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2019 Projections (Preseason PECOTA - seasonal age 28)
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Birth Date11-14-1990
Height6' 2"
Weight198 lbs
Age33 years, 5 months, 21 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
2019 SFN MLB 10 0 10.3 0 0 0 6 6 10 2 97 5.2 5.2 1.7 8.7 38% .167 1.16 6.07 4.35 109 5.45 111.9 0.0
CareerMLB10010.300066102975.25.21.78.738%.1671.166.074.351095.45111.90.0

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 IDA Rk PIO 13 12 60.3 5 4 0 45 22 89 1 111 6.7 3.3 0.1 13.3 0% .331 1.11 2.78 2.09 64 1.88 39.1
2013 WIL A+ CAR 27 27 125.3 11 9 0 88 85 128 3 99 6.3 6.1 0.2 9.2 0% .262 1.38 3.98 3.38 106 4.13 89.8
2014 NWA AA TEX 28 16 93.0 4 6 0 81 49 87 7 95 7.8 4.7 0.7 8.4 0% .286 1.40 4.03 3.87 103 4.58 97.0
2014 OMA AAA PCL 5 0 4.0 0 0 0 7 7 7 0 15.8 15.8 0.0 15.8 0% .583 3.50 5.44 13.50 102 6.87 145.4
2015 NWA AA TEX 41 0 56.3 3 5 3 56 42 69 3 8.9 6.7 0.5 11.0 0% .361 1.74 4.09 5.27 94 5.28 115.9
2016 WIL A+ CAR 5 0 9.0 0 0 0 7 5 12 0 7.0 5.0 0.0 12.0 55% .318 1.33 2.87 4.00 87 3.26 71.9
2016 NWA AA TEX 9 0 9.3 0 0 0 17 10 8 3 16.4 9.6 2.9 7.7 50% .378 2.89 8.85 14.46 145 8.76 193.4
2016 IDA Rk PIO 4 0 6.0 0 0 0 11 4 10 0 16.5 6.0 0.0 15.0 50% .550 2.50 3.01 9.00 80 5.97 131.9
2016 ROY Rk AZL 3 0 4.7 0 0 0 6 2 6 0 11.6 3.9 0.0 11.6 88% .375 1.71 3.46 5.79 94 5.39 119.1
2017 NWA AA TEX 24 0 39.3 4 3 5 21 19 59 1 4.8 4.3 0.2 13.5 38% .260 1.02 2.63 2.97 71 2.34 49.9
2017 OMA AAA PCL 18 0 28.3 0 1 3 13 19 38 1 4.1 6.0 0.3 12.1 35% .214 1.13 3.83 2.22 89 2.81 59.8
2018 NWA AA TEX 12 0 12.3 1 2 0 12 11 21 0 8.8 8.0 0.0 15.3 37% .444 1.86 2.96 6.57 82 4.19 88.7
2018 OMA AAA PCL 23 0 28.3 0 2 0 22 19 37 0 7.0 6.0 0.0 11.8 45% .328 1.45 3.24 4.13 88 3.55 75.1
2019 SFN MLB NL 10 0 10.3 0 0 0 6 6 10 2 97 5.2 5.2 1.7 8.7 38% .167 1.16 6.07 4.35 109 5.45 111.9
2019 RIC AA EAS 4 0 7.0 0 0 0 3 1 13 0 3.9 1.3 0.0 16.7 58% .250 0.57 -0.12 0.00 40 2.23 45.9
2019 SAC AAA PCL 39 1 48.0 3 2 0 25 16 81 4 91 4.7 3.0 0.8 15.2 41% .253 0.85 2.56 2.06 61 0.69 14.2

Plate Discipline

YEAR Pits Zone% Swing% Contact% Z-Swing% O-Swing% Z-Contact% O-Contact% SwStr%
2019 161 0.4224 0.3851 0.6935 0.6176 0.2151 0.8095 0.4500 0.3065
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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

Compensation

Year Team Salary
2022 OAK $
2021 SFN $
2020 SFN $

 

Service TimeAgentContract Status
2 y 19 d2023

Details
  • 1 year (2022). Claimed by Oakland off waivers from LA Angels 3/13/22. Re-signed 3/22. DFA by Oakland 4/7/22. Sent outright to Triple-A 4/9/22. Contract selected by Oakland 4/18/22. Returned by Oakland to Triple-A 4/23/22. Contract selected by Oakland 5/29/22. Sent outright to Triple-A by Oakland 11/3/22.
  • 1 year (2021). Re-signed by San Francisco 3/21. Acquired by LA Angels in trade from San Francisco 7/30/21. DFA by LA Angels 12/1/21.
  • 1 year (2020. Re-signed by San Francisco 3/20.
  • 1 year (2019). Signed by San Francisco 3/22/19 (minor-league contract). Contract selected by San Francisco 8/1/19.
  • Drafted by Kansas City 2012 (2-66) (Vanderbilt). $750,000 signing bonus ($781,600 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 0 0 0 0 14.5 11 8 16 1 .265 1.27 3.33 3.6 0.0 0.0
80o 0 0 0 0 0 9.4 7 5 10 1 .280 1.37 3.75 4.05 0.0 0.0
70o 0 0 0 0 0 5.9 5 4 6 1 .291 1.45 4.07 4.39 0.0 0.0
60o 0 0 0 0 0 2.9 3 2 3 0 .301 1.52 4.34 4.69 -0.1 0.0
50o 0 0 0 0 0 0.3 0 0 0 0 .310 1.59 4.60 4.97 -0.1 0.0
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BP Chats

DateQuestionAnswer
2019-07-22 15:00:00 (link to chat)How likely is Sam Selman to be promoted when Will Smith is traded and do you see late-inning potential in him or is he a 6-7 inning guy?
(Trade from Will Smith)		Ah, back to the Bizarro-Giants. Selman is one step away and has handled the MLB ball extremely well at Triple-A. I don't see why they wouldn't give him a shot if the space in the bullpen opens up. Whether it will or not is a different question - it's easy to make the case that Smith, Watson and Dyson could all be gone by the deadline and the whole bullpen hierarchy will be open for anyone to seize a job, but that case isn't as easy to make as it was a month ago. (Darius Austin)
2014-07-08 13:00:00 (link to chat)How strong is the Royals crop of young arms including Kyle Zimmer, Miguel Almonte, Jason Adam, Christian Binford, Sam Selman, and new acquisitions Brandon Finnegan and Foster Griffin? BTW, what can you tell me about Selman as he doesn't seem to get as much press as the others? Cheers
(LoyalRoyal from Kansas)		it's very strong. I really like Almonte and believe Adam will continue to progress. I like Finnegan quite a bit too. if Zimmer could prove healthy, then the crop would be even stronger. Given the control problems, I am not convinced Selman is a starter long term, and that's the biggest reason you don't hear more about him nationally. (Mark Anderson)


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PITCHf/x Pitcher Profile

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Although he has not thrown an MLB pitch in 2024, Sam Selman threw 2,506 pitches that were tracked by the PITCHf/x system between 2019 and 2023, all of them occuring in Spring Training. In 2023, he relied primarily on his Fourseam Fastball (90mph) and Slider (79mph), also mixing in a Sinker (91mph).