Marcus Walden Stats | Baseball Prospectus

IP	ERA	WHIP	SO	W	L	SV	WARP
35.3	4.82	1.53	27	2	1	0	0.0

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.
Multiple stints are are currently shown —Click to hide.

YEAR	Team	Lg	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
2018	BOS	MLB	8	14.7	0	0	1	14	3	14	0	105	8.6	1.8	0.0	8.6	59%	.341	1.16	2.10	3.68	80	3.18	71.0	0.3
2019	BOS	MLB	70	78.0	9	2	2	61	32	76	6	107	7.0	3.7	0.7	8.8	56%	.264	1.19	3.72	3.81	96	3.83	78.5	1.3
Career		MLB	78	92.7	9	2	3	75	35	90	6	107	7.3	3.4	0.6	8.7	56%	.277	1.19	3.46	3.79	93	3.73	77.4	1.6

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	BLJ	Rk	GCL	12	10	44.3	2	4	0	45	12	32	3	99	9.1	2.4	0.6	6.5	0%	.304	1.29	3.69	3.05	100	5.41	111.0
2008	AUB	A-	NYP	14	11	60.0	2	3	0	70	20	51	4	99	10.5	3.0	0.6	7.7	0%	.344	1.50	3.92	4.80	102	6.15	125.8
2009	DUN	A+	FSL	4	4	16.7	2	1	0	30	10	8	1	103	16.2	5.4	0.5	4.3	0%	.420	2.40	5.17	8.62	126	10.88	228.9
2011	LNS	A	MID	28	13	100.0	6	6	0	90	28	54	1	102	8.1	2.5	0.1	4.9	0%	.275	1.18	3.42	3.24	103	4.23	86.3
2012	LNS	A	MID	14	14	66.7	5	2	0	54	30	40	4	100	7.3	4.1	0.5	5.4	0%	.255	1.26	4.36	3.11	114	4.53	94.4
2012	DUN	A+	FSL	13	12	72.7	9	2	0	58	18	42	0	105	7.2	2.2	0.0	5.2	0%	.253	1.05	3.10	2.85	97	3.28	68.4
2013	NHP	AA	EAS	26	26	162.3	6	14	0	184	50	88	9	104	10.2	2.8	0.5	4.9	0%	.319	1.44	4.02	3.71	105	5.13	111.4
2014	MID	AA	TEX	21	0	35.7	1	2	2	38	13	26	2		9.6	3.3	0.5	6.6	0%	.316	1.43	3.82	3.79	103	5.27	111.6
2014	BUF	AAA	INT	3	0	4.0	0	1	0	5	3	1	1		11.3	6.8	2.3	2.3	0%	.286	2.00	9.09	13.50	134	6.95	147.1
2014	SAC	AAA	PCL	11	11	59.7	2	2	0	69	27	34	6	89	10.4	4.1	0.9	5.1	0%	.318	1.61	5.42	5.73	114	5.51	116.6
2015	PEN	AA	SOU	1	1	3.0	0	1	0	7	3	2	0	99	21.0	9.0	0.0	6.0	0%	.636	3.33	4.96	12.00	106	8.72	191.3
2016	CHT	AA	SOU	6	0	10.3	0	0	1	3	3	7	0		2.6	2.6	0.0	6.1	46%	.115	0.58	3.12	1.74	96	2.25	49.6
2016	ROC	AAA	INT	36	0	46.0	1	1	5	41	13	33	1		8.0	2.5	0.2	6.5	64%	.282	1.17	3.06	2.54	93	3.34	73.8
2017	PAW	AAA	INT	29	15	105.7	10	6	0	102	36	86	4	94	8.7	3.1	0.3	7.3	54%	.312	1.31	3.34	3.92	93	4.04	85.9
2018	BOS	MLB	AL	8	0	14.7	0	0	1	14	3	14	0	105	8.6	1.8	0.0	8.6	59%	.341	1.16	2.10	3.68	80	3.18	71.0
2018	LOW	A-	NYP	2	0	2.7	0	0	0	2	3	3	0		6.8	10.1	0.0	10.1	33%	.333	1.88	4.60	3.38	110	5.29	111.9
2018	PAW	AAA	INT	18	5	32.7	0	4	2	44	17	24	2	93	12.1	4.7	0.6	6.6	53%	.365	1.87	4.40	4.96	108	6.66	140.8
2019	BOS	MLB	AL	70	0	78.0	9	2	2	61	32	76	6	107	7.0	3.7	0.7	8.8	56%	.264	1.19	3.72	3.81	96	3.83	78.5
2019	PAW	AAA	INT	1	0	1.7	0	0	0	1	0	2	0		5.4	0.0	0.0	10.8	50%	.250	0.60	1.22	0.00	80	3.81	78.4

Plate Discipline

YEAR	Pits	Zone%	Swing%	Contact%	Z-Swing%	O-Swing%	Z-Contact%	O-Contact%	SwStr%
2018	213	0.4742	0.4648	0.7273	0.6139	0.3304	0.8065	0.5946	0.2727
2019	1268	0.4148	0.4826	0.7075	0.6578	0.3585	0.8642	0.5038	0.2925
Career	1481	0.4233	0.4800	0.7103	0.6515	0.3545	0.8559	0.5169	0.2897

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
2010-04-08	2010-09-09	Minors	154	0	Right	Elbow	Surgery	Tommy John Surgery	-
2009-04-29	2009-09-07	Minors	131	0	Right	Elbow	Sprain	Ulnar Collateral Ligament	-

Compensation

Year	Team	Salary
2021	BOS	$
2020	BOS	$579,500
2019	BOS	$
2018	BOS	$545,000
2014	OAK	$

Years	Description	Salary
2 yr	Previous	$1,124,500
2 yr	Total	$1,124,500

Service Time	Agent	Contract Status
2 y 14 d	Full Circle Sports	1 year (2023)

Details

1 year (2023). Signed by Seattle as a free agent 5/22/23 (minor-league contract).
1 year (2022). Signed by Milwaukee as a free agent 6/22/22 (minor-league contract). Released by Milwaukee 12/16/22.
2021. DFA by Boston 2/24/21. Sent outright to Triple-A 3/1/21. Released by Boston 8/21. Signed by Chicago Cubs as a free agent 8/19/21 (minor-league contract).
1 year/$579,500 (2020). Re-signed by Boston 3/20.
1 year (2019). Re-signed by Boston 3/19.
1 year/$545,000 (2018). Signed by Boston as a free agent 11/17 (minor-league contract). Contract selected by Boston 3/29/18.
1 year (2017). Signed by Boston as a free agent (minor-league contract).
1 year (2016). Signed by Minnesota as a free agent (minor-league contract).
1 year (2015). Signed by Cincinnati 12/14 (minor-league contract).
1 year (2014). Contract selected by Toronto 4/5/14. Claimed by Oakland off waivers 4/16/14 after being DFA by Toronto 4/15/14. Sent outright to Triple-A by Oakland 6/16/14.
Drafted by Toronto 2007 (9-295) (Fresno City College).

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	14.6	13	5	11	1	.266	1.23	3.58	3.78	0.0
80^o	0	0	0	0	0	9.5	9	4	7	1	.281	1.33	3.97	4.18	0.0
70^o	0	0	0	0	0	5.9	6	2	5	1	.292	1.40	4.24	4.48	0.0
60^o	0	0	0	0	0	3.0	3	1	2	0	.301	1.46	4.49	4.74	-0.1
50^o	0	0	0	0	0	0.3	0	0	0	0	.310	1.52	4.72	4.98	-0.1
Weighted Mean	?	?	?	?	?	0.0	?	0	0	?	.000	0.00	0.00	?	0.0

Preseason Long-Term Forecast (Beyond the 2019 Projections)

Playing time estimates are based on performance, not Depth Charts.

Year	Age	W	L	G	IP	H	BB	SO	HR	GB%	BABIP	WHIP	ERA	DRA	H/9	BB/9	K/9	HR/9	WARP
2020	31	2	1	42	45	46	20	35	5	51	.304	1.48	4.65	4.92	9.3	4.0	7.1	1.0	0.1
2021	32	2	1	39	42	44	19	33	5	51	.302	1.51	4.92	5.21	9.5	4.1	7.1	1.1	-0.1
2022	33	2	1	38	40	42	18	32	5	51	.302	1.49	4.82	5.10	9.4	4.0	7.1	1.1	-0.0
2023	34	2	1	36	38	41	17	30	5	51	.304	1.51	4.94	5.23	9.6	4.0	7.0	1.2	-0.1
2024	35	2	1	35	38	40	17	29	5	51	.304	1.51	4.92	5.21	9.6	4.1	6.9	1.2	-0.1
2025	36	1	1	30	32	34	14	25	4	51	.304	1.50	4.90	5.19	9.6	3.9	7.0	1.1	-0.0
2026	37	1	0	28	29	31	13	23	4	51	.304	1.50	4.94	5.23	9.5	4.0	7.1	1.2	-0.1
2027	38	1	0	27	29	31	13	23	4	51	.304	1.52	4.96	5.25	9.6	4.0	7.1	1.2	-0.1
2028	39	1	0	27	28	30	13	22	4	51	.305	1.52	5.02	5.31	9.5	4.1	7.0	1.3	-0.1

Comparable Players (Similarity Index 78)

Rank	Score	Name	Year	Run Average	Trend
1	90	Casey Coleman	2018	0.00	DNP
2	87	Kelvin Marte	2018	0.00	DNP
3	86	Willie Collazo	2010	0.00	DNP
4	85	Bo Schultz	2016	5.51
5	85	Blake Johnson	2015	0.00	DNP
6	85	Jon Link	2014	0.00	DNP
7	85	David Martinez	2018	0.00	DNP
8	84	Murphy Smith	2018	8.10
9	84	Steven Wright	2015	4.71
10	84	Jeremy Bleich	2017	0.00	DNP
11	83	Scott Copeland	2018	0.00
12	83	Justin Marks	2018	0.00	DNP
13	83	Ryan Tatusko	2015	0.00	DNP
14	83	Frankie De La Cruz	2014	0.00	DNP
15	82	Tommy Layne	2015	4.15
16	82	Brian Gordon	2009	0.00	DNP
17	82	Tim Dillard	2014	0.00	DNP
18	82	Philip Barzilla	2009	0.00	DNP
19	81	Jarrett Grube	2012	0.00	DNP
20	81	Kris Johnson	2015	0.00	DNP
21	81	Duane Below	2016	0.00	DNP
22	81	Johnnie Lowe	2015	0.00	DNP
23	81	Derrick Loop	2014	0.00	DNP
24	81	Ross Wolf	2013	4.53
25	80	Chris Oxspring	2007	0.00	DNP
26	80	Steve Smith	2016	0.00	DNP
27	80	A.J. Morris	2017	0.00	DNP
28	80	Ryan Reid	2015	0.00	DNP
29	80	Nate Long	2016	0.00	DNP
30	80	Bruce Billings	2016	0.00	DNP
31	79	Eddie Gamboa	2015	0.00	DNP
32	79	Mitch Lively	2016	0.00	DNP
33	79	Zach Kroenke	2014	0.00	DNP
34	79	Chase Wright	2013	0.00	DNP
35	79	Randy Boone	2015	0.00	DNP
36	79	Erik Cordier	2016	0.00	DNP
37	79	Brandon Kloess	2015	0.00	DNP
38	78	Timothy McNab	2010	0.00	DNP
39	78	Justin Lehr	2008	0.00	DNP
40	78	Nick Additon	2018	0.00	DNP
41	78	Chris Sampson	2008	4.60
42	78	Austin Bibens-Dirkx	2015	0.00	DNP
43	78	Shane Loux	2010	0.00	DNP
44	78	Bryan Evans	2017	0.00	DNP
45	78	Zach Jackson	2013	0.00	DNP
46	77	Nick Greenwood	2018	0.00	DNP
47	77	Brad Salmon	2010	0.00	DNP
48	77	Mike McClendon	2015	0.00	DNP
49	77	Matt Zaleski	2012	0.00	DNP
50	77	Ruddy Lugo	2010	0.00	DNP
51	77	Jeff Mandel	2015	0.00	DNP
52	77	Yohan Flande	2016	14.73
53	77	Andrew Kown	2013	0.00	DNP
54	77	Brian Baker	2013	0.00	DNP
55	76	Tom Cochran	2013	0.00	DNP
56	76	Kanekoa Texeira	2016	0.00	DNP
57	76	Mike Parisi	2013	0.00	DNP
58	76	Brad Mills	2015	5.40
59	76	Anthony Vasquez	2017	0.00	DNP
60	76	Vin Mazzaro	2017	0.00	DNP
61	75	Wirfin Obispo	2015	0.00	DNP
62	75	Richard Bleier	2017	3.27
63	75	Ryan Feierabend	2016	0.00	DNP
64	75	Scott Rice	2012	0.00	DNP
65	75	Josh Smith	2018	0.00	DNP
66	75	Andy Oliver	2018	0.00	DNP
67	75	Chris Enochs	2006	0.00	DNP
68	75	Chris Seddon	2014	0.00	DNP
69	75	David Pauley	2013	0.00	DNP
70	75	Elih Villanueva	2017	0.00	DNP
71	74	Mike Ekstrom	2014	0.00	DNP
72	74	Terry Doyle	2016	0.00	DNP
73	74	Brooks Brown	2015	4.91
74	74	Buddy Baumann	2018	35.10
75	74	Jake Robbins	2006	0.00	DNP
76	74	Austin Fleet	2017	0.00	DNP
77	74	Atahualpa Severino	2015	0.00	DNP
78	74	Jason Davis	2010	0.00	DNP
79	74	Jose Lugo	2014	0.00	DNP
80	74	Joe Bateman	2010	0.00	DNP
81	74	Andy Mitchell	2009	0.00	DNP
82	74	Spike Lundberg	2007	0.00	DNP
83	74	Jerome Gamble	2010	0.00	DNP
84	74	Chris Volstad	2017	5.12
85	74	Pedro Beato	2017	0.00
86	74	Chris Heston	2018	0.00	DNP
87	73	Cesar Jimenez	2015	3.13
88	73	Andrew Russell	2014	0.00	DNP
89	73	Jack Egbert	2013	0.00	DNP
90	73	Thad Weber	2015	0.00	DNP
91	73	Pat Misch	2012	0.00	DNP
92	73	Travis Blackley	2013	4.83
93	73	Derek Hankins	2014	0.00	DNP
94	73	Derek Eitel	2018	0.00	DNP
95	73	Cesar Ramos	2014	4.25
96	73	Robert Coello	2015	0.00	DNP
97	73	Carlos Torres	2013	3.54
98	73	Rob Scahill	2017	5.64
99	73	Jess Todd	2016	0.00	DNP
100	73	Juan Cedeno	2014	0.00	DNP

BP Annual Player Comments

Year		Comment
2019		Due to publishing agreements, the 2019 player comments and team essays are only available in the Baseball Prospectus 2019 book (available in hardcopy, and soon e-book and Kindle).

BP Articles

Click here to see articles tagged with Marcus Walden

BP Chats

Date	Question	Answer
2014-04-29 13:00:00 (link to chat)	What do you make of some of the ridiculous roster decisions Alex Anthopolous has made of late. The Blue Jays recently lost Marcus Walden and Kenny Wilson on waivers. Walden was added to the 40 man for a few days and onto the 25 man, never got into a game, then was DFA to get Kawasaki on the 40 man roster, was claimed almost immediately. Wilson was DFA'd to acquire Darin Mastroianni off waivers, and was claimed almost immediately. Then today the club released Mickey Storey who they had been sheltering on the 40 man for over a year with one call-up. Walden and Wilson aren't stars, but losing an asset for no reason is just atrocious. Is this not one of the worst cases of asset management ever, or at least recently? (Steve McEwen from Canada)	The Walden move wasn't a good look. Realistically, none of those guys are going to burn the Jays. (I was surprised Wilson was claimed. He's fast but that's about it at this point.) But you're right that some of their roster juggling has been odd. The only thing I can think of is maybe something arose with Storey in the past week that prompted the release. Otherwise, it's hard to explain. (R.J. Anderson)

BP Roundtables

No BP Roundtables have mentioned this guy.

PITCHf/x Pitcher Profile

A Collaboration between BrooksBaseball.net and Baseball Prospectus - Pitch classifications provided by Pitch Info LLC

Although he has not thrown an MLB pitch in 2024, Marcus Walden threw 3,926 pitches that were tracked by the PITCHf/x system between 2018 and 2023, including pitches thrown in . In 2023, he relied primarily on his Cutter (90mph) and Slider (84mph), also mixing in a Sinker (92mph) and Fourseam Fastball (92mph).

Baseball Prospectus

Biographical

Marcus Walden PRed Sox

2019 Projections (Preseason PECOTA - seasonal age 30)