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Portrait of D.J. Snelten

D.J. Snelten PCubs

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2019 Projections (Preseason PECOTA - seasonal age 27)
IP ERA WHIP SO W L SV WARP
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Birth Date5-29-1992
Height6' 6"
Weight240 lbs
Age31 years, 11 months, 12 days
BatsL
ThrowsL
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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 SFN MLB 4 0 4.3 0 0 0 9 3 4 2 94 18.7 6.2 4.2 8.3 63% .412 2.77 9.35 10.38 113 6.12 136.6 -0.1
CareerMLB404.300093429418.76.24.28.363%.4122.779.3510.381136.12136.6-0.1

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-
2013 GIA Rk AZL 14 6 34.3 3 1 0 27 13 39 0 99 7.1 3.4 0.0 10.2 0% .297 1.17 2.86 1.57 91 3.36 73.1
2014 AUG A SAL 20 0 29.3 4 1 0 24 16 32 0 7.4 4.9 0.0 9.8 0% .308 1.36 3.03 1.23 94 3.85 81.4
2014 SLO A- NOR 9 0 9.3 0 0 0 12 4 12 1 11.6 3.9 1.0 11.6 0% .407 1.71 3.92 6.75 91 4.76 100.7
2015 AUG A SAL 15 15 85.0 5 6 0 84 19 95 3 92 8.9 2.0 0.3 10.1 0% .357 1.21 2.41 2.86 74 3.72 81.7
2015 SJO A+ CAL 8 8 35.3 0 5 0 42 15 31 4 100 10.7 3.8 1.0 7.9 0% .342 1.61 4.94 4.84 107 6.19 135.7
2016 SJO A+ CAL 31 13 96.3 4 7 1 114 32 82 2 87 10.7 3.0 0.2 7.7 67% .368 1.52 3.33 4.11 91 5.74 126.7
2017 RIC AA EAS 15 0 21.7 4 1 0 19 5 28 0 7.9 2.1 0.0 11.6 70% .339 1.11 1.47 1.66 62 2.95 62.8
2017 SAC AAA PCL 36 0 52.0 4 0 0 38 18 43 4 6.6 3.1 0.7 7.4 64% .231 1.08 4.10 2.42 92 2.01 42.8
2017 SCO Wnt AFL 8 0 12.0 0 0 0 9 5 11 0 6.8 3.8 0.0 8.3 0% .281 1.17 3.70 2.25 0 0.00 0.0
2018 SFN MLB NL 4 0 4.3 0 0 0 9 3 4 2 94 18.7 6.2 4.2 8.3 63% .412 2.77 9.35 10.38 113 6.12 136.6
2018 NOR AAA INT 22 0 29.3 2 2 1 40 17 30 2 12.3 5.2 0.6 9.2 62% .400 1.94 3.91 5.52 105 6.82 144.2
2018 SAC AAA PCL 13 0 17.7 1 1 0 14 9 15 0 7.1 4.6 0.0 7.6 57% .259 1.30 3.57 4.08 96 3.61 76.3

Plate Discipline

YEAR Pits Zone% Swing% Contact% Z-Swing% O-Swing% Z-Contact% O-Contact% SwStr%
2018 107 0.4393 0.4486 0.7917 0.5957 0.3333 0.8929 0.6500 0.2083
Career1070.43930.44860.79170.59570.33330.89290.65000.2083

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
2014-07-04 - Minors - - - Not Disclosed -

Compensation

Year Team Salary
2020 TBA $
2018 BAL $

 

Service TimeAgentContract Status
0 y 10 d1 year (2020)

Details
  • 1 year (2020). Signed by Tampa Bay as a free agent 1/13/20 (minor-league contract).
  • 2019. Chicago of independent American Association.
  • 1 year (2018). Contract selected by San Francisco 11/20/17. Re-signed by San Francisco 3/18. Claimed by Baltimore off waivers 6/4/18 after being DFA by San Francisco 5/28/18. DFA by Baltimore 6/15/18. Sent outright to Triple-A 6/16/18.
  • Drafted by San Francisco 2013 (9-282) (Minnesota). $0.1409M signing bonus (slot amount).

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 3.6 0.5 29 7 66.9 59 25 54 6 .273 1.26 3.48 3.51 -2.7 -0.3
80o 0 3.4 0.4 26 6 60.6 58 25 49 6 .289 1.36 3.86 3.9 -4.9 -0.5
70o 0 3.3 0.4 24 6 56.2 56 24 45 6 .300 1.44 4.14 4.2 -6.3 -0.7
60o 0 3.1 0.3 23 5 52.6 55 24 42 6 .309 1.50 4.38 4.45 -7.3 -0.8
50o 0 3 0.3 21 5 49.3 54 23 40 6 .318 1.57 4.62 4.69 -8.0 -0.9
40o 0 2.8 0.3 20 5 46.0 53 23 37 6 .327 1.63 4.85 4.94 -8.7 -0.9
30o 0 2.7 0.2 18 4 42.6 51 22 34 5 .337 1.71 5.11 5.2 -9.2 -1.0
20o 0 2.5 0.2 17 4 38.8 49 21 31 5 .348 1.80 5.41 5.52 -9.7 -1.1
10o 0 2.3 0.2 14 3 33.6 45 19 27 5 .364 1.93 5.85 5.97 -10.0 -1.1
Weighted Mean02.90.321548.75323396.3161.554.584.66-7.8-0.8

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PITCHf/x Pitcher Profile

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Although he has not thrown an MLB pitch in 2024, D.J. Snelten threw 927 pitches that were tracked by the PITCHf/x system between 2018 and 2023, all of them occuring in Spring Training. In 2023, he relied primarily on his Fourseam Fastball (96mph), Sinker (95mph) and Change (84mph), also mixing in a Slider (85mph).