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2019 Projections (Preseason PECOTA - seasonal age 28)
IP ERA WHIP SO W L SV WARP
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Birth Date9-18-1990
Height6' 4"
Weight210 lbs
Age34 years, 2 months, 6 days
BatsR
ThrowsR
2015
-0.12016
-0.22017
-0.12018
0.22019
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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
2016 CHA MLB 11 0 10.3 1 0 0 10 5 6 0 108 8.7 4.4 0.0 5.2 24% .294 1.45 3.97 4.35 118 6.15 136.2 -0.1
2017 CHA MLB 40 0 43.7 3 2 9 38 20 51 7 7.8 4.1 1.4 10.5 34% .304 1.33 4.54 4.53 113 5.52 117.6 -0.2
2018 CHA MLB 52 0 46.7 2 2 1 39 29 58 3 104 7.5 5.6 0.6 11.2 43% .310 1.46 3.60 3.28 106 5.05 112.8 -0.1
2019 CHA MLB 22 0 27.7 0 0 0 31 12 27 4 103 10.1 3.9 1.3 8.8 29% .333 1.55 4.69 3.90 112 6.12 125.6 -0.2
CareerMLB1250128.364101186614214698.34.61.010.035%.3121.434.183.931115.53119.1-0.6

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.
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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-
2009 AST Rk GCL 12 12 52.7 3 3 0 45 18 30 1 106 7.7 3.1 0.2 5.1 0% .263 1.20 3.78 4.27 110 4.29 90.3
2010 LEX A SAL 26 26 127.7 4 12 0 111 73 96 7 97 7.8 5.1 0.5 6.8 0% .274 1.44 4.94 4.79 0 0.00 0.0
2011 LEX A SAL 28 9 77.0 1 5 1 89 57 76 6 116 10.4 6.7 0.7 8.9 0% .377 1.90 4.98 6.90 116 7.76 158.4
2012 TCV A- NYP 17 2 36.7 2 2 0 34 17 31 0 90 8.3 4.2 0.0 7.6 0% .301 1.39 3.35 4.66 106 6.43 133.9
2013 QUD A MID 24 5 54.7 3 6 8 63 23 57 5 104 10.4 3.8 0.8 9.4 0% .349 1.57 3.91 4.77 93 4.89 106.3
2014 LNC A+ CAL 29 1 45.0 2 3 1 43 22 53 6 114 8.6 4.4 1.2 10.6 0% .316 1.44 4.57 4.40 96 4.23 89.5
2014 CCH AA TEX 6 0 8.7 0 0 0 9 4 11 1 9.3 4.2 1.0 11.4 0% .364 1.50 3.46 3.12 91 5.04 106.7
2015 CCH AA TEX 29 0 44.3 1 0 1 43 16 48 2 8.7 3.2 0.4 9.7 0% .345 1.33 3.13 3.25 82 4.03 88.4
2015 FRE AAA PCL 6 0 10.3 0 0 0 6 5 11 0 5.2 4.4 0.0 9.6 0% .273 1.06 3.21 0.87 91 3.27 71.7
2015 GIG Wnt DWL 6 1 6.3 0 1 0 13 5 6 2 18.5 7.1 2.8 8.5 0% .458 2.84 7.57 12.79 0 0.00 0.0
2016 CHA MLB AL 11 0 10.3 1 0 0 10 5 6 0 108 8.7 4.4 0.0 5.2 24% .294 1.45 3.97 4.35 118 6.15 136.2
2016 CHR AAA INT 17 0 26.7 4 3 1 23 10 28 2 7.8 3.4 0.7 9.5 48% .288 1.24 3.28 3.38 90 3.47 76.7
2016 FRE AAA PCL 17 0 25.3 1 3 0 25 10 19 1 8.9 3.6 0.4 6.8 51% .308 1.38 4.03 3.91 100 4.07 89.9
2016 GIG Wnt DWL 12 0 8.3 1 0 0 10 4 10 1 10.8 4.3 1.1 10.8 0% .375 1.68 3.28 2.16 0 0.00 0.0
2017 CHA MLB AL 40 0 43.7 3 2 9 38 20 51 7 7.8 4.1 1.4 10.5 34% .304 1.33 4.54 4.53 113 5.52 117.6
2017 CHR AAA INT 13 0 19.0 1 0 0 17 5 15 0 8.1 2.4 0.0 7.1 45% .293 1.16 2.71 1.42 89 3.88 82.7
2017 GIG Wnt DWL 5 0 5.0 0 0 0 3 1 3 0 5.4 1.8 0.0 5.4 0% .214 0.80 1.73 1.80 0 0.00 0.0
2018 CHA MLB AL 52 0 46.7 2 2 1 39 29 58 3 104 7.5 5.6 0.6 11.2 43% .310 1.46 3.60 3.28 106 5.05 112.8
2018 CHR AAA INT 19 0 23.3 1 3 2 18 8 27 4 6.9 3.1 1.5 10.4 44% .264 1.11 4.53 4.24 96 3.47 73.4
2019 CHA MLB AL 22 0 27.7 0 0 0 31 12 27 4 103 10.1 3.9 1.3 8.8 29% .333 1.55 4.69 3.90 112 6.12 125.6
2019 CHR AAA INT 24 0 34.0 4 3 6 32 15 41 4 8.5 4.0 1.1 10.9 49% .326 1.38 4.33 3.71 85 3.47 71.4

Plate Discipline

YEAR Pits Zone% Swing% Contact% Z-Swing% O-Swing% Z-Contact% O-Contact% SwStr%
2016 180 0.4722 0.4611 0.7711 0.6471 0.2947 0.8364 0.6429 0.2289
2017 814 0.4840 0.4607 0.7280 0.6802 0.2548 0.8507 0.4206 0.2720
2018 908 0.4802 0.4637 0.7316 0.6399 0.3008 0.8280 0.5423 0.2684
2019 478 0.5084 0.4874 0.7768 0.6914 0.2766 0.8333 0.6308 0.2232
Career23800.48660.46720.74240.66460.27970.83750.52610.2576

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

Compensation

Year Team Salary
2023 PIT $
2022 MIN $
2021 MIN $
2020 MIN $
2019 CHA $
2018 CHA $558,000
2017 CHA $535,000
2016 HOU $
YearsDescriptionSalary
2 yrPrevious$1,093,000
2 yrTotal$1,093,000

 

Service TimeAgentContract Status
2 y 160 d1 year (2023)

Details
  • 1 year (2023). Signed by Pittsburgh as a free agent 2/4/23 (minor-league contract).
  • 1 year (2022). Re-signed by Minnesota as a free agent 3/11/22 (minor-league contract). Contract selected by Minnesota 5/28/22. DFA by Minnesota 6/8/22. Sent outright to Triple-A 6/10/22. Contract selected by Minnesota 7/1/22. DFA by Minnesota 7/4/22. Sent outright to Triple-A 7/6/22. Released by Minnesota 9/4/22. Re-signed by Minnesota as a free agent 9/7/22 (minor-league contract).
  • 1 year (2021). Re-signed by Minnesota as a free agent 12/17/20 (minor-league contract). Contract selected by Minnesota 5/29/21. DFA by Minnesota 6/5/21. Sent outright to Triple-A 6/8/21. Contract selected by Minnesota 7/17/21. Non-tendered by Minnesota 11/30/21.
  • 1 year (2020). Signed by Minnesota as a free agent 1/28/20 (minor-league contract). Contract selected by Minnesota 8/28/20. DFA by Minnesota 9/1/20.
  • 1 year (2019). Re-signed by Chicago White Sox 3/19. Sent outright to Triple-A by Chicago White Sox 3/15/19. Contract selected by Chicago White Sox 5/5/19. DFA by Chicago White Sox 7/13/19. Sent outright to Triple-A 7/17/19. Elected free agency 10/19.
  • 1 year/$558,000 (2018). Re-signed by Chicago White Sox 2/18.
  • 1 year (2017). Re-signed by Chicago White Sox 2/17.
  • 1 year (2016). Contract selected by Houston 11/20/15. Re-signed by Houston 3/16. Contract selected by Houston 6/14/16. Claimed by Chicago White Sox off waivers 6/22/16 after being DFA by Houston 6/14/16.
  • Signed by Houston 9/3/08 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 WARP
90o 9.8 0 4.8 65 0 76.9 55 30 84 7 .255 1.10 2.88 3.17 -1.4 -0.2
80o 8.7 0 4.3 60 0 70.4 54 29 77 7 .270 1.19 3.26 3.58 -4.3 -0.5
70o 8.1 0 3.9 56 0 66.0 54 29 72 7 .281 1.26 3.54 3.88 -6.1 -0.7
60o 7.5 0 3.6 53 0 62.2 53 29 68 7 .290 1.31 3.78 4.14 -7.5 -0.8
50o 7 0 3.3 50 0 58.8 52 28 64 7 .298 1.37 4.01 4.39 -8.6 -0.9
40o 6.5 0 3.1 47 0 55.4 51 28 60 6 .307 1.43 4.24 4.64 -9.6 -1.0
30o 6 0 2.8 44 0 51.9 50 27 57 6 .316 1.49 4.50 4.92 -10.5 -1.1
20o 5.4 0 2.5 41 0 47.9 49 26 52 6 .327 1.57 4.80 5.24 -11.3 -1.2
10o 4.7 0 2.1 36 0 42.5 46 25 46 6 .342 1.68 5.23 5.71 -12.1 -1.3
Weighted Mean6.903.349058.25128646.2961.363.984.35-8.3-0.9

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DateQuestionAnswer
2017-07-12 13:00:00 (link to chat)Say the White Sox trade for a prospect or young MLB outfielder already in the majors, like Clint Frazier. Who gets booted from the 25-man to make room?
(Brendan from Chicago)		As discussed a bit above, the White Sox have a weird logjam at the moment as they suddenly have serviceable major leaguers on their bench--which, y'know, wasn't true when they were purportedly trying to make the playoffs.

They have a 13-man pitching staff, currently, so one imagines they could send down someone like Juan Minaya to clear one spot. Adam Engel would also have options, even if he has performed well to date.

Melky Cabrera and Todd Frazier have both rallied from bad starts and may wind up being traded, which would free up plenty of space too. (Nick Schaefer)


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PITCHf/x Pitcher Profile

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Although he has not thrown an MLB pitch in 2024, Juan Minaya threw 3,582 pitches that were tracked by the PITCHf/x system between 2016 and 2023, all of them occuring in Spring Training. In 2023, he relied primarily on his Fourseam Fastball (93mph), Change (88mph) and Slider (84mph).