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Michael Blazek

Washington Nationals National League East

Age: 30
B/T: R/R
Height: 6' 0"
Weight: 205 lb
Number: #54

Born: March 16, 1989 in Las Vegas, NV, United States
MLB debut: June 22, 2013

dbWAR: -.4
IP: 5.0
ERA: 7.20
FIP: 8.81
K/9: 0.0
FIP−: 196

Michael Blazek was a relief pitcher for the Washington Nationals. In 2019 he struck out 0 batters over 5.0 innings across 4 appearances, going 0-0. His ERA of 7.20 was 59.8% higher than the league average of 4.51. Stripping out defence, his 8.81 FIP suggests that his ERA had some help behind him. He missed bats on 12.5% of swings (4.7% of every pitch he threw), walked 19.2% of the batters he faced and struck out 0.0%. His -0.2 dbWAR is built from that FIP rather than runs allowed, so it credits him for what he controls and not for the defence behind him.

League context

Percentile among qualified pitchers, 2019.

FIP8.81

K/90.0

WHIP2.20

WAR-.2

WAR by season

Pitching

Standard and advanced, by season.


2019	WSH	4	0	5.0	0	0	6	4	0	5	7.20	8.81	2.20	0.0	9.0	160	196	-0.2
2017	MIL	5	1	8.2	0	1	12	8	7	1	8.31	10.89	1.50	7.3	1.0	191	250	-0.6
2016	MIL	41	0	41.1	3	1	52	26	36	27	5.66	5.71	1.91	7.8	5.9	135	136	-0.5
2015	MIL	45	0	55.2	5	3	40	15	47	18	2.43	3.17	1.04	7.6	2.9	61	80	0.9

Batting

Standard and advanced, by season.


2017	MIL	2	2	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	.000	0.0%	50.0%	.000	-0.5	-120	-0.1
2016	MIL	1	0	0	0	0	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.0
2015	MIL	4	4	1	1	2	.250	.250	.500	.250	.500	0.0%	50.0%	.319	+0.0	98	0.1

Platoon splits

How left- and right-handed hitters fare against him.

Season

Opponent batting by the side the hitter bats from, 2019. Counted from play-by-play, so totals can differ from the box-score season line by a plate appearance or two.
Split	PA	AB	H	HR	BB	SO	AVG	OBP	SLG	wOBA	K%
vs LHB	13	10	2	1	3	0	.200	.385	.600	.408	0.0%
vs RHB	13	11	4	0	2	0	.364	.462	.364	.378	0.0%

Pitch sequencing

What Michael Blazek 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, how often it misses, and what hitters do with it.

Season


Four-Seam Fastball	72.1%	62	95.2	2,375	29.0%	4.0%	17	.235	.880
Slider	17.4%	15	88.7	2,367	33.3%	40.0%	3	—	—

Michael Blazek's arsenal by usage. Velocity is average release speed in mph, spin in rpm, and whiff rate is misses per swing — the cleanest single measure of whether a pitch beats hitters. BAA and OPS are what hitters did against each pitch, credited to the one that ended the plate appearance, and are left blank under 15 at-bats.

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How these are computed

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.