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2019 Projections (Preseason PECOTA - seasonal age 35)
PA AVG HR R RBI SB DRC+ WARP
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Birth Date7-31-1983
Height5' 10"
Weight215 lbs
Age40 years, 8 months, 24 days
BatsR
ThrowsR
0.02015
1.42016
0.62017
0.12018
1.32019
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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
2004 SEA 20 2 3 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 80 -0.1 0.0 0.0 0.0
2005 SEA 21 16 50 19 3 0 1 1 11 0 0 0 .396 .408 .521 90 -0.6 -1.9 -0.3 -0.1
2006 SEA 22 35 106 15 4 0 2 3 29 1 1 0 .152 .184 .253 51 -6.3 0.9 3.9 0.3
2011 MIN 27 45 114 15 3 0 1 8 32 1 0 0 .144 .211 .202 57 -5.5 -1.4 5.9 0.4
2013 SDN 29 23 71 17 3 1 0 2 16 0 0 0 .254 .268 .328 75 -1.9 -1.4 6.6 0.7
2014 SDN 30 103 329 74 18 1 11 27 76 3 0 0 .252 .319 .432 107 2.5 -1.3 29.2 4.8
2015 TBA 31 110 319 53 14 0 5 11 86 3 0 0 .178 .213 .275 46 -18.7 -2.8 8.2 0.0
2016 NYN 32 65 207 41 4 0 6 16 54 3 0 0 .222 .291 .341 75 -5.7 -1.0 10.5 1.4
2017 CHN 33 20 50 15 5 0 2 5 16 0 0 0 .341 .408 .591 87 -0.7 -0.7 -0.1 0.1
2017 NYN 33 54 187 40 4 0 8 9 54 3 0 1 .230 .278 .391 88 -2.3 -2.1 0.4 0.5
2018 ANA 34 30 87 20 4 0 4 4 32 1 0 0 .244 .287 .439 75 -2.4 -1.1 0.5 0.1
2018 ATL 34 3 4 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 72 -0.1 0.0 0.2 0.0
2019 NYN 35 9 20 4 0 0 1 3 4 0 0 0 .235 .350 .412 91 -0.2 0.0 -0.6 0.0
Career515154731362241894141511.221.272.35475-41.8-12.864.28.3

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
2001 EVE A- NWN 15 48 .000 .000 .000 .080 0.0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
2002 EVE A- NWN 62 256 .000 .000 .000 .286 0.0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
2003 WIS A MDW 116 458 .000 .000 .000 .324 0.0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
2004 SEA MLB AL 2 3 .267 .333 .423 .000 100 -0.8 0.1 0 80 5 0.0 0.0 -0.1 0.0
2004 SBR A+ CLF 107 424 .000 .000 .000 .270 0.0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
2004 TAC AAA PCL 4 15 .000 .000 .000 .455 0.0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
2005 SEA MLB AL 16 50 .264 .324 .420 .500 92 3.8 1.4 0.8 90 15 -0.3 -1.9 -0.6 -0.1
2005 SAN AA TXS 57 221 .270 .333 .418 .324 97 -1.3 4.8 2.9 78 0 -1.1 -1.0 -4.7 0.1
2005 TAC AAA PCL 14 51 .289 .354 .449 .250 75 -0.1 1.0 0.5 51 0 0.0 -0.7 -2.9 -0.2
2006 SEA MLB AL 35 106 .266 .328 .421 .191 101 -11.7 3.2 1.9 51 14 3.9 0.9 -6.3 0.3
2006 TAC AAA PCL 1 3 .291 .426 .475 1.000 92 1.2 0.1 0.1 91 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
2007 WTN AA SOU 91 356 .256 .329 .383 .272 96 -20.1 10.4 6.3 56 0 1.0 -1.1 -14.7 0.2
2008 JAX AA SOU 38 148 .264 .343 .400 .265 101 -6.2 4.4 -0.1 74 0 -0.2 -2.7 -6.0 -0.5
2008 LVG AAA PCL 37 131 .277 .352 .452 .298 125 -4.2 4.0 2.2 81 0 -5.1 0.1 -4.2 -0.3
2009 BUF AAA INT 68 259 .261 .324 .390 .283 107 -10.7 7.5 4.3 71 0 11.8 -2.9 -7.3 1.3
2010 TRN AA EAS 25 103 .256 .326 .396 .347 96 5.3 3.7 0.1 123 0 0.7 0.0 3.3 0.8
2010 SWB AAA INT 19 70 .267 .333 .423 .306 94 -3.7 2.1 0 60 0 0.7 -1.5 -2.9 -0.1
2011 MIN MLB AL 45 114 .258 .317 .400 .194 103 -10.2 3.1 1.9 57 14 5.9 -1.4 -5.5 0.4
2011 ROC AAA INT 43 166 .256 .324 .394 .297 97 -1.5 5.1 3.1 100 0 3.1 -3.6 0.3 0.8
2011 LIC Wnt DWL 6 21 .000 .000 .000 .385 0.0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
2012 ROC AAA INT 95 326 .255 .324 .388 .255 94 -4.6 9.7 4.5 87 0 12.0 -2.1 -4.0 2.0
2012 GIG Wnt DWL 14 53 .000 .000 .000 .129 0.0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
2013 SDN MLB NL 23 71 .254 .312 .388 .321 98 -2.4 1.9 1.1 75 11 6.6 -1.4 -1.9 0.7
2013 TUC AAA PCL 74 276 .277 .343 .424 .388 107 8.5 7.9 3.8 113 0 14.2 -1.9 1.4 2.6
2014 SDN MLB NL 103 329 .251 .309 .388 .301 96 4.1 8.5 4.8 107 9 29.2 -1.3 2.5 4.8
2015 TBA MLB AL 110 319 .256 .315 .407 .230 103 -26.3 8.6 4.7 46 7 8.2 -2.8 -18.7 0.0
2016 NYN MLB NL 65 207 .256 .326 .418 .276 85 -3.4 5.9 3.4 75 9 10.5 -1.0 -5.7 1.4
2016 LVG AAA PCL 8 29 .253 .325 .383 .318 97 1.2 0.8 0.5 94 0 0.3 -1.5 -0.6 -0.1
2017 CHN MLB NL 20 50 .267 .332 .444 .500 98 3.6 1.5 0.9 87 8 -0.1 -0.7 -0.7 0.1
2017 NYN MLB NL 54 187 .255 .326 .428 .283 92 -5.5 5.5 3.2 88 8 0.4 -2.1 -2.3 0.5
2018 ANA MLB AL 30 87 .252 .316 .420 .348 100 -0.5 2.4 1.4 75 13 0.5 -1.1 -2.4 0.1
2018 ATL MLB NL 3 4 .237 .304 .372 .000 93 -1.1 0.1 0.1 72 14 0.2 0.0 -0.1 0.0
2018 INL A+ CAL 6 25 .279 .350 .459 .286 103 2.3 0.7 0.1 132 0 0.0 0.1 0.8 0.2
2019 NYN MLB NL 9 20 .252 .327 .442 .250 106 0.2 0.6 0.3 91 19 -0.6 0.0 -0.2 0.0
2019 SYR AAA INT 97 396 .262 .336 .445 .281 97 -0.5 13.6 5.1 105 0 5.0 -2.0 3.2 2.2

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
2001 EVE A- NWN 48 45 3 4 1 0 2 11 3 1 19 0 0 .089 .106 .244 .156 1 1
2002 EVE A- NWN 256 227 29 55 18 1 1 78 26 16 38 5 2 .242 .316 .344 .101 1 1
2003 WIS A MDW 458 407 39 112 19 0 9 158 54 38 81 2 2 .275 .347 .388 .113 1 1
2004 TAC AAA PCL 15 15 3 6 1 0 1 10 1 0 3 0 0 .400 .400 .667 .267 0 0
2004 SEA MLB AL 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0
2004 SBR A+ CLF 424 379 41 89 22 1 6 131 53 28 70 0 1 .235 .300 .346 .111 4 4
2005 SEA MLB AL 50 48 3 19 3 0 1 25 6 1 11 0 0 .396 .408 .521 .125 0 1
2005 SAN AA TXS 221 212 20 59 14 1 2 81 21 7 35 1 0 .278 .303 .382 .104 1 1
2005 TAC AAA PCL 51 49 3 10 3 0 1 16 6 2 12 0 1 .204 .235 .327 .122 0 0
2006 SEA MLB AL 106 99 8 15 4 0 2 25 4 3 29 1 0 .152 .184 .253 .101 0 3
2006 TAC AAA PCL 3 3 1 2 1 0 0 3 0 0 1 0 0 .667 .667 1.000 .333 0 0
2007 WTN AA SOU 356 323 29 69 16 0 5 100 40 24 86 1 2 .214 .274 .310 .096 3 3
2008 JAX AA SOU 148 134 13 31 5 0 5 51 18 11 32 0 0 .231 .293 .381 .149 1 1
2008 LVG AAA PCL 131 118 12 32 7 0 4 51 12 11 20 0 1 .271 .338 .432 .161 0 0
2009 BUF AAA INT 259 240 22 56 14 0 9 97 30 12 66 0 0 .233 .275 .404 .171 1 1
2010 TRN AA EAS 103 94 13 30 10 0 5 55 17 7 17 0 0 .319 .373 .585 .266 0 0
2010 SWB AAA INT 70 68 3 17 3 0 2 26 11 1 17 0 0 .250 .261 .382 .132 0 0
2011 MIN MLB AL 114 104 9 15 3 0 1 21 5 8 32 0 0 .144 .211 .202 .058 1 0
2011 LIC Wnt DWL 21 19 1 5 0 0 0 5 1 1 6 0 0 .263 .333 .263 .000 0 0
2011 ROC AAA INT 166 149 15 40 12 0 5 67 24 11 27 0 0 .268 .325 .450 .181 1 3
2012 GIG Wnt DWL 53 46 4 6 1 0 2 13 4 4 14 0 0 .130 .212 .283 .152 1 1
2012 ROC AAA INT 326 288 31 65 14 1 10 111 34 30 62 0 1 .226 .307 .385 .160 0 4
2013 TUC AAA PCL 276 251 36 86 18 0 5 119 38 17 42 0 2 .343 .382 .474 .131 5 1
2013 SDN MLB NL 71 67 4 17 3 1 0 22 7 2 16 0 0 .254 .268 .328 .075 2 0
2014 SDN MLB NL 329 294 27 74 18 1 11 127 44 27 76 0 0 .252 .319 .432 .180 2
2015 TBA MLB AL 319 298 16 53 14 0 5 82 26 11 86 0 0 .178 .213 .275 .097 2 5
2016 LVG AAA PCL 29 25 3 7 1 0 0 8 5 2 3 0 0 .280 .357 .320 .040 0 1
2016 NYN MLB NL 207 185 12 41 4 0 6 63 26 16 54 0 0 .222 .291 .341 .119 2 1
2017 CHN MLB NL 50 44 8 15 5 0 2 26 12 5 16 0 0 .341 .408 .591 .250 0 1
2017 NYN MLB NL 187 174 15 40 4 0 8 68 23 9 54 0 1 .230 .278 .391 .161 1 0
2018 INL A+ CAL 25 21 4 6 0 0 2 12 3 3 5 0 0 .286 .400 .571 .286 0 0
2018 ATL MLB NL 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0
2018 ANA MLB AL 87 82 8 20 4 0 4 36 11 4 32 0 0 .244 .287 .439 .195 0 0
2019 SYR AAA INT 396 355 53 90 13 0 25 178 73 31 103 0 0 .254 .319 .501 .248 4 1
2019 NYN MLB NL 20 17 2 4 0 0 1 7 3 3 4 0 0 .235 .350 .412 .176 0 0

Plate Discipline

YEAR Pits Zone% Swing% Contact% Z-Swing% O-Swing% Z-Contact% O-Contact% SwStr% CSAA
2011 452 0.5088 0.4934 0.7444 0.6261 0.3559 0.7986 0.6456 0.2556 -0.0056
2013 242 0.5000 0.5702 0.7101 0.6860 0.4545 0.8193 0.5455 0.2899 0.0014
2014 1261 0.4584 0.5234 0.7258 0.7059 0.3690 0.8554 0.5159 0.2742 -0.0029
2015 1175 0.5055 0.5549 0.6779 0.7104 0.3959 0.7725 0.5043 0.3221 0.0010
2016 741 0.4642 0.5263 0.7154 0.6919 0.3829 0.8235 0.5461 0.2846 0.0000
2017 872 0.4794 0.5493 0.6618 0.7177 0.3943 0.7467 0.5196 0.3382 0.0000
2018 356 0.5000 0.5393 0.6406 0.7022 0.3764 0.7280 0.4776 0.3594 0.0000
2019 80 0.4375 0.4125 0.8182 0.6000 0.2667 0.9048 0.6667 0.1818 0.0000
Career51790.48230.53430.69910.69710.38310.79910.53060.3009-0.0009

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
2021 CLE $
2020 NYN $
2019 NYN $
2018 ANA $2,800,000
2017 NYN $1,750,000
2016 TBA $418,032
2016 NYN $
2015 TBA $1,200,000
2014 SDN $506,400
2013 SDN $
2012 MIN $
2011 MIN $
YearsDescriptionSalary
5 yrPrevious$6,674,432
5 yrTotal$6,674,432

 

Service TimeAgentContract Status
8 y 107 dMDR Sports1 year (2021)

Details
  • 1 year (2021). Signed by Cleveland as a free agent 4/14/21 (minor-league contract). Contract selected by Cleveland 5/5/21. DFA by Cleveland 7/3/21. Released 7/8/21. Signed by Washington as a free agent 7/16/21. Released by Washington 8/14/21. Retired 2/23.
  • 1 year (2020). Re-signed by NY Mets as a free agent 1/21/20 (minor-league contract).
  • 1 year (2019). Signed by San Francisco as a free agent 2/8/19 (minor-league contract). Released by San Francisco 3/23/19. Signed by NY Mets 3/25/19 (minor-league contract).
  • 1 year/$2.8M (2018). Signed by LA Angels as a free agent 1/9/18. Claimed by Atlanta off waivers from LA Angels 8/29/18.
  • 1 year/$1.75M (2017). Re-signed by NY Mets 12/2/16 (avoided arbitration). Claimed by Chicago Cubs off waivers from NY Mets 8/19/17.
  • 1 year/$1.7M (2016). Re-signed by Tampa Bay 1/15/16 (avoided arbitration). Released by Tampa Bay 3/30/16. Due 45 days' pay, $418,032. Signed by NY Mets as a free agent 4/5/16 (minor-league contract). Contract selected by NY Mets 4/26/16.
  • 1 year/$1.2M (2015). Re-signed by Tampa Bay 1/16/15 (avoided arbitration).
  • 1 year/$506,400 (2014). Re-signed by San Diego 3/3/14. Acquired by Tampa Bay in trade from San Diego 12/19/14.
  • 1 year (2013). Signed by San Diego as a free agent 12/26/12 (minor-league contract). Contract selected by San Diego 7/7/13.
  • 1 year (2012). Re-signed by Minnesota (minor-league contract).
  • 1 year (2011). Signed by Minnesota as a free agent 2011 (minor-league contract). Contract purchased by Minnesota 5/6/11. Sent outright to Triple-A by Minnesota 10/14/11.
  • 1 year (2010). Signed by NY Mets 2010 (minor-league contract).
  • Drafted by Seattle 2001 (2-49) (Papa Juan XXIII HS, Bayamon, PR).

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
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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
2004 mlb .003 0.0 11 .000 0.0 0 .000 .000 0.0 0.0 0.0
2005 aax .000 0.0 2480 .001 -1.0 45 -.046 .001 1.3 0.5 -1.1
2005 aaa .000 0.0 514 .001 -0.1 8 -.016 -.002 0.1 1.8 0.0
2005 mlb -.001 -0.2 517 .000 0.0 6 -.012 .001 0.0 0.1 -0.3
2006 aaa .000 0.0 30 .000 0.0 1 .008 .000 0.0 0.0 0.0
2006 mlb .012 3.7 1253 .000 0.0 20 -.048 .000 0.6 4.0 3.9
2007 aax .000 0.0 3926 .002 -1.7 84 -.051 .004 2.5 0.6 1.0
2008 aax .000 0.0 728 .001 -0.3 18 -.044 -.001 0.5 0.2 -0.2
2008 aaa -.011 -4.1 1557 .001 -0.3 24 -.006 -.001 0.1 -4.7 -5.1
2009 aaa .015 10.6 2738 -.001 0.5 57 -.017 .000 0.6 11.0 11.8
2010 aaa .008 0.8 377 -.001 0.1 13 .006 .001 0.0 1.3 0.7
2010 aax .000 0.0 710 -.001 0.2 19 -.066 .004 0.8 1.3 0.7
2011 mlb .017 5.0 1350 -.001 0.5 23 .000 .000 0.0 5.1 5.9
2011 aaa .004 1.9 1832 .000 -0.2 21 -.013 -.002 0.2 0.9 3.1
2012 aaa .011 10.0 3387 .001 -0.7 72 -.019 .002 0.8 10.3 12.0
2013 mlb .035 6.1 765 -.001 0.2 15 -.045 .002 0.4 6.8 6.6
2013 aaa .014 10.9 2952 .001 -0.6 58 -.104 .001 3.9 13.5 14.2
2014 mlb .034 23.0 3455 -.003 2.6 84 -.058 .002 2.9 28.0 29.2
2015 mlb .010 7.9 3892 .000 -0.4 58 -.042 .006 1.3 8.5 8.2
2016 aaa .003 0.3 0 .000 0.0 6 .000 .000 0.0 0.2 0.3
2016 mlb .017 7.9 2119 .001 -0.6 53 -.034 .000 1.2 8.1 10.5
2017 mlb .004 2.4 2957 .003 -2.7 34 -.041 .001 0.9 1.1 0.3
2018 mlb .007 1.7 1099 .005 -1.4 14 -.011 .002 0.1 0.3 0.7
2018 afa .000 0.0 0 .000 0.0 2 -.001 -.002 0.0 0.0 0.0
2019 mlb .003 0.1 213 .012 -0.7 5 .027 .002 -0.1 -0.2 -0.6
2019 aaa .001 1.4 257 .000 0.0 51 -.102 .000 3.2 4.4 5.0

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