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Blake Smith PWhite Sox

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2019 Projections (Preseason PECOTA - seasonal age 31)
IP ERA WHIP SO W L SV WARP
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Birth Date12-9-1987
Height6' 2"
Weight220 lbs
Age36 years, 4 months, 17 days
BatsL
ThrowsR
2015
0.02016
2017
2018
0.12019
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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 5 0 4.3 0 0 0 7 0 1 1 99 14.5 0.0 2.1 2.1 47% .333 1.62 6.33 6.23 100 4.53 100.3 0.0
CareerMLB504.300070119914.50.02.12.147%.3331.626.336.231004.53100.30.0

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-
2013 RCU A+ CAL 21 0 19.7 1 1 0 20 19 12 2 9.2 8.7 0.9 5.5 0% .273 1.98 7.37 7.78 139 6.72 146.0
2014 RCU A+ CAL 22 0 28.0 1 3 9 23 13 28 2 7.4 4.2 0.6 9.0 0% .280 1.29 4.26 3.54 101 3.99 84.4
2014 CHT AA SOU 26 0 33.3 1 4 2 35 16 33 2 9.5 4.3 0.5 8.9 0% .333 1.53 3.69 4.05 90 4.62 97.9
2015 BIR AA SOU 4 0 6.3 1 0 0 8 3 6 1 11.4 4.3 1.4 8.5 0% .350 1.74 4.88 4.26 98 6.42 140.8
2015 TUL AA TEX 16 0 16.7 0 3 3 8 9 16 1 4.3 4.9 0.5 8.6 0% .163 1.02 4.13 1.62 97 2.48 54.4
2015 CHR AAA INT 24 0 30.0 1 2 0 29 15 42 1 8.7 4.5 0.3 12.6 0% .368 1.47 2.28 3.30 73 3.87 85.0
2016 CHA MLB AL 5 0 4.3 0 0 0 7 0 1 1 99 14.5 0.0 2.1 2.1 47% .333 1.62 6.33 6.23 100 4.53 100.3
2016 CHR AAA INT 39 0 71.3 3 1 1 64 24 75 6 8.1 3.0 0.8 9.5 44% .309 1.23 3.17 3.53 89 4.04 89.2

Plate Discipline

YEAR Pits Zone% Swing% Contact% Z-Swing% O-Swing% Z-Contact% O-Contact% SwStr%
2016 75 0.5333 0.5333 0.9000 0.7250 0.3143 0.9310 0.8182 0.1000
Career750.53330.53330.90000.72500.31430.93100.81820.1000

Injury History  —  No longer being updated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
2011-06-20 2011-08-23 Minors 64 0 - Sports Hernia - -

Compensation

Year Team Salary
2017 CHA $
2016 CHA $

 

Service TimeAgentContract Status
0 y 27 d1 year (2017)

Details
  • 1 year (2017). Re-signed by Chicago White Sox as a free agent 12/17/16 (minor-league contract).
  • 1 year (2016). Selected by San Diego from Chicago White Sox in Rule 5 draft 12/10/15. Returned by San Diego to Chicago White Sox 3/27/16. Contract selected by Chicago White Sox 9/6/16. Non-tendered by Chicago White Sox 12/2/16.
  • Acquired by Chicago White Sox in trade from LA Dodgers 5/23/15.
  • Drafted by LA Dodgers 2009 (2-56) (Cal). $0.6435M 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 5.2 0 1.7 35 0 51.6 41 17 49 6 .257 1.14 3.27 3.6 -3.2 -0.3
80o 4.4 0 1.4 31 0 45.3 39 17 43 6 .272 1.24 3.67 4.03 -4.8 -0.5
70o 3.9 0 1.2 28 0 40.9 38 16 39 5 .283 1.31 3.96 4.34 -5.6 -0.6
60o 3.5 0 1.1 25 0 37.2 36 15 35 5 .293 1.37 4.22 4.62 -6.1 -0.7
50o 3.2 0 1 23 0 33.9 34 14 32 5 .302 1.43 4.46 4.88 -6.5 -0.7
40o 2.8 0 0.8 21 0 30.6 32 14 29 5 .311 1.50 4.71 5.15 -6.7 -0.7
30o 2.5 0 0.7 19 0 27.3 30 13 26 4 .321 1.57 4.98 5.44 -6.8 -0.7
20o 2.1 0 0.6 16 0 23.4 27 11 22 4 .332 1.65 5.30 5.79 -6.6 -0.7
10o 1.6 0 0.4 13 0 18.3 23 10 17 3 .348 1.77 5.76 6.29 -6.1 -0.7
Weighted Mean3.100.923033.13314315.3001.424.424.84-6.2-0.7

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PITCHf/x Pitcher Profile

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Although he has not thrown an MLB pitch in 2024, Blake Smith threw 76 pitches that were tracked by the PITCHf/x system in 2016, including pitches thrown in . In 2016, he relied primarily on his Fourseam Fastball (93mph) and Curve (75mph). He also rarely threw a Cutter (88mph) and Slider (86mph).