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Daniel Ponce de Leon PCardinals

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2019 Projections (Preseason PECOTA - seasonal age 27)

IP	ERA	WHIP	SO	W	L	SV	WARP
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Birth Date	1-16-1992
Height	6' 3"
Weight	200 lbs

Age	32 years, 3 months, 7 days
Bats	R
Throws	R

: 2015
: 2016
: 2017
: 0.62018
: 0.12019
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MLB Statistics

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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	SLN	MLB	11	4	33.0	0	2	1	24	13	31	2	94	6.5	3.5	0.5	8.5	36%	.259	1.12	3.30	2.73	96	3.52	78.7	0.6
2019	SLN	MLB	13	8	48.7	1	2	0	36	26	52	6	90	6.7	4.8	1.1	9.6	46%	.256	1.27	4.35	3.70	93	3.54	72.5	1.1
Career		MLB	24	12	81.7	1	4	1	60	39	83	8	92	6.6	4.3	0.9	9.1	42%	.257	1.21	3.93	3.31	94	3.53	75.0	1.7

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-
2014	SCO	A-	NYP	12	10	44.3	3	3	0	38	14	52	0	99	7.7	2.8	0.0	10.6	0%	.328	1.17	2.11	2.44	77	3.38	71.5
2015	PEO	A	MID	13	13	76.7	6	2	0	72	22	62	4	102	8.5	2.6	0.5	7.3	0%	.293	1.23	3.43	2.47	98	3.96	86.8
2015	PMB	A+	FSL	7	6	42.3	5	0	0	29	8	25	1	96	6.2	1.7	0.2	5.3	0%	.222	0.87	3.00	1.49	98	2.92	64.0
2016	SFD	AA	TEX	27	27	151.0	9	8	0	128	56	122	10	95	7.6	3.3	0.6	7.3	46%	.269	1.22	3.82	3.52	107	4.65	102.7
2017	MEM	AAA	PCL	6	6	29.0	2	0	0	20	13	25	2	95	6.2	4.0	0.6	7.8	42%	.234	1.14	4.44	2.17	97	2.57	54.7
2018	SLN	MLB	NL	11	4	33.0	0	2	1	24	13	31	2	94	6.5	3.5	0.5	8.5	36%	.259	1.12	3.30	2.73	96	3.52	78.7
2018	MEM	AAA	PCL	19	18	96.3	9	4	0	69	50	110	4	92	6.4	4.7	0.4	10.3	30%	.272	1.24	3.74	2.24	89	2.97	62.9
2019	SLN	MLB	NL	13	8	48.7	1	2	0	36	26	52	6	90	6.7	4.8	1.1	9.6	46%	.256	1.27	4.35	3.70	93	3.54	72.5
2019	MEM	AAA	PCL	16	16	84.3	8	4	0	62	43	86	7	92	6.6	4.6	0.7	9.2	37%	.255	1.25	4.57	2.88	93	2.48	51.0

Plate Discipline

YEAR	Pits	Zone%	Swing%	Contact%	Z-Swing%	O-Swing%	Z-Contact%	O-Contact%	SwStr%
2018	581	0.5215	0.5164	0.7200	0.7492	0.2626	0.7445	0.6438	0.2800
2019	861	0.5006	0.4901	0.7322	0.7053	0.2744	0.7632	0.6525	0.2678
Career	1442	0.5090	0.5007	0.7273	0.7230	0.2696	0.7557	0.6490	0.2727

Injury History — No longer being updated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
2023	CHA	$
2022	SEA	$
2021	SLN	$585,500
2020	SLN	$572,800
2019	SLN	$
2018	SLN	$

Years	Description	Salary
2 yr	Previous	$1,158,300
2 yr	Total	$1,158,300

Service Time	Agent	Contract Status
2 y 86 d		1 year (2023)

Details

1 year (2023). Signed by Chicago White Sox as a free agent 4/12/23 (minor-league contract). Released by Chicago White Sox 6/9/23.
1 year (2022). Signed by LA Angels as a free agent 1/25/22 (minor-league contract). Released by LA Angels 4/3/22. Signed by Seattle as a free agent 4/9/22 (minor-league contract). Released by Seattle 7/19/22. Signed by Washington as a free agent 7/22/22 (minor-league contract). Released by Washington 9/5/22. Signed by Detroit as a free agent 9/15/22 (minor-league contract).
1 year/$585,500 (2021). Re-signed by St. Louis 3/21. DFA by St. Louis 9/20/21. Sent outright to Triple-A 9/22/21.
1 year/$572,800 (2020). Re-signed by St. Louis 3/20.
1 year (2019). Re-signed by St. Louis 3/19.
1 year (2018). Contract selected by St. Louis 6/11/18.
Drafted by St. Louis 2014 (9-285) (Embry-Riddle University). $5,000 signing bonus ($142,300 slot).

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	13.6	8	5	15	1	.230	0.98	2.62	3.03
80^o	0	0	0	0	0	8.8	6	3	10	1	.242	1.05	2.95	3.41
70^o	0	0	0	0	0	5.4	4	2	6	1	.251	1.10	3.20	3.69
60^o	0	0	0	0	0	2.6	2	1	3	0	.258	1.14	3.41	3.93
50^o	0	0	0	0	0	0.1	0	0	0	0	.265	1.18	3.62	4.16
Weighted Mean	?	?	?	?	?	0.0	?	0	0	?	.000	0.00	0.00	?

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Date	Question	Answer
2019-07-17 13:00:00 (link to chat)	How "Fo Real" is Daniel Ponce De Leon? Can I rely on him for the rest of the year in a 16 team dynasty? As much as anyone can rely on a pitcher, or the Cardinals, this year anyways. (captnamerca from America)	With your qualification...sure. But I wouldn't really be counting on this level of success (or this high a strikeout rate) going forward. It seems aberrant. (Craig Goldstein)

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PITCHf/x Pitcher Profile

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Although he has not thrown an MLB pitch in 2024, Daniel Ponce de Leon threw 4,832 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 (91mph), also mixing in a Slider (80mph), Change (84mph) and Cutter (86mph). He also rarely threw a Curve (73mph).