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Josh Shortslef
Philadelphia Phillies [ Team Audit ] [ Depth Chart ]
Pitcher
Throws L
Age 27
6' 4"
250 lbs.

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Historical Stats | 2009 Forecast | Diagnostics | Seven-Year Forecast | Most Comparable Pitchers | Player Comments

Historical Stats

-- Equivalents --
Year Tm Lg W L SV G GS IP H BB SO HR GB% BABIP Stuff WHIP ERA DEF ERA H9 BB9 K9 HR9 VORP WXRL WARP
2006 PIR Ind 1 1 0 3 2 16.1 15 3 12 1 61% .292 -21 1.12 3.91 0 9.69 14.5 3.5 2.8 2.8 -5.9 0.0 -0.6
2006 ALT AA 6 2 0 12 12 60.2 62 13 50 4 50% .339 4 1.25 4.49 -2 6.83 12.3 2.7 4.3 1.2 -7.4 0.0 -0.1
2007 ALT AA 5 13 0 27 27 149.3 170 59 85 12 51% .330 -3 1.53 4.40 -6 6.55 12.4 4.2 2.9 1.4 -14.2 0.0 0.2
2008 ALT AA 5 2 3 29 1 62.3 59 25 51 3 53% .306 1 1.35 3.47 0 4.83 9.5 3.5 5.3 0.8 5.1 0.0 1.4


EQA Distribution

Seven-Year WARP

2009 Forecast

(projection generated 3/10/09 6:23 PM)
-- Equivalents --
Percentile W L SV G GS IP H BB SO HR GB% BABIP Stuff WHIP ERA DEF ERA H9 BB9 K9 HR9 VORP WXRL WARP
90o 4 3 1 27 7 67.7 60 26 51 5 47% .276 10 1.28 3.81 0 4.05 7.9 3.0 5.8 0.6 12.5 1.5 1.9
75o 4 3 1 26 7 62.0 65 27 44 6 48% .302 4 1.47 4.61 0 4.84 9.3 3.4 5.5 0.8 5.8 0.8 1.1
60o 3 4 0 25 7 59.3 67 27 40 6 48% .316 1 1.58 5.07 0 5.28 10.0 3.5 5.2 1.0 2.5 0.5 0.8
50o 3 4 0 25 7 56.7 68 27 37 7 48% .327 -2 1.67 5.49 0 5.69 10.7 3.7 5.0 1.1 -0.2 0.2 0.5
40o 3 4 0 25 7 56.0 69 27 36 7 48% .330 -2 1.70 5.60 0 5.80 10.9 3.8 5.0 1.1 -1.0 0.2 0.4
25o 2 3 0 23 6 50.0 72 27 29 8 48% .358 -10 1.96 6.70 0 6.83 12.7 4.2 4.5 1.4 -6.8 -0.4 -0.3
10o 2 3 0 21 6 43.7 73 26 22 8 49% .387 -19 2.27 7.97 0 8.01 14.9 4.7 3.8 1.7 -11.9 -0.9 -0.8
Weighted Mean 3 3 0 24 7 55.0 67 26 36 7 48% .328 -2 1.68 5.49 0 5.68 10.8 3.7 5.0 1.1 -0.2 0.2 0.4

Diagnostics

Breakout Rate Improve Rate Collapse Rate Attrition Rate Beta

36%

71%

9%

7%

0.95

Seven-Year Forecast

-- Equivalents --
Year W L SV G GS IP H BB SO HR GB% BABIP Stuff WHIP ERA DEF ERA H9 BB9 K9 HR9 VORP WXRL WARP
2009 (age 27) 3 3 0 24 7 55.0 67 26 36 7 48% .328 -2 1.68 5.49 0 5.68 10.8 3.7 5.0 1.1 -0.2 0.2 0.4
2010 (age 28) 3 3 0 23 7 55.0 66 25 37 7 47% .326 -1 1.64 5.35 0 5.53 10.7 3.5 5.2 1.1 0.6 0.3 0.3
2011 (age 29) 3 3 0 21 6 50.0 60 22 31 6 45% .321 -3 1.63 5.20 0 5.36 10.7 3.5 4.8 1.1 1.1 0.4 0.3
2012 (age 30) 3 3 0 23 6 53.0 60 21 31 4 47% .313 -2 1.53 4.76 0 4.97 10.0 3.2 4.6 0.7 1.6 0.6 0.3
2013 (age 31)
-- out of baseball --
2014 (age 32)
-- out of baseball --
2015 (age 33)
-- out of baseball --

Platoon

Platoon AVG OBP SLG
vs LHB .248 .341 .374
vs RHB .275 .366 .445
Split -.027 -.025 -.071
LgAvg -.020 -.021 -.054

Valuation

Year WARP MORP Mean VORP Upside
2009 0.4 $650,000 -1.0 1.0
2010 0.3 $725,000 0.0 1.3
2011 0.3 $800,000 0.6 2.0
2012 0.3 $875,000 1.3 1.3
2013
-- out of baseball --
2014
-- out of baseball --
2015
-- out of baseball --
Peak 1.6 $1,325,000 3.1 6.5


Stars & Scrubs Chart

Career Path Analysis


Seven-Year Performance
Year 75% 50% 25% Weighted Mean
2009 4.84 5.69 6.83 5.68
2010 4.56 5.47 6.41 5.53
2011 4.29 5.70 6.74 5.36
2012 4.07 5.07 5.96 4.97
2013
-- out of baseball --
2014
-- out of baseball --
2015
-- out of baseball --


Seven-Year Attrition
Year Attrition Rate Drop Rate Breakout
2009 7% 0% 36%
2010 42% 30% 29%
2011 54% 45% 26%
2012 68% 62% 25%
2013 83% 74% 24%
2014 85% 80% 22%
2015 96% 90% 14%

Most Comparable Pitchers

Similarity Index

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Rank Pitcher Year Score Trend Rank Pitcher Year Score Trend
1 Scott Wiggins 2003 56 11 Mark Malaska 2005 49
2 Tim Hamulack 2004 54 12 Dusty Bergman 2005 49
3 Tim Kubinski 1999 51 13 Fred Dabney 1995 48
4 Todd Rizzo 1998 51 14 Matt Yourkin 2008 48
5 Ryan Cullen 2007 51 15 Mike Buddie 1998 46
6 Ken Grundt 1997 51 16 Dave Carroll 1999 46
7 Geoffrey Jones 2007 51 17 Mark Watson 2001 46
8 Reese Lambert 1990 50 18 Tom McGraw 1995 44
9 Bob Tufts 1983 50 19 Mike Kusiewicz 2004 44
10 Steve Allen 1993 50 20 Jason Cromer 2008 44

Player Comments

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2007

Josh Shortslef finally made the 40-man roster after seven seasons, which might make some of you wonder if any part of that is a typo. A strained arm cut his season short, but he`s tough on lefties and keeps the ball in the infield; John Grabow might need to start worrying.


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