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Tzu-Wei Lin LFTwins

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Birth Date	2-15-1994
Height	5' 9"
Weight	180 lbs

Age	30 years, 2 months, 1 days
Bats	L
Throws	R

: 2015
: 2016
: 0.12017
: 0.12018
: -0.12019
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MLB Statistics

YEAR	TEAM	AGE	G	PA	H	2B	3B	HR	BB	SO	SB	CS	AVG	OBP	SLG	DRC+	DRAA	BRR	FRAA	BWARP
2017	BOS	23	25	66	15	0	2	0	9	17	1	1	.268	.369	.339	88	-0.8	0.0	-0.2	0.1
2018	BOS	24	37	73	16	6	1	1	8	17	0	1	.246	.329	.415	80	-1.6	0.2	-0.6	0.1
2019	BOS	25	13	22	4	2	0	0	2	6	1	1	.200	.273	.300	71	-0.7	0.0	-0.4	0.0
Career			75	161	35	8	3	1	19	40	2	3	.248	.338	.369	82	-3.1	0.1	-1.2	0.2

Statistics for All Levels

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YEAR	Team	Lg	LG	G	PA	oppAVG	oppOBP	oppSLG	BABIP	BPF	BRAA	repLVL	POS_ADJ	DRC+	DRC+ SD	FRAA	BRR	DRAA	BWARP
2012	RSX	Rk	GCL	29	130	.239	.313	.323	.329	107	1.2	4.0	-0.1	102	0	0.1	1.4	0.3	0.5
2013	LOW	A-	NYP	60	261	.247	.315	.346	.298	96	-3.1	6.7	2.8	87	0	8.7	4.5	-9.1	1.5
2014	GRN	A	SAL	102	467	.257	.326	.372	.272	111	-15.2	13.3	5.9	81	0	-0.5	0.0	-16.9	0.2
2015	SLM	A+	CAR	73	307	.248	.312	.352	.309	106	-1.5	8.3	3.5	119	0	-0.1	-0.3	-0.5	1.2
2015	PME	AA	EAS	46	194	.260	.319	.375	.238	97	-12	5.2	2.4	51	0	4.0	-0.9	-13.0	-0.2
2015	SCO	Wnt	AFL	14	54	.000	.000	.000	.286			0.0		0	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
2016	PME	AA	EAS	108	411	.257	.322	.383	.256	110	-18.3	11.1	3.1	61	0	0.6	0.6	-18.5	-0.3
2017	BOS	MLB	AL	25	66	.257	.320	.427	.385	105	0.4	1.9	0.4	88	12	-0.2	0.0	-0.8	0.1
2017	PME	AA	EAS	48	184	.252	.322	.393	.333	105	8.2	5.0	1.9	137	0	1.2	1.8	7.0	1.8
2017	PAW	AAA	INT	35	154	.253	.315	.385	.270	96	-6.5	4.6	0.8	62	0	-1.2	-0.6	-5.6	-0.2
2018	BOS	MLB	AL	37	73	.270	.337	.454	.319	108	0.1	2.1	0.7	80	9	-0.6	0.2	-1.6	0.1
2018	PAW	AAA	INT	68	302	.247	.313	.385	.385	92	13.2	8.9	3.3	134	0	2.5	-0.4	10.4	2.5
2019	BOS	MLB	AL	13	22	.238	.307	.402	.286	102	-1.5	0.7	0	71	13	-0.4	0.0	-0.7	0.0
2019	PAW	AAA	INT	59	250	.262	.338	.437	.311	93	-10.1	8.5	0.9	84	0	7.5	1.5	-4.7	1.2

Statistics For All Levels

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Year	Team	lvl	LG	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	TB	RBI	BB	SO	SB	CS	AVG	OBP	SLG	ISO	SF	SH
2012	RSX	Rk	GCL	130	110	21	28	5	1	0	35	16	16	28	4	2	.255	.341	.318	.064	3	1
2013	LOW	A-	NYP	261	230	34	52	9	2	1	68	20	28	59	12	4	.226	.312	.296	.070	1	1
2014	GRN	A	SAL	467	402	55	92	22	1	1	119	42	54	74	10	7	.229	.315	.296	.067	7
2015	SCO	Wnt	AFL	54	48	5	10	1	0	0	11	5	6	13	2	1	.208	.296	.229	.021	0	0
2015	PME	AA	EAS	194	173	21	35	5	3	0	46	14	16	27	8	3	.202	.268	.266	.064	1	4
2015	SLM	A+	CAR	307	281	37	79	12	3	2	103	34	22	32	15	3	.281	.331	.367	.085	2	2
2016	PME	AA	EAS	411	372	39	83	10	5	2	109	27	34	55	10	7	.223	.287	.293	.070	1	4
2017	PAW	AAA	INT	154	141	12	32	5	1	2	45	9	11	28	2	4	.227	.283	.319	.092	0	2
2017	PME	AA	EAS	184	159	31	48	9	3	5	78	19	20	27	8	2	.302	.379	.491	.189	2	2
2017	BOS	MLB	AL	66	56	7	15	0	2	0	19	2	9	17	1	1	.268	.369	.339	.071	0	1
2018	PAW	AAA	INT	302	277	33	85	20	2	5	124	25	23	64	3	4	.307	.362	.448	.141	0	1
2018	BOS	MLB	AL	73	65	15	16	6	1	1	27	6	8	17	0	1	.246	.329	.415	.169	0	0
2019	PAW	AAA	INT	250	224	30	55	11	1	4	80	22	21	58	6	2	.246	.308	.357	.112	2	3
2019	BOS	MLB	AL	22	20	3	4	2	0	0	6	1	2	6	1	1	.200	.273	.300	.100	0	0

Plate Discipline

YEAR	Pits	Zone%	Swing%	Contact%	Z-Swing%	O-Swing%	Z-Contact%	O-Contact%	SwStr%
2017	289	0.4671	0.4048	0.7607	0.5852	0.2468	0.9114	0.4474	0.2393
2018	303	0.4620	0.4356	0.7273	0.6000	0.2945	0.7619	0.6667	0.2727
2019	80	0.4750	0.5125	0.7317	0.6842	0.3571	0.7692	0.6667	0.2683
Career	672	0.4657	0.4315	0.7422	0.6037	0.2814	0.8271	0.5724	0.2578

Injury History — No longer being updated

Last Update: 12/31/2014 23:59 ET

Date On	Date Off	Transaction	Days	Games	Side	Body Part	Injury	Severity	Surgery Date	Reaggravation
2014-07-12	2014-07-27	Minors	15	0	-		Not Disclosed		-

Compensation

Year	Team	Salary
2020	BOS	$570,000
2019	BOS	$
2018	BOS	$
2017	BOS	$

Years	Description	Salary
1 yr	Previous	$570,000
1 yr	Total	$570,000

Service Time	Agent	Contract Status
2 y 51 d		1 year (2022)

Details

1 year (2022). Signed by NY Mets as a free agent 3/16/22 (minor-league contract).
1 year (2021). Signed by Minnesota as a free agent 12/4/20 (minor-league contract). Contract selected by Minnesota 4/24/21. DFA by Minnesota 4/29/21. Sent outright to Triple-A 5/3/21.
1 year/$570,000 (2020). Re-signed by Boston 3/20.
1 year (2019). Re-signed by Boston 3/19.
1 year (2018). Re-signed by Boston 3/18.
1 year (2017). Contract selected by Boston 6/24/17.
Signed by Boston 6/16/12 as a free agent from Taiwan. $2.05M signing bonus (record for Taiwanese position player).

2019 Preseason Forecast

Last Update: 1/27/2017 12:35 ET

PCT	PA	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	SB	CS	AVG	OBP	SLG	DRC+	VORP	FRAA	WARP
90^o	174	20	42	7	1	5	19	13	36	2	2	.266	.324	.418	88	5.0	SS 0, 2B 0	0.5
80^o	153	17	35	6	1	4	16	11	32	2	2	.252	.309	.396	79	2.2	SS 0, 2B 0	0.3
70^o	137	15	30	5	1	3	14	9	29	2	1	.240	.294	.368	73	0.6	SS 0, 2B 0	0.1
60^o	124	13	27	5	1	3	12	8	27	1	1	.239	.293	.381	68	-0.5	SS 0, 2B 0	0.0
50^o	111	11	24	4	1	3	11	7	24	1	1	.235	.288	.382	63	-1.3	SS 0, 2B 0	-0.1
40^o	98	10	18	3	0	2	9	6	22	1	1	.198	.253	.297	58	-2.0	SS 0, 2B 0	-0.2
30^o	85	8	16	3	0	2	8	5	19	1	1	.205	.250	.321	53	-2.5	SS 0, 2B 0	-0.3
20^o	69	6	12	2	0	1	6	4	16	1	1	.188	.235	.266	46	-2.7	SS 0, 2B 0	-0.3
10^o	48	4	7	1	0	1	4	3	11	0	0	.159	.213	.250	38	-2.5	SS 0, 2B 0	-0.3
Weighted Mean	117	12	25	4	1	3	12	8	25	1	1	.234	.291	.374	65	-1.0	SS 0, 2B 0	-0.1

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Date	Question	Answer
2017-07-19 17:00:00 (link to chat)	Any under the radar Sox pitching prospects out there? I haven't heard or seen much, and that scares me (Jim from Mass)	Jalen Beeks was one of the two guys I was high on over the last few months(the other was Tzu-Wei Lin, but it seems very condescending to say that now). He's in Triple-A right now after a particularly impressive run in Portland. He's worth keeping an eye on, since decent pitchers in the Red Sox's high minors seems to be a rarity lately. (Brett Cowett)

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