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Rafael Martín PNationals

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2019 Projections (Preseason PECOTA - seasonal age 35)
IP ERA WHIP SO W L SV WARP
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Birth Date5-16-1984
Height6' 3"
Weight225 lbs
Age39 years, 11 months, 9 days
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0.42015
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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
2015 WAS MLB 13 0 12.3 2 0 0 12 5 25 4 98 8.8 3.6 2.9 18.2 0% .381 1.38 4.78 5.11 69 2.23 52.0 0.4
2016 WAS MLB 8 0 3.7 0 0 0 0 1 5 0 87 0.0 2.5 0.0 12.3 33% .000 0.27 1.27 2.45 106 4.70 104.0 0.0
CareerMLB21016.0200126304956.73.42.216.933%.0001.133.974.50762.7963.90.4

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 SLT mex MEX 22 1 34.0 1 1 0 25 19 17 2 6.6 5.0 0.5 4.5 0% .217 1.29 4.96 2.65 0 0.00 0.0
2008 SLT mex MEX 35 2 53.7 6 2 1 63 30 38 3 10.6 5.0 0.5 6.4 0% .341 1.73 4.46 4.19 0 0.00 0.0
2009 SLT mex MEX 54 0 63.3 6 3 0 57 25 65 6 8.1 3.6 0.9 9.2 0% .298 1.30 3.90 4.12 0 0.00 0.0
2009 MAZ Wnt MPL 18 0 21.0 3 0 0 11 6 22 0 4.7 2.6 0.0 9.4 0% .220 0.81 1.81 1.29 0 0.00 0.0
2010 HAR AA EAS 47 0 67.3 5 4 0 55 26 58 5 7.4 3.5 0.7 7.8 0% .265 1.20 3.80 3.61 0 0.00 0.0
2011 POT A+ CAR 6 0 8.0 1 0 0 6 2 10 0 6.8 2.3 0.0 11.3 0% .316 1.00 1.47 1.13 64 3.35 68.3
2011 HAR AA EAS 32 0 35.7 4 1 13 26 9 44 1 6.6 2.3 0.3 11.1 0% .287 0.98 2.31 1.77 73 3.02 61.6
2011 MAZ Wnt LMP 15 0 16.0 2 1 2 10 3 16 1 5.6 1.7 0.6 9.0 0% .231 0.81 2.33 2.81 0 0.00 0.0
2012 HAR AA EAS 15 0 17.0 0 0 0 21 12 14 4 11.1 6.4 2.1 7.4 0% .321 1.94 6.72 7.41 128 6.89 143.6
2012 SYR AAA INT 13 0 17.7 0 0 0 16 11 15 2 8.2 5.6 1.0 7.6 0% .259 1.53 5.31 7.13 113 4.59 95.6
2012 NAT Rk GCL 2 0 3.0 1 0 0 1 0 4 0 3.0 0.0 0.0 12.0 0% .167 0.33 0.76 0.00 70 1.91 39.8
2013 POT A+ CAR 17 0 26.0 0 0 2 12 14 33 1 4.2 4.8 0.3 11.4 0% .193 1.00 3.04 1.04 81 2.08 45.2
2013 NAT Rk GCL 4 0 5.0 0 0 0 3 0 6 0 5.4 0.0 0.0 10.8 0% .273 0.60 1.05 0.00 73 2.47 53.7
2014 POT A+ CAR 2 0 4.7 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 7.7 0% .000 0.00 1.79 0.00 71 2.18 46.2
2014 HAR AA EAS 11 0 20.0 2 1 1 15 5 20 1 6.8 2.3 0.5 9.0 0% .264 1.00 2.90 2.70 82 3.38 71.6
2014 SYR AAA INT 25 0 33.7 1 1 10 20 7 42 0 5.3 1.9 0.0 11.2 0% .260 0.80 1.47 0.80 53 1.93 40.8
2015 WAS MLB NL 13 0 12.3 2 0 0 12 5 25 4 98 8.8 3.6 2.9 18.2 0% .381 1.38 4.78 5.11 69 2.23 52.0
2015 SYR AAA INT 46 0 56.0 5 5 12 41 16 68 4 6.6 2.6 0.6 10.9 0% .278 1.02 2.56 3.21 70 2.40 52.6
2016 WAS MLB NL 8 0 3.7 0 0 0 0 1 5 0 87 0.0 2.5 0.0 12.3 33% .000 0.27 1.27 2.45 106 4.70 104.0
2016 SYR AAA INT 50 0 49.3 2 4 22 43 25 50 7 7.8 4.6 1.3 9.1 28% .273 1.38 4.56 4.56 111 4.15 91.6
2017 SYR AAA INT 52 0 62.7 4 2 2 63 17 62 6 9.0 2.4 0.9 8.9 30% .318 1.28 3.61 4.60 92 4.16 88.4
2018 HER Wnt LMP 28 0 30.3 1 2 9 24 4 30 1 7.1 1.2 0.3 8.9 16% .316 0.92 1.98 2.67 0 0.00 0.0
2019 SLT AAA MEX 43 0 47.0 2 4 21 55 15 54 10 10.5 2.9 1.9 10.3 0% .349 1.49 5.72 4.98 0 0.00 0.0

Plate Discipline

YEAR Pits Zone% Swing% Contact% Z-Swing% O-Swing% Z-Contact% O-Contact% SwStr%
2015 247 0.4899 0.4939 0.6066 0.6777 0.3175 0.6951 0.4250 0.3934
2016 59 0.4407 0.4576 0.6667 0.6538 0.3030 0.7647 0.5000 0.3333
Career3060.48040.48690.61820.67310.31470.70850.43950.3818

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
2014-04-02 2014-05-05 Minors 33 0 - Not Disclosed -
2010-08-08 2010-08-21 Minors 13 0 Right Arm Fatigue -

Compensation

Year Team Salary
2017 WAS $
2016 WAS $
2015 WAS $

 

Service TimeAgentContract Status
0 y 80 d1 year (2017)

Details
  • 1 year (2017). Re-signed by Washington 3/17. DFA by Washington 6/5/17. Sent outright to Triple-A 6/9/17.
  • 1 year (2016). Re-signed by Washington 3/16.
  • 1 year (2015). Contract selected by Washington 4/14/15.
  • Signed by Washington 2010 as a free agent from Mexico.

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 6.3 0 2 47 0 50.2 42 20 45 8 .250 1.22 4.09 4.39 -7.6 -0.8
80o 5.4 0 1.7 41 0 44.1 40 19 40 7 .264 1.32 4.53 4.86 -8.9 -1.0
70o 4.8 0 1.5 37 0 40.0 38 18 36 7 .275 1.39 4.85 5.21 -9.5 -1.0
60o 4.3 0 1.3 34 0 36.5 36 17 33 7 .284 1.46 5.13 5.52 -9.9 -1.1
50o 3.9 0 1.2 31 0 33.3 34 16 30 6 .292 1.52 5.40 5.81 -10.0 -1.1
40o 3.5 0 1 28 0 30.2 32 15 27 6 .301 1.58 5.68 6.1 -10.0 -1.1
30o 3 0 0.9 25 0 26.9 30 14 24 6 .310 1.65 5.98 6.42 -9.8 -1.1
20o 2.6 0 0.7 22 0 23.3 27 13 21 5 .320 1.74 6.34 6.81 -9.5 -1.0
10o 1.9 0 0.5 17 0 18.4 23 11 17 4 .335 1.86 6.85 7.35 -8.5 -0.9
Weighted Mean3.801.130032.53316306.2901.505.365.76-9.6-1.0

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PITCHf/x Pitcher Profile

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Although he has not thrown an MLB pitch in 2024, Rafael Martín threw 319 pitches that were tracked by the PITCHf/x system between 2015 and 2016, all of them occuring in Spring Training. In 2016, he relied primarily on his Fourseam Fastball (88mph) and Slider (79mph). He also rarely threw a Change (83mph).