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The big number is his career NUT, his total production against league average, with its letter grade. This season's NUT sits just below it, followed by his season and career lines, recent form over 7, 14 and 30 days, game logs, and percentile ranks against every qualified player. NUT is built on the advanced hitting and pitching stats analysts trust, with defense left out, so the number reflects what the player controls.

Danny Salazar 2026 Season · Gigantes del Cibao

Danny Salazar is a free agent pitcher. His career NUT is +3.2, #721 of 7,125 pitchers since 1876, and his best season by NUT was 2017 (+1.0). NUT is one number for production against league average: 0.0 is average, and every season is graded against its own league.

Career: 38-34, 3.82 ERA, 688 K in 591.1 IP.

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Danny Salazar Career Stats & NUT | Baseball NUT

Danny Salazar

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+3.2Career NUT

+4.8 to Great

Career

3.82ERA1.27WHIP38W688K591.1IP

Career · season grades

R/R · 6' 0", 195 lb · b. Jan 11, 1990 · Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic · Signed International FA, 2009 (CAP)

Player Overview

Year by Year


2013	23	CLE	+0.4	2	3	3.12	10	10	0	0	0	211	52.0	44	18	15	0	65	1.13
2014	24	CLE	+0.3	6	8	4.25	20	20	1	1	0	474	110.0	117	52	35	3	120	1.38
2015	25	CLE	+0.8	14	10	3.45	30	30	0	0	0	757	185.0	156	71	53	7	195	1.13
2016	26	CLE	+0.7	11	6	3.87	25	25	0	0	0	584	137.1	121	59	63	2	161	1.34
2017	27	CLE	+1.0	5	6	4.28	23	19	0	0	3	439	103.0	94	49	44	3	145	1.34
2019	29	CLE	—	0	1	4.50	1	1	0	0	0	17	4.0	4	2	3	0	2	1.75
Career	—	6 yrs	+3.2	38	34	3.82	109	105	1	1	3	2482	591.1	536	251	213	15	688	1.27

Stat definitions →

NUT Breakdown

K Ability

HR Prevention

Walk Avoidance

What's driving Salazar's career NUT of +3.2

Slice size = share of total NUT. K Ability = Strikeouts · HR Prevention = HR allowed · Walk Avoidance = BB + HBP.

Career NUT Trend

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NUT by Season

+0.4

+0.3

+0.8

+0.7

+1.0

Awards

2013EAS Pitcher of the Week

2016AL Pitcher of the Month · AL All-Star

Minor League

Year	Age	Lv	W	L	ERA	G	GS	CG	GF	SV	SVO	BF	IP	H	ER	BB	HBP	SO	WHIP
2009	19	A	5	7	4.44	21	20	0	1	0	0	474	107.1	114	53	40	7	65	1.43
2010	20	A	1	1	4.45	7	7	0	0	0	0	140	32.1	34	16	13	1	23	1.45
2011	21	A	0	2	3.38	3	3	0	0	0	0	35	8.0	8	3	2	2	7	1.25
2012	22	A+	1	2	2.68	16	16	0	0	0	0	215	53.2	46	16	19	0	53	1.21
2012	22	AA	4	0	1.85	6	6	0	0	0	0	132	34.0	25	7	8	0	23	0.97
2013	23	AA	2	3	2.67	7	7	0	0	0	0	133	33.2	27	10	10	0	51	1.10
2013	23	AAA	4	2	2.73	14	13	0	1	1	1	230	59.1	44	18	14	2	78	0.98
2014	24	AAA	4	6	3.71	11	11	2	0	0	0	270	60.2	58	25	28	1	76	1.42
2015	25	AAA	1	0	0.00	1	1	0	0	0	0	20	6.0	4	0	0	0	7	0.67
2017	27	AA	0	1	16.20	1	1	0	0	0	0	11	1.2	3	3	2	1	3	3.00
2017	27	AAA	1	1	2.89	2	2	0	0	0	0	37	9.1	6	3	5	0	13	1.18
2019	29	AA	0	1	5.40	5	4	0	0	0	0	40	8.1	8	5	6	1	7	1.68
2019	29	AAA	0	0	0.00	2	2	0	0	0	0	29	7.1	4	0	2	1	11	0.82
2022	32	AAA	0	0	3.86	2	1	0	0	0	0	11	2.1	2	1	2	0	4	1.71

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