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Seby Zavala CWhite Sox

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2019 Projections (Preseason PECOTA - seasonal age 25)
PA AVG HR R RBI SB DRC+ WARP
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Birth Date8-28-1993
Height5' 11"
Weight205 lbs
Age30 years, 7 months, 28 days
BatsR
ThrowsR
2015
2016
2017
2018
-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
2019 CHA 25 5 12 1 0 0 0 0 9 0 0 0 .083 .083 .083 52 -0.7 0.0 0.2 0.0
Career512100009000.083.083.08352-0.70.00.20.0

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 WSX Rk AZL 35 147 .253 .330 .354 .384 101 13.1 4.4 -0.3 200 0 -0.4 1.8 6.5 1.2
2016 KAN A SAL 93 404 .254 .319 .379 .341 99 1 10.7 6.5 105 0 -1.3 -1.3 -5.3 1.0
2017 KAN A SAL 52 207 .254 .317 .375 .289 100 8.1 5.8 2.4 133 0 -1.5 0.9 6.9 1.5
2017 WNS A+ CAR 55 228 .249 .324 .380 .373 108 10 6.3 0.9 141 0 0.9 3.0 9.1 2.1
2017 GDD Wnt AFL 13 54 .000 .000 .000 .400 0.0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
2018 BIR AA SOU 56 232 .248 .322 .384 .339 95 11.5 6.6 0.3 133 0 4.0 0.0 8.1 2.0
2018 CHR AAA INT 48 191 .243 .310 .372 .304 103 -8.5 5.6 1.5 81 0 -3.0 -1.2 -3.5 -0.1
2019 CHA MLB AL 5 12 .234 .306 .402 .333 101 -2.4 0.4 0.2 52 10 0.2 0.0 -0.7 0.0
2019 CHR AAA INT 82 331 .267 .341 .449 .282 112 -14.4 11.4 1.6 78 0 6.5 -1.7 -9.2 0.7

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 WSX Rk AZL 147 129 33 42 17 5 4 81 35 15 27 2 0 .326 .401 .628 .302 1 0
2016 KAN A SAL 404 360 40 91 19 3 7 137 49 35 108 1 1 .253 .330 .381 .128 1 1
2017 WNS A+ CAR 228 202 31 61 13 0 8 98 38 24 52 1 0 .302 .376 .485 .183 0 1
2017 GDD Wnt AFL 54 46 7 15 2 0 1 20 7 6 11 0 0 .326 .407 .435 .109 1 0
2017 KAN A SAL 207 185 32 48 8 0 13 95 34 13 52 0 0 .259 .327 .514 .254 1 2
2018 BIR AA SOU 232 199 32 54 7 0 11 94 31 27 65 0 0 .271 .358 .472 .201 4 0
2018 CHR AAA INT 191 181 18 44 15 0 2 65 20 6 44 0 2 .243 .267 .359 .116 3 0
2019 CHR AAA INT 331 297 49 66 14 0 20 140 45 26 116 1 1 .222 .296 .471 .249 2 0
2019 CHA MLB AL 12 12 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 9 0 0 .083 .083 .083 .000 0 0

Plate Discipline

YEAR Pits Zone% Swing% Contact% Z-Swing% O-Swing% Z-Contact% O-Contact% SwStr% CSAA
2019 51 0.5882 0.6275 0.3750 0.7667 0.4286 0.3913 0.3333 0.6250 0.0000
Career510.58820.62750.37500.76670.42860.39130.33330.62500.0000

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
2024 SEA $
2023 CHA $732,000
2019 CHA $
YearsDescriptionSalary
1 yrPrevious$732,000
1 yrTotal$732,000

 

Service TimeAgentContract Status
2 y 45 d1 year/$732,000 (2023)

Details
  • 1 year/$732,000 (2023). Re-signed by Chicago White Sox 3/23. Claimed by Arizona off waivers 9/6/23 after being DFA by Chicago White Sox 9/4/23. Acquired by Seattle in trade from Arizona 11/22/23.
  • 1 year (2022). Re-signed by Chicago White Sox 3/22. Sent outright to Triple-A by Chicago White Sox 4/7/22. Contract selected by Chicago White Sox 6/12/22.
  • 1 year (2021). Re-signed by Chicago White Sox 3/21.
  • 1 year (2020). Re-signed by Chicago White Sox 3/20.
  • 1 year (2019). Contract selected by Chicago White Sox 11/20/18. Re-signed by Chicago White Sox 3/19.
  • Drafted by Chicago White Sox 2015 (12-352) (San Diego State). $100,000 signing bonus.

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 137 16 33 8 0 5 18 9 37 0 0 .262 .314 .444 96 5.4 C -1, 1B 0 0.4
80o 115 12 26 6 0 4 14 7 32 0 0 .245 .296 .415 88 2.9 C -1, 1B 0 0.2
70o 99 10 21 5 0 3 12 6 28 0 0 .231 .283 .385 81 1.4 C -1, 1B 0 0.0
60o 85 9 18 4 0 3 10 5 24 0 0 .228 .279 .392 76 0.5 C -1, 1B 0 -0.1
50o 72 7 14 3 0 2 8 4 21 0 0 .209 .254 .343 71 -0.2 C -1, 1B 0 -0.2
40o 59 6 12 3 0 2 6 3 17 0 0 .218 .259 .382 65 -0.7 C -1, 1B 0 -0.2
30o 45 4 8 2 0 1 5 2 13 0 0 .190 .227 .310 60 -0.9 C -1, 1B 0 -0.2
20o 29 3 5 1 0 1 3 1 9 0 0 .185 .214 .333 54 -0.9 C -1, 1B 0 -0.2
10o 7 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 .143 .143 .143 45 -0.3 C -1, 1B 0 -0.2
Weighted Mean78816402942200.219.269.356730.1C -1, 1B 0-0.1

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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
2016 afx .000 0.0 0 .000 0.0 97 -.003 -.001 0.2 2.9 -1.3
2017 afa .000 0.0 0 .000 0.0 45 .008 -.002 -0.2 0.0 0.9
2017 afx .000 0.0 0 .000 0.0 46 .039 .003 -1.1 -1.1 -1.5
2018 aax .010 3.3 927 .000 0.1 28 -.023 .001 0.4 4.0 4.0
2018 aaa -.007 -2.6 37 .001 0.0 25 .009 .003 -0.1 -2.3 -3.0
2019 aaa .009 5.4 300 .001 -0.1 42 -.017 .001 0.4 5.6 6.5
2019 mlb .004 0.1 67 -.005 0.1 2 .010 .000 0.0 0.2 0.2

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