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Pitcher · 2017

Michael Ynoa

Age
26
B/T
R/R
Height
6' 7"
Weight
210 lb
Number
#66
Born
September 24, 1991 in Puerto Plata, Dominican Republic
MLB debut
June 14, 2016
dbWAR
.0
2 season(s)
IP
29.0
ERA
5.90
FIP
6.16
K/9
7.1
FIP−
141
100 = avg

Michael Ynoa is a relief pitcher for the Chicago White Sox. In 2017 he struck out 23 batters over 29.0 innings across 22 appearances, going 1-0. His ERA of 5.90 was 35.3% higher than the league average of 4.36 — 16th of 21 on his team, and 455th of 527 among MLB pitchers with 20+ innings. Stripping out defence, his 6.16 FIP suggests the ERA was no fluke. He missed bats on 22.2% of swings (9.3% of every pitch he threw), walked 15.6% of the batters he faced and struck out 16.3%. His -0.4 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, 2017.

FIP6.16
K/97.1
WHIP1.72
WAR-.4

Pitching

Standard and advanced, by season.

Trend
201722029.0100281923225.906.161.727.16.8135141-0.4
201623030.0100201030173.003.351.239.05.172800.4

Platoon splits

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

Opponent batting by the side the hitter bats from, 2017. Counted from play-by-play, so totals can differ from the box-score season line by a plate appearance or two.
SplitPAABHHRBBSOAVGOBPSLGwOBAK%
vs LHB564712499.255.375.596.40916.1%
vs RHB85671601314.239.400.358.35316.5%

Pitch sequencing

What Michael Ynoa 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 2017.

Sinker41.5%24692.82,22239.8%12.6%
Slider25.1%14986.82,28343.0%28.6%
Curveball16.5%9879.52,50542.9%44.4%
Four-Seam Fastball11.0%6593.22,21835.4%18.5%
Changeup5.9%3587.61,97940.0%15.8%
Michael Ynoa'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.

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Nearest 2017 seasons by command, run prevention and role, on rate statistics rather than totals.

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.