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2019 Projections (Preseason PECOTA - seasonal age 29)
IP ERA WHIP SO W L SV WARP
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Birth Date3-1-1990
Height5' 11"
Weight210 lbs
Age34 years, 1 months, 24 days
BatsR
ThrowsR
-0.12015
-0.22016
0.32017
-0.02018
-0.22019
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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
2015 DET MLB 7 0 9.0 0 1 0 10 4 4 2 110 10.0 4.0 2.0 4.0 0% .276 1.56 6.43 4.00 123 5.91 138.1 -0.1
2016 ANA MLB 25 0 23.3 2 3 0 17 16 22 4 103 6.6 6.2 1.5 8.5 40% .224 1.41 5.50 4.24 117 5.76 127.6 -0.2
2017 ANA 0 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 1 1 1 1 9.0 9.0 9.0 9.0 33% .000 2.00 17.14 18.00 149 6.51 138.6 0.0
2017 SDN 0 13 0 17.0 0 0 0 20 4 16 7 10.6 2.1 3.7 8.5 30% .283 1.41 7.70 7.94 93 3.46 73.6 0.3
2018 SFN MLB 4 0 5.0 0 0 0 8 1 4 3 93 14.4 1.8 5.4 7.2 47% .313 1.80 9.92 12.60 102 5.37 119.9 0.0
2017 TOT MLB 14 0 18.0 0 0 0 21 5 17 8 10.5 2.5 4.0 8.5 30% .271 1.44 8.23 8.50 96 3.63 77.2 0.3
CareerMLB50055.324056264717709.14.22.87.637%.2541.486.946.341105.06112.2-0.1

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.
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-
2011 DIG Rk DSL 18 0 19.7 1 1 9 13 10 27 0 5.9 4.6 0.0 12.4 0% .310 1.17 2.14 2.29 87 2.86 58.4
2012 TGR Rk GCL 23 0 22.0 0 1 15 15 10 28 0 6.1 4.1 0.0 11.5 0% .289 1.14 2.25 0.82 85 3.46 72.1
2013 WMI A MID 27 0 26.3 1 1 16 16 20 35 0 5.5 6.8 0.0 12.0 0% .291 1.37 2.95 2.73 95 4.13 89.7
2013 LAK A+ FSL 23 0 23.0 1 1 17 16 14 32 1 6.3 5.5 0.4 12.5 0% .306 1.30 2.97 2.74 79 3.62 78.7
2014 ERI AA EAS 47 0 57.0 2 3 18 56 26 66 6 8.8 4.1 0.9 10.4 0% .340 1.44 3.82 4.11 91 3.99 84.5
2015 DET MLB AL 7 0 9.0 0 1 0 10 4 4 2 110 10.0 4.0 2.0 4.0 0% .276 1.56 6.43 4.00 123 5.91 138.1
2015 TOL AAA INT 43 0 57.0 4 5 5 49 38 43 3 7.7 6.0 0.5 6.8 0% .282 1.53 4.32 3.32 120 4.97 109.0
2015 GIG Wnt DWL 17 0 15.3 3 1 0 10 7 12 0 5.9 4.1 0.0 7.0 0% .250 1.11 2.51 4.11 0 0.00 0.0
2016 ANA MLB AL 25 0 23.3 2 3 0 17 16 22 4 103 6.6 6.2 1.5 8.5 40% .224 1.41 5.50 4.24 117 5.76 127.6
2016 ERI AA EAS 8 0 9.7 2 1 0 13 7 8 1 12.1 6.5 0.9 7.4 47% .414 2.07 5.22 5.59 113 7.32 161.7
2016 SLC AAA PCL 22 0 25.7 0 1 5 13 11 28 1 4.6 3.9 0.4 9.8 34% .200 0.94 3.33 0.70 87 1.70 37.6
2016 TOL AAA INT 8 0 10.3 0 0 0 7 5 8 2 6.1 4.4 1.7 7.0 39% .192 1.16 5.88 3.48 119 3.93 86.8
2017 ANA MLB AL 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 1 1 1 1 9.0 9.0 9.0 9.0 33% .000 2.00 17.14 18.00 149 6.51 138.6
2017 SDN MLB NL 13 0 17.0 0 0 0 20 4 16 7 10.6 2.1 3.7 8.5 30% .283 1.41 7.70 7.94 93 3.46 73.6
2017 ELP AAA PCL 23 0 28.7 2 3 0 34 11 30 2 10.7 3.5 0.6 9.4 39% .368 1.57 3.68 5.02 82 4.44 94.4
2017 SLC AAA PCL 10 0 12.0 1 1 1 10 5 15 0 7.5 3.8 0.0 11.3 44% .313 1.25 2.47 6.00 82 5.40 114.8
2017 GIG Wnt DWL 8 0 6.7 1 1 0 6 6 11 1 8.1 8.1 1.4 14.9 0% .385 1.80 4.13 9.45 0 0.00 0.0
2018 SFN MLB NL 4 0 5.0 0 0 0 8 1 4 3 93 14.4 1.8 5.4 7.2 47% .313 1.80 9.92 12.60 102 5.37 119.9
2018 SAC AAA PCL 37 0 49.3 3 4 1 44 35 58 3 8.0 6.4 0.5 10.6 35% .331 1.60 4.37 4.93 95 4.09 86.5
2018 GIG Wnt DWL 4 0 2.0 0 0 0 5 3 1 0 22.5 13.5 0.0 4.5 0% .000 4.00 6.30 27.00 0 0.00 0.0
2018 LAR Wnt VWL 6 0 5.3 0 1 0 6 3 4 0 10.1 5.1 0.0 6.8 0% .300 1.69 3.31 10.13 0 0.00 0.0
2019 AGU AAA MEX 22 16 100.7 6 3 0 98 43 82 9 8.8 3.8 0.8 7.3 0% .295 1.40 4.97 4.83 0 0.00 0.0
2019 MCD AAA MEX 4 0 2.7 0 0 0 6 4 5 1 20.3 13.5 3.4 16.9 0% .625 3.75 9.72 27.00 0 0.00 0.0

Plate Discipline

YEAR Pits Zone% Swing% Contact% Z-Swing% O-Swing% Z-Contact% O-Contact% SwStr%
2015 157 0.4013 0.4459 0.7571 0.6508 0.3085 0.8537 0.6207 0.2429
2016 398 0.4372 0.4171 0.7470 0.6437 0.2411 0.7857 0.6667 0.2530
2017 294 0.4694 0.4626 0.7353 0.6739 0.2756 0.8387 0.5116 0.2647
2018 77 0.5325 0.4935 0.8421 0.6829 0.2778 0.9643 0.5000 0.1579
Career9260.44930.44280.75290.65780.26650.82890.59580.2471

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 SFN $
2017 SDN $
2016 DET $
2015 DET $
2014 DET $

 

Service TimeAgentContract Status
0 y 155 dBTI Sports1 year (2018)

Details
  • 1 year (2018). Signed by San Francisco as a free agent 1/4/18 (minor-league contract). Contract selected by San Francisco 5/10/18. Sent outright to Triple-A by San Francisco 6/3/18. Re-signed by San Francisco as a free agent 6/19/18 (minor-league contract).
  • 1 year (2017). Contract selected by LA Angels 4/29/17. Claimed by San Diego off waivers 5/10/17 after being DFA by LA Angels 5/6/17. DFA by San Diego 9/18/17. Sent outright to Triple-A 9/21/17.
  • 1 year (2016). Re-signed by Detroit 2/25/16. Acquired by LA Angels in trade 6/7/16 after being DFA by Detroit 6/1/16. DFA by LA Angels 11/18/16. Sent outright to Triple-A 11/23/16.
  • 1 year (2015). Re-signed by Detroit 2/19/15.
  • 1 year (2014). Contract purchased by Detroit 11/20/13. Re-signed by Detroit 2/17/14.
  • Signed by Detroit 6/4/09 as an amateur free agent from the Dominican Republic.

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 7.3 0 0.3 54 0 64.4 48 30 66 7 .254 1.22 3.47 3.85 -6.1 -0.7
80o 6.5 0 0.3 49 0 58.3 47 29 59 7 .268 1.31 3.88 4.31 -8.3 -0.9
70o 5.9 0 0.2 46 0 54.0 46 29 55 7 .279 1.39 4.18 4.64 -9.6 -1.0
60o 5.4 0 0.2 43 0 50.4 45 28 51 7 .288 1.45 4.44 4.94 -10.5 -1.1
50o 5 0 0.2 40 0 47.1 44 27 48 6 .296 1.51 4.69 5.21 -11.1 -1.2
40o 4.6 0 0.2 37 0 43.9 43 26 45 6 .305 1.57 4.94 5.49 -11.7 -1.3
30o 4.1 0 0.1 34 0 40.6 41 26 41 6 .314 1.64 5.22 5.8 -12.1 -1.3
20o 3.7 0 0.1 31 0 36.8 39 24 38 6 .324 1.72 5.54 6.17 -12.4 -1.3
10o 3.1 0 0.1 27 0 31.7 36 22 32 5 .339 1.84 6.01 6.69 -12.4 -1.3
Weighted Mean4.900.239046.54327476.2941.494.655.17-10.8-1.2

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PITCHf/x Pitcher Profile

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Although he has not thrown an MLB pitch in 2024, José A. Váldez threw 991 pitches that were tracked by the PITCHf/x system between 2015 and 2018, all of them occuring in Spring Training. In 2018, he relied primarily on his Fourseam Fastball (95mph) and Slider (86mph), also mixing in a Change (89mph) and Sinker (95mph).