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Grant Dayton PBraves

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2019 Projections (Preseason PECOTA - seasonal age 31)
IP ERA WHIP SO W L SV WARP
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Birth Date11-25-1987
Height6' 2"
Weight210 lbs
Age36 years, 5 months, 1 days
BatsL
ThrowsL
2015
0.72016
-0.22017
2018
0.12019
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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 LAN MLB 25 0 26.3 0 1 0 14 6 39 4 90 4.8 2.1 1.4 13.3 29% .196 0.76 2.99 2.05 78 2.61 57.7 0.7
2017 LAN MLB 29 0 23.7 1 1 0 19 12 20 5 7.2 4.6 1.9 7.6 33% .215 1.31 5.75 4.94 116 6.00 127.8 -0.2
2019 ATL MLB 14 0 12.0 0 1 0 12 4 14 4 101 9.0 3.0 3.0 10.5 39% .276 1.33 6.16 3.00 93 4.01 82.2 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-
2010 JAM A- NYP 17 0 28.7 1 1 1 18 15 23 0 5.6 4.7 0.0 7.2 0% .240 1.15 3.42 1.25 0 0.00 0.0
2010 MRL Rk GCL 1 0 1.0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 9.0 0% .000 0.00 1.50 0.00 0 0.00 0.0
2011 GRB A SAL 49 0 71.7 7 1 5 59 24 99 5 7.4 3.0 0.6 12.4 0% .323 1.16 2.88 2.89 69 2.91 59.5
2012 JUP A+ FSL 31 6 60.0 2 5 2 48 18 71 1 105 7.2 2.7 0.2 10.7 0% .307 1.10 2.24 2.10 70 2.92 60.7
2012 JAX AA SOU 7 0 13.0 2 1 0 12 4 19 2 8.3 2.8 1.4 13.2 0% .333 1.23 3.14 4.15 78 3.55 74.0
2012 PDD Wnt AFL 10 0 12.0 0 0 0 8 7 18 0 6.0 5.3 0.0 13.5 0% .308 1.25 2.67 3.75 0 0.00 0.0
2013 JAX AA SOU 30 0 38.0 4 4 1 33 12 56 4 7.8 2.8 0.9 13.3 0% .333 1.18 2.35 2.37 69 3.65 79.3
2014 JAX AA SOU 11 0 16.3 0 1 3 17 4 18 0 9.4 2.2 0.0 9.9 0% .347 1.29 1.71 1.10 70 3.52 74.4
2014 NWO AAA PCL 39 0 55.7 2 2 1 53 22 61 10 8.6 3.6 1.6 9.9 0% .299 1.35 5.07 3.72 108 4.54 96.2
2015 TUL AA TEX 8 0 10.7 0 2 1 9 7 17 0 7.6 5.9 0.0 14.3 0% .391 1.50 2.07 2.53 70 4.09 89.7
2015 NWO AAA PCL 25 0 35.0 2 1 0 25 5 35 1 6.4 1.3 0.3 9.0 0% .270 0.86 2.48 2.83 73 3.53 77.5
2015 OKL AAA PCL 9 0 11.7 1 1 0 16 3 13 1 12.3 2.3 0.8 10.0 0% .429 1.63 3.51 9.26 72 4.92 107.9
2016 LAN MLB NL 25 0 26.3 0 1 0 14 6 39 4 90 4.8 2.1 1.4 13.3 29% .196 0.76 2.99 2.05 78 2.61 57.7
2016 TUL AA TEX 12 0 15.7 3 0 1 8 3 28 0 4.6 1.7 0.0 16.1 46% .308 0.70 0.36 2.30 38 2.08 45.9
2016 OKL AAA PCL 26 0 36.3 2 2 4 22 8 63 2 5.4 2.0 0.5 15.6 34% .303 0.83 1.71 2.48 42 1.18 26.0
2017 LAN MLB NL 29 0 23.7 1 1 0 19 12 20 5 7.2 4.6 1.9 7.6 33% .215 1.31 5.75 4.94 116 6.00 127.8
2017 RCU A+ CAL 2 1 2.0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 108 0.0 0.0 0.0 18.0 50% .000 0.00 -0.08 0.00 51 2.00 42.7
2017 OKL AAA PCL 5 0 4.7 0 1 1 9 1 7 1 17.4 1.9 1.9 13.5 25% .533 2.14 4.15 7.71 73 4.69 99.8
2017 DOD Rk AZL 1 1 1.0 0 0 0 0 1 2 0 102 0.0 9.0 0.0 18.0 100% .000 1.00 3.22 0.00 88 1.79 38.0
2019 ATL MLB NL 14 0 12.0 0 1 0 12 4 14 4 101 9.0 3.0 3.0 10.5 39% .276 1.33 6.16 3.00 93 4.01 82.2
2019 GWN AAA INT 22 0 26.7 0 1 0 20 4 41 6 6.8 1.4 2.0 13.8 40% .275 0.90 4.04 3.04 83 2.52 51.8

Plate Discipline

YEAR Pits Zone% Swing% Contact% Z-Swing% O-Swing% Z-Contact% O-Contact% SwStr%
2016 471 0.4947 0.5180 0.6762 0.6910 0.3487 0.7267 0.5783 0.3238
2017 407 0.4988 0.4742 0.7668 0.7044 0.2451 0.7902 0.7000 0.2332
2019 202 0.5297 0.5050 0.7353 0.7477 0.2316 0.7750 0.5909 0.2647
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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

Compensation

Year Team Salary
2022 MIA $
2021 ATL $900,000
2020 ATL $655,000
2019 ATL $
2018 ATL $
2017 LAN $540,000
2016 LAN $
2015 MIA $
YearsDescriptionSalary
3 yrPrevious$2,095,000
3 yrTotal$2,095,000

 

Service TimeAgentContract Status
5 y 7 dKVA Sports1 year (2022)

Details
  • 1 year (2022). Signed by Miami as a free agent 3/21/22 (minor-league contract). Released by Miami 5/14/22 (Dayton exercised right to opt out of contract).
  • 1 year/$900,000 (2021). Re-signed by Atlanta 12/2/20 (avoided arbitration). Released by Atlanta 11/6/21.
  • 1 year/$655,000 (2020). Re-signed by Atlanta 1/10/20 (avoided arbitration).
  • 1 year/$585,000 (2019). Re-signed by Atlanta 3/19.
  • 1 year (2018). Claimed by Atlanta off waivers from LA Dodgers 11/20/17. Re-signed by Atlanta 3/18.
  • 1 year (2017). Re-signed by LA Dodgers 3/17.
  • 1 year (2016). Contract selected by LA Dodgers 7/21/16.
  • 1 year (2015). Re-signed by Miami 3/3/15. DFA by Miami 4/24/15. Sent outright to Triple-A 4/26/15. Acquired by LA Dodgers in trade from Miami 7/15/15.
  • 1 year (2014). Contract purchased by Miami 11/20/13. Re-signed by Miami 3/1/14.
  • Drafted by Florida 2010 (11-347) (Auburn).

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 0 0 0 0 15.1 11 5 17 2 .253 1.06 2.73 3.1 0.0 0.0
80o 0 0 0 0 0 9.8 7 4 11 1 .268 1.15 3.11 3.53 0.0 0.0
70o 0 0 0 0 0 6.0 5 2 7 1 .279 1.21 3.39 3.84 0.0 0.0
60o 0 0 0 0 0 2.9 2 1 3 0 .289 1.27 3.64 4.12 0.0 0.0
50o 0 0 0 0 0 0.1 0 0 0 0 .297 1.33 3.87 4.38 0.0 0.0
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DateQuestionAnswer
2017-02-13 20:00:00 (link to chat)NL catchers or middle relievers you see w surprising value in 2017?
(db from Pgh)		At NL catcher, I like Andrew Susac and Devin Mesoraco, especially Mesoraco. I think a lot of other folks like Susac, too, so he might not end p being a bargain. Mesoraco is more likely to be available at a bargain price due to the ssignificant injury concerns.

As for NL middle relief, I like Edubray Ramos, who is so good that he might end up being promoted from middle relief to closer sooner rather than later. I also like Grant Dayton and Koji Uehara due to their K rates. (Scooter Hotz)


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PITCHf/x Pitcher Profile

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Although he has not thrown an MLB pitch in 2024, Grant Dayton threw 2,733 pitches that were tracked by the PITCHf/x system between 2016 and 2022, all of them occuring in Spring Training. In 2022, he relied primarily on his Fourseam Fastball (90mph) and Curve (74mph), also mixing in a Slider (84mph).