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Birth Date12-4-1992
Height6' 0"
Weight200 lbs
Age31 years, 5 months, 9 days
BatsL
ThrowsL
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0.32018
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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
2018 MIN 25 91 309 75 16 2 13 18 102 3 2 1 .265 .313 .473 93 -1.6 3.1 -7.7 0.3
2019 MIN 26 72 228 51 11 2 8 21 71 8 0 0 .258 .351 .455 89 -2.2 1.3 -1.2 0.3
Career16353712627421391731121.262.329.46691-3.84.4-8.90.6

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
2011 YAN Rk GCL 1 2 .298 .495 .404 .000 120 0 0.1 0 102 0 -0.1 -0.8 -0.1 -0.1
2013 CSC A SAL 115 520 .247 .321 .363 .362 87 13.8 14.6 1.1 128 0 1.7 -1.3 2.5 1.9
2014 TAM A+ FSL 90 416 .257 .321 .368 .377 102 4 12.2 1 116 0 -2.6 0.5 -0.6 1.1
2014 TRN AA EAS 42 197 .265 .327 .404 .344 100 3.7 5.4 -1 105 0 -4.5 1.9 -1.9 0.0
2015 TRN AA EAS 125 563 .259 .319 .376 .327 91 3.8 15.1 0.1 97 0 -1.5 0.5 -11.9 0.2
2015 SWB AAA INT 7 29 .273 .326 .396 .647 98 4.4 0.8 0 129 0 0.3 0.1 0.4 0.2
2016 TRN AA EAS 27 116 .251 .324 .388 .365 99 5.9 3.1 -0.7 121 0 1.9 -0.6 0.6 0.5
2016 SWB AAA INT 89 354 .251 .316 .374 .329 102 -1 9.9 -1.7 102 0 3.3 -1.0 -3.3 0.7
2017 TRN AA EAS 31 140 .268 .331 .411 .319 94 4.4 3.8 -0.9 113 0 0.2 -1.0 2.0 0.5
2017 SWB AAA INT 72 297 .258 .322 .402 .414 100 17.5 8.8 -1.7 150 0 0.2 0.5 14.8 2.2
2018 MIN MLB AL 91 309 .250 .320 .411 .363 105 6 8.7 0.2 93 10 -7.7 3.1 -1.6 0.3
2018 ROC AAA INT 59 250 .252 .323 .385 .327 93 7.4 7.3 -1.8 115 0 6.4 -0.1 3.8 1.6
2019 MIN MLB AL 72 228 .261 .331 .452 .358 102 4.9 6.9 -1.5 89 9 -1.2 1.3 -2.2 0.3
2019 ROC AAA INT 48 214 .272 .349 .462 .437 102 13.5 7.2 -0.3 141 0 -4.3 1.1 11.3 1.3

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
2011 YAN Rk GCL 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 .000 .500 .000 .000 0 0
2013 CSC A SAL 520 464 69 131 37 6 2 186 31 40 110 18 9 .282 .347 .401 .119 4 4
2014 TAM A+ FSL 416 385 50 117 18 4 3 152 24 28 80 10 3 .304 .354 .395 .091 0
2014 TRN AA EAS 197 176 24 48 10 5 4 80 18 18 44 2 3 .273 .344 .455 .182 0
2015 TRN AA EAS 563 505 68 136 22 5 2 174 37 43 98 17 3 .269 .330 .345 .075 5 5
2015 SWB AAA INT 29 24 4 11 3 1 0 16 2 3 8 0 0 .458 .517 .667 .208 1 0
2016 TRN AA EAS 116 104 12 30 8 3 3 53 17 10 28 3 4 .288 .353 .510 .221 1 0
2016 SWB AAA INT 354 322 47 84 18 6 5 129 38 26 78 3 3 .261 .323 .401 .140 1 1
2017 SWB AAA INT 297 278 47 90 13 3 15 154 38 18 82 1 3 .324 .367 .554 .230 0 0
2017 TRN AA EAS 140 128 19 34 13 2 5 66 18 10 33 1 0 .266 .317 .516 .250 1 1
2018 MIN MLB AL 309 283 54 75 16 2 13 134 45 18 102 2 1 .265 .313 .473 .208 3 2
2018 ROC AAA INT 250 216 26 58 9 1 6 87 28 26 55 4 2 .269 .352 .403 .134 4 0
2019 ROC AAA INT 214 196 37 69 18 4 7 116 39 15 50 5 0 .352 .393 .592 .240 3 0
2019 MIN MLB AL 228 198 28 51 11 2 8 90 25 21 71 0 0 .258 .351 .455 .197 1 0

Plate Discipline

YEAR Pits Zone% Swing% Contact% Z-Swing% O-Swing% Z-Contact% O-Contact% SwStr% CSAA
2018 1246 0.5048 0.4888 0.6929 0.6630 0.3112 0.8034 0.4531 0.3071 0.0000
2019 907 0.4564 0.4697 0.6761 0.6618 0.3083 0.8029 0.4474 0.3239 0.0000
Career21530.48440.48080.68580.66250.31000.80320.45070.31420.0000

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
2011-06-21 2011-09-01 Minors 72 59 - Not Disclosed - -

Compensation

Year Team Salary
2024 COL $1,000,000
2023 PHI $950,000
2022 MIN $800,000
2021 MIN $597,500
2020 MIN $587,500
2019 MIN $572,500
2018 MIN $
YearsDescriptionSalary
5 yrPrevious$3,507,500
2019Current$1,000,000
6 yrPvs + Cur$4,507,500
6 yrTotal$4,507,500

 

Service TimeAgentContract Status
4 y 71 dBallengee1 year/$1M (2024)

Details
  • 1 year/$1M (2024). Re-signed by Philadelphia 11/17/23 (avoided arbitration). Acquired by Colorado in trade from Philadelphia 3/24/24.
  • 1 year/$950,000 (2023). Re-signed by Baltimore 11/2/22 (avoided arbitration) (split contract). Acquired by Philadelphia in trade from Baltimore 12/2/22.
  • 1 year/$800,000 (2022). Re-signed by Minnesota 11/19/21 (avoided arbitration). Sent outright to Triple-A by Minnesota 11/30/21. Contract selected by Minnesota 8/2/22. Claimed by Baltimore off waivers from Minnesota 10/11/22.
  • 1 year/$597,500 (2021). Re-signed by Minnesota 3/21.
  • 1 year/$572,500 (2019). Re-signed by Minnesota 3/19.
  • 1 year/$545,000 (2018). Contract selected by NY Yankees 11/6/17. Re-signed by NY Yankees 3/18 (split contract, $88,900 in minors). Acquired by Minnesota in trade 3/16/18 after being DFA by NY Yankees 3/12/18.
  • 2017
  • 2016. Selected by Cincinnati from NY Yankees in Rule 5 draft 12/10/15. DFA by Cincinnati 4/3/16. Returned by Cincinnati to NY Yankees 4/5/16.
  • Drafted by NY Yankees 2011 (6-209) (Kecoughtan HS, Hampton, Va.). $800,000 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 56 14 3 0 2 4 15 0 0 .275 .339 .451 112 0.0 RF 0, 0.0
80o 37 9 2 0 1 3 10 0 0 .265 .324 .412 104 0.0 RF 0, 0.0
70o 24 6 1 0 1 2 7 0 0 .273 .333 .455 99 0.0 RF 0, 0.0
60o 12 3 1 0 0 1 3 0 0 .273 .333 .364 94 0.0 RF 0, 0.0
50o 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 89 0.0 RF 0, 0.0
Weighted Mean410000100.250.250.250910.0RF 0,0.0

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BP Chats

DateQuestionAnswer
2019-05-13 16:00:00 (link to chat)Can you provide some explanation behind the decision to bat Marwin Gonzalez cleanup the other day? I know he's been hitting better the past 7-10 days, and a doubleheader was involved, but it still seems like there were several better candidates for that slot in the order.
(Mike from Saint Paul)		Marwin Gonzalez hit cleanup yesterday against a left-handed pitcher. The hitters behind him in the Twins' lineup were C.J. Cron, Max Kepler, Ehire Adrianza, Jake Cave, and Byron Buxton. Kepler and Cave are lefties. Adrianza is a poor hitter. Buxton has hit ninth all year and has also often been a poor hitter. I suppose you could have flipped Gonzalez and Cron, but there's no real impact there. (Aaron Gleeman)
2016-04-22 13:00:00 (link to chat)Jake Cave looked pretty miserable with the Reds, does he have a future with the Yankees?
(Nick from FL)		I've always been somewhat of a fan, but I'm not entirely sure. (Kenny Ducey)
2015-05-05 15:00:00 (link to chat)What are your thoughts on Jake Cave?
(BG from WA)		I've always liked him, but I don't expect him to be a factor at the big league level. (Nick Shlain)


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