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2019 Projections (Preseason PECOTA - seasonal age 35)

IP	ERA	WHIP	SO	W	L	SV	WARP
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Birth Date	3-22-1984
Height	6' 2"
Weight	211 lbs

Age	40 years, 7 months, 30 days
Bats	R
Throws	R

: 0.22015
: -1.02016
: 1.12017
: 0.22018
: 0.12019
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Historical (past-seasons) WARP is now based on DRA..
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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
2007	NYN	MLB	54	44.3	3	2	0	48	21	45	3	98	9.7	4.3	0.6	9.1	0%	.349	1.56	3.91	3.45	77	2.86	59.2	1.3
2008	NYN	MLB	82	63.3	6	3	0	51	31	52	4	94	7.2	4.4	0.6	7.4	0%	.261	1.29	3.93	3.55	101	4.69	100.1	0.5
2009	CLE	MLB	37	34.0	0	0	0	30	13	30	4	100	7.9	3.4	1.1	7.9	0%	.274	1.26	4.04	3.44	107	4.73	101.4	0.2
2010	CLE	MLB	53	40.0	2	2	0	30	24	32	4	107	6.8	5.4	0.9	7.2	0%	.239	1.35	4.62	3.83	125	6.52	147.2	-0.8
2011	CLE	MLB	71	67.0	3	3	0	52	21	45	1	102	7.0	2.8	0.1	6.0	0%	.258	1.09	2.94	2.01	108	4.62	107.4	0.1
2012	CLE	MLB	72	67.0	7	4	0	53	25	53	4	99	7.1	3.4	0.5	7.1	0%	.253	1.16	3.44	2.96	115	5.83	133.7	-0.8
2013	CLE	MLB	70	63.0	6	2	3	54	23	54	5	100	7.7	3.3	0.7	7.7	0%	.282	1.22	3.63	2.29	113	4.91	117.6	-0.2
2014	ANA	MLB	76	74.7	7	2	15	45	15	68	4	94	5.4	1.8	0.5	8.2	0%	.214	0.80	2.88	1.81	97	2.85	69.8	1.5
2015	ANA	MLB	70	65.3	5	5	5	64	19	57	4	101	8.8	2.6	0.6	7.9	0%	.318	1.27	3.11	3.58	109	4.44	103.8	0.2
2016	ANA	0	38	37.7	1	4	6	36	13	25	4	104	8.6	3.1	1.0	6.0	57%	.283	1.30	4.59	3.82	128	6.86	151.9	-0.8
2016	CHN	0	16	14.3	1	1	0	11	5	15	4	90	6.9	3.1	2.5	9.4	36%	.219	1.12	5.97	2.51	118	6.18	136.7	-0.2
2017	CLE	0	21	18.3	0	0	1	16	0	20	1		7.9	0.0	0.5	9.8	60%	.306	0.87	1.67	3.44	91	3.54	75.3	0.3
2017	TOR	0	38	35.7	3	0	0	30	10	51	3		7.6	2.5	0.8	12.9	44%	.342	1.12	2.30	3.28	90	3.28	69.9	0.8
2018	HOU	MLB	56	45.7	5	1	0	34	12	46	7	97	6.7	2.4	1.4	9.1	45%	.239	1.01	4.09	3.74	103	4.49	100.4	0.2
2019	HOU	MLB	28	25.0	1	0	0	19	5	22	2	101	6.8	1.8	0.7	7.9	49%	.254	0.96	3.12	1.80	95	4.25	87.2	0.3
2016	TOT	MLB	54	52.0	2	5	6	47	18	40	8	100	8.1	3.1	1.4	6.9	52%	.269	1.25	4.97	3.46	125	6.67	147.7	-1.0
2017	TOT	MLB	59	54.0	3	0	1	46	10	71	4		7.7	1.7	0.7	11.8	50%	.328	1.04	2.08	3.33	91	3.37	71.7	1.1
Career		MLB	782	695.3	50	29	30	573	237	615	54	91	7.4	3.1	0.7	8.0	56%	.266	1.16	3.53	2.98	105	4.60	103.8	2.5

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	BRO	A-	NYP	17	0	20.0	0	1	9	10	3	28	0	85	4.5	1.4	0.0	12.6	0%	.233	0.65	1.55	0.45	63	2.32	48.7
2006	BIN	AA	EAS	10	0	12.2	0	2	0	12	11	12	1	68	8.9	8.1	0.7	8.9	0%	.324	1.89	5.12	5.90	123	6.22	130.4
2007	NYN	MLB	NL	54	0	44.3	3	2	0	48	21	45	3	98	9.7	4.3	0.6	9.1	0%	.349	1.56	3.91	3.45	77	2.86	59.2
2007	NWO	AAA	PCL	8	0	9.0	0	0	2	7	4	5	0	91	7.0	4.0	0.0	5.0	0%	.269	1.22	3.75	2.00	103	4.36	89.4
2008	NYN	MLB	NL	82	0	63.3	6	3	0	51	31	52	4	94	7.2	4.4	0.6	7.4	0%	.261	1.29	3.93	3.55	101	4.69	100.1
2009	CLE	MLB	AL	37	0	34.0	0	0	0	30	13	30	4	100	7.9	3.4	1.1	7.9	0%	.274	1.26	4.04	3.44	107	4.73	101.4
2009	COH	AAA	INT	5	0	5.0	0	0	0	4	1	6	0	111	7.2	1.8	0.0	10.8	0%	.308	1.00	1.35	0.00	67	2.64	55.5
2010	CLE	MLB	AL	53	0	40.0	2	2	0	30	24	32	4	107	6.8	5.4	0.9	7.2	0%	.239	1.35	4.62	3.83	125	6.52	147.2
2010	COH	AAA	INT	20	0	23.0	2	1	2	17	10	19	0		6.7	3.9	0.0	7.4	0%	.266	1.17	2.94	1.96	0	0.00	0.0
2011	CLE	MLB	AL	71	0	67.0	3	3	0	52	21	45	1	102	7.0	2.8	0.1	6.0	0%	.258	1.09	2.94	2.01	108	4.62	107.4
2011	AKR	AA	EAS	4	0	3.7	0	0	0	1	2	7	0		2.5	4.9	0.0	17.2	0%	.200	0.82	1.22	2.45	59	2.28	46.5
2012	CLE	MLB	AL	72	0	67.0	7	4	0	53	25	53	4	99	7.1	3.4	0.5	7.1	0%	.253	1.16	3.44	2.96	115	5.83	133.7
2013	CLE	MLB	AL	70	0	63.0	6	2	3	54	23	54	5	100	7.7	3.3	0.7	7.7	0%	.282	1.22	3.63	2.29	113	4.91	117.6
2014	ANA	MLB	AL	76	0	74.7	7	2	15	45	15	68	4	94	5.4	1.8	0.5	8.2	0%	.214	0.80	2.88	1.81	97	2.85	69.8
2015	ANA	MLB	AL	70	0	65.3	5	5	5	64	19	57	4	101	8.8	2.6	0.6	7.9	0%	.318	1.27	3.11	3.58	109	4.44	103.8
2016	ANA	MLB	AL	38	0	37.7	1	4	6	36	13	25	4	104	8.6	3.1	1.0	6.0	57%	.283	1.30	4.59	3.82	128	6.86	151.9
2016	CHN	MLB	NL	16	0	14.3	1	1	0	11	5	15	4	90	6.9	3.1	2.5	9.4	36%	.219	1.12	5.97	2.51	118	6.18	136.7
2016	INL	A+	CAL	2	1	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	84	0.0	0.0	0.0	9.0	50%	.000	0.00	1.70	0.00	84	2.70	59.7
2016	IOW	AAA	PCL	2	0	2.0	0	0	0	1	0	2	0		4.5	0.0	0.0	9.0	50%	.250	0.50	1.72	0.00	82	3.69	81.4
2017	CLE	MLB	AL	21	0	18.3	0	0	1	16	0	20	1		7.9	0.0	0.5	9.8	60%	.306	0.87	1.67	3.44	91	3.54	75.3
2017	TOR	MLB	AL	38	0	35.7	3	0	0	30	10	51	3		7.6	2.5	0.8	12.9	44%	.342	1.12	2.30	3.28	90	3.28	69.9
2017	BUF	AAA	INT	3	0	2.3	0	0	0	3	0	3	0		11.6	0.0	0.0	11.6	50%	.500	1.29	0.77	3.86	68	3.85	81.9
2018	HOU	MLB	AL	56	0	45.7	5	1	0	34	12	46	7	97	6.7	2.4	1.4	9.1	45%	.239	1.01	4.09	3.74	103	4.49	100.4
2018	CCH	AA	TEX	2	0	2.0	0	0	0	4	0	1	0		18.0	0.0	0.0	4.5	67%	.444	2.00	2.44	0.00	95	5.72	120.9
2019	HOU	MLB	AL	28	0	25.0	1	0	0	19	5	22	2	101	6.8	1.8	0.7	7.9	49%	.254	0.96	3.12	1.80	95	4.25	87.2
2019	CCH	AA	TEX	2	0	2.0	0	0	0	4	0	4	2		18.0	0.0	9.0	18.0	33%	.500	2.00	12.45	13.50	113	6.58	135.5
2019	ROU	AAA	PCL	4	0	4.0	0	0	0	1	1	5	0		2.3	2.3	0.0	11.3	25%	.125	0.50	2.04	0.00	82	2.30	47.3

Plate Discipline

YEAR	Pits	Zone%	Swing%	Contact%	Z-Swing%	O-Swing%	Z-Contact%	O-Contact%	SwStr%
2008	983	0.4934	0.4120	0.7605	0.5505	0.2771	0.8539	0.5797	0.2395
2009	552	0.5217	0.4239	0.7692	0.5660	0.2689	0.8098	0.6761	0.2308
2010	633	0.5039	0.4060	0.8016	0.5392	0.2707	0.8721	0.6588	0.1984
2011	997	0.5637	0.4293	0.8528	0.5480	0.2759	0.9026	0.7250	0.1472
2012	1065	0.4714	0.4376	0.7811	0.5916	0.3002	0.8552	0.6509	0.2189
2013	985	0.4812	0.4173	0.7810	0.5823	0.2642	0.8297	0.6815	0.2190
2014	1087	0.4968	0.4581	0.8032	0.6167	0.3016	0.8649	0.6788	0.1968
2015	978	0.4427	0.4642	0.8084	0.5982	0.3578	0.8456	0.7590	0.1916
2016	802	0.4464	0.4576	0.7984	0.5894	0.3514	0.8673	0.7051	0.2016
2017	804	0.5323	0.4925	0.7449	0.6215	0.3457	0.7707	0.6923	0.2551
2018	687	0.5211	0.4978	0.7749	0.6592	0.3222	0.8475	0.6132	0.2251
2019	321	0.5826	0.4704	0.7815	0.5722	0.3284	0.8037	0.7273	0.2185
Career	9894	0.4987	0.4456	0.7901	0.5871	0.3044	0.8479	0.6776	0.2099

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
2014-06-21	2014-06-22	DTD	1	1	-	Neck	Stiffness		-
2014-05-04	2014-05-09	DTD	5	4	Right	Trunk	Soreness		-	-
2013-02-13	2013-03-05	Camp	20	0	Left	Abdomen	Strain	Oblique	-	-
2011-03-22	2011-04-15	15-DL	24	12		Abdomen	Recovery From Strain		-
2011-03-10	2011-03-22	Camp	12	0		Abdomen	Strain		-
2009-08-30	2009-10-05	15-DL	36	33	Left	Knee	Surgery	Loose Bodies	2009-09-30
2009-04-29	2009-06-08	15-DL	40	38	Right	Shoulder	Strain	Rotator Cuff	-
2009-02-25	2009-03-09	Camp	12	0		General Medical	Illness	Virus	-
2007-08-25	2007-09-02	Minors	8	0	Right	Arm	Tendonitis	Biceps	-	-
2007-07-01	2007-07-12	Minors	11	0	Left	Thumb	Contusion		-	-

Compensation

Year	Team	Salary
2022	MIN	$2,500,000
2021	HOU	$4,000,000
2020	HOU	$4,000,000
2019	HOU	$8,000,000
2018	HOU	$7,000,000
2017	TOR	$3,000,000
2016	ANA	$5,250,000
2015	ANA	$5,250,000
2014	ANA	$5,250,000
2013	CLE	$3,150,000
2012	CLE	$1,750,000
2011	CLE	$870,000
2010	CLE	$427,500
2009	CLE	$427,500
2008	NYN	$398,000
2007	NYN	$380,000

Years	Description	Salary
16 yr	Previous	$51,653,000
16 yr	Total	$51,653,000

Service Time	Agent	Contract Status
13 y 91 d	Excel	1 year/$2.5M (2022)

Details

1 year/$2.5M (2022). Signed by Minnesota as a free agent 3/19/22. DFA by Minnesota 8/3/22. Released 8/5/22.
2 years/$8M (2020-21). Re-signed by Houston as a free agent 12/16/19. 20:$4M, 21:$4M. Acquired by Seattle in trade from Houston 7/26/21 with $1,483,871 remaining on contract.
2 years/$15M (2018-19). Signed by Houston as a free agent 12/14/17. 18:$7M, 19:$8M.
1 year/$3M (2017). Signed by Toronto as a free agent 2/7/17. May earn additional $0.5M in performance bonuses. Acquired by Cleveland in trade from Toronto 7/31/17 with $1,016,393 remaining on contract.
3 years/$15.75M (2014-16). Signed by LA Angels as a free agent 11/13. 14:$5.25M, 15:$5.25M, 16:$5.25M. May earn additional $0.25M annually based on games finished. Acquired by Chicago Cubs in trade from LA Angels 8/1/16 with $1,778,689 remaining on contract.
1 year/$3.15M (2013). Re-signed by Cleveland 1/18/13 (avoided arbitration).
1 year/$1.75M (2012). Re-signed by Cleveland 1/17/12 (avoided arbitration).
1 year/$870,000 (2011). Re-signed by Cleveland 12/4/10 (avoided arbitration). $30,000 in performance bonuses.
1 year/$427,500 (2010). Re-signed by Cleveland 3/10/10. Optioned to Triple-A 4/30/10.
1 year/$427,500 (2009). Signed by Cleveland 3/9/09 (split contract, $238,800 in minors).
1 year/$398,000 (2008). Re-signed by NY Mets 3/4/08. Acquired by Cleveland in trade from NY Mets 12/10/08.
1 year/$380,000 (2007). Contract purchased 3/07. Optioned to Triple-A 7/26/07.
Drafted by NY Mets 2006 (3-94) (Wright State). $410,000 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
90^o	0	0	0	0	0	14.8	10	5	15	1	.242	1.01	2.86	3.21	0.0
80^o	0	0	0	0	0	9.6	7	3	10	1	.256	1.09	3.22	3.61	0.0
70^o	0	0	0	0	0	6.1	5	2	6	1	.266	1.15	3.47	3.9	0.0
60^o	0	0	0	0	0	3.1	3	1	3	0	.275	1.21	3.70	4.16	0.0
50^o	0	0	0	0	0	0.4	0	0	0	0	.283	1.26	3.92	4.4	-0.1
Weighted Mean	?	?	?	?	?	0.0	?	0	0	?	.000	0.00	0.00	?	0.0

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PITCHf/x Pitcher Profile

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Although he has not thrown an MLB pitch in 2024, Joe Smith threw 11,497 pitches that were tracked by the PITCHf/x system between 2007 and 2022, all of them occuring in Spring Training. In 2022, he relied primarily on his Sinker (84mph), Fourseam Fastball (86mph) and Slider (77mph).