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Julio Borbon CFOrioles

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Birth Date	2-20-1986
Height	6' 0"
Weight	195 lbs

Age	38 years, 1 months, 29 days
Bats	L
Throws	L

: 2015
: -0.12016
: 2017
: 2018
: 0.72019
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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
2009	TEX	23	46	179	49	4	0	4	15	28	1	19	4	.312	.376	.414	99	0.3	0.2	-1.3	0.2
2010	TEX	24	137	468	121	11	4	3	19	59	2	15	7	.276	.309	.340	72	-14.5	2.3	-2.3	0.0
2011	TEX	25	32	98	24	1	3	0	3	9	2	6	2	.270	.305	.348	80	-2.1	0.6	0.7	0.2
2013	CHN	27	72	117	21	3	1	1	12	22	0	7	1	.202	.284	.279	67	-4.2	0.5	-0.1	-0.1
2013	TEX	27	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	71	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
2016	BAL	30	6	15	4	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	1	.308	.308	.308	80	-0.3	-0.2	-0.4	-0.1
Career			294	878	219	19	8	8	49	121	5	47	15	.273	.318	.347	78	-20.8	3.6	-3.5	0.3

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
2007	SPO	A-	NWN	7	31	.256	.344	.378	.192	101	-2.6	0.9	0.1	51	0	0.1	-0.2	-1.7	-0.1
2007	RNG	Rk	AZL	2	9	.236	.344	.329	.286	104	0.5	0.3	0	129	0	-0.5	-0.2	0.5	0.0
2008	BAK	A+	CLF	66	314	.267	.334	.400	.333	100	3.6	9.3	0.6	119	0	-4.9	5.4	1.1	1.2
2008	FRI	AA	TXS	60	280	.267	.337	.398	.362	86	17.6	9.3	0.8	125	0	-0.3	-0.6	1.9	1.1
2009	TEX	MLB	AL	46	179	.274	.337	.444	.360	106	2.4	5.1	-2.1	99	10	-1.3	0.2	0.3	0.2
2009	OKL	AAA	PCL	96	457	.270	.339	.410	.330	88	12.7	13.1	0.6	100	0	-5.8	6.7	1.6	1.6
2010	TEX	MLB	AL	137	468	.259	.325	.404	.313	113	-15.1	12.9	1.1	72	9	-2.3	2.3	-14.5	0.0
2011	TEX	MLB	AL	32	98	.252	.319	.385	.296	113	-1.5	2.6	0.2	80	9	0.7	0.6	-2.1	0.2
2011	FRI	AA	TEX	1	4	.270	.329	.442	.000	102	-1.1	0.1	-0.1	25	0	0.0	0.0	-0.3	0.0
2011	ROU	AAA	PCL	32	153	.284	.355	.451	.355	105	-0.1	4.7	0.3	87	0	1.6	1.0	-1.9	0.5
2011	ESC	Wnt	DWL	29	98	.000	.000	.000	.217			0.0		0	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
2012	ROU	AAA	PCL	126	585	.275	.341	.424	.331	95	16.3	17.4	-0.2	102	0	-14.2	5.1	3.3	1.1
2013	CHN	MLB	NL	72	117	.246	.307	.371	.247	103	-4.5	3.1	0	67	11	-0.1	0.5	-4.2	-0.1
2013	TEX	MLB	AL	1	1	.305	.388	.451	.000	103	-0.2	0.0	0	71	12	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
2013	IOW	AAA	PCL	24	86	.261	.325	.391	.322	88	0	2.5	-0.5	108	0	-2.4	-0.5	-0.1	-0.1
2014	NOR	AAA	INT	124	512	.263	.331	.396	.332	105	-10.3	15.3	1.2	91	0	6.3	-1.3	-11.9	0.9
2015	NOR	AAA	INT	114	372	.252	.317	.364	.307	97	-10.1	10.3	0.9	82	0	-8.3	-1.4	-12.2	-1.1
2016	BAL	MLB	AL	6	15	.255	.319	.435	.400	115	-0.7	0.4	0	80	13	-0.4	-0.2	-0.3	-0.1
2016	BOW	AA	EAS	111	470	.258	.328	.387	.308	112	-5.2	12.7	-1.2	98	0	-2.7	1.6	-7.8	0.3
2017	MVA	AAA	MEX	55	244	.000	.000	.000	.382			0.0		0	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
2017	PUE	AAA	MEX	35	145	.000	.000	.000	.429			0.0		0	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
2018	LIC	Wnt	DWL	11	48	.221	.253	.282	.222	93	-0.6	0.7	-0.2	96	7	0.0	0.0	0.2	0.0

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
2007	SPO	A-	NWN	31	29	1	5	0	0	0	5	2	2	3	3	1	.172	.226	.172	.000	0	0
2007	RNG	Rk	AZL	9	8	0	2	1	0	0	3	0	1	1	0	1	.250	.333	.375	.125	0	0
2008	BAK	A+	CLF	314	291	47	89	20	0	2	115	36	15	30	36	7	.306	.346	.395	.089	2	2
2008	FRI	AA	TXS	280	255	40	86	12	2	5	117	22	14	32	17	11	.337	.373	.459	.122	6	6
2009	OKL	AAA	PCL	457	407	71	125	12	7	2	157	34	33	40	25	7	.307	.363	.386	.079	8	8
2009	TEX	MLB	AL	179	157	30	49	4	0	4	65	20	15	28	19	4	.312	.376	.414	.102	0	6
2010	TEX	MLB	AL	468	438	60	121	11	4	3	149	42	19	59	15	7	.276	.309	.340	.064	1	8
2011	FRI	AA	TEX	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0
2011	ESC	Wnt	DWL	98	83	16	16	4	2	1	27	7	10	14	5	2	.193	.284	.325	.133	1	3
2011	TEX	MLB	AL	98	89	10	24	1	3	0	31	11	3	9	6	2	.270	.305	.348	.079	1	3
2011	ROU	AAA	PCL	153	131	27	39	10	4	0	57	14	14	22	16	4	.298	.376	.435	.137	1	4
2012	ROU	AAA	PCL	585	533	78	162	23	8	10	231	56	37	69	20	8	.304	.349	.433	.129	5	6
2013	CHN	MLB	NL	117	104	10	21	3	1	1	29	3	12	22	7	1	.202	.284	.279	.077	0	1
2013	TEX	MLB	AL	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0
2013	IOW	AAA	PCL	86	73	10	19	5	0	0	24	1	12	15	5	1	.260	.360	.329	.068	1	0
2014	NOR	AAA	INT	512	466	68	134	9	4	5	166	44	38	73	34	10	.288	.342	.356	.069	1
2015	NOR	AAA	INT	372	346	39	93	9	3	1	111	28	16	47	23	8	.269	.299	.321	.052	2	8
2016	BAL	MLB	AL	15	13	1	4	0	0	0	4	0	0	3	0	1	.308	.308	.308	.000	0	2
2016	BOW	AA	EAS	470	424	61	117	11	4	6	154	27	36	59	30	10	.276	.335	.363	.087	1	7
2017	MVA	AAA	MEX	244	214	41	75	9	3	2	96	22	19	24	8	3	.350	.408	.449	.098	3	4
2017	PUE	AAA	MEX	145	123	30	48	5	0	3	62	15	14	16	12	4	.390	.457	.504	.114	1	5
2018	LIC	Wnt	DWL	48	38	7	7	2	1	1	14	2	8	10	3	0	.184	.354	.368	.184	0	0

Plate Discipline

YEAR	Pits	Zone%	Swing%	Contact%	Z-Swing%	O-Swing%	Z-Contact%	O-Contact%	SwStr%	CSAA
2009	676	0.5059	0.3817	0.8450	0.4649	0.2964	0.8868	0.7778	0.1550	-0.0016
2010	1558	0.5103	0.4358	0.8262	0.5321	0.3355	0.8960	0.7109	0.1738	0.0100
2011	327	0.5474	0.4557	0.8792	0.5698	0.3176	0.9314	0.7660	0.1208	0.0033
2013	450	0.5311	0.4111	0.7405	0.5481	0.2559	0.8321	0.5185	0.2595	0.0004
2016	41	0.5122	0.5610	0.7391	0.7143	0.4000	0.8000	0.6250	0.2609	0.0000
Career	3052	0.5164	0.4240	0.8222	0.5261	0.3141	0.8870	0.7021	0.1778	0.0051

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
2011-07-09	2011-09-10	Minors	63	0	Left	Ankle	Surgery	Ligament	2011-07-18	-
2011-05-14	2011-06-03	15-DL	20	19	Left	Thigh	Strain	Hamstring	-
2011-03-26	2011-03-27	Camp	1	0	Left	Elbow	Soreness		-
2010-03-06	2010-03-08	Camp	2	0	Right	Forearm	Soreness		-
2007-01-18	2007-01-18	Coll	0	0	Left	Ankle	Surgery	Fracture	2007-01-23

Compensation

Year	Team	Salary
2016	BAL	$
2015	BAL	$
2014	BAL	$
2013	TEX	$496,000
2012	TEX	$490,000
2011	TEX	$490,000
2010	TEX	$600,000

Years	Description	Salary
4 yr	Previous	$2,076,000
4 yr	Total	$2,076,000

Service Time	Agent	Contract Status
2 y 105 d	Boras Corp.	1 year (2016)

Details

1 year (2016). Re-signed by Baltimore as a free agent 3/13/16 (minor-league contract). Contract selected by Baltimore 7/19/16. DFA by Baltimore 7/26/16. Sent outright to Triple-A 7/29/16. Contract selected by Baltimore 8/27/16. DFA by Baltimore 8/28/16. Sent outright to Triple-A 8/30/16.
1 year (2015). Re-signed by Baltimore as a free agent 2/2/15 (minor-league contract).
2014. Selected by Baltimore from Chicago Cubs in Rule 5 draft 12/12/13.
1 year/$0.496M (2013). Re-signed by Texas 2/20/13. Claimed by Chicago Cubs off waivers 4/19/13 after being DFA by Texas 4/9/13. DFA by Chicago Cubs 8/3/13. Sent outright to Triple-A 8/7/13.
1 year/$0.49M (2012). Re-signed by Texas 2/27/12.
1 year/$0.49M (2011). Re-signed by Texas 2/17/11.
4 years/$1.3M (2007-10). Signed Major League contract with Texas 8/15/07. $0.8M signing bonus. 10:$0.6M.
Drafted by Texas 2007 (1s-35) (Tennessee).

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	394	55	103	20	2	12	47	37	77	19	7	.299	.371	.472	116	27.5	2.9
80^o	370	50	92	18	2	10	42	33	75	17	7	.282	.353	.442	106	20.2	2.2
70^o	353	46	85	16	2	10	39	30	73	16	6	.272	.342	.433	100	15.4	1.6
60^o	339	43	78	15	2	9	36	28	71	15	6	.259	.326	.412	94	11.5	1.2
50^o	325	40	72	14	1	8	33	26	70	14	5	.249	.316	.388	88	8.2	0.9
40^o	311	37	67	13	1	8	31	24	68	12	5	.241	.306	.381	83	5.1	0.5
30^o	297	35	61	12	1	7	29	22	66	11	4	.229	.294	.361	77	2.0	0.2
20^o	280	31	55	11	1	6	26	20	63	10	4	.218	.279	.341	70	-1.2	-0.1
10^o	256	27	47	9	1	5	22	17	59	9	3	.203	.261	.315	61	-5.0	-0.5
Weighted Mean	330	41	73	14	1	8	34	27	70	14	5	.248	.316	.384	90	9.5	1.0

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Date	Question	Answer
2011-11-16 13:30:00 (link to chat)	What are your thoughts on Leonys Martin, and do you think he will make an impact (defense and speed, specifically) on the Texas lineup? If so, what happens to Julio Borbon? (jhardman from Apex, NC)	I think Martin is going to be a very good player. Does anyone actually care what happens to Julio Borbon (aside from Mrs. Borbon, if there is one)? (Ben Lindbergh)
2011-04-18 13:00:00 (link to chat)	Thoughts on Leonys Martin? Are the Rangers any closer to signing him and where would they likely send him? And what do you think about his bat as there are varying opinions on it. (chadham from Austin, TX)	The deal should get done, but there's always some legal hurdles with these kind of deal. Good run, good CF, good bat. Think Julio Borbon with a good approach. (Kevin Goldstein)
2011-04-12 13:00:00 (link to chat)	Appreciate your work Ben. What do you make of the OF situation in Texas? Julio Borbon surely isn't an everyday player in this league. Are they crazy for not getting David Murphy 500+ at bats? (batch1nyy from Ft. Worth)	I wouldn't get too excited about David Murphy in an outfield corner, and I'm not sure how realistic an option Murphy in center would be. He's probably a better fit as a fourth outfielder. Of course, Borbon is probably a better fit as a Triple-A outfielder, so you have a point. (Ben Lindbergh)
2011-04-12 13:00:00 (link to chat)	Is it possible for BP to install alarms around your Transaction Analysis columns? So, for instance, if you type in words I'm dying to hear like "Texas Rangers: Optioned OF Julio Borbon to AAA Round Rock; Recalled OF Vic Harris", I could get them on my Blackberry? (jhardman from Apex, NC)	I don't know about alarms, but we do have RSS feeds. (Ben Lindbergh)
2010-03-30 13:00:00 (link to chat)	Please rank these speed options: Rajai Davis, Julio Borbon, Michael Brantley, Brett Gardner. Thanks! (Pat from NJ)	Fantasy: Borbon, Davis, Brantley, Gardner -- based purely on playing time. Real life 2010 (if I was picking guys for my team): Borbon, Gardner, Davis, Brantley. (Shawn Hoffman)
2010-03-18 14:00:00 (link to chat)	Have you seen Julio Borbon yet? If so, how good does he look to you? (Jasper the Cat from Sitting in the sunshine)	I have not seen Borbon but people who have think he'll be OK as the leadoff hitter. Not great but OK. (John Perrotto)
2010-03-04 13:00:00 (link to chat)	Can you help me choose a one keepers from this list: Jason Bay $12, Josh Hamilton $6, Rafael Soriano $4, Julio Borbon $4. Thanks. (hhbliss from san francisco )	How did you get all of those guys at those prices? $12 is a steal for Bay. Hamilton's price is also awesome, but if he doesn't bounce back you'll regret not taking Bay. (Marc Normandin)
2010-03-04 13:00:00 (link to chat)	How much of a 'meh' outfielder is Kubel as your third OF if the alternatives are BJ Upton, Chris B. Young, Julio Borbon, and maybe Jason Heyward if he lights the world on fire. (Aaron from YYZ)	B.J. UPTON! There is no other choice. Upton's a four-star guy who, if he rebounds as much as I think he can, could be potentially a fiver. (Marc Normandin)
2010-02-23 13:00:00 (link to chat)	Hey Steven, thanks to you & staff for the great book, and thanks for the chat... Would you rather have 1)Nick Johnson & Desmond Jennings (or Ackley) OR 2)Chris Davis, Julio Borbon & Tim Alderson? (APBA player from wondering land)	I like the first choice, definitely, especially if you're going long enough to give Jennings a chance to get into the lineup. I'm hopeful for Davis, a little worried that Borbon will not hit .300 again, and Alderson just skeptical of. (Steven Goldman)
2009-10-08 14:00:00 (link to chat)	Evan Grant has been reporting that the Texas Rangers should (will?) resign Marlon Byrd, Trade Nelson Cruz, and platoon Julio Borbon and Ivan Rodriguez in the DH slot. Doesn't that sound to you more like a recipe for exactly what they SHOULDN'T do? (Ira from North Texas)	Ivan Rodriguez has no business on this team next year. Taylor Teagarden is basically that guy if you just want to go defense behind the plate, and you'd be insane to DH I-Rod. Trade Cruz to make room for him and Byrd? What the hell? Is this Billy Beane's plan for the Rangers? (Joe Sheehan)
2009-08-21 14:00:00 (link to chat)	Is Julio Borbon going to be a solid lead off man for Texas next year? (stewbies from rochester)	Solid? sure. Spectacular? doubtful. (Kevin Goldstein)
2009-02-16 14:00:00 (link to chat)	Quien es mas macho: Julio Borbon o Gerardo Parra? Por que? (Felipe De Jesus Calderon Hinojosa from Mexico City, MX)	Borbón, porque es más rápido y puede jugar en el medio. (Kevin Goldstein)
2008-10-21 14:00:00 (link to chat)	Julio Borbon's defense -- gold glove caliber? Enough above-average to carry what will probably be a sub-par (even for a CF'er) bat? Overrated? Average? (XXX from YYY)	Gold Glove is pushing it. He's a good in center for sure, but not elite. Also, his arm is pretty weak. He has a weird set of skills. Can hit, can run, but doesn't have a leadoff man approach. (Kevin Goldstein)
2008-08-20 13:00:00 (link to chat)	What do you think of Julio Borbon? He seems to be doing fairly good at the AA level in the Rangers system. thx (uptick from st. louis, mo)	For me, he's pretty much Elvis Andrus in center field. Good average, good defense, lot's of speed, no power, no walks. I don't know what to do with that really (and now to sound like the sheriff in No Country For Old Men), I surely don't. (Kevin Goldstein)

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