P Ilie Paunescu #15
Northern Virginia Retrievers SL
Age: 29 | Bats: L | Throws: L | Morale: Good    
12/31/2026
BNN Index | SL | SCORES | STANDINGS | STATS | TEAMS | PLAYERS | TRANSACTIONS | HISTORY
P ILIE PAUNESCU #15 - AGE: 29 - BATS: L - THROWS: L - MORALE: GOOD
G GS Rec SV ERA IP HA HR BB K WHIP WAR
55 0 6-4 19 2.37 83.2 60 2 29 76 1.06 1.7
PITCHING RATINGS (OSA)
Overall Pot. Overall Vs Left Vs Right Pot.
Stuff 8 9 8 8
Movement 7 7 6 7
Control 6 7 6 6
PITCHING RATINGS
Pitch Cur. Pot.
Fastball 8 8
Changeup 2 2
Sinker 8 8
 
 
OTHER PITCHING RATINGS
Velocity 93-95 Mph
Stamina 8
Suggested Role Bullpen
Groundball Percentage 61 %
Hold Runners 9
Defense 5
RUN/BUNT RATINGS
Running Speed: 1
Stealing Ability: 1
Baserunning Inst.: 4
Sacrifice Bunt: 9
Bunt for Hit: 1
   
GAME LOG, LAST 10 GAMES
Date Vs. Result Start IP H R ER BB K Dec
09/24/2026 FTW Loss, 5-9 0.2 2 2 2 0 1
09/22/2026 FTW Win, 7-4 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 Save
09/21/2026 GRA Loss, 0-1 1.0 0 0 0 1 0
09/20/2026 GRA Win, 5-3 1.0 0 0 0 0 1 Save
09/17/2026 @ AUS Win, 8-4 1.2 0 0 0 0 0 Save
09/15/2026 @ AUS Win, 8-2 2.1 1 0 0 1 3
09/14/2026 TOL Win, 10-9 1.0 2 3 3 1 0
09/04/2026 @ SEA Win, 6-3 4.0 0 0 0 0 3 Win
09/02/2026 @ PHX Win, 10-5 1.2 0 0 0 1 1 Win
08/31/2026 @ PHX Win, 3-2 1.0 1 0 0 0 2 Save
PERSONALITY
Leader Ability:Low
Loyalty:Normal
Desire f. Win:Very High
Greed:Normal
Intelligence:Low
Work Ethic:Low
Birthday:02/20/1997
Born in:Shawano, WI
Nationality:American
Height:6' 7"
Weight:230 lbs
Local Popularity:Extremely Popular
National Pop.:Insignificant
STATUS
Contract:Major League Contract
Salary:$9,550,000
Signed Through:2030 Season
Major Service:9 Years, 43 Days
Service This Yr:149 Days
40-Man Service:10 Years, 90 Days
Pro Service:10 Years
Arbitration Eligibility:Not eligible, free agent after contract expires!
Option Years:Out of option years
Contract Extension: -
Drafted:2016, 30th Pick in Round 1
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UNITED STATES SILVER LEAGUE 2026 PITCHING STATS
Pitching G GS W L SV ERA IP HA R ER HR BB K CG CG% SHO QS QS%
Overall 55 0 6 4 19 2.37 83.2 60 23 22 2 29 76 0 0.0 0 0 0.0
Pitching SVO BS SV% RA GF R/9 H/9 K/9 BB/9 FIP WHIP FIP- WAR BABIP        
Overall 25 3 86.4 55 40 10.11 6.45 8.18 3.12 2.28 1.06 66 1.7 .250        
Pitching AB H 2B 3B HR R BB K SF SH HP AVG OBP SLG OPS      
vs. LHB 81 15 5 0 1 3 8 23 2 1 3 .185 .277 .284 .561      
vs. RHB 224 45 5 1 1 20 21 53 3 5 2 .201 .272 .246 .518      
UNITED STATES SILVER LEAGUE 2026 PITCHING SPLITS
Split G GS W L SV ERA IP HA R ER HR BB K  
May 13 0 1 1 3 4.41 16.1 16 9 8 0 5 19  
June 10 0 1 1 5 2.70 13.1 13 4 4 1 7 15  
July 11 0 0 0 6 0.00 15.0 9 0 0 0 2 11  
August 12 0 2 2 2 1.82 24.2 17 5 5 1 11 22  
September 9 0 2 0 3 3.14 14.1 5 5 5 0 4 9  
Spring Training 3 0 0 0 0 2.45 7.1 3 2 2 1 0 10  
Career 138 22 22 14 27 3.35 293.0 249 118 109 18 122 230  
Home 31 0 3 2 9 2.05 48.1 33 11 11 0 19 45  
Road 24 0 3 2 10 2.80 35.1 27 12 11 2 10 31  
Grass 51 0 5 4 17 2.56 77.1 59 23 22 2 29 70  
Turf 4 0 1 0 2 0.00 6.1 1 0 0 0 0 6  
Day 17 0 4 1 6 3.05 20.2 16 7 7 1 9 14  
Night 38 0 2 3 13 2.14 63.0 44 16 15 1 20 62  
As Reliever / Substitution 55 0 6 4 19 2.37 83.2 60 23 22 2 29 76  
CAREER PITCHING STATS
Year/Team/League Age G GS W L SV ERA IP HA R ER HR BB K CG SHO WHIP BABIP FIP WAR ERA+
2016 Atlanta - PL 19 4 2 2 0 0 3.46 13.0 14 5 5 1 8 6 0 0 1.69 .325 5.32 0.0 129
2017 Atlanta - SL 20 5 5 1 3 0 4.50 28.0 29 17 14 1 19 12 0 0 1.71 .304 4.86 0.2 98
2018 Atlanta - SL 21 24 17 9 3 0 4.59 102.0 109 53 52 9 52 55 0 0 1.58 .308 4.84 1.1 102
2019 Atlanta - PL 22 16 16 5 6 0 4.06 93.0 96 47 42 6 47 52 0 0 1.54 .297 4.49 0.4 92
2020 Atlanta - PL 23 22 21 2 11 0 4.53 109.1 130 63 55 13 60 57 0 0 1.74 .331 5.22 -0.9 78
2021 Atlanta - PL 24 27 6 4 2 0 4.98 81.1 81 47 45 9 45 54 0 0 1.55 .303 5.08 -0.2 80
2022 Atlanta - PL 25 37 0 3 1 0 3.20 25.1 16 9 9 3 9 32 0 0 0.99 .236 2.94 0.3 116
2023 Northern Virginia - SL 26 54 0 6 4 8 2.38 79.1 51 25 21 6 22 87 0 0 0.92 .239 2.76 1.5 165
2024 Northern Virginia - PL 27 59 0 2 2 20 2.71 66.1 51 21 20 6 21 68 0 0 1.09 .273 2.88 0.9 135
2025 Northern Virginia - PL 28 62 0 4 4 12 3.43 76.0 76 29 29 10 34 81 0 0 1.45 .332 3.56 0.1 101
2026 Northern Virginia - SL 29 55 0 6 4 19 2.37 83.2 60 23 22 2 29 76 0 0 1.06 .250 2.28 1.7 146
Total PL 227 45 22 26 32 3.97 464.1 464 221 205 48 224 350 0 0 1.48 .307 4.32 0.7 97
Total SL 138 22 22 14 27 3.35 293.0 249 118 109 18 122 230 0 0 1.27 .276 3.55 4.5 131
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 FIP WAR ERA+
2016 Total - 19 14 14 8 2 0 1.13 103.2 64 16 13 2 23 150 0 0 0.84 .254 1.31 5.8 100
2016 Sun Prairie - AA 19 20 0 0 2 9 8.04 15.2 18 15 14 2 9 16 0 0 1.72 .333 5.38 -0.1 55
2016 Bangor Trident Base - AAA 19 1 0 1 0 0 0.00 1.0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 1.00 .000 4.93 0.0 999
2017 Sun Prairie - AA 20 19 9 5 5 3 2.97 69.2 63 24 23 4 29 53 1 0 1.32 .291 4.47 1.2 168
2017 Bangor Trident Base - AAA 20 5 1 1 0 2 4.00 9.0 14 4 4 2 4 3 0 0 2.00 .343 7.57 -0.1 137
Total PAAA 1 0 1 0 0 0.00 1.0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 1.00 .000 4.93 999.0
Total SAAA 5 1 1 0 2 4.00 9.0 14 4 4 2 4 3 0 0 2.00 .343 7.57 137.1
Total SAA 19 9 5 5 3 2.97 69.2 63 24 23 4 29 53 1 0 1.32 .291 4.47 167.8
Total PAA 20 0 0 2 9 8.04 15.2 18 15 14 2 9 16 0 0 1.72 .333 5.38 54.9
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 FIP WAR ERA+
2016 Atlanta - PL 19 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 1.2 0 0 0 0 3 1 0 0 1.80 .000 0.00 0.0 0
2018 Atlanta - 3L 21 3 3 2 1 0 3.32 19.0 20 8 7 0 7 6 0 0 1.42 .299 0.00 0.0 0
2018 Atlanta - SL 21 2 2 0 1 0 9.00 10.0 20 10 10 1 3 6 0 0 2.30 .500 0.00 0.0 0
2018 Total - SL 21 5 5 2 2 0 5.28 29.0 40 18 17 1 10 12 0 0 1.72 .371 0.00 0.0 0
2019 Atlanta - PL 22 3 3 0 2 0 10.32 11.1 20 15 13 2 5 4 0 0 2.21 .383 0.00 0.0 0
2020 Atlanta - 3L 23 1 1 0 0 0 0.00 2.2 3 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 1.88 .300 0.00 0.0 0
2020 Atlanta - PL 23 3 3 0 2 0 4.12 19.2 15 9 9 2 11 12 0 0 1.32 .228 0.00 0.0 0
2020 Total - PL 23 4 4 0 2 0 3.63 22.1 18 9 9 2 13 12 0 0 1.39 .239 0.00 0.0 0
2021 Atlanta - 3L 24 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.2 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0.00 .000 0.00 0.0 0
2021 Atlanta - PL 24 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 2.2 3 1 0 0 1 2 0 0 1.50 .300 0.00 0.0 0
2021 Total - PL 24 2 0 0 0 0 0.00 3.1 3 1 0 0 1 4 0 0 1.20 .300 0.00 0.0 0
2022 Atlanta - SL 25 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.2 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1.50 .500 0.00 0.0 0
2022 Atlanta - PL 25 8 0 2 0 0 1.54 11.2 7 2 2 0 2 14 0 0 0.77 .259 0.00 0.0 0
2022 Total - PL 25 9 0 2 0 0 1.46 12.1 8 2 2 0 2 15 0 0 0.81 .276 0.00 0.0 0
2023 Northern Virginia - SL 26 9 0 1 2 0 1.96 18.1 13 4 4 2 6 21 0 0 1.04 .262 0.00 0.0 0
2023 Northern Virginia - PL 26 2 0 0 0 0 2.25 4.0 3 1 1 0 1 2 0 0 1.00 .231 0.00 0.0 0
2023 Total - PL 26 11 0 1 2 0 2.01 22.1 16 5 5 2 7 23 0 0 1.03 .255 0.00 0.0 0
2024 Northern Virginia - 3L 27 1 0 0 1 0 13.50 0.2 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 1.50 .000 0.00 0.0 0
2024 Northern Virginia - SL 27 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0.00 .000 0.00 0.0 0
2024 Northern Virginia - PL 27 11 0 2 0 1 0.00 13.2 2 0 0 0 4 21 0 0 0.44 .091 0.00 0.0 0
2024 Total - PL 27 13 0 2 1 1 0.59 15.1 3 1 1 1 4 23 0 0 0.46 .080 0.00 0.0 0
2025 Northern Virginia - PL 28 9 0 0 0 4 1.69 10.2 4 2 2 0 6 12 0 0 0.94 .174 0.00 0.0 0
2026 Northern Virginia - 3L 29 2 0 1 0 0 3.86 2.1 2 1 1 0 2 2 0 0 1.71 .333 0.00 0.0 0
2026 Northern Virginia - PL 29 2 0 0 0 1 0.00 2.0 1 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0.50 .333 0.00 0.0 0
2026 Total - PL 29 4 0 1 0 1 2.08 4.1 3 1 1 0 2 5 0 0 1.15 .333 0.00 0.0 0
Total PL 40 6 4 4 6 3.14 77.1 55 30 27 4 33 71 0 0 1.14 .249 2.94 358.9
Total SL 13 2 1 3 0 4.20 30.0 34 14 14 3 9 30 0 0 1.43 .373 3.58 195.1
Total 3L 8 4 3 2 0 3.20 25.1 26 10 9 1 11 10 0 0 1.46 .294 4.05 234.9
CAREER FIELDING STATS
Year/Team/League POS G GS PO A DP TC E PCT INN RNG ZR EFF PB RSTA RTO RTO%
2016 Atlanta - ML P 4 2 1 4 2 5 0 1.000 13.0 3.46 +0.0 1.011
2017 Atlanta - ML P 5 5 2 5 1 7 0 1.000 28.0 2.25 +0.1 1.029
2018 Atlanta - ML P 23 17 4 21 1 28 3 .893 102.0 2.21 -0.3 .991
2019 Atlanta - ML P 16 16 6 18 2 25 1 .960 93.0 2.32 +0.7 1.060
2020 Atlanta - ML P 22 21 3 18 1 21 0 1.000 109.1 1.73 +0.4 1.042
2021 Atlanta - ML P 27 6 3 17 3 20 0 1.000 81.1 2.21 +0.3 1.032
2022 Atlanta - ML P 32 0 1 3 0 4 0 1.000 25.1 1.42 +0.0 1.036
2023 Northern Virginia - ML P 54 0 1 15 0 17 1 .941 79.1 1.82 +0.9 1.122
2024 Northern Virginia - ML P 57 0 3 16 0 19 0 1.000 66.1 2.58 -0.6 .958
2025 Northern Virginia - ML P 60 0 2 5 0 7 0 1.000 76.0 0.83 +0.4 1.205
2026 Northern Virginia - ML P 55 0 3 8 0 12 1 .917 83.2 1.18 -0.6 .924
TOTAL P 355 67 29 130 10 165 6 .964 757.1 1.89 +1.4 1.026
PLAYER HISTORY
04/01/2016 Drafted in the 2016 first-year player draft (Round 1, Pick 30, 30th overall pick) by the Louisville Slugs, out of high school (Shawano Community; Shawano, WI).
05/01/2016 Named the #34 prospect in the PL
07/14/2016 Signed a 5-year contract extension worth a total of $17,100,000 with the Atlanta Smoke organization.
01/01/2017 OSA scouting updated ratings (potential): Stuff: 3 (7); Movement: 7 (8); Control: 2 (9).
05/01/2017 Named the #54 prospect in the SL
01/01/2018 OSA scouting updated ratings (potential): Stuff: 3 (7); Movement: 7 (8); Control: 2 (8).
05/01/2018 Named the #41 prospect in the SL
01/01/2019 OSA scouting updated ratings (potential): Stuff: 3 (6); Movement: 7 (8); Control: 3 (8).
01/01/2020 OSA scouting updated ratings (potential): Stuff: 4 (5); Movement: 6 (6); Control: 3 (6).
01/01/2021 OSA scouting updated ratings (potential): Stuff: 5 (7); Movement: 6 (7); Control: 4 (6).
01/01/2022 OSA scouting updated ratings (potential): Stuff: 8 (8); Movement: 6 (7); Control: 5 (6).
02/10/2022 Signed a 2-year contract extension worth a total of $8,290,000 with the Atlanta Smoke organization.
01/01/2023 OSA scouting updated ratings (potential): Stuff: 8 (8); Movement: 7 (7); Control: 6 (6).
05/05/2023 Was traded by the Atlanta Smoke to the Northern Virginia Retrievers, along with SP Edison Larson, in exchange for RP Stanley Harris, SS Juan Ortega.
09/25/2023 Wins the 2023 Silver League Championship with the Northern Virginia Retrievers.
10/27/2023 Finished 2nd in 2023 SL SL Reliever of the Year Award voting.
01/01/2024 OSA scouting updated ratings (potential): Stuff: 8 (8); Movement: 6 (7); Control: 6 (6).
10/24/2024 Signed a 6-year contract extension worth a total of $63,300,000 with the Northern Virginia Retrievers organization.
01/01/2025 OSA scouting updated ratings (potential): Stuff: 8 (8); Movement: 6 (6); Control: 6 (6).
01/01/2026 OSA scouting updated ratings (potential): Stuff: 8 (8); Movement: 6 (7); Control: 6 (6).
LEADERBOARD APPEARANCES
Year SH Rank
2018 8 6
2018 8 6
Year L Rank
2020 11 6
Year BB Rank
2018 52 8
2018 52 8
2020 60 5
Year WP Rank
2021 6 4
Year SHO Rank
2018 0 5
2018 0 5
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