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Birth Date4-24-1993
Height6' 3"
Weight235 lbs
Age30 years, 11 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
2018 BAL MLB 1 0 3.3 0 0 0 6 0 4 1 111 16.2 0.0 2.7 10.8 25% .455 1.80 4.69 13.50 153 9.83 219.5 -0.2
2019 BAL MLB 31 27 155.0 12 11 0 138 38 121 23 108 8.0 2.2 1.3 7.0 32% .256 1.14 4.44 3.60 109 4.61 94.7 1.9
CareerMLB3227158.31211014438125241088.22.21.47.132%.2611.154.453.811104.7297.31.7

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-
2014 ABE A- NYP 10 9 37.0 1 3 0 42 2 33 1 96 10.2 0.5 0.2 8.0 0% .357 1.19 2.41 3.41 85 5.34 113.0
2014 ORI Rk GCL 1 1 2.0 0 1 0 3 0 3 0 13.5 0.0 0.0 13.5 0% .500 1.50 0.48 4.50 0 0.00 0.0
2015 DEL A SAL 23 23 118.3 9 8 0 136 26 89 10 92 10.3 2.0 0.8 6.8 0% .326 1.37 3.81 3.50 103 5.86 128.5
2015 FRD A+ CAR 4 4 19.7 0 3 0 22 10 10 2 109 10.1 4.6 0.9 4.6 0% .308 1.63 5.23 6.41 123 6.51 142.7
2016 FRD A+ CAR 9 9 50.0 5 0 0 43 10 54 1 112 7.7 1.8 0.2 9.7 43% .311 1.06 2.30 1.80 67 2.75 60.6
2016 BOW AA EAS 18 18 96.0 4 8 0 113 25 51 7 112 10.6 2.3 0.7 4.8 38% .322 1.44 4.24 4.69 108 5.62 124.1
2017 BOW AA EAS 26 24 142.3 9 9 0 158 36 124 16 105 10.0 2.3 1.0 7.8 38% .322 1.36 3.83 4.11 94 4.83 102.8
2018 BAL MLB AL 1 0 3.3 0 0 0 6 0 4 1 111 16.2 0.0 2.7 10.8 25% .455 1.80 4.69 13.50 153 9.83 219.5
2018 BOW AA EAS 8 7 46.0 1 4 0 43 13 41 6 98 8.4 2.5 1.2 8.0 41% .276 1.22 4.07 4.30 98 3.84 81.3
2018 NOR AAA INT 20 19 111.3 6 5 0 123 19 89 9 94 9.9 1.5 0.7 7.2 35% .324 1.28 3.42 3.48 97 4.97 105.1
2019 BAL MLB AL 31 27 155.0 12 11 0 138 38 121 23 108 8.0 2.2 1.3 7.0 32% .256 1.14 4.44 3.60 109 4.61 94.7

Plate Discipline

YEAR Pits Zone% Swing% Contact% Z-Swing% O-Swing% Z-Contact% O-Contact% SwStr%
2018 66 0.4545 0.5455 0.7778 0.8000 0.3333 0.8750 0.5833 0.2222
2019 2680 0.4772 0.4761 0.7774 0.6959 0.2755 0.8281 0.6606 0.2226
Career27460.47670.47780.77740.69840.27690.82920.65870.2226

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
2023 BAL $2,975,000
2022 BAL $2,950,000
2021 BAL $593,500
2020 BAL $580,000
2019 BAL $555,500
YearsDescriptionSalary
5 yrPrevious$7,654,000
5 yrTotal$7,654,000

 

Service TimeAgentContract Status
4 y 7 dWasserman2 years/$5.925M (2022-23)

Details
  • 2 years/$5.925M (2022-23). Signed extension, avoided arbitration ($3.1M-$2.7M) with Baltimore 5/21/22. 22:$2.95M, 23:$2.975M.
  • 1 year/$593,500 (2021). Re-signed by Baltimore 3/21.
  • 1 year/$580,000 (2020). Re-signed by Baltimore 3/20.
  • 1 year/$555,000 (2019). Re-signed by Baltimore 3/19.
  • 1 year (2018). Contract selected by Baltimore 9/24/18.
  • Drafted by Baltimore 2014 (11-331) (West Virginia).

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
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BP Chats

DateQuestionAnswer
2020-03-20 13:00:00 (link to chat)Rank for dynasty fliers....Voth, Houser, Burnes, E. Hernandez, Means.
(Pay for Pitching from Early and Often)		1) Adrian Houser
2) Corbin Burnes
3) John Means
4) Austin Voth
5) Elieser Hernandez (Jesse Roche)
2019-09-11 13:00:00 (link to chat)Wanted to mention that BPs chats are so much more informative than those 'graphing' chats. This year, in a 525 player keeper league, many decent SPs weren't picked up until a month into the year....like Odorizzi, Bassitt, Davies, and of course John Means. I nabbed one of these four. In 2020, I'd like to draft players like this late, rather than get 25% of them in late April. Who might I target in March 2020?
(Vic from Baltimore)		Appreciate the kind words but also want to say that we're not so much enemies with other sites. We're thrilled you read us and appreciate us, but I'd personally be thrilled if it was on terms that didn't knock others in the process.

I talked to our excellent fantasy team because this is a tough question. We basically came to the conclusion that this is a really rough question to tackle this far out. Those guys are ones borne mostly of opportunity that isn't so much clear in September of the preceding year. The names thrown around were: Kyle Gibson, Alex Wood, Keegin Akin, maybe James Marvel? All the guys you named arrived at where they're at pretty differently, so there's not one way to answer it. Best to ask in Feb/March next year I'd think. (Craig Goldstein)
2019-05-01 12:00:00 (link to chat)Very little is written about John Means. What can you tell us about his background and has anything changed recently to help fuel his recent major league success?
(CubbieBeat from Chi-Town)		Lefty with a good change basically. I wonder if these guys can have sustainable success but also tend to get overly enthused with them at times (Thomas Pannone most recently and wellllllll). Means peripherals really don't back up the early success either. (Jeffrey Paternostro)


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PITCHf/x Pitcher Profile

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John Means has thrown 7,017 pitches that have been tracked by the PITCHf/x system between 2018 and 2024, all of them occuring in Spring Training. In 2024, he has relied primarily on his Fourseam Fastball (91mph) and Change (82mph), also mixing in a Slider (82mph) and Curve (77mph).