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2019 Projections (Preseason PECOTA - seasonal age 27)
IP ERA WHIP SO W L SV WARP
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Birth Date8-4-1991
Height6' 3"
Weight229 lbs
Age32 years, 7 months, 24 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
2018 KCA MLB 31 0 32.3 0 3 0 30 15 37 9 103 8.4 4.2 2.5 10.3 29% .269 1.39 6.19 6.12 124 7.04 157.3 -0.8
2019 TOR MLB 23 0 21.7 3 0 0 15 10 18 1 97 6.2 4.2 0.4 7.5 27% .237 1.15 3.98 2.91 119 6.35 130.2 -0.2
CareerMLB54054.0330452555101017.54.21.79.228%.2551.305.304.831226.76146.5-1.0

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 KNC A MID 21 21 104.3 6 9 0 94 25 76 9 92 8.1 2.2 0.8 6.6 0% .266 1.14 3.91 4.23 103 4.07 83.0
2012 WIL A+ CAR 27 27 158.0 7 12 0 148 36 123 18 87 8.4 2.1 1.0 7.0 0% .284 1.16 4.24 3.53 105 4.58 95.3
2013 NWA AA TEX 26 26 144.0 8 11 0 153 54 126 12 102 9.6 3.4 0.8 7.9 0% .328 1.44 3.82 5.19 95 5.23 113.6
2014 NBR AA EAS 2 1 7.0 0 0 0 10 2 3 0 94 12.9 2.6 0.0 3.9 0% .370 1.71 3.35 5.14 111 5.79 122.5
2014 NWA AA TEX 19 18 98.3 4 8 0 107 30 89 9 96 9.8 2.7 0.8 8.1 0% .332 1.39 3.56 5.03 96 5.06 107.1
2014 OMA AAA PCL 8 0 15.3 1 1 0 17 4 11 0 10.0 2.3 0.0 6.5 0% .354 1.37 3.63 2.35 91 4.63 98.0
2017 NWA AA TEX 5 0 6.3 0 0 0 3 4 11 0 4.3 5.7 0.0 15.6 27% .273 1.11 2.21 7.11 77 3.41 72.6
2017 SAN AA TEX 1 0 2.0 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 4.5 0.0 0.0 9.0 0% .200 0.50 1.32 0.00 75 5.89 125.4
2017 PDR Rk AZL 5 0 4.7 0 0 0 5 0 8 0 9.6 0.0 0.0 15.4 42% .417 1.07 0.79 5.79 69 2.37 50.4
2017 SDP Rk AZL 2 0 2.0 1 0 0 1 2 4 0 4.5 9.0 0.0 18.0 33% .333 1.50 3.22 0.00 70 5.46 116.2
2018 KCA MLB AL 31 0 32.3 0 3 0 30 15 37 9 103 8.4 4.2 2.5 10.3 29% .269 1.39 6.19 6.12 124 7.04 157.3
2018 NWA AA TEX 6 0 11.3 1 0 0 5 4 17 0 4.0 3.2 0.0 13.5 36% .227 0.79 1.77 1.59 70 2.24 47.4
2018 OMA AAA PCL 11 0 12.7 2 0 4 6 7 15 0 4.3 5.0 0.0 10.7 34% .207 1.03 3.27 1.42 93 3.06 64.7
2019 TOR MLB AL 23 0 21.7 3 0 0 15 10 18 1 97 6.2 4.2 0.4 7.5 27% .237 1.15 3.98 2.91 119 6.35 130.2
2019 DUN A+ FSL 1 1 2.0 0 0 0 0 1 3 0 104 0.0 4.5 0.0 13.5 0% .000 0.50 1.81 0.00 84 3.14 64.6
2019 BUF AAA INT 11 0 14.0 1 3 1 10 5 20 2 6.4 3.2 1.3 12.9 19% .276 1.07 3.69 2.57 88 3.33 68.4
2019 BLJ Rk GCL 2 0 1.3 0 0 0 1 2 1 0 6.8 13.5 0.0 6.8 0% .250 2.25 6.50 0.00 114 5.88 121.1

Plate Discipline

YEAR Pits Zone% Swing% Contact% Z-Swing% O-Swing% Z-Contact% O-Contact% SwStr%
2018 571 0.4658 0.4904 0.7321 0.6955 0.3115 0.8162 0.5684 0.2679
2019 388 0.4485 0.4459 0.7168 0.6494 0.2804 0.7522 0.6500 0.2832
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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
2024 TBA $2,700,000
2023 TBA $1,775,000
2022 TBA $900,000
2021 CHN $592,500
2020 CHN $
2019 TOR $
2018 KCA $
YearsDescriptionSalary
3 yrPrevious$3,267,500
2019Current$2,700,000
4 yrPvs + Cur$5,967,500
4 yrTotal$5,967,500

 

Service TimeAgentContract Status
3 y 132 dRepublik Sports1 year/$2.7M (2024)

Details
  • 1 year/$2.7M (2024). Lost arbitration with Tampa Bay 2/13/24 ($3.25M-$2.7M).
  • 1 year/$1.775M (2023). Won arbitration with Tampa Bay 2/11/23 ($1.775M-$1.55M).
  • 1 year/$900,000 (2022). Signed by Tampa Bay as a free agent 3/17/22. Split contract with salary of $300,000 in minors. May earn additional $150,000 in performance bonuses.
  • 1 year/$592,500 (2021). Re-signed by Chicago Cubs 3/21. DFA by Chicago Cubs 5/25/21. Released 5/26/21. Re-signed by Chicago Cubs as a free agent 7/12/21 (minor-league contract). Contract selected by Chicago Cubs 9/24/21. Non-tendered by Chicago Cubs 11/30/21.
  • 1 year (2020). Signed by Chicago Cubs as a free agent 1/14/20 (minor-league contract). Contract selected by Chicago Cubs 8/16/20.
  • 1 year (2019). Re-signed by Kansas City 12/17/18 (minor-league contract). Acquired by Toronto in trade from Kansas City 3/17/19. Contract selected by Toronto 8/1/19. Non-tendered by Toronto 12/2/19.
  • 1 year (2018). Re-signed by Kansas City (minor-league contract). Contract selected by Kansas City 5/4/18. Non-tendered by Kansas City 11/30/18.
  • 1 year (2017). Signed by San Diego as a free agent (minor-league contract). Released by San Diego 8/24/17. Signed by Kansas City as a free agent 8/24/17 (minor-league contract).
  • 2015-16: Did not play.
  • Acquired by Minnesota in trade from Kansas City 8/11/14.
  • Drafted by Kansas City 2010 (5-149) (Blue Valley Northwest HS, Kan.). $800,000 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 VORP WARP
90o 0 0 0 0 0 15.6 11 7 18 2 .251 1.15 3.38 3.47 0.0 0.0
80o 0 0 0 0 0 10.1 8 5 12 1 .267 1.25 3.83 3.94 0.0 0.0
70o 0 0 0 0 0 6.3 5 3 7 1 .278 1.32 4.16 4.28 0.0 0.0
60o 0 0 0 0 0 3.2 3 2 4 0 .287 1.38 4.45 4.58 -0.1 0.0
50o 0 0 0 0 0 0.3 0 0 0 0 .296 1.44 4.72 4.87 -0.1 0.0
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BP Chats

DateQuestionAnswer
2014-07-08 13:00:00 (link to chat)How strong is the Royals crop of young arms including Kyle Zimmer, Miguel Almonte, Jason Adam, Christian Binford, Sam Selman, and new acquisitions Brandon Finnegan and Foster Griffin? BTW, what can you tell me about Selman as he doesn't seem to get as much press as the others? Cheers
(LoyalRoyal from Kansas)
it's very strong. I really like Almonte and believe Adam will continue to progress. I like Finnegan quite a bit too. if Zimmer could prove healthy, then the crop would be even stronger. Given the control problems, I am not convinced Selman is a starter long term, and that's the biggest reason you don't hear more about him nationally. (Mark Anderson)


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PITCHf/x Pitcher Profile

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Jason Adam has thrown 3,494 pitches that have been tracked by the PITCHf/x system between 2014 and 2023, all of them occuring in Spring Training. In 2023, he has relied primarily on his Change (90mph), Fourseam Fastball (95mph) and Slider (79mph).