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Birth Date	11-13-1990
Height	6' 0"
Weight	245 lbs

Age	34 years, 0 months, 8 days
Bats	R
Throws	R

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Historical (past-seasons) WARP is now based on DRA..
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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
2011	ATL	MLB	17	17.3	1	1	0	16	9	17	1	96	8.3	4.7	0.5	8.8	0%	.306	1.44	3.50	4.67	96	3.03	70.4	0.3
2014	CHN	MLB	5	5.0	0	0	0	5	3	4	1	102	9.0	5.4	1.8	7.2	0%	.286	1.60	5.90	5.40	107	5.49	134.6	-0.1
2015	ATL	MLB	36	33.7	3	1	9	27	13	37	1	92	7.2	3.5	0.3	9.9	0%	.296	1.19	2.50	1.60	99	3.10	72.5	0.6
2016	ATL	MLB	43	38.7	1	4	10	37	26	50	3	89	8.6	6.1	0.7	11.6	56%	.333	1.63	3.70	4.42	87	3.76	83.3	0.5
2017	ATL	MLB	62	57.3	5	3	14	42	21	64	7		6.6	3.3	1.1	10.0	39%	.248	1.10	3.73	2.83	89	3.21	68.2	1.3
2018	ATL	MLB	39	38.3	2	2	16	30	15	40	4	95	7.0	3.5	0.9	9.4	34%	.268	1.17	3.72	2.11	103	4.38	97.9	0.2
2019	ATL	MLB	4	4.0	1	0	1	3	3	6	1	103	6.8	6.8	2.3	13.5	25%	.286	1.50	5.66	2.25	102	5.04	103.4	0.0
Career		MLB	206	194.3	13	11	50	160	90	218	18	66	7.4	4.2	0.8	10.1	41%	.283	1.29	3.58	3.01	94	3.61	80.4	3.0

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-
2008	YAN	Rk	GCL	12	6	44.0	3	2	0	38	13	48	5	90	7.8	2.7	1.0	9.8	0%	.277	1.16	3.79	3.68	92	3.85	78.7
2009	STA	A-	NYP	10	10	42.3	2	4	0	34	15	52	2	92	7.2	3.2	0.4	11.1	0%	.294	1.16	2.60	2.13	82	3.34	70.3
2010	ROM	A	SAL	14	14	71.7	9	4	0	63	9	68	1	95	7.9	1.1	0.1	8.5	0%	.294	1.00	2.31	2.38	0	0.00	0.0
2010	MYR	A+	CRL	3	3	13.7	0	0	0	16	3	11	1	101	10.5	2.0	0.7	7.2	0%	.333	1.39	3.61	4.60	0	0.00	0.0
2011	ATL	MLB	NL	17	0	17.3	1	1	0	16	9	17	1	96	8.3	4.7	0.5	8.8	0%	.306	1.44	3.50	4.67	96	3.03	70.4
2011	LYN	A+	CAR	9	9	40.3	2	2	0	31	10	37	3	104	6.9	2.2	0.7	8.3	0%	.252	1.02	3.10	2.45	86	3.16	64.6
2011	MIS	AA	SOU	11	8	49.7	2	3	0	44	18	55	3	100	8.0	3.3	0.5	10.0	0%	.313	1.25	3.13	3.81	80	3.61	73.7
2011	GWN	AAA	INT	6	0	7.0	1	0	0	7	0	8	1		9.0	0.0	1.3	10.3	0%	.316	1.00	2.80	1.29	72	3.06	62.5
2011	LIC	Wnt	LID	2	0	2.0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0		4.5	0.0	0.0	0.0	0%	.167	0.50	3.06	0.00	0	0.00	0.0
2014	CHN	MLB	NL	5	0	5.0	0	0	0	5	3	4	1	102	9.0	5.4	1.8	7.2	0%	.286	1.60	5.90	5.40	107	5.49	134.6
2014	DAY	A+	FSL	9	0	9.0	0	0	1	6	4	10	0		6.0	4.0	0.0	10.0	0%	.286	1.11	2.49	1.00	81	4.06	86.0
2014	TEN	AA	SOU	14	0	13.7	1	1	1	7	3	16	1		4.6	2.0	0.7	10.5	0%	.200	0.73	2.67	2.63	69	2.27	48.0
2014	IOW	AAA	PCL	17	0	18.3	0	0	0	25	11	16	1		12.3	5.4	0.5	7.9	0%	.393	1.96	4.78	5.40	108	5.90	124.8
2015	ATL	MLB	NL	36	0	33.7	3	1	9	27	13	37	1	92	7.2	3.5	0.3	9.9	0%	.296	1.19	2.50	1.60	99	3.10	72.5
2015	ROM	A	SAL	2	0	2.0	0	0	0	4	2	4	0		18.0	9.0	0.0	18.0	0%	.571	3.00	2.48	9.00	72	4.28	93.9
2015	MIS	AA	SOU	4	0	5.0	0	0	0	3	0	7	0		5.4	0.0	0.0	12.6	0%	.273	0.60	0.50	1.80	65	2.72	59.8
2015	GWN	AAA	INT	2	0	2.0	0	0	0	3	1	3	0		13.5	4.5	0.0	13.5	0%	.500	2.00	1.65	9.00	86	4.65	101.9
2016	ATL	MLB	NL	43	0	38.7	1	4	10	37	26	50	3	89	8.6	6.1	0.7	11.6	56%	.333	1.63	3.70	4.42	87	3.76	83.3
2016	ROM	A	SAL	1	1	1.0	0	0	0	2	0	1	0	99	18.0	0.0	0.0	9.0	50%	.500	2.00	1.39	9.00	88	3.99	88.1
2016	BRA	Rk	GCL	1	1	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	93	0.0	0.0	0.0	18.0	0%	.000	0.00	-0.70	0.00	73	2.46	54.3
2017	ATL	MLB	NL	62	0	57.3	5	3	14	42	21	64	7		6.6	3.3	1.1	10.0	39%	.248	1.10	3.73	2.83	89	3.21	68.2
2017	GWN	AAA	INT	1	1	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	96	0.0	0.0	0.0	9.0	33%	.000	0.00	1.34	0.00	100	3.67	78.1
2018	ATL	MLB	NL	39	0	38.3	2	2	16	30	15	40	4	95	7.0	3.5	0.9	9.4	34%	.268	1.17	3.72	2.11	103	4.38	97.9
2018	GWN	AAA	INT	1	0	1.0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0.0	9.0	0.0	0.0	0%	.000	1.00	6.33	0.00	132	5.68	120.0
2019	ATL	MLB	NL	4	0	4.0	1	0	1	3	3	6	1	103	6.8	6.8	2.3	13.5	25%	.286	1.50	5.66	2.25	102	5.04	103.4

Plate Discipline

YEAR	Pits	Zone%	Swing%	Contact%	Z-Swing%	O-Swing%	Z-Contact%	O-Contact%	SwStr%
2011	317	0.4416	0.4921	0.8077	0.6929	0.3333	0.9278	0.6102	0.1923
2014	97	0.5258	0.4021	0.7692	0.5490	0.2391	0.7857	0.7273	0.2308
2015	525	0.5257	0.4819	0.7075	0.6522	0.2932	0.7833	0.5205	0.2925
2016	705	0.4709	0.4525	0.6771	0.6355	0.2895	0.7915	0.4537	0.3229
2017	849	0.4605	0.5041	0.6916	0.6573	0.3734	0.8016	0.5263	0.3084
2018	640	0.5016	0.4766	0.6820	0.6667	0.2853	0.7804	0.4505	0.3180
2019	68	0.3971	0.4706	0.7188	0.6667	0.3415	0.7778	0.6429	0.2813
Career	3201	0.4805	0.4786	0.7035	0.6540	0.3154	0.8036	0.5111	0.2965

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
2013-05-28	2013-05-28	On-Alr	0	0	Right	Elbow	Surgery	Calcium Deposit	2013-05-28	-
2013-03-22	2013-09-30	60-DL	192	162	Right	Elbow	Recovery From Surgery	Tommy John Surgery	2012-03-20	-
2012-07-31	2012-10-04	TradedDL	65	61	Right	Elbow	Recovery From Surgery	Tommy John Surgery	2012-03-20	-
2012-03-26	2012-07-31	60-DL	127	102	Right	Elbow	Recovery From Surgery	Tommy John Surgery	2012-03-20	-
2012-03-10	2012-03-26	Camp	16	0	Right	Elbow	Surgery	Tommy John Surgery	2012-03-20	-
2010-09-05	2010-09-07	Minors	2	0	Right	Elbow	Soreness		-
2010-06-26	2010-08-31	Minors	66	0	Right	Elbow	Sprain	Partial Ulnar Collateral Ligament Tear	-
2009-08-27	2009-09-17	Minors	21	0		Low Back	Strain		-

Compensation

Year	Team	Salary
2019	ATL	$4,800,000
2018	ATL	$3,400,000
2017	ATL	$1,550,000
2016	ATL	$897,500
2015	ATL	$
2014	CHN	$
2013	CHN	$491,000
2012	ATL	$480,000

Years	Description	Salary
6 yr	Previous	$11,618,500
6 yr	Total	$11,618,500

Service Time	Agent	Contract Status
6 y 168 d	ISE	1 year (2022)

Details

1 year (2022). Signed by Kansas City as a free agent 1/13/22 (minor-league contract). Salary of $1M in majors. May earn additional $500,000 in performance bonuses. Contract selected by Kansas City 5/30/22. Sent outright to Triple-A by Kansas City 6/17/22.
1 year (2021). Signed by NY Mets as a free agent 11/4/20 (minor-league contract). Released by NY Mets 11/11/21.
2020. Did not pitch.
1 year/$4.8M (2019). Re-signed by Atlanta 1/11/19 (avoided arbitration). Acquired by Seattle in trade from Atlanta 5/20/19.
1 year/$3.4M (2018). Re-signed by Atlanta 1/12/18 (avoided arbitration).
1 year/$1.55M (2017). Re-signed by Atlanta 1/13/17 (avoided arbitration).
1 year/$897,500 (2016). Re-signed by Atlanta 1/15/16 (avoided arbitration).
1 year (2015). Re-signed by Atlanta 3/2/15. Suspended 80 games 4/2/15 (positive PED test). Reinstated 7/6/15.
1 year (2014). Re-signed by Chicago Cubs 3/3/14. Acquired by Atlanta in trade from Chicago Cubs 11/16/14.
1 year/$491,000 (2013). Re-signed by Chicago Cubs 3/4/13.
1 year/$480,000 (2012). Re-signed by Atlanta 2/12. Acquired by Chicago Cubs in trade from Atlanta 7/31/12.
Acquired by Atlanta in trade from NY Yankees 12/22/09 (Javy Vazquez deal).
Signed 2007 as an amateur free agent from the Dominican Republic. $800,000 signing bonus.

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	8.2	10.5	54	52.0	36	20	56	5	.241	1.07	3.02	3.39	-2.4	-0.3
80^o	7.1	9.1	48	46.0	34	19	50	5	.255	1.16	3.40	3.82	-4.3	-0.5
70^o	6.4	8.1	44	41.8	33	18	45	5	.266	1.22	3.69	4.14	-5.3	-0.6
60^o	5.7	7.3	40	38.3	32	17	42	5	.275	1.28	3.94	4.42	-6.0	-0.7
50^o	5.2	6.6	37	35.2	30	17	38	4	.283	1.34	4.17	4.68	-6.5	-0.7
40^o	4.7	5.9	33	32.0	29	16	35	4	.291	1.39	4.41	4.95	-6.8	-0.7
30^o	4.1	5.2	30	28.8	27	15	31	4	.300	1.45	4.67	5.24	-7.0	-0.8
20^o	3.5	4.5	26	25.1	25	14	27	4	.311	1.53	4.98	5.59	-7.0	-0.8
10^o	2.8	3.5	21	20.2	21	12	22	3	.325	1.64	5.43	6.08	-6.7	-0.7
Weighted Mean	5.1	6.5	36	34.5	29	16	37	4	.281	1.32	4.14	4.64	-6.2	-0.7

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BP Chats

Date	Question	Answer
2016-01-21 19:00:00 (link to chat)	Hey George, what do you think about a swap of Bregman, JD Davis, and Derek Fisher for Ender Inciarte and Arodys Vizcaino? Seems to me to be mutually beneficial to each team. Thanks! (Matt from Virginia (AKA Snowpocalypse Central))	It depends what you think of Bregman. I would probably keep him unless I were desperate for stolen bases or an immediate upgrade at an OF spot. (George Bissell)
2014-07-03 19:00:00 (link to chat)	Prospect Closer talk. Arodys Vizcaino. He gonna be that guy in the next year or two?? How bout Jake Barrett with AZ?? And your odds on Foltynewicz being a starter at the end of the day. (Kyra Sedgwick from Bacon)	Ahh clever name. Arodys is coming, his fate is out of his hands though. The Cubs bullpen has suddenly gotten a few different options in there. Barrett has upside, I think Reed holds on and he's young enough to be there awhile but I think Barrett might be forcing some hands in AZ. As for Folty, that's a really good question for Craig Goldstein. I think he's got a lot of reliever tendencies but I still leave room for development. (Mauricio Rubio)
2014-06-26 14:00:00 (link to chat)	Does Arodys Vizcaino look like a future Cubs closer? (gerrybraun from san diego)	The "closer tag" is a fickle beast. He looks like a back-end option in the bullpen, though. That's for sure. (J.P. Breen)
2014-05-21 13:00:00 (link to chat)	Do you think Arodys Vizcaino makes the Cubs BP this year, and when? Think he has a shot at the closer role by the end of the year? (Jake from Chicago)	I do think he'll work his way up by the summer. Absolutely has a shot at closing, too. I'd say maybe a month from call-up (though that's just a guess as it's so hard to get any sort of gauge on call-ups) and could a shot at closing if Rondon flops (though he's been fantastic this year) (Paul Sporer)
2014-04-21 13:00:00 (link to chat)	What will the Cubs ultimately do with Arodys Vizcaino now that he is back pitching? Do you think he will ever become a starter again? Could he possibly be the next closer? (Heath from Chicago)	I think his starting days are over, partially due to the injuries but more so due to the developmental time lost during those recoveries. There's no way to project whether or not someone will be a closer. He once had the stuff to close games and still could, but being a closer is about opportunity. Impossible to predict. I can predict, however, that he could still be a late-inning option for the Cubs. (Jeff Moore)
2014-03-27 13:00:00 (link to chat)	Thoughts on Arodys Vizcaino? can he be future closer for Cubbies? (Polynesian from NJ)	He's gotta prove he can stay on the mound before I anoint him the future anything. Should Vizcaino stay healthy, he's got a chance to be a late-inning reliever though. So to answer the second part: maybe. (R.J. Anderson)
2013-08-01 13:00:00 (link to chat)	Presuming health, do you view Arodys Vizcaino as a SP or RP down the road? Thanks (Martyy from IL)	Not being able to presume health is one of the big things here, no? I think Vizcaino winds up in the bullpen. (R.J. Anderson Trade Deadline Wrap Chat)
2013-08-27 13:00:00 (link to chat)	Fill in the blank: "This time next year, Arodys Vizcaino is ______"? (sitrick2 from Minneapolis, MN)	in the bullpen on the North Side of Chicago (Harry Pavlidis)
2013-02-27 20:00:00 (link to chat)	Any of these guys worth a look in an NL only 4x4 standard league? Trevor Rosenthal, Tony Cingrani, Arodys Vizcaino, Christian Garcia, J.J. Hoover, or Sam Lecure. (Johnny T from The Hills)	Rosenthal is definitely worth a $2-3 bid in NL-only. His stuff is legitimate and even if he's only a set-up man, his Ks mean that he could put up sneaky $10-12 value. (Mike Gianella)
2013-02-25 11:00:00 (link to chat)	Arodys Vizcaino is viewed as a SP by the Cubs brass, considering the success rate of TJ do you think it's possible he's a top 20 guy next year with a strong 2013? A front-line MLB starter? Way too many sleeping on this arm! Thanks Prof and appreciate the ranks! #sparkle (Saintly Steven from Puerto Rico)	He's a reliever. I don't see a starter, and most of the sources for the Cubs list felt the same way. (Jason Parks on the Top 101 Prospects)
2013-02-05 13:00:00 (link to chat)	What is your view on Arodys Vizcaino? Can he be a top of the rotation arm assuming he returns to health? Thanks! (Saintly Steven from Puerto Rico)	I don't think so. I think he ends up in the bullpen and becomes a very good late-inning arm (Jason Parks)
2012-12-28 13:00:00 (link to chat)	Kelvin Herrera in KC, Arodys Vizcaino in North Chicago, and Carter Capps in Seattle. Who has the best chance to lead their team in saves in 2013?* In 2014? (*I know Vizcaino is coming back from TJS). (Kevin from Des Moines)	Thanks for the question, Kevin. Trying to guess save opportunities is a fool's errand, but I'll go with Herrera on the basis that he has the most big-league experience. (Geoff Young)
2012-10-08 13:00:00 (link to chat)	Does ARodys Vizcaino develop ito a starer, or is he destined for the bullpen? (captnamerca from Dunedin, FL)	I believe Chicago will develop him as a reliever, and he could replace Carlos Marmol as the Cubs' closer as soon as 2014. (Bradley Ankrom)
2012-08-09 13:00:00 (link to chat)	Thanks for the chat. How would you handle Arodys Vizcaino if you were the Cubs? Rotation or bullpen? With 3 plus pitches, don't you have to try him in the rotation? Cubs don't have much in the system there... (George from California)	I would throw Vizcaino in the bullpen and let him do his thing. As much as I hate limiting an arm like his to 50-to-70 innings, you have to look at it this way: getting those innings-and they would be high-leverage innings-is better than getting nothing. Maybe if I had the Cubs' info on Vizcaino I'd try letting him start one more time. But given what I know, I'd let him go dominate in the pen. (R.J. Anderson)
2012-03-15 12:00:00 (link to chat)	When will the Braves tweak their organizational philosophy. They are always overflowing with young arms, but they refuse to trade any of them for bats, which they usually lack. Today comes word that Arodys Vizcaino might need Tommy John. They missed the boat again. (Kyran from Malone, NY)	To be fair, it appears Atlanta did try to trade Jair Jurrjens this offseason. (R.J. Anderson)
2012-01-20 14:00:00 (link to chat)	Do you think Arodys Vizcaino will ever go back to starting? What role do you see for him this season? (JR from New Hampshire)	I think he's best served in a bullpen role, and could spend much of 2012 in the big leagues doing just that. (Kevin Goldstein)
2011-08-10 13:00:00 (link to chat)	On a scale from 1 to Bacon, how much better is Arodys Vizcaino than Scott Proctor? (aCone419 from ATL)	Texas brisket (Jason Parks)
2011-08-11 13:00:00 (link to chat)	How valuable will Trevor Bauer be in a dynasty keeper league; more or less than Arodys Vizcaino? (faztradamus from Chicago)	That's a very difficult question. There's a lot to like about Bauer and there's a good ceiling there, but he's very far away so projectability is all he has for the moment. Vizcaino also the potential to be special and is closer to the majors now, so I'd probably take him, all else equal. (Derek Carty)
2011-07-21 16:00:00 (link to chat)	What about this hypothetical trade...Beltran to Atlanta for Arodys Vizcaino? (Kyran from Searsburg, ME)	That's more damage to Atlanta than Sherman inflicted in 1864. (Jason Collette)
2011-04-13 13:00:00 (link to chat)	When a player is coming back from an injury-plagued season (like Arodys Vizcaino), what do you look for to reassure yourself that the player has the same upside he had prior to the injury? What are some red flags? (Matt A from Raleigh)	In a pitcher, you want to see that the "stuff" is present. Does the FB have zip? Does the breaking ball offer sharp break? Does the arm work the same? COmmand is usually the last thing that comes back with a pitcher, so you would look for glimpses of that as well. red flags for me would stem from the arm and how it was working. Did the mechanics change? Is the action still easy? Lots of things to look for. (Jason Parks)
2010-11-09 14:00:00 (link to chat)	What is the status of Arodys Vizcaino? (laynef from Austin)	He's healthy, and the Braves expect big things in '11. (Kevin Goldstein)
2010-08-20 15:30:00 (link to chat)	Anything on Arodys Vizcaino? Are they just going to keep him shut down or test it out to see how his arm responds to pitching? (BigSteve from Saint Louis)	He's been rehabbing in Florida and it's been going very well actually. According to sources, he just might make another start or two before the season ends. (Kevin Goldstein)

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PITCHf/x Pitcher Profile

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Although he has not thrown an MLB pitch in 2024, Arodys Vizcaíno threw 3,605 pitches that were tracked by the PITCHf/x system between 2011 and 2023, all of them occuring in Spring Training. In 2023, he relied primarily on his Fourseam Fastball (94mph) and Curve (83mph), also mixing in a Change (87mph).