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2019 Projections (Preseason PECOTA - seasonal age 28)
IP ERA WHIP SO W L SV WARP
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Birth Date11-5-1990
Height6' 6"
Weight185 lbs
Age33 years, 5 months, 13 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
2017 SLN MLB 5 0 7.3 0 0 0 7 4 7 2 8.6 4.9 2.5 8.6 60% .278 1.50 6.86 3.68 73 2.84 60.4 0.2
2018 OAK MLB 8 1 14.3 0 0 0 16 9 14 1 99 10.0 5.7 0.6 8.8 52% .366 1.74 4.24 6.28 102 5.03 112.4 0.0
2019 BAL MLB 9 0 15.7 0 0 1 14 7 16 2 112 8.0 4.0 1.1 9.2 46% .273 1.34 4.20 5.74 104 5.46 112.1 0.0
CareerMLB22137.30013720375858.94.81.28.951%.3111.534.745.54984.78102.10.2

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-
2010 CRD Rk GCL 14 1 27.7 1 2 0 32 9 26 3 99 10.4 2.9 1.0 8.4 0% .354 1.48 4.22 4.87 0 0.00 0.0
2011 JCY Rk APP 8 8 45.0 4 1 0 57 9 25 6 103 11.4 1.8 1.2 5.0 0% .331 1.47 5.10 4.00 112 7.24 147.9
2013 PEO A MID 4 4 20.7 0 4 0 37 5 8 2 105 16.1 2.2 0.9 3.5 0% .417 2.03 4.83 6.53 112 7.98 173.5
2013 SCO A- NYP 1 1 3.7 0 0 0 6 1 4 0 104 14.7 2.5 0.0 9.8 0% .429 1.91 2.54 7.36 95 6.91 150.1
2013 CRD Rk GCL 1 0 3.3 0 1 0 6 0 3 0 16.2 0.0 0.0 8.1 0% .400 1.80 1.65 13.50 98 3.97 86.3
2014 PEO A MID 8 0 8.7 1 1 2 14 0 13 0 14.5 0.0 0.0 13.5 0% .500 1.62 1.51 6.23 60 4.92 104.2
2014 SCO A- NYP 19 0 28.7 2 2 5 16 8 32 0 5.0 2.5 0.0 10.0 0% .239 0.84 2.67 0.31 83 2.46 52.1
2014 PMB A+ FSL 4 0 5.0 0 0 0 3 2 5 0 5.4 3.6 0.0 9.0 0% .231 1.00 2.58 1.80 96 3.57 75.6
2015 PMB A+ FSL 41 0 56.0 4 3 9 42 12 41 2 6.8 1.9 0.3 6.6 0% .253 0.96 3.07 1.29 94 3.21 70.4
2015 SFD AA TEX 4 0 5.7 0 0 0 1 2 5 0 1.6 3.2 0.0 7.9 0% .077 0.53 2.59 0.00 92 2.21 48.4
2016 SFD AA TEX 38 0 52.7 4 2 16 47 12 61 5 8.0 2.1 0.9 10.4 48% .304 1.12 2.77 3.25 79 3.73 82.4
2016 MEM AAA PCL 7 0 7.7 0 0 0 9 4 5 0 10.6 4.7 0.0 5.9 50% .346 1.70 3.98 9.39 111 5.30 117.0
2017 SLN MLB NL 5 0 7.3 0 0 0 7 4 7 2 8.6 4.9 2.5 8.6 60% .278 1.50 6.86 3.68 73 2.84 60.4
2017 MEM AAA PCL 47 0 60.0 8 1 17 58 12 68 3 8.7 1.8 0.5 10.2 53% .340 1.17 2.85 3.15 70 3.15 67.0
2017 SUR Wnt AFL 12 0 12.0 1 2 1 14 3 13 2 10.5 2.3 1.5 9.8 0% .353 1.42 5.03 5.25 0 0.00 0.0
2018 OAK MLB AL 8 1 14.3 0 0 0 16 9 14 1 99 10.0 5.7 0.6 8.8 52% .366 1.74 4.24 6.28 102 5.03 112.4
2018 NAS AAA PCL 31 0 38.7 0 2 5 28 15 32 2 6.5 3.5 0.5 7.4 42% .255 1.11 4.15 2.56 96 2.92 61.8
2019 BAL MLB AL 9 0 15.7 0 0 1 14 7 16 2 112 8.0 4.0 1.1 9.2 46% .273 1.34 4.20 5.74 104 5.46 112.1
2019 FRE AAA PCL 3 0 3.0 1 0 0 3 1 3 1 9.0 3.0 3.0 9.0 60% .222 1.33 7.13 6.00 107 4.55 93.7
2019 NOR AAA INT 20 2 23.7 0 2 2 29 12 19 4 90 11.0 4.6 1.5 7.2 44% .338 1.73 5.99 6.85 114 6.67 137.2

Plate Discipline

YEAR Pits Zone% Swing% Contact% Z-Swing% O-Swing% Z-Contact% O-Contact% SwStr%
2017 119 0.4118 0.4622 0.6727 0.5918 0.3714 0.8966 0.4231 0.3273
2018 247 0.4170 0.4575 0.7522 0.6214 0.3403 0.8594 0.6122 0.2478
2019 273 0.4542 0.4469 0.7869 0.6452 0.2819 0.8875 0.5952 0.2131
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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
2012-06-05 2012-09-05 Minors 92 65 Right Elbow Surgery Tommy John Surgery - -

Compensation

Year Team Salary
2019 BAL $
2018 OAK $
2017 SLN $

 

Service TimeAgentContract Status
0 y 61 d1 year (2019)

Details
  • 1 year (2019). Signed by Baltimore as a free agent 11/28/18 (minor-league contract). Contract selected by Baltimore 4/11/19. DFA by Baltimore 4/22/19. Sent outright to Triple-A 4/24/19. Contract selected by Baltimore 5/20/19. DFA by Baltimore 7/6/19.
  • 1 year (2018). Re-signed by St. Louis 3/18. Acquired by Oakland in trade 3/31/18 after being DFA by St. Louis 3/28/18.
  • 1 year (2017). Contract selected by St. Louis 8/19/17.
  • Drafted by St. Louis 2010 (21-649) (State JC of Florida). $0.1M 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 0 1.5 0.5 48 0 63.3 52 21 55 7 .258 1.14 3.51 3.54 -3.6 -0.4
80o 0 1.3 0.4 43 0 56.9 50 20 50 7 .273 1.24 3.91 3.96 -5.7 -0.6
70o 0 1.1 0.3 40 0 52.4 49 20 46 7 .284 1.31 4.21 4.27 -7.0 -0.8
60o 0 1 0.3 37 0 48.7 48 19 43 7 .293 1.37 4.46 4.54 -7.8 -0.9
50o 0 0.9 0.3 35 0 45.3 46 19 40 6 .302 1.43 4.71 4.79 -8.5 -0.9
40o 0 0.8 0.2 32 0 42.0 45 18 37 6 .311 1.49 4.95 5.05 -9.0 -1.0
30o 0 0.7 0.2 29 0 38.6 43 17 34 6 .321 1.56 5.22 5.33 -9.4 -1.0
20o 0 0.6 0.2 26 0 34.7 41 16 30 6 .332 1.64 5.55 5.66 -9.6 -1.0
10o 0 0.4 0.1 22 0 29.4 37 15 26 5 .348 1.77 6.01 6.14 -9.6 -1.0
Weighted Mean00.90.334044.74518396.3001.424.674.75-8.2-0.9

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PITCHf/x Pitcher Profile

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Although he has not thrown an MLB pitch in 2024, Josh Lucas threw 640 pitches that were tracked by the PITCHf/x system between 2017 and 2019, including pitches thrown in . In 2019, he relied primarily on his Slider (83mph), Sinker (90mph) and Fourseam Fastball (90mph). He also rarely threw a Change (86mph).