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Portrait of A.J. Kennedy

A.J. Kennedy CPadres

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2019 Projections (Preseason PECOTA - seasonal age 25)
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Birth Date1-23-1994
Height6' 0"
Weight190 lbs
Age30 years, 3 months, 0 days
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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
2015 TRI A- NWL 24 100 .248 .327 .355 .329 103 0.2 2.8 1.7 99 0 -2.0 -0.8 -3.0 -0.1
2016 FTW A MID 16 48 .246 .319 .355 .294 98 -1.5 1.3 0.8 93 0 0.0 -0.2 -1.0 0.1
2016 LEL A+ CAL 52 202 .275 .337 .428 .304 93 -7.6 5.8 3.5 45 0 2.3 0.5 -15.0 -0.3
2016 SAN AA TEX 10 36 .248 .316 .374 .250 86 -2.8 1.0 0.6 49 0 -0.5 -0.2 -2.5 -0.2
2017 FTW A MID 42 149 .253 .323 .392 .200 105 -15.9 4.2 2.5 9 0 1.2 -1.2 -14.3 -0.8
2017 SAN AA TEX 27 111 .263 .334 .409 .078 92 -16.9 3.0 1.8 -48 0 2.3 0.1 -14.3 -0.8
2018 TRI A- NWL 2 4 .225 .326 .378 .250 91 -0.3 0.1 0.1 90 0 0.0 -0.1 0.0 0.0
2018 LEL A+ CAL 21 78 .266 .339 .430 .280 103 -5.7 2.2 0.2 47 0 0.6 -0.2 -4.0 -0.1
2018 ELP AAA PCL 20 47 .268 .348 .414 .222 109 -6.2 1.4 0.7 15 0 0.7 0.2 -4.7 -0.2
2019 LEL A+ CAL 2 7 .210 .296 .307 .200 94 -1 0.2 0.1 41 0 0.0 0.0 -0.3 0.0
2019 AMA AA TEX 19 67 .239 .312 .358 .235 110 -4.2 1.8 1.1 26 0 3.1 0.7 -4.2 0.3
2019 ELP AAA PCL 9 34 .289 .356 .497 .125 111 -3.7 1.2 0.7 43 0 -1.6 -0.1 -2.5 -0.2

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
2015 TRI A- NWL 100 87 12 24 6 0 0 30 16 7 16 0 1 .276 .337 .345 .069 2 2
2016 SAN AA TEX 36 31 0 5 0 0 0 5 2 4 12 0 2 .161 .250 .161 .000 1 0
2016 LEL A+ CAL 202 186 27 42 11 0 1 56 17 10 52 0 2 .226 .274 .301 .075 2 1
2016 FTW A MID 48 43 5 10 3 0 0 13 2 4 9 0 2 .233 .298 .302 .070 0 1
2017 SAN AA TEX 111 101 4 7 1 0 2 14 8 5 36 1 0 .069 .136 .139 .069 1 1
2017 FTW A MID 149 138 11 19 4 0 2 29 11 5 52 1 0 .138 .189 .210 .072 1 1
2018 ELP AAA PCL 47 46 3 7 3 0 1 13 3 0 19 0 0 .152 .149 .283 .130 1 0
2018 TRI A- NWL 4 4 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 .250 .250 .250 .000 0 0
2018 LEL A+ CAL 78 73 7 15 4 0 1 22 8 4 22 0 0 .205 .256 .301 .096 0 0
2019 ELP AAA PCL 34 33 5 5 1 0 3 15 5 1 14 0 0 .152 .176 .455 .303 0 0
2019 AMA AA TEX 67 61 4 10 3 0 2 19 6 5 25 0 0 .164 .227 .311 .148 0 1
2019 LEL A+ CAL 7 7 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 0 0 .143 .143 .143 .000 0 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

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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 386 34 65 12 1 11 39 17 124 1 1 .181 .227 .311 37 -8.9 C -1 -1.0
80o 365 31 57 10 1 10 35 15 120 1 1 .167 .209 .289 29 -13.4 C -1 -1.5
70o 350 28 52 9 1 9 32 14 117 1 1 .159 .201 .274 23 -16.2 C -1 -1.8
60o 337 26 48 9 1 8 30 13 114 1 1 .151 .191 .262 18 -18.4 C -1 -2.1
50o 325 24 45 8 1 8 28 12 111 1 1 .147 .186 .258 13 -20.3 C -1 -2.3
40o 313 22 41 7 1 7 26 11 108 1 1 .139 .176 .240 8 -22.0 C -1 -2.5
30o 300 20 37 7 1 6 24 10 105 1 1 .130 .167 .225 3 -23.6 C -1 -2.6
20o 285 18 34 6 1 6 22 9 101 1 0 .125 .158 .221 -3 -25.2 C -1 -2.8
10o 264 15 28 5 1 5 19 7 95 0 0 .111 .141 .198 -11 -26.9 C -1 -3.0
Weighted Mean3292546818291211211.148.187.25815-19.7C -1-2.2

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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 asx .000 0.0 1103 .003 -0.9 37 .034 .004 -0.8 -2.1 -2.0
2016 afa .000 0.0 0 .000 0.0 73 -.027 .003 1.2 0.5 2.3
2016 afx .000 0.0 0 .000 0.0 20 .003 -.001 0.0 0.4 0.0
2016 aax .002 0.3 0 .000 0.0 14 .005 .008 0.0 0.8 -0.5
2017 afx .000 0.0 0 .000 0.0 48 -.031 .008 0.9 1.3 1.2
2017 aax .008 2.6 1210 .002 -0.7 36 -.008 .011 0.2 2.7 2.3
2018 afa .000 0.0 0 .000 0.0 8 -.021 .004 0.1 -0.1 0.6
2018 aaa .007 1.0 146 .002 -0.1 9 .023 -.001 -0.1 0.7 0.7
2019 aaa -.013 -1.3 88 .000 0.0 5 .028 .000 -0.1 -1.5 -1.6
2019 afa .000 0.0 0 .000 0.0 1 .005 -.001 0.0 0.0 0.0
2019 aax .016 2.9 9 .000 0.0 18 .005 .000 -0.1 2.9 3.1

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