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Portrait of Wes Benjamin

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2019 Projections (Preseason PECOTA - seasonal age 25)
IP ERA WHIP SO W L SV WARP
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Birth Date7-26-1993
Height6' 2"
Weight210 lbs
Age30 years, 8 months, 28 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

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-
2015 RNG Rk AZL 1 1 1.0 0 0 0 0 1 2 0 98 0.0 9.0 0.0 18.0 0% .000 1.00 2.80 0.00 93 1.57 34.5
2016 HIC A SAL 21 18 102.0 6 5 1 105 22 101 13 99 9.3 1.9 1.1 8.9 46% .324 1.25 3.80 3.79 95 4.42 97.7
2017 DEB A+ CAR 22 22 118.7 10 7 0 133 34 101 8 96 10.1 2.6 0.6 7.7 42% .347 1.41 3.50 3.94 97 5.72 121.7
2018 FRI AA TEX 15 15 79.7 5 6 0 76 23 72 9 110 8.6 2.6 1.0 8.1 37% .296 1.24 3.97 3.62 97 4.25 89.8
2018 RNG Rk AZL 3 3 7.0 0 0 0 3 1 9 0 98 3.9 1.3 0.0 11.6 62% .231 0.57 1.93 0.00 73 1.19 25.2
2019 NAS AAA PCL 27 25 135.3 7 6 1 154 53 114 24 94 10.2 3.5 1.6 7.6 35% .316 1.53 5.63 5.52 105 5.10 104.8

Plate Discipline

YEAR Pits Zone% Swing% Contact% Z-Swing% O-Swing% Z-Contact% O-Contact% SwStr%

Injury History  —  No longer being updated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
2021 TEX $574,500
YearsDescriptionSalary
1 yrPrevious$574,500
1 yrTotal$574,500

 

Service TimeAgentContract Status
1 y 28 d1 year (2022)

Details
  • 1 year (2022). Signed by Chicago White Sox as a free agent 2/25/22 (minor-league contract). Signed by KT Wiz 5/18/22, 1 year/$331,000 (pro-rated).
  • 1 year/$574,500 (2021). Re-signed by Texas 3/21. DFA by Texas 10/3/21. Sent outright to Triple-A 10/6/21.
  • 1 year (2020). Contract selected by Texas 8/11/20.
  • Drafted by Texas 2014 (5-156) (Kansas). $125,000 signing bonus ($305,500 slot).

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 9.2 0 19 19 94.1 86 28 76 14 .267 1.21 4.07 4.12 -8.8 -1.0
80o 0 9.1 0 18 18 87.0 86 28 70 14 .282 1.30 4.49 4.56 -12.2 -1.3
70o 0 9 0 17 17 82.0 86 27 66 14 .293 1.38 4.80 4.88 -14.2 -1.5
60o 0 8.8 0 16 16 77.9 85 27 63 14 .302 1.44 5.07 5.16 -15.8 -1.7
50o 0 8.7 0 15 15 74.1 84 27 60 14 .311 1.50 5.33 5.43 -17.2 -1.9
40o 0 8.6 0 14 14 70.3 83 27 57 14 .320 1.56 5.59 5.7 -18.3 -2.0
30o 0 8.4 0 14 14 66.4 82 26 54 14 .329 1.63 5.87 5.99 -19.3 -2.1
20o 0 8.2 0 13 13 62.0 81 26 50 13 .340 1.72 6.22 6.35 -20.4 -2.2
10o 0 7.9 0 11 11 56.0 78 25 45 13 .355 1.84 6.70 6.85 -21.4 -2.3
Weighted Mean08.60151573.583275914.3091.495.295.39-16.7-1.8

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PITCHf/x Pitcher Profile

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Although he has not thrown an MLB pitch in 2024, Wes Benjamin threw 1,095 pitches that were tracked by the PITCHf/x system between 2020 and 2022, all of them occuring in Spring Training. In 2022, he relied primarily on his Cutter (83mph), also mixing in a Fourseam Fastball (90mph), Sinker (86mph), Slider (79mph), Curve (75mph) and Change (83mph).