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Sean Poppen

Position: Pitcher

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

6-3, 210lb (190cm, 95kg)

Team: Tampa Bay Rays (majors, designated for assignment)

Born: March 15, 1994 in Virginia Beach, VA us

Draft: Drafted by the Minnesota Twins in the 19th round of the 2016 MLB June Amateur Draft from Harvard University (Cambridge, MA).

School: Harvard University (Cambridge, MA)

Debut: June 19, 2019 (Age 25-096d, 21,959th in major league history)
vs. BOS 4.0 IP, 5 H, 2 SO, 4 BB, 3 ER

Rookie Status: Still Intact through 2021

2021 Contract Status: Pre-Arb Eligible

Service Time (01/2021): 0.119 • Arb Eligible: 2024 • Free Agent: 2027

Agents: Madden Sports Group LLC

Full Name: Sean Russell Poppen

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SUMMARY

2021

Career

WAR

-0.3

-0.5

ERA

6.75

6.33

5.1

21.1

WHIP

2.438

1.922

7/31 After what was arguably the wildest trade deadline in years with dozens of deals around the league, multiple teams made follow-up roster moves. Trades end up squeezing some players off of rosters, or creating
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Standard Pitching

Standard Pitching
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
2016	22	MIN-min	Rk,A	3	4	.429	2.70	12	11	0	0	0	0	53.1	45	22	16	3	24	0	57	6	0	6	230			1.294	7.6	0.5	4.1	9.6	2.38	ELZ,CDR APPY,MIDW
2017	23	MIN-min	A,A+	9	4	.692	3.17	25	25	0	0	0	0	139.0	133	63	49	5	25	0	122	10	1	10	585			1.137	8.6	0.3	1.6	7.9	4.88	CDR,FTM MIDW,FLOR
2018	24	MIN-min	AA,A+	6	9	.400	3.45	26	20	1	2	0	1	127.2	118	57	49	14	39	1	123	10	0	5	528			1.230	8.3	1.0	2.7	8.7	3.15	CNG,FTM SOUL,FLOR
2019	25	MIN-min	AAA,AA	7	4	.636	4.01	20	16	0	0	0	0	89.2	83	45	40	4	44	0	107	11	0	5	397			1.416	8.3	0.4	4.4	10.7	2.43	ROC,PEN IL,SOUL
2019	25	MIN	AL	0	0		7.56	4	0	3	0	0	0	8.1	10	7	7	1	5	0	9	0	0	0	36	62	4.41	1.800	10.8	1.1	5.4	9.7	1.80
2020	26	MIN	AL	0	0		4.70	6	0	4	0	0	0	7.2	9	4	4	0	4	0	10	0	0	3	35	95	2.15	1.696	10.6	0.0	4.7	11.7	2.50
2021	27	TBR-PIT-min	AAA	3	3	.500	1.95	21	0	9	0	0	2	32.1	26	9	7	2	12	0	34	1	0	1	128			1.175	7.2	0.6	3.3	9.5	2.83	DHM,INA AAAE
2021	27	TOT	MLB	0	0		6.75	4	0	2	0	0	0	5.1	11	7	4	1	2	0	5	1	0	0	28	70	5.41	2.438	18.6	1.7	3.4	8.4	2.50
2021	27	PIT	NL	0	0		7.71	3	0	1	0	0	0	4.2	11	7	4	1	2	0	4	1	0	0	26	58	6.16	2.786	21.2	1.9	3.9	7.7	2.00
2021	27	TBR	AL	0	0		0.00	1	0	1	0	0	0	0.2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	2		0.16	0.000	0.0	0.0	0.0	13.5
3 Yrs				0	0		6.33	14	0	9	0	0	0	21.1	30	18	15	2	11	0	24	1	0	3	99	73	3.85	1.922	12.7	0.8	4.6	10.1	2.18
162 Game Avg.				0	0		6.33	68	0	44	0	0	0	103	146	87	73	10	53	0	117	5	0	15	481	73	3.85	1.922	12.7	0.8	4.6	10.1	2.18

MIN (2 yrs)				0	0		6.19	10	0	7	0	0	0	16.0	19	11	11	1	9	0	19	0	0	3	71	74	3.33	1.750	10.7	0.6	5.1	10.7	2.11
TBR (1 yr)				0	0		0.00	1	0	1	0	0	0	0.2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	2		0.16	0.000	0.0	0.0	0.0	13.5
PIT (1 yr)				0	0		7.71	3	0	1	0	0	0	4.2	11	7	4	1	2	0	4	1	0	0	26	58	6.16	2.786	21.2	1.9	3.9	7.7	2.00

AL (3 yrs)				0	0		5.94	11	0	8	0	0	0	16.2	19	11	11	1	9	0	20	0	0	3	73	78	3.20	1.680	10.3	0.5	4.9	10.8	2.22
NL (1 yr)				0	0		7.71	3	0	1	0	0	0	4.2	11	7	4	1	2	0	4	1	0	0	26	58	6.16	2.786	21.2	1.9	3.9	7.7	2.00