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Taylor Gushue 1BCubs

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2019 Projections (Preseason PECOTA - seasonal age 25)
PA AVG HR R RBI SB DRC+ WARP
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Birth Date12-19-1993
Height6' 1"
Weight233 lbs
Age31 years, 8 months, 20 days
BatsB
ThrowsR
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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
2014 JAM A- NYP 54 233 .242 .307 .341 .272 97 -2 4.9 1.3 87 0 -0.7 -1.9 -7.0 -0.4
2015 WVA A SAL 99 395 .258 .324 .374 .280 98 -10.1 10.9 6.6 74 0 -4.5 -6.3 -17.3 -1.1
2016 BRD A+ FSL 90 359 .249 .315 .353 .260 99 -9.6 10.3 6.2 80 0 -0.5 -2.9 -14.4 -0.1
2017 POT A+ CAR 91 376 .251 .317 .381 .267 100 11.2 10.4 6 110 0 0.6 -2.5 3.6 1.9
2017 HAR AA EAS 4 13 .244 .309 .349 .091 95 -2.7 0.4 0.2 42 0 -0.2 -0.7 -0.7 -0.1
2017 MSS Wnt AFL 13 51 .000 .000 .000 .156 0.0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
2018 HAR AA EAS 97 386 .246 .321 .379 .256 101 -10.8 11.0 5.5 80 0 20.8 -2.6 -6.5 2.9
2018 SYR AAA INT 1 4 .271 .326 .386 .333 91 0 0.1 0.1 80 0 0.0 0.0 -0.1 0.0
2018 GIG Wnt DWL 18 68 .227 .311 .339 .267 99 -5.6 1.0 0.3 99 2 0.0 0.2 1.1 0.3
2019 FRE AAA PCL 74 288 .284 .354 .493 .368 103 4.5 9.9 5.9 104 0 -0.3 -0.7 2.6 1.5

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
2014 JAM A- NYP 233 199 25 48 13 2 5 80 29 27 37 0 1 .241 .336 .402 .161 1
2015 WVA A SAL 395 360 35 83 17 4 5 123 47 25 79 1 2 .231 .288 .342 .111 3 2
2016 BRD A+ FSL 359 328 42 74 17 1 8 117 38 23 69 0 0 .226 .282 .357 .131 3 1
2017 POT A+ CAR 376 323 38 78 9 0 18 141 67 41 88 0 0 .241 .327 .437 .195 8 0
2017 HAR AA EAS 13 12 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 .083 .154 .083 .000 0 0
2017 MSS Wnt AFL 51 49 4 7 0 0 2 13 3 2 15 0 0 .143 .176 .265 .122 0 0
2018 GIG Wnt DWL 68 64 5 13 4 0 1 20 6 3 18 0 0 .203 .250 .313 .109 0 0
2018 SYR AAA INT 4 4 1 1 1 0 0 2 0 0 1 0 0 .250 .250 .500 .250 0 0
2018 HAR AA EAS 386 339 42 72 19 1 10 123 44 37 93 0 1 .212 .293 .363 .150 6 0
2019 FRE AAA PCL 288 263 35 82 19 1 11 136 39 20 63 0 0 .312 .358 .517 .205 4 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

Year Team Salary
2022 WAS $
2021 CHN $

 

Service TimeAgentContract Status
0 y 9 d1 year (2022)

Details
  • 1 year (2022). Signed by Washington as a free agent 2/10/22 (minor-league contract).
  • 1 year (2021). Signed by Chicago Cubs as a free agent 11/16/20 (minor-league contract). Contract selected by Chicago Cubs 6/30/21. DFA by Chicago Cubs 7/5/21. Sent outright to Triple-A 7/8/21.
  • Acquired by Washington in trade from Pittsburgh 9/26/16.
  • Drafted by Pittsburgh 2014 (4-131) (Florida). $388,800 signing bonus (slot amount).

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 384 41 74 17 1 15 47 29 98 0 0 .212 .276 .395 67 4.2 C 13, 1B 0 1.8
80o 364 37 65 15 1 13 42 26 94 0 0 .196 .257 .364 59 -0.8 C 13, 1B 0 1.3
70o 349 34 61 14 1 12 39 24 92 0 0 .191 .250 .353 53 -4.0 C 13, 1B 0 1.0
60o 337 32 56 13 1 11 37 22 90 0 0 .181 .239 .337 48 -6.6 C 13, 1B 0 0.7
50o 325 30 53 12 1 11 35 21 88 0 0 .177 .234 .333 44 -8.8 C 13, 1B 0 0.5
40o 313 28 48 11 0 10 32 19 85 0 0 .166 .220 .307 39 -10.8 C 13, 1B 0 0.2
30o 301 26 44 10 0 9 30 18 83 0 0 .158 .213 .290 34 -12.8 C 13, 1B 0 0.0
20o 286 23 40 9 0 8 27 16 80 0 0 .150 .200 .274 28 -14.9 C 13, 1B 0 -0.2
10o 266 20 34 8 0 7 24 14 76 0 0 .137 .184 .253 20 -17.3 C 13, 1B 0 -0.5
Weighted Mean32930541211135218800.178.235.33345-8.1C 13, 1B 00.5

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BP Chats

DateQuestionAnswer
2017-05-22 23:00:00 (link to chat)Taylor Gushue is leading MiLB with 12 homers after setting a career high with eight all of last season. Is he any sort of prospect? He's hitting the ball in the air a lot more since joining the Nationals org.
(Andrew from DC)		He's a sort of prospect, yeah. Switch-hitting catcher, SEC pedigree noted for game-calling & solid makeup. He's repeating High-A, and report I have suggests the average may be inflated by his intelligence and that context. But the swing's become more leveraged to where he's using his strength to create more power these days, and that may indeed be a legitimate development. Guy who very definitely bears watching after his (gotta be soon, right?) promotion to AA. (Wilson Karaman)


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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
2014 asx .000 0.0 1198 .000 0.0 39 .018 .000 -0.5 -1.1 -0.7
2015 afx .000 0.0 4133 .001 -1.7 108 .021 -.001 -1.4 -4.3 -4.5
2016 afa .000 0.0 0 .000 0.0 96 .045 -.005 -2.3 -2.3 -0.5
2017 aax -.004 -0.1 154 .001 0.0 4 -.001 .001 0.0 0.2 -0.2
2017 afa .000 0.0 0 .000 0.0 76 .002 -.001 0.0 -0.4 0.6
2018 aaa .000 0.0 40 .000 0.0 0 .000 .000 0.0 0.5 0.0
2018 aax .029 22.4 1362 -.001 0.5 71 .045 -.006 -1.8 21.1 20.8
2019 aaa .003 2.5 245 .000 0.0 61 .047 .002 -1.7 0.8 -0.3

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