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Joel Cesar

Free Agent (AA)

Age: 30

Bats/Throws: R/R

5'11" / 210

DOB: 1/26/1996

(30 years, 9 months, 18 days)

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Preseason ProjectionsMinor Leagues

Season	Team	Level	Age	W	L	SV	G	GS	IP	K/9	BB/9	HR/9	BABIP	LOB%	GB%	HR/FB	ERA	FIP	xFIP	WAR
2016	PIT	R	20	0	0	0	2	2	6.2	6.75	9.45	1.35	.167	83.3%	44.4%	16.7%	2.70	6.71	5.13
2017	PIT	A-	21	1	1	7	22	0	27.0	9.00	6.00	0.67	.200	72.3%	41.8%	9.1%	3.67	4.62	4.23
2018	PIT	A	22	2	1	3	29	0	54.1	8.28	3.81	0.66	.267	60.3%	41.3%	7.1%	3.15	3.86	4.05
2019	PIT	A+	23	2	0	5	9	0	12.1	11.68	3.65	0.73	.130	100.0%	41.7%	10.0%	0.73	2.98	2.60
2019	PIT	AA	23	3	4	1	28	1	38.1	8.45	2.82	1.17	.314	76.6%	33.9%	9.4%	3.76	4.24	3.91
2019	PIT	MiLB	23	5	4	6	37	1	50.2	9.24	3.02	1.07	.281	80.6%	35.3%	9.5%	3.02	3.93	3.59
2021	PHI	AA	25	0	1	1	6	0	7.0	9.00	10.29	2.57	.263	57.4%	38.1%	20.0%	10.29	8.66	7.18
2022	PHI	A+	26	0	0	0	3	0	2.2	10.13	20.25	0.00	.167	50.0%	50.0%	0.0%	13.50	9.28	10.39
2025	MIN	AA	29	3	4	3	26	0	34.0	6.62	3.44	1.06	.310	49.6%	41.7%	8.9%	7.15	4.83	4.97
2027	Steamer	PROJ	31	0	0	0	1	0	1.0	7.00	3.77	1.29	.296	71.0%	40.5%		4.76	4.80	4.80	0.0

Season	Team	Level	Age	W	L	SV	G	GS	IP	K/9	BB/9	HR/9	BABIP	LOB%	GB%	HR/FB	ERA	FIP	xFIP	WAR
2016	PIT	R	20	0	0	0	2	2	6.2	6.75	9.45	1.35	.167	83.3%	44.4%	16.7%	2.70	6.71	5.13
2017	PIT	A-	21	1	1	7	22	0	27.0	9.00	6.00	0.67	.200	72.3%	41.8%	9.1%	3.67	4.62	4.23
2018	PIT	A	22	2	1	3	29	0	54.1	8.28	3.81	0.66	.267	60.3%	41.3%	7.1%	3.15	3.86	4.05
2019	PIT	A+	23	2	0	5	9	0	12.1	11.68	3.65	0.73	.130	100.0%	41.7%	10.0%	0.73	2.98	2.60
2019	PIT	AA	23	3	4	1	28	1	38.1	8.45	2.82	1.17	.314	76.6%	33.9%	9.4%	3.76	4.24	3.91
2019	PIT	MiLB	23	5	4	6	37	1	50.2	9.24	3.02	1.07	.281	80.6%	35.3%	9.5%	3.02	3.93	3.59
2021	PHI	AA	25	0	1	1	6	0	7.0	9.00	10.29	2.57	.263	57.4%	38.1%	20.0%	10.29	8.66	7.18
2022	PHI	A+	26	0	0	0	3	0	2.2	10.13	20.25	0.00	.167	50.0%	50.0%	0.0%	13.50	9.28	10.39
2025	MIN	AA	29	3	4	3	26	0	34.0	6.62	3.44	1.06	.310	49.6%	41.7%	8.9%	7.15	4.83	4.97
2027	Steamer	PROJ	31	0	0	0	1	0	1.0	7.00	3.77	1.29	.296	71.0%	40.5%		4.76	4.80	4.80	0.0

Preseason ProjectionsMinor Leagues

Season	Team	Level	W	L	ERA	G	GS	QS	SV	HLD	BS	IP	TBF	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	HBP	WP	BK	SO
2016	PIT	R	0	0	2.70	2	2		0	0	0	6.2	31	4	3	2	1	7	0	0	4	0	5
2017	PIT	A-	1	1	3.67	22	0		7	2	1	27.0	119	16	12	11	2	18	0	2	7	0	27
2018	PIT	A	2	1	3.15	29	0		3	4	0	54.1	227	44	30	19	4	23	0	0	7	1	50
2019	PIT	A+	2	0	0.73	9	0		5	0	1	12.1	45	4	1	1	1	5	0	0	2	0	16
2019	PIT	AA	3	4	3.76	28	1		1	3	2	38.1	162	38	18	16	5	12	0	4	3	2	36
2019	PIT	MiLB	5	4	3.02	37	1		6	3	3	50.2	207	42	19	17	6	17	0	4	5	2	52
2021	PHI	AA	0	1	10.29	6	0		1	0	1	7.0	36	7	8	8	2	8	0	0	0	0	7
2022	PHI	A+	0	0	13.50	3	0		0	0	0	2.2	16	1	4	4	0	6	0	1	0	0	3
2025	MIN	AA	3	4	7.15	26	0		3	0	4	34.0	157	39	30	27	4	13	1	2	7	0	25
2027	Steamer	PROJ	0	0	4.76	1	0	0	0	0		1.0	4	1	1	1	0	0	0	0			1

Season	Team	Level	W	L	ERA	G	GS	QS	SV	HLD	BS	IP	TBF	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	HBP	WP	BK	SO
2016	PIT	R	0	0	2.70	2	2		0	0	0	6.2	31	4	3	2	1	7	0	0	4	0	5
2017	PIT	A-	1	1	3.67	22	0		7	2	1	27.0	119	16	12	11	2	18	0	2	7	0	27
2018	PIT	A	2	1	3.15	29	0		3	4	0	54.1	227	44	30	19	4	23	0	0	7	1	50
2019	PIT	A+	2	0	0.73	9	0		5	0	1	12.1	45	4	1	1	1	5	0	0	2	0	16
2019	PIT	AA	3	4	3.76	28	1		1	3	2	38.1	162	38	18	16	5	12	0	4	3	2	36
2019	PIT	MiLB	5	4	3.02	37	1		6	3	3	50.2	207	42	19	17	6	17	0	4	5	2	52
2021	PHI	AA	0	1	10.29	6	0		1	0	1	7.0	36	7	8	8	2	8	0	0	0	0	7
2022	PHI	A+	0	0	13.50	3	0		0	0	0	2.2	16	1	4	4	0	6	0	1	0	0	3
2025	MIN	AA	3	4	7.15	26	0		3	0	4	34.0	157	39	30	27	4	13	1	2	7	0	25
2027	Steamer	PROJ	0	0	4.76	1	0	0	0	0		1.0	4	1	1	1	0	0	0	0			1

Preseason ProjectionsMinor LeaguesAverages

Season	Team	Level	K/9	BB/9	K/BB	HR/9	K%	BB%	K-BB%	AVG	WHIP	BABIP	LOB%	ERA-	FIP-	FIP
2016	PIT	R	6.75	9.45	0.71	1.35	16.1%	22.6%	-6.5%	.167	1.65	.167	83.3%	83	199	6.71
2017	PIT	A-	9.00	6.00	1.50	0.67	22.7%	15.1%	7.6%	.162	1.26	.200	72.3%	103	134	4.62
2018	PIT	A	8.28	3.81	2.17	0.66	22.0%	10.1%	11.9%	.216	1.23	.267	60.3%	84	103	3.86
2019	PIT	A+	11.68	3.65	3.20	0.73	35.6%	11.1%	24.4%	.100	0.73	.130	100.0%	20	83	2.98
2019	PIT	AA	8.45	2.82	3.00	1.17	22.2%	7.4%	14.8%	.260	1.30	.314	76.6%	109	124	4.24
2019	PIT	MiLB	9.24	3.02	3.06	1.07	25.1%	8.2%	16.9%	.226	1.16	.281	80.6%	87	114	3.93
2021	PHI	AA	9.00	10.29	0.88	2.57	19.4%	22.2%	-2.8%	.250	2.14	.263	57.4%	227	188	8.66
2022	PHI	A+	10.13	20.25	0.50	0.00	18.8%	37.5%	-18.7%	.111	2.63	.167	50.0%	310	213	9.28
2025	MIN	AA	6.62	3.44	1.92	1.06	15.9%	8.3%	7.6%	.275	1.53	.310	49.6%	163	113	4.83
2027	Steamer	PROJ	7.00	3.77	1.86	1.29	17.6%	9.5%	8.1%	.264	1.46	.296	71.0%			4.80

Season	Team	Level	K/9	BB/9	K/BB	HR/9	K%	BB%	K-BB%	AVG	WHIP	BABIP	LOB%	ERA-	FIP-	FIP
2016	PIT	R	6.75	9.45	0.71	1.35	16.1%	22.6%	-6.5%	.167	1.65	.167	83.3%	83	199	6.71
2017	PIT	A-	9.00	6.00	1.50	0.67	22.7%	15.1%	7.6%	.162	1.26	.200	72.3%	103	134	4.62
2018	PIT	A	8.28	3.81	2.17	0.66	22.0%	10.1%	11.9%	.216	1.23	.267	60.3%	84	103	3.86
2019	PIT	A+	11.68	3.65	3.20	0.73	35.6%	11.1%	24.4%	.100	0.73	.130	100.0%	20	83	2.98
2019	PIT	AA	8.45	2.82	3.00	1.17	22.2%	7.4%	14.8%	.260	1.30	.314	76.6%	109	124	4.24
2019	PIT	MiLB	9.24	3.02	3.06	1.07	25.1%	8.2%	16.9%	.226	1.16	.281	80.6%	87	114	3.93
2021	PHI	AA	9.00	10.29	0.88	2.57	19.4%	22.2%	-2.8%	.250	2.14	.263	57.4%	227	188	8.66
2022	PHI	A+	10.13	20.25	0.50	0.00	18.8%	37.5%	-18.7%	.111	2.63	.167	50.0%	310	213	9.28
2025	MIN	AA	6.62	3.44	1.92	1.06	15.9%	8.3%	7.6%	.275	1.53	.310	49.6%	163	113	4.83
2027	Steamer	PROJ	7.00	3.77	1.86	1.29	17.6%	9.5%	8.1%	.264	1.46	.296	71.0%			4.80

Preseason ProjectionsMinor Leagues

Season	Team	Level	GB/FB	LD%	GB%	FB%	IFFB%	HR/FB	Pull%	Cent%	Oppo%	xFIP-	xFIP
2016	PIT	R	1.33	22.2%	44.4%	33.3%	33.3%	16.7%	52.6%	21.1%	26.3%	148	5.13
2017	PIT	A-	1.27	25.4%	41.8%	32.8%	18.2%	9.1%	52.1%	19.7%	28.2%	124	4.23
2018	PIT	A	1.11	21.3%	41.3%	37.3%	21.4%	7.1%	45.8%	29.4%	24.8%	109	4.05
2019	PIT	A+	1.00	16.7%	41.7%	41.7%	20.0%	10.0%	29.2%	16.7%	54.2%	75	2.60
2019	PIT	AA	0.70	17.4%	33.9%	48.6%	17.0%	9.4%	44.5%	26.4%	29.1%	110	3.91
2019	PIT	MiLB	0.75	17.3%	35.3%	47.4%	17.5%	9.5%	41.8%	24.6%	33.6%	102	3.59
2021	PHI	AA	0.80	14.3%	38.1%	47.6%	40.0%	20.0%	38.1%	33.3%	28.6%	165	7.18
2022	PHI	A+	1.50	16.7%	50.0%	33.3%	0.0%	0.0%	83.3%	0.0%	16.7%	232	10.39
2025	MIN	AA	1.07	19.1%	41.7%	39.1%	13.3%	8.9%	44.0%	25.9%	30.2%	118	4.97
2027	Steamer	PROJ		20.5%	40.5%	39.0%							4.80

Season	Team	Level	GB/FB	LD%	GB%	FB%	IFFB%	HR/FB	Pull%	Cent%	Oppo%	xFIP-	xFIP
2016	PIT	R	1.33	22.2%	44.4%	33.3%	33.3%	16.7%	52.6%	21.1%	26.3%	148	5.13
2017	PIT	A-	1.27	25.4%	41.8%	32.8%	18.2%	9.1%	52.1%	19.7%	28.2%	124	4.23
2018	PIT	A	1.11	21.3%	41.3%	37.3%	21.4%	7.1%	45.8%	29.4%	24.8%	109	4.05
2019	PIT	A+	1.00	16.7%	41.7%	41.7%	20.0%	10.0%	29.2%	16.7%	54.2%	75	2.60
2019	PIT	AA	0.70	17.4%	33.9%	48.6%	17.0%	9.4%	44.5%	26.4%	29.1%	110	3.91
2019	PIT	MiLB	0.75	17.3%	35.3%	47.4%	17.5%	9.5%	41.8%	24.6%	33.6%	102	3.59
2021	PHI	AA	0.80	14.3%	38.1%	47.6%	40.0%	20.0%	38.1%	33.3%	28.6%	165	7.18
2022	PHI	A+	1.50	16.7%	50.0%	33.3%	0.0%	0.0%	83.3%	0.0%	16.7%	232	10.39
2025	MIN	AA	1.07	19.1%	41.7%	39.1%	13.3%	8.9%	44.0%	25.9%	30.2%	118	4.97
2027	Steamer	PROJ		20.5%	40.5%	39.0%							4.80

Preseason ProjectionsMinor Leagues

Season	Team	Level	GB	FB	LD	IFFB	Balls	Strikes	Pitches
2016	PIT	R	8	6	4	2	34	34	68
2017	PIT	A-	28	22	17	4	179	271	450
2018	PIT	A	62	56	32	12	301	554	855
2019	PIT	A+	10	10	4	2	68	126	194
2019	PIT	AA	37	53	19	9	232	367	599
2019	PIT	MiLB	47	63	23	11	300	493	793
2021	PHI	AA	8	10	3	4	73	79	152
2022	PHI	A+	3	2	1	0	39	30	69
2025	MIN	AA	48	45	22	6	226	360	586
2027	Steamer	PROJ	1	1	1

Season	Team	Level	GB	FB	LD	IFFB	Balls	Strikes	Pitches
2016	PIT	R	8	6	4	2	34	34	68
2017	PIT	A-	28	22	17	4	179	271	450
2018	PIT	A	62	56	32	12	301	554	855
2019	PIT	A+	10	10	4	2	68	126	194
2019	PIT	AA	37	53	19	9	232	367	599
2019	PIT	MiLB	47	63	23	11	300	493	793
2021	PHI	AA	8	10	3	4	73	79	152
2022	PHI	A+	3	2	1	0	39	30	69
2025	MIN	AA	48	45	22	6	226	360	586
2027	Steamer	PROJ	1	1	1

MLB F-Strike%, SwStr%, CStr%, CSW% are from the Sports Info Solution data source.
All MiLB and Pace data are from Statcast.

Preseason ProjectionsMinor LeaguesAverages

Season	Team	Level	Swing%	Contact%	F-Strike%	SwStr%	CStr%	CSW%
2016	PIT	R	50.0%	55.9%	9.7%	22.1%	0.0%	22.1%
2017	PIT	A-	47.3%	71.4%	44.5%	13.6%	12.2%	25.8%
2018	PIT	A	50.9%	74.3%	45.8%	13.1%	13.2%	26.3%
2019	PIT	A+	51.0%	74.7%	53.3%	12.9%	13.4%	26.3%
2019	PIT	AA	44.9%	76.6%	45.1%	10.5%	16.2%	26.7%
2019	PIT	MiLB	46.4%	76.1%	46.9%	11.1%	15.5%	26.6%
2021	PHI	AA	36.8%	75.0%	38.9%	9.2%	14.5%	23.7%
2022	PHI	A+	37.7%	53.8%	37.5%	17.4%	5.8%	23.2%
2025	MIN	AA	47.1%	81.2%	38.9%	8.9%	14.0%	22.9%

Season	Team	Level	Swing%	Contact%	F-Strike%	SwStr%	CStr%	CSW%
2016	PIT	R	50.0%	55.9%	9.7%	22.1%	0.0%	22.1%
2017	PIT	A-	47.3%	71.4%	44.5%	13.6%	12.2%	25.8%
2018	PIT	A	50.9%	74.3%	45.8%	13.1%	13.2%	26.3%
2019	PIT	A+	51.0%	74.7%	53.3%	12.9%	13.4%	26.3%
2019	PIT	AA	44.9%	76.6%	45.1%	10.5%	16.2%	26.7%
2019	PIT	MiLB	46.4%	76.1%	46.9%	11.1%	15.5%	26.6%
2021	PHI	AA	36.8%	75.0%	38.9%	9.2%	14.5%	23.7%
2022	PHI	A+	37.7%	53.8%	37.5%	17.4%	5.8%	23.2%
2025	MIN	AA	47.1%	81.2%	38.9%	8.9%	14.0%	22.9%

Preseason ProjectionsMinor Leagues

Season	Team	Level	Pos	G	GS	Inn	PO	A	E	DP
2016	PIT	R	P	2	2	6.2	0	2	1	0
2017	PIT	A-	P	22	0	27.0	4	2	0	0
2018	PIT	A	P	29	0	54.1	12	2	2	1
2019	PIT	A+	P	9	0	12.1	0	2	0	0
2019	PIT	AA	P	28	1	38.1	3	2	0	1
2021	PHI	AA	P	6	0	7.0	0	0	1	0
2022	PHI	A+	P	3	0	2.2	0	0	0	0
2025	MIN	AA	P	26	0	34.0	1	2	0	0

Season	Team	Level	Pos	G	GS	Inn	PO	A	E	DP
2016	PIT	R	P	2	2	6.2	0	2	1	0
2017	PIT	A-	P	22	0	27.0	4	2	0	0
2018	PIT	A	P	29	0	54.1	12	2	2	1
2019	PIT	A+	P	9	0	12.1	0	2	0	0
2019	PIT	AA	P	28	1	38.1	3	2	0	1
2021	PHI	AA	P	6	0	7.0	0	0	1	0
2022	PHI	A+	P	3	0	2.2	0	0	0	0
2025	MIN	AA	P	26	0	34.0	1	2	0	0

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BAL	CHW	ATH
BOS	CLE	HOU
NYY	DET	LAA
TBR	KCR	SEA
TOR	MIN	TEX

ATL	CHC	ARI
MIA	CIN	COL
NYM	MIL	LAD
PHI	PIT	SDP
WSN	STL	SFG