Pitching

Matt Esparza

(A+)

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Age: 30

Bats/Throws: R/R

6'2" / 195

DOB: 8/22/1994

(30 years, 8 months, 9 days)

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Stats

Minor Leagues

Season	Team	Level	Age	W W - Wins	L L - Losses	SV SV - Saves	G G - Games Pitched	GS GS - Games Started	IP IP - Innings Pitched	divider	K/9 K/9 - Strikeouts per 9 Innings ((SO*9)/IP)	BB/9 BB/9 - Walks per 9 Innings ((BB*9)/IP)	HR/9 HR/9 - Home Runs per 9 Innings ((HR*9)/IP)	BABIP BABIP - Batting Average on Balls in Play	LOB% LOB% - Left on Base Percentage	GB% GB% - Ground Ball Percentage (GB/BIP)	HR/FB HR/FB - Home Run to Fly Ball Ratio	divider	vFA vFA - Fourseam Fastball velocity (Pitch Info)	divider	ERA ERA - Earned Run Average ((ER*9)/IP)	xERA xERA - Expected ERA	FIP FIP - Fielder Independent Pitching on an ERA scale	xFIP xFIP - Expected Fielder Independent Pitching where Home Runs are calculated as 10.5% of Fly Balls induced	WAR WAR - Wins Above Replacement
2015	CLE	A-	20	4	1	0	16	3	43.0		11.30	2.72	0.21	.342	79.1%	51.9%	3.8%				2.30		2.49	2.54
2016	CLE	A	21	8	6	0	20	19	100.1		9.78	1.97	0.54	.291	67.6%	50.0%	7.4%				3.14		2.92	2.72
2016	CLE	A+	21	2	4	0	7	7	39.0		7.38	3.23	0.69	.298	69.7%	45.1%	7.0%				3.92		3.98	3.96
2016	CLE	MiLB	21	10	10	0	27	26	139.1		9.11	2.33	0.58	.293	68.3%	48.4%	7.3%				3.36		3.21	3.07
2017	CLE	A+	22	3	3	0	9	9	47.0		7.66	2.11	1.15	.292	75.6%	50.0%	11.3%				3.26		4.25	3.78
2017	CLE	AA	22	5	5	0	17	17	94.2		6.85	3.42	1.52	.267	69.4%	38.0%	13.4%				4.94		5.14	4.43
2017	CLE	MiLB	22	8	8	0	26	26	141.2		7.12	2.99	1.40	.275	71.4%	41.9%	12.8%				4.38		4.84	4.22
2018	CLE	R	23	0	1	0	3	3	6.2		12.15	2.70	0.00	.500	50.0%	62.5%	0.0%				6.75		2.27	2.57
2018	CLE	A+	23	0	0	0	1	0	2.0		0.00	18.00	0.00	.333	83.3%	66.7%	0.0%				4.50		9.36	10.28
2018	CLE	MiLB	23	0	1	0	4	3	8.2		9.35	6.23	0.00	.455	62.5%	63.6%	0.0%				6.23		3.91	4.35

Season	Team	Level	Age	W W - Wins	L L - Losses	SV SV - Saves	G G - Games Pitched	GS GS - Games Started	IP IP - Innings Pitched	divider	K/9 K/9 - Strikeouts per 9 Innings ((SO*9)/IP)	BB/9 BB/9 - Walks per 9 Innings ((BB*9)/IP)	HR/9 HR/9 - Home Runs per 9 Innings ((HR*9)/IP)	BABIP BABIP - Batting Average on Balls in Play	LOB% LOB% - Left on Base Percentage	GB% GB% - Ground Ball Percentage (GB/BIP)	HR/FB HR/FB - Home Run to Fly Ball Ratio	divider	vFA vFA - Fourseam Fastball velocity (Pitch Info)	divider	ERA ERA - Earned Run Average ((ER*9)/IP)	xERA xERA - Expected ERA	FIP FIP - Fielder Independent Pitching on an ERA scale	xFIP xFIP - Expected Fielder Independent Pitching where Home Runs are calculated as 10.5% of Fly Balls induced	WAR WAR - Wins Above Replacement
2015	CLE	A-	20	4	1	0	16	3	43.0		11.30	2.72	0.21	.342	79.1%	51.9%	3.8%				2.30		2.49	2.54
2016	CLE	A	21	8	6	0	20	19	100.1		9.78	1.97	0.54	.291	67.6%	50.0%	7.4%				3.14		2.92	2.72
2016	CLE	A+	21	2	4	0	7	7	39.0		7.38	3.23	0.69	.298	69.7%	45.1%	7.0%				3.92		3.98	3.96
2016	CLE	MiLB	21	10	10	0	27	26	139.1		9.11	2.33	0.58	.293	68.3%	48.4%	7.3%				3.36		3.21	3.07
2017	CLE	A+	22	3	3	0	9	9	47.0		7.66	2.11	1.15	.292	75.6%	50.0%	11.3%				3.26		4.25	3.78
2017	CLE	AA	22	5	5	0	17	17	94.2		6.85	3.42	1.52	.267	69.4%	38.0%	13.4%				4.94		5.14	4.43
2017	CLE	MiLB	22	8	8	0	26	26	141.2		7.12	2.99	1.40	.275	71.4%	41.9%	12.8%				4.38		4.84	4.22
2018	CLE	R	23	0	1	0	3	3	6.2		12.15	2.70	0.00	.500	50.0%	62.5%	0.0%				6.75		2.27	2.57
2018	CLE	A+	23	0	0	0	1	0	2.0		0.00	18.00	0.00	.333	83.3%	66.7%	0.0%				4.50		9.36	10.28
2018	CLE	MiLB	23	0	1	0	4	3	8.2		9.35	6.23	0.00	.455	62.5%	63.6%	0.0%				6.23		3.91	4.35

Minor Leagues

Season	Team	Level	W W - Wins	L L - Losses	ERA ERA - Earned Run Average ((ER*9)/IP)	G G - Games Pitched	GS GS - Games Started	QS	CG CG - Complete Games	ShO ShO - Shoutouts	SV SV - Saves	HLD HLD - Holds	BS BS - Blown Saves	IP IP - Innings Pitched	TBF TBF - Total Batters Faced	H H - Hits Allowed	R R - Runs Allowed	ER ER - Earned Runs	HR HR - Home Runs	BB BB - Walks	IBB IBB - Intentional	HBP HBP - Hit Batters	WP WP - Wild Pitches	BK BK - Balks	SO SO - Strikeouts
2015	CLE	A-	4	1	2.30	16	3		0	0	0	1	0	43.0	186	40	13	11	1	13	0	4	3	0	54
2016	CLE	A	8	6	3.14	20	19		0	0	0	0	0	100.1	401	81	41	35	6	22	0	6	9	0	109
2016	CLE	A+	2	4	3.92	7	7		0	0	0	0	0	39.0	170	39	19	17	3	14	0	0	4	0	32
2016	CLE	MiLB	10	10	3.36	27	26		0	0	0	0	0	139.1	571	120	60	52	9	36	0	6	13	0	141
2017	CLE	A+	3	3	3.26	9	9		0	0	0	0	0	47.0	197	46	21	17	6	11	0	3	6	1	40
2017	CLE	AA	5	5	4.94	17	17		0	0	0	0	0	94.2	404	90	55	52	16	36	0	3	3	0	72
2017	CLE	MiLB	8	8	4.38	26	26		0	0	0	0	0	141.2	601	136	76	69	22	47	0	6	9	1	112
2018	CLE	R	0	1	6.75	3	3		0	0	0	0	0	6.2	27	8	5	5	0	2	0	0	1	0	9
2018	CLE	A+	0	0	4.50	1	0		0	0	0	0	0	2.0	10	2	1	1	0	4	0	0	1	0	0
2018	CLE	MiLB	0	1	6.23	4	3		0	0	0	0	0	8.2	37	10	6	6	0	6	0	0	2	0	9

Season	Team	Level	W W - Wins	L L - Losses	ERA ERA - Earned Run Average ((ER*9)/IP)	G G - Games Pitched	GS GS - Games Started	QS	CG CG - Complete Games	ShO ShO - Shoutouts	SV SV - Saves	HLD HLD - Holds	BS BS - Blown Saves	IP IP - Innings Pitched	TBF TBF - Total Batters Faced	H H - Hits Allowed	R R - Runs Allowed	ER ER - Earned Runs	HR HR - Home Runs	BB BB - Walks	IBB IBB - Intentional	HBP HBP - Hit Batters	WP WP - Wild Pitches	BK BK - Balks	SO SO - Strikeouts
2015	CLE	A-	4	1	2.30	16	3		0	0	0	1	0	43.0	186	40	13	11	1	13	0	4	3	0	54
2016	CLE	A	8	6	3.14	20	19		0	0	0	0	0	100.1	401	81	41	35	6	22	0	6	9	0	109
2016	CLE	A+	2	4	3.92	7	7		0	0	0	0	0	39.0	170	39	19	17	3	14	0	0	4	0	32
2016	CLE	MiLB	10	10	3.36	27	26		0	0	0	0	0	139.1	571	120	60	52	9	36	0	6	13	0	141
2017	CLE	A+	3	3	3.26	9	9		0	0	0	0	0	47.0	197	46	21	17	6	11	0	3	6	1	40
2017	CLE	AA	5	5	4.94	17	17		0	0	0	0	0	94.2	404	90	55	52	16	36	0	3	3	0	72
2017	CLE	MiLB	8	8	4.38	26	26		0	0	0	0	0	141.2	601	136	76	69	22	47	0	6	9	1	112
2018	CLE	R	0	1	6.75	3	3		0	0	0	0	0	6.2	27	8	5	5	0	2	0	0	1	0	9
2018	CLE	A+	0	0	4.50	1	0		0	0	0	0	0	2.0	10	2	1	1	0	4	0	0	1	0	0
2018	CLE	MiLB	0	1	6.23	4	3		0	0	0	0	0	8.2	37	10	6	6	0	6	0	0	2	0	9

Minor LeaguesAverages

Season	Team	Level	K/9 K/9 - Strikeouts per 9 Innings ((SO*9)/IP)	BB/9 BB/9 - Walks per 9 Innings ((BB*9)/IP)	K/BB K/BB - Strikeout to Walk Ratio (SO/BB)	HR/9 HR/9 - Home Runs per 9 Innings ((HR*9)/IP)	divider	K% K% - Strikeout Percentage (SO/TBF)	BB% BB% - Walk Percentage (BB/TBF)	K-BB% K-BB% - The difference between strikeout percentage and walk percentage	divider	AVG AVG - Batting Average Against	WHIP WHIP - Walks + Hits divided by Innings Pitched	BABIP BABIP - Batting Average on Balls in Play	LOB% LOB% - Left on Base Percentage	divider	ERA- ERA- - ERA adjusted for park and league where 100 is average and lower is better	FIP- FIP- - FIP adjusted for park and league where 100 is average and lower is better	divider	FIP FIP - Fielder Independent Pitching on an ERA scale
2015	CLE	A-	11.30	2.72	4.15	0.21		29.0%	7.0%	22.0%		.237	1.23	.342	79.1%		65	69		2.49
2016	CLE	A	9.78	1.97	4.95	0.54		27.2%	5.5%	21.7%		.217	1.03	.291	67.6%		89	81		2.92
2016	CLE	A+	7.38	3.23	2.29	0.69		18.8%	8.2%	10.6%		.250	1.36	.298	69.7%		96	102		3.98
2016	CLE	MiLB	9.11	2.33	3.92	0.58		24.7%	6.3%	18.4%		.227	1.12	.293	68.3%		91	87		3.21
2017	CLE	A+	7.66	2.11	3.64	1.15		20.3%	5.6%	14.7%		.251	1.21	.292	75.6%		84	115		4.25
2017	CLE	AA	6.85	3.42	2.00	1.52		17.8%	8.9%	8.9%		.247	1.33	.267	69.4%		128	133		5.14
2017	CLE	MiLB	7.12	2.99	2.38	1.40		18.6%	7.8%	10.8%		.248	1.29	.275	71.4%		114	127		4.84
2018	CLE	R	12.15	2.70	4.50	0.00		33.3%	7.4%	25.9%		.320	1.50	.500	50.0%		158	54		2.27
2018	CLE	A+	0.00	18.00	0.00	0.00		0.0%	40.0%	-40.0%		.333	3.00	.333	83.3%		116	253		9.36
2018	CLE	MiLB	9.35	6.23	1.50	0.00		24.3%	16.2%	8.1%		.323	1.85	.455	62.5%		148	100		3.91

Season	Team	Level	K/9 K/9 - Strikeouts per 9 Innings ((SO*9)/IP)	BB/9 BB/9 - Walks per 9 Innings ((BB*9)/IP)	K/BB K/BB - Strikeout to Walk Ratio (SO/BB)	HR/9 HR/9 - Home Runs per 9 Innings ((HR*9)/IP)	divider	K% K% - Strikeout Percentage (SO/TBF)	BB% BB% - Walk Percentage (BB/TBF)	K-BB% K-BB% - The difference between strikeout percentage and walk percentage	divider	AVG AVG - Batting Average Against	WHIP WHIP - Walks + Hits divided by Innings Pitched	BABIP BABIP - Batting Average on Balls in Play	LOB% LOB% - Left on Base Percentage	divider	ERA- ERA- - ERA adjusted for park and league where 100 is average and lower is better	FIP- FIP- - FIP adjusted for park and league where 100 is average and lower is better	divider	FIP FIP - Fielder Independent Pitching on an ERA scale
2015	CLE	A-	11.30	2.72	4.15	0.21		29.0%	7.0%	22.0%		.237	1.23	.342	79.1%		65	69		2.49
2016	CLE	A	9.78	1.97	4.95	0.54		27.2%	5.5%	21.7%		.217	1.03	.291	67.6%		89	81		2.92
2016	CLE	A+	7.38	3.23	2.29	0.69		18.8%	8.2%	10.6%		.250	1.36	.298	69.7%		96	102		3.98
2016	CLE	MiLB	9.11	2.33	3.92	0.58		24.7%	6.3%	18.4%		.227	1.12	.293	68.3%		91	87		3.21
2017	CLE	A+	7.66	2.11	3.64	1.15		20.3%	5.6%	14.7%		.251	1.21	.292	75.6%		84	115		4.25
2017	CLE	AA	6.85	3.42	2.00	1.52		17.8%	8.9%	8.9%		.247	1.33	.267	69.4%		128	133		5.14
2017	CLE	MiLB	7.12	2.99	2.38	1.40		18.6%	7.8%	10.8%		.248	1.29	.275	71.4%		114	127		4.84
2018	CLE	R	12.15	2.70	4.50	0.00		33.3%	7.4%	25.9%		.320	1.50	.500	50.0%		158	54		2.27
2018	CLE	A+	0.00	18.00	0.00	0.00		0.0%	40.0%	-40.0%		.333	3.00	.333	83.3%		116	253		9.36
2018	CLE	MiLB	9.35	6.23	1.50	0.00		24.3%	16.2%	8.1%		.323	1.85	.455	62.5%		148	100		3.91