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2019 Projections (Preseason PECOTA - seasonal age 29)
PA AVG HR R RBI SB DRC+ WARP
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Birth Date8-8-1989
Height6' 0"
Weight200 lbs
Age34 years, 8 months, 16 days
BatsL
ThrowsR
0.22015
0.72016
0.82017
0.42018
0.52019
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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
2014 SLN 24 14 18 2 1 0 0 1 6 3 0 0 .143 .333 .214 69 -0.6 -0.2 -0.5 -0.1
2015 SLN 25 49 87 18 5 0 2 10 12 1 0 0 .240 .337 .387 94 -0.3 0.9 -1.1 0.2
2016 SLN 26 99 257 59 11 0 3 38 50 4 1 1 .276 .393 .369 99 0.1 1.0 -3.4 0.7
2017 SLN 27 133 290 61 9 2 2 37 64 6 2 1 .253 .365 .332 80 -6.5 3.8 1.0 0.8
2018 SLN 28 114 208 40 6 0 3 20 37 4 3 1 .221 .309 .304 81 -4.1 0.2 1.0 0.4
2019 SDN 29 134 372 77 13 4 4 53 83 5 0 2 .248 .364 .354 88 -4.3 2.4 1.6 1.1
Career5431232257456141592522365.248.359.34487-15.68.1-1.43.0

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 JCY Rk APL 58 251 .266 .315 .393 .322 105 6 9.5 0.8 117 0 2.6 0.2 6.7 1.9
2011 QUD A MID 46 174 .250 .317 .359 .323 96 0.7 5.0 0.4 107 0 1.8 1.7 -0.4 0.9
2011 PMB A+ FSL 59 257 .268 .333 .399 .353 95 13.5 7.7 -1 132 0 -0.7 1.1 7.6 1.5
2012 SFD AA TEX 124 504 .261 .329 .396 .334 97 25.6 13.9 6.3 133 0 10.8 -0.7 18.5 5.2
2013 MEM AAA PCL 116 424 .265 .337 .402 .331 90 14.3 12.2 3.5 106 0 -7.3 2.4 -1.1 1.0
2014 SLN MLB NL 14 18 .254 .318 .402 .250 103 -0.5 0.5 0 69 9 -0.5 -0.2 -0.6 -0.1
2014 SFD AA TEX 4 17 .234 .319 .344 .417 99 1 0.5 0.1 113 0 0.3 0.7 -0.1 0.2
2014 MEM AAA PCL 106 441 .267 .333 .413 .342 90 8.1 13.2 0.3 97 0 3.9 -1.6 -3.9 1.2
2015 SLN MLB NL 49 87 .243 .314 .401 .262 92 2 2.3 0.3 94 15 -1.1 0.9 -0.3 0.2
2015 MEM AAA PCL 94 389 .262 .331 .391 .351 91 11.1 10.8 3.6 125 0 -6.1 3.6 3.4 1.6
2016 SLN MLB NL 99 257 .251 .320 .414 .346 89 9.2 7.3 1.5 99 9 -3.4 1.0 0.1 0.7
2016 MEM AAA PCL 30 120 .262 .327 .397 .333 88 -0.1 3.4 1.1 86 0 -0.3 -1.6 -3.5 -0.1
2017 SLN MLB NL 133 290 .250 .321 .414 .335 95 0.4 8.5 0.8 80 8 1.0 3.8 -6.5 0.8
2018 SLN MLB NL 114 208 .249 .318 .410 .259 93 -6.7 5.8 0.8 81 11 1.0 0.2 -4.1 0.4
2019 SDN MLB NL 134 372 .246 .317 .421 .323 100 -0.2 11.2 0 88 7 1.6 2.4 -4.3 1.1

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
2010 JCY Rk APL 251 220 49 63 15 1 4 92 24 18 36 7 5 .286 .360 .418 .132 3 3
2011 PMB A+ FSL 257 210 36 61 11 5 2 88 16 31 42 4 4 .290 .400 .419 .129 1 7
2011 QUD A MID 174 150 20 41 10 1 0 53 10 17 24 4 2 .273 .360 .353 .080 1 2
2012 SFD AA TEX 504 412 81 117 20 3 10 173 51 80 83 10 5 .284 .408 .420 .136 1 4
2013 MEM AAA PCL 424 354 50 96 23 4 3 136 35 49 70 14 2 .271 .377 .384 .113 0 10
2014 SFD AA TEX 17 15 2 5 2 0 0 7 1 1 4 1 0 .333 .353 .467 .133 1
2014 MEM AAA PCL 441 382 60 104 12 3 8 146 40 41 95 7 5 .272 .358 .382 .110 2
2014 SLN MLB NL 18 14 2 2 1 0 0 3 1 1 6 0 0 .143 .333 .214 .071 0
2015 SLN MLB NL 87 75 7 18 5 0 2 29 4 10 12 0 0 .240 .337 .387 .147 0 1
2015 MEM AAA PCL 389 330 47 97 19 2 0 120 36 48 55 16 3 .294 .391 .364 .070 1 4
2016 MEM AAA PCL 120 104 13 28 4 1 0 34 8 11 20 2 2 .269 .350 .327 .058 0 3
2016 SLN MLB NL 257 214 33 59 11 0 3 79 17 38 50 1 1 .276 .393 .369 .093 1 0
2017 SLN MLB NL 290 241 27 61 9 2 2 80 20 37 64 2 1 .253 .365 .332 .079 1 5
2018 SLN MLB NL 208 181 15 40 6 0 3 55 15 20 37 3 1 .221 .309 .304 .083 2 1
2019 SDN MLB NL 372 311 52 77 13 4 4 110 31 53 83 0 2 .248 .364 .354 .106 2 1

Plate Discipline

YEAR Pits Zone% Swing% Contact% Z-Swing% O-Swing% Z-Contact% O-Contact% SwStr% CSAA
2014 69 0.4928 0.3623 0.6000 0.5588 0.1714 0.5789 0.6667 0.4000 0.0004
2015 298 0.5000 0.3725 0.8468 0.5369 0.2081 0.8875 0.7419 0.1532 -0.0002
2016 1026 0.4756 0.3860 0.8384 0.5779 0.2119 0.9255 0.6228 0.1616 0.0000
2017 1211 0.4872 0.3873 0.7932 0.5746 0.2093 0.8791 0.5692 0.2068 0.0000
2018 801 0.5406 0.4120 0.8212 0.5843 0.2092 0.8972 0.5714 0.1788 0.0000
2019 1560 0.5038 0.3353 0.8394 0.4936 0.1744 0.9149 0.6222 0.1606 0.0000
Career49650.49950.37340.82210.54890.19830.89920.60900.17790.0000

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
2014-03-01 2014-03-02 Camp 1 0 Right Thigh Strain Hamstring - -
2013-05-11 2013-05-23 Minors 12 0 - Not Disclosed - -
2011-08-29 2011-09-05 Minors 7 0 - Not Disclosed - -

Compensation

Year Team Salary
2020 SDN $1,500,000
2019 SDN $910,000
2018 SLN $569,600
2017 SLN $547,900
2016 SLN $507,500
2015 SLN $
YearsDescriptionSalary
5 yrPrevious$4,035,000
5 yrTotal$4,035,000

 

Service TimeAgentContract Status
5 y 83 dMeister Sports1 year (2021)

Details
  • 1 year (2021). Signed by Detroit as a free agent 2/9/21 (minor-league contract). Released by Detroit 3/27/21. Signed by Philadelphia as a free agent 4/22/21 (minor-league contract). Released by Philadelphia 5/3/21 (Garcia exercised right to opt out of contract).
  • 1 year/$1.5M (2020). Re-signed by San Diego 12/2/19 (avoided arbitration).
  • 1 year/$910,000 (2019). Re-signed by San Diego 11/30/18 (avoided arbitration).
  • 1 year/$569,600 (2018). Re-signed by St. Louis 3/18. Acquired by San Diego in trade from St. Louis 11/1/18.
  • 1 year/$547,900 (2017). Re-signed by St. Louis 3/17.
  • 1 year/$507,500 (2016). Re-signed by St. Louis 3/16.
  • 1 year (2015). Re-signed by St. Louis 3/15.
  • 1 year (2014). Contract purchased by St. Louis 11/20/13. Re-signed by St. Louis 3/14.
  • Drafted by St. Louis 2010 (7-229) (Hawaii). $75,000 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 55 12 2 0 1 7 11 1 0 .255 .364 .362 111 0.0 2B -1, 0.0
80o 36 9 2 0 1 4 7 0 0 .290 .389 .452 104 0.0 2B 0, 0.0
70o 23 5 1 0 0 3 5 0 0 .250 .348 .300 99 0.0 2B 0, 0.0
60o 12 2 0 0 0 1 2 0 0 .200 .273 .200 94 0.0 2B 0, 0.0
50o 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 90 0.0 2B 0, 0.0
Weighted Mean410000100.333.333.333910.02B 0,0.0

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BP Chats

DateQuestionAnswer
2016-03-07 13:00:00 (link to chat)With the injury to Jhonny Peralta, what options do the Cardinals have? What do you think of the in-house options, Greg Garcia and Aledmys Diaz? Any SS available out there for trade?
(Zonk from Chi-Town)		Synergy! The best option might be the one floated by Dave Cameron at FanGraphs already: Erick Aybar. With Ozzie Albies already the talk of Braves camp, I could certainly see the Braves making this move, and Aybar feels like a very Cardinals ballplayer. I am not all in on Garcia or Diaz, and Gyorko at shortstop is cringe-inducing. They should make a move. They're not very exciting options, but I think the Cards could give the Mets a call about one of Wilmer Flores, Matt Reynolds, or Dilson Herrera. Or maybe Arizona for Chris Owings or Nick Ahmed. (Bryan Grosnick)
2016-03-07 13:00:00 (link to chat)It seems like the Cardinals have had a terrible last few months; lose to the Cubs, top prospect suspended 80 games, Molina and Peralta go down with major thumb injuries, and the only free agent that took their money was Mike Leake, while Lackey and Heyward go to the Cubs. Am I right that this is not going well for the Redbirds?
(Nude Pablo Sandoval from Boston)		That's a bad username. I'm tempted to not answer your question, but it is an easy one. Yeah, things are looking dark in St. Louis. That means that Adam Wainwright will win 22 games and Greg Garcia will turn into Brandon Crawford. (Bryan Grosnick)
2013-08-01 13:00:00 (link to chat)Cardinals are about to sign Kelly Shoppach FYI. The cardinals were supposedly looking for SS but had no luck. Pete Kozma, Ryan Jackson, nor Greg Garcia are the answers so who is?
(Bubba from STL)		I thought Alexei Ramirez made sense for them before the rumors of their interest popped up. It's really hard to find a MLB-quality shortstop out there (which is something that we perhaps don't take into account enough when talking about the Iglesias and Gregorius deals). Maybe they reunite with Brendan Ryan, or Arizona decides to move Cliff Pennington for some reason? I don't know. St. Louis may not have a choice but to roll with what they've got. (R.J. Anderson Trade Deadline Wrap Chat)


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