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Portrait of Wil Nieves

Wil Nieves C

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Career Summary
Years PA AVG OBP SLG DRC+ WARP
19 1260 .241 .280 .317 69 3.3
Birth Date9-25-1977
Height5' 11"
Weight190 lbs
Age46 years, 6 months, 3 days
BatsR
ThrowsR
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
2002 SDN 24 28 76 13 3 1 0 4 15 0 1 0 .181 .224 .250 61 -3.3 0.4 -0.8 0.0
2005 NYA 27 3 4 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 80 -0.1 0.0 0.0 0.0
2006 NYA 28 6 6 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 62 -0.3 0.0 -0.1 0.0
2007 NYA 29 26 66 10 4 0 0 2 9 0 0 0 .164 .190 .230 52 -3.8 0.4 1.0 0.1
2008 WAS 30 68 196 46 9 1 1 13 29 0 0 1 .261 .309 .341 71 -6.4 -0.4 9.8 1.2
2009 WAS 31 72 249 58 6 0 1 17 45 3 1 0 .259 .313 .299 72 -7.9 -0.8 4.7 0.7
2010 WAS 32 59 172 32 8 0 3 8 29 1 0 0 .203 .244 .310 61 -7.5 -0.7 7.6 0.7
2011 MIL 33 20 54 7 2 0 0 3 12 0 0 0 .140 .189 .180 57 -2.6 0.3 2.1 0.2
2012 ARI 34 16 38 11 1 0 1 1 8 0 0 1 .306 .324 .417 75 -1.1 0.2 0.3 0.1
2012 COL 34 16 51 14 2 0 1 3 9 0 0 0 .298 .333 .404 76 -1.4 -2.7 0.8 -0.1
2013 ARI 35 71 206 58 11 0 1 8 32 0 0 0 .297 .320 .369 81 -4.0 -2.2 0.7 0.3
2014 PHI 36 36 128 31 8 0 1 1 34 2 1 0 .254 .270 .344 64 -5.0 -1.3 2.3 0.2
2015 SDN 37 6 14 1 0 0 1 1 4 0 0 0 .077 .143 .308 67 -0.5 0.0 -1.1 -0.1
Career42712602815421061228632.241.280.31769-43.8-6.827.53.3

Statistics for All Levels

'opp' stats - Quality of opponents faced - have been moved and are available only as OPP_QUAL in the Statistics reports now.
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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
1997 CLN A MDW 0 61 .000 .000 .000 .250 0.0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
1998 CLN A MDW 0 434 .000 .000 .000 .305 0.0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
1999 RCU A+ CLF 0 472 .000 .000 .000 .363 0.0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
2000 RCU A+ CLF 0 116 .000 .000 .000 .310 0.0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
2000 MOB AA SOU 0 231 .000 .000 .000 .282 0.0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
2000 LVG AAA PCL 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 0.0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
2001 MOB AA SOU 95 356 .000 .000 .000 .332 0.0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
2002 SDN MLB NL 28 76 .248 .316 .387 .228 99 -7.6 2.2 1.3 61 10 -0.8 0.4 -3.3 0.0
2002 POR AAA PCL 70 245 .000 .000 .000 .344 0.0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
2003 SLC AAA PCL 102 395 .000 .000 .000 .319 0.0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
2004 SLC AAA PCL 108 435 .000 .000 .000 .330 0.0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
2005 NYA MLB AL 3 4 .266 .342 .432 .000 104 -1.1 0.1 0.1 80 8 0.0 0.0 -0.1 0.0
2005 COH AAA INT 102 404 .269 .335 .421 .310 106 -10.6 5.3 2.4 81 0 2.9 2.1 -8.0 0.4
2006 NYA MLB AL 6 6 .285 .345 .442 .000 108 -1.7 0.2 0.1 62 8 -0.1 0.0 -0.3 0.0
2006 COH AAA INT 88 348 .261 .325 .395 .266 98 -11.9 9.0 4.3 83 0 12.2 -1.3 -5.3 1.9
2007 NYA MLB AL 26 66 .271 .340 .426 .192 104 -8.3 2.0 1.2 52 8 1.0 0.4 -3.8 0.1
2007 SWB AAA INT 27 98 .265 .325 .402 .278 93 -4.7 3.1 1.7 84 0 10.8 -0.8 -1.6 1.3
2008 WAS MLB NL 68 196 .262 .335 .411 .304 95 -5.2 5.7 3.3 71 11 9.8 -0.4 -6.4 1.2
2008 COH AAA INT 9 29 .276 .331 .432 .300 89 0.5 0.9 0.5 82 0 1.2 -0.6 -1.0 0.1
2009 WAS MLB NL 72 249 .260 .330 .418 .311 96 -9.5 7.1 4.3 72 12 4.7 -0.8 -7.9 0.7
2010 WAS MLB NL 59 172 .254 .320 .398 .228 91 -10.6 4.7 2.7 61 11 7.6 -0.7 -7.5 0.7
2011 MIL MLB NL 20 54 .255 .320 .402 .184 103 -7.5 1.5 0.8 57 12 2.1 0.3 -2.6 0.2
2011 GWN AAA INT 21 79 .253 .319 .391 .317 93 -2 2.5 1.5 92 0 -0.7 0.2 -0.5 0.3
2011 NAS AAA PCL 23 95 .280 .348 .435 .182 98 -13.5 2.9 1.8 22 0 0.1 -0.5 -9.1 -0.5
2011 LIC Wnt DWL 4 11 .000 .000 .000 .250 0.0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
2012 ARI MLB NL 16 38 .266 .327 .422 .370 108 -0.4 1.0 0.5 75 16 0.3 0.2 -1.1 0.1
2012 COL MLB NL 16 51 .248 .306 .402 .342 124 -1.6 1.4 0.8 76 17 0.8 -2.7 -1.4 -0.1
2012 CSP AAA PCL 34 123 .280 .340 .438 .344 109 -0.9 3.7 2.2 85 0 3.4 0.2 -1.8 0.8
2013 ARI MLB NL 71 206 .250 .310 .385 .345 102 -2.8 5.4 2.8 81 15 0.7 -2.2 -4.0 0.3
2014 PHI MLB NL 36 128 .250 .308 .384 .341 99 -3.4 3.3 2 64 12 2.3 -1.3 -5.0 0.2
2014 CLR A+ FSL 2 4 .250 .305 .354 .250 100 -0.7 0.1 0.1 89 0 0.0 0.0 -0.1 0.0
2014 REA AA EAS 3 12 .268 .318 .401 .100 110 -2.3 0.3 -0.1 36 0 -0.1 0.0 -1.0 -0.1
2014 PHL Rk GCL 6 22 .000 .000 .000 .278 0.0 127 0 0.0 0.0 -0.3 0.0
2015 SDN MLB NL 6 14 .243 .295 .373 .000 99 -1.1 0.4 0.2 67 15 -1.1 0.0 -0.5 -0.1
2015 GWN AAA INT 22 71 .267 .331 .385 .306 96 -5.2 2.0 0.6 74 0 0.7 -1.9 -3.0 -0.2

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
1997 CLN A MDW 61 55 6 12 1 1 1 18 7 6 10 2 1 .218 .295 .327 .109 0 0
1998 CLN A MDW 434 380 47 97 22 0 3 128 55 47 69 7 9 .255 .348 .337 .082 0 0
1999 RCU A+ CLF 472 427 58 140 26 2 7 191 61 40 54 2 7 .328 .392 .447 .119 0 0
2000 MOB AA SOU 231 214 18 57 4 0 4 73 30 16 22 1 1 .266 .320 .341 .075 0 0
2000 LVG AAA PCL 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0
2000 RCU A+ CLF 116 101 16 26 5 0 0 31 9 15 17 2 0 .257 .353 .307 .050 0 0
2001 MOB AA SOU 356 330 28 99 24 0 3 132 41 18 40 1 0 .300 .338 .400 .100 2 2
2002 SDN MLB NL 76 72 2 13 3 1 0 18 3 4 15 1 0 .181 .224 .250 .069 0 0
2002 POR AAA PCL 245 237 24 73 20 2 7 118 29 5 40 0 0 .308 .320 .498 .190 2 2
2003 SLC AAA PCL 395 361 48 102 16 2 4 134 38 25 53 1 2 .283 .328 .371 .089 3 3
2004 SLC AAA PCL 435 421 60 125 22 8 10 193 53 12 64 3 6 .297 .316 .458 .162 1 1
2005 COH AAA INT 404 380 45 110 22 3 4 150 37 13 38 1 1 .289 .313 .395 .105 4 4
2005 NYA MLB AL 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0
2006 NYA MLB AL 6 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0
2006 COH AAA INT 348 321 29 83 13 0 5 111 34 18 29 2 1 .259 .295 .346 .087 6 6
2007 SWB AAA INT 98 90 5 23 1 2 1 31 8 6 10 1 0 .256 .309 .344 .089 0 0
2007 NYA MLB AL 66 61 6 10 4 0 0 14 8 2 9 0 0 .164 .190 .230 .066 0 3
2008 WAS MLB NL 196 176 15 46 9 1 1 60 20 13 29 0 1 .261 .309 .341 .080 2 5
2008 COH AAA INT 29 25 3 6 1 0 0 7 2 3 6 1 0 .240 .310 .280 .040 1 1
2009 WAS MLB NL 249 224 20 58 6 0 1 67 26 17 45 1 0 .259 .313 .299 .040 5 0
2010 WAS MLB NL 172 158 10 32 8 0 3 49 16 8 29 0 0 .203 .244 .310 .108 1 4
2011 NAS AAA PCL 95 88 3 15 2 0 1 20 6 4 11 0 0 .170 .213 .227 .057 1 1
2011 LIC Wnt DWL 11 10 1 2 0 0 0 2 1 1 2 0 0 .200 .273 .200 .000 0 0
2011 MIL MLB NL 54 50 2 7 2 0 0 9 0 3 12 0 0 .140 .189 .180 .040 0 1
2011 GWN AAA INT 79 71 8 20 2 0 1 25 6 6 11 1 0 .282 .333 .352 .070 1 1
2012 CSP AAA PCL 123 111 15 34 4 0 3 47 16 6 20 1 1 .306 .336 .423 .117 2 4
2012 ARI MLB NL 38 36 4 11 1 0 1 15 3 1 8 0 1 .306 .324 .417 .111 0 1
2012 COL MLB NL 51 47 3 14 2 0 1 19 5 3 9 0 0 .298 .333 .404 .106 1 0
2013 ARI MLB NL 206 195 16 58 11 0 1 72 22 8 32 0 0 .297 .320 .369 .072 3 0
2014 PHL Rk GCL 22 19 3 5 2 0 0 7 1 1 1 0 0 .263 .364 .368 .105 0
2014 CLR A+ FSL 4 4 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 .250 .250 .250 .000 0
2014 REA AA EAS 12 12 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 2 0 0 .083 .083 .083 .000 0
2014 PHI MLB NL 128 122 9 31 8 0 1 42 7 1 34 1 0 .254 .270 .344 .090 1
2015 SDN MLB NL 14 13 1 1 0 0 1 4 4 1 4 0 0 .077 .143 .308 .231 0 0
2015 GWN AAA INT 71 63 5 15 3 0 0 18 8 8 14 0 0 .238 .324 .286 .048 0 0

Plate Discipline

YEAR Pits Zone% Swing% Contact% Z-Swing% O-Swing% Z-Contact% O-Contact% SwStr% CSAA
2008 651 0.4992 0.4839 0.8000 0.6431 0.3252 0.8852 0.6321 0.2000 -0.0073
2009 875 0.5211 0.5040 0.7800 0.6601 0.3341 0.8804 0.5643 0.2200 -0.0053
2010 592 0.5270 0.5321 0.8127 0.6859 0.3607 0.8832 0.6634 0.1873 -0.0057
2011 171 0.4795 0.5380 0.7717 0.6585 0.4270 0.9074 0.5789 0.2283 0.0012
2012 292 0.5377 0.5788 0.7692 0.7006 0.4370 0.8545 0.6102 0.2308 -0.0022
2013 696 0.5014 0.5704 0.7481 0.7421 0.3977 0.8185 0.6159 0.2519 -0.0021
2014 420 0.4929 0.5690 0.6820 0.6667 0.4742 0.8261 0.4851 0.3180 -0.0030
2015 58 0.5000 0.4828 0.6786 0.5517 0.4138 0.8125 0.5000 0.3214 -0.0008
Career37550.51050.53160.76900.67860.37770.86230.59560.2310-0.0042

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
2014-06-19 2014-07-21 15-DL 32 28 Right Thigh Strain Quadriceps -
2012-07-09 2012-08-01 15-DL 23 16 Right Sprain Turf Toe -
2012-04-27 2012-05-05 Minors 8 8 Right Sprain Turf Toe -
2010-03-10 2010-03-13 Camp 3 0 General Medical Respiratory Flu -
2009-09-18 2009-09-29 DTD 11 10 Left Thigh Strain Hamstring -
2007-03-09 2007-03-19 Camp 10 0 Right Elbow Inflammation Biceps Tendinitis -
2006-06-05 2006-06-14 Minors 9 0 Left Groin Strain -
1997-06-27 1997-09-05 Minors 70 0 Left Wrist Fracture -

Compensation

Year Team Salary
2015 SDN $850,000
2014 PHI $1,125,000
2013 ARI $800,000
2011 MIL $775,000
2010 WAS $700,000
2009 WAS $445,000
2008 WAS $400,000
2007 NYA $382,150
2006 NYA $328,600
YearsDescriptionSalary
10 yrPrevious$5,805,750
10 yrTotal$5,805,750

 

Service TimeAgentContract Status
7 y 161 dMDR Sports Management1 year/$0.85M (2015)

Details
  • 1 year/$0.85M (2015). Signed by San Diego as a free agent 2/4/15 (minor-league contract). Salary of $0.85M in majors. Contract selected by San Diego 4/5/15. DFA by San Diego 5/4/15. Sent outright to Triple-A 5/8/15 (refused assignment). Signed by Atlanta as a free agent 5/12/15 (minor-league contract with 7/1/ opt-out date).
  • 1 year/$1.125M (2014). Signed by Philadelphia as a free agent 12/5/13. May earn additional $0.5M in performance bonuses.
  • 1 year/$0.8M (2013). Re-signed by Arizona as a free agent 12/5/12.
  • 1 year (2012). Signed by Colorado as a free agent 12/18/11 (minor-league contract). Contract purchased by Colorado 5/25/12. Claimed by Arizona off waivers 8/6/12 after being DFA by Colorado 8/1/12. Non-tendered by Arizona 11/30/12.
  • 1 year/$0.775M (2011). Signed by Milwaukee as a free agent 12/10/10. Performance bonuses based on PAs.
  • 1 year/$0.7M (2010). Re-signed by Washington 1/19/10 (avoided arbitration). Non-tendered by Washington 12/2/10.
  • 1 year/$0.445M (2009). Re-signed 2/14/09.
  • 1 year/$0.4M (2008). Signed as a free agent 1/14/08 (minor-league contract).
  • 1 year/$382,150 (2007). DFA 7/22/07, sent outright to Triple-A 7/26/07.
  • 1 year/$0.3286M (2006). DFA 4/06. Contract purchased 9/06.
  • 1 year (2005). Re-signed 3/05. Acquired in trade from LA Angels 3/05.
  • 1 year (2004). Re-signed 2/04.
  • 1 year (2002). Contract purchased 7/02.

2019 Preseason Forecast

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

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BP Chats

DateQuestionAnswer
2010-08-02 13:30:00 (link to chat)Since I believe the Nats will sign Adam Dunn, I am more interested in the other 2 trades Mike Rizzo made: 1. You didn't seem terribly impressed with the Wilson Ramos trade, although you didn't pan it. Has Ramos taken a big hit to his reputation this year? 2. Folks seem a lot more impressed with Cristian Guzman than we in DC were, although he is a good enough guy. I know the Nats didn't get much for him, but I was surprised they got even 2 AA pitchers. Why the sudden love folks have for Guzman?
(HalfStreet from Fairfax VA)
I think Ramos took a hit because he's basically a batting average-dependent producer, but at his age, there's still some room for growth, and I guess I'm more depressed over what this meant for Flores' situation. It was a pretty decent flip, in that Ramos isn't going to be the next Wil Nieves, he could start and not be the worst regular catcher in baseball.

As for Guzman, LASIK may have helped his ability to hit singles more frequently, but it didn't seem to do him any favors in the field. He's an adequate middle infielder with no power, patience, or speed, so getting worked up over him is sort of silly. He's a decent veteran placeholder, but getting him is more of an insurance move for the Rangers than cause for jubilation. (Christina Kahrl)
2010-05-24 14:00:00 (link to chat)Who the heck do the Nats use in place of Ivan Rodriguez for the next couple of weeks? Wil Nieves as the statrer is bad enough, but there is nobody else available.
(HalfStreet from Fairfax VA)
As you know, Chris Coste is out for the year, and they've pressed Jamie Burke up to Syracuse to get him back in gear ASAP. And last I heard, Jesus Flores hasn't even tried to catch yet in his slow rehab. I wouldn't be surprised at all to see a mercy-minded swap get made if Burke can't be ready in time, but it reflects an interesting industry-wide issue: the lack of readily available free talent behind the plate. It seems worse this year than it has been in recent memory, but the extent to which that's true deserves further exploration. (Christina Kahrl)
2010-05-14 13:00:00 (link to chat)Is Cervelli for real? Do the Yanks regret not resigning Matsui/Damon?
(Paul from Boston)
Well, he ain't gonna hit .400, and you'd do well to remember Jazayerli's Law of Backup Catchers: given enough chances, a guy will have a season in which he hits .300 in less than 200 at-bats. I'm skeptical he's got a future as a major league starter, but he's certainly no Wil Nieves, and may well turn out to be the best backup the Yanks have had in a long time.

I'd trade him for Johnny Damon, though. (Jay Jaffe)


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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
2002 mlb .000 -0.1 958 .001 -0.2 12 .019 .000 -0.1 -0.4 -0.8
2005 mlb .002 0.0 48 .000 0.0 0 .000 .000 0.0 0.5 0.0
2005 aaa .000 0.0 3771 -.003 2.8 103 .025 .000 -1.6 0.4 2.9
2006 mlb -.002 0.0 110 .000 0.0 2 -.002 .003 0.0 0.4 -0.1
2006 aaa .008 6.4 3075 -.001 0.8 101 .011 .006 -0.7 6.2 12.2
2007 aaa .016 4.9 1144 .000 0.1 25 .011 -.001 -0.2 4.6 10.8
2007 mlb .007 1.6 869 .000 0.1 24 .002 .003 0.0 1.5 1.0
2008 aaa .014 1.3 294 .000 0.0 10 .022 .000 -0.1 1.6 1.2
2008 mlb .020 8.9 2100 .000 0.2 45 .020 .007 -0.6 8.2 9.8
2009 mlb .005 3.0 2906 .000 0.0 36 -.034 -.007 1.0 3.5 4.7
2010 mlb .013 5.3 1868 -.004 2.0 35 .011 -.001 -0.3 7.1 7.6
2011 mlb .005 0.6 615 -.002 0.4 10 .000 -.001 0.0 1.3 2.1
2011 aaa .001 0.6 2220 -.001 0.3 37 -.002 -.001 0.1 0.9 -0.5
2012 mlb .011 1.7 887 .000 -0.1 18 .042 .001 -0.5 1.7 1.1
2012 aaa .008 3.1 1449 .000 0.0 31 -.016 -.001 0.3 3.3 3.4
2013 mlb .004 1.5 1722 .004 -1.8 15 -.009 -.001 0.1 -0.4 0.7
2014 afa .000 0.0 55 .000 0.0 1 .010 .000 0.0 0.0 0.0
2014 aax -.008 -0.1 16 .000 0.0 0 .000 .000 0.0 -0.1 -0.1
2014 mlb .001 0.3 1371 -.001 0.2 28 -.010 -.002 0.2 0.7 2.3
2015 aaa .007 1.1 660 .000 0.0 12 .011 .000 -0.1 1.0 0.7
2015 mlb -.007 -0.3 200 .017 -0.8 5 .028 .003 -0.1 -1.2 -1.1

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