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Portrait of John Lamb

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2019 Projections (Preseason PECOTA - seasonal age 28)
IP ERA WHIP SO W L SV WARP
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Birth Date7-10-1990
Height6' 4"
Weight205 lbs
Age33 years, 9 months, 14 days
BatsL
ThrowsL
0.52015
-1.12016
2017
-0.32018
0.42019
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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
2015 CIN MLB 10 10 49.7 1 5 0 58 19 58 8 89 10.5 3.4 1.4 10.5 0% .376 1.55 4.18 5.80 102 4.20 98.1 0.5
2016 CIN MLB 14 14 70.0 1 7 0 84 31 58 14 99 10.8 4.0 1.8 7.5 45% .327 1.64 5.49 6.43 127 6.70 148.2 -1.1
2018 ANA MLB 3 3 10.0 0 1 0 15 4 11 4 99 13.5 3.6 3.6 9.9 37% .355 1.90 7.39 7.20 131 7.76 173.5 -0.3
CareerMLB2727129.7213015754127269510.93.71.88.844%.3311.635.146.251185.82130.9-0.8

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 BNC Rk APL 6 6 27.3 2 2 0 24 9 25 4 100 7.9 3.0 1.3 8.2 0% .263 1.21 4.95 3.96 105 3.24 68.1
2009 IDA Rk PIO 8 8 41.3 3 1 0 33 11 46 4 109 7.2 2.4 0.9 10.0 0% .282 1.07 3.82 3.70 91 2.28 47.9
2010 BUR A MDW 8 8 40.0 2 3 0 26 17 43 2 102 5.9 3.8 0.5 9.7 0% .253 1.08 3.60 1.58 0 0.00 0.0
2010 WIL A+ CRL 13 13 74.7 6 3 0 59 15 90 1 104 7.1 1.8 0.1 10.8 0% .315 0.99 1.88 1.45 0 0.00 0.0
2010 NWA AA TXS 7 7 33.0 2 1 0 37 13 26 2 114 10.1 3.5 0.5 7.1 0% .333 1.52 3.83 5.45 0 0.00 0.0
2011 NWA AA TEX 8 8 35.0 1 2 0 33 13 22 3 115 8.5 3.3 0.8 5.7 0% .273 1.31 4.43 3.09 103 3.04 62.1
2012 IDA Rk PIO 2 2 7.3 0 1 0 9 2 8 2 115 11.0 2.5 2.5 9.8 0% .350 1.50 6.60 7.36 104 4.33 90.1
2012 ROY Rk AZL 4 4 5.7 0 0 0 6 2 6 0 107 9.5 3.2 0.0 9.5 0% .333 1.41 3.28 6.35 95 4.59 95.5
2013 WIL A+ CAR 19 19 92.7 4 12 0 109 19 76 13 99 10.6 1.8 1.3 7.4 0% .335 1.38 4.27 5.63 100 5.57 121.0
2013 OMA AAA PCL 3 3 16.0 1 2 0 15 7 10 1 87 8.4 3.9 0.6 5.6 0% .269 1.38 4.81 6.75 107 4.47 97.0
2014 OMA AAA PCL 27 26 138.3 8 10 0 137 68 131 19 96 8.9 4.4 1.2 8.5 0% .303 1.48 5.25 3.97 111 5.08 107.4
2015 CIN MLB NL 10 10 49.7 1 5 0 58 19 58 8 89 10.5 3.4 1.4 10.5 0% .376 1.55 4.18 5.80 102 4.20 98.1
2015 LOU AAA INT 3 3 17.0 1 1 0 14 7 21 0 95 7.4 3.7 0.0 11.1 0% .326 1.24 2.09 2.65 79 3.60 79.0
2015 OMA AAA PCL 17 17 94.3 9 1 0 80 29 96 7 99 7.6 2.8 0.7 9.2 0% .297 1.16 3.57 2.67 86 3.11 68.2
2016 CIN MLB NL 14 14 70.0 1 7 0 84 31 58 14 99 10.8 4.0 1.8 7.5 45% .327 1.64 5.49 6.43 127 6.70 148.2
2016 LOU AAA INT 6 6 29.3 2 2 0 35 9 26 1 101 10.7 2.8 0.3 8.0 38% .370 1.50 2.96 5.22 96 6.21 137.0
2017 SLC AAA PCL 13 13 70.3 6 3 0 85 26 48 9 107 10.9 3.3 1.2 6.1 45% .339 1.58 5.30 5.37 112 6.06 129.0
2018 ANA MLB AL 3 3 10.0 0 1 0 15 4 11 4 99 13.5 3.6 3.6 9.9 37% .355 1.90 7.39 7.20 131 7.76 173.5
2018 SLC AAA PCL 13 13 49.7 1 0 0 49 15 54 7 121 8.9 2.7 1.3 9.8 43% .318 1.29 4.42 3.44 95 3.70 78.2

Plate Discipline

YEAR Pits Zone% Swing% Contact% Z-Swing% O-Swing% Z-Contact% O-Contact% SwStr%
2015 911 0.5093 0.4358 0.7380 0.6164 0.2483 0.8147 0.5405 0.2620
2016 1259 0.5004 0.4353 0.7956 0.5921 0.2782 0.8499 0.6800 0.2044
2018 202 0.4802 0.4752 0.8021 0.6392 0.3238 0.8710 0.6765 0.1979
Career23720.50210.43890.77400.60540.27060.83820.62610.2260

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
2011-05-20 2011-09-06 Minors 109 100 Left Elbow Surgery Tommy John Surgery 2011-06-03

Compensation

Year Team Salary
2018 ANA $
2017 ANA $
2016 CIN $507,500
2015 KCA $
YearsDescriptionSalary
1 yrPrevious$507,500
1 yrTotal$507,500

 

Service TimeAgentContract Status
1 y 95 dParagon Sports1 year (2018)

Details
  • 1 year (2018). Re-signed by LA Angels as a free agent 1/18 (minor-league contract). Contract selected by LA Angels 6/16/18. Sent outright to Triple-A by LA Angels 11/2/18.
  • 1 year (2017). Signed by LA Angels as a free agent 12/2/16 (minor-league contract).
  • 1 year/$0.5075M (2016). Re-signed by Cincinnati 3/16. Acquired by Tampa Bay in trade from Cincinnati 11/2/16. Released by Tampa Bay 11/18/16.
  • 1 year (2015). Re-signed by Kansas City 2/25/15. Acquired by Cincinnati in trade from Kansas City 7/26/15. (Reds to pay undisclosed amount to cover a portion of $3,825,136 remaining on Johnny Cueto's contract for 2015.)
  • 1 year/$0.5M (2014). Re-signed by Kansas City 2/27/13.
  • 1 year/$0.49M (2013). Contract purchased by Kansas City 11/20/12. Re-signed by Kansas City 2/20/13.
  • Drafted by Kansas City 2008 (5-145) (Laguna Hills HS, Calif.). $0.165M signing bonus.

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 13.4 0 0 14 14 70.3 58 22 61 8 .255 1.13 3.60 3.69 -3.4 -0.4
80o 11.9 0 0 13 13 64.4 57 22 56 8 .268 1.21 3.97 4.09 -5.8 -0.6
70o 10.9 0 0 12 12 60.3 56 21 53 8 .278 1.27 4.24 4.38 -7.3 -0.8
60o 10 0 0 12 12 56.8 55 21 50 8 .286 1.33 4.48 4.63 -8.4 -0.9
50o 9.3 0 0 11 11 53.7 53 20 47 8 .293 1.38 4.71 4.87 -9.3 -1.0
40o 8.5 0 0 10 10 50.6 52 20 44 8 .301 1.43 4.93 5.11 -10.0 -1.1
30o 7.8 0 0 10 10 47.3 51 19 41 8 .309 1.49 5.18 5.38 -10.7 -1.2
20o 6.9 0 0 9 9 43.6 49 19 38 7 .319 1.56 5.48 5.69 -11.3 -1.2
10o 5.9 0 0 8 8 38.6 46 18 34 7 .332 1.65 5.89 6.13 -11.8 -1.3
Weighted Mean9.200111153.15220468.2911.374.684.84-9.0-1.0

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PITCHf/x Pitcher Profile

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Although he has not thrown an MLB pitch in 2024, John Lamb threw 2,337 pitches that were tracked by the PITCHf/x system between 2013 and 2018, all of them occuring in Spring Training. In 2018, he relied primarily on his Fourseam Fastball (89mph) and Cutter (85mph), also mixing in a Change (75mph) and Curve (68mph). He also rarely threw a Sinker (89mph).