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Birth Date	8-8-1985
Height	6' 5"
Weight	233 lbs

Age	38 years, 8 months, 16 days
Bats	R
Throws	R

: 2015
: -0.12016
: 0.92017
: -0.02018
: 0.12019
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YEAR	Team	Lg	G	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	KCA	MLB	51	49.7	1	3	0	54	22	31	6	111	9.8	4.0	1.1	5.6	0%	.300	1.53	4.76	5.07	114	5.86	132.4	-0.6
2011	KCA	MLB	55	69.7	5	3	1	66	32	62	5	108	8.5	4.1	0.6	8.0	0%	.303	1.41	3.72	3.75	102	4.75	110.3	0.0
2013	CLE	MLB	2	1.3	0	0	0	1	3	1	0	101	6.8	20.3	0.0	6.8	0%	.250	3.00	8.32	0.00	127	7.66	183.4	0.0
2014	CLE	MLB	7	6.3	0	1	0	4	7	7	0	101	5.7	9.9	0.0	9.9	0%	.267	1.74	4.74	7.11	120	7.02	172.1	-0.2
2016	CIN	MLB	70	76.7	6	5	1	72	38	81	9	94	8.5	4.5	1.1	9.5	53%	.315	1.43	4.16	3.99	110	5.04	111.5	-0.1
2017	ANA	0	17	17.0	2	0	0	20	4	22	3		10.6	2.1	1.6	11.6	49%	.386	1.41	3.55	4.76	91	3.52	74.9	0.3
2017	CIN	0	55	57.3	1	4	0	64	29	62	5		10.0	4.6	0.8	9.7	54%	.364	1.62	3.71	5.65	90	4.25	90.4	0.6
2018	ANA	MLB	13	11.7	1	0	0	8	7	10	1	98	6.2	5.4	0.8	7.7	59%	.250	1.29	4.65	2.31	107	5.13	114.5	0.0
2017	TOT	MLB	72	74.3	3	4	0	84	33	84	8		10.2	4.0	1.0	10.2	53%	.369	1.57	3.68	5.45	90	4.08	86.9	0.9
Career		MLB	270	289.7	16	16	2	289	142	276	29	76	9.0	4.4	0.9	8.6	53%	.319	1.49	4.08	4.47	104	4.92	110.2	0.0

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	IDA	Rk	PIO	12	12	52.2	3	1	0	50	15	46	1	80	8.6	2.6	0.2	7.9	0%	.322	1.25	3.61	4.48	94	3.98	83.5
2007	BUR	A	MDW	7	7	35.7	2	1	0	32	14	26	3	93	8.1	3.5	0.8	6.6	0%	.274	1.29	4.35	3.03	112	4.96	101.7
2007	WIL	A+	CRL	2	2	9.7	0	1	0	9	3	11	1	88	8.4	2.8	0.9	10.2	0%	.348	1.24	4.18	4.64	81	4.60	94.4
2007	ROY	Rk	AZL	4	4	9.7	0	0	0	9	0	15	0	106	8.4	0.0	0.0	13.9	0%	.429	0.93	1.15	0.00	58	1.91	39.2
2007	woc	Wnt	HWB	1	1	3.0	0	0	0	5	2	6	0		15.0	6.0	0.0	18.0	0%	.625	2.33	1.94	6.00	0	0.00	0.0
2007	woc	Wnt	HWB	8	8	33.0	2	1	0	33	19	57	1		9.0	5.2	0.3	15.5	0%	.438	1.58	2.79	3.55	0	0.00	0.0
2008	WIL	A+	CRL	10	10	57.3	3	2	0	32	15	63	3	88	5.0	2.4	0.5	9.9	0%	.225	0.82	2.82	2.67	70	2.50	51.1
2008	NWA	AA	TXS	18	18	86.7	5	7	0	96	32	76	7	89	10.0	3.3	0.7	7.9	0%	.341	1.48	3.97	5.29	96	5.14	105.2
2009	NWA	AA	TXS	17	13	78.7	2	8	0	92	28	49	8	115	10.5	3.2	0.9	5.6	0%	.337	1.52	4.54	5.83	103	5.77	121.4
2009	ROY	Rk	AZL	3	2	4.0	0	1	0	4	1	4	0	93	9.0	2.3	0.0	9.0	0%	.308	1.25	3.17	0.00	108	9.06	190.6
2009	gcr	Wnt	AFL	8	3	14.7	1	1	0	20	5	12	0		12.2	3.1	0.0	7.3	0%	.417	1.70	3.63	6.73	0	0.00	0.0
2010	KCA	MLB	AL	51	0	49.7	1	3	0	54	22	31	6	111	9.8	4.0	1.1	5.6	0%	.300	1.53	4.76	5.07	114	5.86	132.4
2010	OMA	AAA	PCL	12	0	16.7	2	1	5	12	7	12	0		6.5	3.8	0.0	6.5	0%	.250	1.14	3.40	2.16	0	0.00	0.0
2011	KCA	MLB	AL	55	0	69.7	5	3	1	66	32	62	5	108	8.5	4.1	0.6	8.0	0%	.303	1.41	3.72	3.75	102	4.75	110.3
2011	OMA	AAA	PCL	3	0	5.0	0	0	0	2	0	6	0		3.6	0.0	0.0	10.8	0%	.222	0.40	1.38	0.00	53	2.50	51.0
2013	CLE	MLB	AL	2	0	1.3	0	0	0	1	3	1	0	101	6.8	20.3	0.0	6.8	0%	.250	3.00	8.32	0.00	127	7.66	183.4
2013	LKC	A	MID	3	3	2.7	0	0	0	1	3	3	0	112	3.4	10.1	0.0	10.1	0%	.167	1.50	4.45	0.00	102	3.53	76.7
2013	MHV	A-	NYP	1	0	1.0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0		18.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0%	.500	2.00	3.09	0.00	103	6.36	138.2
2013	AKR	AA	EAS	7	3	6.0	0	0	0	8	5	6	0	98	12.0	7.5	0.0	9.0	0%	.381	2.17	3.82	4.50	101	5.74	124.7
2013	COH	AAA	INT	18	0	16.7	2	0	0	11	10	23	0		5.9	5.4	0.0	12.4	0%	.297	1.26	2.42	2.16	82	3.33	72.3
2014	CLE	MLB	AL	7	0	6.3	0	1	0	4	7	7	0	101	5.7	9.9	0.0	9.9	0%	.267	1.74	4.74	7.11	120	7.02	172.1
2014	WIL	A+	CAR	5	0	9.7	2	1	0	4	2	10	1		3.7	1.9	0.9	9.3	0%	.143	0.62	3.40	0.93	81	2.36	50.0
2014	NWA	AA	TEX	6	0	6.7	0	1	0	11	2	13	1		14.9	2.7	1.4	17.6	0%	.714	1.95	2.07	8.10	58	6.79	143.7
2014	COH	AAA	INT	9	0	8.0	0	0	0	7	11	7	0		7.9	12.4	0.0	7.9	0%	.280	2.25	5.72	1.13	135	6.83	144.6
2014	OMA	AAA	PCL	14	0	18.3	0	0	0	18	16	21	2		8.8	7.9	1.0	10.3	0%	.348	1.85	5.44	6.38	95	4.48	94.9
2015	IND	AAA	INT	57	0	58.7	2	5	29	52	25	70	2		8.0	3.8	0.3	10.7	0%	.327	1.31	2.54	3.53	79	3.74	82.0
2016	CIN	MLB	NL	70	0	76.7	6	5	1	72	38	81	9	94	8.5	4.5	1.1	9.5	53%	.315	1.43	4.16	3.99	110	5.04	111.5
2017	ANA	MLB	AL	17	0	17.0	2	0	0	20	4	22	3		10.6	2.1	1.6	11.6	49%	.386	1.41	3.55	4.76	91	3.52	74.9
2017	CIN	MLB	NL	55	0	57.3	1	4	0	64	29	62	5		10.0	4.6	0.8	9.7	54%	.364	1.62	3.71	5.65	90	4.25	90.4
2018	ANA	MLB	AL	13	0	11.7	1	0	0	8	7	10	1	98	6.2	5.4	0.8	7.7	59%	.250	1.29	4.65	2.31	107	5.13	114.5
2018	INL	A+	CAL	3	3	2.3	0	0	0	4	0	2	0	91	15.4	0.0	0.0	7.7	60%	.400	1.71	2.03	7.71	90	6.99	147.7

Plate Discipline

YEAR	Pits	Zone%	Swing%	Contact%	Z-Swing%	O-Swing%	Z-Contact%	O-Contact%	SwStr%
2010	781	0.4917	0.4635	0.7983	0.6354	0.2972	0.8689	0.6525	0.2017
2011	1175	0.4868	0.4477	0.7662	0.6031	0.3002	0.8522	0.6022	0.2338
2013	41	0.3902	0.4390	0.7222	0.6875	0.2800	0.8182	0.5714	0.2778
2014	118	0.4661	0.3475	0.8049	0.6000	0.1270	0.8788	0.5000	0.1951
2016	1285	0.4739	0.4599	0.7428	0.6404	0.2973	0.8590	0.5174	0.2572
2017	1271	0.4721	0.4264	0.7085	0.5767	0.2921	0.8295	0.4949	0.2915
2018	193	0.4197	0.4404	0.7529	0.6296	0.3036	0.9412	0.4706	0.2471
Career	4864	0.4764	0.4451	0.7501	0.6129	0.2926	0.8546	0.5519	0.2499

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
2013-03-11	2013-07-13	60-DL	124	93	Right	Elbow	Recovery From Surgery	Tommy John Surgery	2012-05-25	-
2012-03-26	2012-10-04	60-DL	192	162	Right	Elbow	Surgery	Tommy John Surgery	2012-05-25	-
2012-03-18	2012-03-26	Camp	8	0	Right	Elbow	Soreness		-	-
2010-08-20	2010-08-29	DTD	9	8		Low Back	Soreness		-
2009-06-27	2009-08-22	Minors	56	0	Right	Elbow	Inflammation		-

Compensation

Year	Team	Salary
2018	ANA	$1,450,000
2017	CIN	$1,275,000
2016	CIN	$600,000
2015	PIT	$
2014	CLE	$560,000
2013	CLE	$560,000
2012	KCA	$502,000

Years	Description	Salary
7 yr	Previous	$4,947,000
7 yr	Total	$4,947,000

Service Time	Agent	Contract Status
6 y 131 d	Sports One Athlete Mgt.	1 year/$1.45M (2018)

Details

1 year/$1.45M (2018). Re-signed by LA Angels 12/1/17 (avoided arbitration).
1 year/$1.275M (2017). Re-signed by Cincinnati 1/13/17 (avoided arbitration). Claimed by LA Angels off waivers 8/25/17 after being DFA by Cincinnati 8/23/17.
1 year (2016). Signed by Cincinnati as a free agent 11/20/15.
1 year (2015). Signed by Pittsburgh as a free agent 11/18/14 (minor-league contract).
1 year/$0.56M (2014). Re-signed by Cleveland 12/3/13 (avoided arbitration). Claimed by Kansas City off waivers 6/2/14 after being DFA by Cleveland 5/27/14. DFA by Kansas City 9/1/14. Sent outright to Triple-A 9/11/14. Refused assignment by Kansas City 10/6/14.
1 year/$0.56M (2013). Signed by Cleveland 11/30/12 (avoided arbitration).
1 year/$0.502M (2012). Re-signed by Kansas City 2/10/12. Claimed by Cleveland off waivers from Kansas City 11/2/12.
1 year (2011). Re-signed by Kansas City 2/11.
1 year (2010). Contract purchased by Kansas City 11/20/09. Optioned to Triple-A 3/31/10. Recalled 5/12/10.
Drafted by Kansas City 2006 (2-77) (Georgia Tech). $0.46M 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	7.1	0.5	48	50.3	39	21	47	5	.259	1.19	3.43	3.52	-2.8	-0.3
80^o	6.1	0.4	42	44.4	37	20	42	5	.273	1.29	3.82	3.93	-4.4	-0.5
70^o	5.5	0.3	38	40.3	36	19	38	4	.284	1.36	4.11	4.24	-5.3	-0.6
60^o	5	0.3	35	37.0	34	18	35	4	.293	1.42	4.36	4.5	-5.9	-0.6
50^o	4.5	0.3	32	33.9	33	17	32	4	.301	1.48	4.59	4.75	-6.3	-0.7
40^o	4	0.2	29	30.9	31	16	29	4	.310	1.54	4.84	5.01	-6.6	-0.7
30^o	3.5	0.2	26	27.7	29	15	26	4	.319	1.61	5.10	5.29	-6.7	-0.7
20^o	3	0.2	23	24.1	27	14	23	3	.329	1.69	5.41	5.62	-6.7	-0.7
10^o	2.4	0.1	18	19.4	23	12	18	3	.344	1.81	5.86	6.09	-6.3	-0.7
Weighted Mean	4.4	0.2	31	33.2	32	17	31	4	.299	1.46	4.56	4.72	-6.0	-0.7

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Date	Question	Answer
2016-04-21 19:00:00 (link to chat)	Should I drop Kela in a keeper league? Pick up Cotham, Lowe, Blake Wood? (Vic from Baltimore)	Hey Vic. Of those three, Cotham is the guy you want right now. (Mike Gianella)
2010-04-16 13:00:00 (link to chat)	Bradford, great post on KCSportsRadio.com today about the Royals' bullpen. Two-parter: do you see bullpen management in general moving away from specialization any time soon, and what short-term fix do you see for KC's bullpen, other than burning it down and starting over (after Soria)? (BL from Bozeman, MT)	This year's pen can tread water if Cruz can become more consistent. His stuff still seems filthy to me. I'm looking forward to seeing Blake Wood come up after what I've heard about him following his conversion to relieving. Seems like bullpen management moves more towards specialization with each passing season. For awhile, it seemed like the majority of managers were reluctant participants in that sea change. Now the managers I talk to refer to the importance of relievers having specific roles like it's always been that way. I have no evidence to make the claim, but I think the next pitcher-use revolution will involve an enterprising and brave skipper/gm combo going with a four-man rotation & strict pitch counts in the 85-90 range. It just makes sense to me to try something like that, but who has the cajones? (Bradford Doolittle)
2008-05-21 13:00:00 (link to chat)	Okay, cool. Thanks for the quick response. What do you make of Blake Wood? He wasn't really on the radar--as far as I can see--heading into this year, but he's pulled the neat trick of King 47 batters in 45.1 innings in AA. Does he project to be another starter that will hopefully make signing the likes of Brett Tomko unnecessary? (NHZ from Royals Review)	Check out Monday's Ten Pack. (Kevin Goldstein)

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PITCHf/x Pitcher Profile

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Although he has not thrown an MLB pitch in 2024, Blake Wood threw 5,100 pitches that were tracked by the PITCHf/x system between 2010 and 2018, all of them occuring in Spring Training. In 2018, he relied primarily on his Slider (89mph) and Fourseam Fastball (96mph), also mixing in a Sinker (96mph) and Splitter (86mph).