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2019 Projections (Preseason PECOTA - seasonal age 29)
IP ERA WHIP SO W L SV WARP
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Birth Date2-2-1990
Height6' 3"
Weight205 lbs
Age34 years, 2 months, 17 days
BatsR
ThrowsR
0.02015
0.12016
0.22017
1.02018
0.12019
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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
2015 ATL MLB 2 0 1.7 0 0 0 2 1 2 2 81 10.8 5.4 10.8 10.8 0% .000 1.80 18.16 10.80 88 4.19 98.0 0.0
2016 ATL MLB 3 0 2.3 0 0 0 0 1 4 0 85 0.0 3.9 0.0 15.4 100% .000 0.43 1.04 0.00 -18 1.63 36.0 0.1
2017 ATL MLB 16 0 14.3 1 1 0 7 6 18 1 4.4 3.8 0.6 11.3 38% .214 0.91 2.82 2.51 90 3.91 83.3 0.2
2018 ATL MLB 69 0 60.3 4 0 2 52 20 69 3 94 7.8 3.0 0.4 10.3 40% .310 1.19 2.72 3.43 89 3.51 78.5 1.0
2019 ATL MLB 27 0 21.7 3 1 0 18 11 22 5 97 7.5 4.6 2.1 9.1 31% .241 1.34 5.79 4.98 115 6.20 127.2 -0.2
CareerMLB1170100.3822793911511817.13.51.010.338%.2801.183.623.68934.1289.01.1

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-
2011 CAS Rk PIO 12 12 57.3 4 3 0 64 19 65 6 108 10.0 3.0 0.9 10.2 0% .363 1.45 4.40 3.92 91 4.33 88.3
2012 ASH A SAL 25 25 145.3 11 10 0 152 47 136 16 107 9.4 2.9 1.0 8.4 0% .322 1.37 4.56 4.46 101 5.19 108.1
2013 MOD A+ CAL 22 22 130.3 12 5 0 84 37 152 15 81 5.8 2.6 1.0 10.5 0% .232 0.93 3.98 2.97 89 2.09 45.5
2013 TUL AA TEX 5 5 26.7 1 2 0 23 10 23 3 100 7.8 3.4 1.0 7.8 0% .282 1.24 4.02 3.04 101 4.33 94.0
2014 TUL AA TEX 12 12 70.0 5 2 0 33 17 71 5 93 4.2 2.2 0.6 9.1 0% .172 0.71 3.00 1.41 85 2.05 43.5
2015 ATL MLB NL 2 0 1.7 0 0 0 2 1 2 2 81 10.8 5.4 10.8 10.8 0% .000 1.80 18.16 10.80 88 4.19 98.0
2015 PER Wnt AFL 7 0 9.0 0 0 0 5 5 11 1 5.0 5.0 1.0 11.0 0% .200 1.11 4.25 3.00 0 0.00 0.0
2016 ATL MLB NL 3 0 2.3 0 0 0 0 1 4 0 85 0.0 3.9 0.0 15.4 100% .000 0.43 1.04 0.00 -18 1.63 36.0
2017 ATL MLB NL 16 0 14.3 1 1 0 7 6 18 1 4.4 3.8 0.6 11.3 38% .214 0.91 2.82 2.51 90 3.91 83.3
2017 ROM A SAL 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 18.0 9.0 0.0 0.0 20% .400 3.00 6.53 9.00 117 6.31 134.2
2017 BRV A+ FSL 3 0 3.0 0 0 0 0 2 2 0 0.0 6.0 0.0 6.0 57% .000 0.67 3.97 0.00 118 3.71 78.9
2017 GWN AAA INT 10 0 10.0 1 0 0 14 1 12 2 12.6 0.9 1.8 10.8 39% .414 1.50 3.84 6.30 85 4.93 104.9
2018 ATL MLB NL 69 0 60.3 4 0 2 52 20 69 3 94 7.8 3.0 0.4 10.3 40% .310 1.19 2.72 3.43 89 3.51 78.5
2019 ATL MLB NL 27 0 21.7 3 1 0 18 11 22 5 97 7.5 4.6 2.1 9.1 31% .241 1.34 5.79 4.98 115 6.20 127.2
2019 GWN AAA INT 18 0 16.7 0 1 2 16 18 20 1 8.6 9.7 0.5 10.8 41% .333 2.04 5.42 4.86 114 5.74 118.2
2019 SAC AAA PCL 12 0 14.0 0 1 0 6 5 9 1 3.9 3.2 0.6 5.8 57% .139 0.79 4.94 0.64 100 2.19 45.1

Plate Discipline

YEAR Pits Zone% Swing% Contact% Z-Swing% O-Swing% Z-Contact% O-Contact% SwStr%
2015 33 0.5758 0.3939 0.6923 0.4211 0.3571 0.7500 0.6000 0.3077
2016 28 0.5714 0.4643 0.4615 0.6250 0.2500 0.5000 0.3333 0.5385
2017 234 0.4402 0.4829 0.7434 0.6505 0.3511 0.7910 0.6739 0.2566
2018 1032 0.4448 0.4874 0.7137 0.7124 0.3072 0.7890 0.5739 0.2863
2019 351 0.4473 0.4843 0.6706 0.6688 0.3351 0.8000 0.4615 0.3294
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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
2014-06-08 - Minors - - Right Elbow Sprain Ulnar Collateral Ligament -

Compensation

Year Team Salary
2022 TEX $
2021 CHN $900,000
2020 CHN $750,000
2019 ATL $
2018 ATL $610,000
2017 ATL $545,000
2016 ATL $508,500
2015 ATL $507,500
YearsDescriptionSalary
6 yrPrevious$3,821,000
6 yrTotal$3,821,000

 

Service TimeAgentContract Status
6 y 33 dMVP Sports1 year (2022)

Details
  • 1 year (2022). Signed by Texas as a free agent 3/14/22 (minor-league contract). Salary of $1M in majors. Released by Texas 6/1/22. Signed by Chicago White Sox as a free agent 6/16/22 (minor-league contract).
  • 1 year/$900,000 (2021). Re-signed by Chicago Cubs 12/2/20 (avoided arbitration). DFA by Chicago Cubs 8/17/21. Released 8/20/21.
  • 1 year/$750,000 (2020). Signed by Chicago Cubs as a free agent 12/6/19. (split contract, $200,000 in minors). Performance bonuses: $50,000 each for 30, 35 games pitched. $75,000 each for 40, 45 games. $100,000 each for 50, 55 games. $150,000 each for 60, 65 games.
  • 1 year/$1.61M (2019). Re-signed by Atlanta 1/11/19 (avoided arbitration). Acquired by San Francisco in trade from Atlanta 7/31/19. DFA by San Francisco 8/1/19. Sent outright to Triple-A 8/3/19.
  • 1 year/$610,000 (2018). Re-signed by Atlanta 1/12/18 (avoided arbitration).
  • 1 year (2017). Re-signed by Atlanta 3/17.
  • 1 year/$508,500 (2016). Re-signed by Atlanta 3/16.
  • 1 year/$507,500 (2015). Selected by Atlanta from Colorado in Rule 5 draft 12/11/14. Signed by Atlanta 3/2/15.
  • Drafted by Colorado 2011 (20-618) (Central Florida).

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 11.1 0 1.2 73 0 65.0 42 25 71 6 .230 1.04 2.98 3.34 -2.7 -0.3
80o 9.7 0 1 65 0 58.2 41 25 63 6 .246 1.13 3.38 3.79 -5.3 -0.6
70o 8.7 0 0.9 60 0 53.5 40 24 58 6 .257 1.20 3.68 4.12 -6.7 -0.7
60o 8 0 0.8 55 0 49.6 39 23 54 6 .266 1.26 3.94 4.41 -7.8 -0.8
50o 7.3 0 0.7 52 0 46.1 38 23 50 6 .275 1.32 4.18 4.69 -8.6 -0.9
40o 6.6 0 0.6 48 0 42.6 37 22 46 5 .284 1.38 4.43 4.97 -9.3 -1.0
30o 6 0 0.6 43 0 38.9 35 21 42 5 .293 1.44 4.71 5.27 -9.7 -1.1
20o 5.2 0 0.5 39 0 34.8 33 20 38 5 .305 1.52 5.03 5.64 -10.1 -1.1
10o 4.3 0 0.4 33 0 29.3 30 18 32 4 .320 1.64 5.50 6.16 -10.1 -1.1
Weighted Mean7.200.751045.33722496.2721.304.144.64-8.3-0.9

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DateQuestionAnswer
2014-04-24 13:00:00 (link to chat)Paul, Daniel Winkler and Ben Lively have carried over last years success into this year with incredible early season performances. Are these guys for real and in a dynasty league would you add one or both in place of, Mauricio Cabrera, Jose Martinez or Lewis Thorpe?
(Rup from DC)		I'd prefer them to the three others. I don't know that either is a star, but both are raising their stock (Paul Sporer)


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PITCHf/x Pitcher Profile

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Although he has not thrown an MLB pitch in 2024, Dan Winkler threw 3,395 pitches that were tracked by the PITCHf/x system between 2015 and 2022, all of them occuring in Spring Training. In 2022, he relied primarily on his Cutter (90mph), Fourseam Fastball (93mph) and Slider (81mph), also mixing in a Change (91mph). He also rarely threw a Sinker (92mph).