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2019 Projections (Preseason PECOTA - seasonal age 28)
PA AVG HR R RBI SB DRC+ WARP
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Birth Date1-15-1991
Height6' 2"
Weight190 lbs
Age33 years, 10 months, 6 days
BatsR
ThrowsR
2.82015
1.22016
2017
3.12018
0.92019
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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 SFN 23 34 64 16 2 0 0 1 14 2 0 1 .267 .302 .300 78 -1.5 -0.5 1.3 0.1
2015 SFN 24 149 612 169 28 6 12 30 96 5 12 0 .295 .334 .428 104 5.3 2.9 -0.4 2.8
2016 SFN 25 70 286 65 11 2 4 20 40 4 8 4 .253 .313 .358 84 -4.8 1.1 3.8 1.0
2016 TBA 25 21 80 21 3 0 1 3 13 0 0 1 .276 .300 .355 87 -1.1 0.5 0.2 0.3
2018 TBA 27 132 560 148 22 1 4 47 93 7 12 6 .294 .361 .366 104 4.3 -3.9 11.8 3.1
2019 TBA 28 46 169 37 8 0 1 19 29 2 0 1 .252 .343 .327 88 -1.9 -0.3 -1.8 0.2
Career452177145674922120285203213.282.338.380980.3-0.314.87.4

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 SLO A- NOR 47 216 .249 .327 .356 .275 115 -2.7 5.9 2.6 113 0 0.3 1.3 2.5 1.3
2013 AUG A SAL 78 339 .251 .317 .365 .346 85 24.8 9.5 3.9 157 0 12.7 5.8 10.8 4.5
2013 SJO A+ CAL 26 115 .269 .338 .442 .306 89 6.3 3.4 1.4 121 0 0.5 0.0 0.0 0.5
2014 SFN MLB NL 34 64 .249 .306 .382 .348 100 -1.4 1.7 0.2 78 11 1.3 -0.5 -1.5 0.1
2014 RIC AA EAS 97 417 .267 .331 .401 .391 100 20.4 11.5 4.8 136 0 4.9 1.9 10.2 3.5
2015 SFN MLB NL 149 612 .256 .317 .407 .336 90 14.1 16.5 2.1 104 8 -0.4 2.9 5.3 2.8
2016 SFN MLB NL 70 286 .260 .323 .420 .282 93 -0.5 8.1 1.1 84 8 3.8 1.1 -4.8 1.0
2016 TBA MLB AL 21 80 .246 .310 .405 .317 102 -3.2 2.3 0.9 87 8 0.2 0.5 -1.1 0.3
2016 PCH A+ FSL 2 6 .219 .251 .305 .500 97 1 0.2 0.1 148 0 -0.3 0.0 0.2 0.0
2016 DUR AAA INT 3 12 .246 .320 .371 .222 100 -1.4 0.3 0.2 75 0 0.7 0.0 -0.5 0.1
2016 SAC AAA PCL 2 7 .264 .338 .437 .400 78 0.9 0.2 -0.1 104 0 -0.2 -0.1 -0.1 0.0
2017 PCH A+ FSL 3 8 .241 .290 .370 .286 95 -0.7 0.2 0.1 103 0 -0.1 0.0 0.0 0.0
2018 TBA MLB AL 132 560 .250 .320 .421 .353 101 2.9 15.7 1.7 104 7 11.8 -3.9 4.3 3.1
2018 PCH A+ FSL 1 3 .244 .263 .282 .667 104 0.7 0.1 0 140 0 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.0
2019 TBA MLB AL 46 169 .255 .325 .450 .305 96 -2.3 5.1 0.7 88 9 -1.8 -0.3 -1.9 0.2
2019 PCH A+ FSL 7 23 .258 .328 .385 .214 99 2.3 0.6 -0.1 148 0 0.3 0.1 1.0 0.2
2019 DUR AAA INT 9 36 .269 .339 .465 .286 95 0.1 1.2 0 90 0 0.1 0.4 -0.5 0.1
2019 RAY Rk GCL 3 8 .204 .267 .297 .286 110 -0.5 0.3 0 97 0 -0.2 0.1 0.0 0.0

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 SLO A- NOR 216 182 31 45 4 0 1 52 16 26 22 10 1 .247 .361 .286 .038 1 0
2013 SJO A+ CAL 115 106 17 31 6 1 5 54 14 7 16 3 1 .292 .342 .509 .217 0 1
2013 AUG A SAL 339 287 48 88 14 3 4 120 43 45 41 22 6 .307 .405 .418 .111 1 3
2014 RIC AA EAS 417 367 53 122 24 4 3 163 62 42 66 20 4 .332 .398 .444 .112 6
2014 SFN MLB NL 64 60 5 16 2 0 0 18 8 1 14 0 1 .267 .302 .300 .033 0
2015 SFN MLB NL 612 573 77 169 28 6 12 245 77 30 96 12 0 .295 .334 .428 .133 2 2
2016 PCH A+ FSL 6 6 0 3 1 0 0 4 1 0 0 0 0 .500 .500 .667 .167 0 0
2016 TBA MLB AL 80 76 9 21 3 0 1 27 7 3 13 0 1 .276 .300 .355 .079 1 0
2016 SFN MLB NL 286 257 32 65 11 2 4 92 21 20 40 8 4 .253 .313 .358 .105 3 2
2016 DUR AAA INT 12 11 0 2 0 0 0 2 0 1 2 0 0 .182 .250 .182 .000 0 0
2016 SAC AAA PCL 7 6 2 2 1 0 0 3 1 1 1 0 0 .333 .429 .500 .167 0 0
2017 PCH A+ FSL 8 8 0 2 0 0 0 2 0 0 1 0 0 .250 .250 .250 .000 0 0
2018 PCH A+ FSL 3 3 0 2 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 .667 .667 .667 .000 0 0
2018 TBA MLB AL 560 503 59 148 22 1 4 184 44 47 93 12 6 .294 .361 .366 .072 2 1
2019 DUR AAA INT 36 33 4 9 1 0 1 13 9 1 5 0 0 .273 .306 .394 .121 1 0
2019 PCH A+ FSL 23 16 4 4 0 1 1 9 1 5 1 0 0 .250 .478 .563 .313 0 0
2019 TBA MLB AL 169 147 12 37 8 0 1 48 12 19 29 0 1 .252 .343 .327 .075 1 0
2019 RAY Rk GCL 8 8 1 2 1 0 0 3 1 0 1 0 0 .250 .250 .375 .125 0 0

Plate Discipline

YEAR Pits Zone% Swing% Contact% Z-Swing% O-Swing% Z-Contact% O-Contact% SwStr% CSAA
2014 205 0.5220 0.4927 0.7822 0.6542 0.3163 0.8571 0.6129 0.2178 0.0028
2015 2242 0.4996 0.4572 0.8176 0.6063 0.3084 0.9057 0.6445 0.1824 -0.0061
2016 1407 0.4783 0.4506 0.8470 0.6523 0.2657 0.9339 0.6513 0.1530 0.0000
2018 2122 0.5024 0.4628 0.8248 0.6510 0.2727 0.9063 0.6285 0.1752 0.0000
2019 657 0.4840 0.3973 0.8123 0.5818 0.2242 0.9027 0.5921 0.1877 0.0000
Career66330.49510.45280.82450.62940.27980.91010.63470.1755-0.0020

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
2023 KCA $1,500,000
2022 ANA $1,500,000
2021 CHN $1,000,000
2020 NYA $
2019 TBA $2,675,000
2018 TBA $930,000
2017 TBA $545,300
2016 SFN $537,500
2015 SFN $509,000
YearsDescriptionSalary
8 yrPrevious$9,196,800
8 yrTotal$9,196,800

 

Service TimeAgentContract Status
8 y 59 dTWC Sports1 year (2024)

Details
  • 1 year (2024). Signed by Texas as a free agent 2/24 (minor-league contract). Released by Texas 3/24/24 (Duffy exercised right to opt out). Re-signed by Texas as a free agent 3/28/24 (minor-league contract).
  • 1 year (2023). Signed by Kansas City as a free agent 1/27/23 (minor-league contract). Salary of $1.5M in majors. Contract selected by Kansas City 3/30/23.
  • 1 year/$1.5M (2022). Signed by LA Angels as a free agent 3/16/22.
  • 1 year/$1.5M (2022). Signed by LA Angels as a free agent 3/16/22.
  • 1 year (2021). Signed by Chicago Cubs as a free agent 12/16/20 (minor-league contract with salary of $1M in majors). May earn additional $500,000 in performance bonuses. Contract selected by Chicago Cubs 3/28/21.
  • 1 year (2020). Signed by Texas as a free agent 1/30/20 (minor-league contract). Salary of $1M in majors. May earn additional $1.5M in performance bonuses. Released by Texas 6/27/20. Signed by NY Yankees as a free agent 6/28/20 (minor-league contract).
  • 1 year/$2.675M (2019). Re-signed by Tampa Bay 1/11/19 (avoided arbitration). Performance bonuses: $5,000 each for 200, 250, 300, 350, 400 plate appearances. DFA by Tampa Bay 11/20/19. Released 11/22/19.
  • 1 year/$930,000 (2018). Re-signed by Tampa Bay 1/12/18 (avoided arbitration).
  • 1 year/545,300 (2017). Re-signed by Tampa Bay 3/17.
  • 1 year/$537,500 (2016). Re-signed by San Francisco 3/16. Acquired by Tampa Bay in trade from San Francisco 8/1/16.
  • 1 year/$509,000 (2015). Re-signed by San Francisco 3/15.
  • 1 year (2014). Contract selected by San Francisco 8/1/14.
  • Drafted by San Francisco 2012 (18-568) (Long Beach State).

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 15 3 0 1 6 8 1 1 .312 .400 .438 120 0.0 3B 1 0.0
80o 36 10 2 0 1 4 6 1 0 .312 .405 .469 113 0.0 3B 1 0.0
70o 23 5 1 0 0 2 4 0 0 .250 .318 .300 108 0.0 3B 0 0.0
60o 12 3 1 0 0 1 2 0 0 .300 .364 .400 103 0.0 3B 0 0.0
50o 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 99 0.0 3B 0 0.0
Weighted Mean410000100.333.333.3331000.03B 00.0

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BP Chats

DateQuestionAnswer
2018-06-20 19:00:00 (link to chat)6x6 one yr league hr,rbi,r,ave,sb,xbh Looking for a third baseman available are Muncy,Davidson,Matt Duffy.Thanks
(Chesty from New Bern NC)
I think you have to grab Muncy and ride that streak. (Mike Gianella)
2016-03-21 13:00:00 (link to chat)Over or under 17 HR for Matt Duffy this year? Are you a believer in the power he flashed last year?
(Tony Rich from The Projects)
I'd take the under, though again, it's an even year so the rules don't really apply. (Michael Baumann)
2016-03-07 13:00:00 (link to chat) Astro's Matt Duffy: Does he win the 1B job out of camp? Will he be a seat warmer or does he stand a chance at performing and delaying AJ Reed's arrival?
(Jmax from Niagara, On)
He may win less than half the 1B job, but I think that Jon Singleton will get every opportunity to play the lion's share of games, especially before Evan Gattis comes back. I also think there's no chance he'll delay AJ's arrival ... since he's a righty and AJ's a lefty, I imagine the only thing that could slow AJ is Singleton really hitting the cover off the ball. (Bryan Grosnick)
2016-03-09 19:00:00 (link to chat)Thoughts on Matt Duffy vs Semien in both dynasty league and redraft formats?
(markdavo4 from Australia)
I'm assuming you mean the Giants Matt Duffy and not the Astros one. Semien has the higher long term ceiling (althouggh I don't see him sticking at SS long term). Duffy strikes me as a solid, reliable player but the ceiling doesn't excite me. For this year, I lean Duffy because of the batting average and there's zero risk as with Semien that his defense will push him off the position or to the bench for a spell. (Mike Gianella)
2016-01-14 20:00:00 (link to chat)Pick two players for the next three seasons: Hector Olivera, Kyle Seager, Jose Peraza, Steven Souza, Matt Duffy. It's a rebuilding season...
(Ron from Texarkana)
Seager and Souza. Duffy is steadier/less risky than Souza so if you don't want/need as much ceiling he's the better call. (Mike Gianella)
2015-07-23 17:00:00 (link to chat)Does Matt Duffy have the same fantasy value next year as he has this year?
(Ron from Texarkana)
Yes. He should be a solid deep mixed guy with some low-end standard mixed value. He is legit, though. (Mike Gianella)


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