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César Vargas PNationals

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2019 Projections (Preseason PECOTA - seasonal age 27)
IP ERA WHIP SO W L SV WARP
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Birth Date12-30-1991
Height6' 2"
Weight237 lbs
Age32 years, 3 months, 20 days
BatsR
ThrowsR
2015
0.82016
2017
2018
-0.32019
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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 SDN MLB 7 7 34.0 0 3 0 41 15 28 5 90 10.9 4.0 1.3 7.4 56% .343 1.65 4.85 5.03 86 3.25 71.9 0.8
CareerMLB7734.003041152859010.94.01.37.456%.3431.654.855.03863.2571.90.8

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-
2011 DY1 Rk DSL 15 15 71.7 5 4 0 46 28 85 1 104 5.8 3.5 0.1 10.7 0% .271 1.03 2.08 2.39 85 2.36 48.2
2011 HER Wnt LMP 2 0 2.0 0 0 0 3 2 3 0 13.5 9.0 0.0 13.5 0% .500 2.50 4.27 4.50 0 0.00 0.0
2012 CSC A SAL 2 2 9.7 0 0 0 10 4 8 1 83 9.3 3.7 0.9 7.4 0% .333 1.45 4.50 3.72 101 4.93 102.7
2012 YAN Rk GCL 11 2 36.3 3 2 2 36 8 30 1 95 8.9 2.0 0.2 7.4 0% .313 1.21 2.88 2.97 98 4.97 103.5
2012 HER Wnt LMP 12 0 11.7 1 0 0 13 7 15 0 10.0 5.4 0.0 11.6 0% .394 1.71 2.57 2.31 0 0.00 0.0
2013 CSC A SAL 22 22 108.3 4 5 0 86 35 83 6 87 7.1 2.9 0.5 6.9 0% .255 1.12 3.74 3.24 103 3.89 84.5
2013 TAM A+ FSL 3 3 12.3 0 3 0 23 8 9 1 98 16.8 5.8 0.7 6.6 0% .489 2.51 5.02 11.68 112 8.74 189.8
2014 CSC A SAL 17 0 29.7 0 2 3 27 7 31 1 8.2 2.1 0.3 9.4 0% .310 1.15 2.64 2.73 82 3.46 73.3
2014 TAM A+ FSL 27 0 40.0 4 0 11 26 7 45 3 5.9 1.6 0.7 10.1 0% .237 0.83 2.63 2.48 78 2.36 49.9
2015 TRN AA EAS 43 0 67.7 6 0 4 65 22 65 1 8.6 2.9 0.1 8.6 0% .320 1.29 2.65 2.79 81 3.78 82.8
2015 SWB AAA INT 3 0 5.3 0 0 1 6 0 11 1 10.1 0.0 1.7 18.6 0% .500 1.13 1.46 6.75 34 2.17 47.6
2016 SDN MLB NL 7 7 34.0 0 3 0 41 15 28 5 90 10.9 4.0 1.3 7.4 56% .343 1.65 4.85 5.03 86 3.25 71.9
2016 SAN AA TEX 2 2 12.7 0 0 0 5 1 14 0 88 3.6 0.7 0.0 9.9 59% .185 0.47 1.19 1.42 69 1.80 39.7
2017 SAN AA TEX 33 2 57.3 3 3 0 49 25 66 2 81 7.7 3.9 0.3 10.4 49% .320 1.29 2.83 3.61 84 4.16 88.4
2017 ELP AAA PCL 10 0 11.3 1 0 0 18 13 12 1 14.3 10.3 0.8 9.5 50% .459 2.74 6.72 15.09 125 8.30 176.6
2018 AUB A- NYP 2 2 5.0 0 0 0 2 0 5 0 100 3.6 0.0 0.0 9.0 64% .182 0.40 1.48 0.00 74 2.54 53.6
2018 HAR AA EAS 7 6 33.0 1 1 0 37 15 32 4 97 10.1 4.1 1.1 8.7 48% .340 1.58 4.40 4.36 102 5.93 125.4
2018 SYR AAA INT 13 12 65.3 1 7 0 83 30 39 9 95 11.4 4.1 1.2 5.4 44% .338 1.73 5.44 5.92 128 7.43 157.1
2018 HER Wnt LMP 19 0 27.0 1 1 1 27 6 18 3 9.0 2.0 1.0 6.0 29% .500 1.22 3.81 5.33 0 0.00 0.0
2019 MTR AAA MEX 32 18 114.0 8 6 0 137 27 92 9 10.8 2.1 0.7 7.3 0% .357 1.44 4.25 4.34 0 0.00 0.0

Plate Discipline

YEAR Pits Zone% Swing% Contact% Z-Swing% O-Swing% Z-Contact% O-Contact% SwStr%
2016 603 0.4577 0.4146 0.7640 0.5870 0.2691 0.8642 0.5795 0.2360
Career6030.45770.41460.76400.58700.26910.86420.57950.2360

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

Compensation

Year Team Salary
2018 WAS $
2017 SDN $
2016 SDN $

 

Service TimeAgentContract Status
0 y 163 d1 year (2018)

Details
  • 1 year (2018). Signed by Washington as a free agent (minor-league contract).
  • 1 year (2017). Re-signed by San Diego 3/17. DFA by San Diego 3/31/17. Sent outright to Triple-A 4/5/17.
  • 1 year (2016). Signed by San Diego as a free agent 11/20/15.
  • Signed by NY Yankees 2/9/09 as an amateur free agent from Mexico.

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 12.7 0 1.6 46 9 99.8 89 39 83 12 .269 1.28 3.80 4.07 -10.5 -1.1
80o 11.5 0 1.5 43 8 93.0 89 39 78 12 .284 1.38 4.19 4.49 -13.8 -1.5
70o 10.6 0 1.4 40 8 88.3 89 39 74 12 .294 1.45 4.48 4.81 -16.1 -1.7
60o 9.9 0 1.3 39 8 84.3 89 39 70 12 .303 1.51 4.73 5.08 -17.7 -1.9
50o 9.3 0 1.2 37 7 80.6 88 39 67 12 .311 1.57 4.97 5.33 -19.0 -2.1
40o 8.7 0 1.1 35 7 77.0 88 38 64 12 .320 1.63 5.22 5.6 -20.4 -2.2
30o 8 0 1 34 7 73.3 87 38 61 12 .329 1.70 5.48 5.88 -21.5 -2.3
20o 7.3 0 0.9 32 6 69.0 86 37 58 12 .339 1.79 5.80 6.22 -22.7 -2.5
10o 6.4 0 0.8 29 6 63.2 84 37 53 12 .354 1.91 6.25 6.7 -23.9 -2.6
Weighted Mean9.301.237780.287386712.3091.564.945.3-18.7-2.0

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PITCHf/x Pitcher Profile

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Although he has not thrown an MLB pitch in 2024, César Vargas threw 685 pitches that were tracked by the PITCHf/x system between 2016 and 2023, all of them occuring in Spring Training. In 2023, he relied primarily on his Fourseam Fastball (94mph) and Slider (83mph).