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2019 Projections (Preseason PECOTA - seasonal age 28)
IP ERA WHIP SO W L SV WARP
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Birth Date10-27-1990
Height6' 6"
Weight255 lbs
Age33 years, 5 months, 30 days
BatsL
ThrowsL
2015
2016
-0.12017
2018
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
2017 MIN MLB 2 0 3.0 0 0 0 6 4 0 1 18.0 12.0 3.0 0.0 50% .385 3.33 11.47 9.00 132 8.85 188.4 -0.1
CareerMLB203.0000640118.012.03.00.050%.3853.3311.479.001328.85188.4-0.1

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-
2012 BLT A MID 27 27 156.7 14 6 0 170 43 115 12 100 9.8 2.5 0.7 6.6 0% .320 1.36 3.81 3.45 102 5.46 113.7
2013 FTM A+ FSL 26 26 143.3 9 4 0 156 58 91 16 101 9.8 3.6 1.0 5.7 0% .308 1.49 4.84 3.70 121 5.66 123.1
2014 FTM A+ FSL 13 13 79.0 6 5 0 77 19 57 2 100 8.8 2.2 0.2 6.5 0% .301 1.22 3.03 2.51 91 3.39 71.7
2014 NBR AA EAS 12 12 74.3 5 4 0 69 16 55 9 103 8.4 1.9 1.1 6.7 0% .272 1.14 4.25 2.78 102 4.27 90.4
2014 ROC AAA INT 1 1 5.0 0 0 0 5 2 3 0 110 9.0 3.6 0.0 5.4 0% .294 1.40 3.34 3.60 103 4.67 98.8
2015 CHT AA SOU 10 10 59.7 4 3 0 58 16 50 7 103 8.7 2.4 1.1 7.5 0% .295 1.24 4.10 3.92 101 4.39 96.4
2015 ROC AAA INT 15 15 78.0 1 7 0 104 24 40 11 92 12.0 2.8 1.3 4.6 0% .338 1.64 5.07 6.58 123 7.07 155.1
2016 CHT AA SOU 4 4 24.0 1 1 0 20 3 22 0 100 7.5 1.1 0.0 8.3 42% .290 0.96 1.98 1.88 75 2.85 62.9
2016 ROC AAA INT 24 24 145.3 11 6 0 137 37 113 13 100 8.5 2.3 0.8 7.0 39% .281 1.20 3.60 3.53 100 3.99 88.0
2017 MIN MLB AL 2 0 3.0 0 0 0 6 4 0 1 18.0 12.0 3.0 0.0 50% .385 3.33 11.47 9.00 132 8.85 188.4
2017 TUL AA TEX 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0% .000 0.00 3.32 0.00 111 4.33 92.1
2017 NOR AAA INT 13 6 41.0 1 2 1 37 11 33 5 104 8.1 2.4 1.1 7.2 44% .264 1.17 4.26 3.07 100 5.12 109.0
2017 OKL AAA PCL 3 1 8.7 0 1 0 16 2 3 1 105 16.6 2.1 1.0 3.1 47% .405 2.08 5.22 10.38 111 7.62 162.2
2017 ROC AAA INT 8 7 44.0 4 1 0 47 10 37 5 96 9.6 2.0 1.0 7.6 42% .318 1.30 3.81 4.50 100 5.04 107.3

Plate Discipline

YEAR Pits Zone% Swing% Contact% Z-Swing% O-Swing% Z-Contact% O-Contact% SwStr%
2017 56 0.3750 0.4643 0.9231 0.8571 0.2286 0.9444 0.8750 0.0769
Career560.37500.46430.92310.85710.22860.94440.87500.0769

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
2017 LAN $
2016 MIN $
2015 MIN $

 

Service TimeAgentContract Status
0 y 0 dCAA Sports1 year (2017)

Details
  • 1 year (2017). Re-signed by Minnesota (minor-league contract). Contract selected by Minnesota 5/29/17. Claimed by LA Dodgers off waivers 6/3/17 after being DFA by Minnesota 6/1/17. DFA by LA Dodgers 6/18/17. Sent outright to Triple-A 6/22/17. Acquired by Baltimore in trade from LA Dodgers 7/2/17.
  • 1 year (2016). Re-signed by Minnesota (minor-league contract).
  • 1 year (2015). Contract selected by Minnesota 11/20/14. Re-signed by Minnesota 3/3/15. Sent outright to Triple-A 9/1/15.
  • Drafted by Minnesota 2011 (8-268) (Loyola Marymount). $0.1325M 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 4.2 0 9 9 49.5 46 13 37 7 .262 1.18 3.97 4.01 -4.0 -0.4
80o 0 4 0 8 8 44.0 43 12 33 7 .276 1.27 4.35 4.41 -5.5 -0.6
70o 0 3.8 0 7 7 40.2 42 12 30 7 .286 1.33 4.64 4.7 -6.2 -0.7
60o 0 3.6 0 7 7 37.0 40 11 27 6 .294 1.39 4.88 4.96 -6.7 -0.7
50o 0 3.4 0 6 6 34.1 38 11 25 6 .302 1.44 5.11 5.2 -7.1 -0.8
40o 0 3.2 0 6 6 31.2 36 10 23 6 .310 1.50 5.35 5.45 -7.3 -0.8
30o 0 3 0 5 5 28.2 34 10 21 5 .318 1.56 5.60 5.71 -7.4 -0.8
20o 0 2.7 0 4 4 24.8 31 9 18 5 .328 1.63 5.91 6.03 -7.3 -0.8
10o 0 2.4 0 4 4 20.2 27 8 15 4 .342 1.74 6.34 6.48 -6.9 -0.8
Weighted Mean03.306633.53711256.3001.435.085.17-6.8-0.7

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PITCHf/x Pitcher Profile

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Although he has not thrown an MLB pitch in 2024, Jason Wheeler threw 56 pitches that were tracked by the PITCHf/x system in 2017, including pitches thrown in . In 2017, he relied primarily on his Fourseam Fastball (88mph) and Slider (82mph), also mixing in a Change (81mph).