2024 Stats
W-L
0-0
ERA
8.64
WHIP
1.32
K
6
SV
0
2025 Projections
Inks minors deal with Cubs
Bickford signed a minor-league contract with the Cubs on Friday, Jon Heyman of the New York Post reports.
ANALYSIS
Bickford spent the majority of 2024 with the Yankees' Triple-A affiliate, where he logged a 3.40 ERA and 1.14 WHIP over 50.1 innings. His minor-league success didn't translate to the bigs, however, as he gave up eight earned runs in just 8.1 regular-season frames with New York. Now with the Cubs, the 29-year-old righty will likely begin 2025 as bullpen depth at Triple-A Iowa.
Bickford spent the majority of 2024 with the Yankees' Triple-A affiliate, where he logged a 3.40 ERA and 1.14 WHIP over 50.1 innings. His minor-league success didn't translate to the bigs, however, as he gave up eight earned runs in just 8.1 regular-season frames with New York. Now with the Cubs, the 29-year-old righty will likely begin 2025 as bullpen depth at Triple-A Iowa.
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Pitching Appearances Breakdown
Average Pitch Count
19
Last 10 Games
19
Last 5 Games
22
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% Games Reaching Innings Threshold
% Games By Number of Innings Pitched
Left/Right Pitching Splits
Since 2022
-11%
BAA vs LHP
2024
-50%
BAA vs LHP
| BAA | K | BB | H | HR | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Since 2022vs Left | .217 | 51 | 18 | 43 | 6 | |||
| Since 2022vs Right | .245 | 98 | 36 | 79 | 15 | |||
| 2024vs Left | .167 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | |||
| 2024vs Right | .333 | 4 | 1 | 8 | 1 | |||
| 2023vs Left | .202 | 29 | 13 | 22 | 3 | |||
| 2023vs Right | .250 | 47 | 26 | 37 | 5 | |||
| 2022vs Left | .247 | 20 | 5 | 19 | 3 | |||
| 2022vs Right | .227 | 47 | 9 | 34 | 9 | |||
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Home/Away Pitching Splits
Since 2022
-14%
ERA at Home
2024
-100%
ERA at Home
| ERA | WHIP | IP | K/9 | BB/9 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Since 2022Home | 4.67 | 1.25 | 61.2 | 9.8 | 4.1 | ||||
| Since 2022Away | 5.40 | 1.32 | 75.0 | 9.8 | 3.1 | ||||
| 2024Home | 0.00 | 0.67 | 3.0 | 6.0 | 0.0 | ||||
| 2024Away | 13.50 | 1.69 | 5.1 | 6.8 | 1.7 | ||||
| 2023Home | 3.34 | 1.30 | 32.1 | 10.3 | 5.6 | ||||
| 2023Away | 6.43 | 1.60 | 35.0 | 10.0 | 4.9 | ||||
| 2022Home | 6.84 | 1.25 | 26.1 | 9.6 | 2.7 | ||||
| 2022Away | 3.12 | 0.98 | 34.2 | 10.1 | 1.6 | ||||
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Stat Review
How does Phil Bickford compare to other relievers?
This section compares his stats with all relief pitcher seasons from the previous three seasons (minimum 30 innings)*. The bar represents the player's percentile rank. For example, if the bar is halfway across, then the player falls into the 50th percentile for that stat and it would be considered average.
* Exit Velocity, Barrels/BBE %, Balls Hit 95+ MPH %, and Spin Rate are benchmarked against 2019 data (min 30 IP). See here for more exit velocity/barrels stats plus an explanation of current limitations with that data set.
* Exit Velocity, Barrels/BBE %, Balls Hit 95+ MPH %, and Spin Rate are benchmarked against 2019 data (min 30 IP). See here for more exit velocity/barrels stats plus an explanation of current limitations with that data set.
K/BB
6.00K/9
6.5BB/9
1.1HR/9
1.1Fastball
93.3 mphERA
8.64WHIP
1.32BABIP
.340GB/FB
1.00Left On Base
20.8%Exit Velocity
81.1 mphBarrels/BBE
4.5%Spin Rate
2215 rpmBalls Hit 95+ MPH
29.5%Swinging Strike
11.7%Advanced Pitching Stats
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Past Fantasy Outlooks
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Bickford is one of the many relievers we now see in baseball that takes two pitches, throws them with high effort and fills a niche in a club's bullpen. In Bickford's case, his job is to come in to face righties while slinging fastballs and sliders their way in short spurts. He worked fewer innings than games played, but picked up a handful of decisions in leverage situations with solid ratios. The repertoire pretty much limits him to a righty specialist insomuch as any reliever can be a specialist with the three-batter minimum rule these days. He has little fantasy relevance unless several dominoes in front of him fall.
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Clears waivers
The Yankees outrighted Bickford to Triple-A Scranton/Wilkes-Barre on Monday.
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Pushed off 40-man
The Yankees designated Bickford for assignment Saturday.
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Selected from Triple-A
The Yankees selected Bickford's contract from Triple-A Scranton/Wilkes-Barre on Sunday.
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Back with Yanks
Bickford re-signed Thursday with the Yankees on a minor-league contract.
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Elects free agency
Bickford elected free agency Wednesday.
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Not getting full pay
Bickford won't receive his full $900,000 salary for 2024 after being released by the Mets on Tuesday since he won that figure through an arbitration case, reports Tim Britton of The Athletic.
ANALYSIS
The right-hander will still receive $217,000 in termination pay, but his salary for the year otherwise isn't guaranteed. Bickford had a 2.81 ERA in 57 outings for the Dodgers in 2021, but he has a 4.84 ERA in 128.1 frames over the past two seasons. The 28-year-old should be able to find a job elsewhere but will likely need to settle for a minor-league deal.
The right-hander will still receive $217,000 in termination pay, but his salary for the year otherwise isn't guaranteed. Bickford had a 2.81 ERA in 57 outings for the Dodgers in 2021, but he has a 4.84 ERA in 128.1 frames over the past two seasons. The 28-year-old should be able to find a job elsewhere but will likely need to settle for a minor-league deal.