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Dustin McGowan

Birthdate: 3/24/1982 Bats/Throws: R/R
Height/Weight: 6-3/220 Position: P
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5/17/2013: McGowan (shoulder) is moving from Dunedin to Buffalo to continue his rehab assignment, Gregor Chisholm of MLB.com reports.

2/14/2013 - MASH Report (2/14/13) by Jeff Zimmerman (RotoGraphs)

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8/8/2012 - Blue Jays Pitchers Injured at Record Pace? by Eno Sarris (FanGraphs)

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6/28/2012 - Sabathia, Pettitte Latest Victims of ALE Injury Bu» by Mike Axisa (FanGraphs)

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4/2/2012 - Roto Riteup: April 2nd, 2012 by Zach Sanders (RotoGraphs)

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3/27/2012 - Blue Jays Extend McGowan by Chris Cwik (FanGraphs)

Dashboard Customize

Projections | Minor Leagues | Regular Season

Season	Team	W	L	SV	G	GS	IP	K/9	BB/9	HR/9	BABIP	LOB%	GB%	HR/FB	ERA	FIP	xFIP	WAR
2005	Blue Jays	1	3	0	13	7	45.1	6.75	3.38	1.39	.300	61.7 %	44.8 %	13.5 %	6.35	5.12	4.69	0.1
2006	Blue Jays (AAA)	4	5	1	23	13	84.0	9.21	4.18	0.75	.299	67.8 %			4.39	3.74
2006	Blue Jays	1	2	0	16	3	27.1	7.24	8.23	0.66	.359	59.1 %	43.0 %	6.9 %	7.24	5.45	5.99	0.0
2007	Blue Jays (AAA)	0	2	0	5	5	22.0	11.86	3.68	0.00	.314	76.0 %			1.64	1.79
2007	Blue Jays	12	10	0	27	27	169.2	7.64	3.24	0.74	.273	68.1 %	53.0 %	9.2 %	4.08	3.73	3.79	3.5
2008	Blue Jays	6	7	0	19	19	111.1	6.87	3.07	0.73	.315	67.4 %	41.4 %	7.1 %	4.37	3.81	4.27	2.2
2011	Blue Jays (A+)	0	2	0	7	7	15.2	9.77	4.02	0.00	.310	75.0 %			2.87	2.37
2011	Blue Jays (AA)	0	2	0	5	5	19.2	8.24	3.20	0.92	.302	81.1 %			2.75	3.76
2011	Blue Jays	0	2	0	5	4	21.0	8.57	5.57	1.71	.276	66.9 %	50.0 %	19.0 %	6.43	5.60	4.38	-0.1
2013	Steamer	3	2	0	8	8	50.0	7.80	3.61	0.93	.307	70.3 %			4.24	4.02		0.7
2013	Oliver	3	3				55.0	7.04	4.09	0.98	.295	69.8 %			4.42	4.36
2013	ZiPS	4	5		13	13	74.0	6.81	3.89	1.22	.314	68.4 %			5.11	4.80		0.4
2013	Blue Jays (A+)	0	0	0	2	0	2.0	18.00	4.50	0.00	.333	100.0 %			0.00	0.70
2013	Blue Jays (AAA)	0	0	0	1	0	1.0	9.00	0.00	0.00	.000	100.0 %			0.00	1.20
Total	- - -	20	24	0	80	60	374.2	7.33	3.70	0.86	.296	65.9 %	47.5 %	9.4 %	4.80	4.15	4.23	5.8

News

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5/20 - Monday Morning Media Mashup: Big White Mother Edition by Bluebird Banter
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5/19 - Minor League Recap for Saturday May 18: Dustin McGowan, Aaro» by Bluebird Banter

11/13 - AL East Links: Ibanez, Orioles, Blue Jays, Red Sox by Mike Axisa
8/7 - Pitching Notes: Blue Jays, Lee, Garza, Oswalt by Ben Nicholson-Smith
3/26 - Blue Jays Extend Dustin McGowan by Ben Nicholson-Smith

Standard

Projections | Minor Leagues | Regular Season

Season	Team	W	L	ERA	G	GS	CG	ShO	SV	HLD	BS	IP	TBF	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	HBP	WP	BK	SO
2005	Blue Jays	1	3	6.35	13	7	0	0	0	1	0	45.1	205	49	34	32	7	17	0	7	7	0	34
2006	Blue Jays (AAA)	4	5	4.39	23	13	0	0	1			84.0	369	77	45	41	7	39	0	3	10	0	86
2006	Blue Jays	1	2	7.24	16	3	0	0	0	1	1	27.1	143	35	27	22	2	25	2	2	3	1	22
2007	Blue Jays (AAA)	0	2	1.64	5	5	0	0	0			22.0	89	16	6	4	0	9	0	0	2	0	29
2007	Blue Jays	12	10	4.08	27	27	2	1	0	0	0	169.2	705	146	80	77	14	61	3	2	13	0	144
2008	Blue Jays	6	7	4.37	19	19	1	0	0	0	0	111.1	474	115	60	54	9	38	1	5	5	0	85
2011	Blue Jays (A+)	0	2	2.87	7	7	0	0	0			15.2	66	13	5	5	0	7	0	0	0	0	17
2011	Blue Jays (AA)	0	2	2.75	5	5	0	0	0			19.2	80	18	7	6	2	7	0	0	0	0	18
2011	Blue Jays	0	2	6.43	5	4	0	0	0	0	0	21.0	96	20	15	15	4	13	0	1	3	0	20
2013	Steamer	3	2	4.24	8	8			0			50.0	216	48	25	24	5	20		2			43
2013	Oliver	3	3	4.42						0		55.0	242	55	30	27	6	25	0	2			43
2013	ZiPS	4	5	5.11	13	13						74.0		80	45	42	10	32	0	4	4	0	56
2013	Blue Jays (A+)	0	0	0.00	2	0	0	0	0			2.0	8	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	4
2013	Blue Jays (AAA)	0	0	0.00	1	0	0	0	0			1.0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
Total	- - -	20	24	4.80	80	60	3	1	0	2	1	374.2	1623	365	216	200	36	154	6	17	31	1	305

Advanced

Projections | Minor Leagues | Regular Season | Averages

Season	Team	K/9	BB/9	K/BB	HR/9	K%	BB%	AVG	WHIP	BABIP	LOB%	ERA-	FIP-	FIP
2005	Blue Jays	6.75	3.38	2.00	1.39	16.6 %	8.3 %	.271	1.46	.300	61.7 %	142	115	5.12
2005	Average	6.38	3.17	2.02	1.04	16.5 %	8.2 %	.260	1.37	.292	71.6 %			4.47
2006	Blue Jays (AAA)	9.21	4.18	2.21	0.75	23.3 %	10.6 %	.236	1.38	.299	67.8 %			3.74
2006	Blue Jays	7.24	8.23	0.88	0.66	15.4 %	17.5 %	.302	2.20	.359	59.1 %	157	119	5.45
2006	Average	6.59	3.30	2.00	1.12	16.8 %	8.4 %	.265	1.41	.298	70.9 %			4.58
2007	Blue Jays (AAA)	11.86	3.68	3.22	0.00	32.6 %	10.1 %	.200	1.14	.314	76.0 %			1.79
2007	Blue Jays	7.64	3.24	2.36	0.74	20.4 %	8.7 %	.227	1.22	.273	68.1 %	91	85	3.73
2007	Average	6.67	3.33	2.00	1.03	17.1 %	8.5 %	.263	1.41	.299	70.7 %			4.43
2008	Blue Jays	6.87	3.07	2.24	0.73	17.9 %	8.0 %	.267	1.37	.315	67.4 %	101	89	3.81
2008	Average	6.83	3.39	2.01	1.01	17.5 %	8.7 %	.259	1.39	.296	71.4 %			4.39
2011	Blue Jays (A+)	9.77	4.02	2.43	0.00	25.8 %	10.6 %	.220	1.28	.310	75.0 %			2.37
2011	Blue Jays (AA)	8.24	3.20	2.57	0.92	22.5 %	8.8 %	.247	1.27	.302	81.1 %			3.76
2011	Blue Jays	8.57	5.57	1.54	1.71	20.8 %	13.5 %	.244	1.57	.276	66.9 %	156	137	5.60
2011	Average	7.13	3.11	2.30	0.94	18.6 %	8.1 %	.251	1.32	.291	72.5 %			4.12
2013	Steamer	7.80	3.61	2.16	0.93			.256	1.37	.307	70.3 %			4.02
2013	Oliver	7.04	4.09	1.72	0.98	17.8 %	10.3 %	.256	1.45	.295	69.8 %			4.36
2013	ZiPS	6.81	3.89	1.75	1.22			.277	1.51	.314	68.4 %			4.80
2013	Blue Jays (A+)	18.00	4.50	4.00	0.00	50.0 %	12.5 %	.143	1.00	.333	100.0 %			0.70
2013	Blue Jays (AAA)	9.00	0.00	1.00	0.00	33.3 %	0.0 %	.000	0.00	.000	100.0 %			1.20
Total	- - -	7.33	3.70	1.98	0.86	18.8 %	9.5 %	.251	1.39	.296	65.9 %	108	95	4.15

Batted Ball

Projections | Minor Leagues | Regular Season

Season	Team	GB/FB	LD%	GB%	FB%	IFFB%	HR/FB	IFH%	BUH%	tERA	SIERA	xFIP-	xFIP
2005	Blue Jays	1.25	19.3 %	44.8 %	35.9 %	5.8 %	13.5 %	9.2 %	100.0 %	5.56	4.27	108	4.69
2006	Blue Jays	1.38	25.8 %	43.0 %	31.2 %	6.9 %	6.9 %	5.0 %	0.0 %	6.38	5.86	132	5.99
2007	Blue Jays	1.71	16.0 %	53.0 %	31.0 %	6.5 %	9.2 %	3.8 %	0.0 %	3.52	3.95	85	3.79
2008	Blue Jays	1.10	21.0 %	41.4 %	37.6 %	11.0 %	7.1 %	6.4 %	37.5 %	4.16	4.29	99	4.27
2011	Blue Jays	1.48	16.1 %	50.0 %	33.9 %	4.8 %	19.0 %	3.2 %	0.0 %	5.57	4.34	108	4.38
Total	- - -	1.41	18.7 %	47.5 %	33.7 %	7.9 %	9.4 %	5.2 %	33.3 %	4.29	4.28	97	4.23

More Batted Ball

Projections | Minor Leagues | Regular Season

Season	Team	GB	FB	LD	IFFB	IFH	BU	BUH	RS	Balls	Strikes	Pitches
2005	Blue Jays	65	52	28	3	6	2	2	25	317	449	766
2006	Blue Jays	40	29	24	2	2	1	0	17	252	305	557
2007	Blue Jays	262	153	79	10	10	4	0	92	1044	1658	2702
2008	Blue Jays	140	127	71	14	9	8	3	50	682	1120	1802
2011	Blue Jays	31	21	10	1	1	0	0	7	161	215	376
Total	- - -	538	382	212	30	28	15	5	191	2456	3747	6203

Win Probability

Projections | Minor Leagues | Regular Season

Season	Team	WPA	-WPA	+WPA	RE24	REW	pLI	inLI	gmLI	exLI	Pulls	WPA/LI	Clutch	SD	MD
2005	Blue Jays	-0.60	-3.51	2.91	-9.39	-0.98	0.86	0.76	0.77	1.19	11	-0.53	-0.17	2	0
2006	Blue Jays	-0.60	-2.25	1.64	-10.49	-0.99	0.82	0.65	0.78	0.98	13	-0.32	-0.41	2	4
2007	Blue Jays	0.13	-11.89	12.02	7.96	0.89	0.95	0.88	0.87	0.95	25	1.47	-1.34	0	0
2008	Blue Jays	-0.27	-9.54	9.27	-4.36	-0.38	1.15	0.98	0.87	1.32	18	-0.46	0.23	0	0
2011	Blue Jays	-0.38	-1.62	1.25	-3.85	-0.38	0.79	0.69	0.70	0.97	5	-0.04	-0.44	0	0
Total	- - -	-1.71	-28.81	27.10	-20.13	-1.85	0.98	0.86	0.83	1.08	72	0.12	-1.88	4	4

Pitch Type

Projections | Minor Leagues | Regular Season

Season	Team	FB%	SL%	CT%	CB%	CH%	SF%	XX%
2005	Blue Jays	63.3% (93.0)	14.4% (84.3)	0.2% (91.0)	11.0% (76.6)	8.6% (81.1)	2.6% (00.0)	12.9%
2006	Blue Jays	68.5% (94.4)	17.6% (85.1)		5.9% (77.8)	8.0% (85.3)		3.2%
2007	Blue Jays	59.2% (94.7)	19.1% (87.0)	1.4% (92.2)	9.6% (81.0)	10.7% (86.5)		1.6%
2008	Blue Jays	61.0% (94.8)	17.9% (87.9)	0.1% (91.5)	10.3% (81.6)	10.7% (86.9)		1.1%
2011	Blue Jays	64.4% (93.0)	20.5% (86.9)		5.9% (80.2)	9.3% (86.5)
Total	- - -	61.3% (94.4)	18.2% (86.9)	0.7% (92.2)	9.4% (80.3)	10.1% (86.0)	0.3% (00.0)	2.9%

PITCHf/x Pitch Type

Projections | Minor Leagues | Regular Season

Season	Team	FA%	FT%	SI%	SL%	CU%	CH%
2007	Blue Jays	63.1 %		0.2 %	20.3 %	8.6 %	7.0 %
2008	Blue Jays	63.7 %		0.9 %	18.0 %	9.3 %	7.6 %
2011	Blue Jays	63.0 %	2.1 %		21.0 %	5.9 %	8.0 %
Total	- - -	63.4 %	0.2 %	0.5 %	19.5 %	8.6 %	7.4 %

PITCHf/x Pitch Velocity

Projections | Minor Leagues | Regular Season

Season	Team	vFA	vFT	vSI	vSL	vCU	vCH
2007	Blue Jays	94.7		87.5	87.4	81.6	84.8
2008	Blue Jays	94.3		88.3	87.6	81.2	85.2
2011	Blue Jays	92.9	90.2		86.6	81.4	86.1
Total	- - -	94.4	90.2	88.1	87.4	81.4	85.1

Pitch Values

Projections | Minor Leagues | Regular Season

Season	Team	wFB	wSL	wCT	wCB	wCH	wSF	wFB/C	wSL/C	wCT/C	wCB/C	wCH/C	wSF/C
2005	Blue Jays	-4.3	0.6	0.0	-2.1	0.6	1.3	-1.03	0.60	-3.41	-2.87	1.14	7.93
2006	Blue Jays	-10.1	0.3		0.7	-0.4		-2.75	0.35		2.13	-0.99
2007	Blue Jays	-2.9	13.5	-0.5	4.4	6.8		-0.18	2.67	-1.42	1.73	2.39
2008	Blue Jays	6.3	-3.4	0.0	-1.9	-1.1		0.58	-1.07	0.11	-1.03	-0.59
2011	Blue Jays	-2.1	-0.9		-0.4	-0.4		-0.87	-1.22		-1.83	-1.18
Total	- - -	-13.1	10.1	-0.6	0.7	5.5	1.3	-0.36	0.92	-1.40	0.13	0.90	7.93

PITCHf/x Pitch Values

Projections | Minor Leagues | Regular Season

Season	Team	wFA	wFT	wSI	wSL	wCU	wCH
2007	Blue Jays	-2.1		-0.1	7.5	3.3	-3.6
2008	Blue Jays	-0.7		0.0	-1.0	-2.0	1.4
2011	Blue Jays	-2.2	0.3		-0.6	-0.8	-0.5
Total	- - -	-5.1	0.3	-0.2	5.9	0.5	-2.7

PITCHf/x Pitch Values / 100

Projections | Minor Leagues | Regular Season

Season	Team	wFA/C	wFT/C	wSI/C	wSL/C	wCU/C	wCH/C
2007	Blue Jays	-0.19		-3.48	2.09	2.15	-2.87
2008	Blue Jays	-0.08		-0.21	-0.41	-1.52	1.28
2011	Blue Jays	-0.94	3.37		-0.72	-3.44	-1.62
Total	- - -	-0.23	3.37	-1.02	0.85	0.17	-1.03

Plate Discipline

Projections | Minor Leagues | Regular Season | Averages

Season	Team	O-Swing%	Z-Swing%	Swing%	O-Contact%	Z-Contact%	Contact%	Zone%	F-Strike%	SwStr%
2005	Blue Jays	17.7 %	65.0 %	41.6 %	45.0 %	88.9 %	79.7 %	50.5 %	54.2 %	8.0 %
2005	Average	20.3 %	68.0 %	46.0 %	51.8 %	88.3 %	80.8 %	53.8 %	59.1 %	8.7 %
2006	Blue Jays	22.1 %	67.8 %	41.9 %	57.4 %	90.0 %	80.3 %	43.4 %	44.1 %	8.3 %
2006	Average	23.5 %	66.6 %	46.1 %	57.4 %	88.5 %	81.0 %	52.6 %	58.8 %	8.5 %
2007	Blue Jays	27.1 %	67.0 %	46.0 %	51.7 %	87.2 %	76.1 %	47.2 %	56.9 %	10.7 %
2007	Average	25.0 %	66.6 %	45.9 %	60.8 %	88.2 %	80.8 %	50.3 %	58.7 %	8.6 %
2008	Blue Jays	26.0 %	68.3 %	47.1 %	58.6 %	86.5 %	78.7 %	49.8 %	59.3 %	9.8 %
2008	Average	25.4 %	65.4 %	45.9 %	61.7 %	87.9 %	80.8 %	51.1 %	58.6 %	8.6 %
2011	Blue Jays	29.9 %	63.4 %	42.9 %	61.2 %	92.2 %	79.0 %	38.8 %	51.0 %	8.5 %
2011	Average	30.6 %	65.0 %	46.2 %	68.1 %	87.9 %	80.7 %	45.3 %	59.4 %	8.6 %
Total	- - -	25.5 %	67.1 %	45.2 %	54.4 %	87.6 %	77.8 %	47.5 %	55.8 %	9.8 %

PITCHf/x Plate Discipline

Projections | Minor Leagues | Regular Season | Averages

Season	Team	O-Swing%	Z-Swing%	Swing%	O-Contact%	Z-Contact%	Contact%	Zone%	Pace
2007	Blue Jays	30.9 %	63.2 %	45.6 %	59.3 %	86.1 %	76.3 %	45.6 %	22.8
2007	Average	28.9 %	62.3 %	45.4 %	66.4 %	87.6 %	80.8 %	49.6 %	21.5
2008	Blue Jays	31.5 %	61.9 %	46.2 %	65.8 %	86.3 %	79.1 %	48.3 %	23.8
2008	Average	28.0 %	62.5 %	45.3 %	65.9 %	88.0 %	81.2 %	50.3 %	21.6
2011	Blue Jays	25.9 %	62.2 %	41.8 %	58.2 %	90.2 %	79.0 %	43.6 %	22.8
2011	Average	28.9 %	62.1 %	45.6 %	64.7 %	88.0 %	80.6 %	50.1 %	21.6
Total	- - -	30.6 %	62.6 %	45.4 %	61.8 %	86.6 %	77.7 %	46.4 %	23.2

Fielding

Projections | Minor Leagues | Regular Season

Season	Team	Pos	G	GS	Inn	PO	A	E	FE	TE	DP	DPS	DPF	SB	FP
2005	Blue Jays	P	13	7	45.1	2	5	1	0	1	0	0	0	7	.875
2006	Blue Jays	P	16	3	27.1	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	1.000
2007	Blue Jays	P	27	27	169.2	17	29	4	2	2	2	1	1	29	.920
2008	Blue Jays	P	19	19	111.1	11	11	3	0	3	4	3	1	12	.880
2011	Blue Jays	P	5	4	21.0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	1.000
Total	- - -	P	80	60	374.2	35	46	8	2	6	6	4	2	55	.910

Advanced Fielding

Projections | Minor Leagues | Regular Season

Season	Team	Pos	Inn	rSB	rPM	DRS
2005	Blue Jays	P	45.1	0	0	-1
2006	Blue Jays	P	27.1	0	-1	-1
2007	Blue Jays	P	169.2	-4	4	1
2008	Blue Jays	P	111.1	-1	-1	-2
2011	Blue Jays	P	21.0	-1	0	-1
Total	- - -	P	374.2	-6	2	-4

Value

Projections | Minor Leagues | Regular Season

Season	Team	RA9-Wins	BIP-Wins	LOB-Wins	FDP-Wins	RAR	WAR	Dollars	Salary
2005	Blue Jays	-0.3	-0.1	-0.4	-0.5	1.1	0.1	$0.4
2006	Blue Jays	-0.8	-0.4	-0.3	-0.7	-0.5	0.0	($0.2)
2007	Blue Jays	3.3	1.3	-1.5	-0.2	35.5	3.5	$14.5
2008	Blue Jays	1.3	-0.4	-0.6	-1.0	22.2	2.2	$10.1	$0.4
2011	Blue Jays	-0.2	0.1	-0.2	-0.1	-1.0	-0.1	($0.4)
Total	- - -	3.3	0.5	-2.9	-2.5	57.4	5.8	$24.4	$0.4

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