Player Report for #7 Fernando 'Brain Freeze' Varela

06/16/2019

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P Fernando 'Brain Freeze' Varela #7

RSL New York Cosmos

Age: 28

Bats: R

Throws: R

Morale: Very Good


	39-25, .609, - GB

G	GS	Rec	SV	ERA	IP	HA	HR	BB	K	WHIP
13	13	6-3	0	2.80	86.2	65	8	33	83	1.13

		Potential
Stuff
Movement
Control

Pitching Ratings (OSA)
	Overall	Vs Left	Vs Right	Potential
Stuff				9
Movement				8
Control				5

Pitch Ratings
Pitch	Current	Potential
Fastball	-	8
Slider	-	8
Changeup	-	9
Sinker	-	8
Circle Change	-	2

Other Pitching Ratings
Velocity	97-99 Mph
Stamina	6
Suggested Role	Starter
Groundball Percentage	54 %
Hold Runners	6
Defense	5

Run/Bunt Ratings
Running Speed:	5
Stealing Ability:	3
Baserunning Inst.:	3
Sacrifice Bunt:	6
Bunt for Hit:	2

Game Log, Last 10 Games
Date	Vs.	Result	Start	IP	H	R	ER	BB	K	Dec
06/12/2019	BOS	Loss, 0-2	X	6.1	6	2	2	1	6	Loss
06/07/2019	@ TOR	Loss, 2-3	X	7.2	4	2	2	1	6
06/01/2019	@ BAL	Loss, 2-6	X	6.0	7	5	5	2	6	Loss
05/26/2019	PIT	Win, 4-2	X	5.0	4	2	2	4	9	Win
05/21/2019	BOS	Win, 2-1	X	7.0	5	1	1	1	7
05/15/2019	@ PHI	Win, 6-3	X	6.2	6	2	1	2	5	Win
05/10/2019	TOR	Loss, 3-6	X	5.2	9	6	6	4	8	Loss
05/04/2019	@ CIN	Win, 6-3	X	7.0	6	3	3	2	5	Win
04/29/2019	@ PIT	Win, 3-1	X	8.0	1	1	1	2	6	Win
04/22/2019	BAL	Loss, 2-4	X	7.0	2	2	1	4	4

Personality Ratings
Leader Ability:	Very Low
Loyalty:	High
Desire f. Win:	Very Low
Greed:	Normal
Intelligence:	High
Work Ethic:	Very High

Fernando Varela
Birthday:	06/03/1991
Born in:	Managua (Managua)
Nationality:	Nicaraguan
Height:	6' 1"
Weight:	195 lbs
Local Popularity:	Unknown
National Pop.:	Unknown

Status
Contract:	Major League Contract
Salary:	$8,750,000
Signed Through:	2020 Season
Major Service:	6 Years, 60 Days
Service This Yr:	71 Days
40-Man Service:	6 Years, 71 Days
Pro Service:	9 Years
Arbitration Eligibility:	Not eligible, free agent after contract expires!
Option Years:	3 option years left
Contract Extension:	-
Drafted:	2010, 8th Pick in Round 1

Rising Star League 2019 Pitching Stats

Pitching	G	GS	W	L	SV	ERA	IP	HA	R	ER	HR	BB	K	CG	CG%	SHO	QS	QS%
Overall	13	13	6	3	0	2.80	86.2	65	30	27	8	33	83	0	0.0	0	10	76.9
Pitching	SVO	BS	SV%	RA	GF	R/9	H/9	K/9	BB/9	FIP	WHIP	VORP	BABIP
Overall	0	0	0.0	0	0	10.38	6.75	8.62	3.43	3.70	1.13	24.8	.252
Pitching	AB	H	2B	3B	HR	R	BB	K	SF	SH	HP	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS
vs. LHB	122	16	3	0	2	8	13	37	0	1	1	.131	.221	.205	.426
vs. RHB	195	49	10	3	6	22	20	46	3	1	1	.251	.320	.426	.745

Rising Star League 2019 Pitching Splits

Split	G	GS	W	L	SV	ERA	IP	HA	R	ER	HR	BB	K
Last Week	1	1	0	1	0	2.84	6.1	6	2	2	0	1	6
April	5	5	3	0	0	1.27	35.1	18	7	5	1	16	31
May	5	5	3	1	0	3.73	31.1	30	14	13	3	13	34
June	3	3	0	2	0	4.05	20.0	17	9	9	4	4	18
Spring Training	4	4	1	1	0	2.25	16.0	11	5	4	0	12	21
Last Year	32	32	14	10	0	5.48	175.2	184	115	107	29	80	167
2 Years Ago	33	33	15	9	0	3.93	204.0	176	96	89	26	68	214
Career	212	210	102	54	0	3.51	1242.0	1022	516	484	127	518	1323
Home	7	7	2	2	0	2.89	43.2	34	15	14	2	23	48
Road	6	6	4	1	0	2.72	43.0	31	15	13	6	10	35
Grass	13	13	6	3	0	2.80	86.2	65	30	27	8	33	83
Night	13	13	6	3	0	2.80	86.2	65	30	27	8	33	83

Career Pitching Stats

Year/Team/League	Age	G	GS	W	L	SV	ERA	IP	HA	R	ER	HR	BB	K	CG	SHO	WHIP	BABIP	VORP	ERA+
2013 Team Caribbean - WBC	21	2	2	0	1	0	14.63	8.0	15	13	13	0	8	9	0	0	2.88	.517	-6.8	43
2013 Pittsburgh - RSL	21	33	33	16	8	0	2.96	185.1	130	63	61	9	103	193	0	0	1.26	.269	41.7	140
2014 Pittsburgh - RSL	22	34	32	19	7	0	2.87	197.1	159	70	63	17	73	229	0	0	1.18	.302	50.5	149
2015 Pittsburgh - RSL	23	34	34	12	12	0	3.30	196.1	155	74	72	13	81	218	0	0	1.20	.286	42.1	124
2016 Pittsburgh - RSL	24	33	33	20	5	0	2.97	196.2	153	68	65	25	80	219	0	0	1.18	.271	49.8	142
2017 Pittsburgh - RSL	25	33	33	15	9	0	3.93	204.0	176	96	89	26	68	214	0	0	1.20	.290	29.9	108
2018 New York - RSL	26	32	32	14	10	0	5.48	175.2	184	115	107	29	80	167	0	0	1.50	.315	-1.7	84
2019 New York - RSL	27	13	13	6	3	0	2.80	86.2	65	30	27	8	33	83	0	0	1.13	.252	24.8	156
Total RSL		212	210	102	54	0	3.51	1242.0	1022	516	484	127	518	1323	0	0	1.24	.286	237.1	127
Total WBC		2	2	0	1	0	14.63	8.0	15	13	13	0	8	9	0	0	2.88	.517	-6.8	43

Career Minor League Pitching Stats

Year/Team/League	Age	G	GS	W	L	SV	ERA	IP	HA	R	ER	HR	BB	K	CG	SHO	WHIP	BABIP	VORP	ERA+
2010 Rochester - R	18	27	0	5	0	2	2.61	58.2	67	19	17	2	5	42	0	0	1.23	.351	11.6	133
2011 Rochester - R	19	4	0	0	0	0	1.29	7.0	5	1	1	0	2	3	0	0	1.00	.238	2.4	243
2011 Mastic Beach - A	19	15	15	9	3	0	1.90	99.2	85	25	21	1	30	112	1	1	1.15	.316	30.5	200
2011 Anchorage - AA	19	3	3	1	1	0	2.66	20.1	15	6	6	1	5	27	0	0	0.98	.304	4.7	153
2012 Anchorage - AA	20	16	16	13	1	0	1.63	121.2	58	22	22	4	30	161	6	3	0.72	.215	42.9	250
2012 Fremont - AAA	20	3	0	0	0	0	13.50	4.0	7	6	6	1	2	3	0	0	2.25	.429	-3.3	32
2013 Fremont - AAA	21	1	0	0	0	0	0.00	0.2	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1.50	.500	0.5	999
Total RSL AAA		4	0	0	0	0	11.57	4.2	8	6	6	1	2	4	0	0	2.14	.438	-2.9	169.8
Total RSL AA		19	19	14	2	0	1.77	142.0	73	28	28	5	35	188	6	3	0.76	.229	47.6	236.5
Total RSL A		15	15	9	3	0	1.90	99.2	85	25	21	1	30	112	1	1	1.15	.316	30.5	200.2
Total RSL RL		31	0	5	0	2	2.47	65.2	72	20	18	2	7	45	0	0	1.20	.340	14.1	144.6

Career Postseason Pitching Stats

Year/Team/League	Age	G	GS	W	L	SV	ERA	IP	HA	R	ER	HR	BB	K	CG	SHO	WHIP	BABIP	VORP	ERA+
2014 Pittsburgh - RSL	22	3	3	1	1	0	5.21	19.0	21	11	11	1	5	14	0	0	1.37	.328	0.0	0
2015 Pittsburgh - RSL	23	7	7	3	3	0	4.30	37.2	31	21	18	7	16	50	0	0	1.25	.286	0.0	0
2016 Pittsburgh - RSL	24	3	3	2	1	0	5.40	16.2	16	10	10	3	8	23	0	0	1.44	.342	0.0	0
2017 Pittsburgh - RSL	25	5	5	2	2	0	4.31	31.1	25	15	15	6	9	35	0	0	1.09	.260	0.0	0
Total RSL		18	18	8	7	0	4.64	104.2	93	57	54	17	38	122	0	0	1.25	.297	0.0	91.2

Career Fielding Stats

Year/Team/League	POS	G	GS	PO	A	DP	TC	E	PCT	INN	RNG	ZR	EFF	PB	RSTA	RTO	RTO%
2013 Pittsburgh - ML	P	33	33	12	21	2	34	1	.971	185.1	1.60	0.0	.000
2014 Pittsburgh - ML	P	34	32	7	21	1	32	4	.875	197.1	1.28	0.0	.000
2015 Pittsburgh - ML	P	34	34	7	35	1	43	1	.977	196.1	1.93	0.0	.000
2016 Pittsburgh - ML	P	33	33	10	25	2	36	1	.972	196.2	1.60	0.0	.000
2017 Pittsburgh - ML	P	33	33	11	33	1	45	1	.978	204.0	1.94	0.0	.000
2018 New York - ML	P	32	32	9	29	2	39	1	.974	175.2	1.95	0.0	.000
2019 New York - ML	P	13	13	2	7	0	9	0	1.000	86.2	0.93	+0.0	1.012

Player History
01/01/2010	OSA scouting updated ratings (potential): Stuff: - (9); Movement: - (9); Control: - (5).
03/01/2010	Drafted in the 2010 first-year player draft (Round 1, Pick 8, 8th overall Pick) by the Pittsburgh Eagles.
04/04/2010	Named the #72 prospect in the RSL
08/27/2010	Won the 2010 RSL Rookie League Round 2 with the Rochester Valley Cats!
01/01/2011	OSA scouting updated ratings (potential): Stuff: - (9); Movement: - (9); Control: - (5).
03/03/2011	Named the #12 prospect in the WBC
07/15/2011	Pitches a 2-hit shutout against the Poughkeepsie Royals with 10 strikeouts and 3 BB allowed!
08/25/2011	Won the 2011 RSL Double A League Championship with the Anchorage Longbows!
01/01/2012	OSA scouting updated ratings (potential): Stuff: - (9); Movement: - (9); Control: - (5).
04/01/2012	Named the #41 prospect in the RSL
04/19/2012	Pitches a 1-hit shutout against the Lexington Partisans with 13 strikeouts and 5 BB allowed!
04/30/2012	Pitches a 3-hit shutout against the Honolulu Axemen with 11 strikeouts and 7 BB allowed!
05/31/2012	Was selected to the 2012 RSL Double A All-Star Game.
06/27/2012	Pitches a 1-hit shutout against the Eagle Mountain Scavengers with 12 strikeouts and 3 BB allowed!
07/01/2012	Wins the RSL AA AC Pitcher of the Month Award.
01/01/2013	OSA scouting updated ratings (potential): Stuff: - (9); Movement: - (9); Control: - (5).
04/07/2013	Named the #23 prospect in the RSL
08/01/2013	Wins the RSL EC Pitcher of the Month Award.
08/01/2013	Wins the RSL EC Rookie of the Month Award.
10/26/2013	Named the #23 prospect in the RSL
11/18/2013	Received a 1-year contract worth a total of $300,000 through automatic renewal.
01/01/2014	OSA scouting updated ratings (potential): Stuff: - (9); Movement: - (9); Control: - (5).
04/06/2014	Named the #27 prospect in the RSL
10/07/2014	Signed a 3-year contract extension worth a total of $18,870,000 with the Pittsburgh Eagles organization.
01/01/2015	OSA scouting updated ratings (potential): Stuff: - (9); Movement: - (8); Control: - (6).
11/08/2015	Won the 2015 Rising Star League League Championship with the Pittsburgh Eagles!
01/01/2016	OSA scouting updated ratings (potential): Stuff: - (9); Movement: - (8); Control: - (6).
05/01/2016	Wins the RSL EC Pitcher of the Month Award.
01/01/2017	OSA scouting updated ratings (potential): Stuff: - (9); Movement: - (8); Control: - (6).
06/01/2017	Wins the RSL EC Pitcher of the Month Award.
06/23/2017	Signed a 3-year contract extension worth a total of $26,250,000 with the Pittsburgh Eagles organization.
11/02/2017	Won the 2017 Rising Star League League Championship with the Pittsburgh Eagles!
12/19/2017	Was traded by the Pittsburgh Eagles to the New York Cosmos, along with LF B. Christensen, MR K. van Esch, 2B J. Sepúlveda, a 1st draft pick, a 2nd draft pick, a 3rd draft pick, a 4th draft pick, a 5th draft pick, in exchange for C K. Collins, SP P. Manning.
01/01/2018	OSA scouting updated ratings (potential): Stuff: - (9); Movement: - (8); Control: - (6).
07/05/2018	Injured (strained back), out for one week.
01/01/2019	OSA scouting updated ratings (potential): Stuff: - (9); Movement: - (8); Control: - (6).
05/01/2019	Wins the RSL EC Pitcher of the Month Award.

Leader Boards Appearances

Year	SH	Rank
2015	14	9
2018	14	8

Year	GS	Rank
2013	33	5
2015	34	3
2016	33	6
2017	33	7

Year	W	Rank
2013	16	6
2014	19	2
2016	20	3
2017	15	8
2018	14	9

Year	Winning %	Rank
2013	.667	9
2014	.731	3
2016	.800	3
2017	.625	9

Year	HRA	Rank
2017	26	8
2018	29	8

Year	BB	Rank
2013	103	2
2015	81	7

Year	K	Rank
2014	229	2
2015	218	5
2016	219	4
2017	214	3

Year	WP	Rank
2013	2	6
2014	9	9
2016	8	9

Year	ERA	Rank
2013	2.96	7
2014	2.87	3
2016	2.97	7

Year	BABIP	Rank
2013	.269	5
2016	.271	9

Year	WHIP	Rank
2014	1.18	10

Year	K/BB	Rank
2017	3.15	8

Year	HR/9	Rank
2013	0.44	7
2015	0.60	7

Year	H/9	Rank
2013	6.31	2
2014	7.25	3
2015	7.11	6
2016	7.00	1
2017	7.76	9

Year	K/9	Rank
2013	9.37	8
2014	10.44	1
2015	9.99	2
2016	10.02	1
2017	9.44	1
2018	8.56	6

Year	VORP	Rank
2014	50.5	6
2016	49.8	8

Year	QS	Rank
2013	22	10
2014	21	7
2016	24	4

Year	QSP	Rank
2014	.656	7
2016	.727	4

Year	CG	Rank
2013	0	4

Year	SHO	Rank
2013	0	1
2016	0	9
2018	0	8