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2019 Projections (Preseason PECOTA - seasonal age 33)
IP ERA WHIP SO W L SV WARP
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Birth Date7-21-1985
Height6' 0"
Weight200 lbs
Age38 years, 9 months, 4 days
BatsR
ThrowsL
-0.32015
2.12016
0.52017
0.72018
0.12019
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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
2012 BAL MLB 32 32 192.7 12 11 0 186 57 154 29 103 8.7 2.7 1.4 7.2 0% .274 1.26 4.36 4.02 114 4.99 114.3 0.4
2013 BAL MLB 23 23 137.0 7 7 0 142 39 104 17 99 9.3 2.6 1.1 6.8 0% .305 1.32 4.06 4.07 112 5.29 126.7 -0.6
2014 BAL MLB 31 31 185.7 16 6 0 193 35 136 23 99 9.4 1.7 1.1 6.6 0% .296 1.23 3.92 3.54 105 4.34 106.4 1.1
2015 BAL MLB 31 31 191.3 11 8 0 192 41 153 28 115 9.0 1.9 1.3 7.2 0% .290 1.22 4.12 3.34 108 5.19 121.3 -0.3
2016 MIA MLB 22 22 123.3 5 5 0 134 24 100 22 86 9.8 1.8 1.6 7.3 42% .302 1.28 4.53 4.96 96 3.88 85.8 2.1
2017 MIA MLB 9 5 33.0 2 1 0 25 9 25 3 93 6.8 2.5 0.8 6.8 39% .234 1.03 3.75 3.82 104 4.28 91.0 0.5
2018 MIA MLB 26 26 133.3 6 12 0 131 47 111 19 90 8.8 3.2 1.3 7.5 38% .285 1.34 4.39 4.79 109 4.88 109.0 0.7
2019 MIA MLB 45 0 68.3 0 1 0 87 18 63 15 96 11.5 2.4 2.0 8.3 38% .350 1.54 5.18 6.59 106 6.36 130.5 -0.7
CareerMLB2191701064.7595101090270846156999.22.31.37.239%.2941.284.264.181084.87112.13.2

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-
2005 CHU npb JCL 10 1 19.3 0 0 1 29 6 20 3 13.5 2.8 1.4 9.3 0% -.897 1.81 4.07 6.06 0 0.00 0.0
2008 CHU npb JCL 39 14 114.7 7 6 0 101 33 107 7 7.9 2.6 0.5 8.4 0% .292 1.17 2.85 2.90 0 0.00 0.0
2009 CHU npb JCL 24 23 164.0 8 4 0 113 40 146 10 6.2 2.2 0.5 8.0 0% .231 0.93 2.52 1.54 0 0.00 0.0
2010 CHU npb JCL 29 27 188.0 13 10 0 166 49 153 21 7.9 2.3 1.0 7.3 0% .268 1.14 3.73 2.87 0 0.00 0.0
2012 BAL MLB AL 32 32 192.7 12 11 0 186 57 154 29 103 8.7 2.7 1.4 7.2 0% .274 1.26 4.36 4.02 114 4.99 114.3
2013 BAL MLB AL 23 23 137.0 7 7 0 142 39 104 17 99 9.3 2.6 1.1 6.8 0% .305 1.32 4.06 4.07 112 5.29 126.7
2013 BOW AA EAS 2 2 12.0 1 0 0 9 2 8 0 100 6.8 1.5 0.0 6.0 0% .265 0.92 2.48 3.00 94 3.67 79.8
2014 BAL MLB AL 31 31 185.7 16 6 0 193 35 136 23 99 9.4 1.7 1.1 6.6 0% .296 1.23 3.92 3.54 105 4.34 106.4
2015 BAL MLB AL 31 31 191.3 11 8 0 192 41 153 28 115 9.0 1.9 1.3 7.2 0% .290 1.22 4.12 3.34 108 5.19 121.3
2015 FRD A+ CAR 1 1 3.0 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 108 3.0 0.0 0.0 6.0 0% .125 0.33 1.91 0.00 92 2.88 63.1
2016 MIA MLB NL 22 22 123.3 5 5 0 134 24 100 22 86 9.8 1.8 1.6 7.3 42% .302 1.28 4.53 4.96 96 3.88 85.8
2017 MIA MLB NL 9 5 33.0 2 1 0 25 9 25 3 93 6.8 2.5 0.8 6.8 39% .234 1.03 3.75 3.82 104 4.28 91.0
2017 JUP A+ FSL 2 1 3.7 0 0 0 4 1 2 0 77 9.8 2.5 0.0 4.9 54% .308 1.36 3.03 0.00 106 5.44 115.8
2017 MRL Rk GCL 1 1 1.0 0 0 0 2 0 1 0 91 18.0 0.0 0.0 9.0 75% .500 2.00 1.42 0.00 92 5.13 109.2
2018 MIA MLB NL 26 26 133.3 6 12 0 131 47 111 19 90 8.8 3.2 1.3 7.5 38% .285 1.34 4.39 4.79 109 4.88 109.0
2018 JUP A+ FSL 2 2 7.7 1 0 0 5 1 11 0 84 5.9 1.2 0.0 12.9 39% .278 0.78 0.99 1.17 65 2.42 51.2
2019 MIA MLB NL 45 0 68.3 0 1 0 87 18 63 15 96 11.5 2.4 2.0 8.3 38% .350 1.54 5.18 6.59 106 6.36 130.5

Plate Discipline

YEAR Pits Zone% Swing% Contact% Z-Swing% O-Swing% Z-Contact% O-Contact% SwStr%
2012 3137 0.5327 0.4855 0.7899 0.6571 0.2899 0.8333 0.6776 0.2101
2013 2175 0.5264 0.4772 0.8054 0.6559 0.2786 0.8402 0.7143 0.1946
2014 2966 0.5249 0.4865 0.8184 0.6660 0.2881 0.8785 0.6650 0.1816
2015 3008 0.5399 0.5050 0.8078 0.6706 0.3107 0.8466 0.7093 0.1922
2016 1914 0.5037 0.4843 0.7929 0.6691 0.2968 0.8558 0.6489 0.2071
2017 492 0.5000 0.4837 0.8025 0.6463 0.3211 0.8491 0.7089 0.1975
2018 2205 0.4807 0.4467 0.7949 0.6377 0.2699 0.8536 0.6667 0.2051
2019 1151 0.5387 0.5022 0.7976 0.6823 0.2919 0.8652 0.6129 0.2024
Career170480.52130.48400.80190.66110.29100.85220.67760.1981

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
2013-10-10 2013-10-10 Off 0 0 Right Knee Surgery Bone Spur 2013-10-10 -
2013-05-13 - DTD - - Right Abdomen Strain Oblique - -
2013-05-13 2013-07-10 15-DL 58 53 Right Abdomen Strain Oblique - -

Compensation

Year Team Salary
2020 MIA $22,000,000
2020 SEA $
2019 MIA $20,000,000
2018 MIA $10,000,000
2017 MIA $15,500,000
2016 MIA $12,500,000
2015 BAL $4,750,000
2014 BAL $4,155,333
2013 BAL $3,655,333
2012 BAL $3,155,333
YearsDescriptionSalary
9 yrPrevious$95,715,999
9 yrTotal$95,715,999

 

Service TimeAgentContract Status
8 y 0 dBoras Corp.5 years/$80M (2016-20), 2021 option

Details
  • 5 years/$80M (2016-20), plus 2021 conditional option. Signed by Miami as a free agent 1/19/16. $13M signing bonus ($5M paid 11/30/17, $8M paid 6/30/18). 16:$6M, 17:$9M, 18:$10M player option, 19:$20M player option, 20:$22M player option, 21:$16M conditional player option. Chen must exercise 2018-'20 player options together within four days after end of 2017 World Series. Chen receives a player option for 2021 if he has 1) 180 innings pitched in 2020 or 360 IP in 2019-20 and 2) is not on DL at end of 2020 season and 3) is healthy for 2021 spring training. Total of $64.5M in 2016-21 salaries is deferred without interest ($3M in 2016, $4.5M in 2017, $8M in 2018, $16M in 2019, $17M in 2020, $16M in 2021). Chen to receive deferred payments of $3M on 11/30/16, $4.5M on 11/30/17, $2M on 11/30/18, $6M on 6/30/19, $4M on 11/30/19, $9M on 6/30/20, $5M on 11/30/20, $15M on 6/30/21, $1M on 11/30/21, $15M on 6/30/22. Chen exercised 2018-20 options 11/17. DFA by Miami 11/20/19. Released 11/25/19. Signed by Seattle as a free agent 1/30/20 (Mariners pay $563,500 Major League minimum salary). Released by Seattle 6/25/20. Signed by Chiba Lotte Marines of Japan 9/20.
  • 3 years/$11.388M (2012-14), plus 2015 club option. Signed by Baltimore as a free agent 1/10/12. $250,000 signing bonus. 12:$3.072M, 13:$3.572M, 14:$4.072M, 15:$4.75M club option, $0.372M buyout. 2015 option increases to $6M with 56 starts or 360 innings in 2013-14 combined. May become a free agent at expiration of contract. Annual performance bonuses: $0.1M each for 30 starts, 200 innings. Award bonuses: $50,000 for All-Star selection. $150,000 for Cy Young ($75,000 for 2nd place in vote, $50,000 for 3rd place). Baltimore exercised 2015 option 10/30/14.

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 0 0 0 0 12.6 10 4 11 1 .247 1.07 3.33 3.7 0.0 0.0
80o 0 0 0 0 0 8.3 7 2 7 1 .259 1.14 3.66 4.06 0.0 0.0
70o 0 0 0 0 0 5.2 5 2 4 1 .267 1.19 3.91 4.33 -0.1 0.0
60o 0 0 0 0 0 2.7 2 1 2 0 .274 1.23 4.11 4.56 -0.1 0.0
50o 0 0 0 0 0 0.4 0 0 0 0 .280 1.27 4.31 4.78 -0.1 0.0
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DateQuestionAnswer
2016-06-21 20:00:00 (link to chat)What is wrong with Wei-Yin Chen? What are the odds of him turning it around ROS?
(Phred from Philly)		I don't think anything's wrong with Chen. I think he's at the bad end of possible outcomes for himself, so his numbers the rest of the way will probably be a tiny bit better, but not much. The peripherals are all fairly close to where they were last year. His strikeout rate is slightly better this year, while his HR rate and his walk rate are slightly worse, but none of them are that far from where they were in 2015. (Scooter Hotz)
2014-03-19 20:00:00 (link to chat)International signings seem to have huge benefits: (Cespedes, Wei-Yin Chen, Darvish, Puig and Hyun-Jin Ryu). Who are a couple of the next big players we should look out for?
(Silverback38 from VA)		There's not much coming out of Japan. Kenta Maeda is the next pitcher who will come over (likely for 2015), but he's a soft-tossing #4 profile. Cuba has some good hitters in Jose Fernandez and Yasmani Tomas, but who knows when or if they'll defect. (Bret Sayre)
2014-02-03 13:00:00 (link to chat)I'm in a 20 team points league with a one SP per day maximum. Basically every SP or possible SP is owned. SPs go very early in our minor league draft. Without listing who all is available do you have any sleepers for the back half of the draft who could be low floor SPs? Staying a SP is a must because even 4th and 5th starters with secure jobs have lots of value. Thanks
(Brandon from Springfield MO)		Guys like Wei-Yin Chen are the go to guys here. Dan Staily is another guy to look for here, and I would take a gamble on (gulp) Edwin Jackson considering the league setup. (Mauricio Rubio)
2014-02-10 13:00:00 (link to chat)Computer sim league question. Would you deal Miguel Cabrera and Randall Delgado for Wei-Yin Chen and Anthony Rizzo? Getting picks for next year too but those are the players.
(joott41 from Wisconsin)		Are you getting all of the picks? If not, no. (Jeff Moore)
2013-03-19 13:00:00 (link to chat)Resign Wei-Yin Chen for $7 in 10-team AL only?
(Mike from NYC)		I'm not much of a fantasy guy, so I'll put it to you this way. If you think what Chen did last season is worth $7 then I'd pay it. I think it's a repeatable performance give or take a bit in either direction. (Matthew Kory)
2012-10-04 14:00:00 (link to chat)My O's are going to start joe saunders in texas? it's like why bother. just pissing away this magical season in one disastrous move. talk me off the ledge, will you?
(Randy M. from Shocked)		I hear you, Randy, although if the regular season means anything, plenty of things we never thought possible have already happened.

The past is obviously ugly: As I wrote in the WYNTK this morning, Saunders is 0-6 with a 9.38 ERA in his career in Arlington, and he's given up something like 13 homers in 31 innings. But the problem is that Steve Johnson may not be fully recovered from his late-season knee injury, and the only other option is really to go with Wei-Yin Chen on short rest, which seems to have been ruled out. It's sort of a pick-your-poison situation, and regardless of who gets the ball, I'm sure they will be on a short leash. (Daniel Rathman)
2012-10-01 13:00:00 (link to chat)I'm within 1 of multiple people in the HR and Win categories in a league. No one can catch me in the "conflicting" categories, like AVG or Hitter's strikeouts or Losses (which we have). Could you name 1 hitter and 1 pitcher you think most likely to hit a homer or win a game?
(SimplyFalco from Amherst)		Jonny Gomes is widely available, and if you have daily transactions, you'll get him against Martin Perez tonight. Wei-Yin Chen has pitched well against the Rays, is widely available, and pitches tonight, so he's a guy I'd gamble on. (Josh Shepardson)
2012-06-29 13:00:00 (link to chat)Just lost CC, Pettitte and Dempster to injury. This ain't pretty, but who would you pick up out of this group? Milone, Samardzija, Wei-Yin Chen, Floyd, Ervin Santana, Masterson, Hochevar, Bailey and Quintana.
(Struggling from NYC)		I like Samardzija, who's been strafed for a .331 BABIP but has good strikeout and home run rates. Chen has held his own in a tough park, and Masterson has been pretty decent besides the wins. (Jay Jaffe)
2012-02-02 15:00:00 (link to chat)Does Wei-Yin Chen hold any value?
(Joseph from Richmond)		His numbers in Japan were very strong, but not exactly Yu Darvish territory, and Japanese starters don't have a great track record of transitioning into MLB rotations. I'd take a flier on him in an AL-only league, but purely as a lottery ticket. (Cory Schwartz)


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PITCHf/x Pitcher Profile

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Although he has not thrown an MLB pitch in 2024, Wei-Yin Chen threw 17,214 pitches that were tracked by the PITCHf/x system between 2012 and 2019, including pitches thrown in . In 2019, he relied primarily on his Fourseam Fastball (92mph), Slider (86mph) and Curve (74mph). He also rarely threw a Change (84mph) and Sinker (90mph).