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2019 Projections (Preseason PECOTA - seasonal age 29)
IP ERA WHIP SO W L SV WARP
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Birth Date8-20-1989
Height6' 1"
Weight200 lbs
Age34 years, 8 months, 6 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
2017 TOR MLB 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 6 1 1 0 54.0 9.0 0.0 9.0 57% .857 7.00 7.14 36.00 120 11.11 236.5 -0.1
2018 ANA MLB 18 2 36.0 4 2 0 20 12 39 3 100 5.0 3.0 0.8 9.8 52% .218 0.89 3.36 2.75 102 4.24 94.8 0.3
2019 ANA MLB 38 6 51.7 3 4 0 58 24 50 2 100 10.1 4.2 0.3 8.7 48% .366 1.59 3.32 5.92 95 5.09 104.4 0.2
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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 VAN A- NOR 11 8 33.7 1 3 0 35 17 25 3 98 9.4 4.5 0.8 6.7 0% .323 1.54 5.14 5.88 113 6.19 126.4
2012 VAN A- NOR 12 11 66.3 6 0 0 36 17 57 0 107 4.9 2.3 0.0 7.7 0% .214 0.80 2.64 0.81 83 1.77 37.0
2013 LNS A MID 26 26 132.0 7 11 0 141 59 101 5 112 9.6 4.0 0.3 6.9 0% .325 1.52 3.90 4.02 105 5.60 121.7
2013 DUN A+ FSL 1 1 5.0 0 1 0 6 2 2 0 105 10.8 3.6 0.0 3.6 0% .333 1.60 3.64 1.80 107 5.37 116.8
2014 DUN A+ FSL 24 23 132.0 8 9 0 114 39 171 4 108 7.8 2.7 0.3 11.7 0% .343 1.16 2.21 3.07 67 3.56 75.4
2014 NHP AA EAS 2 2 12.3 0 2 0 12 7 10 1 101 8.8 5.1 0.7 7.3 0% .297 1.54 4.73 7.30 115 4.97 105.2
2015 NHP AA EAS 28 28 164.0 7 10 0 174 55 128 18 99 9.5 3.0 1.0 7.0 0% .324 1.40 4.27 4.06 109 5.35 117.2
2016 DUN A+ FSL 3 3 15.3 1 0 0 20 3 8 0 101 11.7 1.8 0.0 4.7 59% .370 1.50 2.79 4.70 98 5.70 125.8
2016 NHP AA EAS 12 11 61.7 3 4 0 70 17 54 6 109 10.2 2.5 0.9 7.9 51% .352 1.41 3.69 3.79 95 4.87 107.4
2017 TOR MLB AL 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 6 1 1 0 54.0 9.0 0.0 9.0 57% .857 7.00 7.14 36.00 120 11.11 236.5
2017 DUN A+ FSL 2 1 3.0 0 0 0 4 0 3 0 109 12.0 0.0 0.0 9.0 50% .400 1.33 1.31 0.00 85 3.94 83.9
2017 BUF AAA INT 4 0 5.7 0 0 0 0 1 7 0 0.0 1.6 0.0 11.1 50% .000 0.18 1.40 0.00 73 1.74 37.1
2017 BLJ Rk GCL 3 3 4.0 0 0 0 2 1 6 0 82 4.5 2.3 0.0 13.5 89% .222 0.75 1.17 0.00 76 1.36 28.9
2018 ANA MLB AL 18 2 36.0 4 2 0 20 12 39 3 100 5.0 3.0 0.8 9.8 52% .218 0.89 3.36 2.75 102 4.24 94.8
2018 SLC AAA PCL 34 0 55.3 3 0 6 55 27 65 6 8.9 4.4 1.0 10.6 48% .343 1.48 4.32 5.37 94 4.02 84.9
2019 ANA MLB AL 38 6 51.7 3 4 0 58 24 50 2 100 10.1 4.2 0.3 8.7 48% .366 1.59 3.32 5.92 95 5.09 104.4
2019 INL A+ CAL 2 1 2.7 0 1 0 5 2 2 0 94 16.9 6.8 0.0 6.8 50% .500 2.63 4.41 10.13 109 7.93 163.3
2019 SLC AAA PCL 16 0 20.7 3 0 3 29 6 24 5 12.6 2.6 2.2 10.5 35% .414 1.69 5.49 5.23 97 5.30 109.0

Plate Discipline

YEAR Pits Zone% Swing% Contact% Z-Swing% O-Swing% Z-Contact% O-Contact% SwStr%
2017 41 0.3902 0.4146 0.7647 0.6250 0.2800 0.9000 0.5714 0.2353
2018 571 0.4151 0.4588 0.6527 0.6624 0.3144 0.8153 0.4095 0.3473
2019 899 0.4372 0.4594 0.7337 0.6794 0.2885 0.8315 0.5548 0.2663
Career15110.42760.45800.70390.67150.29810.82720.50030.2961

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
2022 BOS $
2021 ANA $
2020 ANA $
2019 ANA $557,500
2017 TOR $
YearsDescriptionSalary
1 yrPrevious$557,500
1 yrTotal$557,500

 

Service TimeAgentContract Status
1 y 32 d1 year (2022)

Details
  • 1 year (2022). Signed by Boston as a free agent 1/19/22 (minor-league contract).
  • 2021
  • 1 year (2020). Re-signed by LA Angels 3/20. DFA by LA Angels 3/22/20. Sent outright to Triple-A 3/25/20.
  • 1 year/$557,500 (2019). Re-signed by LA Angels 3/19.
  • 1 year (2018). Signed by LA Angels 3/5/18 (minor-league contract). Contract selected by LA Angels 6/28/18.
  • 1 year (2017). Contract selected by Toronto 8/5/17. Released by Toronto 8/14/17. Re-signed by Toronto 8/18/17 (minor-league contract). Contract selected by Toronto 9/29/17. Sent outright to Triple-A by Toronto 11/6/17.
  • Drafted by Toronto 2011 (29-889) (BYU).

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 14.3 10 5 15 1 .254 1.06 2.91 3.03 0.0 0.0
80o 0 0 0 0 0 9.3 7 4 10 1 .268 1.14 3.26 3.42 0.0 0.0
70o 0 0 0 0 0 5.8 5 2 6 1 .278 1.20 3.53 3.7 0.0 0.0
60o 0 0 0 0 0 2.9 2 1 3 0 .286 1.26 3.75 3.95 0.0 0.0
50o 0 0 0 0 0 0.3 0 0 0 0 .294 1.31 3.97 4.18 0.0 0.0
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PITCHf/x Pitcher Profile

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Although he has not thrown an MLB pitch in 2024, Taylor Cole threw 1,523 pitches that were tracked by the PITCHf/x system between 2017 and 2019, including pitches thrown in . In 2019, he relied primarily on his Fourseam Fastball (93mph), Change (87mph) and Slider (87mph). He also rarely threw a Curve (81mph).