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Birth Date	12-8-1985
Height	6' 1"
Weight	210 lbs

Age	39 years, 6 months, 11 days
Bats	R
Throws	R

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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
2010	OAK	24	14	34	5	1	0	1	2	12	0	0	0	.156	.206	.281	62	-1.4	0.1	-0.5	-0.1
2012	OAK	26	75	294	66	16	0	9	14	61	5	4	1	.241	.289	.398	96	-1.3	0.5	7.6	1.7
2013	OAK	27	158	668	174	37	3	24	76	110	6	5	2	.301	.384	.499	140	30.6	-2.9	-1.9	5.0
2014	OAK	28	158	695	155	31	2	29	76	130	7	8	0	.255	.342	.456	131	23.8	-2.5	16.0	6.3
2015	TOR	29	158	711	184	41	2	41	73	133	6	6	0	.297	.371	.568	148	42.4	4.0	0.6	7.3
2016	TOR	30	155	700	164	32	5	37	109	119	9	7	1	.284	.404	.549	152	45.0	4.8	-12.6	6.0
2017	TOR	31	113	496	112	21	0	33	76	111	3	2	2	.270	.385	.559	141	26.9	1.3	-6.1	3.8
2018	CLE	32	16	60	14	3	0	3	10	10	0	0	0	.280	.400	.520	106	0.6	-0.8	-0.9	0.1
2018	TOR	32	36	159	32	11	0	5	21	44	0	2	0	.234	.333	.423	106	1.7	-0.4	-0.8	0.5
2019	ATL	33	155	659	142	33	0	37	100	155	8	4	2	.259	.379	.521	130	29.1	-1.0	1.2	5.1
Career			1038	4476	1048	226	12	219	557	885	44	38	8	.273	.369	.509	135	197.4	3.0	2.7	35.5

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	BOI	A-	NWN	49	202	.253	.339	.381	.395	111	20.5	5.9	2.6	190	0	-2.9	1.8	21.2	2.9
2007	CUB	Rk	AZL	4	13	.257	.356	.393	.286	104	-0.4	0.4	0.1	110	0	0.0	-0.9	0.2	0.0
2008	PEO	A	MDW	63	254	.249	.320	.366	.239	95	-6.8	7.2	3.1	83	0	1.5	3.0	-8.5	0.7
2008	STO	A+	CLF	47	207	.275	.336	.413	.353	97	31.8	7.8	4.2	177	0	-1.0	1.4	16.6	2.9
2009	MID	AA	TXS	124	541	.268	.338	.396	.319	129	2	16.4	7.7	119	0	8.3	0.6	3.9	3.8
2010	OAK	MLB	AL	14	34	.252	.326	.401	.211	108	-3	0.9	0.1	62	10	-0.5	0.1	-1.4	-0.1
2010	SAC	AAA	PCL	86	348	.281	.352	.446	.264	90	0.1	11.0	3.7	95	0	-2.1	-3.3	-1.1	0.8
2011	SAC	AAA	PCL	115	503	.293	.362	.464	.301	98	6.8	15.6	4.8	100	0	1.9	1.8	1.7	2.5
2011	ESC	Wnt	DWL	15	66	.000	.000	.000	.400			0.0		0	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
2012	OAK	MLB	AL	75	294	.255	.315	.408	.278	94	-0.8	8.1	1.2	96	9	7.6	0.5	-1.3	1.7
2012	SAC	AAA	PCL	51	234	.288	.351	.445	.350	93	21.4	7.0	1.9	167	0	-0.9	-0.2	19.5	2.7
2013	OAK	MLB	AL	158	668	.256	.320	.406	.333	94	41.8	17.6	2.2	140	9	-1.9	-2.9	30.6	5.0
2014	OAK	MLB	AL	158	695	.252	.312	.391	.278	93	31.7	17.9	1.7	131	6	16.0	-2.5	23.8	6.3
2015	TOR	MLB	AL	158	711	.257	.317	.414	.314	107	40.3	19.2	1.9	148	8	0.6	4.0	42.4	7.3
2016	TOR	MLB	AL	155	700	.259	.322	.429	.300	108	41.3	19.8	0.8	152	7	-12.6	4.8	45.0	6.0
2017	TOR	MLB	AL	113	496	.250	.317	.419	.289	105	27.6	14.5	1.4	141	11	-6.1	1.3	26.9	3.8
2017	DUN	A+	FSL	2	7	.237	.362	.386	.667	109	0.7	0.2	0	109	0	0.4	0.0	0.1	0.1
2018	CLE	MLB	AL	16	60	.249	.328	.412	.297	106	2.6	1.7	0	106	9	-0.9	-0.8	0.6	0.1
2018	TOR	MLB	AL	36	159	.252	.318	.428	.303	106	0.4	4.5	-0.4	106	9	-0.8	-0.4	1.7	0.5
2018	DUN	A+	FSL	4	12	.266	.316	.378	.333	106	1.6	0.3	0	168	0	-0.2	-0.1	0.8	0.1
2018	COH	AAA	INT	1	3	.278	.342	.429	.000	104	1.4	0.1	0	150	0	-0.1	0.0	0.2	0.0
2019	ATL	MLB	NL	155	659	.250	.319	.427	.292	101	33.4	19.9	2.6	130	9	1.2	-1.0	29.1	5.1

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	CUB	Rk	AZL	13	11	1	2	2	0	0	4	0	2	4	0	1	.182	.308	.364	.182	0	0
2007	BOI	A-	NWN	202	162	37	56	11	2	9	98	35	37	34	6	2	.346	.473	.605	.259	0	0
2008	PEO	A	MDW	254	235	27	51	13	0	6	82	23	17	41	7	1	.217	.276	.349	.132	0	0
2008	STO	A+	CLF	207	188	37	62	13	2	9	106	39	17	29	0	2	.330	.391	.564	.234	0	0
2009	MID	AA	TXS	541	455	67	123	37	1	9	189	91	80	92	7	2	.270	.378	.415	.145	3	3
2010	SAC	AAA	PCL	348	294	52	70	14	1	18	140	67	45	79	3	1	.238	.343	.476	.238	0	0
2010	OAK	MLB	AL	34	32	1	5	1	0	1	9	4	2	12	0	0	.156	.206	.281	.125	0	0
2011	ESC	Wnt	DWL	66	63	8	18	2	0	2	26	10	3	21	1	0	.286	.318	.413	.127	0	0
2011	SAC	AAA	PCL	503	444	79	116	28	0	17	195	70	51	100	13	4	.261	.344	.439	.178	2	0
2012	SAC	AAA	PCL	234	209	38	70	12	2	13	125	45	23	34	5	2	.335	.402	.598	.263	1	0
2012	OAK	MLB	AL	294	274	34	66	16	0	9	109	33	14	61	4	1	.241	.289	.398	.157	1	0
2013	OAK	MLB	AL	668	579	89	174	37	3	24	289	93	76	110	5	2	.301	.384	.499	.199	6	1
2014	OAK	MLB	AL	695	608	93	155	31	2	29	277	98	76	130	8	0	.255	.342	.456	.201	4
2015	TOR	MLB	AL	711	620	122	184	41	2	41	352	123	73	133	6	0	.297	.371	.568	.271	10	2
2016	TOR	MLB	AL	700	577	122	164	32	5	37	317	99	109	119	7	1	.284	.404	.549	.265	3	2
2017	TOR	MLB	AL	496	415	65	112	21	0	33	232	78	76	111	2	2	.270	.385	.559	.289	2	0
2017	DUN	A+	FSL	7	5	0	2	0	0	0	2	1	1	2	0	0	.400	.571	.400	.000	0	0
2018	COH	AAA	INT	3	2	1	1	0	0	1	4	4	1	0	0	0	.500	.667	2.000	1.500	0	0
2018	DUN	A+	FSL	12	10	1	4	0	0	1	7	3	2	0	0	0	.400	.500	.700	.300	0	0
2018	CLE	MLB	AL	60	50	8	14	3	0	3	26	7	10	10	0	0	.280	.400	.520	.240	0	0
2018	TOR	MLB	AL	159	137	22	32	11	0	5	58	16	21	44	2	0	.234	.333	.423	.190	1	0
2019	ATL	MLB	NL	659	549	96	142	33	0	37	286	94	100	155	4	2	.259	.379	.521	.262	2	0

Plate Discipline

YEAR	Pits	Zone%	Swing%	Contact%	Z-Swing%	O-Swing%	Z-Contact%	O-Contact%	SwStr%	CSAA
2010	140	0.5071	0.4214	0.6441	0.5493	0.2899	0.7179	0.5000	0.3559	-0.0005
2012	1075	0.5098	0.4884	0.7410	0.6515	0.3188	0.8011	0.6131	0.2590	-0.0026
2013	2686	0.4881	0.4419	0.7776	0.6484	0.2451	0.8259	0.6558	0.2224	-0.0057
2014	2691	0.4734	0.4307	0.7541	0.6429	0.2399	0.8547	0.5118	0.2459	-0.0066
2015	2816	0.4922	0.4567	0.7457	0.6724	0.2476	0.8273	0.5311	0.2543	-0.0109
2016	2923	0.4461	0.4181	0.7570	0.6227	0.2532	0.8362	0.6000	0.2430	0.0000
2017	2097	0.4506	0.4206	0.7256	0.6296	0.2491	0.7866	0.5993	0.2744	0.0000
2018	881	0.4631	0.4177	0.6821	0.6275	0.2368	0.7617	0.5000	0.3179	0.0000
2019	2735	0.4468	0.4391	0.7019	0.6751	0.2485	0.7515	0.5931	0.2981	0.0000
Career	18044	0.4693	0.4372	0.7404	0.6474	0.2513	0.8108	0.5784	0.2596	-0.0037

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
2014-08-24	2014-08-25	DTD	1	1	-	Knee	Soreness		-
2014-07-02	2014-07-04	DTD	2	2	-	Low Back	Tightness		-
2014-03-17	2014-03-19	Camp	2	0	Right	Lower Leg	Tightness	Calf	-	-
2013-06-14	2013-06-15	DTD	1	1	Right	Thigh	Strain	Hamstring	-	-
2012-09-01	2012-09-03	DTD	2	2	Right	Hip	Strain	Hip Flexor	-	-
2011-02-25	2011-02-27	Camp	2	0		Knee	Contusion		-
2010-08-04	2010-09-02	Minors	29	0	Left	Knee	Sprain	MCL	-

Compensation

Year	Team	Salary
2012	OAK	$480,000
2013	OAK	$492,500
2014	OAK	$500,000
2015	TOR	$4,300,000
2016	TOR	$11,650,000
2017	TOR	$17,000,000
2018	TOR	$23,000,000
2019	ATL	$23,000,000
2020	MIN	$18,750,000
2021	MIN	$21,750,000
2022	NYA	$23,750,000
2023	NYA	$21,750,000
2024	NYA	$6,000,000

Years	Description	Salary
13 yr	Previous	$172,422,500
13 yr	Total	$172,422,500

Service Time	Agent	Contract Status
11 y 158 d	MVP Sports Group	4 years/$92M (2020-23), 2024 option

Details

4 years/$92M (2020-23), plus 2024 club option. Signed by Minnesota as a free agent 1/22/20. $3M signing bonus. 20:$18M, 21-23: $21M annually, 24:$16M club option ($8M buyout). 2024 option may increase additional $4M based on 2020-23 awards: $500,000 for each Gold Glove, Silver Slugger, top 8 finish in MVP vote. Additional $250,000 for each top 5 finish in MVP vote. Additional $250,000 for each top 3 finish in MVP vote. Limited no-trade protection: Donaldson may block deals to 5 clubs. One-time assignment bonus: $2M paid by acquiring club, with 2024 option becoming a $16M mutual option with a $6M buyout, payable only if declined by the club. Award bonuses: $250,000 for MVP ($100,000 for second place in MVP vote, $75,000 for third, $50,000 for fourth-sixth). $100,000 for WS MVP. $50,000 for each LCS MVP, Gold Glove, Silver Slugger, All Star election. Acquired by NY Yankees in trade from Minnesota 3/13/22. Released by NY Yankees 8/29/23. Signed by Milwaukee as a free agent 8/31/23 (minor-league contract). Retired 3/4/24.
1 year/$23M (2019). Signed by Atlanta as a free agent 11/26/18.
1 year/$23M (2018). Re-signed by Toronto 1/12/18 (avoided arbitration). At signing, largest-ever 1-year contract for arbitration-eligible player. Acquired by Cleveland in trade from Toronto 8/31/18. Blue Jays pay approximately $2.7M of $3,833,333 remaining on contract.
2 years/$28.65M (2016-17). Signed extension with Toronto 2/9/16 (avoided arbitration, $11.8M-$11.35M). 16:$11.65M, 17:$17M.
1 year/$4.3M (2015). Lost in arbitration with Toronto 2/13/15 ($5.75M-$4.3M).
1 year/$500,000 (2014). Renewed by Oakland 3/8/14. Acquired by Toronto in trade from Oakland 11/28/14.
1 year/$492,500 (2013). Re-signed by Oakland 3/13.
1 year/$480,000 (2012). Re-signed by Oakland 2/12.
1 year (2011). Re-signed by Oakland 3/11.
1 year (2010). Contract selected by Oakland 4/30/10.
Acquired by Oakland in trade from Chicago Cubs 7/8/08 (Rich Harden deal).
Drafted by Chicago Cubs 2007 (1s-48) (Auburn). Signed 7/7/07, $652,500 signing bonus).

2019 Preseason Forecast

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

PCT	PA	H	2B	HR	BB	SO	AVG	OBP	SLG	DRC+	VORP	FRAA
90^o	43	10	2	2	7	8	.278	.395	.500	149	4.2	3B -1
80^o	29	6	1	1	5	6	.250	.379	.417	144	2.5	3B -1
70^o	19	5	1	1	3	4	.312	.421	.562	140	1.5	3B 0
60^o	10	1	0	0	2	2	.125	.300	.125	136	0.8	3B 0
50^o	2	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	133	0.1	3B 0
Weighted Mean	3	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	133	0.2	3B 0

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2020-03-06 13:00:00 (link to chat)	Always scrounging for filling out the team. Based on ADP I see the following players undervalued by the market, your thoughts? Alex Dickerson, Anthony Santander, Nicky Lopez, Hanser Alberto, Miguel Rojas, Brandon Belt, Adam Frazier (ugh), Victor Reyes, Avisail Garcia, Leury Garcia, Mauricio Dubon, Nomar Mazara, and why not Josh Donaldson? (pauls121 from Madison)	Based on ADP, I like Mazara (of course) and Donaldson. I am not in on the others mostly due to lack of impact offensive ability (Lopez, Alberto, Rojas, Frazier, Reyes, L. Garcia), lack of consistent playing time (Dickerson, Avisail Garcia, Mauricio Dubon), and simply proper pricing of the talent (Santander and Belt). (Jesse Roche)
2020-02-14 13:00:00 (link to chat)	Thanks for the chat. What are your thoughts on Leody Taveras? I was offered Taveras, and Gio Urshela for Josh Donaldson in a 20 team dynasty league. Seems Taveras’ prospect status has declined rapidly!!! (Donnell from Washington, DC)	Bret Sayre still rides the Leody Taveras train, and is the reason Taveras made our dynasty 101, but he represents a small minority. That is not to say Taveras is without upside, but he is a better real-life prospect than a fantasy one given his limited power. Still, steals are in short supply and he could be a 20+ SB guy. Something like .270/10/20+ is certainly possible as a peak. Think Ender Inciarte. Now, as for the offer, I prefer Donaldson to the package of Taveras/Urshela. To downgrade from Urshela to Donaldson, I'd want a borderline-top-50 prospect in return. (Jesse Roche)
2020-01-15 13:00:00 (link to chat)	Is Austin Riley one of the beneficiaries of the Josh Donaldson signing? And given the muddiness of Riley's 2019 (scorching start to ugliness to injury), what have you heard/what is your sense about how Atlanta views him today? (Karl from Berlin)	I saw a Braves reporter say that if the season started today Camargo would open at 3B and Riley would be in Triple-A. That seems plausible to me, though I think if the Braves are going to win the division they're going to need Riley to be a consistent part of the club. I don't think they're down on him as much as opening at Triple-A might indicate. He's got some development to do, and Triple-A is a good place for it. (Craig Goldstein)
2019-11-26 14:00:00 (link to chat)	In the spirit of Thanksgiving, Ginny, I'd just like to say that I'm thankful you're here for this chat instead of Craig. Did you see his AMA? It was embarrassing. Anyway, where do you think Josh Donaldson ends up? (Yuri from Israel)	I missed the AMA, but I saw the pies. They looked excellent. Now I want pie... I'm pretty tempted to say Donaldson goes to the Brewers, though maybe that's just today's wealth of Brewers questions biasing me... No, I think it's a good fit. The Brewers have plenty of "payroll flexibility," as the cool kid GMs call it. The Rangers would also be a great fit, or maybe the Dodgers given their allergy to long-term deals. (Free Agent Chat w/Ginny Searle)
2019-11-07 14:00:00 (link to chat)	Should the Braves bring back Josh Donaldson or maybe back up the spending truck for Anthony Rendon? Austin Riley is terrible. He just can't be the team's 3B of the future. (Dan from Atlanta)	Riley might not be their 3B of the future but he also could be their LF of the future. He certainly scuffled after his hot start, but I wouldn't give up on him entirely. That said, it would certainly be disappointing from a Braves fan perspective if they don't bring in someone with a little more certainty to man 3B. Whether it's re-upping Donaldson or snagging Rendon, their core is young and cheap and ready to win right now. Not supplementing that core by patching what few holes they have on the roster would certainly be a disappointment. (Free Agent Chat w/Collin Whitchurch)

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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
2007	asx	.000	0.0	2080	.005	-3.2	43	-.015	.002	0.4	-3.2	-2.9
2008	afa	.000	0.0	2417	.000	-0.2	50	.003	-.007	0.1	0.1	-1.0
2008	afx	.000	0.0	2238	.000	-0.1	65	-.029	.010	1.1	1.5	1.5
2009	aax	.004	5.8	5259	.001	-1.1	87	-.036	-.005	2.2	7.2	8.3
2010	aaa	-.006	-5.1	3025	-.001	0.6	72	-.020	.004	0.9	-4.3	-2.1
2010	mlb	-.011	-0.5	231	-.001	0.1	6	.000	.000	0.0	-0.1	-0.5
2011	aaa	.000	-0.4	3359	.000	0.1	76	-.031	.000	1.6	1.5	1.9
2012	mlb	.003	0.1	108	-.001	0.0	6	.013	.000	0.0	-0.3	7.6
2012	aaa	.009	2.5	1143	.000	-0.1	18	.008	-.001	-0.1	1.8	-0.9

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