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Kelvin Herrera PCubs

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Birth Date	12-31-1989
Height	5' 10"
Weight	220 lbs

Age	35 years, 3 months, 7 days
Bats	R
Throws	R

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Historical (past-seasons) WARP is now based on DRA..
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YEAR	Team	G	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	KCA	2	2.0	0	1	0	2	0	0	1	109	9.0	0.0	4.5	0.0	0%	.143	1.00	11.06	13.50	123	6.83	158.8	0.0
2012	KCA	76	84.3	4	3	3	79	21	77	4	101	8.4	2.2	0.4	8.2	0%	.313	1.19	2.65	2.35	79	2.60	59.6	2.2
2013	KCA	59	58.3	5	7	2	48	21	74	9	99	7.4	3.2	1.4	11.4	0%	.281	1.18	3.72	3.86	83	2.74	65.6	1.3
2014	KCA	70	70.0	4	3	0	54	26	59	0	101	6.9	3.3	0.0	7.6	0%	.274	1.14	2.71	1.41	95	3.53	86.5	0.8
2015	KCA	72	69.7	4	3	0	52	26	64	5	102	6.7	3.4	0.6	8.3	0%	.249	1.12	3.40	2.71	99	3.46	80.9	1.0
2016	KCA	72	72.0	2	6	12	57	12	86	6	103	7.1	1.5	0.8	10.8	46%	.290	0.96	2.42	2.75	69	2.39	52.9	2.1
2017	KCA	64	59.3	3	3	26	60	20	56	9		9.1	3.0	1.4	8.5	47%	.295	1.35	4.29	4.25	95	3.82	81.2	0.9
2018	KCA	27	25.7	1	1	14	19	2	22	2	102	6.7	0.7	0.7	7.7	39%	.246	0.82	2.72	1.05	97	3.88	86.7	0.3
2018	WAS	21	18.7	1	2	3	24	8	16	4	97	11.6	3.9	1.9	7.7	36%	.333	1.71	5.64	4.34	103	4.20	93.7	0.2
2018	TOT	48	44.3	2	3	17	43	10	38	6	100	8.7	2.0	1.2	7.7	38%	.287	1.20	3.95	2.44	100	4.01	89.7	0.5
2019	CHA	57	51.3	3	3	1	60	23	53	8	101	10.5	4.0	1.4	9.3	39%	.347	1.62	4.61	6.14	106	5.21	107.0	0.1
Career		520	511.3	27	32	61	455	159	507	48	89	8.0	2.8	0.8	8.9	48%	.297	1.20	3.38	3.15	90	3.37	76.2	8.9

Statistics for All Levels

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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	DOY	Rk	DSL	11	5	42.7	4	1	1	30	15	50	1		6.3	3.2	0.2	10.5	0%	.284	1.05	2.35	0.84	0	0.00	0.0
2008	BUR	A	MDW	3	1	12.7	2	0	0	13	2	7	0	97	9.2	1.4	0.0	5.0	0%	.302	1.18	2.86	2.13	95	4.53	92.8
2008	BNC	Rk	APL	11	8	50.7	2	2	0	48	5	45	0	88	8.5	0.9	0.0	8.0	0%	.331	1.05	2.48	1.42	80	3.98	81.5
2009	BUR	A	MDW	1	1	5.0	1	0	0	3	0	1	0	99	5.4	0.0	0.0	1.8	0%	.188	0.60	3.22	0.00	108	3.81	80.1
2010	BUR	A	MDW	8	8	41.3	2	3	0	38	15	40	2	103	8.3	3.3	0.4	8.7	0%	.321	1.28	3.67	4.36	0	0.00	0.0
2011	KCA	MLB	AL	2	0	2.0	0	1	0	2	0	0	1	109	9.0	0.0	4.5	0.0	0%	.143	1.00	11.06	13.50	123	6.83	158.8
2011	WIL	A+	CAR	8	0	14.7	2	1	1	8	2	12	1		4.9	1.2	0.6	7.4	0%	.184	0.68	2.88	0.61	87	2.87	58.6
2011	NWA	AA	TEX	23	0	36.0	4	0	7	22	6	40	4		5.5	1.5	1.0	10.0	0%	.207	0.78	3.18	1.75	72	1.71	34.9
2011	OMA	AAA	PCL	14	0	17.0	1	0	6	12	7	18	1		6.4	3.7	0.5	9.5	0%	.250	1.12	3.66	2.12	81	2.55	52.0
2011	ESC	Wnt	LID	12	0	17.3	0	0	1	14	4	15	0		7.3	2.1	0.0	7.8	0%	.286	1.04	2.20	0.52	0	0.00	0.0
2012	KCA	MLB	AL	76	0	84.3	4	3	3	79	21	77	4	101	8.4	2.2	0.4	8.2	0%	.313	1.19	2.65	2.35	79	2.60	59.6
2013	KCA	MLB	AL	59	0	58.3	5	7	2	48	21	74	9	99	7.4	3.2	1.4	11.4	0%	.281	1.18	3.72	3.86	83	2.74	65.6
2013	NWA	AA	TEX	2	0	2.0	0	0	0	1	0	5	0		4.5	0.0	0.0	22.5	0%	.500	0.50	-1.95	0.00	30	1.57	34.2
2013	OMA	AAA	PCL	10	3	16.0	0	1	2	6	6	22	1	89	3.4	3.4	0.6	12.4	0%	.161	0.75	3.12	1.13	79	2.05	44.5
2013	DOM	int	WBC	2	0	2.3	0	0	0	2	0	0	0		7.7	0.0	0.0	0.0	0%	.200	0.86	3.63	0.00	0	0.00	0.0
2014	KCA	MLB	AL	70	0	70.0	4	3	0	54	26	59	0	101	6.9	3.3	0.0	7.6	0%	.274	1.14	2.71	1.41	95	3.53	86.5
2015	KCA	MLB	AL	72	0	69.7	4	3	0	52	26	64	5	102	6.7	3.4	0.6	8.3	0%	.249	1.12	3.40	2.71	99	3.46	80.9
2016	KCA	MLB	AL	72	0	72.0	2	6	12	57	12	86	6	103	7.1	1.5	0.8	10.8	46%	.290	0.96	2.42	2.75	69	2.39	52.9
2017	KCA	MLB	AL	64	0	59.3	3	3	26	60	20	56	9		9.1	3.0	1.4	8.5	47%	.295	1.35	4.29	4.25	95	3.82	81.2
2018	KCA	MLB	AL	27	0	25.7	1	1	14	19	2	22	2	102	6.7	0.7	0.7	7.7	39%	.246	0.82	2.72	1.05	97	3.88	86.7
2018	WAS	MLB	NL	21	0	18.7	1	2	3	24	8	16	4	97	11.6	3.9	1.9	7.7	36%	.333	1.71	5.64	4.34	103	4.20	93.7
2019	CHA	MLB	AL	57	0	51.3	3	3	1	60	23	53	8	101	10.5	4.0	1.4	9.3	39%	.347	1.62	4.61	6.14	106	5.21	107.0
2019	CHR	AAA	INT	3	1	3.0	0	1	0	5	0	2	2		15.0	0.0	6.0	6.0	75%	.000	1.67	10.96	12.00	87	3.22	66.4

Plate Discipline

YEAR	Pits	Zone%	Swing%	Contact%	Z-Swing%	O-Swing%	Z-Contact%	O-Contact%	SwStr%
2011	32	0.5625	0.4688	1.0000	0.5556	0.3571	1.0000	1.0000	0.0000
2012	1265	0.4941	0.5107	0.7539	0.6480	0.3766	0.8198	0.6432	0.2461
2013	1002	0.5020	0.4900	0.6802	0.6581	0.3206	0.7492	0.5375	0.3198
2014	1099	0.4732	0.5032	0.7342	0.7173	0.3109	0.7802	0.6389	0.2658
2015	1086	0.4972	0.5276	0.7260	0.7185	0.3388	0.7655	0.6432	0.2740
2016	1088	0.5110	0.5092	0.6823	0.6799	0.3308	0.7593	0.5170	0.3177
2017	1011	0.5223	0.5094	0.7437	0.6780	0.3251	0.7821	0.6561	0.2563
2018	696	0.4828	0.5316	0.7297	0.7113	0.3639	0.8201	0.5649	0.2703
2019	888	0.4685	0.4910	0.7362	0.6803	0.3242	0.7880	0.6405	0.2638
Career	8167	0.4949	0.5085	0.7247	0.6844	0.3365	0.7831	0.6089	0.2753

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
2010-05-17	2010-09-08	Minors	114	0	Right	Elbow	Inflammation		-

Compensation

Year	Team	Salary
2012	KCA	$480,650
2013	KCA	$508,175
2014	KCA	$522,500
2015	KCA	$1,600,000
2016	KCA	$2,550,000
2017	KCA	$5,325,000
2018	KCA	$7,937,500
2019	CHA	$8,500,000
2020	CHA	$8,500,000
2021	CHA	$

Years	Description	Salary
9 yr	Previous	$35,923,825
9 yr	Total	$35,923,825

Service Time	Agent	Contract Status
7 y 157 d	Republik Sports	2 years/$18M (2019-20), 2021 option

Details

2 years/$18M (2019-20), plus 2021 option. Signed by Chicago White Sox as a free agent 1/8/19. 19:$8.5M, 20:$8.5M, 21:$10M club option ($1M buyout). 2021 option is guaranteed with 110 games combined in 2019-20, including at least 55 games in 2020, and if Herrera passes a physical after the 2020 season. DFA by Chicago White Sox 7/31/20. Released 8/2/20. Signed by Chicago Cubs as a free agent 8/6/20 (minor-league contract). Released by Chicago Cubs 8/26/20. Retired 2/26/21.
1 year/$7.9375M (2018). Re-signed by Kansas City 1/12/18 (avoided arbitration).
1 year/$5.325M (2017). Re-signed by Kansas City 2/3/17 (avoided arbitration, $5.6M-$5.05M). Award bonus: $50,000 for All-Star.
2 years/$4.15M (2015-16). Signed extension with Kansas City 2/12/15 (avoided arbitration, $1.9M-$1.15M). 15:$1.6M, 16:$2.55M. 2016 salary may increase up to $0.25M based on 2015 games finished.
1 year/$522,500 (2014). Re-signed by Kansas City 2/21/14.
1 year/$508,175 (2013). Re-signed by Kansas City 2/20/13.
1 year/$480,650 (2012). Re-signed by Kansas City 2/10/12.
1 year (2011). Contract purchased by Kansas City 9/21/11.
Signed by Kansas City 12/13/06 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
90^o	0	0	0	0	0	14.5	11	4	14	2	.250	1.05	3.19	3.47	0.0
80^o	0	0	0	0	0	9.5	8	3	9	1	.263	1.13	3.57	3.87	0.0
70^o	0	0	0	0	0	5.9	5	2	6	1	.273	1.19	3.84	4.16	0.0
60^o	0	0	0	0	0	3.0	3	1	3	0	.282	1.24	4.09	4.42	0.0
50^o	0	0	0	0	0	0.3	0	0	0	0	.290	1.29	4.31	4.66	-0.1
Weighted Mean	?	?	?	?	?	0.0	?	0	0	?	.000	0.00	0.00	?	0.0

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2018-12-11 13:00:00 (link to chat)	Who are your top three most realistic starting pitchers and relievers that the twins should target? Could you speculate the years and annual salary of the free agents please? (Sabir from Saint Paul)	Realistic? Maybe someone like Trevor Cahill among starters and Joakim Soria or Kelvin Herrera among relievers. I'd like to see them aim a bit higher, especially for the bullpen, but "realistic" is Twins speak for "decent but underwhelming" when it comes to free agency. Regardless of the specific names, I'd be surprised if the Twins went beyond two guaranteed seasons for any free agent this offseason. (Aaron Gleeman)
2017-07-13 14:00:00 (link to chat)	True or False: Kelvin Herrera is traded (likely not going to happen given Royals recent success) and the Royals announce that Mike Minor is the first to get a crack at closing. (Punchoutpappy from First in Flight)	The June/July surge from the Royals definitely muddies the waters for them a bit at the deadline. I would have said "True" without hesitation two months ago, but now I'm not so sure. For Minor, it feels like they enjoy having him in that multi-inning role, so I don't know if he'd be first in line. (Mark Barry)
2017-05-03 20:00:00 (link to chat)	Does Koda Glover lead the Nats in saves, or will it be Kelvin Herrera? (Gregg from Cali)	Let me continue here. This SEEMS like a natural landing spot for Herrera. Pair him with Lorenzo Cain (I stole this idea from a twitter follower) and can the Royals get Robles back? He's heretofore been untouchable, but for that package, perhaps a deal could be swung. So, that gives Soria a chance for saves. Who else... Nate Jones on the White Sox (unless they trade him AND Robertson, which might leave... Tommy Kahnle?! Who else... I have this feeling about Archie Bradley, who also could go into the rotation. (David Brown)
2017-05-02 13:00:00 (link to chat)	Do you think Kelvin Herrera get traded this summer? His numbers haven't been great, but he'd look pretty good closing for the Nats, no? (Boomer from Balt)	If the Royals fail to get back in the playoff picture, there is almost no incentive to keep Herrera. The nice thing about Herrera is that he's not locked into closing. You could deal for him and have him go back to setting up ahead of an established closer for a team like the Dodgers. (George Bissell)
2014-11-12 13:00:00 (link to chat)	Are the Dodgers and Cubs implicitly following Lewie Pollis' advice to spend indiscriminately on management? (ssimon from Pelham, N.Y.)	Implicitly? I guess. Explicitly? I... guess. I'm not totally sure I believe it's the right way to do it, to be honest. I think there are so many smart people out there right now that front office guys might be more like relievers than anything. Fairly unpredictable (even the seemingly great ones), fairly replaceable, fairly short window of genius. The Dodgers have signed a ton of big front office guys this year. It seems like a great idea. But so did spending $30 million on a bullpen last offseason. Turned out the right answer was "Wade Davis and Kelvin Herrera," and nobody knew it. (Sam Miller)

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PITCHf/x Pitcher Profile

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Although he has not thrown an MLB pitch in 2025, Kelvin Herrera threw 9,126 pitches that were tracked by the PITCHf/x system between 2011 and 2020, all of them occuring in Spring Training. In 2020, he relied primarily on his Sinker (95mph), Fourseam Fastball (94mph) and Change (86mph), also mixing in a Curve (79mph). He also rarely threw a Slider (89mph).