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2019 Projections (Preseason PECOTA - seasonal age 30)
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Birth Date2-28-1989
Height6' 3"
Weight200 lbs
Age35 years, 1 months, 29 days
BatsR
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2015
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-1.02017
-0.02018
-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
2017 DET MLB 28 4 62.3 0 3 0 81 31 57 12 111 11.7 4.5 1.7 8.2 47% .363 1.80 5.45 6.93 111 6.75 143.7 -1.0
2018 DET MLB 3 0 7.3 0 1 0 14 2 7 1 106 17.2 2.5 1.2 8.6 48% .500 2.18 3.87 8.59 104 4.98 111.2 0.0
CareerMLB31469.70409533641311112.34.31.78.347%.3801.845.287.111106.57140.3-1.0

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.
Minor league stats are currently shown —Click to hide.
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-
2010 HIC A SAL 26 4 60.3 3 3 0 51 18 50 5 110 7.6 2.7 0.7 7.5 0% .257 1.14 3.84 2.99 0 0.00 0.0
2010 SPO A- NWN 8 8 44.3 2 0 0 35 12 47 3 97 7.1 2.4 0.6 9.5 0% .281 1.06 3.18 3.25 0 0.00 0.0
2011 MYR A+ CAR 32 9 81.7 3 2 1 76 23 69 2 99 8.4 2.5 0.2 7.6 0% .302 1.21 2.77 2.98 88 4.34 88.6
2012 MYR A+ CAR 4 0 11.3 1 0 0 7 4 12 0 5.6 3.2 0.0 9.5 0% .259 0.97 2.32 1.59 83 3.35 69.7
2012 FRI AA TEX 13 7 50.7 2 2 2 32 13 40 3 95 5.7 2.3 0.5 7.1 0% .216 0.89 3.29 2.84 91 2.80 58.3
2012 ROU AAA PCL 14 14 80.3 5 5 0 84 37 58 5 95 9.4 4.1 0.6 6.5 0% .320 1.51 4.52 4.15 105 5.73 119.3
2012 LIC Wnt DWL 5 3 9.7 0 1 0 13 3 8 2 12.1 2.8 1.9 7.4 0% .324 1.66 5.10 7.45 0 0.00 0.0
2014 HIC A SAL 6 6 26.3 2 0 0 32 7 14 5 105 10.9 2.4 1.7 4.8 0% .310 1.48 5.78 4.10 113 5.26 111.3
2014 MYR A+ CAR 13 13 61.3 6 3 0 65 20 36 4 96 9.5 2.9 0.6 5.3 0% .304 1.39 4.26 3.52 106 4.82 102.0
2014 ROU AAA PCL 1 0 0.3 0 0 0 6 1 0 0 162.0 27.0 0.0 0.0 0% .857 21.00 12.69 135.00 116 0.00 0.0
2015 FRI AA TEX 27 23 141.3 7 13 0 154 42 118 11 118 9.8 2.7 0.7 7.5 0% .331 1.39 3.63 4.58 94 4.54 99.5
2016 ROU AAA PCL 5 2 18.0 1 0 0 12 5 19 0 77 6.0 2.5 0.0 9.5 56% .279 0.94 2.44 1.50 76 3.03 66.9
2016 TOL AAA INT 28 10 80.3 10 4 0 79 38 69 4 103 8.9 4.3 0.4 7.7 51% .321 1.46 3.55 3.70 102 4.99 110.1
2017 DET MLB AL 28 4 62.3 0 3 0 81 31 57 12 111 11.7 4.5 1.7 8.2 47% .363 1.80 5.45 6.93 111 6.75 143.7
2017 TOL AAA INT 7 7 34.3 2 4 0 34 10 31 3 96 8.9 2.6 0.8 8.1 40% .323 1.28 3.63 3.41 96 4.64 98.8
2018 DET MLB AL 3 0 7.3 0 1 0 14 2 7 1 106 17.2 2.5 1.2 8.6 48% .500 2.18 3.87 8.59 104 4.98 111.2
2018 GWN AAA INT 28 1 46.3 2 3 0 60 14 48 5 99 11.7 2.7 1.0 9.3 34% .377 1.60 3.63 6.22 106 6.28 132.9
2018 TOL AAA INT 4 3 10.3 0 0 0 8 4 7 3 91 7.0 3.5 2.6 6.1 22% .172 1.16 6.91 4.35 98 6.00 126.8

Plate Discipline

YEAR Pits Zone% Swing% Contact% Z-Swing% O-Swing% Z-Contact% O-Contact% SwStr%
2017 1199 0.4737 0.4529 0.7901 0.6391 0.2853 0.8402 0.6889 0.2099
2018 121 0.4711 0.4545 0.7636 0.5965 0.3281 0.8529 0.6190 0.2364
Career13200.47350.45300.78770.63520.28920.84140.68250.2123

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
2014-04-02 2014-05-12 Minors 40 0 - Not Disclosed -

Compensation

Year Team Salary
2018 DET $
2017 DET $

 

Service TimeAgentContract Status
0 y 129 dBledsoe Agency2019

Details
  • 2019. Signed by Hanwha of Korea 11/18. $0.2M signing bonus. $0.4M in salary.
  • 1 year (2018). Re-signed by Detroit 3/18. DFA by Detroit 5/12/18.
  • 1 year (2017). Contract selected by Detroit 11/4/16. Re-signed by Detroit 3/17.
  • Acquired by Detroit in trade from Texas 5/3/16.
  • Drafted by Texas 2009 (14-424) (Walters State CC, Tenn.). $0.45M 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 11 0 0.1 26 10 78.7 69 29 70 11 .268 1.25 3.81 4.27 -9.5 -1.0
80o 9.8 0 0.1 24 9 72.6 68 29 65 11 .282 1.34 4.20 4.71 -12.1 -1.3
70o 9 0 0 22 9 68.2 67 29 61 10 .291 1.40 4.48 5.03 -13.6 -1.5
60o 8.3 0 0 21 8 64.6 66 28 57 10 .300 1.46 4.73 5.31 -14.8 -1.6
50o 7.7 0 0 20 8 61.3 65 28 55 10 .307 1.52 4.97 5.58 -15.7 -1.7
40o 7 0 0 19 7 58.0 64 27 52 10 .315 1.57 5.21 5.85 -16.5 -1.8
30o 6.4 0 0 18 7 54.6 63 27 49 10 .324 1.64 5.47 6.14 -17.2 -1.9
20o 5.8 0 0 16 6 50.8 61 26 45 10 .334 1.71 5.78 6.49 -17.8 -1.9
10o 4.9 0 0 15 6 45.5 58 25 41 9 .347 1.82 6.22 6.98 -18.3 -2.0
Weighted Mean7.60020860.764275410.3061.514.945.54-15.3-1.7

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BP Chats

DateQuestionAnswer
2016-06-20 16:00:00 (link to chat)Who is the best team you have seen in your scouting life?
(Larry from NC)		I will preface this by saying that I have not been scouting for that long. I have probably been unaware of the talent of other teams while at games.

But I will say 2014 Myrtle Beach Pelicans. I did my summer internship down there and attended far too many games. Here are the major leaguers from that team: Joey Gallo, Cody Ege, Odubel Herrera, Hanser Alberto, Alexander Claudio, Keone Kela, Chi Chi Gonzalez, Andrew Faulkner, Abel De Los Santos.

While these guys are not in the big leagues yet, they will be soon: Nick Williams, Lewis Brinson, Chris Bostick, Jorge Alfaro, Ryan Cordell, Jose LeClerc, Samuel Wolff

And some other interesting guys with value: Preston Beck, Victor Payano, Kellin Deglan, Michael De Leon, Christopher Garia, Chad Bell

Man was that team loaded... (Steve Givarz)


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PITCHf/x Pitcher Profile

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Although he has not thrown an MLB pitch in 2024, Chad Bell threw 1,310 pitches that were tracked by the PITCHf/x system between 2017 and 2018, including pitches thrown in . In 2018, he relied primarily on his Fourseam Fastball (94mph) and Slider (85mph), also mixing in a Curve (81mph) and Sinker (94mph). He also rarely threw a Change (87mph).