Michael Lorenzen

Position: Pitcher

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

6-3, 217lb (190cm, 98kg)

Born: January 4, 1992 in Anaheim, CA us

Draft: Drafted by the Tampa Bay Rays in the 7th round of the 2010 MLB June Amateur Draft from Fullerton Union HS (Fullerton, CA) and the Cincinnati Reds in the 1st round (38th) of the 2013 MLB June Amateur Draft from California State University Fullerton (Fullerton, CA).

High School: Fullerton Union HS (Fullerton, CA)

School: California State University Fullerton (Fullerton, CA)

Debut: April 29, 2015 (Age 23-115d, 18,457th in MLB history)
vs. MIL 5.0 IP, 8 H, 5 SO, 1 BB, 3 ER, L

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 2015 season

2019 Contract Status: 1st-Year Arb Eligible

Service Time (01/2019): 3.159 • Arb Eligible: 2019 • Free Agent: 2022

National Team: us USA (College,18U,16U)

Full Name: Michael Clifton Lorenzen

Nicknames: Cowboy or Zen Master

Twitter: @Lorenzen55

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SUMMARY

2018

Career

WAR

2.1

3.4

W

L

ERA

3.11

4.21

G

177

GS

SV

IP

81.0

327.1

SO

265

WHIP

1.383

1.424

Projections

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Year	Age	Tm	Lg	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	ERA+	FIP	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9	SO/W	Awards
2013	21	CIN-min	A,AA,A+,Rk	1	1	.500	3.00	22	1	6	0	0	4	21.0	20	8	7	2	13	1	19	3	0	0	95			1.571	8.6	0.9	5.6	8.1	1.46	DAY,PEN,BAK,RDL MIDW,SOUL,CALL,ARIZ
2014	22	CIN-min	AA	4	6	.400	3.13	24	24	0	0	0	0	120.2	112	50	42	9	44	0	84	6	0	7	504			1.293	8.4	0.7	3.3	6.3	1.91	PEN SOUL
2015	23	CIN-min	AAA	4	2	.667	1.88	6	6	0	1	1	0	43.0	34	9	9	3	8	0	19	0	0	2	165			0.977	7.1	0.6	1.7	4.0	2.38	LOU IL
2015	23	CIN	NL	4	9	.308	5.40	27	21	1	0	0	0	113.1	131	70	68	18	57	6	83	6	0	4	515	73	5.40	1.659	10.4	1.4	4.5	6.6	1.46
2016	24	CIN-min	AAA	0	0		0.00	4	0	3	0	0	1	4.0	2	0	0	0	0	0	7	0	0	0	13			0.500	4.5	0.0	0.0	15.8		LOU IL
2016	24	CIN	NL	2	1	.667	2.88	35	0	4	0	0	0	50.0	41	16	16	5	13	0	48	6	2	2	202	149	3.67	1.080	7.4	0.9	2.3	8.6	3.69
2017	25	CIN	NL	8	4	.667	4.45	70	0	14	0	0	2	83.0	78	43	41	9	34	5	80	4	1	12	361	101	4.01	1.349	8.5	1.0	3.7	8.7	2.35
2018	26	CIN-min	AA	0	0		0.00	3	0	0	0	0	0	4.0	1	0	0	0	1	0	3	0	0	1	14			0.500	2.3	0.0	2.3	6.8	3.00	PEN SOUL
2018	26	CIN	NL	4	2	.667	3.11	45	3	10	0	0	1	81.0	78	32	28	6	34	2	54	3	0	2	344	135	4.16	1.383	8.7	0.7	3.8	6.0	1.59
4 Yrs				18	16	.529	4.21	177	24	29	0	0	3	327.1	328	161	153	38	138	13	265	19	3	20	1422	100	4.48	1.424	9.0	1.0	3.8	7.3	1.92
162 Game Avg.				6	5	.529	4.21	60	8	10	0	0	1	111	111	54	52	13	47	4	90	6	1	7	481	100	4.48	1.424	9.0	1.0	3.8	7.3	1.92

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Michael Lorenzen

SUMMARY

WAR

W

L

ERA

G

GS

SV

IP

SO

WHIP

Projections

Standard Pitching

Player Value--Pitching

Player News

Standard Batting

Player Value--Batting

Standard Fielding

Appearances

Appearances on Leaderboards, Awards, and Honors

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Transactions

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