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R.J. Alaniz PReds

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2019 Projections (Preseason PECOTA - seasonal age 28)
IP ERA WHIP SO W L SV WARP
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Birth Date6-14-1991
Height6' 4"
Weight220 lbs
Age32 years, 10 months, 10 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
2019 CIN 0 8 0 11.7 1 0 0 8 4 7 0 96 6.2 3.1 0.0 5.4 46% .229 1.03 2.99 5.40 104 5.55 114.2 0.0
2019 SEA 0 4 0 4.0 0 0 0 11 3 6 3 96 24.8 6.8 6.8 13.5 44% .615 3.50 12.24 20.25 103 5.84 119.3 0.0
2019 TOT MLB 12 0 15.7 1 0 0 19 7 13 3 96 10.9 4.0 1.7 7.5 45% .333 1.66 5.35 9.19 104 5.63 115.6 0.0
CareerMLB12015.71001971339610.94.01.77.545%.3331.665.359.191045.63115.60.0

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 GRV Rk APL 12 12 57.7 6 4 0 65 10 42 5 99 10.1 1.6 0.8 6.6 0% .321 1.30 3.92 4.21 0 0.00 0.0
2011 LEX A SAL 27 21 115.7 7 10 0 111 38 96 11 110 8.6 3.0 0.9 7.5 0% .287 1.29 4.32 4.44 103 4.59 93.7
2012 LNC A+ CAL 17 17 100.0 6 2 0 113 26 70 12 91 10.2 2.3 1.1 6.3 0% .325 1.39 4.92 5.04 105 4.52 94.2
2013 CCH AA TEX 27 19 113.3 9 9 0 136 47 65 9 106 10.8 3.7 0.7 5.2 0% .328 1.61 4.36 4.53 112 6.49 141.0
2014 CCH AA TEX 14 1 29.3 0 0 0 27 26 15 2 96 8.3 8.0 0.6 4.6 0% .275 1.81 5.74 6.44 135 6.51 137.9
2014 AST Rk GCL 3 3 11.7 1 1 0 23 2 7 0 17.7 1.5 0.0 5.4 0% .460 2.14 3.06 6.94 0 0.00 0.0
2015 CCH AA TEX 14 5 57.3 6 4 0 69 23 25 2 113 10.8 3.6 0.3 3.9 0% .332 1.60 4.29 4.55 117 6.31 138.4
2016 ERI AA EAS 34 0 48.7 4 3 4 50 18 49 1 9.2 3.3 0.2 9.1 62% .355 1.40 2.90 2.77 84 4.36 96.2
2016 TOL AAA INT 18 0 25.0 0 1 0 22 11 25 0 7.9 4.0 0.0 9.0 54% .319 1.32 2.61 2.52 95 4.34 95.9
2017 ERI AA EAS 23 2 34.3 2 1 3 29 8 36 3 96 7.6 2.1 0.8 9.4 54% .277 1.08 3.14 2.10 77 2.75 58.6
2017 TOL AAA INT 20 3 36.0 1 2 0 43 21 40 5 100 10.8 5.3 1.3 10.0 48% .388 1.78 5.00 4.25 108 6.54 139.3
2018 PCH A+ FSL 1 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 1 4 0 0.0 4.5 0.0 18.0 0% .000 0.50 0.97 0.00 58 2.12 44.8
2018 MNT AA SOU 9 0 12.7 2 1 1 7 7 13 0 5.0 5.0 0.0 9.2 58% .226 1.11 3.21 2.84 97 3.90 82.4
2018 DUR AAA INT 20 0 27.0 1 3 3 27 8 35 1 9.0 2.7 0.3 11.7 41% .361 1.30 2.44 4.00 79 4.29 90.6
2018 RAY Rk GCL 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 9.0 100% .000 0.00 1.64 0.00 92 3.58 75.6
2019 CIN MLB NL 8 0 11.7 1 0 0 8 4 7 0 96 6.2 3.1 0.0 5.4 46% .229 1.03 2.99 5.40 104 5.55 114.2
2019 SEA MLB AL 4 0 4.0 0 0 0 11 3 6 3 96 24.8 6.8 6.8 13.5 44% .615 3.50 12.24 20.25 103 5.84 119.3
2019 LOU AAA INT 25 0 27.7 1 2 4 25 11 31 1 8.1 3.6 0.3 10.1 50% .320 1.30 3.48 2.93 85 3.18 65.5
2019 TAC AAA PCL 10 0 12.7 2 1 2 18 7 23 3 12.8 5.0 2.1 16.3 42% .500 1.97 4.90 6.39 76 4.08 83.9

Plate Discipline

YEAR Pits Zone% Swing% Contact% Z-Swing% O-Swing% Z-Contact% O-Contact% SwStr%
2019 262 0.4809 0.4580 0.7750 0.6587 0.2721 0.9036 0.4865 0.2250
Career2620.48090.45800.77500.65870.27210.90360.48650.2250

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
2014-04-29 2014-07-06 Minors 68 0 - Not Disclosed - -
2011-08-13 2011-08-27 Minors 14 12 - Not Disclosed - -

Compensation

Year Team Salary
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2021 CIN $
2020 CIN $
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Service TimeAgentContract Status
0 y 105 d2023

Details
  • 2023. Signed by Acereros de Monclova of Mexican League 2/6/23.
  • 1 year (2022). Signed by Atlanta as a free agent 3/24/22 (minor-league contract).
  • 1 year (2021). Re-signed by Cincinnati as a free agent 12/11/20 (minor-league contract). Contract selected by Cincinnati 7/19/21. DFA by Cincinnati 9/22/21. Sent outright to Triple-A 9/23/21. Elected free agency 10/6/21.
  • 1 year (2020). Re-signed by Cincinnati as a free agent (minor-league contract). Contract selected by Cincinnati 9/15/20. Non-tendered by Cincinnati 12/2/20.
  • 1 year (2019). Signed by Seattle as a free agent 11/15/18. Claimed by Cincinnati off waivers from Seattle 5/31/19. Sent outright to Triple-A by Cincinnati 12/9/19.
  • 1 year (2018). Signed by Tampa Bay as a free agent 12/14/17 (minor-league contract).
  • 2017
  • 1 year (2016). Signed by Detroit as a free agent 12/3/15 (minor-league contract).
  • Signed by Houston as an amateur free agent 8/14/09 (Juarez-Lincoln HS, LaJoya, Texas).

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 14.9 12 6 16 2 .268 1.17 3.27 3.43 0.0 0.0
80o 0 0 0 0 0 9.6 8 4 10 1 .283 1.27 3.69 3.85 0.0 0.0
70o 0 0 0 0 0 6.0 5 3 6 1 .294 1.34 3.99 4.16 0.0 0.0
60o 0 0 0 0 0 2.9 3 1 3 0 .304 1.40 4.26 4.43 0.0 0.0
50o 0 0 0 0 0 0.2 0 0 0 0 .313 1.46 4.50 4.69 0.0 0.0
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PITCHf/x Pitcher Profile

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Although he has not thrown an MLB pitch in 2024, R.J. Alaniz threw 397 pitches that were tracked by the PITCHf/x system between 2018 and 2021, all of them occuring in Spring Training. In 2021, he relied primarily on his Fourseam Fastball (93mph), Change (87mph) and Slider (84mph), also mixing in a Sinker (93mph).