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2019 Projections (Preseason PECOTA - seasonal age 35)
IP ERA WHIP SO W L SV WARP
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Birth Date11-9-1983
Height6' 1"
Weight190 lbs
Age40 years, 5 months, 10 days
BatsR
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2015
0.72016
0.62017
0.32018
0.02019
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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
2016 TEX MLB 53 0 60.3 7 3 0 54 16 49 4 114 8.1 2.4 0.6 7.3 47% .289 1.16 3.33 2.09 98 3.92 86.9 0.7
2017 TEX MLB 50 0 57.3 2 1 2 64 22 57 7 10.0 3.5 1.1 8.9 42% .348 1.50 4.00 5.49 95 4.28 91.2 0.6
2018 TEX MLB 22 0 26.3 2 0 0 19 5 26 2 108 6.5 1.7 0.7 8.9 51% .246 0.91 3.00 2.39 89 3.93 87.7 0.3
2019 CHN MLB 2 0 1.3 0 0 0 2 0 0 1 98 13.5 0.0 6.8 0.0 20% .250 1.50 12.91 6.75 121 7.81 160.3 0.0
CareerMLB1270145.311421394313214688.62.70.98.246%.3051.253.623.53954.1089.41.6

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 MSO Rk PIO 15 15 76.1 6 4 0 81 20 74 9 9.6 2.4 1.1 8.8 0% .316 1.33 4.18 3.90 0 0.00 0.0
2007 SBN A MDW 26 25 160.0 8 8 1 160 28 108 11 100 9.0 1.6 0.6 6.1 0% .297 1.18 3.53 3.60 96 4.46 91.5
2008 MOB AA SOU 27 27 153.7 11 7 0 143 42 133 17 105 8.4 2.5 1.0 7.8 0% .283 1.20 3.86 3.86 88 3.84 78.5
2008 PDD Wnt AFL 11 0 18.3 1 0 0 21 4 16 3 10.3 2.0 1.5 7.9 0% .327 1.37 5.55 4.92 0 0.00 0.0
2009 RNO AAA PCL 29 29 164.7 14 8 0 185 62 121 24 112 10.1 3.4 1.3 6.6 0% .310 1.50 5.13 5.79 104 4.43 93.1
2010 YKL npb JCL 16 0 79.7 4 5 0 99 41 70 9 11.2 4.6 1.0 7.9 0% .357 1.76 4.40 5.98 0 0.00 0.0
2016 TEX MLB AL 53 0 60.3 7 3 0 54 16 49 4 114 8.1 2.4 0.6 7.3 47% .289 1.16 3.33 2.09 98 3.92 86.9
2017 TEX MLB AL 50 0 57.3 2 1 2 64 22 57 7 10.0 3.5 1.1 8.9 42% .348 1.50 4.00 5.49 95 4.28 91.2
2017 ROU AAA PCL 2 0 3.0 0 0 0 0 1 3 0 0.0 3.0 0.0 9.0 33% .000 0.33 2.72 0.00 92 2.93 62.3
2018 TEX MLB AL 22 0 26.3 2 0 0 19 5 26 2 108 6.5 1.7 0.7 8.9 51% .246 0.91 3.00 2.39 89 3.93 87.7
2018 FRI AA TEX 3 0 4.0 0 0 0 4 0 1 0 9.0 0.0 0.0 2.3 46% .308 1.00 2.94 0.00 102 5.40 114.3
2019 CHN MLB NL 2 0 1.3 0 0 0 2 0 0 1 98 13.5 0.0 6.8 0.0 20% .250 1.50 12.91 6.75 121 7.81 160.3
2019 IOW AAA PCL 13 0 11.7 1 0 0 6 2 12 1 4.6 1.5 0.8 9.3 39% .185 0.69 3.62 2.31 83 1.96 40.3

Plate Discipline

YEAR Pits Zone% Swing% Contact% Z-Swing% O-Swing% Z-Contact% O-Contact% SwStr%
2016 915 0.4590 0.4929 0.7517 0.6976 0.3192 0.8362 0.5949 0.2483
2017 1040 0.4250 0.4769 0.7036 0.6516 0.3478 0.8090 0.5577 0.2964
2018 402 0.5100 0.4602 0.7351 0.6244 0.2893 0.8828 0.4035 0.2649
2019 25 0.4800 0.2800 1.0000 0.5833 0.0000 1.0000 0.0000 0.0000
Career23820.45300.47820.73050.66400.32330.83390.54010.2695

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

Compensation

Year Team Salary
2020 CHN $
2019 CHN $750,000
2018 TEX $1,500,000
2017 TEX $1,750,000
2016 TEX $1,500,000
YearsDescriptionSalary
4 yrPrevious$5,500,000
4 yrTotal$5,500,000

 

Service TimeAgentContract Status
3 y 91 dDon Nomura1 year/$750,000 (2019), 2020 option

Details
  • 1 year/$750,000 (2019), plus 2020 club option. 19:$750,000, 20:$3M club option. 2019 salary increases to $1M with 1 day on active Major League roster. Roster bonuses: $75,000 each for 100, 125 days on active Major League roster. $0.1M for 155 days. Performance bonuses: $50,000 each for 40, 50 games. $75,000 each for 60, 70 games. Placed on restricted list 7/1/19. Chicago Cubs declined 2020 option 11/4/19. Retired 1/28/20.
  • 1 year/$1.5M (2018). Re-signed by Texas as a free agent 12/4/17.
  • 2 years/$3.5M (2016-17), plus 2018 option. Signed by Texas as a free agent 12/15/15. 16:$1.5M, 17:$1.75M, 18:$4M club option ($0.25M buyout). 2016 and 2017 performance bonuses based on games finished: $50,000 each for 10, 15, 20 GF. $0.1M each for 25, 30, 35, 40 GF. 2018 performance bonuses if option is exercised: $50,000 each for 20, 25, 30, 35 GF. Price of 2018 option may increase by $4M to $8M based on 2016-17 performance, with increases of $0.5M each for 110, 120 games pitched and 35, 40, 45, 50, 55, 60 GF. Texas declined 2018 option 11/6/17.
  • 2010-15: Yakult of Japan. Released by Arizona 1/5/10. Signed by Yakult 1/7/10.
  • Drafted by Arizona 2006 (10-297) (Arizona State) $10,000 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 0 1.7 1.1 45 0 52.4 40 17 49 5 .249 1.07 3.11 3.35 -2.2 -0.2
80o 0 1.4 1 40 0 46.0 38 16 43 5 .264 1.17 3.49 3.76 -3.9 -0.4
70o 0 1.2 0.8 36 0 41.6 36 15 39 5 .275 1.24 3.77 4.07 -4.9 -0.5
60o 0 1 0.7 33 0 38.0 35 14 35 5 .285 1.30 4.01 4.33 -5.5 -0.6
50o 0 0.9 0.7 30 0 34.6 33 14 32 4 .294 1.35 4.25 4.58 -5.9 -0.6
40o 0 0.8 0.6 27 0 31.4 31 13 29 4 .303 1.41 4.48 4.84 -6.2 -0.7
30o 0 0.7 0.5 24 0 28.0 29 12 26 4 .312 1.48 4.74 5.11 -6.3 -0.7
20o 0 0.5 0.4 21 0 24.1 27 11 22 3 .324 1.56 5.04 5.45 -6.3 -0.7
10o 0 0.4 0.3 16 0 19.0 22 9 18 3 .339 1.68 5.48 5.92 -5.9 -0.6
Weighted Mean00.90.629033.93213314.2911.344.214.54-5.6-0.6

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PITCHf/x Pitcher Profile

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Although he has not thrown an MLB pitch in 2024, Tony Barnette threw 2,429 pitches that were tracked by the PITCHf/x system between 2016 and 2019, all of them occuring in Spring Training. In 2019, he relied primarily on his Fourseam Fastball (91mph), Cutter (88mph) and Sinker (91mph). He also rarely threw a Curve (73mph) and Splitter (86mph).