	0.6456	0.2400	0.8235	0.6250	0.2400
2011	301	0.4784	0.3953	0.7899	0.6181	0.1911	0.8989	0.4667	0.2101
2012	287	0.4948	0.3972	0.7632	0.5915	0.2069	0.7976	0.6667	0.2368
2013	188	0.5638	0.4202	0.7215	0.5377	0.2683	0.7895	0.5455	0.2785
2014	493	0.5355	0.4341	0.8318	0.5833	0.2620	0.8896	0.6833	0.1682
2015	1049	0.4519	0.4623	0.7299	0.6350	0.3200	0.8372	0.5543	0.2701
2016	855	0.4807	0.4585	0.7730	0.5791	0.3468	0.8782	0.6104	0.2270
2017	1135	0.4317	0.4441	0.7599	0.6286	0.3039	0.8701	0.5867	0.2401
2018	1211	0.4748	0.4740	0.6899	0.6435	0.3208	0.7973	0.4951	0.3101
2019	860	0.4733	0.4791	0.7888	0.6806	0.2980	0.8520	0.6593	0.2112
Career	6558	0.4715	0.4526	0.7535	0.6251	0.2991	0.8461	0.5823	0.2465

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
2011-08-28	2011-09-05	Minors	8	8	-		Not Disclosed		-	-

Compensation

Year	Team	Salary
2020	CHN	$850,000
2019	MIL	$3,175,000
2018	MIL	$1,700,000
2017	TEX	$2,100,000
2016	MIL	$519,100
2015	MIL	$510,500
2014	TOR	$507,600
2013	TOR	$495,900
2011	KCA	$414,500

Years	Description	Salary
10 yr	Previous	$10,272,600
10 yr	Total	$10,272,600

Service Time	Agent	Contract Status
7 y 90 d	Roc Nation	1 year (2021)

Details

1 year (2021). Signed by Washington as a free agent 2/22/21 (minor-league contract). $1.25M salary in majors. May earn additional $1.25M in performance bonuses. Released by Washington 3/7/21.
1 year/$850,000 (2020). Signed by Chicago Cubs as a free agent 1/28/20. May earn additional $200,000 in performance bonuses based on games pitched.
1 year/$1.7M (2018), plus 2019, 2020 club options. Re-signed by Milwaukee 12/1/17 (avoided arbitration). 18:$1.7M, 19:$3.175M club option, 20:$4.3M club option. Annual performance bonuses based on games finished, innings: $50,000 each for 15, 20 GF. $0.1M each for 25, 30 GF. $0.15M each for 35, 40 GF. $0.175M each for 45, 50 GF. $0.25M for 55 GF. $25,000 for 20 IP. $50,000 each for 30, 40 IP. $75,000 for 50 IP. $0.1M for 60 IP. $0.15M for 70 IP. $0.25M for 80 IP. $0.3M for 90 IP. Milwaukee exercised 2019 option 10/31/18. DFA, released by Milwaukee 9/1/19.,
1 year/$2.1M (2017). Re-signed by Texas 1/13/17 (avoided arbitration). Performance bonuses: $50,000 each for 55, 60, 65 games. $0.1M for 70 games. Acquired by Milwaukee in trade from Texas 7/31/17 with $711,475 remaining on contract.
1 year/$519,100 (2016). Re-signed by Milwaukee 3/16. Acquired by Texas 8/1/16 with $175,870 remaining on contract. Placed on restricted list 8/26/16 (DWI arrest). Reinstated 9/23/16.
1 year/$510,500 (2015). Re-signed by Milwaukee 3/15.
1 year/$507,600 (2014). Re-signed by Toronto 3/14. DFA by Toronto 4/5/14. Sent outright to Triple-A 4/15/14 (refused assignment). Signed by Milwaukee as a free agent 4/18/14 (minor-league contract). Contract selected by Milwaukee 7/21/14.
1 year/$495,900 (2013). Re-signed by Toronto 3/13. DFA by Toronto 4/6/13. Sent outright to Triple-A by Toronto 4/16/13. Contract selected by Toronto 9/3/13.
1 year/$481,725 (2012). Re-signed by Kansas City 2/10/12. Acquired by Toronto in trade 11/8/12 after being DFA by Kansas City 11/2/12.
1 year/$414,500 (2011). Signed by Kansas City 2/11.
1 year (2010). Contract purchased by Milwaukee 6/29/10. Recalled 9/1/10. Acquired by Kansas City in trade from Milwaukee 12/19/10 (Greinke deal).
Drafted by Milwaukee 2006 (1-16). $1.55M signing bonus.

2019 Preseason Forecast

Last Update: 1/27/2017 12:35 ET

PCT	W	SV	G	IP	H	BB	SO	HR	BABIP	WHIP	ERA	DRA	VORP	WARP
90^o	13.3	5.6	79	80.0	52	27	87	6	.243	0.98	2.45	2.71	2.0	0.2
80^o	12	5	73	73.7	51	27	80	6	.257	1.06	2.79	3.08	-1.0	-0.1
70^o	11.1	4.6	69	69.3	51	26	75	6	.268	1.12	3.04	3.35	-2.9	-0.3
60^o	10.4	4.2	65	65.6	50	26	71	6	.276	1.17	3.25	3.59	-4.4	-0.5
50^o	9.8	4	62	62.2	50	26	68	5	.285	1.22	3.46	3.81	-5.7	-0.6
40^o	9.1	3.7	58	58.8	49	25	64	5	.293	1.27	3.66	4.03	-6.7	-0.7
30^o	8.5	3.4	55	55.3	48	25	60	5	.301	1.32	3.89	4.28	-7.8	-0.8
20^o	7.7	3	51	51.3	47	24	56	5	.312	1.39	4.15	4.57	-8.8	-1.0
10^o	6.8	2.6	46	46.0	45	23	50	5	.326	1.48	4.53	4.98	-9.9	-1.1
Weighted Mean	9.7	3.9	61	61.6	49	25	67	5	.282	1.20	3.43	3.78	-5.4	-0.6

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Date	Question	Answer
2018-12-05 12:00:00 (link to chat)	Does Jeremy Jeffress close to start the season? Do Hader or Knebel take it away from him? (tallahassee from Chatham, NJ)	I think this depends a lot on what the Brewer want to do with the "closer" role. If they value having a guy who is "restricted" to the ninth inning, rather than a floater who's tasked with entering a game at the highest-leverage spots, then I think that either Jeffress or Knebel are going to be in that spot ... but I might put Corey Knebel there instead. He had a bad run for a while last year, but I think CK is the more talented pitcher. Hader is too valuable as a roving weapon (plus managers don't usually like lefty closers) for him to be shoehorned into that one-inning, ninth-inning role. (Bryan Grosnick)
2015-10-09 13:00:00 (link to chat)	Can you tell us about Jeremy Jeffress and how he got to be so good this season? (BREWCREW from Milwaukee)	Jeremy has come a long way and I am so proud of him for getting to this point in his career. He' a unique talent and an even better person. I think this year was the culmination of a lot of things not limited to being with the right organization for the player. He finally found a home and sometimes thats all it takes. You really can go home again. (Joshua Kusnick)
2013-01-14 14:00:00 (link to chat)	I have seen Law mention adding prospects to the 40-man to get around the pot suspension, but would this be allowed and how would it work? I mean, I know the Brewers added Jeremy Jeffress to their 40-man early, but it wasn't to get around a suspension, it was to avoid another one. I can't imagine Singleton would be allowed to play at the major league level, which is what Law seems to be saying would happen. (Chris from KC)	That is what he was saying, I believe, and I wondered the same thing. I haven't had a chance to look up the rule myself. I'll do that. (Ben Lindbergh)
2013-01-11 14:00:00 (link to chat)	Jon Singleton: Is this a first time that a player has been suspended for pot? Is is this a reasonable action on the Organized Baseball's? (Hoot Stromboli from city by a Great Lake)	Not the first time it's happened. Jeremy Jeffress was suspended not once but twice, Tim Beckham was suspended once, and there may be others. I think it's an excessive penalty, particularly given the double standards. For one, players on the 40-man roster aren't tested for drugs of abuse. For another, smoking pot is far less harmful to others than drunk driving, which carries no sanction within major or minor league baseball. (Jay Jaffe on the Hall of Fame)
2010-11-02 13:00:00 (link to chat)	Would you agree with this small change in wording, Senator? "Any pitcher who has value --and has not yet proven himself incapable of effective and healthy with a starter's workload-- is better utilized in a starting rotation." Feliz and Cashner would then be rotation candidates, but Jeremy Jeffress or Mark Rogers might not be. (Bernie from Brewtown)	Yes, I'm onboard with that, but since yours is sort of grammatically incorrect, let's once and for all change it to "Any pitcher who has value -- and has not yet proven himself incapable of remaining healthy or effective with a starter's workload -- is better utilized in a starting rotation." We can call this Seidman's Law of Swingmen. (Eric Seidman)
2010-03-03 14:00:00 (link to chat)	Jeremy Jeffress is a starter or reliever when he comes back? (Eric from Linceburg)	Personally? I'd relieve him. (Kevin Goldstein)
2008-08-13 14:00:00 (link to chat)	What are your feelings on Jeremy Jeffress? Specifically: He's not allowing many homers or hits at all, striking out a ton of guys, and generally getting groundballs. Do you look past the walks in light of all that, or is the wildness too discouraging? [Pitching wildness, I mean...not the puff puff pass stuff.] (Olinkapo from Brevard County)	Obviously, the walks are a concern, but it's not like he has a case of the yips or anything. In the low minors, on a statstical level, I focus primarily on ip, h, k; and I'm still very high on Jeffress because those numbers are good and he has monster stuff. (Kevin Goldstein)
2008-07-22 13:00:00 (link to chat)	In a radio interview yesterday Doug Melvin said the Brewers had some prospects that were untouchable. If LaPorta wasn't, who is? (denny187 from WI)	Mat Gamel, Alcides Escorbar and Jeremy Jeffress from what I can tell. (Kevin Goldstein)
2008-01-28 13:00:00 (link to chat)	Please rank these flamethrowers: Jordan Walden, Fautino De Los Santos, Jarrod Parker and Jeremy Jeffress. Which one is likliest to reach their ceiling? The least likely? (Henry from Arcadia, CA)	I like Parker the best out of that bunch, because he has such natural arm action and quite a good curveball. I'm going with him first. I think Fautino's season last year puts him an inch ahead of Walden, who has a better arm naturally. Jeffress comes in last, and I think he's least likely for now because of whatever has come up here in 2007. (Bryan Smith)

BP Roundtables

Date	Roundtable Name	Comment
2010-04-05 09:30:00	Season Opener Roundtable	Dan (Chicago): Christina, I am not an A's fan.... but green IS for every day. Speaking of which, how does MLB justify the discrepancies between testing for the major vs. the minor leagues? Is my man Jeremy Jeffress ever going to make it up where he can't be suspended? He'd still be at risk for getting caught doing some things in the majors. What, you think this is the NBA or something? (Christina Kahrl)

PITCHf/x Pitcher Profile

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Although he has not thrown an MLB pitch in 2024, Jeremy Jeffress threw 7,819 pitches that were tracked by the PITCHf/x system between 2010 and 2021, all of them occuring in Spring Training. In 2021, he relied primarily on his Sinker (90mph), Splitter (86mph) and Fourseam Fastball (92mph), also mixing in a Curve (77mph).