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2013 Projections (Preseason PECOTA - seasonal age 28)
IP ERA WHIP SO W L SV WARP
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Birth Date10-19-1984
Height6' 1"
Weight190 lbs
Age28 years, 7 months, 3 days
BatsR
ThrowsR
2009
-0.12010
1.22011
-0.72012
0.72013
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Standard

YEAR TEAM AGE G GS IP IP-SP IP-RP W L SV BS QS BQS PA H R ER HR TB BB UBB HBP SO ERA FIP FRA VORP WARP
2010 CLE 25 12 12 73.0 73.0 0.0 6 4 0 0 5 0 301 72 38 37 10 125 19 16 3 43 4.56 4.55 5.29 -1.2 -0.1
2011 CLE 26 26 26 165.3 165.3 0.0 12 7 0 0 17 1 662 157 80 78 24 278 21 19 3 89 4.25 4.31 4.74 9.3 1.2
2012 CLE 27 21 16 103.3 91.3 12.0 5 8 0 0 7 0 452 126 74 73 18 217 25 22 3 56 6.36 5.04 5.93 -5.0 -0.7
Career5954341.7329.712.0231900291141535519218852620655791884.954.585.233.10.4

Advanced

'opp' stats - quality of opponents faced - have been moved and are available only as OPP_QUAL in the Statistics reports now.
YEAR Team Lg G GS IP FRA FRA+ TAv oppAVG oppOBP oppSLG oppTAv BABIP PPF PVORP PWARP VORP WARP
2006 MHV A- 15 15 77.1 0.00 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 .000 .238 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
2007 LKC A 26 15 103.7 4.13 101 .254 .269 .344 .408 .275 .302 98 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
2007 KIN A+ 6 5 27.7 4.56 116 .240 .263 .332 .387 .256 .276 99 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
2008 KIN A+ 40 9 102.7 3.42 127 .218 .261 .337 .400 .263 .280 100 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
2008 BUF AAA 1 1 7.0 7.27 44 .242 .275 .328 .439 .256 .211 97 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
2008 gcr Wnt 8 7 28.0 0.00 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 .000 .363 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
2009 AKR AA 26 25 145.0 4.26 106 .249 .264 .335 .404 .264 .297 102 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
2010 CLE MLB 12 12 73.0 5.29 78 .276 .266 .331 .418 .270 .274 97 -1.2 -0.1 -1.2 -0.1
2010 COH AAA 20 17 107.3 4.99 98 .206 .264 .336 .414 .258 .238 109 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
2011 CLE MLB 26 26 165.3 4.74 93 .253 .267 .334 .428 .274 .253 100 7.7 0.8 9.3 1.2
2012 CLE MLB 21 16 103.3 5.93 63 .300 .263 .328 .426 .271 .309 98 -5.9 -0.6 -5.0 -0.7
CareerMLB54341.75.0684.274.266.331.425.272.275993.40.45.90.7

Statistics For All Levels

Year Team Lg W L SV G GS IP H BB SO HR GB% BABIP H/9 BB/9 HR/9 K/9 WHIP ERA VORP WARP
2006 MHV A- 8 2 0 15 15 77.1 56 15 69 5 0% .238 6.5 1.8 0.6 8.1 0.92 2.10 0.0 0.0
2007 KIN A+ 1 1 0 6 5 27.7 24 12 20 0 49% .276 7.8 3.9 0.0 6.5 1.30 3.57 0.0 0.0
2007 LKC A 10 3 0 26 15 103.7 103 19 89 10 44% .302 8.9 1.6 0.9 7.7 1.18 3.30 0.0 0.0
2008 gcr Wnt 2 3 0 8 7 28.0 36 3 28 3 0% .363 11.6 1.0 1.0 9.0 1.39 6.43 0.0 0.0
2008 KIN A+ 9 5 3 40 9 102.7 82 16 109 10 43% .280 7.2 1.4 0.9 9.6 0.95 2.98 0.0 0.0
2008 BUF AAA 1 0 0 1 1 7.0 6 1 3 2 43% .211 7.7 1.3 2.6 3.9 1.00 3.86 0.0 0.0
2009 AKR AA 14 9 0 26 25 145.0 149 27 125 21 38% .297 9.2 1.7 1.3 7.8 1.21 4.16 0.0 0.0
2010 COH AAA 8 4 0 20 17 107.3 83 33 80 11 39% .238 7.0 2.8 0.9 6.7 1.08 2.68 0.0 0.0
2010 CLE MLB 6 4 0 12 12 73.0 72 19 43 10 32% .274 8.9 2.3 1.2 5.3 1.25 4.56 -1.2 -0.1
2011 CLE MLB 12 7 0 26 26 165.3 157 21 89 24 40% .253 8.5 1.1 1.3 4.8 1.08 4.25 9.3 1.2
2012 CLE MLB 5 8 0 21 16 103.3 126 25 56 18 43% .309 11.0 2.2 1.6 4.9 1.46 6.36 -5.0 -0.7

Injury History beta

Date On Date Off Transaction Days Games Side Body Part Injury Severity Surgery Date Reaggravation
2013-02-15 - 60-DL - - Right Elbow Recovery From Surgery Tommy John Surgery 2012-08-22 -
2012-08-13 2012-09-09 60-DL 27 0 Right Elbow Surgery Tommy John Surgery 2012-08-22 -
2012-05-12 2012-05-28 15-DL 16 0 Right Wrist Inflammation Intersection Syndrome - -
2011-08-25 2011-09-29 60-DL 35 35 Right Elbow Strain - -
2009-08-28 2009-09-04 Minors 7 0 Left Lower Leg Strain Calf -

Compensation

Year Team Salary
2014 CLE $
2013 CLE $501,800
2012 CLE $494,500
2011 CLE $417,200
YearsDescriptionSalary
2 yrPrevious$911,700
2011Current$501,800
3 yrPvs + Cur$1,413,500
3 yrTotal$1,413,500

 

Service TimeAgentContract Status
2 y 69 d1 year/$0.5018M (2013)

Details
  • 1 year/$0.5018M (2013). Re-signed by Cleveland 3/11/13.
  • 1 year/$0.4945M (2012). Re-signed by Cleveland 3/3/12.
  • 1 year/$0.4172M (2011). Re-signed by Cleveland 3/8/11.
  • 1 year (2010). Contract purchased by Cleveland 7/27/10.
  • Drafted 2006 (19-581) (Texas Tech).

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Platoon
SORT_FIELD PLATOON AVG OBP SLG TAv
10 vs L (Multi) .283 .325 .521 .298
11 vs R (Multi) .270 .301 .437 .261
18 Split (Multi) .013 .024 .084 .037
19 LgAvg (Multi) .011 .025 .022 .017
30 vs L (2012) .303 .353 .592 .327
31 vs R (2012) .299 .330 .438 .269
38 Split (2012) .004 .023 .154 .057
39 LgAvg (2012) .009 .024 .021 .017

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BP Articles

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BP Chats

DateQuestionAnswer
2011-05-23 13:00:00Josh Tomlin has been incredible, with a 2.41 era, 0.82 whip, 4.5 K/9, and 1.5 BB/9. How is he doing it? Any chance he continues to be a useful starter?
(Teenwolf from Vancouver, BC)		His cutter and curveball have been very effective pitches that he has been able to throw for strikes. That certainly helps a lot when you have an 89-mph fastball.

Continues as a useful starter? Yeah, I think so. He doesn't walk many, and that's a good thing. The batters are going to get more hits off of him than they have been, though, and the lack of strikeouts will definitely hurt him. You really continually live at the margin of major league usefulness with a K-rate that low. (Mike Fast)
2011-05-23 13:00:00Josh Tomlin? Keep waiting for the wheels to fall off. Will it happen? BAbip against seems less than sustainable.
(soxfan2005 from Boston)		I addressed most of this in my response to Teenwolf earlier, but yes, definitely, a BABIP below .200 is unsustainable. Even the .278 mark he posted last year is at the low edge of the MLB talent spread for starting pitchers.

As I mentioned earlier, the cutter and the curve help him there somewhat. The cutter is a great pitch inside to lefties, with a BABIP in the .260 range when used that way, and outside to righties is also better than average. (Mike Fast)


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