Casey Janssen Pitcher

     
 

Born: September 17, 1981
Orange, CA
Height: 6-4
Weight: 210
Bats: Right
Throws: Right
Drafted: 4th round, 2004 by TOR
How Acquired: Minor league free agent (June 2016)
College: California-Los Angeles
High School: Fountain Valley (CA)

Released (Aug. 2016)

Scouting Report: Former effective closer has lost velocity. Now sits high-80s with his fastball, complementing it with a cutter, and sometimes a slider and changeup. Needs to command his pitches to get hitters out. Strikeout rate and groundball rate have fallen dramatically in recent seasons.
 

  
   
    Pitching Stats                                          
  year team lg level org age w l % era g gs sv ip h r er hr bb so whip k/bb k/9
  2004 UCLA NCAA Coll --- 22 10 4 0.714 3.16 17 17 0 116.2 87 46 41 7 30 ## 1.00 3.43 7.95
  2004 Auburn NYPL A- Tor 22 3 1 0.750 3.48 10 10 0 51.2 47 21 20 2 10 45 1.10 4.50 7.84
  2005 Lansing Midw A Tor 23 4 0 1.000 1.37 7 7 0 46.0 27 8 7 0 4 38 0.67 9.50 7.43
  2005 Dunedin FSL A+ Tor 23 6 1 0.857 2.26 10 10 0 59.2 46 16 15 2 12 51 0.97 4.25 7.69
  2005 New Hampshire East AA Tor 23 3 3 0.500 2.93 9 9 0 43.0 49 20 14 3 4 47 1.23 11.75 9.84
  2006 Syracuse IL AAA Tor 24 1 5 0.167 4.85 9 9 0 42.2 47 23 23 3 8 32 1.29 4.00 6.75
  2006 Toronto AL MLB Tor 24 6 10 0.375 5.07 19 17 0 94 103 58 53 12 21 44 1.32 2.10 4.21
  2007 Toronto AL MLB Tor 25 2 3 0.400 2.35 70 0 6 72.2 67 22 19 4 20 39 1.2 1.95 4.83
  2009 GCL Blue Jays GCL Rk Tor 27 0 0 --- 9.00 1 0 0 1.0 2 1 1 0 0 0 2.00 -- 0.00
  2009 Dunedin FSL A+ Tor 27 0 0 --- 0.69 4 3 0 13.0 6 1 1 0 2 10 0.62 5.00 6.92
  2009 New Hampshire East AA Tor 27 1 0 1.000 2.40 6 1 0 15.0 12 6 4 0 5 12 1.13 2.40 7.20
  2009 Las Vegas PCL AAA Tor 27 0 0 --- 5.40 7 0 0 6.2 4 4 4 0 1 7 0.75 7.00 9.45
  2009 Toronto AL MLB Tor 27 2 4 0.333 5.85 21 5 1 40.0 59 29 26 5 14 24 1.83 1.71 5.40
  2010 Toronto AL MLB Tor 28 5 2 0.714 3.67 56 0 0 68.2 74 29 28 8 21 63 1.38 3.00 8.26
  2011 New Hampshire East AA Tor 29 0 0 --- 0.00 5 0 0 5.0 1 0 0 0 1 7 0.40 7.00 12.60
  2011 Las Vegas PCL AAA Tor 29 0 0 --- 0.00 1 0 0 2.0 1 0 0 0 0 3 0.50 -- 13.50
  2011 Toronto AL MLB Tor 29 6 0 1.000 2.26 55 0 2 55.2 47 14 14 2 14 53 1.1 3.79 8.57
  2012 Toronto AL MLB Tor 30 1 1 0.500 2.54 62 0 22 63.2 44 18 18 7 11 67 0.86 6.09 9.47
  2013 Toronto Blue Jays AL MLB Tor 31 4 1 0.800 2.56 56 0 34 52.2 39 17 15 3 13 50 0.99 3.85 8.54
  2014 Dunedin FSL A+ Tor 32 0 0 --- 0.00 1 1 0 1.0 1 0 0 0 0 1 1.00 -- 9.00
  2014 New Hampshire East AA Tor 32 0 0 --- 0.00 3 2 0 3 3 0 0 0 0 2 1.00 -- 6,00
  2014 Toronto AL MLB Tor 32 3 3 0.500 3.94 50 0 25 45.2 47 22 20 6 7 28 1.18 4.00 5.52
  2015 Potomac Caro A+ Was 33 0 0 --- 4.50 2 1 0 2 3 3 1 1 0 1 1.5 -- 4.50
  2015 Harrisburg East AA Was 33 0 0 --- 2.45 4 1 0 3.2 1 1 1 0 1 0 0.55 0.00 0.00
  2015 Washington NL MLB Was 33 2 5 0.286 4.95 48 0 0 40 38 22 22 5 8 27 1.15 3.38 6.08
  2016 Lowell NYPL A- Bos 34 0 0 --- 3.38 8 0 1 8.0 8 3 3 0 1 8 1.13 8.00 9.00
   
  Additional Player Info  
  Pronunciation: ---
First Pro Contract: June 18, 2004 (TOR)
Signing Bonus: N/A
MiLB Debut: June 2004 (Auburn)
 Added to 40-man: -
MLB Debut: -
     
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