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IP	ERA	WHIP	SO	W	L	SV	WARP
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Birth Date	6-24-1987
Height	5' 11"
Weight	180 lbs

Age	37 years, 4 months, 28 days
Bats	R
Throws	L

: -0.22015
: -0.12016
: 1.02017
: 0.52018
: 0.02019
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Historical (past-seasons) WARP is now based on DRA..
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YEAR	Team	Lg	G	IP	W	L	H	BB	SO	HR	PPF	H/9	BB/9	HR/9	K/9	GB%	BABIP	WHIP	FIP	ERA	cFIP	DRA	DRA-	WARP
2012	SLN	MLB	24	20.0	0	2	17	10	18	2	97	7.7	4.5	0.9	8.1	0%	.273	1.35	4.28	5.40	104	5.02	115.2	-0.1
2013	SLN	MLB	13	12.3	1	0	8	5	8	0	102	5.8	3.6	0.0	5.8	0%	.216	1.05	2.94	2.19	115	5.00	119.8	-0.1
2014	SLN	MLB	44	38.0	2	0	34	19	35	2	104	8.1	4.5	0.5	8.3	0%	.294	1.39	3.76	2.61	98	3.98	97.5	0.2
2015	TEX	MLB	54	38.3	0	0	31	25	40	4	111	7.3	5.9	0.9	9.4	0%	.273	1.46	4.56	3.05	110	5.22	122.0	-0.2
2016	MIL	MLB	7	7.7	0	0	13	9	8	2	91	15.3	10.6	2.3	9.4	37%	.440	2.87	8.00	12.91	115	6.05	133.9	-0.1
2017	ATL	MLB	58	60.0	2	0	48	27	59	3		7.2	4.1	0.5	8.9	58%	.278	1.25	3.36	2.55	88	3.61	76.8	1.0
2018	ATL	MLB	63	50.3	3	5	41	32	58	3	95	7.3	5.7	0.5	10.4	54%	.314	1.45	3.62	4.29	98	4.13	92.3	0.5
2019	ANA	MLB	1	2.0	0	0	3	2	0	1	98	13.5	9.0	4.5	0.0	44%	.250	2.50	12.74	4.50	116	7.02	144.0	0.0
Career		MLB	264	228.7	8	7	195	129	226	17	75	7.7	5.1	0.7	8.9	54%	.292	1.42	3.98	3.62	100	4.37	99.4	1.3

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-
2008	PMB	A+	FSL	1	0	2.0	0	0	0	0	1	4	0	101	0.0	4.5	0.0	18.0	0%	.000	0.50	0.70	0.00	83	3.14	64.3
2008	JCY	Rk	APL	20	0	24.3	4	1	2	23	12	34	2	96	8.5	4.4	0.7	12.6	0%	.356	1.44	3.66	3.70	89	4.32	88.4
2009	PMB	A+	FSL	26	0	33.0	2	1	1	18	13	30	0	91	4.9	3.5	0.0	8.2	0%	.200	0.94	2.55	1.64	91	2.48	52.1
2009	SFD	AA	TXS	15	0	23.0	0	1	1	19	14	17	6	119	7.4	5.5	2.3	6.7	0%	.220	1.43	7.12	3.52	133	5.36	112.9
2011	PMB	A+	FSL	7	0	9.0	0	0	0	8	4	7	0		8.0	4.0	0.0	7.0	0%	.308	1.33	3.15	4.00	98	4.57	93.3
2011	SFD	AA	TEX	52	0	59.3	2	2	3	53	28	52	5		8.0	4.2	0.8	7.9	0%	.286	1.37	4.23	3.03	99	3.89	79.4
2011	MAR	Wnt	LVB	15	0	11.0	1	1	1	8	6	9	0		6.5	4.9	0.0	7.4	0%	.258	1.27	3.70	0.82	0	0.00	0.0
2012	SLN	MLB	NL	24	0	20.0	0	2	0	17	10	18	2	97	7.7	4.5	0.9	8.1	0%	.273	1.35	4.28	5.40	104	5.02	115.2
2012	SFD	AA	TEX	15	0	17.3	1	3	1	12	4	12	1		6.2	2.1	0.5	6.2	0%	.216	0.92	3.50	1.56	97	3.06	63.7
2012	MEM	AAA	PCL	27	0	30.3	2	2	0	25	12	27	3		7.4	3.6	0.9	8.0	0%	.272	1.22	4.35	2.08	93	3.66	76.3
2012	SUR	Wnt	AFL	7	0	7.0	0	0	0	11	1	8	0		14.1	1.3	0.0	10.3	0%	.440	1.71	2.06	3.86	0	0.00	0.0
2013	SLN	MLB	NL	13	0	12.3	1	0	0	8	5	8	0	102	5.8	3.6	0.0	5.8	0%	.216	1.05	2.94	2.19	115	5.00	119.8
2013	MEM	AAA	PCL	49	0	69.7	7	2	2	57	27	66	4		7.4	3.5	0.5	8.5	0%	.273	1.21	3.71	2.97	91	3.15	68.4
2014	SLN	MLB	NL	44	0	38.0	2	0	0	34	19	35	2	104	8.1	4.5	0.5	8.3	0%	.294	1.39	3.76	2.61	98	3.98	97.5
2014	MEM	AAA	PCL	16	0	20.3	0	1	0	25	7	26	1		11.1	3.1	0.4	11.5	0%	.393	1.57	2.95	3.54	74	4.16	88.1
2015	TEX	MLB	AL	54	0	38.3	0	0	0	31	25	40	4	111	7.3	5.9	0.9	9.4	0%	.273	1.46	4.56	3.05	110	5.22	122.0
2015	ROU	AAA	PCL	8	0	8.0	0	0	0	5	6	8	0		5.6	6.8	0.0	9.0	0%	.263	1.38	3.84	1.13	98	3.04	66.6
2016	MIL	MLB	NL	7	0	7.7	0	0	0	13	9	8	2	91	15.3	10.6	2.3	9.4	37%	.440	2.87	8.00	12.91	115	6.05	133.9
2016	CSP	AAA	PCL	30	3	55.3	2	1	2	63	28	46	4	103	10.2	4.6	0.7	7.5	59%	.351	1.64	4.67	5.20	108	4.99	110.3
2017	ATL	MLB	NL	58	0	60.0	2	0	0	48	27	59	3		7.2	4.1	0.5	8.9	58%	.278	1.25	3.36	2.55	88	3.61	76.8
2017	GWN	AAA	INT	9	0	10.3	3	1	1	5	6	8	1		4.4	5.2	0.9	7.0	54%	.160	1.06	4.79	0.87	113	3.38	71.9
2018	ATL	MLB	NL	63	0	50.3	3	5	0	41	32	58	3	95	7.3	5.7	0.5	10.4	54%	.314	1.45	3.62	4.29	98	4.13	92.3
2018	ROM	A	SAL	1	0	0.7	0	0	0	1	2	1	0		13.5	27.0	0.0	13.5	100%	.500	4.50	9.46	13.50	108	5.22	110.3
2018	GWN	AAA	INT	2	0	2.0	1	0	0	1	2	3	0		4.5	9.0	0.0	13.5	50%	.250	1.50	3.33	0.00	100	4.04	85.4
2019	ANA	MLB	AL	1	0	2.0	0	0	0	3	2	0	1	98	13.5	9.0	4.5	0.0	44%	.250	2.50	12.74	4.50	116	7.02	144.0
2019	FRE	AAA	PCL	5	0	6.0	0	0	1	4	1	11	0		6.0	1.5	0.0	16.5	50%	.400	0.83	1.13	0.00	105	6.30	129.6
2019	SLC	AAA	PCL	35	0	52.7	1	1	2	77	29	42	11		13.2	5.0	1.9	7.2	51%	.373	2.01	6.56	7.01	105	6.34	130.4

Plate Discipline

YEAR	Pits	Zone%	Swing%	Contact%	Z-Swing%	O-Swing%	Z-Contact%	O-Contact%	SwStr%
2012	345	0.4551	0.4406	0.7434	0.6306	0.2819	0.8283	0.5849	0.2566
2013	204	0.4510	0.5049	0.7573	0.6957	0.3482	0.9063	0.5128	0.2427
2014	660	0.4500	0.4273	0.7163	0.5690	0.3113	0.7811	0.6195	0.2837
2015	686	0.4475	0.4096	0.7295	0.5668	0.2823	0.8333	0.5607	0.2705
2016	178	0.4382	0.4326	0.7403	0.5769	0.3200	0.8222	0.6250	0.2597
2017	944	0.4184	0.4555	0.7349	0.6177	0.3388	0.8279	0.6129	0.2651
2018	887	0.4171	0.4431	0.6870	0.6351	0.3056	0.8128	0.5000	0.3130
2019	40	0.4000	0.4750	1.0000	0.7500	0.2917	1.0000	1.0000	0.0000
Career	3944	0.4341	0.4404	0.7249	0.6093	0.3111	0.8232	0.5764	0.2751

Injury History — No longer being updated

Last Update: 12/31/2014 23:59 ET

Date On	Date Off	Transaction	Days	Side	Body Part	Injury	Severity	Surgery Date	Reaggravation
2013-02-25	2013-03-24	Camp	27	Left	Shoulder	Impingement		-	-
2012-11-02	2012-12-24	Minors	52	Left	Arm	Inflammation	Biceps	-	-
2010-04-04	2010-09-08	Minors	157	Left	Elbow	Recovery From Surgery	Tommy John Surgery	2010-03-10
2010-03-02	2010-04-04	Camp	33	Left	Elbow	Surgery	Tommy John Surgery	2010-03-10
2009-07-26	2009-09-12	Minors	48	Left	Elbow	Soreness		-

Compensation

Year	Team	Salary
2020	WAS	$
2019	ATL	$381,048
2019	ANA	$
2018	ATL	$1,075,000
2017	ATL	$
2016	MIL	$
2015	TEX	$
2014	SLN	$
2013	SLN	$

Years	Description	Salary
3 yr	Previous	$1,456,048
3 yr	Total	$1,456,048

Service Time	Agent	Contract Status
5 y 71 d	Relativity	1 year (2022)

Details

1 year (2022). Signed by Kansas City as a free agent 1/25/22 (minor-league contract).
1 year (2020). Re-signed by Washington as a free agent 2/12/20 (minor-league contract). Contract selected by Washington 7/22/20.
1 year/$1.575M (2019). Re-signed by Atlanta 1/11/19 (avoided arbitration). Sent outright to Triple-A by Atlanta 3/21/19 (due 45 days' salary, $381,048). Signed by LA Angels as a free agent 3/28/19 (minor-league contract). Contract selected by LA Angels 4/23/19. DFA by LA Angels 4/24/19. Sent outright to Triple-A 4/27/19. Signed by Washington as a free agent 8/21/19 (minor-league contract).
1 year/$1.075M (2018). Re-signed by Atlanta 1/11/18 (avoided arbitration).
1 year (2017). Signed by Atlanta as a free agent 10/14/16 (minor-league contract). Contract selected by Atlanta 5/4/17.
1 year/$520,700 (2016). Re-signed by Texas 2/27/16. DFA by Texas 3/29/16. Acquired by Milwaukee in trade 4/5/16 after being DFA by Texas 3/29/16. DFA by Milwaukee 5/3/16.
1 year/$517,000 (2015). Re-signed by St. Louis 3/15. Acquired by Texas in trade from St. Louis 3/28/15. DFA by Texas 4/5/15. Sent outright to Triple-A 4/15/15. Contract selected by Texas 5/13/15.
1 year (2014). Re-signed by St. Louis 3/14.
1 year (2013). Re-signed by St. Louis 3/13.
1 year (2012). Contract purchased by St. Louis 11/18/11. Re-signed by St. Louis 2/29/12.
Drafted by St. Louis 2008 (32-965) (University of Kansas).

2019 Preseason Forecast

Last Update: 1/27/2017 12:35 ET

PCT	W	SV	G	IP	H	BB	SO	HR	BABIP	WHIP	ERA	DRA	VORP	WARP
90^o	9.8	1.2	64	65.3	43	28	68	5	.242	1.10	2.98	3.05	-0.4	0.0
80^o	8.7	1.1	58	59.2	43	28	62	5	.256	1.18	3.36	3.45	-2.9	-0.3
70^o	8	1	54	54.9	42	27	57	5	.266	1.25	3.64	3.75	-4.4	-0.5
60^o	7.4	0.9	51	51.4	41	26	54	5	.275	1.31	3.88	4	-5.5	-0.6
50^o	6.8	0.8	47	48.1	40	26	50	5	.284	1.36	4.11	4.24	-6.3	-0.7
40^o	6.3	0.7	44	44.9	39	25	47	4	.292	1.42	4.34	4.49	-7.1	-0.8
30^o	5.7	0.6	41	41.6	37	24	43	4	.301	1.49	4.60	4.76	-7.8	-0.8
20^o	5.1	0.5	37	37.8	36	23	39	4	.311	1.56	4.90	5.08	-8.3	-0.9
10^o	4.3	0.4	32	32.7	33	21	34	4	.326	1.67	5.33	5.53	-8.8	-1.0
Weighted Mean	6.7	0.8	47	47.5	39	25	50	4	.281	1.35	4.08	4.21	-6.1	-0.7

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PITCHf/x Pitcher Profile

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Although he has not thrown an MLB pitch in 2024, Sam Freeman threw 4,695 pitches that were tracked by the PITCHf/x system between 2012 and 2023, all of them occuring in Spring Training. In 2023, he relied primarily on his Fourseam Fastball (93mph) and Splitter (83mph), also mixing in a Sinker (93mph) and Slider (83mph).