Tzu-Wei Lin | Baseball Prospectus

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2019 Projections (Rest of Season Projections - seasonal age 25)

PA	AVG	HR	R	RBI	SB	DRC+	WARP
123	.230	3	14	11	1	62	-0.2

Birth Date	2-15-1994
Height	5' 9"
Weight	155 lbs

Age	25 years, 2 months, 10 days
Bats	L
Throws	R

: 2015
: 2016
: 0.12017
: 0.12018
: -0.22019
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MLB Statistics

YEAR	TEAM	AGE	G	PA	H	2B	3B	HR	BB	SO	SB	CS	AVG	OBP	SLG	DRC+	DRAA	BRR	FRAA	BWARP
2017	BOS	23	25	66	15	0	2	0	9	17	1	1	.268	.369	.339	88	-0.8	0.0	-0.2	0.1
2018	BOS	24	37	73	16	6	1	1	8	17	0	1	.246	.329	.415	80	-1.6	0.2	-0.6	0.1
2019	BOS	25	7	13	2	1	0	0	0	4	0	0	.154	.154	.231	68	-0.6	0.0	-0.2	0.0
Career			69	152	33	7	3	1	17	38	1	2	.246	.331	.366	82	-3.0	0.2	-1.1	0.2

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	RSX	Rk	GCL	29	130	.239	.313	.323	.329	107	1.2	4.0	-0.1	102	0	0.1	1.4	-4.5	0.1
2013	LOW	A-	NYP	60	261	.247	.315	.346	.298	96	-3.1	6.7	2.8	87	0	8.7	4.5	-9.1	1.5
2014	GRN	A	SAL	102	467	.257	.326	.372	.272	111	-15.2	13.3	5.9	81	0	-0.5	0.0	-16.9	0.2
2015	SLM	A+	CAR	73	307	.248	.312	.352	.309	106	-1.5	8.3	3.5	119	0	-0.1	-0.3	-0.5	1.2
2015	PME	AA	EAS	46	194	.260	.319	.375	.238	97	-12	5.2	2.4	51	0	4.0	-0.9	-13.0	-0.2
2015	SCO	Wnt	AFL	14	54	.000	.000	.000	.286			0.0		0	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
2016	PME	AA	EAS	108	411	.257	.322	.383	.256	110	-18.3	11.1	3.1	61	0	0.6	0.6	-18.5	-0.3
2017	BOS	MLB	AL	25	66	.257	.320	.427	.385	105	0.4	1.9	0.4	88	12	-0.2	0.0	-0.8	0.1
2017	PME	AA	EAS	48	184	.252	.322	.393	.333	105	8.2	5.0	1.9	137	0	1.2	1.8	3.6	1.5
2017	PAW	AAA	INT	35	154	.253	.315	.385	.270	96	-6.5	4.6	0.8	63	0	-1.2	-0.6	-7.9	-0.4
2018	BOS	MLB	AL	37	73	.270	.337	.454	.319	108	0.1	2.1	0.7	80	9	-0.6	0.2	-1.6	0.1
2018	PAW	AAA	INT	68	302	.247	.313	.385	.385	92	13.2	8.9	3.3	130	0	2.5	-0.4	6.0	2.1
2019	BOS	MLB	AL	7	13	.209	.281	.310	.222	102	-1.7	0.4	0	68	22	-0.2	0.0	-0.6	0.0
2019	PAW	AAA	INT	7	31	.239	.314	.393	.381	90	1.3	0.9	0.3	0	0	0.0	0.0	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	RSX	Rk	GCL	130	110	21	28	5	1	0	35	16	16	28	4	2	.255	.341	.318	.064	3	1
2013	LOW	A-	NYP	261	230	34	52	9	2	1	68	20	28	59	12	4	.226	.312	.296	.070	1	1
2014	GRN	A	SAL	467	402	55	92	22	1	1	119	42	54	74	10	7	.229	.315	.296	.067	7
2015	SCO	Wnt	AFL	54	48	5	10	1	0	0	11	5	6	13	2	1	.208	.296	.229	.021	0	0
2015	PME	AA	EAS	194	173	21	35	5	3	0	46	14	16	27	8	3	.202	.268	.266	.064	1	4
2015	SLM	A+	CAR	307	281	37	79	12	3	2	103	34	22	32	15	3	.281	.331	.367	.085	2	2
2016	PME	AA	EAS	411	372	39	83	10	5	2	109	27	34	55	10	7	.223	.287	.293	.070	1	4
2017	PAW	AAA	INT	154	141	12	32	5	1	2	45	9	11	28	2	4	.227	.283	.319	.092	0	2
2017	PME	AA	EAS	184	159	31	48	9	3	5	78	19	20	27	8	2	.302	.379	.491	.189	2	2
2017	BOS	MLB	AL	66	56	7	15	0	2	0	19	2	9	17	1	1	.268	.369	.339	.071	0	1
2018	PAW	AAA	INT	302	277	33	85	20	2	5	124	25	23	64	3	4	.307	.362	.448	.141	0	1
2018	BOS	MLB	AL	73	65	15	16	6	1	1	27	6	8	17	0	1	.246	.329	.415	.169	0	0
2019	PAW	AAA	INT	31	28	2	8	3	0	0	11	3	3	7	2	1	.286	.355	.393	.107	0	0
2019	BOS	MLB	AL	13	13	1	2	1	0	0	3	0	0	4	0	0	.154	.154	.231	.077	0	0

Plate Discipline

YEAR	Pits	Zone%	Swing%	Contact%	Z-Swing%	O-Swing%	Z-Contact%	O-Contact%	SwStr%
2017	289	0.4844	0.4048	0.7607	0.5714	0.2483	0.9125	0.4324	0.2393
2018	303	0.4620	0.4356	0.7273	0.5929	0.3006	0.7470	0.6939	0.2727
2019	42	0.4524	0.5000	0.5714	0.5789	0.4348	0.5455	0.6000	0.4286
Career	634	0.4716	0.4258	0.7322	0.5822	0.2857	0.8091	0.5685	0.2678

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
2014-07-12	2014-07-27	Minors	15	0	-		Not Disclosed		-

Compensation

Year	Team	Salary
2018	BOS	$
2017	BOS	$

Service Time	Agent	Contract Status
0 y 135 d		1 year (2018)

Details
1 year (2018). Re-signed by Boston 3/18. 1 year (2017). Contract selected by Boston 6/24/17. Signed by Boston 6/16/12 as a free agent from Taiwan. $2.05M signing bonus (record for Taiwanese position player).

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
90^o	186	23	46	9	1	5	20	14	38	3	2	.272	.330	.426	88	5.2	2B 0, SS 0	0.6
80^o	165	20	38	7	1	4	17	12	34	2	2	.253	.311	.393	79	2.3	2B 0, SS 0	0.2
70^o	149	17	33	6	1	4	14	10	32	2	1	.243	.297	.390	73	0.6	2B 0, SS 0	0.1
60^o	136	15	30	6	1	3	13	9	29	2	1	.242	.296	.379	67	-0.6	2B 0, SS 0	-0.1
50^o	123	14	26	5	1	3	11	8	27	1	1	.230	.285	.372	62	-1.5	2B 0, SS 0	-0.2
40^o	110	12	22	4	1	2	10	7	24	1	1	.216	.270	.333	57	-2.3	2B 0, SS 0	-0.2
30^o	97	10	20	4	1	2	8	6	22	1	1	.222	.276	.356	52	-2.8	2B 0, SS 0	-0.3
20^o	81	8	15	3	0	2	7	5	19	1	1	.200	.247	.320	46	-3.2	2B 0, SS 0	-0.3
10^o	60	6	10	2	0	1	5	3	14	1	0	.179	.220	.268	37	-3.2	2B 0, SS 0	-0.3
Weighted Mean	129	14	27	5	1	3	12	8	28	2	1	.229	.281	.364	65	-1.1	2B 0, SS 0	-0.1

Preseason Long-Term Forecast (Beyond the 2019 Projections)

Playing time estimates are based on performance, not Depth Charts.

Year	Age	PA	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	SB	AVG	OBP	SLG	DRC+	WARP	VORP	BRR	POS_ADJ	REP_ADJ	RAA	FRAA
2020	26	249	27	56	10	1	6	27	15	55	3	.247	.295	.380	62	0.0	-0.1	-0.3	1.3	6.4	-7.5	0.2
2021	27	257	28	56	10	1	6	26	17	61	3	.239	.293	.364	60	-0.0	-0.6	-0.3	1.3	6.6	-8.2	0.2
2022	28	255	29	57	10	1	6	28	16	56	2	.246	.297	.381	63	0.0	-0.1	-0.4	1.2	6.6	-7.5	0.2
2023	29	214	24	48	8	1	5	23	14	47	2	.246	.298	.381	63	-0.0	-0.2	-0.4	1.0	5.5	-6.3	0.2
2024	30	224	26	52	9	1	6	25	15	50	1	.249	.302	.386	65	0.0	0.0	-0.4	0.9	5.8	-6.3	0.2
2025	31	242	28	54	9	1	6	27	17	55	1	.247	.303	.387	65	0.0	-0.1	-0.5	0.9	6.2	-6.8	0.2
2026	32	182	20	41	7	1	5	20	12	41	0	.243	.297	.378	63	-0.0	-0.5	-0.4	0.7	4.7	-5.4	0.1
2027	33	176	20	40	7	1	4	19	12	39	0	.245	.299	.381	64	-0.0	-0.4	-0.4	0.6	4.5	-5.1	0.1
2028	34	149	17	34	6	1	4	16	10	34	0	.245	.300	.380	64	-0.0	-0.4	-0.3	0.5	3.8	-4.3	0.1

Comparable Players (Similarity Index 82)

Rank	Score	Name	Year	DRC+	Trend
1	91	Chase d'Arnaud	2012	71
2	89	Brock Holt	2013	86
3	88	Chin-lung Hu	2009	75
4	87	Omar Quintanilla	2007	53
5	86	Deven Marrero	2016	75
6	86	Dixon Machado	2017	75
7	86	Brian Dozier	2012	75
8	86	Tyler Saladino	2015	68
9	86	Justin Sellers	2011	77
10	85	Tyler Smith	2017	66
11	85	Matt Reynolds	2016	61
12	85	Josh Wilson	2006	0	DNP
13	84	Wilmer Difo	2017	78
14	84	Zack Cozart	2011	95
15	84	Dylan Moore	2018	0	DNP
16	84	Chris Taylor	2016	79
17	84	Chad De La Guerra	2018	0	DNP
18	84	Nick Ahmed	2015	77
19	84	Brandon Crawford	2012	71
20	84	Rey Navarro	2015	94
21	84	Jace Peterson	2015	77
22	83	Jack Mayfield	2016	0	DNP
23	83	Cristhian Adames	2017	63
24	83	Ehire Adrianza	2015	74
25	83	Logan Watkins	2015	0	DNP
26	82	Jordy Mercer	2012	73
27	82	Trevor Plouffe	2011	84
28	82	Jake Lemmerman	2014	0	DNP
29	82	Carter Jurica	2014	0	DNP
30	82	Eduardo Escobar	2014	95
31	82	Devin Lohman	2014	0	DNP
32	82	Danny Worth	2011	79
33	82	Darwin Barney	2011	86
34	82	Sean Jamieson	2014	0	DNP
35	82	Leonardo Reginatto	2015	0	DNP
36	81	Josh Horton	2011	0	DNP
37	81	Andy Ibanez	2018	0	DNP
38	81	Eric Patterson	2008	64
39	81	Ryan Goins	2013	73
40	81	Alberto Gonzalez	2008	84
41	81	Jed Lowrie	2009	79
42	81	Brandon Phillips	2006	87
43	81	Carlos Triunfel	2015	0	DNP
44	81	Eduardo Nunez	2012	86
45	81	Lance Zawadzki	2010	69
46	81	Argenis Diaz	2012	0	DNP
47	81	Johnny Giavotella	2013	92
48	81	Donnie Murphy	2008	58
49	81	Francisco Soriano	2012	0	DNP
50	80	Justin Turner	2010	76
51	80	Andrew Ely	2018	0	DNP
52	80	Carlos Asuaje	2017	83
53	80	Pedro Florimon	2012	59
54	80	Anderson Hernandez	2008	101
55	80	Kevin Frandsen	2007	85
56	80	Kris Negron	2011	0	DNP
57	80	JT Riddle	2017	68
58	80	Jim Negrych	2010	0	DNP
59	80	Joaquin Arias	2010	71
60	80	Alen Hanson	2018	78
61	80	Ryan Jackson	2013	85
62	80	Brian Dinkelman	2009	0	DNP
63	80	L.J. Mazzilli	2016	0	DNP
64	80	Stephen Bruno	2016	0	DNP
65	80	Ildemaro Vargas	2017	85
66	80	Tommy Field	2012	76
67	80	Steve Tolleson	2009	0	DNP
68	79	Sean Kazmar	2010	0	DNP
69	79	Adam Frazier	2017	96
70	79	Phillip Evans	2018	74
71	79	Nathan Orf	2015	0	DNP
72	79	Adrian Cardenas	2013	0	DNP
73	79	Tyler Pastornicky	2015	0	DNP
74	79	Tyler Bortnick	2013	0	DNP
75	79	Yamaico Navarro	2013	78
76	79	Kevin Russo	2010	71
77	79	Austin Davidson	2018	0	DNP
78	79	Cliff Pennington	2009	92
79	79	Eric Young	2010	70
80	79	Scott Sizemore	2010	76
81	79	Gregorio Petit	2010	0	DNP
82	79	Matt Antonelli	2010	0	DNP
83	79	Zach Vincej	2016	0	DNP
84	79	Erich Weiss	2017	0	DNP
85	79	Ramon Torres	2018	83
86	78	Jake Peter	2018	0	DNP
87	78	Ryan Cavan	2012	0	DNP
88	78	Brian Friday	2011	0	DNP
89	78	Tim Torres	2009	0	DNP
90	78	Nick Noonan	2014	0	DNP
91	78	Peter Ciofrone	2009	0	DNP
92	78	Ali Castillo	2014	0	DNP
93	78	Renny Osuna	2010	0	DNP
94	78	Rafael Ynoa	2013	0	DNP
95	78	Josh Rodriguez	2010	0	DNP
96	78	Joshua Tobias	2018	0	DNP
97	78	Russ Adams	2006	73
98	78	Tyler Kuhn	2012	0	DNP
99	78	Bradley Boyer	2009	0	DNP
100	78	Christian Lopes	2018	0	DNP

BP Annual Player Comments

Year		Comment
2019		Due to publishing agreements, the 2019 player comments and team essays are only available in the Baseball Prospectus 2019 book (available in hardcopy, and soon e-book and Kindle).
2018		As a free agent who signed for $2.05 million out of Taiwan back in 2012—the largest bonus ever for a Taiwanese position player at the time—Tzu-Wei Lin’s calling cards are his plus glove and defensive versatility. A shortstop by trade, he also saw reps at second, third and center field across three levels in 2017, including the majors.
2014		In 2010, Tzu-Wei Lin signed with the Yankees as a 16-year-old before reneging after his country's Baseball Association raised a stink about him not finishing high school. Two years later, he joined Boston for a significantly larger bonus and is now a defense-first shortstop who largely held his own against older competition in the New York-Penn League.

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Date	Question	Answer
2017-07-19 17:00:00 (link to chat)	Any under the radar Sox pitching prospects out there? I haven't heard or seen much, and that scares me (Jim from Mass)	Jalen Beeks was one of the two guys I was high on over the last few months(the other was Tzu-Wei Lin, but it seems very condescending to say that now). He's in Triple-A right now after a particularly impressive run in Portland. He's worth keeping an eye on, since decent pitchers in the Red Sox's high minors seems to be a rarity lately. (Brett Cowett)

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