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2019 Projections (Preseason PECOTA - seasonal age 31)

IP	ERA	WHIP	SO	W	L	SV	WARP
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Birth Date	2-21-1988
Height	6' 2"
Weight	210 lbs

Age	36 years, 2 months, 3 days
Bats	L
Throws	L

: 1.12015
: 0.92016
: 0.52017
: -0.32018
: 0.02019
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MLB Statistics

Historical (past-seasons) WARP is now based on DRA..
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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
2013	SLN	MLB	12	8	53.0	2	4	0	49	16	43	5	99	8.3	2.7	0.8	7.3	0%	.282	1.23	3.70	4.75	101	4.05	97.1	0.5
2014	SLN	MLB	11	4	36.7	0	4	0	33	11	36	4	100	8.1	2.7	1.0	8.8	0%	.284	1.20	3.62	4.42	98	4.08	100.0	0.3
2015	SLN	MLB	17	8	60.0	3	1	0	59	15	60	12	92	8.9	2.3	1.8	9.0	0%	.281	1.23	4.56	3.75	96	3.48	81.4	1.1
2016	SLN	MLB	30	0	48.0	2	0	0	35	14	46	9	91	6.6	2.6	1.7	8.6	41%	.220	1.02	4.57	3.38	94	3.42	75.6	0.9
2017	SLN	MLB	50	0	54.0	4	1	3	39	20	68	3		6.5	3.3	0.5	11.3	43%	.295	1.09	2.88	2.83	93	4.27	90.9	0.5
2018	SLN	MLB	27	0	16.7	1	0	0	24	8	19	3	92	13.0	4.3	1.6	10.3	28%	.412	1.92	4.98	8.64	118	6.32	141.2	-0.3
2019	NYA	0	11	0	8.7	0	1	0	7	2	12	3	106	7.3	2.1	3.1	12.5	32%	.250	1.04	6.01	4.15	98	4.91	100.9	0.0
2019	PIT	0	3	0	4.0	1	1	0	6	3	5	1	101	13.5	6.8	2.3	11.3	33%	.455	2.25	6.16	11.25	101	5.17	105.7	0.0
2019	TOT	MLB	14	0	12.7	1	2	0	13	5	17	4	104	9.2	3.6	2.8	12.1	32%	.333	1.42	6.06	6.39	99	4.99	102.5	0.0
Career		MLB	161	20	281.0	13	12	3	252	89	289	40	77	8.1	2.9	1.3	9.3	43%	.286	1.21	4.04	4.20	98	4.05	92.1	3.0

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-
2011	PMB	A+	FSL	33	12	94.0	9	4	1	93	29	79	8	93	8.9	2.8	0.8	7.6	0%	.301	1.30	3.85	4.50	98	4.73	96.6
2012	SFD	AA	TEX	12	12	64.3	5	4	0	70	19	54	6	99	9.8	2.7	0.8	7.6	0%	.330	1.38	3.74	3.92	97	5.74	119.5
2012	MEM	AAA	PCL	15	15	88.3	4	9	0	87	18	89	9	94	8.9	1.8	0.9	9.1	0%	.315	1.19	3.65	4.28	79	3.46	72.0
2013	SLN	MLB	NL	12	8	53.0	2	4	0	49	16	43	5	99	8.3	2.7	0.8	7.3	0%	.282	1.23	3.70	4.75	101	4.05	97.1
2013	MEM	AAA	PCL	17	16	100.3	7	2	0	85	19	86	6	89	7.6	1.7	0.5	7.7	0%	.280	1.04	3.37	3.32	83	2.73	59.2
2014	SLN	MLB	NL	11	4	36.7	0	4	0	33	11	36	4	100	8.1	2.7	1.0	8.8	0%	.284	1.20	3.62	4.42	98	4.08	100.0
2014	SFD	AA	TEX	1	1	2.0	0	0	0	3	0	3	0	100	13.5	0.0	0.0	13.5	0%	.500	1.50	0.12	4.50	73	4.09	86.5
2014	MEM	AAA	PCL	14	14	81.3	8	2	0	94	18	75	9	92	10.4	2.0	1.0	8.3	0%	.348	1.38	3.95	4.43	91	4.93	104.4
2015	SLN	MLB	NL	17	8	60.0	3	1	0	59	15	60	12	92	8.9	2.3	1.8	9.0	0%	.281	1.23	4.56	3.75	96	3.48	81.4
2015	MEM	AAA	PCL	16	16	94.7	9	5	0	104	13	96	12	89	9.9	1.2	1.1	9.1	0%	.336	1.24	3.69	3.14	85	4.21	92.4
2016	SLN	MLB	NL	30	0	48.0	2	0	0	35	14	46	9	91	6.6	2.6	1.7	8.6	41%	.220	1.02	4.57	3.38	94	3.42	75.6
2017	SLN	MLB	NL	50	0	54.0	4	1	3	39	20	68	3		6.5	3.3	0.5	11.3	43%	.295	1.09	2.88	2.83	93	4.27	90.9
2017	PEO	A	MID	1	1	2.7	0	1	0	4	0	1	0	89	13.5	0.0	0.0	3.4	60%	.400	1.50	2.75	6.75	98	6.05	128.7
2017	SFD	AA	TEX	1	1	5.0	1	0	0	3	0	3	1	105	5.4	0.0	1.8	5.4	33%	.143	0.60	4.72	3.60	109	3.43	73.0
2017	MEM	AAA	PCL	4	4	17.7	0	0	0	17	3	17	2	88	8.7	1.5	1.0	8.7	41%	.306	1.13	3.78	2.55	85	3.86	82.1
2018	SLN	MLB	NL	27	0	16.7	1	0	0	24	8	19	3	92	13.0	4.3	1.6	10.3	28%	.412	1.92	4.98	8.64	118	6.32	141.2
2018	SFD	AA	TEX	3	0	2.7	0	0	1	3	1	1	1		10.1	3.4	3.4	3.4	20%	.222	1.50	8.69	6.75	122	4.93	104.3
2018	MEM	AAA	PCL	7	3	21.7	1	1	1	11	6	21	2	88	4.6	2.5	0.8	8.7	41%	.173	0.78	3.83	2.49	91	2.13	45.1
2019	NYA	MLB	AL	11	0	8.7	0	1	0	7	2	12	3	106	7.3	2.1	3.1	12.5	32%	.250	1.04	6.01	4.15	98	4.91	100.9
2019	PIT	MLB	NL	3	0	4.0	1	1	0	6	3	5	1	101	13.5	6.8	2.3	11.3	33%	.455	2.25	6.16	11.25	101	5.17	105.7
2019	IND	AAA	INT	35	0	45.7	4	3	3	34	16	55	4		6.7	3.2	0.8	10.8	40%	.286	1.09	3.47	3.35	87	3.31	68.0
2019	SWB	AAA	INT	3	0	4.7	0	0	0	5	3	5	0		9.6	5.8	0.0	9.6	57%	.357	1.71	3.41	1.93	85	5.62	115.7

Plate Discipline

YEAR	Pits	Zone%	Swing%	Contact%	Z-Swing%	O-Swing%	Z-Contact%	O-Contact%	SwStr%
2013	786	0.4771	0.4542	0.7927	0.6133	0.3090	0.9043	0.5906	0.2073
2014	528	0.5625	0.4678	0.7490	0.6195	0.2727	0.8315	0.5079	0.2510
2015	955	0.4827	0.4482	0.7780	0.5553	0.3482	0.9102	0.5814	0.2220
2016	678	0.4956	0.4440	0.7608	0.5714	0.3187	0.8385	0.6239	0.2392
2017	909	0.5061	0.4103	0.7239	0.5348	0.2829	0.8130	0.5512	0.2761
2018	283	0.5477	0.4452	0.7540	0.6000	0.2578	0.8280	0.5455	0.2460
2019	191	0.4921	0.4555	0.6437	0.5638	0.3505	0.7736	0.4412	0.3563
Career	4330	0.5030	0.4432	0.7556	0.5752	0.3077	0.8565	0.5659	0.2444

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
2014-05-13	2014-06-19	15-DL	37	33	Left	Shoulder	Strain		-	-
2010-08-03	2010-09-01	Minors	29	0	-		Not Disclosed		-	-

Compensation

Year	Team	Salary
2020	NYA	$
2019	PIT	$
2018	SLN	$1,200,000
2017	SLN	$549,800
2016	SLN	$512,500
2015	SLN	$
2014	SLN	$
2013	SLN	$

Years	Description	Salary
3 yr	Previous	$2,262,300
3 yr	Total	$2,262,300

Service Time	Agent	Contract Status
4 y 64 d	Icon Sports	1 year (2020)

Details

1 year (2020). Re-signed by NY Yankees as a free agent 1/22/20 (minor-league contract). Contract selected by NY Yankees 9/22/20. Sent outright to Alternate Training Site 9/25/20.
1 year (2019). Signed by Pittsburgh as a free agent 12/30/18 (minor-league contract). Contract selected by Pittsburgh 5/5/19. DFA by Pittsburgh 5/9/19. Sent outright to Triple-A 5/13/19. Singed by NY Yankees as a free agent 8/15/19 (minor-league contract). Contract selected by NY Yankees 9/1/19. Sent outright to Triple-A by Boston 11/4/19.
1 year/$1.2M (2018). Re-signed by St. Louis 1/12/18 (avoided arbitration). DFA by St. Louis 7/27/18. Sent outright to Triple-A 8/3/18.
1 year/$549,800 (2017). Re-signed by St. Louis 3/17.
1 year/$512,500 (2016). Re-signed by St. Louis 3/16.
1 year (2015). Re-signed by St. Louis 3/15.
1 year (2014). Re-signed by St. Louis 3/14.
1 year (2013). Contract purchased by St. Louis 5/22/13.
Drafted by St. Louis 2010 (9-289) (Oklahoma State). $40,000 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
90^o	0	0	0	0	0	13.9	11	5	14	1	.255	1.11	3.27	3.56
80^o	0	0	0	0	0	9.0	7	3	9	1	.269	1.19	3.65	3.96
70^o	0	0	0	0	0	5.5	5	2	5	1	.279	1.25	3.92	4.26
60^o	0	0	0	0	0	2.7	2	1	3	0	.287	1.31	4.16	4.52
50^o	0	0	0	0	0	0.1	0	0	0	0	.295	1.36	4.39	4.77
Weighted Mean	?	?	?	?	?	0.0	?	0	0	?	.000	0.00	0.00	?

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BP Chats

Date	Question	Answer
2017-02-02 13:00:00 (link to chat)	Which side of the Robert Gsellman is really good vs Robert Gsellman isn't that good argument are you on? (Q from NYC)	I'm of the opinion that Gsellman is really good, if only because Warthen seems to be able to take guys who I think will be bad (See: deGrom, Jacob) and mold them into mid-K, low walk geniuses. Gsellman wasn't just making due with a good ERA and bad peripherals either. I do think he might be in that rough luck 6th starter world for a bit, like a Tyler Lyons of Queens, which might take the shine off of him. But he can pitch, I'd wager, and I think he'll be a rotation mainstay after the Mets lose some of their top tier arms. (Trevor Strunk)
2015-07-23 17:00:00 (link to chat)	Wacha and Martinez are both in uncharted waters innings-wise. Last year Wacha's shoulder broke at 100IP and he's past that now. Is it crazy for the Cards to expect (or make) these two to go 100IP more plus Oct? (George M. from Bloomington, IL)	That seems like a lot for both, and particularly for Martinez. I do wonder if this means we'll see a little bit more of Tim Cooney and perhaps Tyler Lyons down the stretch. A trade is possible I suppose, but the Cardinals haven't been linked to anyone so I'd expect a low end deal if they do make one and not a trade for one of the big arms potentially on the market. (Mike Gianella)
2014-01-29 19:00:00 (link to chat)	What do you think of my doppleganger Tyler Lyons? He posted a 3.73 FIF, and that is considering that Matheny only deployed him against lefty's 1/4 of the time. (Al Leiter from Keeping my head down, until the Christie scandal b)	The Cards have one of the deepest rotations in baseball and Lyons doesn't belong in the convo with the other guys on their roster. He's either a bullpen arm or someone else's fifth starter. Not much of a fantasy factor, even if every Cardinals starter magically transforms into a top-60 option. (Ben Carsley)
2013-05-22 18:00:00 (link to chat)	Got a quick take on Tyler Lyons, latest product of the Cardinals' pitching assembly line? Incidentally, who's next out of that factory after Lyons? (Bill from New Mexico)	I'd hope Wacha would be next in line after Lyons. He has much more upside while Lyons is a very back end type of guy. (Jason Collette)

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PITCHf/x Pitcher Profile

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Although he has not thrown an MLB pitch in 2024, Tyler Lyons threw 4,502 pitches that were tracked by the PITCHf/x system between 2013 and 2021, all of them occuring in Spring Training. In 2021, he relied primarily on his Slider (80mph) and Fourseam Fastball (89mph), also mixing in a Change (82mph) and Sinker (88mph).