Scott Alexander Stats | Baseball Prospectus

IP	ERA	WHIP	SO	W	L	SV	WARP
34.3	3.66	1.25	32	2	1	2	0.4

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	KCA	MLB	4	0	6.0	0	0	0	5	3	3	0	101	7.5	4.5	0.0	4.5	0%	.278	1.33	4.10	4.50	124	5.99	140.0	-0.1
2016	KCA	MLB	17	0	19.0	0	0	0	24	7	16	1	109	11.4	3.3	0.5	7.6	69%	.383	1.63	3.21	3.32	101	5.33	117.8	-0.1
2017	KCA	MLB	58	0	69.0	5	4	4	62	28	59	3		8.1	3.7	0.4	7.7	73%	.306	1.30	3.21	2.48	94	4.64	98.7	0.4
2018	LAN	MLB	73	1	66.0	2	1	3	57	27	56	4	98	7.8	3.7	0.5	7.6	72%	.296	1.27	3.53	3.68	97	5.33	119.1	-0.3
2019	LAN	MLB	28	0	17.3	3	2	0	17	7	9	2	92	8.8	3.6	1.0	4.7	61%	.263	1.38	5.01	3.63	110	5.52	113.2	0.0
Career		MLB	180	1	177.3	10	7	7	165	72	143	10	61	8.4	3.7	0.5	7.3	71%	.307	1.34	3.53	3.20	98	5.10	111.2	-0.1

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-
2012	KNC	A	MID	10	6	35.3	2	3	0	34	16	31	2	102	8.7	4.1	0.5	7.9	0%	.302	1.42	3.85	2.55	98	4.94	102.9
2012	ROY	Rk	AZL	1	1	0.3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	109	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0%	.000	0.00	4.34	0.00	100	1.23	25.7
2013	LEX	A	SAL	5	0	15.0	1	1	1	7	6	15	0		4.2	3.6	0.0	9.0	0%	.206	0.87	2.87	1.20	99	2.81	61.0
2013	WIL	A+	CAR	12	0	27.0	2	0	1	18	8	22	0		6.0	2.7	0.0	7.3	0%	.240	0.96	2.72	1.33	84	3.14	68.2
2013	NWA	AA	TEX	24	0	33.0	2	0	1	38	18	40	0		10.4	4.9	0.0	10.9	0%	.427	1.70	2.53	5.18	81	6.44	140.0
2014	NWA	AA	TEX	35	0	48.7	1	2	3	42	16	36	3		7.8	3.0	0.6	6.7	0%	.267	1.19	3.61	3.88	99	4.12	87.2
2014	OMA	AAA	PCL	11	0	19.0	1	2	0	23	10	13	4		10.9	4.7	1.9	6.2	0%	.328	1.74	6.64	6.16	125	6.41	135.7
2015	KCA	MLB	AL	4	0	6.0	0	0	0	5	3	3	0	101	7.5	4.5	0.0	4.5	0%	.278	1.33	4.10	4.50	124	5.99	140.0
2015	OMA	AAA	PCL	41	0	63.3	2	3	14	48	17	50	5		6.8	2.4	0.7	7.1	0%	.243	1.03	3.89	2.56	90	2.18	47.8
2016	KCA	MLB	AL	17	0	19.0	0	0	0	24	7	16	1	109	11.4	3.3	0.5	7.6	69%	.383	1.63	3.21	3.32	101	5.33	117.8
2016	OMA	AAA	PCL	22	0	30.0	2	0	1	32	10	24	2		9.6	3.0	0.6	7.2	67%	.323	1.40	4.08	3.00	97	4.48	98.9
2016	ROY	Rk	AZL	5	2	7.3	0	0	0	8	2	12	0	99	9.8	2.5	0.0	14.7	50%	.444	1.36	2.47	4.91	75	2.83	62.4
2017	KCA	MLB	AL	58	0	69.0	5	4	4	62	28	59	3		8.1	3.7	0.4	7.7	73%	.306	1.30	3.21	2.48	94	4.64	98.7
2017	OMA	AAA	PCL	7	0	7.7	1	0	0	9	3	4	1		10.6	3.5	1.2	4.7	78%	.308	1.57	5.55	4.70	107	4.46	94.9
2018	LAN	MLB	NL	73	1	66.0	2	1	3	57	27	56	4	98	7.8	3.7	0.5	7.6	72%	.296	1.27	3.53	3.68	97	5.33	119.1
2018	OKL	AAA	PCL	4	0	4.0	1	0	0	4	1	5	0		9.0	2.3	0.0	11.3	82%	.364	1.25	1.99	0.00	79	3.23	68.3
2019	LAN	MLB	NL	28	0	17.3	3	2	0	17	7	9	2	92	8.8	3.6	1.0	4.7	61%	.263	1.38	5.01	3.63	110	5.52	113.2

Plate Discipline

YEAR	Pits	Zone%	Swing%	Contact%	Z-Swing%	O-Swing%	Z-Contact%	O-Contact%	SwStr%
2015	85	0.5529	0.4588	0.8205	0.5745	0.3158	0.8889	0.6667	0.1795
2016	324	0.4444	0.4846	0.7261	0.5972	0.3944	0.8605	0.5634	0.2739
2017	1057	0.4484	0.4863	0.7062	0.6435	0.3585	0.8262	0.5311	0.2938
2018	970	0.4186	0.4515	0.7260	0.6010	0.3440	0.9057	0.5000	0.2740
2019	278	0.3885	0.4712	0.7863	0.6667	0.3471	0.8472	0.7119	0.2137
Career	2714	0.4344	0.4713	0.7274	0.6230	0.3551	0.8628	0.5466	0.2726

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	2011-09-09	Minors	81	76	Left	Shoulder	Surgery		-	-

Compensation

Year	Team	Salary
2024	OAK	$2,250,000
2023	SFN	$1,200,000
2022	SFN	$
2021	LAN	$1,000,000
2020	LAN	$875,000
2019	LAN	$575,000
2018	LAN	$555,000
2017	KCA	$
2016	KCA	$
2015	KCA	$

Years	Description	Salary
5 yr	Previous	$4,205,000
2019	Current	$2,250,000
6 yr	Pvs + Cur	$6,455,000
6 yr	Total	$6,455,000

Service Time	Agent	Contract Status
6 y 80 d	Apex	1 year/$2.25M (2024)

Details

1 year/$2.25M (2024). Signed by Oakland as a free agent 2/14/24. Performance bonuses: $50,000 each for 35, 40, 45, 50 games. $100,000 for 60 games. Assignment bonus.
1 year/$1.2M (2023). Re-signed by San Francisco 11/17/22 (avoided arbitration).
1 year (2022). Signed by San Francisco as a free agent 5/12/22 (minor-league contract). Contract selected by San Francisco 8/26/22.
1 year/$1M (2021). Re-signed by LA Dodgers 12/2/20 (avoided arbitration). Sent outright to Triple-A by LA Dodgers 11/5/21 (elected free agency).
1 year/$875,000 (2020). Re-signed by LA Dodgers 12/2/19 (avoided arbitration).
1 year/$575,000 (2019). Re-signed by LA Dodgers 3/19.
1 year/$555,000 (2018). Acquired by LA Dodgers in trade from Kansas City 1/4/18. Re-signed by LA Dodgers 3/18.
1 year (2017). Re-signed by Kansas City 2/17.
1 year/$508,800 (2016). Re-signed by Kansas City 2/25/16.
1 year (2015). Contract selected by Kansas City 9/1/15.
Drafted by Kansas City 2010 (6-179) (Sonoma State). $125,000 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	9.3	2.4	67	77.3	55	26	69	5	.245	1.05	2.81	2.96	-0.1	0.0
80^o	8.4	2.1	61	70.9	54	26	64	5	.259	1.13	3.15	3.32	-2.7	-0.3
70^o	7.8	1.9	58	66.4	54	25	60	5	.270	1.19	3.40	3.59	-4.5	-0.5
60^o	7.3	1.8	54	62.7	53	25	56	5	.278	1.25	3.61	3.82	-5.7	-0.6
50^o	6.8	1.6	51	59.3	52	25	53	5	.287	1.30	3.82	4.04	-6.8	-0.7
40^o	6.3	1.5	48	55.9	52	24	50	5	.295	1.35	4.03	4.26	-7.7	-0.8
30^o	5.8	1.4	45	52.4	50	24	47	5	.304	1.41	4.25	4.5	-8.5	-0.9
20^o	5.3	1.2	42	48.4	49	23	43	5	.315	1.49	4.52	4.79	-9.3	-1.0
10^o	4.6	1	37	43.1	47	22	39	5	.329	1.59	4.90	5.2	-10.2	-1.1
Weighted Mean	6.7	1.6	51	58.7	51	24	53	5	.285	1.29	3.79	4.01	-6.5	-0.7

Preseason Long-Term Forecast (Beyond the 2019 Projections)

Playing time estimates are based on performance, not Depth Charts.

Year	Age	W	L	SV	G	IP	H	BB	SO	HR	GB%	BABIP	WHIP	ERA	DRA	H/9	BB/9	K/9	HR/9	WARP
2020	30	3	1	1	59	63	52	25	58	5	62	.297	1.22	3.72	4.15	7.4	3.6	8.3	0.7	0.5
2021	31	3	1	1	50	53	46	21	49	5	62	.302	1.26	3.84	4.28	7.8	3.5	8.3	0.8	0.4
2022	32	3	1	1	50	53	45	21	48	5	62	.299	1.25	3.85	4.30	7.7	3.6	8.2	0.9	0.4
2023	33	2	1	1	46	49	42	20	44	5	62	.300	1.27	3.96	4.42	7.7	3.7	8.1	0.9	0.3
2024	34	2	1	1	46	49	41	19	44	5	62	.299	1.23	3.91	4.36	7.6	3.5	8.1	0.9	0.3
2025	35	2	1	1	42	45	39	17	41	4	62	.300	1.24	3.92	4.38	7.8	3.4	8.2	0.8	0.3
2026	36	2	1	1	40	42	36	16	38	4	62	.300	1.23	3.98	4.44	7.7	3.4	8.1	0.9	0.2
2027	37	2	1	1	37	39	34	15	35	4	62	.301	1.27	4.02	4.49	7.9	3.5	8.1	0.9	0.2
2028	38	2	1	1	35	37	32	15	33	4	62	.300	1.27	4.06	4.53	7.8	3.6	8.0	1.0	0.2

Comparable Players (Similarity Index 65)

Rank	Score	Name	Year	Run Average	Trend
1	85	Sam Dyson	2017	6.75
2	83	Jeremy Jeffress	2017	4.82
3	77	Matt Grace	2018	3.32
4	75	Zack Britton	2017	2.89
5	74	Chad Qualls	2008	3.54
6	74	Bryan Morris	2016	3.57
7	73	Kevin Cameron	2009	3.44
8	73	Roy Corcoran	2009	6.63
9	73	Ryan Speier	2009	4.76
10	72	Evan Meek	2012	6.75
11	71	Andrew Triggs	2018	5.23
12	70	Ryan Cook	2016	0.00	DNP
13	70	Nick Vincent	2016	3.88
14	70	Eric O'Flaherty	2014	2.25
15	69	Bobby Parnell	2014	9.00
16	69	Dan Jennings	2016	2.67
17	69	Sean Green	2008	5.35
18	68	Royce Ring	2010	15.43
19	68	Mike Koplove	2006	3.00
20	68	Pedro Strop	2014	2.80
21	68	Bryan Shaw	2017	4.23
22	68	Javy Guerra	2015	0.00
23	68	T.J. McFarland	2018	2.25
24	67	Kevin Quackenbush	2018	11.00
25	67	Matt Lindstrom	2009	6.65
26	67	Alex Colome	2018	3.44
27	66	Buddy Boshers	2017	5.14
28	66	Dan Runzler	2014	0.00	DNP
29	66	Tony Watson	2014	1.86
30	66	Seth Frankoff	2018	0.00	DNP
31	66	Blake Treinen	2017	4.16
32	66	Ben Rowen	2018	0.00	DNP
33	66	Sam Freeman	2016	12.91
34	66	Donnie Veal	2014	7.50
35	66	Dan Otero	2014	2.60
36	66	Andrew Bailey	2013	3.77
37	66	Brandon Kintzler	2014	3.55
38	65	Brandon League	2012	3.38
39	65	Alex Torres	2017	0.00	DNP
40	65	Scott Elbert	2015	0.00	DNP
41	65	Blake Parker	2014	5.57
42	65	Peter Moylan	2008	1.59
43	65	Brandon Medders	2009	3.41
44	65	Alex Wilson	2016	3.21
45	65	Ramon Troncoso	2012	0.00	DNP
46	65	Craig Breslow	2010	3.13
47	65	Javier Lopez	2007	3.54
48	64	Ryan Webb	2015	3.73
49	64	Ryan Mattheus	2013	6.62
50	64	Justin Wilson	2017	3.57
51	64	Vin Mazzaro	2016	81.00
52	64	Nick Hagadone	2015	5.27
53	64	Jim Johnson	2012	2.75
54	63	John Church	2016	0.00	DNP
55	63	Zach Putnam	2017	1.04
56	63	Adam Warren	2017	2.98
57	63	John Franco	1990	2.93
58	63	Blaine Hardy	2016	3.86
59	63	Xavier Cedeno	2016	3.70
60	63	Logan Ondrusek	2014	5.71
61	63	Hunter Strickland	2018	4.96
62	62	Josh Roenicke	2012	4.06
63	62	Jared Burton	2010	0.00
64	62	Jose Alvarez	2018	2.86
65	62	Adam Kolarek	2018	3.93
66	62	Miguel Socolovich	2016	2.00
67	62	Robert Coello	2014	0.00	DNP
68	62	Juan Rincon	2008	6.34
69	62	Mitch Stetter	2010	14.73
70	62	Gary Majewski	2009	0.00	DNP
71	62	Bill Dailey	1964	9.39
72	62	Justin Miller	2016	5.70
73	62	Anthony Varvaro	2014	3.13
74	61	Jared Hughes	2015	2.82
75	61	Kevin Chapman	2017	0.00	DNP
76	61	Michael Kirkman	2016	19.29
77	61	Steve Cishek	2015	4.23
78	61	Burke Badenhop	2012	3.61
79	61	Doug Corbett	1982	5.24
80	61	Adam Liberatore	2016	3.38
81	61	Scot Shields	2005	3.24
82	61	Caleb Thielbar	2016	0.00	DNP
83	61	Doug Slaten	2009	7.11
84	61	Aaron Loup	2017	4.21
85	61	A.J. Morris	2016	6.30
86	61	Luis Garcia	2016	6.46
87	60	Chris Leroux	2013	6.75
88	60	Justin De Fratus	2017	0.00	DNP
89	60	Garrett Richards	2017	2.60
90	60	Chaz Roe	2016	3.64
91	60	Pedro Beato	2016	0.00	DNP
92	60	Ryan Pressly	2018	2.66
93	60	Bobby Jenks	2010	4.78
94	60	Cody Eppley	2015	0.00	DNP
95	60	Arcenio Leon	2016	0.00	DNP
96	60	Phil Coke	2012	4.67
97	60	Preston Claiborne	2017	13.50
98	60	Derek Lowe	2002	2.66
99	60	Brad Ziegler	2009	3.44
100	59	Josh Schmidt	2012	0.00	DNP

BP Annual Player Comments

Year		Comment
2019		Due to publishing agreements, the 2019 player comments and team essays are only available in the Baseball Prospectus 2019 book (available in hardcopy, and soon e-book and Kindle).
2018		It's hard to tell if Alexander’s name is more reminiscent of an off-Broadway musical star, a poet or a shockingly wealthy candidate for the House of Representatives. What we can tell: He throws with his left hand, has a prodigious ground-ball rate, generates enough strikeouts and has an upward trajectory on his resume. That might just sound like closer material in Kansas City, at least these days. He already earned the ninth-inning call from manager Ned Yost in several of the garbage-time games of 2017, and Alexander will be given every chance to show that his solid campaign—which included better work versus righties than lefties—was for real.
2017		He's not your garden variety LOOGY, but Alexander is certainly useful against same-siders. His .627 OPS allowed versus left-handed bats was 200 points better than he fared with righties across all levels in 2016. Even better, he surrendered just four extra-base hits against those lefties in 85 plate appearances. His bread-and-butter pitch is the sinker. He induced a grounder on 81 percent of all two-seamers put in play. In the days of the eight-man bullpen, Alexander can certainly find a place as a second southpaw.
2016		Triple-A closer Scott Alexander uses his low-90s sinker to generate double-play bouncers and doesn't hurt himself with walks and home runs. He'll get a look-see for a middle relief role this spring, but he has a lot of bodies to climb over.

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PITCHf/x Pitcher Profile

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Although he has not thrown an MLB pitch in 2024, Scott Alexander threw 4,422 pitches that were tracked by the PITCHf/x system between 2014 and 2023, all of them occuring in Spring Training. In 2023, he relied primarily on his Sinker (93mph), also mixing in a Slider (83mph) and Change (86mph). He also rarely threw a Fourseam Fastball (92mph).

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2019 Projections (Preseason PECOTA - seasonal age 29)