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Frank Schwindel 1BCubs

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2019 Projections (Preseason PECOTA - seasonal age 27)
PA AVG HR R RBI SB DRC+ WARP
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Birth Date6-29-1992
Height6' 1"
Weight220 lbs
Age31 years, 8 months, 28 days
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WARP Summary

MLB Statistics

YEAR TEAM AGE G PA H 2B 3B HR BB SO HBP SB CS AVG OBP SLG DRC+ DRAA BRR FRAA BWARP
2019 KCA 27 6 15 1 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 .067 .067 .067 83 -0.3 0.0 -0.4 0.0
Career615100002000.067.067.06783-0.30.0-0.40.0

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
2013 IDA Rk PIO 64 278 .278 .347 .424 .310 106 2.8 8.5 -1 93 0 -0.5 -2.0 -12.4 -0.7
2014 LEX A SAL 102 428 .258 .321 .375 .298 105 13.8 12.2 -2.5 119 0 -2.9 -1.1 1.8 0.8
2014 WIL A+ CAR 16 61 .256 .322 .380 .273 86 -1.9 1.8 -1.1 86 0 -0.9 -0.5 -2.3 -0.3
2015 WIL A+ CAR 73 293 .255 .325 .365 .330 97 3.5 7.9 -4.8 107 0 2.9 -3.4 -3.8 -0.1
2015 NWA AA TEX 50 174 .250 .316 .382 .246 106 -11.4 4.7 -2.9 50 0 -1.2 -1.4 -11.8 -1.4
2016 NWA AA TEX 120 485 .247 .309 .372 .289 95 9.9 13.1 -8.4 111 0 -3.6 -2.4 -3.8 -0.5
2017 NWA AA TEX 34 147 .250 .319 .373 .359 98 10.3 4.0 -2.6 160 0 0.5 -1.7 7.9 0.9
2017 OMA AAA PCL 99 406 .270 .334 .421 .353 99 15.4 12.0 -7.7 120 0 1.2 -1.7 11.5 1.5
2018 OMA AAA PCL 134 556 .264 .330 .405 .290 93 26.4 16.3 -10.5 122 0 -6.7 -1.1 16.7 1.5
2019 KCA MLB AL 6 15 .256 .314 .423 .077 101 -1.9 0.5 -0.3 83 8 -0.4 0.0 -0.3 0.0
2019 LAK A+ FSL 3 11 .271 .346 .394 .444 90 2.4 0.3 -0.2 156 0 -0.1 -0.1 0.6 0.0
2019 ERI AA EAS 46 188 .250 .321 .378 .275 101 4.1 5.0 -3.2 98 0 0.0 -3.1 0.0 -0.1
2019 OMA AAA PCL 19 76 .255 .341 .433 .211 96 -6.7 2.6 -1.7 36 0 -0.7 0.0 -6.3 -0.5
2019 TOL AAA INT 28 119 .256 .342 .425 .329 92 8 4.1 -2.3 150 0 -0.3 -0.4 8.0 0.8

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
2013 IDA Rk PIO 278 260 41 78 14 1 6 112 42 9 24 0 2 .300 .336 .431 .131 2 1
2014 LEX A SAL 428 406 48 116 29 2 20 209 70 17 68 0 1 .286 .313 .515 .229 4
2014 WIL A+ CAR 61 58 6 14 3 0 2 23 5 2 12 0 0 .241 .279 .397 .155 0
2015 NWA AA TEX 174 170 14 36 7 0 4 55 22 2 37 0 1 .212 .224 .324 .112 1 0
2015 WIL A+ CAR 293 274 30 76 28 1 3 115 32 12 52 0 1 .277 .315 .420 .142 2 1
2016 NWA AA TEX 485 455 57 123 20 0 20 203 68 18 86 1 1 .270 .301 .446 .176 7 0
2017 OMA AAA PCL 406 392 51 126 30 0 17 207 72 10 68 0 1 .321 .340 .528 .207 2 0
2017 NWA AA TEX 147 137 17 48 13 0 6 79 25 6 17 0 0 .350 .374 .577 .226 3 0
2018 OMA AAA PCL 556 510 65 146 38 1 24 258 93 34 71 2 2 .286 .336 .506 .220 5 0
2019 OMA AAA PCL 76 70 8 13 4 0 1 20 10 4 13 0 1 .186 .237 .286 .100 1 0
2019 TOL AAA INT 119 113 21 37 7 0 9 71 33 6 19 0 0 .327 .361 .628 .301 0 0
2019 ERI AA EAS 188 171 21 44 8 0 5 67 23 11 27 0 0 .257 .309 .392 .135 3 0
2019 LAK A+ FSL 11 11 2 5 1 0 1 9 4 0 1 0 0 .455 .455 .818 .364 0 0
2019 KCA MLB AL 15 15 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 0 0 .067 .067 .067 .000 0 0

Plate Discipline

YEAR Pits Zone% Swing% Contact% Z-Swing% O-Swing% Z-Contact% O-Contact% SwStr% CSAA
2019 49 0.5714 0.5918 0.8621 0.7857 0.3333 0.9545 0.5714 0.1379 0.0000
Career490.57140.59180.86210.78570.33330.95450.57140.13790.0000

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

Compensation

Year Team Salary
2022 CHN $705,500
2021 OAK $
2020 DET $
2019 KCA $555,000
YearsDescriptionSalary
2 yrPrevious$1,260,500
2 yrTotal$1,260,500

 

Service TimeAgentContract Status
1 y 63 d2023

Details
  • 2023. Signed by Orix Buffaloes of Japan 12/11/22.
  • 1 year/$705,500 (2022). Re-signed by Chicago Cubs 3/22. DFA by Chicago Cubs 9/17/22. Released 9/18/22.
  • 1 year (2021). Signed by Oakland as a free agent 11/17/20 (minor-league contract). Contract selected by Oakland 6/29/21. Claimed by Chicago Cubs off waivers 7/18/21 after being DFA by Oakland 7/16/21.
  • 2020. Detroit.
  • 1 year/$555,000 (2019). Contract selected by Kansas City 3/27/19. DFA by Kansas City 5/14/19. Released 5/18/19. Signed by Detroit as a free agent 5/28/19 (minor-league contract).
  • Drafted by Kansas City 2013 (18-534) (St. John's).

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
90o 98 12 28 6 0 5 15 3 17 0 0 .298 .323 .521 117 4.2 1B -1, 0.4
80o 77 9 20 4 0 3 11 2 14 0 0 .274 .299 .452 109 2.2 1B -1, 0.2
70o 61 7 16 3 0 3 9 2 11 0 0 .276 .311 .483 102 1.1 1B 0, 0.1
60o 48 5 12 3 0 2 6 1 9 0 0 .267 .283 .467 97 0.5 1B 0, 0.0
50o 35 4 8 2 0 1 5 1 7 0 0 .242 .265 .394 92 0.1 1B 0, 0.0
40o 22 2 5 1 0 1 3 1 4 0 0 .227 .261 .409 87 -0.1 1B 0, 0.0
30o 9 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 .111 .111 .111 82 -0.1 1B 0, 0.0
Weighted Mean4151020261800.256.275.462940.21B 0,0.0

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DateQuestionAnswer
2019-09-04 13:00:00 (link to chat)Are there any players at the upper levels of the Tigers' system that can be impactful on the ML roster in 2020/2021? The AAA roster still has Candelario and Stewart, but there's Joey Morgan, Frank Schwindel (27yo, I know), and Daz Cameron among the hitters. The injured Beau Burrows is the only pitcher I could foresee if I squint hard enough. AA doesn't seem much better. Any hope for Tiger fans?
(ironcityguys from urban area)
Good question. Not much to be excited about a Tigers fan unfortunately. Wouldn't mind seeing Schwindel soon. Cameron's past season, was... un-encouraging to say the least.

You got Casey Mize who is legit, but... yeah, not much to look forward to at the moment IMO. Sorry! (Tyler Oringer)


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Advanced Catching Metrics

Year lvl CSAA Framing Runs Blocking Chances EPAA Blocking Runs SB Attempts SRAA TRAA Throwing Runs FRAA Adj. FRAA
2014 afx .000 0.0 1737 .002 -0.8 44 -.017 .004 0.4 0.0 -2.9
2015 aax .000 0.0 26 .000 0.0 1 .005 .000 0.0 0.0 -1.2
2015 afa .000 0.0 82 .000 0.0 3 .018 .000 0.0 0.0 2.9

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