06/01/2000 |
Drafted in the 2000 first-year player draft (Round 1, Pick 3, 3rd overall pick) by the Chicago Cubs. |
06/30/2000 |
Named the #14 prospect in the MLB |
11/10/2000 |
Named the #20 prospect in the MLB |
01/01/2001 |
OSA scouting updated ratings (potential): Stuff: 55 (55); Movement: 40 (50); Control: 40 (60). |
04/01/2001 |
Named the #7 prospect in the MLB |
08/12/2001 |
Injured (hamstring soreness),day-to-day for one week. |
11/27/2001 |
Received a 1-year contract through automatic renewal worth a total of $169,600. |
01/01/2002 |
OSA scouting updated ratings (potential): Stuff: 60 (60); Movement: 50 (55); Control: 45 (60). |
08/10/2002 |
Injured (strained back),day-to-day for 1-2 weeks. |
11/28/2002 |
Received a 1-year contract through automatic renewal worth a total of $182,400. |
01/01/2003 |
OSA scouting updated ratings (potential): Stuff: 65 (65); Movement: 55 (55); Control: 45 (60). |
07/13/2003 |
Was selected to the 2003 Major League Baseball All-Star Game. |
10/31/2003 |
Injured (food poisoning),out for 2 days. |
11/24/2003 |
Received a 1-year contract through arbitration worth a total of $3,000,000. |
01/01/2004 |
OSA scouting updated ratings (potential): Stuff: 65 (65); Movement: 60 (60); Control: 50 (60). |
06/21/2004 |
Injured (hamstring strain),out for 2 months. |
09/02/2004 |
Injured (sprained elbow),day-to-day for 1-2 weeks. |
11/17/2004 |
Received a 1-year contract through arbitration worth a total of $4,500,000. |
01/01/2005 |
OSA scouting updated ratings (potential): Stuff: 60 (60); Movement: 45 (55); Control: 50 (60). |
05/15/2005 |
Injured (sore ankle),day-to-day for 1 day. |
06/25/2005 |
Signed a 7-year contract extension worth a total of $69,300,000 with the Chicago Cubs organization. |
06/25/2005 |
Pitches a 5-hit shutout against the Atlanta Braves with 5 strikeouts and 0 BB allowed! |
01/01/2006 |
OSA scouting updated ratings (potential): Stuff: 60 (60); Movement: 50 (60); Control: 55 (60). |
01/01/2007 |
OSA scouting updated ratings (potential): Stuff: 65 (65); Movement: 45 (50); Control: 60 (60). |
01/01/2008 |
OSA scouting updated ratings (potential): Stuff: 65 (65); Movement: 45 (50); Control: 65 (65). |
06/15/2008 |
Was selected to the 2008 Major League Baseball All-Star Game. |
01/01/2009 |
OSA scouting updated ratings (potential): Stuff: 60 (65); Movement: 45 (50); Control: 60 (60). |
06/27/2009 |
Pitches a 7-hit shutout against the San Francisco Giants with 8 strikeouts and 0 BB allowed! |
08/19/2009 |
Pitches a 2-hit shutout against the Milwaukee Brewers with 8 strikeouts and 3 BB allowed! |
11/15/2009 |
Finished 3rd in 2009 MLB NL Cy Young Award voting. |
01/01/2010 |
OSA scouting updated ratings (potential): Stuff: 60 (65); Movement: 45 (50); Control: 60 (60). |
09/21/2010 |
Pitches a 1-hit shutout against the Milwaukee Brewers with 8 strikeouts and 2 BB allowed! |
01/01/2011 |
OSA scouting updated ratings (potential): Stuff: 60 (60); Movement: 45 (45); Control: 60 (60). |
08/02/2011 |
Pitches a 2-hit shutout against the Pittsburgh Pirates with 10 strikeouts and 1 BB allowed! |
08/08/2011 |
Was traded by the Chicago Cubs to the Seattle Mariners, along with LF Adam Dunn and CF Grady Sizemore, in exchange for SP Trevor Cahill, RP Dellin Betances, and 1B Dustin Ackley. |
12/12/2011 |
Was traded by the Seattle Mariners to the Cleveland Indians, along with CL John Axford, in exchange for 3B Andy LaRoche, RF Dayan Viciedo, and a 4th round draft pick. |
01/01/2012 |
OSA scouting updated ratings (potential): Stuff: 60 (60); Movement: 45 (45); Control: 60 (60). |
05/14/2012 |
Collects his 2000th career Major League Baseball strikeout! |
05/25/2012 |
Pitches a 1-hit shutout against the Minnesota Twins with 3 strikeouts and 0 BB allowed! |
07/11/2012 |
Strikes out 15 against the New York Yankees. |
08/08/2012 |
Signed a 3-year contract extension worth a total of $33,000,000 with the Cleveland Indians organization. |
01/01/2013 |
OSA scouting updated ratings (potential): Stuff: 60 (60); Movement: 45 (45); Control: 60 (60). |
03/20/2013 |
Injured (mild abdominal strain),day-to-day for 1 day. |
04/18/2013 |
Injured (neck stiffness),day-to-day for 3 days. |
04/29/2013 |
Pitches a 3-hit shutout against the Baltimore Orioles with 13 strikeouts and 0 BB allowed! |
01/01/2014 |
OSA scouting updated ratings (potential): Stuff: 60 (60); Movement: 40 (40); Control: 60 (60). |
05/29/2014 |
Injured (strained back),out for 3 weeks. |
01/01/2015 |
OSA scouting updated ratings (potential): Stuff: 55 (55); Movement: 45 (45); Control: 60 (60). |
01/01/2015 |
OSA scouting updated ratings (potential): Stuff: 55 (55); Movement: 45 (45); Control: 60 (60). |
11/24/2015 |
Became a free agent. |
12/11/2015 |
Signed a 1-year contract worth a total of $2,280,000 with the St. Louis Cardinals organization. |
01/01/2016 |
OSA scouting updated ratings (potential): Stuff: 50 (50); Movement: 45 (45); Control: 55 (55). |
01/01/2016 |
OSA scouting updated ratings (potential): Stuff: 50 (50); Movement: 45 (45); Control: 55 (55). |
05/01/2016 |
Collects his 2500th career Major League Baseball strikeout! |
11/21/2016 |
Became a free agent. |
12/27/2016 |
Signed a 2-year contract worth a total of $11,000,000 with the St. Louis Cardinals organization. |
01/01/2017 |
OSA scouting updated ratings (potential): Stuff: 50 (50); Movement: 45 (45); Control: 55 (55). |
01/01/2017 |
OSA scouting updated ratings (potential): Stuff: 50 (50); Movement: 45 (45); Control: 55 (55). |
05/12/2017 |
Injured (sore shoulder),day-to-day for 2-3 weeks. |
05/26/2017 |
Suffered setback in recovery from injury, will miss another one week. |
08/17/2017 |
Injured (mild abdominal strain),day-to-day for one week. |
01/01/2018 |
OSA scouting updated ratings (potential): Stuff: 45 (45); Movement: 45 (45); Control: 55 (55). |
01/01/2018 |
OSA scouting updated ratings (potential): Stuff: 45 (45); Movement: 45 (45); Control: 55 (55). |
04/20/2018 |
Injured (shoulder tendinitis),day-to-day for 2 weeks. |
07/21/2018 |
Injured (mild abdominal strain),day-to-day for one week. |
08/11/2018 |
Injured (strained back),day-to-day for 1-2 weeks. |
11/21/2018 |
Became a free agent. |
01/01/2019 |
OSA scouting updated ratings (potential): Stuff: 45 (45); Movement: 40 (40); Control: 50 (50). |
01/01/2019 |
OSA scouting updated ratings (potential): Stuff: 45 (45); Movement: 40 (40); Control: 50 (50). |
01/16/2019 |
Signed a minor league contract with the New York Mets organization. |
LEADERBOARD APPEARANCES |
Year |
GS |
Rank |
2009 |
33 |
6 |
2012 |
33 |
10 |
|
Year |
W |
Rank |
2008 |
13 |
9 |
2009 |
14 |
10 |
2012 |
17 |
7 |
2016 |
15 |
4 |
|
Year |
Win. % |
Rank |
2012 |
.654 |
9 |
|
Year |
IP |
Rank |
2009 |
228.0 |
4 |
2012 |
221.0 |
9 |
|
|
Year |
HRA |
Rank |
2001 |
33 |
5 |
2005 |
26 |
10 |
2012 |
33 |
5 |
|
|
Year |
K |
Rank |
2003 |
201 |
8 |
2009 |
237 |
2 |
2010 |
222 |
6 |
|
|
Year |
ERA |
Rank |
2003 |
2.67 |
2 |
2009 |
3.28 |
3 |
|
Year |
BABIP |
Rank |
2002 |
.260 |
6 |
2005 |
.262 |
2 |
2009 |
.289 |
5 |
|
Year |
WHIP |
Rank |
2003 |
1.16 |
6 |
2005 |
1.15 |
6 |
2009 |
1.10 |
2 |
2010 |
1.20 |
8 |
2012 |
1.14 |
5 |
|
Year |
K/BB |
Rank |
2008 |
3.31 |
5 |
2009 |
4.39 |
2 |
2010 |
4.19 |
4 |
2012 |
4.18 |
3 |
|
Year |
RA/9 |
Rank |
2003 |
10.67 |
5 |
2005 |
11.07 |
10 |
2009 |
10.03 |
2 |
2010 |
11.15 |
10 |
2012 |
10.59 |
5 |
|
Year |
HR/9 |
Rank |
2003 |
0.41 |
2 |
2008 |
0.68 |
4 |
|
Year |
H/9 |
Rank |
2002 |
7.15 |
3 |
2003 |
7.50 |
4 |
2005 |
7.83 |
5 |
2009 |
7.78 |
5 |
|
Year |
BB/9 |
Rank |
2009 |
2.13 |
3 |
2010 |
2.31 |
8 |
2012 |
2.00 |
10 |
2016 |
2.37 |
9 |
|
Year |
K/9 |
Rank |
2002 |
8.03 |
7 |
2003 |
9.25 |
4 |
2008 |
8.84 |
7 |
2009 |
9.36 |
8 |
2010 |
9.67 |
8 |
|
Year |
QS |
Rank |
2003 |
23 |
3 |
2009 |
21 |
3 |
2012 |
19 |
10 |
|
Year |
QSP |
Rank |
2003 |
.719 |
2 |
2009 |
.636 |
4 |
|
Year |
CG |
Rank |
2009 |
4 |
4 |
2010 |
3 |
4 |
2012 |
4 |
5 |
|
Year |
CGP |
Rank |
2009 |
.121 |
5 |
2010 |
.094 |
4 |
2012 |
.121 |
8 |
|
Year |
SHO |
Rank |
2005 |
1 |
8 |
2009 |
2 |
1 |
2010 |
1 |
2 |
2011 |
1 |
4 |
2012 |
1 |
8 |
|
Year |
GB% |
Rank |
2008 |
0.57 |
1 |
2009 |
0.52 |
10 |
|
Year |
WAR |
Rank |
2003 |
6.9 |
5 |
2008 |
5.2 |
4 |
2009 |
6.2 |
4 |
|