Jharel Cotton

Position: Pitcher

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

5-11, 200lb (180cm, 90kg)

Born: January 19, 1992 in St. Thomas vi

Draft: Drafted by the New York Mets in the 28th round of the 2011 MLB June Amateur Draft from Miami Dade College, Kendall Campus (Miami, FL) and the Los Angeles Dodgers in the 20th round of the 2012 MLB June Amateur Draft from East Carolina University (Greenville, NC).

High School: Menchville HS (Newport News, VA)

Schools: East Carolina University (Greenville, NC), Miami Dade College, Kendall Campus (Miami, FL)

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 2017 season

2023 Contract Status: 1st-Year Arb Eligible

Service Time (01/2023): 3.162 • Arb Eligible: 2023 • Free Agent: 2026

Agents: VC Sports Group • Previously: Beverly Hills Sports Council (Nate Heisler)

Full Name: Jharel Leandre Cotton

Nicknames: Squeaky

Pronunciation: \jah-RELL\

Twitter: @JharelCotton

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SUMMARY

2022

Career

WAR

0.3

0.8

ERA

3.56

4.50

43.0

232.0

197

WHIP

1.256

1.323

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Year	Age	AgeDif	Tm	Lg	Lev	Aff	W	L	W-L%	ERA	RA9	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9	SO/W
2012	20	-0.6	East Carolina	CUSA	NCAA		8	3	.727	3.65	4.74	15	15			0	0	74.0	76	39	30	0	24		62	0	0	0	0	1.351	9.2	0.0	2.9	7.5	2.58
2012	20	-1.5	Ogden	PION	Rk	LAD	1	0	1.000	1.20	1.20	5	1	0	0	0	0	15.0	9	2	2	0	3	0	20	0	0	1	55	0.800	5.4	0.0	1.8	12.0	6.67
2013	21		3 Teams	3 Lgs	A-AA-A+	LAD	2	7	.222	4.01	4.38	21	11	4	1	1	0	74.0	61	36	33	4	23	1	72	1	0	5	302	1.135	7.4	0.5	2.8	8.8	3.13
2013	21	-3.3	Chattanooga	SOUL	AA	LAD	0	2	.000	8.10	10.80	8	0	3	0	0	0	10.0	15	12	9	0	3	0	11	0	0	1	48	1.800	13.5	0.0	2.7	9.9	3.67
2013	21	-2.2	Rancho Cucamonga	CALL	A+	LAD	0	0		1.59	1.59	2	2	0	0	0	0	5.2	4	1	1	0	3	0	3	0	0	0	24	1.235	6.4	0.0	4.8	4.8	1.00
2013	21	-0.8	Great Lakes	MIDW	A	LAD	2	5	.286	3.55	3.55	11	9	1	1	1	0	58.1	42	23	23	4	17	1	58	1	0	4	230	1.011	6.5	0.6	2.6	8.9	3.41
2014	22	-1.1	Rancho Cucamonga	CALL	A+	LAD	6	10	.375	4.05	4.97	25	20	4	1	1	0	126.2	113	70	57	18	34	0	138	1	0	5	519	1.161	8.0	1.3	2.4	9.8	4.06
2015	23		4 Teams	4 Lgs	AA-A+-AAA-A	LAD	6	2	.750	2.45	2.63	21	11	0	0	0	0	95.2	76	28	26	5	31	0	114	0	0	8	380	1.118	7.1	0.5	2.9	10.7	3.68
2015	23	-3.8	Oklahoma City	PCL	AAA	LAD	0	0		4.91	4.91	5	0	0	0	0	0	7.1	9	4	4	0	2	0	9	0	0	3	32	1.500	11.0	0.0	2.5	11.0	4.50
2015	23	-1.4	Tulsa	TL	AA	LAD	5	2	.714	2.30	2.59	11	8	0	0	0	0	62.2	49	18	16	4	21	0	71	0	0	3	248	1.117	7.0	0.6	3.0	10.2	3.38
2015	23	-0.2	Rancho Cucamonga	CALL	A+	LAD	1	0	1.000	1.61	1.61	4	2	0	0	0	0	22.1	14	4	4	1	7	0	28	0	0	2	85	0.940	5.6	0.4	2.8	11.3	4.00
2015	23	1.1	Great Lakes	MIDW	A	LAD	0	0		5.40	5.40	1	1	0	0	0	0	3.1	4	2	2	0	1	0	6	0	0	0	15	1.500	10.8	0.0	2.7	16.2	6.00
2015	23	-0.1	Glendale	AZFL	Fal		0	2	.000	3.77	4.40	5	5	0	0	0	0	14.1	16	7	6	1	8	0	17	0	0	0	66	1.674	10.0	0.6	5.0	10.7	2.13
2016	24		2 Teams	PCL	AAA	LAD-OAK	11	6	.647	4.31	4.71	28	22	2	2	2	0	135.2	108	71	65	20	39	1	155	0	0	12	550	1.084	7.2	1.3	2.6	10.3	3.97
2016	24	-2.7	Oklahoma City	PCL	AAA	LAD	8	5	.615	4.90	5.46	22	16	2	1	1	0	97.1	80	59	53	17	32	0	119	0	0	10	403	1.151	7.4	1.6	3.0	11.0	3.72
2016	24	-2.7	Nashville	PCL	AAA	OAK	3	1	.750	2.82	2.82	6	6	0	1	1	0	38.1	28	12	12	3	7	1	36	0	0	2	147	0.913	6.6	0.7	1.6	8.5	5.14
2016	24	-4.6	OAK	AL	Maj	OAK	2	0	1.000	2.15	3.07	5	5	0	0	0	0	29.1	20	10	7	4	4	0	23	0	0	1	112	0.818	6.1	1.2	1.2	7.1	5.75
2017	25	-1.6	Nashville	PCL	AAA	OAK	3	0	1.000	2.95	3.38	4	3	0	0	0	0	21.1	15	8	7	3	4	0	28	0	0	1	81	0.891	6.3	1.3	1.7	11.8	7.00
2017	25	-3.6	OAK	AL	Maj	OAK	9	10	.474	5.58	6.35	24	24	0	0	0	0	129.0	133	91	80	28	53	1	105	4	2	9	566	1.442	9.3	2.0	3.7	7.3	1.98

2019	27		2 Teams	2 Lgs	AAA-A+	OAK	1	3	.250	7.16	7.48	18	3	1	0	0	0	27.2	30	23	22	8	12	0	33	0	0	1	125	1.518	9.8	2.6	3.9	10.7	2.75
2019	27	0.3	Las Vegas	PCL	AAA	OAK	0	2	.000	7.71	8.20	14	1	1	0	0	0	18.2	23	17	16	5	10	0	24	0	0	1	88	1.768	11.1	2.4	4.8	11.6	2.40
2019	27	3.8	Stockton	CALL	A+	OAK	1	1	.500	6.00	6.00	4	2	0	0	0	0	9.0	7	6	6	3	2	0	9	0	0	0	37	1.000	7.0	3.0	2.0	9.0	4.50

2021	29	1.6	Round Rock	AAAW	AAA	TEX	4	0	1.000	3.00	4.07	24	2	7	0	0	0	42.0	32	19	14	3	17	0	57	1	0	0	175	1.167	6.9	0.6	3.6	12.2	3.35
2021	29	0.5	TEX	AL	Maj	TEX	2	0	1.000	3.52	3.52	23	0	5	0	0	0	30.2	28	12	12	2	15	0	30	2	0	1	137	1.402	8.2	0.6	4.4	8.8	2.00
2022	30		2 Teams	2 Lgs	Maj	MIN	4	2	.667	3.56	4.19	30	0	9	0	0	0	43.0	34	20	17	7	20	0	39	2	0	3	181	1.256	7.1	1.5	4.2	8.2	1.95
2022	30	3.0	St. Paul	IL	AAA	MIN	4	1	.800	2.88	2.88	22	0	11	0	0	1	25.0	17	8	8	4	10	1	39	3	0	3	105	1.080	6.1	1.4	3.6	14.0	3.90
2022	30	1.6	MIN	AL	Maj	MIN	2	2	.500	2.83	3.34	25	0	7	0	0	0	35.0	23	13	11	7	16	0	31	2	0	2	144	1.114	5.9	1.8	4.1	8.0	1.94
2022	30	0.8	SFG	NL	Maj	SFG	2	0	1.000	6.75	7.88	5	0	2	0	0	0	8.0	11	7	6	0	4	0	8	0	0	1	37	1.875	12.4	0.0	4.5	9.0	2.00
Year	Age	AgeDif	Tm	Lg	Lev	Aff	W	L	W-L%	ERA	RA9	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9	SO/W
Majors (4 seasons)					Majors		17	12	.586	4.50	5.16	82	29	14	0	0	0	232.0	215	133	116	41	92	1	197	8	2	14	996	1.323	8.3	1.6	3.6	7.6	2.14
Minors (9 seasons)					Minors		38	29	.567	3.74	4.24	168	73	29	4	4	1	563.0	461	265	234	65	173	3	656	6	0	36	2292	1.126	7.4	1.0	2.8	10.5	3.79
College (1 season)					College		8	3	.727	3.65	4.74	15	15			0	0	74.0	76	39	30	0	24		62	0	0	0	0	1.351	9.2	0.0	2.9	7.5	2.58
Other (1 season)					Other		0	2	.000	3.77	4.40	5	5	0	0	0	0	14.1	16	7	6	1	8	0	17	0	0	0	66	1.674	10.0	0.6	5.0	10.7	2.13
All Levels (9 Seasons)							63	46	.578	3.93	4.52	270	122	43	4	4	1	883.1	768	444	386	107	297	4	932	14	2	50	3354	1.206	7.8	1.1	3.0	9.5	3.14

AAA (6 seasons)					Minors		22	9	.710	4.10	4.57	97	28	21	2	2	1	250.0	204	127	114	35	82	2	312	4	0	20	1031	1.144	7.3	1.3	3.0	11.2	3.80
AA (2 seasons)					Minors		5	4	.556	3.10	3.72	19	8	3	0	0	0	72.2	64	30	25	4	24	0	82	0	0	4	296	1.211	7.9	0.5	3.0	10.2	3.42
A+ (4 seasons)					Minors		8	11	.421	3.74	4.45	35	26	4	1	1	0	163.2	138	81	68	22	46	0	178	1	0	7	665	1.124	7.6	1.2	2.5	9.8	3.87
A (2 seasons)					Minors		2	5	.286	3.65	3.65	12	10	1	1	1	0	61.2	46	25	25	4	18	1	64	1	0	4	245	1.038	6.7	0.6	2.6	9.3	3.56
Rk (1 season)					Minors		1	0	1.000	1.20	1.20	5	1	0	0	0	0	15.0	9	2	2	0	3	0	20	0	0	1	55	0.800	5.4	0.0	1.8	12.0	6.67