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Portrait of John Holdzkom

John Holdzkom PWhite Sox

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2019 Projections (Preseason PECOTA - seasonal age 31)
IP ERA WHIP SO W L SV WARP
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Birth Date10-19-1987
Height6' 9"
Weight245 lbs
Age36 years, 6 months, 6 days
BatsR
ThrowsR
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-1.32019
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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
2014 PIT MLB 9 0 9.0 1 0 1 4 2 14 1 99 4.0 2.0 1.0 14.0 0% .200 0.67 2.10 2.00 86 3.25 79.8 0.1
CareerMLB909.010142141994.02.01.014.044%.2000.672.102.00863.2579.80.1

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 MTS Rk GCL 16 2 23.2 2 5 3 28 20 23 0 72 10.9 7.8 0.0 8.9 0% .364 2.07 4.28 7.76 117 8.37 175.7
2007 KNG Rk APL 3 0 5.0 1 0 0 4 4 6 0 100 7.2 7.2 0.0 10.8 0% .333 1.60 4.35 3.60 120 6.23 127.9
2007 MTS Rk GCL 4 0 6.0 0 1 0 6 3 4 1 102 9.0 4.5 1.5 6.0 0% .250 1.50 5.77 6.00 109 4.07 83.5
2008 SAV A SAL 20 5 47.3 2 3 0 45 45 56 1 90 8.6 8.6 0.2 10.7 0% .344 1.90 4.51 5.90 113 6.46 132.3
2008 KNG Rk APL 8 7 39.3 3 1 0 38 12 44 3 96 8.7 2.7 0.7 10.1 0% .337 1.27 3.83 3.66 93 5.08 103.9
2010 KNG Rk APL 5 0 4.0 0 0 0 4 8 8 0 9.0 18.0 0.0 18.0 0% .444 3.00 7.02 11.25 0 0.00 0.0
2010 MTS Rk GCL 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 2 2 0 0.0 18.0 0.0 18.0 0% .000 2.00 5.50 0.00 0 0.00 0.0
2012 BAK A+ CAL 6 1 8.7 0 1 0 6 13 10 0 99 6.2 13.5 0.0 10.4 0% .286 2.19 6.34 5.19 122 5.87 122.2
2012 NZL int WBQ 2 1 4.7 1 1 0 3 4 5 0 5.8 7.7 0.0 9.6 0% .250 1.50 4.88 7.71 0 0.00 0.0
2012 CAN Wnt ABL 10 10 48.3 4 3 0 36 43 48 3 6.7 8.0 0.6 8.9 0% .258 1.63 4.89 4.10 0 0.00 0.0
2014 PIT MLB NL 9 0 9.0 1 0 1 4 2 14 1 99 4.0 2.0 1.0 14.0 0% .200 0.67 2.10 2.00 86 3.25 79.8
2014 ALT AA EAS 4 0 6.0 1 0 0 1 2 10 0 1.5 3.0 0.0 15.0 0% .125 0.50 1.51 0.00 50 1.74 36.8
2014 IND AAA INT 18 0 21.7 2 0 2 14 10 27 1 5.8 4.2 0.4 11.2 0% .260 1.11 2.98 2.49 83 3.00 63.5
2015 WEV A- NYP 2 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 13.5 0% .000 0.00 0.51 0.00 70 2.50 54.7
2015 IND AAA INT 21 0 22.3 2 0 2 16 17 27 0 6.4 6.9 0.0 10.9 0% .296 1.48 3.15 3.22 95 3.64 79.8
2016 WSX Rk AZL 1 1 0.7 0 1 0 3 2 0 0 96 40.5 27.0 0.0 0.0 20% .600 7.50 13.11 54.00 127 12.03 265.7

Plate Discipline

YEAR Pits Zone% Swing% Contact% Z-Swing% O-Swing% Z-Contact% O-Contact% SwStr%
2014 119 0.6134 0.4538 0.7222 0.5753 0.2609 0.8095 0.4167 0.2778
Career1190.61340.45380.72220.57530.26090.80950.41670.2778

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
2009-04-09 2009-09-10 Minors 154 0 Right Elbow Surgery Tommy John Surgery -

Compensation

Year Team Salary
2016 PIT $
2015 PIT $

 

Service TimeAgentContract Status
0 y 29 d1 year (2016)

Details
  • 1 year (2016). Re-signed by Pittsburgh 3/16. DFA by Pittsburgh 4/3/16. Released by Pittsburgh 4/11/16.
  • 1 year (2015). Re-signed by Pittsburgh 3/4/15.
  • 1 year (2014). Signed by Pittsburgh as a free agent 6/23/14 (minor-league contract). Contract selected by Pittsburgh 8/31/14.
  • 1 year (2012). Signed by Cincinnati as a free agent 1/5/12 (minor-league contract). Released by Cincinnati 6/21/12.
  • Released by NY Mets 3/24/11.
  • Drafted by NY Mets 2006 (4-124) (Salt Lake CC). $0.21M 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 1.4 45 0 47.6 48 35 17 8 .245 1.74 6.47 7.08 -20.1 -2.2
80o 4.4 0 1.1 39 0 40.8 45 33 14 8 .261 1.90 7.07 7.72 -19.9 -2.2
70o 3.8 0 0.9 34 0 36.1 42 31 13 7 .273 2.02 7.51 8.2 -19.4 -2.1
60o 3.3 0 0.8 31 0 32.3 40 29 11 7 .283 2.13 7.91 8.63 -18.8 -2.0
50o 2.9 0 0.6 27 0 28.9 37 27 10 7 .293 2.23 8.29 9.04 -18.1 -2.0
40o 2.4 0 0.5 24 0 25.5 35 25 9 6 .302 2.34 8.68 9.46 -17.0 -1.9
30o 2 0 0.4 21 0 22.1 31 23 8 6 .313 2.47 9.11 9.93 -15.8 -1.7
20o 1.6 0 0.3 17 0 18.2 28 20 6 5 .326 2.62 9.64 10.5 -14.1 -1.5
10o 1.1 0 0.2 12 0 13.2 22 16 5 4 .344 2.84 10.41 11.34 -11.4 -1.2
Weighted Mean2.800.626027.93626106.2902.218.228.97-17.2-1.9

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BP Chats

DateQuestionAnswer
2015-01-28 19:00:00 (link to chat)Can you give me your opinion of the following fantasy baseball trade. (Context: 20 teams, one team is competing while the other rebuilding). Cliff Lee for Jimmy Nelson, Andrew Heaney, and John Holdzkom. Is that an overpay for the amount of risk or fair return for Lee? Thanks.
(Mike from NY)
Lee's stock is pretty low, I'd probably take this deal if you're intent on trading him. (Mauricio Rubio)
2014-09-29 14:00:00 (link to chat)What late season call ups might go from unknown to on the map this post season (like K-Rod in 2002)?
(mdotmorris22 from Minnesota)
This is a good one with which to kick off.

There are a handful of relievers who I think could jump onto the radar in the same way. If the NL wild-card game is tight, both Hunter Strickland (SFG) and John Holdzkom (PIT) could play a big role, with the fact that the Pirates designated Strickland for assignment to make room for Jonathan Sanchez providing a humorous twist. Holdzkom is certainly the one who's jumped out of nowhere, from Indy ball earlier this year to a high-leverage role in a playoff bullpen. (Daniel Rathman)
2014-09-29 14:00:00 (link to chat)I'm in a 20 team dynasty league. We're allowed to protect 20 players from our 25 man roster yearly. I can protect only two of the following relievers, Brad Ziegler, Shae Simmons, Kevin Quackenbush, John Holdzkom, Hunter Strickland, Jeremy Affeldt, and RJ Alvarez. Which should I keep for next year?
(John from MD)
Again, I'd recommend shooting this one at our fantasy guys in their next chats, but I'd go with Quackenbush and Strickland. (Daniel Rathman)


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PITCHf/x Pitcher Profile

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Although he has not thrown an MLB pitch in 2024, John Holdzkom threw 146 pitches that were tracked by the PITCHf/x system in 2014, including pitches thrown in . In 2014, he relied primarily on his Fourseam Fastball (96mph). He also rarely threw a Change (86mph).