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Maikel Cleto

Chicago White Sox American League Central

Age: 25
B/T: R/R
Height: 6' 3"
Weight: 250 lb
Number: #63

Born: May 1, 1989 in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic
MLB debut: June 2, 2011

dbWAR: -.9
IP: 29.1
ERA: 4.60
FIP: 4.94
K/9: 9.8
FIP−: 132

Maikel Cleto was a relief pitcher for the Chicago White Sox. In 2014 he struck out 32 batters over 29.1 innings across 28 appearances, going 0-1. His ERA of 4.60 was 23.0% higher than the league average of 3.74 — 8th of 17 on his team, and 361st of 477 among MLB pitchers with 20+ innings. Stripping out defence, his 4.94 FIP suggests that his ERA had some help behind him. He missed bats on 29.5% of swings (12.2% of every pitch he threw), walked 16.7% of the batters he faced and struck out 23.2%. His -0.3 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, 2014 regular season.

FIP4.94

K/99.8

WHIP1.60

WAR-.3

WAR by season

Pitching Regular season

Standard and advanced, by season. Regular-season games only.


2014	CWS	28	29.1	1	24	15	32	23	4.60	4.94	1.60	9.8	7.1	123	132	-0.3
2013	STL	1	2.1	0	5	5	5	1	19.29	8.19	2.57	19.3	3.9	499	212	-0.1
2012	STL	9	9.0	0	13	7	15	2	7.00	6.54	1.67	15.0	2.0	174	163	-0.2
2011	STL	3	4.1	0	7	6	6	4	12.46	9.03	2.54	12.5	8.3	316	229	-0.2

Batting Regular season

Standard and advanced, by season. Regular-season games only.


2013	STL	1	1	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	—	0.0%	100.0%	.000	-0.2	-126	-0.0
2012	STL	1	1	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	—	0.0%	100.0%	.000	-0.2	-120	-0.0
2011	STL	1	1	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	—	0.0%	100.0%	.000	-0.2	-124	-0.0

Platoon splits

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

Season

Opponent batting by the side the hitter bats from, 2014. 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	69	53	9	2	15	12	.170	.362	.340	.324	17.4%
vs RHB	69	59	15	1	8	20	.254	.362	.356	.334	29.0%

Pitch sequencing

What Maikel Cleto 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	64.8%	366	97.0	2,296	44.3%	19.5%	68	.250	.826
Slider	23.4%	132	84.3	867	44.7%	50.0%	33	.152	.506
Sinker	6.5%	37	91.8	2,128	29.7%	23.1%	5	—	—
Changeup	3.9%	22	85.1	1,470	59.1%	69.2%	6	—	—

Maikel Cleto'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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Similar players

Nearest 2014 seasons by command, run prevention and role, on rate statistics rather than totals.

Steve DelabarTOR

ERA: 4.91
FIP: 5.59
SO: 21
WAR: -0.4

John AxfordCLE

ERA: 3.95
FIP: 4.34
SO: 63
WAR: -0.1

Daniel WebbCWS

ERA: 3.99
FIP: 4.52
SO: 58
WAR: -0.2

Brian WilsonLAD

ERA: 4.66
FIP: 4.29
SO: 54
WAR: -0.1

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.