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Maikel Cleto PCubs

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2019 Projections (Preseason PECOTA - seasonal age 30)
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Birth Date5-1-1989
Height6' 3"
Weight250 lbs
Age34 years, 11 months, 24 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
2011 SLN MLB 3 0 4.3 0 0 0 7 4 6 2 92 14.5 8.3 4.2 12.5 0% .385 2.54 8.99 12.46 92 3.32 77.1 0.1
2012 SLN MLB 9 0 9.0 0 0 0 13 2 15 4 96 13.0 2.0 4.0 15.0 0% .474 1.67 6.57 7.00 75 2.33 53.5 0.3
2013 SLN MLB 1 0 2.3 0 0 0 5 1 5 1 100 19.3 3.9 3.9 19.3 0% .667 2.57 8.16 19.29 74 2.41 57.6 0.1
2014 CHA MLB 28 0 29.3 0 1 0 24 23 32 3 103 7.4 7.1 0.9 9.8 0% .273 1.60 4.96 4.60 121 5.35 131.3 -0.3
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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.
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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-
2007 MTS Rk GCL 11 4 34.0 1 2 1 34 25 28 2 101 9.0 6.6 0.5 7.4 0% .320 1.74 4.94 5.03 119 7.04 144.5
2008 SAV A SAL 25 22 135.7 5 11 0 140 34 81 8 95 9.3 2.3 0.5 5.4 0% .295 1.28 4.03 4.24 105 5.27 107.9
2008 SLU A+ FSL 1 1 5.0 0 1 0 5 2 1 1 96 9.0 3.6 1.8 1.8 0% .235 1.40 6.60 9.00 131 5.35 109.5
2009 CLN A MDW 8 8 25.3 0 3 0 35 11 24 4 104 12.5 3.9 1.4 8.5 0% .378 1.82 5.32 5.34 113 7.54 158.7
2009 MRN Rk AZL 1 0 0.7 0 1 0 3 1 1 0 38.6 12.9 0.0 12.9 0% .600 5.71 10.13 12.86 0 0.00 0.0
2010 HDS A+ CLF 23 21 102.3 4 9 0 125 44 83 10 108 11.0 3.9 0.9 7.3 0% .357 1.65 4.86 6.16 0 0.00 0.0
2010 PEJ Wnt AFL 6 6 19.3 2 1 0 31 13 14 1 14.5 6.1 0.5 6.5 0% .423 2.28 5.77 7.93 0 0.00 0.0
2011 SLN MLB NL 3 0 4.3 0 0 0 7 4 6 2 92 14.5 8.3 4.2 12.5 0% .385 2.54 8.99 12.46 92 3.32 77.1
2011 PMB A+ FSL 5 5 29.0 1 1 0 20 10 33 2 89 6.2 3.1 0.6 10.2 0% .250 1.03 3.23 2.48 83 2.71 55.4
2011 SFD AA TEX 7 6 34.3 2 2 0 40 12 36 2 107 10.5 3.1 0.5 9.4 0% .384 1.51 3.52 3.93 85 6.07 124.0
2011 MEM AAA PCL 13 13 71.3 5 3 0 57 43 66 6 100 7.2 5.4 0.8 8.3 0% .264 1.40 4.95 4.29 99 3.44 70.2
2011 LIC Wnt LID 7 0 11.0 1 0 0 6 7 3 0 4.9 5.7 0.0 2.5 0% .171 1.18 4.43 0.82 0 0.00 0.0
2012 SLN MLB NL 9 0 9.0 0 0 0 13 2 15 4 96 13.0 2.0 4.0 15.0 0% .474 1.67 6.57 7.00 75 2.33 53.5
2012 MEM AAA PCL 45 0 53.7 3 2 2 51 22 66 4 8.6 3.7 0.7 11.1 0% .346 1.36 3.62 5.37 70 3.06 63.8
2012 LIC Wnt DWL 8 0 8.0 1 2 1 4 5 5 0 4.5 5.6 0.0 5.6 0% .148 1.13 3.76 1.13 0 0.00 0.0
2013 SLN MLB NL 1 0 2.3 0 0 0 5 1 5 1 100 19.3 3.9 3.9 19.3 0% .667 2.57 8.16 19.29 74 2.41 57.6
2013 MEM AAA PCL 16 9 53.3 2 3 0 49 53 53 4 88 8.3 8.9 0.7 8.9 0% .306 1.91 5.70 6.92 111 5.36 116.4
2013 OMA AAA PCL 19 1 38.0 1 2 1 35 21 36 1 97 8.3 5.0 0.2 8.5 0% .315 1.47 3.75 3.55 112 5.54 120.4
2014 CHA MLB AL 28 0 29.3 0 1 0 24 23 32 3 103 7.4 7.1 0.9 9.8 0% .273 1.60 4.96 4.60 121 5.35 131.3
2014 CHR AAA INT 22 0 35.0 3 0 3 37 15 50 7 9.5 3.9 1.8 12.9 0% .375 1.49 4.37 5.91 87 4.77 100.9
2015 CHR AAA INT 31 0 51.0 3 2 5 31 24 61 6 5.5 4.2 1.1 10.8 0% .219 1.08 3.87 3.00 93 2.38 52.2
2016 GWN AAA INT 20 0 21.0 2 0 4 20 13 31 3 8.6 5.6 1.3 13.3 44% .362 1.57 3.93 2.14 91 4.51 99.6
2016 VAQ AAA MEX 14 0 14.0 0 1 0 9 2 16 1 5.8 1.3 0.6 10.3 0% .235 0.79 2.71 1.29 0 0.00 0.0
2017 VAQ AAA MEX 19 0 19.7 1 2 4 11 10 18 0 5.0 4.6 0.0 8.2 0% .212 1.07 3.29 3.20 0 0.00 0.0
2019 AGU AAA MEX 26 0 30.3 2 1 0 31 11 43 4 9.2 3.3 1.2 12.8 0% .355 1.38 4.26 5.93 0 0.00 0.0
2019 TIJ AAA MEX 11 0 6.0 1 0 0 9 6 8 2 13.5 9.0 3.0 12.0 0% .412 2.50 9.77 13.50 0 0.00 0.0
2019 YUC AAA MEX 16 0 13.7 0 1 0 15 7 16 2 9.9 4.6 1.3 10.5 0% .333 1.61 5.20 9.22 0 0.00 0.0

Plate Discipline

YEAR Pits Zone% Swing% Contact% Z-Swing% O-Swing% Z-Contact% O-Contact% SwStr%
2011 103 0.3107 0.4078 0.6667 0.6250 0.3099 0.8500 0.5000 0.3333
2012 172 0.4477 0.4302 0.7297 0.5844 0.3053 0.8667 0.5172 0.2703
2013 59 0.2542 0.4068 0.5833 0.6000 0.3409 1.0000 0.3333 0.4167
2014 556 0.4874 0.4191 0.7039 0.6015 0.2456 0.8160 0.4429 0.2961
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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
2010-04-16 2010-05-14 Minors 28 0 Right Shoulder Not Disclosed -
2009-07-07 2009-08-14 Minors 38 0 Back Not Disclosed -

Compensation

Year Team Salary
2017 CHN $
2016 ATL $
2015 CHA $
2014 CHA $501,000
2013 SLN $
YearsDescriptionSalary
2 yrPrevious$501,000
2 yrTotal$501,000

 

Service TimeAgentContract Status
0 y 169 d1 year (2017)

Details
  • 1 year (2017). Signed by Chicago Cubs as a free agent 12/9/16 (minor-league contract). Released by Chicago Cubs 3/13/17.
  • 1 year (2016). Re-signed by Chicago White Sox 1/28/16 (minor-league contract). Released by Chicago White Sox 3/31/16. Signed by Atlanta as a free agent 7/2/16 (minor-league contract).
  • 1 year/$0.512M (2015). Re-signed by Chicago White Sox 3/3/15. Sent outright to Triple-A by Chicago White Sox 4/3/15.
  • 1 year/$0.501M (2014). Claimed by Chicago White Sox off waivers 2/26/14 after being DFA by Kansas City 2/17/14. Signed by Chicago White Sox 3/1/14. DFA by Chicago White Sox 5/10/14. Sent outright to Triple-A 5/12/14. Contract selected by Chicago White Sox 8/4/14.
  • 1 year (2013). Re-signed by St. Louis 3/13. Claimed by Kansas City off waivers from St. Louis 6/23/13.
  • 1 year (2012). Re-signed by St. Louis 2/29/12.
  • 1 year (2011). Contract purchased by Seattle 11/19/10. Acquired by St. Louis in trade from Seattle 12/12/10. Signed by St. Louis 2/11.
  • Acquired by Seattle in trade from NY Mets 12/28/09 (J.J. Putz deal).
  • Signed 2006 as an amateur free agent from the Dominican Republic.

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 1.5 1.9 39 0 52.5 39 19 46 4 .243 1.10 3.05 3.28 -1.8 -0.2
80o 0 1.2 1.6 34 0 45.9 37 18 40 4 .259 1.20 3.43 3.7 -3.5 -0.4
70o 0 1 1.4 31 0 41.4 36 17 36 4 .271 1.28 3.71 4 -4.4 -0.5
60o 0 0.9 1.2 28 0 37.6 34 16 33 4 .281 1.34 3.95 4.27 -5.0 -0.5
50o 0 0.8 1.1 25 0 34.1 33 15 30 4 .290 1.41 4.19 4.52 -5.4 -0.6
40o 0 0.7 1 23 0 30.8 31 15 27 3 .300 1.47 4.42 4.77 -5.7 -0.6
30o 0 0.6 0.8 20 0 27.3 29 14 24 3 .310 1.55 4.68 5.05 -5.8 -0.6
20o 0 0.5 0.7 17 0 23.3 26 12 20 3 .322 1.64 4.99 5.39 -5.8 -0.6
10o 0 0.3 0.5 13 0 18.1 22 10 16 2 .339 1.77 5.43 5.86 -5.3 -0.6
Weighted Mean00.81.125033.33115293.2881.394.154.48-5.2-0.6

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DateQuestionAnswer
2014-07-03 19:00:00 (link to chat)Is there any reason to think that Javy Guerra will get save chances in the mess, that is the White Sox bullpen?
(Chuck Knoblauch from 1B line seats )		Maaaaaaaan, I didn't think Maikel Cleto would be a thing in that bullpen but he was, briefly. If Putnam implodes Robin might ball up and cry himself to sleep over the 9th, and then start giving the ball to Javy. (Mauricio Rubio)
2011-05-09 13:00:00 (link to chat)Thoughts on Maikel Cleto and his callup to AA?
(Johnson from DeKalb)		Love the fastball, but think the whole package would work better in relief. (Kevin Goldstein)


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PITCHf/x Pitcher Profile

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Although he has not thrown an MLB pitch in 2024, Maikel Cleto threw 891 pitches that were tracked by the PITCHf/x system between 2011 and 2014, including pitches thrown in . In 2014, he relied primarily on his Fourseam Fastball (98mph) and Slider (85mph), also mixing in a Change (90mph). He also rarely threw a Sinker (95mph).