Paul Blackburn

Age: 25

Bats/Throws: R/R

6' 1" / 195

Birthdate: 12/4/1993 (25 y, 2 m, 17 d)
Drafted: 2012 June Amateur Draft - Round: CAs, Pick: 25, Overall: 56, Team: Chicago Cubs
Contract: $0.5M / 1 Years (2018)

RotoWire News: Blackburn will start the Athletics' first Cactus League game Thursday against the Mariners, Jane Lee of MLB.com reports. (2/20/2019)

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Projections | Minor Leagues | Regular Season

Season	Team	W	L	G	GS	IP	K/9	BB/9	HR/9	BABIP	LOB%	GB%	HR/FB	ERA	FIP	xFIP	WAR
2012	Cubs (R)	2	0	9	6	20.2	5.66	3.05	0.87	.313	69.9 %	50.8 %	8.7 %	3.48	5.39	4.92
2013	Cubs (A-)	2	3	13	12	46.0	7.43	5.67	0.59	.288	67.4 %	53.4 %	7.0 %	3.33	4.47	4.25
2014	Cubs (A)	9	4	24	24	117.0	5.77	2.38	0.46	.280	71.2 %	57.1 %	6.0 %	3.23	3.84	3.87
2015	Cubs (A+)	7	5	18	18	89.2	6.32	2.21	0.30	.311	71.8 %	57.7 %	4.5 %	3.11	3.22	3.29
2016	Mariners (AA)	3	1	8	7	40.2	5.98	1.99	0.44	.313	72.6 %	58.1 %	6.3 %	3.54	3.30	3.35
2016	Cubs (AA)	6	4	18	18	102.1	6.33	2.29	0.53	.285	66.3 %	53.6 %	6.6 %	3.17	3.47	3.49
2017	Athletics (AAA)	5	6	15	14	79.2	6.33	2.94	0.68	.265	71.1 %	55.3 %	10.2 %	3.05	4.35	4.38
2017	Athletics	3	1	10	10	58.2	3.38	2.45	0.77	.273	77.9 %	56.3 %	10.2 %	3.22	4.38	4.76	0.6
2018	Athletics (A+)	0	0	1	1	3.2	2.45	2.45	0.00	.471	66.7 %	70.6 %	0.0 %	7.36	4.03	5.37
2018	Athletics	2	3	6	6	27.2	6.18	1.95	0.65	.344	47.1 %	47.3 %	6.9 %	7.16	3.59	4.39	0.5
2019	THE BAT	2	2	5	5	27.0	5.97	2.95	1.02	.283	71.3 %			4.02	4.40
2019	ATC	2	2	7	5	27.0	5.30	2.86	1.25	.300	69.2 %			4.72	4.84
2019	Depth Charts	2	2	5	5	27.0	5.45	2.95	1.18	.309	69.2 %			4.76	4.74		0.2
2019	Steamer	2	2	5	5	27.0	5.45	2.95	1.18	.302	69.2 %	49.5 %		4.76	4.74	4.72	0.2
Total	- - -	5	4	16	16	86.1	4.27	2.29	0.73	.296	66.9 %	53.5 %	9.0 %	4.48	4.13	4.64	1.1

Standard

Projections | Minor Leagues | Regular Season

Season	Team	W	L	ERA	G	GS	CG	ShO	HLD	BS	IP	TBF	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	HBP	WP	BK	SO
2012	Cubs (R)	2	0	3.48	9	6	0	0	0	0	20.2	89	23	11	8	2	7	0	0	1	0	13
2013	Cubs (A-)	2	3	3.33	13	12	0	0	0	0	46.0	203	41	26	17	3	29	0	1	3	0	38
2014	Cubs (A)	9	4	3.23	24	24	0	0	0	0	117.0	484	108	48	42	6	31	0	7	6	0	75
2015	Cubs (A+)	7	5	3.11	18	18	0	0	0	0	89.2	371	89	36	31	3	22	0	6	6	0	63
2016	Mariners (AA)	3	1	3.54	8	7	0	0	0	1	40.2	166	42	16	16	2	9	0	0	1	0	27
2016	Cubs (AA)	6	4	3.17	18	18	0	0	0	0	102.1	421	96	47	36	6	26	0	1	4	0	72
2017	Athletics (AAA)	5	6	3.05	15	14	0	0	0	0	79.2	328	69	34	27	6	26	0	2	1	0	56
2017	Athletics	3	1	3.22	10	10	0	0	0	0	58.2	238	58	22	21	5	16	0	1	1	0	22
2018	Athletics (A+)	0	0	7.36	1	1	0	0	0	0	3.2	19	8	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	1
2018	Athletics	2	3	7.16	6	6	0	0	0	0	27.2	119	33	23	22	2	6	0	2	1	0	19
2019	THE BAT	2	2	4.02	5	5					27.0	114	26	13	12	3	9	0	1			18
2019	ATC	2	2	4.72	7	5			0		27.0		30	16	14	4	9	0	1			16
2019	Depth Charts	2	2	4.76	5	5			0		27.0		30	16	14	4	9		1			16
2019	Steamer	2	2	4.76	5	5	0	0	0		27.0	119	30	16	14	4	9		1			16
Total	- - -	5	4	4.48	16	16	0	0	0	0	86.1	357	91	45	43	7	22	0	3	2	0	41

Advanced

Projections | Minor Leagues | Regular Season | Averages

Season	Team	K/9	BB/9	K/BB	HR/9	K%	BB%	K-BB%	AVG	WHIP	BABIP	LOB%	ERA-	FIP-	FIP
2012	Cubs (R)	5.66	3.05	1.86	0.87	14.6 %	7.9 %	6.7 %	.281	1.45	.313	69.9 %			5.39
2013	Cubs (A-)	7.43	5.67	1.31	0.59	18.7 %	14.3 %	4.4 %	.237	1.52	.288	67.4 %			4.47
2014	Cubs (A)	5.77	2.38	2.42	0.46	15.5 %	6.4 %	9.1 %	.242	1.19	.280	71.2 %			3.84
2015	Cubs (A+)	6.32	2.21	2.86	0.30	17.0 %	5.9 %	11.0 %	.260	1.24	.311	71.8 %			3.22
2016	Mariners (AA)	5.98	1.99	3.00	0.44	16.3 %	5.4 %	10.8 %	.268	1.25	.313	72.6 %			3.30
2016	Cubs (AA)	6.33	2.29	2.77	0.53	17.1 %	6.2 %	10.9 %	.244	1.19	.285	66.3 %			3.47
2017	Athletics (AAA)	6.33	2.94	2.15	0.68	17.1 %	7.9 %	9.1 %	.230	1.19	.265	71.1 %			4.35
2017	Athletics	3.38	2.45	1.38	0.77	9.2 %	6.7 %	2.5 %	.262	1.26	.273	77.9 %	75	102	4.38
2017	Average	8.34	3.29	2.53	1.27	21.6 %	8.5 %	13.1 %	.252	1.34	.297	72.6 %			4.40
2018	Athletics (A+)	2.45	2.45	1.00	0.00	5.3 %	5.3 %	0.0 %	.444	2.45	.471	66.7 %			4.03
2018	Athletics	6.18	1.95	3.17	0.65	16.0 %	5.0 %	10.9 %	.297	1.41	.344	47.1 %	172	87	3.59
2018	Average	8.53	3.25	2.63	1.16	22.3 %	8.5 %	13.8 %	.245	1.30	.293	72.8 %			4.19
2019	THE BAT	5.97	2.95	2.03	1.02				.255	1.29	.283	71.3 %			4.40
2019	ATC	5.30	2.86	1.85	1.25				.280	1.41	.300	69.2 %			4.84
2019	Depth Charts	5.45	2.95	1.85	1.18				.285	1.45	.309	69.2 %			4.74
2019	Steamer	5.45	2.95	1.85	1.18	13.8 %	7.5 %	6.3 %	.279	1.45	.302	69.2 %			4.74
Total	- - -	4.27	2.29	1.86	0.73	11.5 %	6.2 %	5.3 %	.274	1.31	.296	66.9 %	106	97	4.13

Batted Ball

Projections | Minor Leagues | Regular Season

Season	Team	GB/FB	LD%	GB%	FB%	IFFB%	HR/FB	IFH%	BUH%	Pull%	Cent%	Oppo%	Soft%	Med%	Hard%	SIERA	xFIP-	xFIP
2012	Cubs (R)	1.43	13.8 %	50.8 %	35.4 %	17.4 %	8.7 %			49.3 %	24.6 %	26.1 %						4.92
2013	Cubs (A-)	1.63	13.7 %	53.4 %	32.8 %	18.6 %	7.0 %			43.3 %	20.9 %	35.8 %						4.25
2014	Cubs (A)	2.06	15.2 %	57.1 %	27.7 %	10.0 %	6.0 %			48.7 %	19.5 %	31.9 %						3.87
2015	Cubs (A+)	2.36	17.9 %	57.7 %	24.5 %	23.9 %	4.5 %			41.3 %	24.9 %	33.8 %						3.29
2016	Mariners (AA)	2.34	17.1 %	58.1 %	24.8 %	21.9 %	6.3 %			55.4 %	17.7 %	26.9 %						3.35
2016	Cubs (AA)	1.80	16.7 %	53.6 %	29.7 %	12.1 %	6.6 %			44.4 %	23.0 %	32.6 %						3.49
2017	Athletics (AAA)	2.22	19.8 %	55.3 %	24.9 %	27.1 %	10.2 %			49.2 %	22.1 %	28.7 %						4.38
2017	Athletics	2.27	18.8 %	56.3 %	24.9 %	4.1 %	10.2 %	1.8 %	50.0 %	39.2 %	38.7 %	22.1 %	18.1 %	55.8 %	26.1 %	5.15	108	4.76
2018	Athletics (A+)	3.00	5.9 %	70.6 %	23.5 %	50.0 %	0.0 %			58.8 %	11.8 %	29.4 %						5.37
2018	Athletics	1.48	20.9 %	47.3 %	31.9 %	10.3 %	6.9 %	2.3 %	100.0 %	55.4 %	29.3 %	15.2 %	15.2 %	56.5 %	28.3 %	4.43	104	4.39
Total	- - -	1.97	19.4 %	53.5 %	27.1 %	6.4 %	9.0 %	1.9 %	66.7 %	44.3 %	35.7 %	19.9 %	17.2 %	56.0 %	26.8 %	4.93	107	4.64

More Batted Ball

Projections | Minor Leagues | Regular Season

Season	Team	GB	FB	LD	IFFB	IFH	BU	BUH	RS	Balls	Strikes	Pitches
2012	Cubs (R)	33	23	9	4					32	113	145
2013	Cubs (A-)	70	43	18	8					126	250	376
2014	Cubs (A)	206	100	55	10					176	624	800
2015	Cubs (A+)	158	67	49	16					425	729	1154
2016	Mariners (AA)	75	32	22	7					212	383	595
2016	Cubs (AA)	164	91	51	11					583	969	1552
2017	Athletics (AAA)	131	59	47	16					465	804	1269
2017	Athletics	111	49	37	2	2	2	1	36	386	551	937
2018	Athletics (A+)	12	4	1	2					18	44	62
2018	Athletics	43	29	19	3	1	1	1	12	161	281	442
Total	- - -	154	78	56	5	3	3	2	48	547	832	1379

Win Probability

Projections | Minor Leagues | Regular Season

Season	Team	WPA	-WPA	+WPA	RE24	REW	pLI	inLI	gmLI	exLI	Pulls	WPA/LI	Clutch
2017	Athletics	0.61	-3.98	4.59	9.41	0.95	0.98	0.94	0.87	1.30	10	0.53	0.09
2018	Athletics	-0.56	-2.49	1.93	-7.53	-0.75	0.97	0.97	0.88	0.65	6	-0.17	-0.40
Total	- - -	0.05	-6.47	6.52	1.88	0.20	0.98	0.95	0.88	1.05	16	0.36	-0.31

Pitch Type

Projections | Minor Leagues | Regular Season

Season	Team	FB%	SL%	CB%	CH%	XX%
2017	Athletics	55.4% (90.2)	26.0% (84.5)	9.3% (75.7)	9.3% (83.3)
2018	Athletics	40.4% (89.7)	36.3% (86.2)	9.8% (78.0)	13.6% (84.4)	0.2%
Total	- - -	50.6% (90.0)	29.3% (85.2)	9.4% (76.5)	10.7% (83.7)	0.1%

PITCHf/x Pitch Type

Projections | Minor Leagues | Regular Season

Season	Team	FA%	FT%	FC%	SL%	CU%	CH%
2017	Athletics	12.6 %	43.6 %	0.6 %	25.5 %	10.1 %	7.6 %
2018	Athletics	11.3 %	29.0 %		36.3 %	9.8 %	13.6 %
Total	- - -	12.2 %	39.0 %	0.4 %	28.9 %	10.0 %	9.5 %

PITCHf/x Pitch Velocity

Projections | Minor Leagues | Regular Season

Season	Team	vFA	vFT	vFC	vSL	vCU	vCH
2017	Athletics	90.3	90.0	90.5	84.7	76.2	83.4
2018	Athletics	90.0	89.5		86.2	77.9	84.3
Total	- - -	90.2	89.8	90.5	85.3	76.8	83.8

Pitch Info Pitch Type

Projections | Minor Leagues | Regular Season

Season	Team	FA%	SI%	CH%	SL%	CU%
2017	Athletics	6.8 %	48.7 %	9.2 %	26.0 %	9.3 %
2018	Athletics	11.8 %	28.6 %	13.6 %	36.3 %	9.8 %
Total	- - -	8.4 %	42.2 %	10.6 %	29.3 %	9.5 %

Pitch Info Pitch Velocity

Projections | Minor Leagues | Regular Season

Season	Team	vFA	vSI	vCH	vSL	vCU
2017	Athletics	90.9	90.6	83.9	85.0	76.3
2018	Athletics	90.7	90.0	84.8	86.7	78.5
Total	- - -	90.8	90.5	84.3	85.7	77.0

Pitch Values

Projections | Minor Leagues | Regular Season

Season	Team	wFB	wSL	wCB	wCH	wFB/C	wSL/C	wCB/C	wCH/C
2017	Athletics	-3.7	6.2	0.7	3.5	-0.71	2.53	0.79	4.05
2018	Athletics	-0.2	0.8	-1.0	-2.1	-0.14	0.53	-2.43	-3.51
Total	- - -	-3.9	7.0	-0.4	1.4	-0.56	1.74	-0.28	0.96

PITCHf/x Pitch Values

Projections | Minor Leagues | Regular Season

Season	Team	wFA	wFT	wFC	wSL	wCU	wCH
2017	Athletics	-2.7	-0.5	0.3	5.6	1.6	2.5
2018	Athletics	0.4	-0.7		1.0	-1.1	-2.1
Total	- - -	-2.2	-1.2	0.3	6.6	0.5	0.4

PITCHf/x Pitch Values / 100

Projections | Minor Leagues | Regular Season

Season	Team	wFA/C	wFT/C	wFC/C	wSL/C	wCU/C	wCH/C
2017	Athletics	-2.27	-0.12	5.10	2.35	1.67	3.52
2018	Athletics	0.90	-0.58		0.63	-2.56	-3.47
Total	- - -	-1.33	-0.23	5.10	1.66	0.35	0.32

Pitch Info Pitch Values

Projections | Minor Leagues | Regular Season

Season	Team	wFA	wSI	wCH	wSL	wCU
2017	Athletics	-1.4	-2.2	3.5	6.1	0.7
2018	Athletics	0.8	-1.1	-2.1	1.0	-1.1
Total	- - -	-0.5	-3.3	1.5	7.1	-0.4

Pitch Info Pitch Values / 100

Projections | Minor Leagues | Regular Season

Season	Team	wFA/C	wSI/C	wCH/C	wSL/C	wCU/C
2017	Athletics	-2.15	-0.47	4.13	2.49	0.86
2018	Athletics	1.60	-0.89	-3.47	0.63	-2.56
Total	- - -	-0.47	-0.56	1.01	1.75	-0.27

Plate Discipline

Projections | Minor Leagues | Regular Season | Averages

Season	Team	O-Swing%	Z-Swing%	Swing%	O-Contact%	Z-Contact%	Contact%	Zone%	F-Strike%	SwStr%
2017	Athletics	25.8 %	68.2 %	42.6 %	78.8 %	90.9 %	86.5 %	39.6 %	47.9 %	5.8 %
2017	Average	29.9 %	66.7 %	46.5 %	62.9 %	85.5 %	77.5 %	45.0 %	60.3 %	10.4 %
2018	Athletics	35.2 %	72.7 %	48.3 %	71.3 %	92.0 %	82.2 %	34.9 %	56.3 %	8.6 %
2018	Average	30.9 %	67.3 %	46.6 %	62.8 %	85.5 %	77.0 %	43.0 %	60.6 %	10.7 %
Total	- - -	29.0 %	69.5 %	44.4 %	75.7 %	91.2 %	85.0 %	38.1 %	50.7 %	6.7 %

PITCHf/x Plate Discipline

Projections | Minor Leagues | Regular Season | Averages

Season	Team	O-Swing%	Z-Swing%	Swing%	O-Contact%	Z-Contact%	Contact%	Zone%	Pace
2017	Athletics	26.3 %	64.3 %	42.5 %	75.2 %	93.0 %	86.7 %	42.6 %	22.4
2017	Average	30.3 %	64.1 %	46.5 %	61.2 %	85.8 %	77.4 %	47.9 %	23.8
2018	Athletics	31.9 %	71.2 %	48.3 %	67.1 %	91.6 %	82.2 %	41.7 %	22.6
2018	Average	30.4 %	64.4 %	46.6 %	60.1 %	85.6 %	76.9 %	47.7 %	23.5
Total	- - -	28.1 %	66.5 %	44.3 %	72.2 %	92.5 %	85.1 %	42.3 %	22.4

Pitch Info Plate Discipline

Projections | Minor Leagues | Regular Season | Averages

Season	Team	O-Swing%	Z-Swing%	Swing%	O-Contact%	Z-Contact%	Contact%	Zone%	Pace
2017	Athletics	25.6 %	65.2 %	42.5 %	74.5 %	93.1 %	86.7 %	42.7 %	23.4
2018	Athletics	31.8 %	71.0 %	48.3 %	67.9 %	90.9 %	82.2 %	42.2 %	23.0
Total	- - -	27.6 %	67.0 %	44.3 %	72.0 %	92.4 %	85.1 %	42.5 %	23.3

Fielding

Projections | Minor Leagues | Regular Season

Season	Team	Pos	G	GS	Inn	PO	A	E	FE	TE	DP	DPS	DPT	DPF	SB	FP
2017	Athletics (AAA)	P	15	14	79.2	8	16	1			1
2017	Athletics	P	10	10	58.2	1	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1.000
2018	Athletics (A+)	P	1	1	3.2	0	0	0			0
2018	Athletics	P	6	6	27.2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	.000
Total	- - -	P	16	16	86.1	1	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	1.000

Advanced Fielding

Projections | Minor Leagues | Regular Season

Season	Team	Pos	Inn	rSB	rGFP	DRS
2017	Athletics	P	58.2	1	1	2
2018	Athletics	P	27.2	0	0	0
Total	- - -	P	86.1	1	1	2

Inside Edge Fielding

Projections | Minor Leagues | Regular Season

Season	Team	Pos	Inn	Impossible (0%)	Remote (1-10%)	Unlikely (10-40%)	Even (40-60%)	Likely (60-90%)	Routine (90-100%)
2017	Athletics	P	58.2	0.0% (0)	0.0% (0)	0.0% (1)	0.0% (0)	100.0% (2)	100.0% (5)
2018	Athletics	P	27.2	0.0% (0)	0.0% (1)	0.0% (0)	0.0% (0)	0.0% (0)	0.0% (0)
Total	- - -	P	86.1	0.0% (0)	0.0% (1)	0.0% (1)	0.0% (0)	100.0% (2)	100.0% (5)

Value

Projections | Minor Leagues | Regular Season

Season	Team	RA9-WAR	BIP-Wins	LOB-Wins	FDP-Wins	RAR	WAR	Dollars
2017	Athletics	1.6	0.4	0.6	1.0	6.0	0.6	$4.7
2018	Athletics	-0.5	-0.4	-0.7	-1.1	5.1	0.5	$4.2
Total	- - -	1.1	0.0	-0.1	0.0	11.1	1.1	$8.9

Contracts

$0.5m / 1 Years (2018) (Edit)

signed by Oakland Athletics (League Minimum - Pre Arb)
2018: $0.5M
Submitted by Craig Edwards

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Drafts

2012 June Amateur Draft - Round: CAs, Pick: 25, Overall: 56

Team: Chicago Cubs
School: Heritage HS (CA)

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