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Alejandro De Aza LFTwins

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2019 Projections (Preseason PECOTA - seasonal age 35)

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Birth Date	4-11-1984
Height	6' 0"
Weight	195 lbs

Age	40 years, 0 months, 12 days
Bats	L
Throws	L

: 1.02015
: -0.52016
: 0.02017
: 2018
: 0.32019
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MLB Statistics

YEAR	TEAM	AGE	G	PA	H	2B	3B	HR	BB	SO	HBP	SB	CS	AVG	OBP	SLG	DRC+	DRAA	BRR	FRAA	BWARP
2007	FLO	23	45	158	33	8	2	0	6	37	1	2	0	.229	.261	.313	52	-9.0	0.6	-3.9	-0.7
2009	FLO	25	22	27	5	1	0	0	5	5	0	0	0	.250	.385	.300	79	-0.6	1.2	0.9	0.2
2010	CHA	26	19	32	9	3	0	0	1	4	0	2	1	.300	.323	.400	86	-0.5	0.1	-2.1	-0.2
2011	CHA	27	54	171	50	11	3	4	17	34	1	12	5	.329	.400	.520	112	2.6	1.6	1.2	1.0
2012	CHA	28	131	585	147	29	6	9	47	109	9	26	12	.281	.349	.410	102	1.2	2.9	0.7	2.3
2013	CHA	29	153	675	160	27	4	17	50	147	6	20	8	.264	.323	.405	97	-1.1	1.8	3.4	2.4
2014	BAL	30	20	89	24	5	3	3	6	19	0	2	3	.293	.341	.537	89	-1.0	-1.3	1.8	0.1
2014	CHA	30	122	439	96	19	5	5	33	100	6	15	7	.243	.309	.354	90	-4.4	-2.0	3.3	0.7
2015	BAL	31	30	112	22	4	1	3	7	34	2	2	2	.214	.277	.359	102	0.7	-1.0	1.7	0.4
2015	BOS	31	60	178	47	9	5	4	12	36	2	3	1	.292	.347	.484	104	1.4	0.9	-2.7	0.3
2015	SFN	31	24	75	16	4	1	0	12	14	1	2	2	.262	.387	.361	104	0.6	-0.5	0.7	0.3
2016	NYN	32	130	267	48	9	0	6	26	67	5	4	3	.205	.297	.321	80	-6.0	-2.1	-4.1	-0.5
2017	WAS	33	28	70	12	2	3	0	3	16	0	1	0	.194	.224	.323	71	-2.3	0.1	0.8	0.0
Career			838	2878	669	131	33	51	225	622	33	91	44	.260	.325	.396	93	-18.5	2.3	1.7	6.3

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
2003	OGD	Rk	PIO	55	246	.000	.000	.000	.260			0.0		0	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
2004	CGA	A	SAL	102	394	.000	.000	.000	.290			0.0		0	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
2005	JUP	A+	FSL	123	554	.224	.289	.315	.336	90	-1.2	1.5	-0.2	98	0	0.7	-2.0	-0.6	-0.1
2006	JUP	A+	FSL	2	8	.258	.346	.418	.167			0.0		0	0	-0.8	-0.2	0.0	0.0
2006	CAR	AA	SOU	69	266	.000	.000	.000	.325			0.0		0	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
2006	MRL	Rk	GCL	7	28	.228	.333	.320	.500	104	3.9	0.6	0.1	166	0	0.5	-0.3	0.9	0.2
2007	FLO	MLB	NL	45	158	.264	.333	.424	.303	104	-7.4	4.7	0.4	52	11	-3.9	0.6	-9.0	-0.7
2007	JUP	A+	FSL	2	9	.291	.365	.440	.571	104	2	0.3	-0.1	152	0	-0.4	-0.1	0.5	0.0
2007	CAR	AA	SOU	5	23	.272	.345	.418	.313	100	3.4	0.7	0	185	0	-0.8	0.2	2.1	0.2
2007	MRL	Rk	GCL	4	12	.262	.335	.358	.750	90	4.3	0.3	-0.1	-524	0	-0.2	-0.4	0.6	0.0
2009	FLO	MLB	NL	22	27	.259	.323	.403	.313	98	0.9	0.8	0	79	12	0.9	1.2	-0.6	0.2
2009	NWO	AAA	PCL	87	307	.268	.337	.408	.338	89	20.9	8.9	-1.6	122	0	-6.8	0.7	9.0	1.0
2010	CHA	MLB	AL	19	32	.249	.319	.390	.346	111	-0.7	0.9	0	86	15	-2.1	0.1	-0.5	-0.2
2010	CHR	AAA	INT	79	358	.262	.327	.407	.355	102	7.1	10.8	-2.1	124	0	-2.4	4.4	9.6	1.9
2011	CHA	MLB	AL	54	171	.254	.317	.397	.404	103	13.4	4.6	-0.8	112	13	1.2	1.6	2.6	1.0
2011	CHR	AAA	INT	99	435	.262	.326	.402	.373	94	18	13.5	-3.8	128	0	-1.3	0.9	12.8	2.1
2011	TDE	Wnt	DWL	38	132	.000	.000	.000	.262			0.0		0	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
2012	CHA	MLB	AL	131	585	.263	.324	.425	.339	105	7.1	16.0	1.2	102	10	0.7	2.9	1.2	2.3
2012	CHR	AAA	INT	5	21	.262	.333	.392	.250	101	-0.3	0.6	-0.1	83	0	-0.2	0.9	-0.3	0.1
2013	CHA	MLB	AL	153	675	.256	.315	.400	.318	100	3.7	17.8	-0.2	97	6	3.4	1.8	-1.1	2.4
2013	DOM	int	WBC	6	21	.000	.000	.000	.333			0.0		0	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
2014	BAL	MLB	AL	20	89	.251	.313	.388	.350	99	4.5	2.3	-0.5	89	10	1.8	-1.3	-1.0	0.1
2014	CHA	MLB	AL	122	439	.254	.312	.391	.311	101	-5.2	11.3	-2.2	90	10	3.3	-2.0	-4.4	0.7
2015	BAL	MLB	AL	30	112	.257	.318	.408	.288	113	-3.7	3.0	-0.8	102	8	1.7	-1.0	0.7	0.4
2015	BOS	MLB	AL	60	178	.250	.309	.401	.352	113	5.7	4.8	-1.3	104	8	-2.7	0.9	1.4	0.3
2015	SFN	MLB	NL	24	75	.255	.322	.419	.333	90	1.9	2.0	-0.4	104	8	0.7	-0.5	0.6	0.3
2016	NYN	MLB	NL	130	267	.250	.317	.407	.259	88	-6	7.6	-0.3	80	10	-4.1	-2.1	-6.0	-0.5
2017	WAS	MLB	NL	28	70	.260	.333	.436	.250	95	-3.2	2.0	-0.5	71	13	0.8	0.1	-2.3	0.0
2017	SYR	AAA	INT	56	212	.254	.318	.389	.316	100	2	6.3	-1.8	124	0	1.1	1.0	5.3	1.2
2018	SYR	AAA	INT	32	131	.258	.326	.397	.348	93	7.4	3.8	-1.6	166	0	-0.1	0.2	7.5	1.0
2018	NAT	Rk	GCL	9	32	.255	.326	.361	.333	105	-1.3	1.0	-0.3	123	0	-0.8	0.2	0.7	0.1
2018	LAR	Wnt	VWL	41	178	.286	.344	.386	.403	100	7	4.3	0.2	94	1	0.0	0.8	4.7	0.8
2019	ROC	AAA	INT	35	148	.270	.348	.455	.419	98	14.6	5.0	-1.6	156	0	-2.3	0.1	10.5	1.0

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
2003	OGD	Rk	PIO	246	208	36	48	11	1	2	67	24	23	34	15	6	.231	.329	.322	.091	5	5
2004	CGA	A	SAL	394	341	63	87	17	2	4	120	45	38	55	24	10	.255	.344	.352	.097	4	4
2005	JUP	A+	FSL	554	472	75	135	24	9	3	186	37	58	87	34	17	.286	.366	.394	.108	11	11
2006	JUP	A+	FSL	8	7	1	1	0	1	0	3	0	0	2	0	1	.143	.125	.429	.286	1	1
2006	MRL	Rk	GCL	28	24	7	11	1	0	0	12	4	4	2	3	2	.458	.536	.500	.042	0	0
2006	CAR	AA	SOU	266	230	40	64	12	2	2	86	16	21	46	27	10	.278	.337	.374	.096	9	9
2007	CAR	AA	SOU	23	20	7	7	2	0	2	15	3	3	2	0	0	.350	.435	.750	.400	0	0
2007	JUP	A+	FSL	9	8	1	4	1	1	0	7	0	1	1	0	1	.500	.556	.875	.375	0	0
2007	FLO	MLB	NL	158	144	14	33	8	2	0	45	8	6	37	2	0	.229	.261	.313	.083	2	5
2007	MRL	Rk	GCL	12	9	2	6	2	0	0	8	1	2	1	2	2	.667	.750	.889	.222	0	0
2009	NWO	AAA	PCL	307	267	45	80	21	5	8	135	34	27	53	11	5	.300	.364	.506	.206	7	7
2009	FLO	MLB	NL	27	20	6	5	1	0	0	6	3	5	5	0	0	.250	.385	.300	.050	1	1
2010	CHR	AAA	INT	358	318	53	96	21	4	5	140	49	29	60	16	3	.302	.366	.440	.138	3	3
2010	CHA	MLB	AL	32	30	7	9	3	0	0	12	2	1	4	2	1	.300	.323	.400	.100	0	1
2011	TDE	Wnt	DWL	132	111	14	22	4	4	0	34	11	17	28	6	1	.198	.313	.306	.108	1	1
2011	CHA	MLB	AL	171	152	29	50	11	3	4	79	23	17	34	12	5	.329	.400	.520	.191	0	1
2011	CHR	AAA	INT	435	385	64	124	29	5	9	190	37	33	72	22	11	.322	.378	.494	.171	4	9
2012	CHR	AAA	INT	21	20	3	5	1	0	1	9	2	1	3	0	0	.250	.286	.450	.200	0	0
2012	CHA	MLB	AL	585	524	81	147	29	6	9	215	50	47	109	26	12	.281	.349	.410	.130	1	4
2013	DOM	int	WBC	21	18	0	4	2	0	0	6	3	2	6	1	0	.222	.333	.333	.111	0	0
2013	CHA	MLB	AL	675	607	84	160	27	4	17	246	62	50	147	20	8	.264	.323	.405	.142	6	6
2014	BAL	MLB	AL	89	82	11	24	5	3	3	44	10	6	19	2	3	.293	.341	.537	.244	0
2014	CHA	MLB	AL	439	395	45	96	19	5	5	140	31	33	100	15	7	.243	.309	.354	.111	3
2015	BAL	MLB	AL	112	103	16	22	4	1	3	37	7	7	34	2	2	.214	.277	.359	.146	0	0
2015	BOS	MLB	AL	178	161	23	47	9	5	4	78	25	12	36	3	1	.292	.347	.484	.193	1	2
2015	SFN	MLB	NL	75	61	12	16	4	1	0	22	3	12	14	2	2	.262	.387	.361	.098	1	0
2016	NYN	MLB	NL	267	234	31	48	9	0	6	75	25	26	67	4	3	.205	.297	.321	.115	1	1
2017	WAS	MLB	NL	70	62	8	12	2	3	0	20	9	3	16	1	0	.194	.224	.323	.129	2	3
2017	SYR	AAA	INT	212	186	30	52	11	0	4	75	19	25	30	2	0	.280	.368	.403	.124	0	0
2018	LAR	Wnt	VWL	178	156	30	57	7	1	5	81	18	17	23	1	3	.365	.435	.519	.154	1	1
2018	SYR	AAA	INT	131	106	17	32	6	0	1	41	16	20	18	4	0	.302	.420	.387	.085	2	0
2018	NAT	Rk	GCL	32	29	2	8	2	0	0	10	4	3	5	0	0	.276	.344	.345	.069	0	0
2019	ROC	AAA	INT	148	128	28	45	11	2	6	78	31	14	30	4	0	.352	.432	.609	.258	1	0

Plate Discipline

YEAR	Pits	Zone%	Swing%	Contact%	Z-Swing%	O-Swing%	Z-Contact%	O-Contact%	SwStr%	CSAA
2009	119	0.4706	0.3782	0.7333	0.5893	0.1905	0.8485	0.4167	0.2667	-0.0009
2010	97	0.5567	0.5361	0.7885	0.6667	0.3721	0.8889	0.5625	0.2115	-0.0049
2011	672	0.5238	0.4643	0.7788	0.6392	0.2719	0.8622	0.5632	0.2212	0.0037
2012	2306	0.5091	0.4202	0.7946	0.5545	0.2809	0.9063	0.5660	0.2054	-0.0068
2013	2743	0.5035	0.4240	0.7850	0.5844	0.2614	0.8761	0.5787	0.2150	0.0042
2014	2064	0.4903	0.4641	0.7568	0.6136	0.3203	0.8647	0.5579	0.2432	0.0121
2015	1448	0.4876	0.4648	0.7652	0.6161	0.3208	0.8782	0.5588	0.2348	0.0085
2016	1081	0.4847	0.4246	0.7516	0.5496	0.3070	0.8993	0.5029	0.2484	0.0000
2017	259	0.5560	0.4440	0.7304	0.5833	0.2696	0.8214	0.4839	0.2696	0.0000
Career	10789	0.5008	0.4399	0.7734	0.5885	0.2904	0.8806	0.5566	0.2266	0.0032

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
2014-08-05	2014-08-06	DTD	1	1	Left	Knee	Contusion		-
2013-06-12	2013-06-15	DTD	3	1	-	General Medical	Illness	Virus	-	-
2012-09-29	2012-10-04	DTD	5	5	-	General Medical	Illness	Flu	-	-
2012-08-18	2012-09-02	15-DL	15	14	Left	Trunk	Contusion	Ribs	-	-
2012-08-06	2012-08-08	DTD	2	2	-	Low Back	Stiffness		-	-
2012-07-28	2012-07-30	DTD	2	2	Left	Wrist	Sprain	Collision with Another Player	-	-
2010-07-11	2010-07-19	Minors	8	0	Left	Knee	Contusion		-
2010-05-03	2010-06-19	Minors	47	0	Right	Wrist	Sprain		-
2008-03-30	2008-09-28	60-DL	182	160	Left	Ankle	Surgery	High Ankle	2008-07-29
2007-04-16	2007-08-08	60-DL	114	102	Right	Ankle	Fracture	Hairline	-
2007-04-11	2007-04-15	DTD	4	2	Right	Ankle	Sprain		-
2006-06-09	2006-08-23	Minors	75	0	Right	Wrist	Contusion		-

Compensation

Year	Team	Salary
2019	MIN	$
2018	WAS	$
2017	WAS	$
2016	NYN	$5,750,000
2015	BAL	$5,000,000
2014	CHA	$4,250,000
2013	CHA	$2,075,000
2012	CHA	$495,000
2008	CHA	$390,000

Years	Description	Salary
6 yr	Previous	$17,960,000
6 yr	Total	$17,960,000

Service Time	Agent	Contract Status
8 y 14 d	Magnus Sports	1 year (2019)

Details

1 year (2019). Signed by Minnesota as a free agent 7/17/19 (minor-league contract).
1 year (2018). Re-signed by Washington as a free agent 3/2/18 (minor-league contract). Released by Washington 3/24/18. Re-signed by Washington as a free agent 3/25/18 (minor-league contract). Released by Washington 8/8/18.
1 year (2017). Signed by Oakland as a free agent 1/20/17 (minor-league contract). Salary of $1.75M in majors. May earn additional $1M in performance bonuses. Released by Oakland 3/27/17 (exercised right to opt out). Signed by Washington as a free agent 6/15/17 (minor-league contract). Contract selected by Washington 8/16/17.
1 year/$5.75M (2016). Signed by NY Mets as a free agent 12/15. May earn additional $1.25M in performance bonuses: $0.25M each for 400, 450, 500, 550, 600 plate appearances.
1 year/$5M (2015). Lost in arbitration with Baltimore 2/21/15 ($5.65M-$5M). Acquired by Boston in trade 6/3/15 after being DFA by Baltimore 5/27/15. Acquired by San Francisco in trade from Boston 8/31/15.
1 year/$4.25M (2014). Re-signed by Chicago White Sox 1/17/14 (avoided arbitration). Acquired by Baltimore in trade from Chicago White Sox 8/31/14.
1 year/$2.075M (2013). Re-signed by Chicago White Sox 1/18/13 (avoided arbitration).
1 year/$0.495M (2012). Re-signed by Chicago White Sox 3/4/12.
1 year (2011). Re-signed by Chicago White Sox 2/11.
1 year (2010). Signed by Chicago White Sox 3/3/10.
1 year (2009). Re-signed as a free agent (minor-league contract). Contract purchased by Florida 5/17/09. Claimed by Chicago White Sox off waivers from Florida 10/21/09.
1 year/$0.39M (2008). Re-signed by Florida 2/22/08. Sent outright to Triple-A by Florida 10/1/08.
1 year (2007). Contract purchased by Florida 4/07.
1 year (2006). Re-signed by Florida (minor-league contract).
1 year (2005). Selected by Florida from LA Dodgers in Rule 5 draft 12/04.
Signed by LA Dodgers 2001 as an amateur free agent from the Dominican Republic.

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	WARP
90^o	381	45	92	20	1	9	42	39	78	6	2	.275	.356	.422	104	15.1	1.6
80^o	362	41	83	18	1	8	38	35	75	5	2	.260	.339	.398	97	9.8	1.0
70^o	348	39	77	17	1	7	35	33	74	5	2	.250	.329	.380	91	6.3	0.7
60^o	336	36	73	16	1	7	33	31	72	5	2	.245	.320	.376	87	3.6	0.4
50^o	325	34	68	15	1	6	32	29	71	4	2	.235	.310	.356	82	1.1	0.1
40^o	314	32	64	14	1	6	30	27	69	4	1	.229	.301	.350	78	-1.2	-0.1
30^o	302	30	60	13	1	6	28	25	68	4	1	.221	.292	.343	73	-3.4	-0.4
20^o	288	28	55	12	1	5	26	23	66	3	1	.212	.280	.324	68	-5.9	-0.6
10^o	269	25	48	10	1	5	23	20	63	3	1	.198	.262	.309	60	-8.8	-0.9
Weighted Mean	328	35	70	15	1	7	32	29	71	4	2	.240	.313	.370	84	1.9	0.2

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Date	Question	Answer
2015-06-16 20:00:00 (link to chat)	If the Red Sox were characters on Game of Thrones, who would they be? thanks (Bill from Los Angeles)	This is super played out ... ... and as such, right in my wheelhouse. Xander Bogaerts: Jon Snow Mookie Betts: Danaerys Targaryen Ben Cherington: Ned (tried to do the right thing, will probably lose head) Wade Miley: Catelyn (doesn't do much but yell) Rick Porcello: Robb Stark (handsome, ineffective) Clay Buchholz: Sansa (WHAT EVEN ARE YOU?) Eduardo Rodriguez: Arya (so much potential) Brock Holt: Bran (takes a lot of forms) Joe Kelly: Rickon (why do you exist?) Mike Napoli: Hodor (...yep) Christian Vazquez: Benjen Stark (plz come back) John Henry: Tywin (still calling the shots) Dustin Pedroia: Tyrion (most watchable/resourceful) Larry Lucchino: Cersei (...) David Ortiz: Jaime (lost a step but still badass) Blake Swihart: Tommen (keep trying, little guy) John Farrell: Stannis (stern but no one seems to listen) Melisandre: Pablo Sandoval (is your power real or what) Our Hopes/Dreams: Shireen Hanley Ramirez: The Hound (unlikeable but powerful) Koji Uehara: Brienne (still rooting for ya) Daniel Nava: Pod (you too!) Junichi Tawawa: Bronn (just gets stuff done) Allen Craig: Janos Slynt (just doesn't) Shane Victorino: Jorah (always hurt) Jackie Bradley: Theon (has he not suffered enough?) Justin Masterson: Beric Dondarrion (should not have been revived) Craig Breslow: Doran (smart, ineffective) Alejandro De Aza: sandsnake 1 Alexi Ogando: sandsnake 2 Tommy Layne: sandsnake 3 The Yankees: Roose Bolton The Rays: Ramsay Bolton The Blue Jays: The Night's King The Orioles: Mance Rayder And two for the book readers ... Yoan Moncada: Young Griff Rusney Castillo: Patchface (Ben Carsley)
2014-01-21 18:00:00 (link to chat)	What kind of numbers do you expect out of Alejandro De Aza considering he may be the odd man out of the White Sox outfield? (jaymoff from Salem)	I still see De Aza getting a good number of at bats. I'm not a big believer in Adam Eaton and think the White Sox will find a way to play De Aza enough where he's still viable. Maybe he won't put up what he did last year, but a 10/15 year with a solid batting average wouldn't surprise. In deeper leagues, even if De Aza isn't starting, he could do what Gerardo Parra did when he was a fourth OF and provide plenty of deep league, sneaky value. (Mike Gianella)
2014-01-21 18:00:00 (link to chat)	What kind of numbers do you expect out of Alejandro De Aza considering he may be the odd man out of the White Sox outfield? (jaymoff from Salem)	I still see De Aza getting a good number of at bats. I'm not a big believer in Adam Eaton and think the White Sox will find a way to play De Aza enough where he's still viable. Maybe he won't put up what he did last year, but a 10/15 year with a solid batting average wouldn't surprise. In deeper leagues, even if De Aza isn't starting, he could do what Gerardo Parra did when he was a fourth OF and provide plenty of deep league, sneaky value. (Mike Gianella)
2012-12-27 13:00:00 (link to chat)	Will Alejandro De Aza continue to improve and build on a promising season last year? Or is he in store for some regression? Thanks! (Mike from Chicago)	Another where I see #wish. It's nice that he put it together at 28, and even with some regression, that's not a bad player to have. But for a guy who was a quad-A player for a long time and is now 29, that story doesn't usually end in the Hall of Fame. (Russell Carleton)
2012-07-11 12:00:00 (link to chat)	Just looking average, runs and steals, better 2h Alejandro De Aza or Norichika Aoki? (JDub from San Diego)	De Aza (Jason Collette)

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