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2019 Projections (Preseason PECOTA - seasonal age 35)
IP ERA WHIP SO W L SV WARP
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Birth Date10-21-1983
Height6' 2"
Weight210 lbs
Age40 years, 6 months, 4 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
2009 DET MLB 9 0 11.3 0 1 0 13 6 9 2 104 10.3 4.8 1.6 7.1 0% .306 1.68 5.43 7.94 113 6.31 135.4 -0.1
2010 DET MLB 2 0 2.7 0 0 0 4 0 0 2 111 13.5 0.0 6.8 0.0 0% .200 1.50 12.79 10.13 115 5.92 133.8 0.0
2012 MIN MLB 35 0 35.0 2 1 0 25 9 32 3 104 6.4 2.3 0.8 8.2 0% .229 0.97 3.18 2.06 115 5.29 121.3 -0.2
2013 MIN MLB 73 0 62.0 5 2 0 51 12 73 9 100 7.4 1.7 1.3 10.6 0% .280 1.02 3.18 3.92 76 2.43 58.2 1.6
2014 MIN MLB 73 0 63.3 5 6 1 64 10 51 7 106 9.1 1.4 1.0 7.2 0% .297 1.17 3.46 3.98 100 3.92 96.1 0.4
2015 MIN MLB 62 0 63.3 4 6 0 61 8 41 6 108 8.7 1.1 0.9 5.8 0% .272 1.09 3.41 3.55 112 5.08 118.6 -0.3
2016 LAN 0 25 0 25.7 0 1 0 24 7 23 8 88 8.4 2.5 2.8 8.1 42% .235 1.21 6.26 4.21 92 3.32 73.5 0.5
2016 MIN 0 14 0 13.7 1 0 0 21 3 12 5 106 13.8 2.0 3.3 7.9 29% .372 1.76 6.76 7.90 129 7.18 158.8 -0.3
2017 PHI 0 4 0 6.0 0 1 0 14 2 4 2 21.0 3.0 3.0 6.0 44% .480 2.67 7.17 10.50 114 6.28 133.7 -0.1
2017 SEA 0 6 0 6.0 0 0 0 9 4 6 3 13.5 6.0 4.5 9.0 47% .375 2.17 9.64 15.00 101 4.74 100.9 0.0
2016 TOT MLB 39 0 39.3 1 1 0 45 10 35 13 95 10.3 2.3 3.0 8.0 37% .288 1.40 6.43 5.49 106 4.66 103.2 0.1
2017 TOT MLB 10 0 12.0 0 1 0 23 6 10 5 17.3 4.5 3.8 7.5 46% .439 2.42 8.41 12.75 108 5.51 117.3 0.0
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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.
Minor league stats are currently shown —Click to hide.
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 ONE A- NYP 20 0 42.1 1 1 1 39 8 37 1 89 8.3 1.7 0.2 7.9 0% .309 1.12 2.42 2.78 79 3.65 76.6
2007 WMI A MDW 39 0 61.0 6 1 6 55 10 77 4 98 8.1 1.5 0.6 11.4 0% .321 1.07 2.26 3.10 62 2.86 58.8
2008 ERI AA EAS 40 0 45.7 3 3 12 38 12 42 5 113 7.5 2.4 1.0 8.3 0% .266 1.09 3.59 2.95 84 3.15 64.5
2008 TOL AAA INT 12 0 15.0 2 0 1 14 4 17 2 82 8.4 2.4 1.2 10.2 0% .316 1.20 3.78 2.40 90 4.06 83.0
2008 MSS Wnt AFL 12 0 14.7 2 0 2 13 0 15 2 8.0 0.0 1.2 9.2 0% .282 0.88 4.24 1.84 0 0.00 0.0
2009 DET MLB AL 9 0 11.3 0 1 0 13 6 9 2 104 10.3 4.8 1.6 7.1 0% .306 1.68 5.43 7.94 113 6.31 135.4
2009 TOL AAA INT 42 0 58.0 2 1 14 51 15 66 5 116 7.9 2.3 0.8 10.2 0% .315 1.14 2.87 3.41 76 3.23 68.0
2009 PON Wnt PRL 5 0 5.7 0 1 0 5 0 5 1 7.9 0.0 1.6 7.9 0% .267 0.88 3.93 1.58 0 0.00 0.0
2010 DET MLB AL 2 0 2.7 0 0 0 4 0 0 2 111 13.5 0.0 6.8 0.0 0% .200 1.50 12.79 10.13 115 5.92 133.8
2010 TOL AAA INT 44 0 62.3 3 3 8 54 13 44 8 7.8 1.9 1.2 6.4 0% .256 1.08 4.22 2.60 0 0.00 0.0
2011 OKL AAA PCL 21 0 24.3 2 2 3 28 8 24 7 10.4 3.0 2.6 8.9 0% .309 1.48 6.53 4.81 116 5.36 109.5
2011 AST Rk GCL 2 0 2.0 1 0 0 1 0 3 0 4.5 0.0 0.0 13.5 0% .250 0.50 0.40 0.00 69 1.79 36.5
2011 GSV Wnt LMP 27 0 30.7 4 2 1 31 8 31 5 9.1 2.3 1.5 9.1 0% .302 1.27 3.75 4.40 0 0.00 0.0
2012 MIN MLB AL 35 0 35.0 2 1 0 25 9 32 3 104 6.4 2.3 0.8 8.2 0% .229 0.97 3.18 2.06 115 5.29 121.3
2012 ROC AAA INT 33 0 46.0 2 5 9 39 14 42 5 7.6 2.7 1.0 8.2 0% .266 1.15 3.65 4.30 93 3.41 70.9
2013 MIN MLB AL 73 0 62.0 5 2 0 51 12 73 9 100 7.4 1.7 1.3 10.6 0% .280 1.02 3.18 3.92 76 2.43 58.2
2014 MIN MLB AL 73 0 63.3 5 6 1 64 10 51 7 106 9.1 1.4 1.0 7.2 0% .297 1.17 3.46 3.98 100 3.92 96.1
2015 MIN MLB AL 62 0 63.3 4 6 0 61 8 41 6 108 8.7 1.1 0.9 5.8 0% .272 1.09 3.41 3.55 112 5.08 118.6
2015 ROC AAA INT 3 1 3.0 0 0 0 0 1 3 0 96 0.0 3.0 0.0 9.0 0% .000 0.33 2.15 0.00 90 3.07 67.3
2016 LAN MLB NL 25 0 25.7 0 1 0 24 7 23 8 88 8.4 2.5 2.8 8.1 42% .235 1.21 6.26 4.21 92 3.32 73.5
2016 MIN MLB AL 14 0 13.7 1 0 0 21 3 12 5 106 13.8 2.0 3.3 7.9 29% .372 1.76 6.76 7.90 129 7.18 158.8
2016 RCU A+ CAL 2 0 2.0 0 0 0 4 0 3 0 18.0 0.0 0.0 13.5 43% .571 2.00 0.70 4.50 77 5.44 120.2
2016 OKL AAA PCL 8 0 10.3 1 0 1 11 2 13 1 9.6 1.7 0.9 11.3 33% .385 1.26 3.04 4.35 71 3.33 73.4
2016 DOD Rk AZL 2 2 3.0 0 0 0 1 0 4 0 103 3.0 0.0 0.0 12.0 80% .200 0.33 1.44 0.00 74 1.87 41.3
2017 PHI MLB NL 4 0 6.0 0 1 0 14 2 4 2 21.0 3.0 3.0 6.0 44% .480 2.67 7.17 10.50 114 6.28 133.7
2017 SEA MLB AL 6 0 6.0 0 0 0 9 4 6 3 13.5 6.0 4.5 9.0 47% .375 2.17 9.64 15.00 101 4.74 100.9
2017 CLR A+ FSL 2 0 2.0 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 4.5 4.5 0.0 4.5 60% .200 1.00 3.81 0.00 109 4.58 97.5
2017 LEH AAA INT 14 0 16.0 0 1 0 15 3 13 3 8.4 1.7 1.7 7.3 41% .261 1.13 4.71 5.06 99 3.46 73.7
2017 TAC AAA PCL 5 0 5.3 0 1 1 7 0 3 0 11.8 0.0 0.0 5.1 27% .318 1.31 2.59 3.38 89 4.03 85.8

Plate Discipline

YEAR Pits Zone% Swing% Contact% Z-Swing% O-Swing% Z-Contact% O-Contact% SwStr%
2009 195 0.5128 0.4359 0.8471 0.5900 0.2737 0.9322 0.6538 0.1529
2010 45 0.5111 0.5556 0.8800 0.7826 0.3182 0.8333 1.0000 0.1200
2012 578 0.5415 0.4965 0.7805 0.6518 0.3132 0.8088 0.7108 0.2195
2013 953 0.5540 0.5047 0.6840 0.6572 0.3153 0.7493 0.5149 0.3160
2014 986 0.5730 0.5193 0.7676 0.6708 0.3159 0.8047 0.6617 0.2324
2015 977 0.5333 0.5159 0.7996 0.6948 0.3114 0.8481 0.6761 0.2004
2016 648 0.5401 0.5231 0.7375 0.6829 0.3356 0.8033 0.5800 0.2625
2017 216 0.5324 0.5185 0.7321 0.6957 0.3168 0.7750 0.6250 0.2679
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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
2014-09-05 2014-09-05 DTD 0 0 Right Forearm Contusion Batted Ball -
2014-05-12 2014-05-15 DTD 3 2 Right Forearm Contusion Batted Ball - -
2014-04-03 2014-04-04 DTD 1 1 Left Lower Leg Contusion Shin Batted Ball - -
2011-04-30 2011-06-30 Minors 61 0 Right Elbow Strain -

Compensation

Year Team Salary
2017 SEA $1,100,000
2016 MIN $2,275,000
2015 MIN $1,375,000
2014 MIN $530,000
2013 MIN $500,000
2012 MIN $
YearsDescriptionSalary
5 yrPrevious$5,780,000
5 yrTotal$5,780,000

 

Service TimeAgentContract Status
4 y 118 d1 year/$1.1M (2017)

Details
  • 1 year/$1.1M (2017). Signed by Seattle as a free agent 12/16. Sent outright to Triple-A by Seattle 4/12/17. Contract selected by Seattle 4/26/17. DFA by Seattle 5/2/17. Sent outright to Triple-A 5/3/17. Acquired by Philadelphia in trade from Seattle 5/9/17. Contract selected by Philadelphia 6/8/17. Released by Philadelphia 9/1/17.
  • 1 year/$2.275M (2016). Re-signed by Minnesota 1/15/16 (avoided arbitration). Claimed by LA Dodgers off waivers from Minnesota 5/7/16. Sent outright to Triple-A by LA Dodgers 5/12/16. Contract selected by LA Dodgers 5/28/16. DFA by LA Dodgers 9/10/16. Sent outright to Triple-A 9/12/16.
  • 1 year/$1.375M (2015). Re-signed by Minnesota 1/16/15 (avoided arbitration).
  • 1 year/$0.53M (2014). Re-signed by Minnesota 2/28/14.
  • 1 year/$0.5M (2013). Re-signed by Minnesota 2/21/13.
  • 1 year (2012). Signed by Minnesota as a free agent 1/3/12 (minor-league contract). Contract purchased by Minnesota 7/4/12.
  • 1 year (2011). Signed by Houston as a free agent 11/11/10 (minor-league contract). Released by Houston 8/2/11.
  • 1 year (2010). Re-signed by Detroit 3/1/10. Claimed by Boston off waivers from Detroit 3/2/10. Claimed by Toronto off waivers from Boston 3/4/10. Released by Toronto 3/17/10. Signed by Detroit as a free agent 3/19/10. DFA by Detroit 7/25/10. Sent outright to Triple-A 7/28/10.
  • 1 year/$0.4M (2009). Contract purchased by Detroit 11/20/08. Re-signed by Detroit 1/26/09.
  • Drafted by Detroit 2006 (20-592) (Cal Poly).

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 6.1 0 0.4 47 0 50.6 44 17 44 8 .256 1.20 4.00 4.4 -7.7 -0.8
80o 5.2 0 0.4 41 0 44.6 42 16 39 8 .270 1.29 4.42 4.85 -8.9 -1.0
70o 4.7 0 0.3 37 0 40.4 40 15 35 7 .281 1.36 4.73 5.18 -9.5 -1.0
60o 4.2 0 0.3 34 0 36.9 38 14 32 7 .290 1.42 5.00 5.48 -9.8 -1.1
50o 3.8 0 0.2 31 0 33.8 36 14 29 7 .298 1.48 5.26 5.75 -9.9 -1.1
40o 3.4 0 0.2 28 0 30.7 34 13 27 6 .306 1.54 5.52 6.03 -9.9 -1.1
30o 2.9 0 0.2 25 0 27.4 32 12 24 6 .315 1.61 5.80 6.34 -9.7 -1.1
20o 2.5 0 0.1 22 0 23.7 29 11 21 5 .326 1.69 6.14 6.7 -9.3 -1.0
10o 1.9 0 0.1 17 0 18.8 25 9 16 5 .340 1.80 6.63 7.23 -8.4 -0.9
Weighted Mean3.700.230033.03513296.2961.475.225.71-9.6-1.0

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DateQuestionAnswer
2014-07-29 14:00:00 (link to chat)Is Casey Fien the best reliever who never gets talked about?
(Billy from Ocean)		Yeah, he's pretty good. Another good one who you don't talk about unless you're from the Bay Area: Jean Machi (Noah Woodward)


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PITCHf/x Pitcher Profile

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Although he has not thrown an MLB pitch in 2024, Casey Fien threw 4,590 pitches that were tracked by the PITCHf/x system between 2009 and 2017, all of them occuring in Spring Training. In 2017, he relied primarily on his Cutter (90mph) and Fourseam Fastball (94mph), also mixing in a Curve (80mph).