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Birth Date	8-18-1986
Height	5' 11"
Weight	215 lbs

Age	37 years, 8 months, 24 days
Bats	R
Throws	R

: -0.02015
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: 2017
: -0.02018
: -0.52019
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MLB Statistics

YEAR	TEAM	AGE	G	PA	H	2B	3B	HR	BB	SO	HBP	CS	AVG	OBP	SLG	DRC+	DRAA	BRR	FRAA	BWARP
2011	SLN	24	38	72	17	5	0	0	6	13	1	1	.262	.333	.338	92	-0.6	0.0	-1.3	0.1
2012	SLN	25	51	131	32	9	1	1	3	19	0	1	.254	.267	.365	79	-3.2	-0.8	-0.7	0.1
2013	SLN	26	51	129	25	6	1	1	4	25	2	0	.203	.240	.293	65	-4.8	0.7	3.3	0.5
2014	SLN	27	50	150	27	5	0	1	13	28	0	3	.200	.270	.259	63	-5.9	-0.2	-7.1	-0.8
2015	SLN	28	69	151	29	7	1	2	6	32	0	0	.204	.235	.310	59	-6.6	0.2	0.2	0.0
2016	KCA	29	4	5	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	.000	.000	.000	81	-0.1	0.0	-0.1	0.0
2018	CIN	31	9	26	4	1	0	1	0	11	0	0	.154	.154	.308	65	-1.0	0.2	-0.7	0.0
Career			272	664	134	33	3	6	32	131	3	5	.216	.256	.308	69	-22.2	0.1	-6.6	-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
2007	QUD	A	MDW	49	216	.254	.328	.370	.303	91	7.6	6.8	0.9	125	0	-4.9	0.8	6.3	1.0
2007	BAT	A-	NYP	4	17	.250	.330	.333	.545	97	1.3	0.5	0.1	108	0	1.0	0.3	0.2	0.2
2007	CRD	Rk	GCL	7	34	.252	.358	.365	.480	102	3.1	1.0	0.1	-3270	0	0.7	0.8	4.2	0.6
2007	JCY	Rk	APL	6	27	.247	.319	.359	.238	100	1.8	0.9	0.1	115	0	2.3	-0.1	0.9	0.4
2008	PMB	A+	FSL	89	378	.252	.323	.373	.306	94	4.6	11.3	2.4	108	0	-1.0	2.2	-3.0	1.2
2009	SFD	AA	TXS	110	444	.266	.338	.395	.254	117	-18.5	12.9	4.9	64	0	-22.9	1.1	-24.1	-2.9
2010	PMB	A+	FSL	46	202	.249	.327	.369	.338	91	1.7	5.4	2.9	118	0	2.4	-2.8	3.2	1.1
2010	SFD	AA	TXS	40	169	.262	.339	.399	.325	108	4.2	4.9	1.7	122	0	-2.6	-1.5	4.0	0.7
2010	MEM	AAA	PCL	4	15	.272	.342	.432	.167	92	-2.3	1.2	0.7	65	0	1.2	0.1	-1.6	0.1
2011	SLN	MLB	NL	38	72	.255	.324	.406	.327	95	-0.4	1.9	0.6	92	11	-1.3	0.0	-0.6	0.1
2011	MEM	AAA	PCL	45	164	.276	.354	.430	.304	95	-3.3	5.1	2.9	75	0	1.0	-0.5	-4.4	0.4
2012	SLN	MLB	NL	51	131	.255	.317	.398	.287	98	-4.8	3.6	2	79	8	-0.7	-0.8	-3.2	0.1
2013	SLN	MLB	NL	51	129	.242	.309	.377	.247	100	-10.2	3.4	1.8	65	10	3.3	0.7	-4.8	0.5
2014	SLN	MLB	NL	50	150	.253	.312	.384	.245	103	-9.9	3.9	2.2	63	12	-7.1	-0.2	-5.9	-0.8
2014	SFD	AA	TEX	2	5	.233	.320	.296	.333	94	-0.6	0.1	0.1	50	0	0.0	0.0	-0.4	0.0
2015	SLN	MLB	NL	69	151	.251	.312	.399	.248	93	-11.1	4.1	2	59	11	0.2	0.2	-6.6	0.0
2016	KCA	MLB	AL	4	5	.284	.371	.488	.000	112	-0.8	0.1	0.1	81	8	-0.1	0.0	-0.1	0.0
2016	OMA	AAA	PCL	92	363	.265	.329	.407	.321	92	3.8	10.2	1.6	110	0	0.5	-2.5	-1.5	0.9
2017	ELP	AAA	PCL	51	185	.287	.348	.459	.336	107	3	5.5	3.1	94	0	-9.9	0.3	-0.7	-0.2
2018	CIN	MLB	NL	9	26	.240	.305	.390	.214	104	-4.2	0.7	0.4	65	18	-0.7	0.2	-1.0	0.0
2018	LOU	AAA	INT	18	73	.257	.321	.396	.205	94	-1.3	2.1	0.8	80	0	-3.1	0.4	-1.4	-0.1

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
2007	CRD	Rk	GCL	34	32	8	12	5	0	0	17	4	1	7	1	0	.375	.394	.531	.156	0	0
2007	QUD	A	MDW	216	195	26	55	10	1	5	82	34	17	25	3	1	.282	.343	.421	.138	0	0
2007	BAT	A-	NYP	17	16	2	6	1	0	0	7	4	0	5	0	0	.375	.412	.438	.063	0	0
2007	JCY	Rk	APL	27	25	2	7	2	0	2	15	2	2	2	1	0	.280	.333	.600	.320	0	0
2008	PMB	A+	FSL	378	351	41	98	22	3	8	150	58	19	50	3	0	.279	.319	.427	.148	1	1
2009	SFD	AA	TXS	444	404	44	89	25	2	10	148	48	34	85	1	0	.220	.281	.366	.146	2	2
2010	PMB	A+	FSL	202	181	21	51	16	1	1	72	25	19	33	0	2	.282	.348	.398	.116	1	1
2010	SFD	AA	TXS	169	149	26	43	10	0	6	71	20	17	30	0	0	.289	.363	.477	.188	1	1
2010	MEM	AAA	PCL	15	14	2	3	0	0	1	6	1	1	1	0	0	.214	.267	.429	.214	0	0
2011	SLN	MLB	NL	72	65	8	17	5	0	0	22	6	6	13	0	1	.262	.333	.338	.077	0	0
2011	MEM	AAA	PCL	164	149	13	39	5	1	4	58	25	11	31	0	1	.262	.315	.389	.128	1	2
2012	SLN	MLB	NL	131	126	11	32	9	1	1	46	11	3	19	0	1	.254	.267	.365	.111	2	0
2013	SLN	MLB	NL	129	123	13	25	6	1	1	36	13	4	25	0	0	.203	.240	.293	.089	0	0
2014	SFD	AA	TEX	5	5	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	0	0	.200	.200	.200	.000	0
2014	SLN	MLB	NL	150	135	11	27	5	0	1	35	17	13	28	0	3	.200	.270	.259	.059	0
2015	SLN	MLB	NL	151	142	6	29	7	1	2	44	11	6	32	0	0	.204	.235	.310	.106	1	2
2016	OMA	AAA	PCL	363	318	32	84	18	0	7	123	55	41	74	2	1	.264	.347	.387	.123	3	0
2016	KCA	MLB	AL	5	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	3	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	1	0
2017	ELP	AAA	PCL	185	168	25	47	9	0	7	77	27	12	43	0	0	.280	.341	.458	.179	1	0
2018	CIN	MLB	NL	26	26	2	4	1	0	1	8	2	0	11	0	0	.154	.154	.308	.154	0	0
2018	LOU	AAA	INT	73	64	10	12	1	0	3	22	12	7	19	0	0	.188	.260	.344	.156	2	0

Plate Discipline

YEAR	Pits	Zone%	Swing%	Contact%	Z-Swing%	O-Swing%	Z-Contact%	O-Contact%	SwStr%	CSAA
2011	241	0.5062	0.5311	0.7891	0.6885	0.3697	0.8571	0.6591	0.2109	0.0015
2012	408	0.5147	0.5294	0.8148	0.6905	0.3586	0.9310	0.5775	0.1852	0.0017
2013	455	0.5033	0.5121	0.7854	0.6769	0.3451	0.8323	0.6923	0.2146	0.0049
2014	573	0.4695	0.4747	0.8162	0.6357	0.3322	0.9123	0.6535	0.1838	0.0083
2015	584	0.5497	0.5171	0.7649	0.6822	0.3156	0.8128	0.6386	0.2351	-0.0019
2016	25	0.5200	0.6400	0.7500	0.8462	0.4167	0.9091	0.4000	0.2500	0.0000
2018	91	0.4615	0.5275	0.7500	0.5714	0.4898	0.8750	0.6250	0.2500	0.0000
Career	2377	0.5074	0.5111	0.7915	0.6695	0.3458	0.8687	0.6410	0.2085	0.0029

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
2013-08-15	2013-09-01	15-DL	17	16	Left	Forearm	Stress Fracture		-	-
2010-08-09	2010-08-30	Minors	21	0	Right	Thigh	Strain	Hamstring	-
2008-07-17	2008-09-05	Minors	50	0	Left	Wrist	Strain	Tendon	-	-

Compensation

Year	Team	Salary
2018	CIN	$
2017	SDN	$
2016	KCA	$
2015	SLN	$775,000
2014	SLN	$521,000
2013	SLN	$503,000
2012	SLN	$481,000

Years	Description	Salary
4 yr	Previous	$2,280,000
4 yr	Total	$2,280,000

Service Time	Agent	Contract Status
4 y 147 d	MDR Sports	1 year (2018)

Details

1 year (2018). Signed by Cincinnati as a free agent 12/19/17 (minor-league contract). Contract selected by Cincinnati 5/8/18. Released by Cincinnati 6/21/18.
1 year (2017). Signed by San Diego as a free agent 2/7/17 (minor-league contract).
1 year/$0.975M (2016). Acquired by Kansas City in trade from St. Louis 12/2/15. Signed by Kansas City 1/15/16 (avoided arbitration). Award bonus: $50,000 for All-Star. DFA by Kansas City 11/18/16. Released 11/23/16.
1 year/$0.775M (2015). Re-signed by St. Louis 1/15/15 (avoided arbitration).
1 year/$0.521M (2014). Re-signed by St. Louis 3/14.
1 year/$0.503M (2013). Re-signed by St. Louis 3/13.
1 year/$0.481M (2012). Re-signed by St. Louis 2/29/12.
1 year (2011). Contract purchased by St. Louis 11/17/10. Re-signed by St. Louis 2/11.
Drafted by St. Louis 2007 (26-802) (Palm Beach CC, Fla.).

2019 Preseason Forecast

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

PCT	PA	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	AVG	OBP	SLG	DRC+	VORP	FRAA	WARP
90^o	385	46	92	17	1	13	47	34	94	.268	.341	.437	105	21.4	C -11, 1B 0	1.1
80^o	364	41	82	15	1	11	43	31	91	.252	.322	.405	97	15.4	C -11, 1B 0	0.5
70^o	349	38	77	14	1	11	40	28	89	.245	.313	.401	91	11.5	C -11, 1B 0	0.1
60^o	337	36	71	13	1	10	37	26	87	.234	.301	.382	86	8.3	C -11, 1B 0	-0.3
50^o	325	33	66	12	1	9	35	25	85	.224	.290	.364	81	5.6	C -11, 1B 0	-0.6
40^o	313	31	63	12	1	9	33	23	83	.222	.285	.366	77	3.0	C -11, 1B 0	-0.9
30^o	301	29	58	11	1	8	31	21	81	.212	.274	.348	71	0.4	C -11, 1B 0	-1.1
20^o	286	26	53	10	1	7	28	19	78	.203	.263	.330	66	-2.4	C -11, 1B 0	-1.4
10^o	265	23	44	8	0	6	25	17	74	.181	.239	.288	57	-5.7	C -11, 1B 0	-1.8
Weighted Mean	329	34	68	13	1	9	36	25	86	.229	.294	.370	83	6.5	C -11, 1B 0	-0.5

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Date	Question	Answer
2014-11-04 18:00:00 (link to chat)	Any info on the Cardinals' attempts to develop an in-house catching backup for Yadier Molina who's better than Tony Cruz (which isn't a very high bar)? Does Carson Kelly have a realistic chance of becoming adequate? Are there others I don't know about? Yadi isn't going to last forever... (Bill from New Mexico)	I do think Kelly has some potential to help at the MLB level, but it could still take a while for him to get there. I've heard encouraging reports on the early progress he's made behind the plate, and I there is hope for the bat. Kelly may arrive in time to help the transition from Molina, but I'm not sure he's going to be ready in time to be a viable backup instead of Cruz in the short term. (Mark Anderson)

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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
2008	afa	.000	0.0	1859	.001	-0.5	48	.013	.003	-0.4	-0.9	-1.0
2009	aax	-.030	-27.6	3511	.000	-0.5	77	-.119	.007	5.1	-22.1	-22.9
2010	aaa	.010	1.3	462	.000	0.0	6	-.005	.000	0.0	1.0	1.2
2010	aax	-.012	-3.6	1164	.002	-1.0	27	-.116	.001	2.0	-3.4	-2.6
2010	afa	.000	0.0	1653	.001	-0.6	24	-.034	-.009	0.7	-1.8	2.4
2011	mlb	-.005	-0.5	463	.002	-0.3	4	.000	.000	0.0	-0.9	-1.3
2011	aaa	.003	1.4	1584	-.001	0.5	28	.005	-.003	0.0	1.0	1.0
2012	mlb	-.004	-1.0	1408	.000	-0.1	25	-.003	.000	0.0	-1.3	-0.7
2013	mlb	.007	2.0	1405	-.005	1.6	15	.000	-.004	0.0	3.5	3.3
2014	aax	.001	0.0	22	.000	0.0	3	-.016	.004	0.0	0.5	0.0
2014	mlb	-.017	-5.4	1678	.001	-0.5	19	.012	-.001	-0.1	-6.2	-7.1
2015	mlb	.002	0.6	1408	.001	-0.5	17	.033	-.002	-0.3	-0.4	0.2
2016	aaa	-.001	-0.8	0	.000	0.0	64	-.024	.000	0.9	-0.4	0.5
2016	mlb	-.002	0.0	58	.008	-0.1	0	.000	.000	0.0	-0.1	-0.1
2017	aaa	-.016	-9.4	2165	-.001	0.5	39	-.022	.000	0.5	-8.2	-9.9
2018	mlb	-.017	-1.0	250	.003	-0.2	1	-.004	.001	0.0	-1.3	-0.7
2018	aaa	-.016	-3.1	652	-.001	0.2	14	.006	-.001	0.0	-3.1	-3.1

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