WTM’s PLAYER PROFILE

2010
R+:  2-0-1, 2.25 ERA, 1.19 WHIP, 16.0 IP, 1.7 BB/9, 11.3 K/9

Shreve got into eight games in his advanced rookie ball debut and pitched well.

2011
A:  5-6-4, 3.85 ERA, 1.47 WHIP, 70.0 IP, 3.3 BB/9, 8.7 K/9

The Braves moved Shreve up to full season ball, which was more of a challenge.  Opponents batted .282 against him.

2012
A+:  4-4-1, 2.15 ERA, 1.33 WHIP, 46.0 IP, 3.3 BB/9, 8.0 K/9
AA:  2-1-0, 3.93 ERA, 1.80 WHIP, 18.1 IP, 7.9 BB/9, 7.9 K/9

In high A, Shreve pitched reasonably well, but not as well as the ERA suggests.  His xFIP was 3.46.  He had a tougher time in 11 late-season games in AA, walking nearly a batter an inning.

2013
A+:  0-1-2, 2.75 ERA, 1.17 WHIP, 19.2 IP, 3.7 BB/9, 6.9 K/9
AA:  3-1-0, 4.43 ERA, 1.52 WHIP, 42.2 IP, 4.6 BB/9, 5.9 K/9

Back in AA, Shreve pitched just decently, with poor walk and K rates.  Atlanta sent him down to high A in July and he finished the season there.

2014
AA:  3-2-7, 2.48 ERA, 0.94 WHIP, 54.1 IP, 1.5 BB/9, 12.6 K/9
AAA:  2-1-2, 3.72 ERA, 1.24 WHIP, 9.2 IP, 2.8 BB/9, 10.2 K/9
MLB:  0-0-0, 0.73 ERA, 1.05 WHIP, 12.1 IP, 2.2 BB/9, 10.9 K/9

Shreve went back to AA and took a big step forward, with great walk and K rates.  Atlanta called him up for ten days in July, sent him down to AAA and then recalled him in September.  He pitched well at every level.  Baseball America rated him the Braves’ 12th best prospect after the season, but Atlanta traded him to the Yankees on New Year’s Day.

2015
AAA:  0-0-0, 0.00 ERA, 2.14 WHIP, 2.1 IP, 3.9 BB/9, 0.0 K/9
MLB:  6-2-0, 3.09 ERA, 1.41 WHIP, 58.1 IP, 5.1 BB/9, 9.9 K/9

Except for one early-season game in AAA, Shreve spent the year with the Yankees.  Opponents batted only .228 against him, but he had trouble with both walks and home runs, allowing better than one of the latter every six innings.

2016
AAA:  0-0-0, 1.62 ERA, 0.66 WHIP, 16.2 IP, 3.8 BB/9, 10.8 K/9
MLB:  2-1-1, 5.18 ERA, 1.27 WHIP, 33.0 IP, 3.5 BB/9, 9.0 K/9

Shreve opened the season with the Yankees, but went out with a shoulder sprain in late May.  He returned to the majors a month later, after a rehab in AAA, then spent two more stints in AAA over the rest of the season.  His control improved over the previous season, but he had even more gopher ball problems, allowing one every found innings in the majors.

2017
AAA:  1-0-1, 1.59 ERA, 0.88 WHIP, 11.1 IP, 2.4 BB/9, 15.1 K/9
MLB:  4-1-0, 3.77 ERA, 1.32 WHIP, 45.1 IP, 5.0 BB/9, 11.5 K/9

The Yankees kept Shreve in the majors for most of the season, sending him to AAA for just two brief stretches.  He continued in the same manner, missing a lot of bats but walking too many and allowing a longball every five and a half innings.

2018
MLB (NYY):  2-2-1, 4.26 ERA, 1.50 WHIP, 38.0 IP, 4.3 BB/9, 10.9 K/9
MLB (StL):  1-2-0, 3.07 ERA, 1.57 WHIP, 14.2 IP, 5.5 BB/9, 9.8 K/9

Now out of options, Shreve remained with the Yankees until the trade deadline, when they sent him to the Cards in the deal for Luke Voit.  He continued along the same lines at both stops, missing bats, walking too many and allowing a lot of gopher balls.

2019
AAA:  2-2-3, 3.45 ERA, 1.18 WHIP, 60.0 IP, 3.9 BB/9, 10.2 K/9
MLB:  1-0-0, 9.00 ERA, 1.50 WHIP, 2.0 IP, 4.5 BB/9, 9.0 K/9

St. Louis outrighted Shreve to AAA in spring training.  He pitched well there, especially considering that it was in the Pacific Coast League during an offensive explosion.  The Cards called him up very briefly in July, then outrighted him again.  He elected free agency at the end of the season and signed a minor league deal with the Mets.

2020
MLB:  1-0-0, 3.96 ERA, 1.16 WHIP, 25.0 IP, 4.3 BB/9, 12.2 K/9

The Mets called Shreve up when the shortened season began and he made 17 appearances for them.  He posted a very high K rate and held opponents to a .181 average, but walks and homers remained problems.  Shreve became a free agent after the season.

2021
AAA:  0-0-0, 0.00 ERA, 0.50 WHIP, 2.0 IP, 0.0 BB/9, 13.5 K/9
MLB:  3-3-0, 3.20 ERA, 1.26 WHIP, 56.1 IP, 4.5 BB/9, 7.2 K/9

The Pirates signed Shreve to a minor league deal just before spring training.  He lost out to Sam Howard, but got called up in May when Kyle Crick got hurt.  He spent the rest of the season with the Pirates and became one of their bullpen mainstays.  The ERA, though, is misleading.  It was largely the product of a low BABIP (.234) and a high strand rate (83.6%).  Shreve also had subpar walk and K rates, all of which left him with an xFIP of 5.15.  He held left-handed batters to a .633 OPS while right-handed batters posted a .719 figure.

It’ll be interesting to see whether the Pirates keep Shreve on the 40-man roster.  He probably lacks Howard’s upside and seems like somebody the Pirates could replace with a minor league signing.  He’s eligible for arbitration.

• $1,500,000 if in majors
  

2020: $100,000
2019: $900,000
2018: $825,000
2017: $552,425
2016: $533,400
2015: $510,275