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2019 Projections (Preseason PECOTA - seasonal age 27)
PA AVG HR R RBI SB DRC+ WARP
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Birth Date5-2-1992
Height6' 3"
Weight190 lbs
Age31 years, 11 months, 17 days
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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
2015 MIL 23 7 15 1 0 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 .071 .071 .071 62 -0.6 -0.3 0.2 0.0
2016 MIL 24 35 71 14 4 0 0 2 20 0 0 0 .212 .235 .273 60 -3.3 1.3 -0.6 0.0
2017 MIL 25 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 81 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
2018 MIA 26 111 160 24 3 0 1 19 51 0 2 1 .173 .269 .216 55 -8.2 -0.4 3.1 0.0
2019 MIA 27 34 66 11 2 0 0 6 20 0 2 0 .183 .258 .217 59 -3.2 0.9 -0.2 0.0
Career188314509012796041.178.248.22157-15.31.52.4-0.1

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
2010 BRR Rk AZL 49 218 .269 .322 .382 .321 96 -17.4 6.4 2.9 -13 0 10.9 0.7 -18.3 0.3
2011 WIS A MID 32 111 .247 .321 .366 .279 94 -7.7 3.2 1.5 33 0 -2.5 -0.3 -9.2 -0.7
2011 HEL Rk PIO 74 349 .272 .338 .429 .320 95 -10 11.0 5 68 0 5.8 -0.3 -19.0 0.2
2012 WIS A MID 127 506 .256 .324 .379 .304 98 -9.3 14.9 6.8 74 0 -11.0 1.5 -14.0 -0.2
2012 SAN Wnt PWL 21 49 .000 .000 .000 .515 0.0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
2013 BRV A+ FSL 129 524 .258 .324 .375 .279 94 -10.1 15.4 7.1 82 0 21.6 1.4 -19.1 2.7
2014 BRV A+ FSL 66 254 .257 .325 .367 .311 99 -6.6 7.4 1.8 86 0 7.5 0.1 -8.3 0.9
2014 HUN AA SOU 58 196 .252 .324 .379 .317 99 -2.7 5.4 2.5 89 0 1.2 2.3 -5.1 0.7
2015 MIL MLB NL 7 15 .235 .291 .355 .100 92 -2.8 0.4 0.1 62 9 0.2 -0.3 -0.6 0.0
2015 BLX AA SOU 52 208 .256 .330 .367 .327 100 0.1 5.6 0.1 100 0 0.1 -1.9 -3.6 0.0
2015 CSP AAA PCL 81 306 .264 .325 .389 .286 110 -19.8 8.5 3.5 32 0 -0.1 1.3 -26.2 -1.3
2015 SUR Wnt AFL 21 84 .000 .000 .000 .431 0.0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
2016 MIL MLB NL 35 71 .255 .327 .417 .304 97 -5.9 2.0 0.3 60 13 -0.6 1.3 -3.3 0.0
2016 CSP AAA PCL 83 326 .264 .330 .406 .294 110 -21 9.2 1.8 28 0 8.3 -0.4 -28.8 -1.0
2016 MAY Wnt PWL 26 97 .000 .000 .000 .286 0.0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
2016 PUR Wnt CS 4 13 .000 .000 .000 .571 0.0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
2017 MIL MLB NL 1 2 .248 .277 .309 .000 101 -0.5 0.1 0 81 5 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
2017 CSP AAA PCL 107 414 .275 .341 .437 .287 118 -29.6 12.3 5.2 39 0 7.3 0.0 -29.3 -0.4
2017 BRR Rk AZL 4 21 .263 .365 .386 .389 106 2.2 0.7 0 145 0 0.1 -0.2 0.7 0.1
2018 MIA MLB NL 111 160 .241 .312 .396 .258 91 -11.6 4.5 0.6 55 12 3.1 -0.4 -8.2 0.0
2018 CAG Wnt PWL 4 16 .000 .000 .000 .364 99 -1.2 1.8 0.6 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
2018 MAY Wnt PWL 8 29 .000 .000 .000 .227 94 -0.8 0.8 0.3 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
2019 MIA MLB NL 34 66 .251 .318 .408 .275 96 -5.1 2.0 0 59 13 -0.2 0.9 -3.2 0.0
2019 NWO AAA PCL 82 312 .265 .344 .452 .357 92 -3.1 10.7 1.5 92 0 3.9 0.0 -1.9 1.2

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
2010 BRR Rk AZL 218 206 22 43 8 1 0 53 23 9 72 6 2 .209 .245 .257 .049 0 0
2011 HEL Rk PIO 349 330 47 82 14 7 8 134 38 14 91 7 3 .248 .285 .406 .158 0 2
2011 WIS A MID 111 103 6 20 2 1 1 27 5 4 34 0 0 .194 .224 .262 .068 0 4
2012 SAN Wnt PWL 49 49 4 17 2 1 0 21 6 0 16 1 0 .347 .347 .429 .082 0 0
2012 WIS A MID 506 465 60 115 26 5 12 187 49 26 119 7 3 .247 .290 .402 .155 5 6
2013 BRV A+ FSL 524 478 51 115 16 2 5 150 37 32 80 13 8 .241 .300 .314 .073 1 4
2014 BRV A+ FSL 254 231 35 59 8 2 3 80 17 16 50 5 3 .255 .312 .346 .091 2
2014 HUN AA SOU 196 183 31 48 9 6 2 75 13 10 36 5 2 .262 .304 .410 .148 0
2015 SUR Wnt AFL 84 73 11 23 3 1 1 31 11 10 21 7 4 .315 .405 .425 .110 0 0
2015 BLX AA SOU 208 184 23 51 9 3 1 69 16 17 30 8 7 .277 .345 .375 .098 0 5
2015 MIL MLB NL 15 14 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 4 0 0 .071 .071 .071 .000 0 1
2015 CSP AAA PCL 306 290 32 69 8 4 1 88 28 10 53 4 3 .238 .266 .303 .066 2 2
2016 PUR Wnt CS 13 11 1 4 1 0 0 5 2 1 4 0 0 .364 .417 .455 .091 0 1
2016 MAY Wnt PWL 97 87 14 20 5 1 0 27 10 5 18 4 0 .230 .277 .310 .080 1 3
2016 CSP AAA PCL 326 304 38 69 7 8 2 98 41 10 78 4 3 .227 .262 .322 .095 4 2
2016 MIL MLB NL 71 66 12 14 4 0 0 18 3 2 20 0 0 .212 .235 .273 .061 0 3
2017 CSP AAA PCL 414 376 45 82 15 3 5 118 43 30 104 5 2 .218 .282 .314 .096 1 3
2017 MIL MLB NL 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0
2017 BRR Rk AZL 21 21 7 8 0 0 1 11 5 0 2 0 1 .381 .381 .524 .143 0 0
2018 CAG Wnt PWL 16 15 4 5 1 0 1 9 5 0 3 0 1 .333 .333 .600 .267 0 1
2018 MAY Wnt PWL 29 27 2 5 1 0 0 6 1 2 5 0 1 .185 .241 .222 .037 0 0
2018 MIA MLB NL 160 139 13 24 3 0 1 30 9 19 51 2 1 .173 .269 .216 .043 2 0
2019 NWO AAA PCL 312 300 38 88 11 1 14 143 46 6 81 15 6 .293 .310 .477 .183 2 2
2019 MIA MLB NL 66 60 8 11 2 0 0 13 3 6 20 2 0 .183 .258 .217 .033 0 0

Plate Discipline

YEAR Pits Zone% Swing% Contact% Z-Swing% O-Swing% Z-Contact% O-Contact% SwStr% CSAA
2015 69 0.5797 0.5217 0.8056 0.7000 0.2759 0.8929 0.5000 0.1944 -0.0010
2016 267 0.5206 0.4682 0.7200 0.6475 0.2734 0.8444 0.4000 0.2800 0.0000
2017 12 0.4167 0.4167 1.0000 0.4000 0.4286 1.0000 1.0000 0.0000 0.0000
2018 637 0.4741 0.4662 0.6768 0.6523 0.2985 0.8528 0.3300 0.3232 0.0000
2019 268 0.4067 0.5299 0.5915 0.7156 0.4025 0.7308 0.4219 0.4085 0.0000
Career12530.47490.48280.67790.66500.31540.82850.38040.3221-0.0001

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

Compensation

Year Team Salary
2020 TEX $
2019 MIA $
2018 MIA $
2017 MIL $
2016 MIL $508,600
2015 MIL $
YearsDescriptionSalary
1 yrPrevious$508,600
1 yrTotal$508,600

 

Service TimeAgentContract Status
2 y 97 d1 year (2021)

Details
  • 1 year (2021). Signed by Houston as a free agent 5/8/21 (minor-league contract).
  • 1 year (2020). Signed by Texas as a free agent 1/10/20 (minor-league contract). Contract selected by Texas 8/20/20. DFA by Texas 9/4/20. Sent outright to Alternate Training Site 9/6/20.
  • 1 year (2019). Sent outright to Triple-A by Miami 12/11/18. Contract selected by Miami 6/19/19. DFA by Miami 8/6/19.
  • 1 year (2018). Signed by Miami as a free agent 11/23/17 (minor-league contract).
  • 1 year (2017). Re-signed by Milwaukee 3/17. DFA by Milwaukee 9/15/17. Sent outright to Triple-A 9/21/17.
  • 1 year/$508,600 (2016). Re-signed by Milwaukee 3/16.
  • 1 year (2015). Contract selected by Milwaukee 11/20/14. Re-signed by Milwaukee 3/15.
  • Drafted by Milwaukee 2010 (9-279) (Manuela Toro HS, Caguas, P.R.). $85,000 signing bonus.

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 378 37 76 11 3 8 37 23 100 4 2 .220 .275 .338 62 -2.9 SS 3, 3B 1 0.1
80o 360 34 70 10 3 8 33 21 97 4 2 .212 .266 .333 54 -7.0 SS 2, 3B 1 -0.3
70o 347 31 64 9 3 7 31 19 95 3 2 .201 .253 .313 49 -9.7 SS 2, 3B 1 -0.6
60o 335 29 60 9 2 7 29 18 93 3 2 .194 .244 .303 45 -11.8 SS 2, 3B 1 -0.9
50o 325 28 55 8 2 6 28 17 91 3 2 .183 .233 .282 41 -13.6 SS 2, 3B 1 -1.1
40o 315 26 53 8 2 6 26 16 89 3 1 .182 .231 .284 36 -15.3 SS 2, 3B 1 -1.3
30o 303 24 48 7 2 5 24 15 87 2 1 .170 .219 .262 32 -17.0 SS 2, 3B 1 -1.5
20o 290 22 44 6 2 5 22 13 84 2 1 .162 .206 .255 27 -18.7 SS 2, 3B 1 -1.7
10o 272 20 39 6 2 4 20 12 81 2 1 .153 .196 .239 20 -20.7 SS 2, 3B 1 -1.9
Weighted Mean328285682628179232.185.235.28442-13.1SS 2, 3B 1-1.0

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