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2019 Projections (Preseason PECOTA - seasonal age 30)
IP ERA WHIP SO W L SV WARP
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Birth Date4-7-1989
Height6' 5"
Weight210 lbs
Age35 years, 0 months, 12 days
BatsR
ThrowsR
2015
2016
0.62017
-0.12018
-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
2017 CIN MLB 26 0 30.7 0 0 0 30 13 38 6 8.8 3.8 1.8 11.2 58% .320 1.40 4.80 4.70 82 3.38 72.0 0.6
2018 CIN MLB 5 0 8.0 0 1 0 13 4 7 0 104 14.6 4.5 0.0 7.9 38% .448 2.13 3.24 7.88 114 6.23 139.2 -0.1
CareerMLB31038.701043174562210.04.01.410.553%.3561.554.485.35903.9785.90.5

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 HEL Rk PIO 15 8 65.0 3 5 0 74 10 31 8 94 10.2 1.4 1.1 4.3 0% .296 1.29 5.64 4.15 109 5.04 102.9
2012 WIS A MID 27 3 64.3 3 5 5 70 23 43 4 101 9.8 3.2 0.6 6.0 0% .319 1.45 4.07 4.06 105 5.44 113.2
2013 BRV A+ FSL 24 0 32.0 1 3 2 39 4 23 3 11.0 1.1 0.8 6.5 0% .346 1.34 3.39 5.06 91 5.28 114.7
2013 HUN AA SOU 20 0 29.3 1 1 6 23 7 25 1 7.1 2.1 0.3 7.7 0% .259 1.02 2.46 0.92 87 3.44 74.8
2014 BRV A+ FSL 12 0 20.7 0 0 5 19 4 16 0 8.3 1.7 0.0 7.0 0% .333 1.11 2.41 0.87 84 4.13 87.4
2014 HUN AA SOU 40 0 50.0 2 4 1 60 17 25 3 10.8 3.1 0.5 4.5 0% .320 1.54 4.10 4.86 111 6.39 135.2
2015 PEN AA SOU 35 0 38.7 2 4 3 45 17 25 1 10.5 4.0 0.2 5.8 0% .341 1.60 3.89 3.72 105 6.06 132.8
2016 PEN AA SOU 10 0 13.0 1 0 0 11 4 11 1 7.6 2.8 0.7 7.6 47% .270 1.15 3.54 1.38 97 4.00 88.3
2016 LOU AAA INT 25 0 31.3 1 2 8 25 13 20 1 7.2 3.7 0.3 5.7 55% .250 1.21 3.74 2.30 114 3.97 87.7
2017 CIN MLB NL 26 0 30.7 0 0 0 30 13 38 6 8.8 3.8 1.8 11.2 58% .320 1.40 4.80 4.70 82 3.38 72.0
2017 LOU AAA INT 35 0 47.0 3 1 12 33 18 61 2 6.3 3.4 0.4 11.7 50% .282 1.09 2.57 1.53 78 2.29 48.7
2018 CIN MLB NL 5 0 8.0 0 1 0 13 4 7 0 104 14.6 4.5 0.0 7.9 38% .448 2.13 3.24 7.88 114 6.23 139.2
2018 PEN AA SOU 3 1 3.7 0 0 0 2 3 2 0 95 4.9 7.4 0.0 4.9 67% .222 1.36 4.73 2.45 121 5.18 109.6
2018 LOU AAA INT 5 0 4.7 0 0 0 3 3 6 0 5.8 5.8 0.0 11.6 40% .300 1.29 2.68 3.86 85 3.74 79.0

Plate Discipline

YEAR Pits Zone% Swing% Contact% Z-Swing% O-Swing% Z-Contact% O-Contact% SwStr%
2017 517 0.4468 0.5184 0.6791 0.6753 0.3916 0.8269 0.4732 0.3209
2018 162 0.4568 0.4938 0.8250 0.6081 0.3977 0.8667 0.7714 0.1750
Career6790.44920.51250.71390.65930.39310.83640.54430.2861

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 CIN $545,000
2017 CIN $
2016 MIL $
2015 MIL $
2014 MIL $
YearsDescriptionSalary
1 yrPrevious$545,000
1 yrTotal$545,000

 

Service TimeAgentContract Status
0 y 69 d1 year/$0.545M (2018)

Details
  • 1 year/$0.545M (2018). Re-signed by Cincinnati 3/18. Released by Cincinnati 6/5/18.
  • 1 year (2017). Re-signed by Cincinnati as a free agent 11/21/16 (minor-league contract). Contract selected by Cincinnati 6/27/17.
  • 1 year (2016). Re-signed by Cincinnati (minor-league contract).
  • 1 year (2015). Re-signed by Cincinnati (minor-league contract).
  • 1 year (2014). Contract selected by Milwaukee 11/20/13. DFA by Milwaukee 7/17/14. Sent outright to Triple-A 7/19/14. Acquired by Cincinnati in trade from Milwaukee 9/10/14.
  • Drafted by Milwaukee 2010 (21-639) (Marshall).

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 1.2 41 0 50.2 41 22 49 6 .264 1.24 3.65 3.87 -4.8 -0.5
80o 0 1.2 1 36 0 44.2 39 20 43 6 .280 1.34 4.08 4.31 -6.2 -0.7
70o 0 1 0.9 32 0 40.0 37 20 39 6 .291 1.42 4.39 4.64 -7.0 -0.8
60o 0 0.9 0.8 29 0 36.5 35 19 36 5 .300 1.48 4.66 4.92 -7.5 -0.8
50o 0 0.8 0.7 27 0 33.3 34 18 33 5 .309 1.55 4.92 5.2 -7.8 -0.8
40o 0 0.7 0.6 24 0 30.2 32 17 29 5 .318 1.61 5.18 5.47 -7.9 -0.9
30o 0 0.5 0.5 22 0 27.0 30 16 26 4 .328 1.69 5.47 5.77 -7.9 -0.9
20o 0 0.4 0.4 19 0 23.3 27 14 23 4 .339 1.78 5.82 6.13 -7.7 -0.8
10o 0 0.3 0.3 15 0 18.5 23 12 18 3 .355 1.91 6.31 6.64 -7.1 -0.8
Weighted Mean00.80.726032.63317325.3071.534.885.16-7.5-0.8

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PITCHf/x Pitcher Profile

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Although he has not thrown an MLB pitch in 2024, Kevin Shackelford threw 693 pitches that were tracked by the PITCHf/x system between 2017 and 2018, all of them occuring in Spring Training. In 2018, he relied primarily on his Cutter (93mph), Slider (87mph) and Sinker (94mph). He also rarely threw a Change (96mph).