P · 2021
Michael Pineda
- Age
- 33
- B/T
- R/R
- Height
- 6' 7"
- Weight
- 280 lb
- Born
- January 18, 1989 in Yaguate, Dominican Republic
- MLB debut
- April 5, 2011
Age shown as of the 2022 season.
- dbWAR
- 9.2 12 season(s)
- PA
- 3
- AVG
- .000
- OBP
- .000
- SLG
- .000
- wRC+
- -121 100 = avg
Michael Pineda is a pitcher for the Minnesota Twins. In 2021 he hit 0 home runs and knocked in 0 RBIs, notching 0 hits across 3 plate appearances in 2 games. His batting average was .000, 100.0% lower than the league average of .244. He reached base at a .000 clip and slugged .000, for an OPS of .000, 100.0% lower than the league mark of .728. He averaged 82.3 mph off the bat, hit 50.0% of balls in play at 95 mph or better and made contact on 60.0% of his swings. Adjusted for his ballpark and league, his -121 wRC+ puts his offence 221% below average. That comes to -0.1 dbWAR — -0.8 runs with the bat, +0.0 on the bases, +0.0 for the position he plays, against replacement level. It includes no fielding: defensive runs are proprietary and are not estimated here, so the figure credits playing a demanding position but not playing it well.
League context
Percentile among qualified batters, 2021.
How the WAR is built
Runs above replacement, 2021. These four terms sum to -0.7 runs, divided by runs-per-win to give WAR.
WAR by season
Batting
Standard and advanced, by season.
| Trend | ||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0.0% | 33.3% | .000 | -0.8 | -121 | -0.1 | |
| 2019 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0.0% | 25.0% | .000 | -1.1 | -120 | -0.1 | |
| 2017 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .333 | .333 | .333 | .000 | 1.000 | 0.0% | 50.0% | .291 | -0.1 | 77 | 0.0 | |
| 2016 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | — | 0.0% | 100.0% | .000 | -0.3 | -116 | -0.0 | |
| 2015 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0.0% | 50.0% | .000 | -0.5 | -122 | -0.0 |
Pitching
Standard and advanced, by season.
| Trend | |||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 11 | 11 | 46.2 | 2 | 7 | 0 | 58 | 30 | 26 | 8 | 5.79 | 6.13 | 1.41 | 5.0 | 1.5 | 146 | 155 | -0.7 | |
| 2021 | 22 | 21 | 109.1 | 9 | 8 | 0 | 114 | 44 | 88 | 21 | 3.62 | 4.21 | 1.23 | 7.2 | 1.7 | 85 | 99 | 1.1 | |
| 2020 | 5 | 5 | 26.2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 25 | 10 | 25 | 7 | 3.38 | 2.22 | 1.20 | 8.4 | 2.4 | 76 | 50 | 0.9 | |
| 2019 | 26 | 26 | 146.0 | 11 | 5 | 0 | 141 | 65 | 140 | 28 | 4.01 | 4.02 | 1.16 | 8.6 | 1.7 | 89 | 89 | 2.1 | |
| 2017 | 17 | 17 | 96.1 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 103 | 47 | 92 | 21 | 4.39 | 4.66 | 1.29 | 8.6 | 2.0 | 101 | 107 | 0.6 | |
| 2016 | 32 | 32 | 175.2 | 6 | 12 | 0 | 184 | 94 | 207 | 53 | 4.82 | 3.80 | 1.35 | 10.6 | 2.7 | 115 | 91 | 2.5 | |
| 2015 | 27 | 27 | 160.2 | 12 | 10 | 0 | 176 | 78 | 156 | 21 | 4.37 | 3.34 | 1.23 | 8.7 | 1.2 | 110 | 84 | 2.9 |
Platoon splits
How he hits left- and right-handed pitching.
| Split | PA | AB | H | HR | BB | SO | AVG | OBP | SLG | wOBA | K% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| vs RHP | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 33.3% |
| Split | PA | AB | H | HR | BB | SO | AVG | OBP | SLG | wOBA | K% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| vs LHB | 194 | 186 | 54 | 8 | 7 | 32 | .290 | .316 | .500 | .346 | 16.5% |
| vs RHB | 264 | 244 | 60 | 9 | 14 | 56 | .246 | .290 | .418 | .303 | 21.2% |
Spray chart
Where every ball he put in play landed, 2021.
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Contact quality
How hard and at what angle he hits it, over 2 tracked batted balls in 2021. Percentiles are against qualified batters.
- Barrel rate
- 0.0% 0 barrels
- Exit velocity
- 82.3 mph average
- Max exit velo
- 98.9 mph, hardest hit
- Hard hit
- 50.0% 95 mph or better
- Sweet spot
- 0.0% 8–32° launch
- Launch angle
- -48.5° average
A barrel is a batted ball whose exit velocity and launch angle have historically produced at least a .500 average and 1.500 slugging — 98 mph within 26–30°, widening to 8–50° by 116 mph. Reconstructed from Statcast's published anchor points, which reproduces them exactly; the interior is within a degree. Sweet spot (8–32°) is an exact definition.
Hot and cold zones
Batting average by pitch location, 2021.
Situational hitting
How Michael Pineda hits by base state, outs, score and late-game pressure — each read against his own season line.
| Situation | PA | AB | H | HR | RBI | BB | SO | AVG | OBP | SLG | wOBA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All situations | 3 | — | — | — | — | — | — | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 |
| Bases empty · thin | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 |
| Runner on first · thin | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 |
| Runners on · thin | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 |
Runners on includes runners in scoring position, which is the convention every reference uses. Rows under 25 plate appearances are marked thin — at that size a rate moves several dozen points on one hit. Counted from play-by-play, 2021.
Pitch sequencing
What Michael Pineda throws in each count, and what he follows each pitch with. Select any cell for the breakdown.
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Pitch arsenal
What he throws, how hard, and how often it misses in 2021.
| Four-Seam Fastball | 924 | 90.6 | 1,946 | 54.1% | 14.4% | |
| Slider | 494 | 81.2 | 1,963 | 44.5% | 37.7% | |
| Changeup | 288 | 85.5 | 1,719 | 38.5% | 17.9% |
Head to head
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wOBA uses linear weights measured from this season's own play-by-play rather than published constants, and wRC+ is park-adjusted against that same league. dbWAR is our own open implementation — not fWAR or bWAR — and the full derivation, including its simplifications, is on the methodology page.