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2019 Projections (Preseason PECOTA - seasonal age 27)
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Birth Date9-29-1991
Height6' 3"
Weight210 lbs
Age33 years, 1 months, 30 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
2019 BAL MLB 34 0 41.0 1 4 0 44 19 34 9 107 9.7 4.2 2.0 7.5 40% .294 1.54 5.90 5.93 115 6.10 125.1 -0.3
CareerMLB34041.014044193491079.74.22.07.540%.2941.545.905.931156.10125.1-0.3

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-
2012 ABE A- NYP 4 4 12.0 0 0 0 12 4 12 1 90 9.0 3.0 0.8 9.0 0% .355 1.33 3.41 4.50 87 4.27 88.9
2013 DEL A SAL 7 7 35.3 1 2 0 41 14 32 4 85 10.4 3.6 1.0 8.2 0% .339 1.56 4.49 5.86 112 6.25 135.7
2014 FRD A+ CAR 23 23 126.7 8 6 0 143 32 95 9 93 10.2 2.3 0.6 6.8 0% .332 1.38 3.76 3.84 97 5.01 106.0
2014 BOW AA EAS 3 3 16.7 0 2 0 18 11 9 1 107 9.7 5.9 0.5 4.9 0% .321 1.74 5.03 5.94 128 7.11 150.6
2015 BOW AA EAS 8 8 39.3 3 3 0 35 19 27 4 90 8.0 4.3 0.9 6.2 0% .261 1.37 4.89 3.66 124 4.38 96.0
2018 FRD A+ CAR 12 0 20.7 1 0 2 20 3 23 0 8.7 1.3 0.0 10.0 36% .357 1.11 1.71 1.31 71 3.65 77.3
2018 BOW AA EAS 32 0 45.0 4 4 15 32 15 48 3 6.4 3.0 0.6 9.6 45% .254 1.04 3.11 1.80 85 2.43 51.3
2019 BAL MLB AL 34 0 41.0 1 4 0 44 19 34 9 107 9.7 4.2 2.0 7.5 40% .294 1.54 5.90 5.93 115 6.10 125.1
2019 BOW AA EAS 3 0 3.0 1 0 0 1 2 4 0 3.0 6.0 0.0 12.0 50% .250 1.00 2.50 0.00 89 3.79 78.0
2019 NOR AAA INT 18 0 21.0 1 1 2 27 13 27 4 11.6 5.6 1.7 11.6 43% .404 1.90 5.39 6.86 101 6.70 137.9

Plate Discipline

YEAR Pits Zone% Swing% Contact% Z-Swing% O-Swing% Z-Contact% O-Contact% SwStr%
2019 708 0.4534 0.4449 0.7524 0.6760 0.2532 0.8111 0.6224 0.2476
Career7080.45340.44490.75240.67600.25320.81110.62240.2476

Injury History  —  No longer being updated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
2020 BAL $
2019 BAL $

 

Service TimeAgentContract Status
0 y 122 d1 year (2020)

Details
  • 1 year (2020). DFA by Baltimore 1/30/20. Sent outright to Triple-A 2/5/20. Contract selected by Baltimore 9/4/20. Retired 1/21.
  • 1 year (2019). Contract selected Baltimore 10/30/18. Re-signed by Baltimore 3/19.
  • Drafted by Baltimore 2012 (2-65) (Virginia). $793,700 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 0 0 0 0 15.9 12 5 15 2 .251 1.12 3.42 3.41 0.0 0.0
80o 0 0 0 0 0 10.3 9 4 10 1 .266 1.21 3.83 3.84 0.0 0.0
70o 0 0 0 0 0 6.5 6 3 6 1 .277 1.28 4.13 4.15 0.0 0.0
60o 0 0 0 0 0 3.3 3 1 3 0 .287 1.35 4.40 4.43 -0.1 0.0
50o 0 0 0 0 0 0.4 0 0 0 0 .296 1.41 4.65 4.69 -0.1 0.0
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DateQuestionAnswer
2015-04-29 20:00:00 (link to chat)Who has the bigger upside: Dylan Baker, Blake Snell, or Branden Kline?
(Silverback38 from VA)		Snell has the biggest upside. (Bret Sayre)


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PITCHf/x Pitcher Profile

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Although he has not thrown an MLB pitch in 2024, Branden Kline threw 806 pitches that were tracked by the PITCHf/x system between 2019 and 2020, all of them occuring in Spring Training. In 2020, he relied primarily on his Fourseam Fastball (95mph) and Change (87mph), also mixing in a Slider (84mph).