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Jake Lamb LFWhite Sox

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Birth Date	10-9-1990
Height	6' 3"
Weight	215 lbs

Age	33 years, 6 months, 16 days
Bats	L
Throws	R

: 1.72015
: 2.22016
: 2.92017
: 0.02018
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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
2014	ARI	23	37	133	29	4	1	4	6	37	0	1	1	.230	.263	.373	73	-3.9	0.4	-0.4	0.0
2015	ARI	24	107	390	92	15	5	6	36	97	1	3	2	.263	.331	.386	88	-4.1	-1.7	10.0	1.7
2016	ARI	25	151	594	130	31	9	29	64	154	3	6	1	.249	.332	.509	105	5.0	2.3	-5.0	2.2
2017	ARI	26	149	635	133	30	4	30	87	152	7	6	4	.248	.357	.487	119	16.9	2.0	-10.8	2.9
2018	ARI	27	56	238	46	8	0	6	26	65	1	1	2	.222	.307	.348	80	-5.1	1.6	-3.7	0.0
2019	ARI	28	78	226	36	8	2	6	32	55	5	1	0	.193	.323	.353	94	-0.7	2.3	-2.9	0.4
Career			578	2216	466	96	21	81	251	560	17	18	10	.242	.331	.439	100	8.2	6.9	-12.8	7.3

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
2012	MSO	Rk	PIO	67	315	.285	.354	.420	.371	109	23.3	9.8	1	141	0	2.2	-1.4	6.3	1.7
2013	VIS	A+	CAL	64	283	.261	.331	.413	.380	101	22.8	7.5	0.2	173	0	-2.5	-0.1	14.1	1.9
2013	DIA	Rk	AZL	5	21	.256	.335	.352	.385	99	0.6	0.6	0	103	0	0.1	0.3	-0.7	0.0
2014	ARI	MLB	NL	37	133	.257	.312	.396	.291	107	-4.3	3.4	0.5	73	12	-0.4	0.4	-3.9	0.0
2014	MOB	AA	SOU	103	439	.257	.327	.389	.389	100	32.6	12.1	1.3	149	0	-3.0	-1.1	16.0	2.7
2014	RNO	AAA	PCL	5	21	.284	.350	.490	.615	102	4.8	0.6	0	121	0	-0.6	0.1	0.0	0.0
2015	ARI	MLB	NL	107	390	.255	.314	.402	.344	98	1.9	10.5	1.1	88	9	10.0	-1.7	-4.1	1.7
2015	RNO	AAA	PCL	3	15	.271	.328	.398	.400	122	1	0.4	-0.1	155	0	-0.9	-0.4	0.6	0.0
2016	ARI	MLB	NL	151	594	.252	.318	.410	.294	103	16	16.8	2.2	105	8	-5.0	2.3	5.0	2.2
2017	ARI	MLB	NL	149	635	.255	.323	.426	.287	99	21.2	18.6	2.5	119	9	-10.8	2.0	16.9	2.9
2018	ARI	MLB	NL	56	238	.246	.315	.406	.286	98	1.3	6.7	0.9	80	6	-3.7	1.6	-5.1	0.0
2018	VIS	A+	CAL	3	11	.244	.295	.359	.250	121	-1	0.3	-0.1	75	0	0.1	-0.3	-0.3	0.0
2019	ARI	MLB	NL	78	226	.248	.323	.429	.234	99	-2	6.8	-0.9	94	8	-2.9	2.3	-0.7	0.4
2019	RNO	AAA	PCL	12	46	.292	.370	.506	.231	100	-2.5	1.6	-0.5	71	0	-0.8	0.0	-1.6	-0.1

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
2012	MSO	Rk	PIO	315	280	47	92	22	5	9	151	57	24	51	8	2	.329	.390	.539	.211	4	0
2013	VIS	A+	CAL	283	231	44	70	20	0	13	129	47	48	70	0	0	.303	.424	.558	.255	2	0
2013	DIA	Rk	AZL	21	17	4	5	2	0	0	7	5	2	5	0	0	.294	.381	.412	.118	1	0
2014	RNO	AAA	PCL	21	18	3	9	4	0	1	16	5	3	4	2	0	.500	.571	.889	.389	0
2014	MOB	AA	SOU	439	374	60	119	35	5	14	206	79	50	99	0	0	.318	.399	.551	.233	9
2014	ARI	MLB	NL	133	126	15	29	4	1	4	47	11	6	37	1	1	.230	.263	.373	.143	1
2015	ARI	MLB	NL	390	350	38	92	15	5	6	135	34	36	97	3	2	.263	.331	.386	.123	3	0
2015	RNO	AAA	PCL	15	11	0	4	1	0	0	5	2	4	1	0	0	.364	.533	.455	.091	0	0
2016	ARI	MLB	NL	594	523	81	130	31	9	29	266	91	64	154	6	1	.249	.332	.509	.260	4	0
2017	ARI	MLB	NL	635	536	89	133	30	4	30	261	105	87	152	6	4	.248	.357	.487	.239	5	0
2018	ARI	MLB	NL	238	207	34	46	8	0	6	72	31	26	65	1	2	.222	.307	.348	.126	4	0
2018	VIS	A+	CAL	11	11	2	2	2	0	0	4	0	0	3	0	0	.182	.182	.364	.182	0	0
2019	RNO	AAA	PCL	46	39	5	7	2	0	1	12	7	7	12	0	0	.179	.304	.308	.128	0	0
2019	ARI	MLB	NL	226	187	26	36	8	2	6	66	30	32	55	1	0	.193	.323	.353	.160	2	0

Plate Discipline

YEAR	Pits	Zone%	Swing%	Contact%	Z-Swing%	O-Swing%	Z-Contact%	O-Contact%	SwStr%	CSAA
2014	508	0.5433	0.4902	0.7309	0.6594	0.2888	0.8077	0.5224	0.2691	-0.0009
2015	1532	0.4543	0.4223	0.7450	0.5948	0.2787	0.8502	0.5579	0.2550	0.0073
2016	2397	0.4614	0.4397	0.7078	0.6338	0.2734	0.8131	0.4986	0.2922	0.0000
2017	2551	0.4681	0.3979	0.7606	0.5787	0.2388	0.8553	0.5586	0.2394	0.0000
2018	972	0.4753	0.4249	0.7143	0.5736	0.2902	0.8302	0.5068	0.2857	0.0000
2019	937	0.4664	0.4184	0.7423	0.5995	0.2600	0.8626	0.5000	0.2577	0.0000
Career	8897	0.4688	0.4237	0.7350	0.6026	0.2657	0.8384	0.5284	0.2650	0.0012

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
2014-09-13	2014-09-16	DTD	3	3	-	Thigh	Strain	Quadriceps	-
2013-06-02	2013-08-03	Camp	62	0	Right	Wrist	Sprain		-	-
2013-04-10	2013-04-27	Camp	17	0	Right	Thigh	Strain	Hamstring	-	-

Compensation

Year	Team	Salary
2023	ANA	$1,250,000
2022	LAN	$
2021	CHA	$1,000,000
2020	ARI	$5,510,000
2019	ARI	$4,825,000
2018	ARI	$4,275,000
2017	ARI	$573,300
2016	ARI	$520,300
2015	ARI	$508,500
2014	ARI	$

Years	Description	Salary
8 yr	Previous	$18,462,100
8 yr	Total	$18,462,100

Service Time	Agent	Contract Status
8 y 10 d	CAA	1 year (2024)

Details

1 year (2024). Signed by Pittsburgh as a free agent 12/21/23 (minor-league contract).
1 year (2023). Signed by LA Angels as a free agent 12/21/22 (minor-league contract with salary of $1.25M in majors). May opt out of contract 7/1/23 if not on Major League roster. Contract selected by LA Angels 3/27/23. DFA by LA Angels 6/30/23. Released 7/2/23. Signed by NY Yankees as a free agent 7/14/23 (minor-league contract).
1 year (2022). Signed by LA Dodgers as a free agent 3/14/22 (minor-league contract). Contract selected by LA Dodgers 6/28/22. Acquired by Seattle in trade from LA Dodgers 8/2/22. DFA by Seattle 9/21/22. Released 9/24/22.
1 year (2021). Signed by Atlanta as a free agent 2/21/21. Released by Atlanta 3/27/21 (due 45 days' termination pay, $241,935). Signed by Chicago White Sox as a free agent 3/30/21. Salary of $1M in majors. Claimed by Toronto off waivers 9/3/21 after being DFA by Chicago White Sox 9/1/21. DFA by Toronto 9/23/21. Released 9/29/21.
1 year/$5.51M (2020). Re-signed by Arizona 1/10/20 (avoided arbitration). DFA by Arizona 9/10/20. Signed by Oakland as a free agent 9/14/20.
1 year/$4.825M (2019). Re-signed by Arizona 1/11/19 (avoided arbitration).
1 year/$4.275M (2018). Re-signed by Arizona 1/12/18 (avoided arbitration).
1 year (2017). Re-signed by Arizona 3/17.
1 year/$520,300 (2016). Re-signed by Arizona 3/16.
1 year/$508,500 (2015). Re-signed by Arizona 3/6/15.
1 year (2014). Contract selected by Arizona 8/7/14.
Drafted by Arizona 2012 (6-213) (Washington). $161,000 signing bonus ($160,400 slot).

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
Weighted Mean	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	0	0	?	?	.000	.000	.000	0	0.0	?	0.0

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BP Chats

Date	Question	Answer
2020-01-29 13:00:00 (link to chat)	Old friend here. I'm loving all of the D-backs chatter. Here's my Q: it looks like maybe only the Brewers will be both consider an N.L. playoff contender AND run a lower payroll than Arizona. If Mike Hazen had another $30 million to play with, where could this team be? (jwise224 from PDX)	I'd expect another $30 million to get sunk into first base and the relief corps. As I mentioned, the depth is all there, so at that point I think you're going for impact. Maybe you believe in Christian Walker or Jake Lamb (or a platoon), but $30 million can give you the luxury of finding someone better and not just "believing." (Craig Goldstein)
2019-06-21 15:00:00 (link to chat)	5x5 roto w OBP. I have Joey Gallo, Andrelton Simmons, and Jake Lamb getting ready to come of the DL so I'm going to have to drop some folks. Assuming no positional adjustments necessary, in what order would you drop these players: Profar, C. Hernandez, J. Donaldson, Jackie Bradley, DDS, JaCoby Jones, Cole Calhoun, Kyle Schwarber, Jake Lamb. (bmmcmahon from Newport Beach, CA)	Jones, Profar, Cesar, Lamb, JBJ, DeShields, Calhoun, Schwarber, Donaldson. (Jon Hegglund)
2018-08-29 19:00:00 (link to chat)	Is Jake Lamb finished? (Red from 70's show)	Nah, it's just unfortunately a lost year. Have a feeling I'll be targeting him in all my OBP/OPS leagues late next year, probably as a CI. (Eddy Almaguer)
2018-07-26 12:00:00 (link to chat)	I stopped caring about fantasy baseball so I just traded away Bryce Harper to my friend for a bunch of whatever prospects and Jake Lamb. I think that was a steal for one of us. (Jordan from South Dakota)	Are you the same dude? (Bryan Grosnick)
2018-01-31 14:00:00 (link to chat)	$280 cap 12 team keeper league - Please rank the following 4 potential keepers in terms of 2018 value: Eric Hosmer $26, Jake Lamb $11, Chris Taylor $7, Justin Smoak $6 Locked in Keepers are Willson Contreras, Jose Ramirez, Alex Bregman, Tim Anderson and Hunter Renfroe Thanks! (Corey from Hoboken, NJ)	Taylor, Smoak, Lamb, Hosmer. Hosmer is good, despite a sabr reputation to the contrary, but he's not $20 better than Smoak. (Mark Barry)
2017-09-07 20:00:00 (link to chat)	For the second straight year Jake Lamb is having a huge 2nd Half swoon. What the Hell? Is this Jekyll and Hyde thing of his certifiable now? (Paul from DC)	Probably just a fluke. Sometimes the pattern recognition engines inside our skulls get stuck in overdrive and start picking out things that aren't actually things. (Scooter Hotz)
2017-07-31 23:00:00 (link to chat)	Where would you rank Jake Lamb as a 3b keeper? (Loria from Milwaukee)	He's got a case for the 6-7 range. Bryant, Arenado, Rendon, Machado, and if we're counting him there (which, I guess we should now) Freddie Freeman are definites ahead of him. Then it's like Justin Turner, Moose, Shaw, Bregman, Lamb, Sano, Ramirez in some order. I like Turner and Bregman ahead of him, maybe Shaw too, but it's a large, clustered tier that he's in the top half of. Man, 3B is crazy deep. all of a sudden. (Wilson Karaman)
2016-12-22 13:00:00 (link to chat)	How much sense does a Conforto for Lamb swap make? (Gerog from Az )	Less than it did in a pre-Jose Reyes world. Amed Rosario is coming, and that means that Asdrubal Cabrera could see a move to third even before mid-season. I'm a big Jake Lamb guy, but Conforto still has the potential advantage. If we started talking about throwing in a really good relief pitcher, maybe things get more interesting. (Bryan Grosnick)
2016-06-23 14:00:00 (link to chat)	First, Thanks for all the time you put in with us. Who has the brightest future Wil Myers or 3B Jake Lamb. Also can you say why? Or should I say If you had a team which one would you bank on in the long run. OB1 (ob1 from Tampa)	Thank you for participating! I'll take Lamb only because of Myers' injury history and the fact that I like third basemen more than I do first basemen. It's pretty close, though, and there's a good potential that this answer looks dumb in a few years. (Nicolas Stellini)
2016-04-25 23:00:00 (link to chat)	Why oh why do the DBacks have no faith in Jake Lamb against lefties? Shouldn't Brandon Drury beat it so Lamb can play everyday? (Jack Shepherd from ?)	Nah, Drury's a solid player who can be grow into a versatile asset. I like what they're doing there in the real world, fantasy frustrations be damned. (Wilson Karaman)
2016-03-04 13:00:00 (link to chat)	Wilson, would you keep any of these guys in an 8-team, NL-only, 5x5 league: $2 Ryan Howard, $2 Javier Baez, $1 Jake Lamb? Thanks. (GBSimons from Indiana)	I'd probably keep all of them. Baez is a no-brainer, and somehow, some way Howard was a $13 player last year in NL-onlies. Okay roster depth, even in a shallower league. I've always liked Lamb, just needs regular reps & I'd take the flier he gets 'em for a buck. (Wilson Karaman)
2016-02-03 20:00:00 (link to chat)	Jake Lamb? Yay or Nay? I see him hitting 2nd in ARI despite what Stewart ways. (tnyfn20 from RVA)	I have no idea where he'll hit or how many ABs to expect, but I do like Lamb. Solid improvement in his approach last season. (Greg Wellemeyer)
2015-09-24 13:00:00 (link to chat)	Will Brandon Drury push Jake Lamb off 3B in Arizona? Or are the other D-Back options at 2B so weak that he will settle in as the regular there next year, even if his defensive chops aren't the best? (Paul from DC)	I think the best-case scenario is Lamb at third, Drury at second, but the Diamondbacks have to decide who they want at shortstop before they can decide who they want at second base. Are they willing to live with Nick Ahmed's glove to get his bat in the lineup? If so, do they prefer Owings' glove to Drury's bat? I don't know the answers, but at least they're interesting questions-and I think that's quickly becoming an interesting team. (R.J. Anderson)
2015-04-16 17:00:00 (link to chat)	I know the BP prospect team is down on Jake Lamb, is his performance unsustainable? ie should I be shopping him? (EricJ from SF)	I like him better than they do (I guess; I haven't read what you're referencing). He's probably not going to hit 25-30 home runs, but 20 isn't out of the question even if the BA is low. I guess if people are expecting Ryan Zimmerman 2.0 in your league you should shop him, otherwise hang on. Yasmany Tomas isn't replacing him. (Mike Gianella)
2015-01-05 15:00:00 (link to chat)	How many MLB at bats for Brandon Drury this year? (Chris from Baltimore)	Good redeeming question Chris. You're as cool as the other side of the pillow. Drury's PT this year will depend on a number of things, most of them positional. How well will he take to 2B? There have been limited looks at him there because he's only played there sparingly, but it does create versatility and more opportunities. Secondly, how much 3B does Tomas end up playing? That would create a much bigger obstacle for Drury than Jake Lamb currently is (though Lamb will be blocking him too). In the end, he only has 29 games in Double-A under his belt, so there's no guarantee he even reaches the big leagues this year. He just turned 22, has more development to go, and lots of guys blocking him. He may not even see the majors this year, and that's ok. (Jeff Moore)
2015-01-05 15:00:00 (link to chat)	Which of these K machines do you have high hopes for or do you see them all flaming out? Domingo Santana, Jake Lamb, Randal Grichuk, Steven Moya, Yorman Rodriguez. Will any of these guys have long careers as starters? Which has the highest upside and who will flame out? (ColeWhittier from Pasadena, CA)	I can't say that I have high hopes for any of them because of the aforementioned strike out issues, but Lamb's are perhaps the most under control and he should be able to pop enough mistakes out of the park for third base. At least with a guy like Santana, he draws some walks to go with the strike outs. Can't say the same about Moya. Not sure that any of them end up being regulars for any extended period of time. (Jeff Moore)
2014-12-18 15:00:00 (link to chat)	Could you rank these bats for future careers: Christian Walker, Jake Lamb, CJ Cron, Rymer Liriano. (ColeWhittier from Pasadena, CA)	Liriano, Cron, Lamb, Walker. I'll add that Liriano has the most beta in him and could absolutely flame out, but the blend of tools provides the highest ceiling as well. He's someone I'm willing to gamble on given his proven ability to respond to failure. That's something I like to see in a prospect. (Craig Goldstein)
2014-08-08 13:00:00 (link to chat)	What do the D'Backs have in Jacob Lamb? Difference maker in an NL only league? (MP from KY)	I'm going to go well below "difference maker." Certainly rosterable though (who isn't, to be fair). (Craig Goldstein)

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