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2019 Projections (Preseason PECOTA - seasonal age 31)
IP ERA WHIP SO W L SV WARP
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Birth Date1-19-1988
Height6' 2"
Weight230 lbs
Age36 years, 2 months, 9 days
BatsL
ThrowsL
2015
2016
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2018
-0.82019
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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

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-
2006 ANG Rk AZL 10 1 14.1 1 0 0 13 12 16 0 97 8.3 7.7 0.0 10.2 0% .342 1.77 4.76 3.19 111 4.38 92.0
2007 RCU A+ CLF 1 1 3.0 0 1 0 3 4 4 1 103 9.0 12.0 3.0 12.0 0% .286 2.33 9.44 6.00 130 6.76 138.6
2007 ORM Rk PIO 16 15 71.7 3 4 0 62 31 77 4 98 7.8 3.9 0.5 9.7 0% .324 1.30 4.12 3.26 97 4.24 87.1
2008 CDR A MDW 28 28 143.0 10 4 0 138 68 138 12 98 8.7 4.3 0.8 8.7 0% .311 1.44 4.22 4.85 105 5.04 103.2
2009 RCU A+ CLF 16 13 69.0 1 6 0 94 28 54 12 110 12.3 3.7 1.6 7.0 0% .368 1.77 6.06 6.39 123 7.12 149.7
2009 SLC AAA PCL 1 0 0.7 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 121 0.0 12.9 0.0 0.0 0% .000 1.43 7.73 0.00 116 3.58 75.3
2009 ANG Rk AZL 5 0 6.0 0 0 0 1 1 9 0 96 1.5 1.5 0.0 13.5 0% .083 0.33 2.42 3.00 65 0.40 10.0
2010 RCU A+ CLF 10 0 16.0 2 0 0 7 8 25 0 3.9 4.5 0.0 14.1 0% .241 0.94 2.47 1.13 0 0.00 0.0
2010 ARK AA TXS 39 0 42.3 3 5 2 69 18 48 9 14.7 3.8 1.9 10.2 0% .420 2.06 5.36 8.94 0 0.00 0.0
2010 MSS Wnt AFL 11 0 10.3 0 2 1 17 5 11 0 14.9 4.4 0.0 9.6 0% .500 2.14 4.27 10.49 0 0.00 0.0
2011 ARK AA TEX 24 0 30.3 1 0 2 21 18 41 1 6.2 5.3 0.3 12.2 0% .303 1.29 2.97 3.26 79 3.40 69.4
2011 ANG Rk AZL 2 0 3.0 0 0 0 3 0 3 0 9.0 0.0 0.0 9.0 0% .375 1.00 3.36 0.00 85 4.02 82.1
2013 ROM A SAL 10 0 14.0 0 3 0 13 7 21 0 8.4 4.5 0.0 13.5 0% .406 1.43 2.18 6.43 74 3.64 79.0
2013 LYN A+ CAR 16 0 20.0 2 2 2 17 11 16 0 7.7 5.0 0.0 7.2 0% .298 1.40 3.69 2.25 99 4.26 92.5
2016 HAR AA EAS 3 0 3.7 0 0 0 8 4 2 1 19.6 9.8 2.5 4.9 33% .412 3.27 9.08 22.09 133 8.96 197.8

Plate Discipline

YEAR Pits Zone% Swing% Contact% Z-Swing% O-Swing% Z-Contact% O-Contact% SwStr%

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
2012-03-26 2012-10-06 60-DL 194 162 Left Elbow Surgery Tommy John Surgery 2012-06-21 -
2012-03-14 2012-03-26 Camp 12 0 Left Elbow Inflammation - -
2011-07-03 2011-08-11 Minors 39 36 Left Thigh Strain Hamstring - -
2011-06-21 2011-06-29 Minors 8 6 Left Thigh Strain Hamstring - -
2009-06-28 2009-08-24 Minors 57 0 Left Shoulder Inflammation -
2009-05-25 2009-06-06 Minors 12 0 Left Shoulder Inflammation -

Compensation

Year Team Salary
2012 ATL $480,000
YearsDescriptionSalary
1 yrPrevious$480,000
1 yrTotal$480,000

 

Service TimeAgentContract Status
0 y 0 d1 year/$0.48M (2012)

Details
  • 1 year/$0.48M (2012). Selected by Atlanta from LA Angels in Rule 5 draft 12/8/11. As player selected in Rule 5 draft two consecutive years, Fish may become a free agent if he clears waivers and need not be returned to his original club, the Angels. Sent outright to Triple-A by Atlanta 11/1/12.
  • 1 year (2011). Selected by NY Yankees from LA Angels in Rule 5 draft 12/9/10. Returned to LA Angels from NY Yankees 3/27/11.
  • Drafted by LA Angels 2006 (6-192) (Miller HS, San Bernadino, Calif.). $0.14M 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 5.4 0 1.7 42 0 51.3 43 26 35 8 .228 1.35 4.96 5.34 -11.0 -1.2
80o 4.5 0 1.3 36 0 44.1 41 24 30 8 .243 1.48 5.49 5.9 -11.7 -1.3
70o 3.9 0 1.1 32 0 39.1 39 23 26 8 .254 1.58 5.88 6.33 -11.8 -1.3
60o 3.4 0 1 29 0 35.0 36 22 24 7 .264 1.66 6.23 6.7 -11.8 -1.3
50o 3 0 0.8 26 0 31.3 34 20 21 7 .273 1.74 6.56 7.05 -11.5 -1.3
40o 2.6 0 0.7 23 0 27.7 32 19 19 6 .282 1.83 6.90 7.42 -11.1 -1.2
30o 2.2 0 0.6 20 0 24.0 29 17 16 6 .292 1.93 7.28 7.82 -10.5 -1.1
20o 1.7 0 0.4 16 0 19.8 25 15 13 5 .304 2.04 7.73 8.31 -9.5 -1.0
10o 1.2 0 0.3 12 0 14.3 20 12 10 4 .321 2.22 8.39 9.01 -7.8 -0.8
Weighted Mean2.900.825030.33319206.2711.726.506.99-11.0-1.2

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DateQuestionAnswer
2010-07-01 14:00:00 (link to chat)Speaking of stupid comps, is there a little bit of Tim Salmon in Mike Trout?
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And if you put him on the mound, does he remind you of Angels farmhand Robert Fish? (Kevin Goldstein)


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PITCHf/x Pitcher Profile

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Although he has not thrown an MLB pitch in 2023, Robert Fish threw 28 pitches that were tracked by the PITCHf/x system in 2011, all of them occuring in Spring Training. In 2011, he relied primarily on his Fourseam Fastball (93mph), Change (83mph) and Curve (77mph).