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2019 Projections (Preseason PECOTA - seasonal age 34)
IP ERA WHIP SO W L SV WARP
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Birth Date11-2-1984
Height6' 2"
Weight195 lbs
Age39 years, 5 months, 17 days
BatsL
ThrowsL
-0.32015
-0.32016
-0.02017
2018
0.22019
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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 SDN MLB 26 0 16.7 2 0 2 9 3 25 0 97 4.9 1.6 0.0 13.5 0% .243 0.72 1.21 3.24 63 2.52 57.6 0.4
2013 SDN MLB 14 0 8.7 0 2 0 10 5 6 1 101 10.4 5.2 1.0 6.2 0% .360 1.73 5.56 2.08 117 5.53 132.4 -0.1
2014 BOS MLB 30 0 19.0 2 1 0 14 8 14 0 101 6.6 3.8 0.0 6.6 0% .264 1.16 3.10 0.95 107 3.69 90.5 0.2
2015 BOS MLB 64 0 47.7 2 1 1 41 27 45 3 114 7.7 5.1 0.6 8.5 0% .292 1.43 3.85 3.97 110 5.32 124.4 -0.3
2016 BOS 0 34 0 28.7 0 1 0 27 14 25 1 121 8.5 4.4 0.3 7.8 55% .329 1.43 3.38 3.77 114 6.16 136.3 -0.4
2016 NYA 0 29 0 16.0 2 0 1 10 7 13 2 113 5.6 3.9 1.1 7.3 49% .186 1.06 4.79 3.38 103 4.61 102.0 0.1
2017 NYA MLB 19 0 13.0 0 0 0 16 8 9 1 11.1 5.5 0.7 6.2 47% .341 1.85 4.83 7.62 108 5.38 114.4 0.0
2016 TOT MLB 63 0 44.7 2 1 1 37 21 38 3 118 7.5 4.2 0.6 7.7 53% .279 1.30 3.88 3.63 110 5.60 124.0 -0.3
CareerMLB2160149.78541277213781017.64.30.58.251%.2881.333.663.611054.90112.1-0.2

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.
Minor league stats are currently shown —Click to hide.
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 MSO Rk PIO 16 16 79.7 4 8 0 94 23 66 9 104 10.6 2.6 1.0 7.5 0% .343 1.47 4.58 4.63 102 5.02 103.1
2008 SBN A MDW 35 13 115.0 6 5 0 107 43 71 3 96 8.4 3.4 0.2 5.6 0% .283 1.30 3.64 3.44 108 4.92 100.7
2009 VIS A+ CLF 29 4 66.0 4 2 0 63 25 43 1 98 8.6 3.4 0.1 5.9 0% .301 1.33 3.92 2.86 102 5.30 111.5
2009 MOB AA SOU 6 6 31.0 0 3 0 27 19 24 0 96 7.8 5.5 0.0 7.0 0% .287 1.48 3.67 4.94 105 4.98 104.9
2009 SUR Wnt AFL 12 0 12.7 0 0 0 13 7 11 1 9.2 5.0 0.7 7.8 0% .308 1.57 5.18 4.96 0 0.00 0.0
2010 MOB AA SOU 26 26 149.3 12 7 0 146 57 91 9 91 8.8 3.4 0.5 5.5 0% .287 1.36 4.20 3.74 0 0.00 0.0
2011 MOB AA SOU 3 3 17.7 2 0 0 16 6 14 1 107 8.2 3.1 0.5 7.1 0% .306 1.25 3.63 2.55 97 4.57 93.4
2011 RNO AAA PCL 32 15 121.7 10 7 0 148 57 56 14 120 10.9 4.2 1.0 4.1 0% .315 1.68 5.90 6.21 115 5.10 104.2
2012 SDN MLB NL 26 0 16.7 2 0 2 9 3 25 0 97 4.9 1.6 0.0 13.5 0% .243 0.72 1.21 3.24 63 2.52 57.6
2012 SAN AA TEX 32 2 35.7 0 5 1 31 16 36 2 96 7.8 4.0 0.5 9.1 0% .305 1.32 3.33 3.28 88 4.22 87.9
2012 RNO AAA PCL 5 4 20.0 0 2 0 30 9 14 4 106 13.5 4.1 1.8 6.3 0% .366 1.95 6.51 10.35 120 7.21 150.2
2012 TUC AAA PCL 5 5 22.0 0 3 0 28 15 19 4 96 11.5 6.1 1.6 7.8 0% .348 1.95 6.75 7.77 120 7.04 146.7
2013 SDN MLB NL 14 0 8.7 0 2 0 10 5 6 1 101 10.4 5.2 1.0 6.2 0% .360 1.73 5.56 2.08 117 5.53 132.4
2013 TUC AAA PCL 49 0 46.0 2 4 0 49 27 41 1 9.6 5.3 0.2 8.0 0% .338 1.65 4.08 4.50 97 4.37 95.0
2014 BOS MLB AL 30 0 19.0 2 1 0 14 8 14 0 101 6.6 3.8 0.0 6.6 0% .264 1.16 3.10 0.95 107 3.69 90.5
2014 PAW AAA INT 37 0 48.0 5 1 11 29 20 53 1 5.4 3.8 0.2 9.9 0% .244 1.02 2.72 1.50 82 2.71 57.4
2015 BOS MLB AL 64 0 47.7 2 1 1 41 27 45 3 114 7.7 5.1 0.6 8.5 0% .292 1.43 3.85 3.97 110 5.32 124.4
2015 PAW AAA INT 7 0 7.7 0 0 3 8 2 9 0 9.4 2.3 0.0 10.6 0% .381 1.30 1.58 3.52 71 3.69 80.8
2016 BOS MLB AL 34 0 28.7 0 1 0 27 14 25 1 121 8.5 4.4 0.3 7.8 55% .329 1.43 3.38 3.77 114 6.16 136.3
2016 NYA MLB AL 29 0 16.0 2 0 1 10 7 13 2 113 5.6 3.9 1.1 7.3 49% .186 1.06 4.79 3.38 103 4.61 102.0
2017 NYA MLB AL 19 0 13.0 0 0 0 16 8 9 1 11.1 5.5 0.7 6.2 47% .341 1.85 4.83 7.62 108 5.38 114.4
2017 OKL AAA PCL 3 0 5.7 0 0 0 3 6 3 1 4.8 9.5 1.6 4.8 69% .133 1.59 8.13 3.18 132 4.51 96.1
2017 SWB AAA INT 6 0 6.7 0 0 1 4 2 4 1 5.4 2.7 1.4 5.4 70% .158 0.90 4.99 2.70 107 3.95 84.1
2018 SFD AA TEX 2 0 2.3 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 3.9 0.0 0.0 7.7 33% .167 0.43 1.73 0.00 88 3.47 73.4
2018 MEM AAA PCL 27 0 26.7 2 1 3 21 4 34 0 7.1 1.4 0.0 11.5 61% .300 0.94 2.09 1.35 60 1.69 35.7
2019 MEM AAA PCL 34 0 37.7 3 1 0 44 18 37 8 10.5 4.3 1.9 8.8 48% .330 1.65 6.42 6.45 107 5.51 113.4

Plate Discipline

YEAR Pits Zone% Swing% Contact% Z-Swing% O-Swing% Z-Contact% O-Contact% SwStr%
2012 279 0.4158 0.3943 0.7273 0.5086 0.3129 0.8814 0.5490 0.2727
2013 152 0.3816 0.3947 0.8833 0.5345 0.3085 0.9355 0.8276 0.1167
2014 292 0.5582 0.4247 0.7984 0.5706 0.2403 0.8817 0.5484 0.2016
2015 792 0.4369 0.3965 0.7707 0.5491 0.2780 0.8737 0.6129 0.2293
2016 686 0.4548 0.4096 0.7651 0.5673 0.2781 0.8701 0.5865 0.2349
2017 245 0.4041 0.4082 0.8300 0.5455 0.3151 0.8148 0.8478 0.1700
Career24460.44730.40430.78040.55090.28310.87250.62740.2196

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
2019 SLN $
2018 SLN $
2017 NYA $1,075,000
2016 BOS $563,750
2015 BOS $557,000
2014 BOS $
2013 SDN $
2012 SDN $
YearsDescriptionSalary
3 yrPrevious$2,195,750
3 yrTotal$2,195,750

 

Service TimeAgentContract Status
3 y 45 dPlatinum Sports1 year (2019)

Details
  • 1 year (2019). Re-signed by St. Louis 11/14/18 (minor-league contract). Released by St. Louis 7/5/19.
  • 1 year (2018). Signed by Boston as a free agent 2/23/18 (minor-league contract). Released by Boston 5/20/18. Signed by St. Louis as a free agent 6/15/18 (minor-league contract).
  • 1 year/$1.075M (2017). Re-signed by NY Yankees 1/13/17 (avoided arbitration). DFA by NY Yankees 6/11/17. Sent outright to Triple-A 6/13/17. Released by NY Yankees 7/5/17. Signed by LA Dodgers as a free agent 7/19/17 (minor-league contract).
  • 1 year/$563,750 (2016). Re-signed by Boston 3/2/16. DFA by Boston 8/2/16. Released 8/6/16. Signed by NY Yankees as a free agent 8/9/16.
  • 1 year/$0.557M (2015). Re-signed by Boston 3/8/15.
  • 1 year (2014). Signed by Boston as a free agent 11/10/13 (minor-league contract). Contract selected by Boston 7/5/14.
  • 1 year/$0.4913M (2013). Re-signed by San Diego 3/9/13. DFA by San Diego 10/25/13. Sent outright to Triple-A 11/4/13.
  • 1 year (2012). Acquired by San Diego in trade from Arizona 5/3/12. Contract purchased by San Diego 8/14/12.
  • Drafted by Arizona 2007 (26-793) (Mount Olive, N.C.).

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 2.6 1.2 63 0 52.0 36 18 50 4 .241 1.03 2.78 3.16 -1.2 -0.1
80o 0 2.1 1 55 0 45.9 34 17 44 3 .256 1.12 3.14 3.56 -3.0 -0.3
70o 0 1.9 0.9 50 0 41.7 33 16 40 3 .267 1.19 3.40 3.85 -4.1 -0.4
60o 0 1.6 0.8 46 0 38.1 32 16 36 3 .276 1.24 3.63 4.11 -4.8 -0.5
50o 0 1.4 0.7 42 0 34.9 30 15 33 3 .285 1.30 3.85 4.35 -5.3 -0.6
40o 0 1.3 0.6 38 0 31.8 29 14 30 3 .294 1.36 4.07 4.6 -5.7 -0.6
30o 0 1.1 0.5 34 0 28.5 27 13 27 3 .303 1.42 4.30 4.87 -5.9 -0.6
20o 0 0.9 0.4 30 0 24.8 25 12 24 2 .314 1.50 4.59 5.19 -6.0 -0.7
10o 0 0.6 0.3 24 0 19.8 21 11 19 2 .329 1.61 4.99 5.64 -5.8 -0.6
Weighted Mean01.40.741034.22915333.2831.283.824.32-5.1-0.6

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PITCHf/x Pitcher Profile

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Although he has not thrown an MLB pitch in 2024, Tommy Layne threw 2,582 pitches that were tracked by the PITCHf/x system between 2010 and 2017, all of them occuring in Spring Training. In 2017, he relied primarily on his Cutter (85mph) and Sinker (88mph), also mixing in a Slider (80mph), Change (82mph) and Fourseam Fastball (88mph). He also rarely threw a Curve (76mph).