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Portrait of Ricardo Valencia

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2019 Projections (Preseason PECOTA - seasonal age 26)
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Birth Date1-13-1993
Height6' 0"
Weight185 lbs
Age31 years, 3 months, 13 days
BatsR
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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

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 DRG Rk DSL 28 79 .247 .348 .330 .294 102 -0.6 2.4 1.4 96 0 -0.1 0.5 -0.3 0.4
2014 DRG Rk DSL 7 27 .000 .000 .000 .267 0.0 100 0 0.0 0.0 -0.2 0.0
2015 HIC A SAL 4 16 .250 .335 .376 .273 98 -0.7 0.4 0.3 109 0 -0.5 0.2 -0.1 0.0
2015 HDS A+ CAL 3 12 .282 .340 .452 .143 138 -1.2 0.3 0.2 19 0 -0.1 -0.6 -1.2 -0.2
2015 FRI AA TEX 3 9 .284 .342 .426 .200 113 -1.6 0.2 0 -2 0 0.0 0.0 -1.1 -0.1
2015 RNG Rk AZL 5 8 .239 .301 .323 .250 101 -1.5 0.2 -0.1 28 0 0.0 0.0 -0.8 -0.1
2016 HIC A SAL 41 146 .250 .314 .371 .293 104 -0.1 3.9 -0.1 103 0 0.2 -0.8 -2.2 0.1
2017 HIC A SAL 71 286 .249 .313 .369 .343 101 -2.9 8.0 4 97 0 0.9 -3.6 -0.8 0.9
2018 DEB A+ CAR 47 163 .250 .323 .370 .308 100 1.2 4.6 0.9 96 0 -1.3 0.2 -0.7 0.4

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 DRG Rk DSL 79 61 11 15 2 0 0 17 9 11 11 0 0 .246 .390 .279 .033 1 2
2014 DRG Rk DSL 27 21 6 5 0 1 1 10 5 5 5 0 0 .238 .407 .476 .238 0
2015 FRI AA TEX 9 9 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 4 0 0 .111 .111 .111 .000 0 0
2015 HDS A+ CAL 12 11 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 1 4 0 0 .091 .167 .091 .000 0 0
2015 HIC A SAL 16 13 3 3 1 0 0 4 2 3 2 0 0 .231 .375 .308 .077 0 0
2015 RNG Rk AZL 8 8 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 4 0 0 .125 .125 .125 .000 0 0
2016 HIC A SAL 146 127 12 31 5 0 4 48 21 16 31 0 0 .244 .342 .378 .134 0 0
2017 HIC A SAL 286 255 33 66 15 0 5 96 37 21 78 0 0 .259 .316 .376 .118 6 1
2018 DEB A+ CAR 163 143 21 35 10 0 3 54 12 16 39 0 0 .245 .319 .378 .133 3 0

Plate Discipline

YEAR Pits Zone% Swing% Contact% Z-Swing% O-Swing% Z-Contact% O-Contact% SwStr% CSAA

Injury History  —  No longer being updated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

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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 391 38 75 12 0 11 41 26 115 0 0 .208 .262 .333 56 -3.0 C 0, 1B 0 -0.3
80o 368 33 67 11 0 10 37 23 111 0 0 .196 .247 .317 47 -8.2 C 0, 1B 0 -0.9
70o 352 30 60 10 0 9 34 20 108 0 0 .183 .231 .297 40 -11.5 C 0, 1B 0 -1.2
60o 338 28 55 9 0 8 31 19 105 0 0 .175 .223 .279 35 -14.1 C 0, 1B 0 -1.5
50o 325 26 51 8 0 8 29 17 102 0 0 .168 .213 .273 30 -16.3 C 0, 1B 0 -1.7
40o 312 24 47 8 0 7 27 16 99 0 0 .161 .206 .260 24 -18.3 C 0, 1B 0 -2.0
30o 298 22 42 7 0 6 25 14 96 0 0 .150 .192 .239 19 -20.1 C 0, 1B 0 -2.2
20o 282 19 38 6 0 6 22 13 92 0 0 .143 .184 .233 12 -22.0 C 0, 1B 0 -2.4
10o 259 16 31 5 0 5 19 11 87 0 0 .126 .162 .207 3 -24.0 C 0, 1B 0 -2.6
Weighted Mean3302753908301810300.172.219.27931-15.5C 0, 1B 0-1.7

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Advanced Catching Metrics

Year lvl CSAA Framing Runs Blocking Chances EPAA Blocking Runs SB Attempts SRAA TRAA Throwing Runs FRAA Adj. FRAA
2015 afa .000 0.0 137 .000 0.0 6 .022 .002 -0.1 -0.1 -0.1
2015 afx .000 0.0 210 .006 -0.4 5 .018 .006 -0.1 -0.5 -0.5
2015 aax -.006 -0.1 82 .000 0.0 0 .000 -.001 0.0 -0.1 0.0
2016 afx .000 0.0 0 .000 0.0 20 .030 -.005 -0.3 -0.6 0.2
2017 afx .000 0.0 0 .000 0.0 77 .000 -.004 0.2 -0.1 0.9
2018 afa .000 0.0 0 .000 0.0 25 .042 -.006 -0.5 -0.6 -1.3

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