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2019 Projections (Preseason PECOTA - seasonal age 26)
PA AVG HR R RBI SB DRC+ WARP
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Birth Date9-9-1992
Height6' 0"
Weight200 lbs
Age31 years, 7 months, 10 days
BatsR
ThrowsR
2015
-0.12016
0.72017
-0.32018
0.12019
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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
2016 COL 23 13 19 5 1 0 1 0 8 0 0 0 .263 .263 .474 68 -0.7 -0.4 0.0 -0.1
2017 COL 24 110 195 47 11 0 13 7 53 0 0 0 .258 .284 .533 96 -0.5 2.1 -0.7 0.7
2018 COL 25 68 133 19 5 0 2 9 30 0 0 0 .156 .214 .246 63 -5.5 0.3 -0.6 -0.3
2019 COL 26 40 86 15 5 1 1 7 34 0 0 0 .190 .256 .316 60 -4.1 0.0 -0.6 -0.2
Career231433862211723125000.214.256.40077-10.72.0-2.10.2

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
2013 TRI A- NOR 42 178 .242 .322 .341 .296 95 4.2 4.6 1.3 120 0 -3.0 1.2 -0.6 0.4
2014 ASH A SAL 34 144 .274 .339 .406 .430 116 8.2 4.1 1.5 136 0 0.0 0.8 3.1 1.0
2014 MOD A+ CAL 86 362 .271 .334 .429 .366 106 0.6 9.9 2.3 79 0 4.8 2.9 -14.4 0.6
2015 NBR AA EAS 124 512 .259 .319 .373 .292 96 -7.1 13.7 3.4 73 0 -0.2 4.5 -22.9 -0.2
2016 COL MLB NL 13 19 .218 .290 .338 .400 109 0.3 0.5 0.1 68 20 0.0 -0.4 -0.7 -0.1
2016 NBR AA EAS 108 474 .257 .325 .391 .315 106 6.7 12.8 3.8 106 0 0.0 2.1 -4.7 1.5
2016 ABQ AAA PCL 28 115 .274 .329 .419 .265 114 -7.7 3.2 0.8 30 0 2.5 0.6 -9.9 -0.3
2016 SRR Wnt AFL 19 84 .000 .000 .000 .308 0.0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
2017 COL MLB NL 110 195 .249 .317 .410 .291 106 2.2 5.7 0.7 96 9 -0.7 2.1 -0.5 0.7
2017 ABQ AAA PCL 11 50 .261 .329 .414 .333 114 -1.1 1.5 0.4 77 0 0.4 0.5 -1.2 0.2
2018 COL MLB NL 68 133 .239 .306 .392 .189 107 -11.4 3.7 -0.7 63 10 -0.6 0.3 -5.5 -0.3
2018 ABQ AAA PCL 37 147 .267 .334 .423 .216 114 -5.7 4.3 -0.3 67 0 1.2 -0.6 -5.3 -0.1
2019 COL MLB NL 40 86 .240 .312 .414 .318 117 -8.4 2.6 0 60 14 -0.6 0.0 -4.1 -0.2
2019 ABQ AAA PCL 84 383 .278 .352 .478 .370 112 10.8 13.1 -0.1 118 0 1.7 1.0 10.7 2.3

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
2013 TRI A- NOR 178 146 27 35 15 2 1 57 18 23 33 5 3 .240 .345 .390 .151 3 4
2014 ASH A SAL 144 127 25 47 12 1 4 73 23 9 26 12 2 .370 .407 .575 .205 3
2014 MOD A+ CAL 362 331 46 90 14 5 8 138 47 24 101 7 6 .272 .321 .417 .145 2
2015 NBR AA EAS 512 468 57 110 25 5 8 169 57 30 117 19 7 .235 .281 .361 .126 6 6
2016 NBR AA EAS 474 431 66 116 33 3 13 194 67 28 95 8 9 .269 .314 .450 .181 4 9
2016 SRR Wnt AFL 84 76 8 20 3 0 0 23 12 6 12 1 2 .263 .321 .303 .039 1 0
2016 COL MLB NL 19 19 3 5 1 0 1 9 2 0 8 0 0 .263 .263 .474 .211 0 0
2016 ABQ AAA PCL 115 110 8 23 8 1 1 36 13 2 28 2 0 .209 .226 .327 .118 2 0
2017 ABQ AAA PCL 50 45 6 12 2 1 1 19 11 4 11 0 0 .267 .327 .422 .156 0 1
2017 COL MLB NL 195 182 28 47 11 0 13 97 40 7 53 0 0 .258 .284 .533 .275 1 5
2018 ABQ AAA PCL 147 139 13 30 4 1 8 60 20 7 30 1 1 .216 .252 .432 .216 1 0
2018 COL MLB NL 133 122 8 19 5 0 2 30 5 9 30 0 0 .156 .214 .246 .090 0 2
2019 ABQ AAA PCL 383 350 60 112 26 1 22 206 75 27 90 5 1 .320 .364 .589 .269 5 1
2019 COL MLB NL 86 79 11 15 5 1 1 25 4 7 34 0 0 .190 .256 .316 .127 0 0

Plate Discipline

YEAR Pits Zone% Swing% Contact% Z-Swing% O-Swing% Z-Contact% O-Contact% SwStr% CSAA
2016 73 0.5068 0.5342 0.7179 0.6216 0.4444 0.8696 0.5000 0.2821 0.0000
2017 691 0.5123 0.5456 0.6737 0.6582 0.4273 0.7511 0.5486 0.3263 0.0000
2018 481 0.4428 0.5260 0.7194 0.6948 0.3918 0.8041 0.6000 0.2806 0.0000
2019 306 0.4869 0.5458 0.6048 0.7315 0.3694 0.7615 0.3103 0.3952 0.0000
Career15510.48550.53900.67640.68230.40570.77520.51520.32360.0000

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

Compensation

Year Team Salary
2023 SEA $
2022 ATL $
2021 BAL $875,000
2020 BAL $
2019 COL $
2018 COL $550,000
2017 COL $
2016 COL $
YearsDescriptionSalary
2 yrPrevious$1,425,000
2 yrTotal$1,425,000

 

Service TimeAgentContract Status
4 y 57 d1 year (2023)

Details
  • 1 year (2023). Signed by Seattle as a free agent 4/4/23 (minor-league contract).
  • 1 year (2022). Signed by Atlanta as a free agent 3/19/22 (minor-league contract). Salary of $775,000 in majors.
  • 1 year/$875,000 (2021). Re-signed by Baltimore 12/2/20 (avoided arbitration). DFA by Baltimore 8/5/21. Sent outright to Triple-A 8/8/21. Contract selected by Baltimore 9/14/21. Sent outright to Triple-A by Baltimore 10/22/21 (elected free agency).
  • 1 year (2020). Claimed by Arizona off waivers 1/16/20 after being DFA by Baltimore 1/10/20. Claimed by Baltimore off waivers 1/30/20 after being DFA by Arizona 1/27/20. Sent outright to Triple-A by Baltimore 2/11/20. Contract selected by Baltimore 7/23/20.
  • 1 year (2019). Re-signed by Colorado 3/19. Claimed by Baltimore off waivers from Colorado 10/30/19.
  • 1 year/$550,000 (2018). Re-signed by Colorado 3/18.
  • 1 year (2017). Re-signed by Colorado 3/17.
  • 1 year (2016). Contract selected by Colorado 9/6/16.
  • Drafted by Colorado 2013 (9-259) (UCLA). $148,500 signing bonus (slot amount).

2019 Preseason Forecast

Last Update: 1/27/2017 12:35 ET

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BP Chats

DateQuestionAnswer
2019-08-06 12:00:00 (link to chat)Does Colton Welker need a trade to have a successful big league career? or does he find a way to mash for the Rockies?
(lbement from MA)
I still haven't figured out what auguries to use to figure out Rockies prospect playing time. But yeah, he's probably blocked by Pat Valaika or something. (Jeffrey Paternostro)
2018-11-02 13:00:00 (link to chat)Why isn't Josh Fuentes getting any prospect love? He was the PCL MVP and has done nothing but rake since signing as an UDFA. Do you think the Rockies add him to the 40 man this winter, and does he have a shot to make the team as a bench bat?
(terryallan from CO)
He's one of those dudes I hem and haw about role 3 or 4. He grew on me some at Hartford last year, but he's overaged, doesn't walk, doesn't have ideal corner power, is about to be 26 and has played in launching pads. So those are probably the reasons. This is the Rockies though and I like him more than Pat Valaika. (Jeffrey Paternostro)


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