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2019 Projections (Preseason PECOTA - seasonal age 31)
IP ERA WHIP SO W L SV WARP
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Birth Date1-21-1988
Height6' 2"
Weight225 lbs
Age36 years, 3 months, 4 days
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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
2013 NYA MLB 44 0 50.3 0 2 0 51 14 42 7 101 9.1 2.5 1.3 7.5 0% .295 1.29 4.16 4.11 100 4.04 96.7 0.3
2014 NYA MLB 18 0 21.0 3 0 0 24 10 16 1 98 10.3 4.3 0.4 6.9 0% .333 1.62 3.68 3.00 109 5.67 139.1 -0.3
2017 TEX MLB 1 0 2.0 0 0 0 5 0 2 0 22.5 0.0 0.0 9.0 25% .625 2.50 1.14 13.50 98 4.02 85.6 0.0
CareerMLB63073.33208024608989.82.91.07.444%.3191.423.944.051034.51108.60.1

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-
2011 TAM A+ FSL 38 0 81.0 3 7 5 73 30 75 8 8.1 3.3 0.9 8.3 0% .286 1.27 4.17 3.11 107 4.44 90.6
2012 TRN AA EAS 30 0 48.7 2 2 5 33 24 49 1 6.1 4.4 0.2 9.1 0% .258 1.17 2.99 2.22 86 3.10 64.7
2012 SWB AAA INT 20 0 33.3 4 0 1 31 12 29 2 8.4 3.2 0.5 7.8 0% .305 1.29 3.27 4.05 93 4.23 88.2
2012 MAY Wnt PWL 15 0 23.7 0 0 4 16 4 21 0 6.1 1.5 0.0 8.0 0% .250 0.85 2.07 3.04 0 0.00 0.0
2013 NYA MLB AL 44 0 50.3 0 2 0 51 14 42 7 101 9.1 2.5 1.3 7.5 0% .295 1.29 4.16 4.11 100 4.04 96.7
2013 TAM A+ FSL 1 1 1.0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 101 0.0 9.0 0.0 9.0 0% .000 1.00 4.24 0.00 102 4.12 89.6
2013 SWB AAA INT 8 0 10.3 0 0 3 14 1 10 0 12.2 0.9 0.0 8.7 0% .438 1.45 1.55 3.48 72 4.20 91.2
2014 NYA MLB AL 18 0 21.0 3 0 0 24 10 16 1 98 10.3 4.3 0.4 6.9 0% .333 1.62 3.68 3.00 109 5.67 139.1
2014 SWB AAA INT 15 0 20.3 0 1 2 20 11 20 0 8.9 4.9 0.0 8.9 0% .323 1.52 3.00 3.54 94 5.04 106.6
2014 YAN Rk GCL 2 2 3.0 0 1 0 5 0 1 1 15.0 0.0 3.0 3.0 0% .364 1.67 8.15 15.00 0 0.00 0.0
2014 YAT Rk GCL 2 1 2.7 0 0 0 3 1 2 0 10.1 3.4 0.0 6.8 0% .333 1.50 4.23 3.38 0 0.00 0.0
2016 RIC AA EAS 34 0 45.3 2 1 3 30 13 49 4 6.0 2.6 0.8 9.7 43% .232 0.95 3.20 2.38 87 2.75 60.7
2016 TOR Wnt DWL 11 0 12.7 1 0 4 7 2 14 0 5.0 1.4 0.0 9.9 0% .233 0.71 0.95 0.71 0 0.00 0.0
2017 TEX MLB AL 1 0 2.0 0 0 0 5 0 2 0 22.5 0.0 0.0 9.0 25% .625 2.50 1.14 13.50 98 4.02 85.6
2017 ROU AAA PCL 38 0 38.0 3 1 16 37 15 42 2 8.8 3.6 0.5 9.9 35% .343 1.37 3.46 1.89 82 3.54 75.3
2018 AKR AA EAS 3 0 3.0 0 1 0 6 3 1 2 18.0 9.0 6.0 3.0 21% .333 3.00 14.31 15.00 170 9.23 195.2
2018 COH AAA INT 2 0 1.7 0 0 0 5 3 1 0 27.0 16.2 0.0 5.4 11% .556 4.80 9.33 27.00 134 10.32 218.2
2018 CLT Rk AZL 5 1 5.0 0 0 0 3 0 8 0 99 5.4 0.0 0.0 14.4 55% .273 0.60 1.47 0.00 79 1.41 29.8

Plate Discipline

YEAR Pits Zone% Swing% Contact% Z-Swing% O-Swing% Z-Contact% O-Contact% SwStr%
2013 825 0.4436 0.4558 0.7420 0.6011 0.3399 0.8136 0.6410 0.2580
2014 356 0.4382 0.5000 0.7472 0.7179 0.3300 0.8393 0.5909 0.2528
2017 34 0.5294 0.5588 0.7368 0.8333 0.2500 0.8000 0.5000 0.2632
Career12150.44440.47160.74340.64180.33450.82070.62240.2566

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
2014-06-25 2014-08-23 Minors 59 0 - Not Disclosed -

Compensation

Year Team Salary
2018 CLE $
2017 TEX $
2016 MIA $
2015 MIA $
2014 NYA $
2013 NYA $

 

Service TimeAgentContract Status
1 y 57 d1 year (2018)

Details
  • 1 year (2018). Signed by Cleveland as a free agent 1/26/18 (minor-league contract).
  • 1 year (2017). Signed by Texas as a free agent 2/10/17 (minor-league contract). Contract selected by Texas 6/22/17. DFA by Texas 7/2/17. Sent outright to Triple-A 7/4/17.
  • 2016. Released by Miami 3/23/16. Signed by San Francisco as a free agent 6/9/16 (minor-league contract).
  • 1 year (2015). Re-signed by Miami 3/3/15. Sent outright to Triple-A by Miami 10/12/15.
  • 1 year/$511,325 (2014). Re-signed by NY Yankees 3/14. Claimed by Miami off waivers 12/23/14 after being DFA by NY Yankees 12/19/14.
  • 1 year (2013). Contract purchased by NY Yankees 5/3/13.
  • Drafted by NY Yankees 2010 (17-535) (Tulane).

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 7 0 1.5 43 0 50.2 42 22 44 6 .259 1.27 3.88 4.17 -6.1 -0.7
80o 5.9 0 1.2 38 0 43.8 40 21 38 6 .275 1.38 4.32 4.65 -7.5 -0.8
70o 5.2 0 1.1 34 0 39.3 38 20 34 5 .287 1.47 4.65 5 -8.2 -0.9
60o 4.6 0 0.9 31 0 35.6 36 19 31 5 .297 1.54 4.94 5.31 -8.6 -0.9
50o 4.1 0 0.8 28 0 32.2 34 18 28 5 .306 1.61 5.21 5.6 -8.7 -0.9
40o 3.6 0 0.7 25 0 29.0 32 17 25 4 .316 1.69 5.49 5.9 -8.7 -1.0
30o 3.2 0 0.6 22 0 25.6 30 15 22 4 .326 1.77 5.80 6.23 -8.6 -0.9
20o 2.6 0 0.5 19 0 21.7 27 14 19 4 .338 1.87 6.17 6.62 -8.2 -0.9
10o 1.9 0 0.3 14 0 16.6 22 11 14 3 .355 2.02 6.70 7.19 -7.2 -0.8
Weighted Mean400.827031.43317275.3041.605.175.55-8.3-0.9

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PITCHf/x Pitcher Profile

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Although he has not thrown an MLB pitch in 2024, Preston Claiborne threw 1,239 pitches that were tracked by the PITCHf/x system between 2013 and 2017, all of them occuring in Spring Training. In 2017, he relied primarily on his Fourseam Fastball (92mph) and Slider (83mph), also mixing in a Change (86mph).