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2019 Projections (Preseason PECOTA - seasonal age 29)
IP ERA WHIP SO W L SV WARP
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Birth Date6-17-1990
Height6' 2"
Weight235 lbs
Age33 years, 10 months, 9 days
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-0.02015
-0.22016
0.92017
0.42018
0.32019
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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
2014 ARI MLB 3 3 14.0 0 1 0 13 8 10 0 107 8.4 5.1 0.0 6.4 0% .317 1.50 3.60 3.86 118 4.49 110.1 0.1
2015 ARI MLB 66 0 75.0 5 1 2 56 30 58 3 98 6.7 3.6 0.4 7.0 0% .248 1.15 3.37 2.76 103 4.75 110.9 0.0
2016 ARI MLB 32 0 22.7 0 1 0 22 11 28 1 101 8.7 4.4 0.4 11.1 52% .368 1.46 2.87 6.75 102 5.65 125.1 -0.2
2017 ARI MLB 71 0 51.3 1 0 0 48 21 61 5 8.4 3.7 0.9 10.7 58% .326 1.34 3.41 3.51 83 3.51 74.8 0.9
2018 ARI MLB 77 0 49.3 1 6 0 41 25 53 0 100 7.5 4.6 0.0 9.7 51% .313 1.34 2.61 3.10 94 4.23 94.5 0.4
2019 ARI MLB 77 0 52.7 2 2 0 52 18 68 6 102 8.9 3.1 1.0 11.6 45% .351 1.33 3.20 3.76 82 3.88 79.6 0.8
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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 DIA Rk AZL 1 1 1.0 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 111 9.0 0.0 0.0 18.0 0% .500 1.00 3.36 0.00 80 1.54 31.3
2012 VIS A+ CAL 30 22 122.3 6 6 0 112 69 150 12 97 8.2 5.1 0.9 11.0 0% .324 1.48 4.37 4.93 88 3.76 78.2
2013 VIS A+ CAL 6 6 31.0 3 1 0 32 14 32 1 103 9.3 4.1 0.3 9.3 0% .341 1.48 3.47 4.65 91 4.67 101.5
2013 MOB AA SOU 21 21 126.3 10 7 0 118 41 87 5 99 8.4 2.9 0.4 6.2 0% .292 1.26 3.08 2.85 99 4.79 104.1
2014 ARI MLB NL 3 3 14.0 0 1 0 13 8 10 0 107 8.4 5.1 0.0 6.4 0% .317 1.50 3.60 3.86 118 4.49 110.1
2014 MOB AA SOU 9 9 55.0 4 1 0 49 19 41 4 98 8.0 3.1 0.7 6.7 0% .280 1.24 3.72 1.96 103 4.05 85.7
2014 RNO AAA PCL 17 16 92.7 5 6 0 111 39 73 11 111 10.8 3.8 1.1 7.1 0% .340 1.62 4.99 5.34 105 5.01 106.1
2015 ARI MLB NL 66 0 75.0 5 1 2 56 30 58 3 98 6.7 3.6 0.4 7.0 0% .248 1.15 3.37 2.76 103 4.75 110.9
2015 RNO AAA PCL 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 9.0 0% .000 0.00 1.59 0.00 95 3.87 84.9
2016 ARI MLB NL 32 0 22.7 0 1 0 22 11 28 1 101 8.7 4.4 0.4 11.1 52% .368 1.46 2.87 6.75 102 5.65 125.1
2016 VIS A+ CAL 4 0 4.0 1 0 0 0 2 6 0 0.0 4.5 0.0 13.5 29% .000 0.50 2.20 0.00 80 1.40 31.0
2016 RNO AAA PCL 7 1 9.3 1 1 0 6 2 8 0 112 5.8 1.9 0.0 7.7 62% .231 0.86 2.65 1.93 89 2.49 54.9
2016 DIA Rk AZL 1 1 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 99 0.0 0.0 0.0 18.0 100% .000 0.00 0.11 0.00 77 2.28 50.2
2017 ARI MLB NL 71 0 51.3 1 0 0 48 21 61 5 8.4 3.7 0.9 10.7 58% .326 1.34 3.41 3.51 83 3.51 74.8
2018 ARI MLB NL 77 0 49.3 1 6 0 41 25 53 0 100 7.5 4.6 0.0 9.7 51% .313 1.34 2.61 3.10 94 4.23 94.5
2019 ARI MLB NL 77 0 52.7 2 2 0 52 18 68 6 102 8.9 3.1 1.0 11.6 45% .351 1.33 3.20 3.76 82 3.88 79.6

Plate Discipline

YEAR Pits Zone% Swing% Contact% Z-Swing% O-Swing% Z-Contact% O-Contact% SwStr%
2014 257 0.4553 0.4241 0.8073 0.6154 0.2643 0.8333 0.7568 0.1927
2015 1153 0.4475 0.4415 0.7917 0.6279 0.2904 0.8858 0.6270 0.2083
2016 346 0.4422 0.4827 0.6766 0.6797 0.3264 0.7981 0.4762 0.3234
2017 884 0.3880 0.4276 0.7249 0.5948 0.3216 0.8676 0.5575 0.2751
2018 878 0.3827 0.4544 0.6767 0.6339 0.3432 0.8451 0.4839 0.3233
2019 887 0.4419 0.4915 0.6628 0.6658 0.3535 0.7854 0.4800 0.3372
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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
2010-03-01 2010-06-05 Coll 96 0 Left Elbow Surgery Tommy John Surgery - Date Is Estimated - -

Compensation

Year Team Salary
2025 DET $500,000
2024 DET $4,250,000
2023 ARI $5,500,000
2022 DET $6,000,000
2021 CHN $2,250,000
2020 ARI $3,045,000
2019 ARI $1,945,000
2018 ARI $1,195,000
2017 ARI $559,300
2016 ARI $519,700
2015 ARI $507,500
2014 ARI $
YearsDescriptionSalary
9 yrPrevious$21,521,500
2019Current$4,250,000
10 yrPvs + Cur$25,771,500
1 yrFuture$500,000
11 yrTotal$26,271,500

 

Service TimeAgentContract Status
9 y 20 dMeister Sports1 year/$4.75M (2024), 2025 option

Details
  • 1 year/$4.75M (2024), plus 2025 club option. Signed by Cleveland as a free agent 12/10/23. 24: $4.25M, 25:$6.5M club option ($500,000 buyout). Annual performance bonuses: $125,000 for 50 games pitched. $250,000 each for 55, 60 g. $300,000 for 65 g. $325,000 for 70 g.
  • 1 year/$6.25M (2023), plus 2024 club option. 23:$5.5M, 24:$7.25M club option ($750,000 buyout). Performance bonuses: $250,000 each for 55, 60, 65, 70 appearances. Assignment bonus: $250,000 with trade. Acquired by Milwaukee in trade from Arizona 8/1/23. Milwaukee declined 2024 option 11/2/23.
  • 2 years/$13M (2022-23). Signed by Detroit as a free agent 3/16/22. $1M signing bonus. 22:$5.5M, 23:$6.5M. Chafin may opt out of contract after 2022 season. Chafin exercised right to opt out of contract 11/7/22.
  • 1 year/$2.75M (2021), plus 2022 mutual option. Re-signed by Chicago Cubs as a free agent 2/2/21. 21:$2.25M, 22:$5.25M mutual option ($500,000 buyout). Performance bonuses: $125,000 each for 50, 55, 60, 65 games. Acquired by Oakland in trade from Chicago Cubs 7/26/21, with $834,677 in salary remaining and Cubs agreeing to pay $500,000 buyout for 2022 if option is declined.
  • 1 year/$3.045M (2020). Re-signed by Arizona 1/10/20 (avoided arbitration). Acquired by Chicago Cubs in trade from Arizona 8/31/20.
  • 1 year/$1.945M (2019). Re-signed by Arizona 1/11/19 (avoided arbitration).
  • 1 year/$1.195M (2018). Re-signed by Arizona 1/12/18 (avoided arbitration).
  • 1 year (2017). Re-signed by Arizona 3/17.
  • 1 year/$519,700 (2016). Re-signed by Arizona 3/16.
  • 1 year/$507,500 (2015). Re-signed by Arizona 3/6/15.
  • 1 year (2014). Contract selected by Arizona 8/8/14.
  • Drafted by Arizona 2011 (1s-43) (Kent State). $875,000 signing bonus.

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 6 16 1 .248 1.07 2.57 2.93 0.0 0.0
80o 0 0 0 0 0 9.3 7 4 10 1 .262 1.16 2.91 3.32 0.0 0.0
70o 0 0 0 0 0 5.9 4 3 6 0 .272 1.22 3.17 3.61 0.0 0.0
60o 0 0 0 0 0 3.0 2 1 3 0 .281 1.28 3.39 3.86 0.0 0.0
50o 0 0 0 0 0 0.4 0 0 0 0 .290 1.33 3.60 4.1 0.0 0.0
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DateQuestionAnswer
2014-01-06 13:00:00 (link to chat)Where do you think Andrew Chafin ultimately ends up - bullpen or rotation?
(bcreagh from Chicago)		As a LHP with a plus slider and command issues, he smells like a reliever to me. (Jeff Moore)


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PITCHf/x Pitcher Profile

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Andrew Chafin has thrown 8,036 pitches that have been tracked by the PITCHf/x system between 2014 and 2024, all of them occuring in Spring Training. In 2024, he has relied primarily on his Slider (82mph) and Sinker (92mph), also mixing in a Fourseam Fastball (92mph).