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2019 Projections (Preseason PECOTA - seasonal age 30)
IP ERA WHIP SO W L SV WARP
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Birth Date9-29-1988
Height5' 11"
Weight190 lbs
Age35 years, 6 months, 21 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
2012 MIL MLB 8 3 22.0 0 0 0 24 7 20 8 113 9.8 2.9 3.3 8.2 0% .271 1.41 7.13 4.50 112 4.94 113.2 0.0
2013 MIL MLB 18 7 66.7 3 1 0 53 26 48 1 105 7.2 3.5 0.1 6.5 0% .271 1.19 3.08 2.03 110 4.15 99.3 0.5
2014 MIL MLB 27 0 29.7 3 1 0 24 21 28 1 101 7.3 6.4 0.3 8.5 0% .284 1.52 3.77 4.25 112 4.38 107.5 0.0
2015 MIL MLB 24 0 34.3 0 2 0 31 12 34 7 95 8.1 3.1 1.8 8.9 0% .253 1.25 5.14 3.67 109 5.13 119.7 -0.2
2016 MIL MLB 67 0 67.0 8 5 13 38 25 90 6 95 5.1 3.4 0.8 12.1 36% .229 0.94 2.86 2.15 84 3.05 67.4 1.5
2018 BOS MLB 25 0 24.0 2 0 0 28 10 21 6 108 10.5 3.8 2.3 7.9 37% .319 1.58 6.07 5.63 106 5.01 111.9 0.0
2019 BOS MLB 16 0 18.7 0 0 0 21 10 22 4 106 10.1 4.8 1.9 10.6 30% .347 1.66 5.44 7.71 112 6.51 133.5 -0.2
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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 WIS A MID 12 12 68.7 7 0 0 49 25 76 3 94 6.4 3.3 0.4 10.0 0% .277 1.08 2.97 1.57 84 3.34 68.2
2011 BRV A+ FSL 12 12 68.0 3 6 0 45 33 84 5 94 6.0 4.4 0.7 11.1 0% .256 1.15 3.49 3.57 94 3.39 69.2
2012 MIL MLB NL 8 3 22.0 0 0 0 24 7 20 8 113 9.8 2.9 3.3 8.2 0% .271 1.41 7.13 4.50 112 4.94 113.2
2012 HUN AA SOU 13 13 75.0 8 1 0 57 24 71 6 103 6.8 2.9 0.7 8.5 0% .250 1.08 3.32 3.00 88 2.96 61.7
2012 NAS AAA PCL 8 8 37.7 2 3 0 38 13 42 1 94 9.1 3.1 0.2 10.0 0% .356 1.35 2.97 3.58 69 3.42 71.2
2013 MIL MLB NL 18 7 66.7 3 1 0 53 26 48 1 105 7.2 3.5 0.1 6.5 0% .271 1.19 3.08 2.03 110 4.15 99.3
2013 NAS AAA PCL 15 15 74.7 0 9 0 90 29 87 11 89 10.8 3.5 1.3 10.5 0% .380 1.59 4.47 5.79 101 6.72 146.0
2014 MIL MLB NL 27 0 29.7 3 1 0 24 21 28 1 101 7.3 6.4 0.3 8.5 0% .284 1.52 3.77 4.25 112 4.38 107.5
2015 MIL MLB NL 24 0 34.3 0 2 0 31 12 34 7 95 8.1 3.1 1.8 8.9 0% .253 1.25 5.14 3.67 109 5.13 119.7
2015 CSP AAA PCL 17 17 88.7 2 7 0 106 36 57 16 115 10.8 3.7 1.6 5.8 0% .315 1.60 5.90 5.28 124 5.80 127.3
2016 MIL MLB NL 67 0 67.0 8 5 13 38 25 90 6 95 5.1 3.4 0.8 12.1 36% .229 0.94 2.86 2.15 84 3.05 67.4
2018 BOS MLB AL 25 0 24.0 2 0 0 28 10 21 6 108 10.5 3.8 2.3 7.9 37% .319 1.58 6.07 5.63 106 5.01 111.9
2018 PME AA EAS 3 0 3.7 0 0 0 4 2 4 1 9.8 4.9 2.5 9.8 30% .333 1.64 6.31 7.36 94 4.25 89.9
2018 PAW AAA INT 15 1 12.7 0 1 0 11 6 11 3 90 7.8 4.3 2.1 7.8 20% .216 1.34 6.33 4.26 121 4.71 99.6
2019 BOS MLB AL 16 0 18.7 0 0 0 21 10 22 4 106 10.1 4.8 1.9 10.6 30% .347 1.66 5.44 7.71 112 6.51 133.5
2019 OKL AAA PCL 12 0 12.0 0 0 0 11 9 15 3 8.3 6.8 2.3 11.3 26% .280 1.67 7.04 6.00 103 3.95 81.3
2019 PAW AAA INT 11 1 10.7 0 2 0 17 9 13 5 100 14.3 7.6 4.2 11.0 29% .364 2.44 9.81 12.66 137 8.52 175.3

Plate Discipline

YEAR Pits Zone% Swing% Contact% Z-Swing% O-Swing% Z-Contact% O-Contact% SwStr%
2012 375 0.4880 0.4347 0.8098 0.6230 0.2552 0.8596 0.6939 0.1902
2013 1062 0.4859 0.4171 0.8081 0.6182 0.2271 0.8621 0.6694 0.1919
2014 509 0.4774 0.4263 0.7419 0.6255 0.2444 0.8289 0.5385 0.2581
2015 640 0.4906 0.4719 0.7815 0.6592 0.2914 0.8599 0.6105 0.2185
2016 1138 0.4824 0.4587 0.7165 0.6375 0.2920 0.7686 0.6105 0.2835
2018 430 0.4814 0.4558 0.7908 0.6812 0.2466 0.8652 0.6000 0.2092
2019 382 0.4660 0.4503 0.7907 0.6629 0.2647 0.8898 0.5741 0.2093
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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
2014-06-07 2014-09-29 60-DL 114 100 Right Elbow Inflammation PRP Injection -
2002-01-01 2002-01-01 HS 0 0 Right Elbow Sprain Ulnar Collateral Ligament - Non-operative - Date Is Estimated -

Compensation

Year Team Salary
2022 ATL $900,000
2020 CIN $
2019 BOS $1,750,000
2018 BOS $2,050,000
2017 BOS $2,050,000
2016 MIL $513,900
2015 MIL $510,500
2014 MIL $505,000
2013 MIL $
2012 MIL $
YearsDescriptionSalary
7 yrPrevious$8,279,400
7 yrTotal$8,279,400

 

Service TimeAgentContract Status
6 y 115 dACES1 year/$900,000 (2022)

Details
  • 1 year/$900,000 (2022). Signed by Atlanta as a free agent 3/16/22 (non-guaranteed contract). Released by Atlanta 5/29/22. Signed by Minnesota as a free agent 6/6/22 (minor-league contract). Contract selected by Minnesota 6/12/22. DFA by Minnesota 7/1/22. Sent outright to Triple-A 7/4/22.
  • 2021. Did not pitch.
  • 1 year (2020). Signed by Cincinnati as a free agent 12/31/19 (minor-league contract). Contract selected by Cincinnati 8/14/20.
  • 1 year/$1.75M (2019). Re-signed by Boston 11/30/18 (avoided arbitration). Performance bonuses: $100,00 each for 45, 50, 55, 60 games. Released by Boston 7/10/19. Signed by LA Dodgers as a free agent 7/19 (minor-league contract).
  • 1 year/$2.05M (2018). Re-signed by Boston 12/4/17 (avoided arbitration).
  • 1 year/$2.05M (2017). Acquired by Boston in trade from Milwaukee 12/6/16. Signed by Boston 1/13/17 (avoided arbitration).
  • 1 year/$513,900 (2016). Re-signed by Milwaukee 3/16.
  • 1 year/$501,500 (2015). Re-signed by Milwaukee 3/15.
  • 1 year/$505,000 (2014). Re-signed by Milwaukee 3/14.
  • 1 year (2013). Re-signed by Milwaukee 3/13.
  • 1 year (2012). Contract purchased by Milwaukee 6/19/12.
  • Drafted by Milwaukee 2010 (3-96) (Charleston Southern). $351,900 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 7.8 0 0.1 34 4 50.6 39 18 48 6 .245 1.13 3.51 3.83 -4.0 -0.4
80o 6.7 0 0.1 30 3 44.8 37 17 42 6 .259 1.22 3.91 4.26 -5.6 -0.6
70o 6 0 0.1 27 3 40.7 36 17 38 6 .270 1.29 4.21 4.59 -6.5 -0.7
60o 5.4 0 0.1 25 3 37.3 34 16 35 6 .279 1.35 4.47 4.87 -7.0 -0.8
50o 4.8 0 0.1 23 2 34.2 33 15 32 5 .287 1.40 4.71 5.13 -7.4 -0.8
40o 4.3 0 0.1 21 2 31.1 31 14 29 5 .295 1.46 4.96 5.4 -7.6 -0.8
30o 3.8 0 0.1 19 2 27.9 29 13 26 5 .304 1.52 5.23 5.7 -7.7 -0.8
20o 3.2 0 0 16 2 24.3 27 12 23 4 .314 1.60 5.56 6.05 -7.6 -0.8
10o 2.5 0 0 13 1 19.5 23 11 18 4 .329 1.71 6.01 6.54 -7.1 -0.8
Weighted Mean4.700.122233.53215325.2851.394.685.09-7.1-0.8

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DateQuestionAnswer
2016-08-01 16:00:00 (link to chat)Who closes for Milwaukee now that they've traded their entire bullpen?
(Ankiel66 from Olympia)		My guess is Tyler Thornburg. (Mike Gianella)
2016-05-04 13:00:00 (link to chat)Matt At season's end, who has more saves: Hector Neris, Tyler Thornburg or Dalier Hinojosa?
(Ed from Cranford, NJ)		Hector Neris is the best pitcher in this group. I can't make myself care at all who compiles the most saves. (Matthew Trueblood)
2014-05-02 14:00:00 (link to chat)When Tyler Thornburg releases the baseball, MY shoulder twinges by sheer mental imposition. Is his long-term risk for injury as bad as I assume it is, or are their any redeeming qualities in his delivery?
(Fred from Milwaukee)		His risk for shoulder injury is certainly up there, and his poor B&P will likely catch up to him with respect to pitch command. The over-the-top motion can lead to some deceiving stats, because mistimed deliveries tend to miss high or low with minimal lateral variation, and high/low pitches can generate strikes much more easily than those that are inside/outside. In this sense, the fact that the Brewer rotation is full of extreme over-the-top guys is a key ingredient behind their catchers' excellent marks in the framing metrics, since the low pitch is the easiest to get called a strike even when it misses the zone.

Redeeming qualities? Um, he has big torque, so there's that. (Doug Thorburn)
2014-01-21 18:00:00 (link to chat)Hi Mike, If you were looking to add to your rotation and hold the rights to some young players who would you count on from this short list. Tyler Thornburg, Eric Johnson (whats the upside on Eric) Eddie Butler, Andrew Heaney?
(Jim from Tampa)		Hi Jim:

I don't know if you can really count on prospect pitchers, so that makes this a tough question to answer. I like Heaney better than Butler just because of the park difference (though I think Butler can play with that sinker). Of the four, I like Thornburg best. Johnson's upside for me is as a mid-tier rotation guy, although I could also see him not quite getting there. (Mike Gianella)
2013-09-26 13:00:00 (link to chat)Is This Tyler Thornburg for real? Awful in moniors this year!
(BStephen from Milw)		He's living on a run of great command in the majors this year. Homers demolished him a year ago in his MLB callup and at Triple-A this year, but he's allowed just 1 in 66.7 MLB IP. The other skills aren't terribly impressive, so I can't really get behind saying the 2.03 ERA is legitimate. Even at 3.03, I'd expect some movement up. That said, he is a solid prospect who can continue to grow and become a worthwhile asset. (Paul Sporer)
2013-05-02 13:00:00 (link to chat)Jed Bradley and Taylor Jungmann: what gives?
(Tyler from Indy)		The good news for Brewers fans: I'll see Tyler Thornburg and Johnny Hellweg this week. The bad news: I don't have a lot of positive on Bradley and Jungmann. I saw Bradley in camp; his stuff was actually slightly better than last season, but it's still very fringe. 88-91 with a little armside life/sink but was up in the zone. The slider has good shape but was soft. Just fringy all around.

I've seen Jungmann a ton, from his college days to a couple times as a pro. Stuff-wise, the biggest plus for Jungmann out of Texas was his fastball. He could sit comfortably at 92-94 with plus life, reaching 95-97 whenever he got into a jam. It looked like a future bat-destroying pitch. The breaking ball was always just okay, and his changeup came and went. Now Jungmann has been more 89-91 in pro ball, and he'll pop a 93 here and there. It looks like a potential back-end starter. He is a competitor who knows how to pitch, and that'll help him, but the stuff has taken a step back, and he hasn't rediscovered his college velocity. (Jason Cole)
2012-09-12 13:30:00 (link to chat)What do Arizona and Milwaukee's rotations look like in 2013? (I think we'd all rather have Arizona's problems in that regard)
(captnamerca from Florida)		As an A's fan I've learned 1) there's no such thing as too much pitching, and 2) when you feel you have too much pitching, it always seems to sort itself out. Arizona is loaded with pitching prospects and I'd guess a rotation of Kennedy, Cahill, Miley, and I'll say Bauer and Corbin, but Skaggs is obviously in the mix too. For Milwaukee I'd venture Gallardo, Fiers, Rogers, Estrada, and then either a free agent or Tyler Thornburg. By Spring Training of next year, the picture will be much clearer. (Paul Singman)


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PITCHf/x Pitcher Profile

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Although he has not thrown an MLB pitch in 2024, Tyler Thornburg threw 5,073 pitches that were tracked by the PITCHf/x system between 2012 and 2022, all of them occuring in Spring Training. In 2022, he relied primarily on his Fourseam Fastball (94mph) and Curve (76mph), also mixing in a Change (85mph) and Slider (83mph).