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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	2-21-1992
Height	6' 0"
Weight	170 lbs

Age	32 years, 2 months, 5 days
Bats	L
Throws	L

: 2015
: 0.22016
: -0.32017
: 2018
: 0.22019
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MLB Statistics

Historical (past-seasons) WARP is now based on DRA..
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YEAR	Team	Lg	G	GS	IP	W	H	BB	SO	PPF	H/9	BB/9	K/9	GB%	BABIP	WHIP	FIP	ERA	cFIP	DRA	DRA-	WARP
2016	CLE	MLB	4	1	11.0	1	6	0	6	110	4.9	0.0	4.9	55%	.194	0.55	2.01	1.64	84	3.61	79.9	0.2
2017	CLE	MLB	5	4	20.7	2	26	4	7	110	11.3	1.7	3.0	55%	.333	1.45	3.04	1.74	110	6.86	145.9	-0.3
Career		MLB	9	5	31.7	3	32	4	13	110	9.1	1.1	3.7	55%	.294	1.14	2.68	1.71	103	5.73	123.0	-0.1

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	IND	Rk	AZL	4	0	8.3	0	0	1	10	2	10	0		10.8	2.2	0.0	10.8	0%	.385	1.44	2.68	1.08	90	5.10	104.1
2012	MHV	A-	NYP	14	14	66.0	3	4	0	82	17	40	3	96	11.2	2.3	0.4	5.5	0%	.332	1.50	3.52	4.09	105	6.62	137.9
2013	LKC	A	MID	24	23	126.3	6	9	0	142	18	91	10	110	10.1	1.3	0.7	6.5	0%	.331	1.27	3.46	3.42	94	4.81	104.6
2013	CAR	A+	CAR	2	2	9.0	0	0	0	7	1	6	1	107	7.0	1.0	1.0	6.0	0%	.214	0.89	4.12	5.00	109	3.38	73.4
2014	CAR	A+	CAR	25	25	160.3	13	3	0	128	25	127	12	94	7.2	1.4	0.7	7.1	0%	.251	0.95	3.46	2.58	91	3.10	65.6
2015	AKR	AA	EAS	22	22	141.0	10	7	0	145	16	89	8	90	9.3	1.0	0.5	5.7	0%	.304	1.14	3.25	3.51	95	4.51	99.0
2015	COH	AAA	INT	5	5	30.0	2	0	0	38	6	16	1	104	11.4	1.8	0.3	4.8	0%	.343	1.47	3.22	4.20	100	5.51	120.9
2016	CLE	MLB	AL	4	1	11.0	1	0	0	6	0	6	0	110	4.9	0.0	0.0	4.9	55%	.194	0.55	2.01	1.64	84	3.61	79.9
2016	COH	AAA	INT	24	24	143.3	11	8	0	156	23	92	15	110	9.8	1.4	0.9	5.8	40%	.307	1.25	3.85	3.70	102	4.38	96.6
2017	CLE	MLB	AL	5	4	20.7	2	0	0	26	4	7	0	110	11.3	1.7	0.0	3.0	55%	.333	1.45	3.04	1.74	110	6.86	145.9
2017	LKC	A	MID	1	1	7.0	1	0	0	7	1	4	0	105	9.0	1.3	0.0	5.1	57%	.304	1.14	2.78	2.57	101	4.35	92.6
2017	COH	AAA	INT	19	18	116.0	10	5	0	116	25	85	19	107	9.0	1.9	1.5	6.6	45%	.286	1.22	4.78	3.03	107	4.34	92.4
2018	COH	AAA	INT	15	13	71.3	3	3	0	82	2	52	10	102	10.3	0.3	1.3	6.6	45%	.326	1.18	4.03	3.79	99	5.05	106.7
2019	DUR	AAA	INT	27	11	78.0	4	4	0	115	23	64	19	100	13.3	2.7	2.2	7.4	41%	.366	1.77	6.26	7.04	117	8.18	168.4

Plate Discipline

YEAR	Pits	Zone%	Swing%	Contact%	Z-Swing%	O-Swing%	Z-Contact%	O-Contact%	SwStr%
2016	126	0.5873	0.4524	0.8421	0.5676	0.2885	0.8810	0.7333	0.1579
2017	320	0.5313	0.4469	0.8741	0.6118	0.2600	0.9327	0.7179	0.1259
Career	446	0.5471	0.4485	0.8651	0.5993	0.2681	0.9181	0.7223	0.1349

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
2019	TBA	$
2018	CLE	$545,800
2017	CLE	$
2016	CLE	$
2015	CLE	$

Years	Description	Salary
1 yr	Previous	$545,800
1 yr	Total	$545,800

Service Time	Agent	Contract Status
1 y 15 d		1 year (2019)

Details

1 year (2019). Signed by Tampa Bay as a free agent 11/14/18 (minor-league contract).
1 year/$0.545M (2018). Re-signed by Cleveland 3/18. DFA by Cleveland 7/13/18. Sent outright to Triple-A 7/21/18.
1 year (2017). Re-signed by Cleveland 3/17.
1 year (2016). Re-signed by Cleveland 3/9/16.
1 year (2015). Contract selected by Cleveland 11/20/14. Re-signed by Cleveland 3/9/15.
Drafted by Cleveland 2011 (16-488) (McLennan CC, Texas). $0.15M signing bonus.

2019 Preseason Forecast

Last Update: 1/27/2017 12:35 ET

PCT	W	G	GS	IP	H	BB	SO	HR	BABIP	WHIP	ERA	DRA	VORP	WARP
90^o	13	15	15	87.7	76	18	57	11	.247	1.07	3.76	4.11	-8.1	-0.9
80^o	11.7	14	14	81.5	75	18	53	11	.259	1.15	4.11	4.5	-10.9	-1.2
70^o	10.8	13	13	77.2	75	18	50	11	.268	1.20	4.36	4.78	-12.6	-1.4
60^o	10	13	13	73.6	74	18	48	11	.276	1.25	4.58	5.02	-13.9	-1.5
50^o	9.3	12	12	70.2	73	18	46	11	.283	1.30	4.79	5.26	-15.0	-1.6
40^o	8.7	12	12	66.9	73	17	43	11	.291	1.34	5.01	5.49	-15.9	-1.7
30^o	8	11	11	63.5	71	17	41	11	.298	1.40	5.24	5.74	-16.8	-1.8
20^o	7.2	10	10	59.5	70	17	39	10	.308	1.46	5.51	6.05	-17.7	-1.9
10^o	6.2	9	9	54.2	68	16	35	10	.320	1.55	5.90	6.47	-18.5	-2.0
Weighted Mean	9.3	12	12	69.7	72	17	45	11	.282	1.29	4.77	5.23	-14.7	-1.6

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PITCHf/x Pitcher Profile

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Although he has not thrown an MLB pitch in 2024, Ryan Merritt threw 545 pitches that were tracked by the PITCHf/x system between 2016 and 2019, all of them occuring in Spring Training. In 2019, he relied primarily on his Fourseam Fastball (87mph) and Change (83mph), also mixing in a Curve (73mph) and Cutter (85mph).