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2019 Projections (Preseason PECOTA - seasonal age 28)
PA AVG HR R RBI SB DRC+ WARP
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Birth Date3-18-1991
Height5' 8"
Weight190 lbs
Age33 years, 8 months, 6 days
BatsB
ThrowsR
-0.02015
-0.12016
0.82017
0.32018
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
2013 CHA 22 20 54 10 1 0 0 4 18 0 6 2 .204 .259 .224 54 -2.7 0.2 0.2 -0.1
2013 TEX 22 25 57 10 0 1 0 3 16 0 1 0 .192 .236 .231 54 -2.8 0.4 -0.1 -0.1
2014 CHA 23 73 155 24 3 0 1 5 48 0 11 1 .166 .192 .207 37 -10.5 1.4 -2.1 -0.8
2015 CHA 24 17 15 3 0 0 0 1 7 0 1 0 .214 .267 .214 64 -0.6 0.7 -0.6 0.0
2016 CHA 25 18 50 11 1 1 1 1 13 1 2 1 .229 .260 .354 72 -1.6 0.4 -1.1 -0.1
2017 CHA 26 87 326 81 15 2 9 13 69 8 8 5 .270 .316 .423 82 -6.2 0.5 4.7 0.8
2018 CHA 27 82 275 70 7 4 4 9 69 3 12 1 .271 .303 .376 74 -7.6 1.8 1.6 0.3
2019 CHA 28 140 618 161 27 3 8 21 139 6 15 5 .279 .310 .378 78 -14.8 7.9 -8.7 0.3
Career462155037054112357379185615.256.292.35772-46.813.3-6.30.3

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
2008 RNG Rk AZL 41 144 .269 .357 .382 .290 106 -10.5 4.7 2.1 -8 0 -0.3 0.4 -37.9 -2.9
2009 HIC A SAL 83 308 .255 .332 .371 .286 98 -12.8 8.7 4 64 0 -2.9 0.1 -10.6 -0.1
2010 HIC A SAL 89 392 .258 .325 .377 .296 101 -5.6 11.8 5.4 82 0 1.3 4.6 -7.7 1.6
2010 RNG Rk AZL 6 22 .302 .351 .412 .643 96 4.9 0.8 -0.1 288 0 0.0 0.2 1.2 0.2
2011 MYR A+ CAR 109 482 .253 .320 .387 .324 100 -17.9 14.4 6.4 68 0 4.0 7.9 -14.2 1.8
2011 GIG Wnt DWL 6 9 .000 .000 .000 .286 0.0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
2012 FRI AA TEX 100 416 .259 .327 .390 .361 95 9.2 11.5 1.6 108 0 7.2 4.7 3.9 3.1
2012 GIG Wnt DWL 37 158 .000 .000 .000 .361 0.0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
2013 CHA MLB AL 20 54 .246 .311 .385 .313 100 -3.1 1.4 0.1 54 14 0.2 0.2 -2.7 -0.1
2013 TEX MLB AL 25 57 .259 .324 .412 .278 101 -4 1.5 0.1 54 13 -0.1 0.4 -2.8 -0.1
2013 CHR AAA INT 8 32 .240 .308 .370 .364 101 -1.7 0.9 0.1 91 0 -0.2 0.2 -0.7 0.0
2013 ROU AAA PCL 47 208 .255 .326 .402 .346 91 -0.4 6.0 2.5 88 0 5.5 1.8 -4.7 1.1
2013 DOM int WBC 1 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 0.0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
2014 CHA MLB AL 73 155 .250 .310 .388 .237 101 -15.9 4.0 0.3 37 12 -2.1 1.4 -10.5 -0.8
2015 CHA MLB AL 17 15 .271 .338 .418 .429 107 -1.3 0.4 0 64 14 -0.6 0.7 -0.6 0.0
2015 CHR AAA INT 90 385 .255 .322 .373 .357 107 0.7 10.7 2.2 100 0 7.3 3.0 -5.4 1.8
2015 GIG Wnt DWL 27 117 .000 .000 .000 .381 0.0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
2016 CHA MLB AL 18 50 .259 .319 .428 .294 102 -2.3 1.4 0.1 72 15 -1.1 0.4 -1.6 -0.1
2016 CHR AAA INT 84 342 .256 .321 .380 .378 111 3.3 9.6 0.7 119 0 3.5 1.3 3.0 1.9
2016 DOM Wnt CS 3 13 .000 .000 .000 .143 0.0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
2016 GIG Wnt DWL 30 127 .000 .000 .000 .309 0.0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
2017 CHA MLB AL 87 326 .257 .321 .426 .321 106 -2.3 9.5 -0.2 82 12 4.7 0.5 -6.2 0.8
2017 CHR AAA INT 1 4 .197 .265 .279 .000 112 -1.1 0.1 0 57 0 0.1 0.0 -0.2 0.0
2017 WSX Rk AZL 2 11 .296 .368 .457 .286 103 2.7 0.3 0 180 0 0.1 -0.5 0.8 0.1
2018 CHA MLB AL 82 275 .255 .322 .412 .355 102 -3.8 7.7 -0.8 74 8 1.6 1.8 -7.6 0.3
2018 CHR AAA INT 4 15 .307 .356 .473 .545 101 1.8 0.4 -0.1 144 0 0.0 0.0 0.7 0.1
2019 CHA MLB AL 140 618 .255 .320 .437 .353 101 -7.6 18.7 -0.3 78 8 -8.7 7.9 -14.8 0.3

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
2008 RNG Rk AZL 144 129 17 27 3 3 0 36 14 8 40 12 3 .209 .248 .279 .070 4 4
2009 HIC A SAL 308 276 28 64 6 3 1 79 18 18 64 19 6 .232 .280 .286 .054 9 9
2010 RNG Rk AZL 22 18 5 9 2 0 0 11 2 4 4 4 2 .500 .591 .611 .111 0 0
2010 HIC A SAL 392 359 57 94 5 4 3 116 22 23 57 47 9 .262 .302 .323 .061 8 8
2011 MYR A+ CAR 482 442 65 113 19 5 3 151 38 28 100 30 12 .256 .306 .342 .086 0 8
2011 GIG Wnt DWL 9 8 3 2 0 0 0 2 0 1 1 1 0 .250 .333 .250 .000 0 0
2012 GIG Wnt DWL 158 144 16 41 5 1 2 54 10 8 34 9 2 .285 .335 .375 .090 0 3
2012 FRI AA TEX 416 377 55 110 12 11 2 150 30 22 79 31 7 .292 .337 .398 .106 3 9
2013 CHA MLB AL 54 49 2 10 1 0 0 11 1 4 18 6 2 .204 .259 .224 .020 1 0
2013 TEX MLB AL 57 52 8 10 0 1 0 12 1 3 16 1 0 .192 .236 .231 .038 0 2
2013 CHR AAA INT 32 30 3 8 1 0 0 9 1 1 8 3 0 .267 .313 .300 .033 0 0
2013 DOM int WBC 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0
2013 ROU AAA PCL 208 193 31 51 8 4 4 79 19 14 53 12 4 .264 .314 .409 .145 0 1
2014 CHA MLB AL 155 145 13 24 3 0 1 30 6 5 48 11 1 .166 .192 .207 .041 1
2015 GIG Wnt DWL 117 109 16 34 5 1 2 47 8 7 23 5 1 .312 .353 .431 .119 0 1
2015 CHA MLB AL 15 14 0 3 0 0 0 3 1 1 7 1 0 .214 .267 .214 .000 0 0
2015 CHR AAA INT 385 349 57 104 19 3 3 138 31 20 66 30 12 .298 .340 .395 .097 3 9
2016 DOM Wnt CS 13 11 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 2 4 1 0 .091 .231 .091 .000 0 0
2016 GIG Wnt DWL 127 109 15 29 5 3 0 40 8 13 17 7 2 .266 .344 .367 .101 2 2
2016 CHA MLB AL 50 48 6 11 1 1 1 17 5 1 13 2 1 .229 .260 .354 .125 0 0
2016 CHR AAA INT 342 310 45 97 9 4 6 132 35 24 64 18 8 .313 .367 .426 .113 1 4
2017 CHA MLB AL 326 300 41 81 15 2 9 127 33 13 69 8 5 .270 .316 .423 .153 2 3
2017 WSX Rk AZL 11 9 2 4 0 0 2 10 6 1 1 0 1 .444 .455 1.111 .667 1 0
2017 CHR AAA INT 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0
2018 CHR AAA INT 15 14 4 6 3 0 0 9 3 1 3 0 0 .429 .467 .643 .214 0 0
2018 CHA MLB AL 275 258 23 70 7 4 4 97 32 9 69 12 1 .271 .303 .376 .105 1 4
2019 CHA MLB AL 618 577 93 161 27 3 8 218 40 21 139 15 5 .279 .310 .378 .099 3 11

Plate Discipline

YEAR Pits Zone% Swing% Contact% Z-Swing% O-Swing% Z-Contact% O-Contact% SwStr% CSAA
2013 397 0.5189 0.4685 0.6828 0.5874 0.3403 0.7686 0.5231 0.3172 0.0028
2014 534 0.4944 0.5150 0.7382 0.6439 0.3889 0.7882 0.6571 0.2618 0.0020
2015 62 0.4516 0.4677 0.6552 0.6429 0.3235 0.7778 0.4545 0.3448 0.0018
2016 195 0.4974 0.5128 0.7000 0.6907 0.3367 0.7463 0.6061 0.3000 0.0000
2017 1111 0.4995 0.5374 0.7655 0.7099 0.3651 0.8477 0.6059 0.2345 0.0000
2018 941 0.4782 0.5611 0.7083 0.7111 0.4236 0.8250 0.5288 0.2917 0.0000
2019 2163 0.4850 0.5344 0.7509 0.6797 0.3977 0.8527 0.5869 0.2491 0.0000
Career54030.49030.53140.73730.68100.38740.82960.58210.26270.0004

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
2011-08-14 2011-08-30 Minors 16 15 - Not Disclosed - -
2010-06-25 2010-08-12 Minors 48 0 Shoulder Soreness -

Compensation

Year Team Salary
2024 CHA $5,500,000
2023 CHA $5,500,000
2022 CHA $5,500,000
2021 CHA $3,500,000
2020 CHA $3,250,000
2019 CHA $1,550,000
2018 CHA $1,175,000
2017 CHA $546,500
2016 CHA $
2015 CHA $
2014 CHA $505,500
2013 TEX $490,000
YearsDescriptionSalary
9 yrPrevious$22,017,000
2019Current$5,500,000
10 yrPvs + Cur$27,517,000
10 yrTotal$27,517,000

 

Service TimeAgentContract Status
8 y 25 dMDR Sports1 year (2024)

Details
  • 1 year (2024). Signed by Atlanta as a free agent 12/6/23.
  • 3 years/$16.5M (2022-24). Re-signed by Chicago White Sox as a free agent 11/30/21. 22-24:$5.75M annually. Released by Chicago White Sox 3/30/23.
  • 1 year/$3.5M (2020), plus 2021 club option. Signed extension with Chicago White Sox 2/22/20, replacing 1 year/$3.25M deal signed 1/10/20, avoiding arbitration). 20:$3.25M, 21:$3.5M club option ($250,000 buyout). Chicago White Sox exercised 2021 option 10/30/20.
  • 1 year/$1.55M (2019). Re-signed by Chicago White Sox 1130//18 (avoided arbitration).
  • 1 year/$1.175M (2018). Re-signed by Chicago White Sox 1/12/18 (avoided arbitration).
  • 1 year (2017). Re-signed by Chicago White Sox 2/17.
  • 1 year (2016). Re-signed by Chicago White Sox 3/2/16.
  • 1 year (2015). Re-signed by Chicago White Sox 3/3/15.
  • 1 year/$505,500 (2014). Re-signed by Chicago White Sox 3/1/14.
  • 1 year/$490,000 (2013). Contract purchased by Texas 11/20/12. Re-signed by Texas 2/18/13. Acquired by Chicago White Sox in trade from Texas 8/11/13 (player to be named in 8/9/13 Alex Rios deal).
  • Signed by Texas 12/07 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 FRAA WARP
90o 55 14 2 0 1 4 12 2 1 .286 .352 .388 108 0.0 CF 0, 0.0
80o 37 9 1 0 1 2 8 2 1 .273 .333 .394 100 0.0 CF 0, 0.0
70o 23 6 1 0 1 1 5 1 0 .286 .318 .476 95 0.0 CF 0, 0.0
60o 12 2 0 0 0 1 3 0 0 .182 .250 .182 90 0.0 CF 0, 0.0
50o 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 86 0.0 CF 0, 0.0
Weighted Mean410000100.250.250.250870.0CF 0,0.0

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DateQuestionAnswer
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)
2020-01-15 13:00:00 (link to chat)Whitesox have alot of high upside guys that haven't really proven anything and are counting on 3 or 4 guys who only have 1 year of being plus regulars. What has to break right for them to be in the playoffs?
(spotted cow from Rockford)		As much as I like what they've done (and I think it's similar to the Reds, a bit, in this way) they're really pretty thin overall. I think more than anything they're going to need health. Madrigal and Robert are going to have to be productive, if not stars, and as much as I may like Leury Garcia, he's really their only viable depth piece if someone goes down. Engel is only a glove, Collins is limited to 1B/DH (I mean, sure, backup C but Grandal/McCann will be there mostly). Then you're talking...Danny Mendick? Not great. (Craig Goldstein)
2020-01-13 13:00:00 (link to chat)How long before ChiSox 2B prospect Nick Madrigal entrenches himself on the South Side? Any rookie projections for 2020?
(ironcityguys from daBurgh)		Madrigal is a polished college bat, a top-five pick that hit almost .340 in the upper minors last year. If you have designs on competing, you should probably just start him Opening Day over Leury Garcia. I'd expect the White Sox to keep him down for the clawback. I'm very curious to see how this plays out and I imagine he's a difficult projection given the uniquely high contact rate. (AL Central Top 10 Chat)
2017-10-12 20:00:00 (link to chat)Our "More surprising Garcia" question back in July spurred some pretty heated debate. Now that the season is done, the answer was pretty definitively Avisail, right?
(cowhitchurch from Austin, TX)		if Leury Garcia stays healthy and posts an .800 OPS with good defense in CF is it still, though? Leury was also coming from a worse baseline. (Nick Schaefer)
2017-09-21 13:00:00 (link to chat)With It being reported that Nicky Delmonico is getting cortisone shots in his wrist, why not just shut him down for the year?
(Kevin from Chicago)		I'm comfortable deferring to the White Sox' medical / training staff. If they don't think it's going to make the injury worse, then he might as well get the reps while it's September rosters and guys like Avisail and Leury Garcia are on the DL and there are plenty of OF at bats to go around. I suspect more players are getting cortisone shots than we hear about. (Nick Schaefer)
2017-04-11 19:00:00 (link to chat)Who will be the White Sox All-Star rep in 2017 and why will it be Leury Garcia?
(Beeps Lover from Manhattan)		The White Sox are the weirdest rebuilding team ever because they haven't finished selling and they're still littered with All Star-type guys. Given that a ton of pitchers initially selected back out and need replacement due to injury or timing of the game, pretty much any plus pitcher on the team is a candidate to go--Nate Jones, David Robertson, Jose Quintana if he's still on the team. Rodon starting on the DL probably rules him out.

Position player wise, 1B is stacked, but Jose Abreu should be a worthy candidate. Anderson could break out, Frazier has done it before...

So what I'm trying to say is Avisail Garcia. (Nick Schaefer)
2014-01-10 13:00:00 (link to chat)How does Leury Garcia have a plus arm given his size?
(Brad from Bean Town)		Arm strength knows no bounds. Some guys can just let it fly thanks to arm speed and the way their anatomy works. Dixon Machado is about as thick as a #2 pencil and when he unleashes a throw it's like a freakin' carnival ride; you just sit back and say "Weeeeee!" Some guys are just blessed with the ability to chuck it. (Mark Anderson)
2013-08-14 13:00:00 (link to chat)Hi Jason. Shouldn't the Cubs have done better than C.J. Edwards and Leury Garcia for Garza? Since the Cubs braintrust knows what they're doing can you describe the ceilings of Edwards and Garcia. Thanks
(mmcd from ottawa)		I...think you're confused. The Cubs got Edwards, Mike Olt, Justin Grimm, and at least one (potentially two) PTBNL for Garza. That's one hell of a haul for less than half a season of Garza. Leury Garcia is a White Sox. (Jason Cole)
2013-04-04 11:00:00 (link to chat)Are there any good underdog prospects like Jose Altuve or Tim Collins were? Guys that get second-guessed because of their size but keep on producing.
(Dobbs from Delaware)		The Rangers have two on the major league roster right now: utility man Leury Garcia and reliever Joe Ortiz. Both are very small humans. (Jason Parks)
2013-03-21 13:00:00 (link to chat)Any word on what the Padres offered Porcello?
(padremurph from San Diego)		There haven't been many specifics, padremurph, but we do know that the Tigers asked the Rangers about Leury Garcia and Nick Tepesch, so it sounds as though infield and pitching prospects are at the top of their wishlist. The Padres have no shortage of the latter, with one of the deepest systems in the league. (Daniel Rathman)


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