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Portrait of JC Encarnacion

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Birth Date1-17-1998
Height6' 3"
Weight195 lbs
Age26 years, 3 months, 18 days
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-2.82019
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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
2016 DBR Rk DSL 37 156 .243 .328 .326 .336 119 -1.3 4.6 1 100 0 -2.0 1.4 -2.4 0.3
2017 BRA Rk GCL 27 107 .248 .314 .347 .430 101 8.1 3.4 -0.7 149 0 -0.9 0.3 4.3 0.6
2017 DNV Rk APP 23 98 .256 .333 .391 .361 90 1.9 3.1 0.4 105 0 4.1 0.9 0.6 0.9
2018 DEL A SAL 26 104 .251 .315 .372 .308 87 -2.6 2.9 0.1 107 0 2.0 2.2 3.1 1.1
2018 ROM A SAL 97 379 .253 .317 .393 .370 98 13.3 10.6 1.1 105 0 5.0 -0.2 2.4 2.0
2019 DEL A SAL 120 485 .242 .318 .373 .333 94 -3.1 13.4 -1 83 0 5.4 -1.2 -7.9 0.9

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
2016 DBR Rk DSL 156 140 19 37 3 3 0 46 16 11 30 4 0 .264 .340 .329 .064 0 0
2017 BRA Rk GCL 107 103 16 36 8 4 2 58 16 4 22 4 2 .350 .374 .563 .214 0 0
2017 DNV Rk APP 98 93 14 27 3 0 1 33 6 3 21 3 5 .290 .316 .355 .065 1 0
2018 ROM A SAL 379 361 45 104 23 5 10 167 57 13 100 5 5 .288 .314 .463 .175 3 0
2018 DEL A SAL 104 101 10 22 4 2 2 36 7 3 34 0 0 .218 .240 .356 .139 0 0
2019 DEL A SAL 485 450 53 108 19 3 9 160 50 28 145 12 3 .240 .293 .356 .116 1 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Injury History  —  No longer being updated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

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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 389 33 81 7 0 11 40 3 121 1 0 .211 .216 .316 31 -20.2 3B 4 -1.7
80o 367 29 71 6 0 10 35 3 116 0 0 .197 .202 .296 23 -24.2 3B 4 -2.2
70o 351 26 64 5 0 9 33 2 113 0 0 .185 .189 .277 16 -26.8 3B 4 -2.5
60o 338 24 59 5 0 8 30 2 110 0 0 .177 .181 .264 11 -28.7 3B 4 -2.7
50o 325 22 54 4 0 8 28 2 107 0 0 .169 .173 .256 6 -30.2 3B 3 -2.9
40o 312 20 49 4 0 7 26 2 104 0 0 .159 .163 .240 1 -31.6 3B 3 -3.0
30o 299 19 45 4 0 6 24 2 100 0 0 .153 .157 .227 -4 -32.9 3B 3 -3.2
20o 283 17 40 3 0 6 22 1 96 0 0 .143 .145 .219 -11 -34.0 3B 3 -3.3
10o 261 14 33 3 0 5 19 1 91 0 0 .128 .130 .198 -19 -35.1 3B 3 -3.4
Weighted Mean330235650829210800.172.176.2628-29.73B 4-2.8

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BP Chats

DateQuestionAnswer
2019-11-04 13:00:00 (link to chat)Thanks for the chat. I always appreciate these. What are scouts saying about JC Encarnacion? His stat line seems to have gone significantly backwards despite spending all year repeating the SALL.
(Ben from Ca)
The short answer here is the bat never developed once he got to full season ball. It happens. (Baltimore Orioles Top 10 Chat)
2018-07-10 20:00:00 (link to chat)Jean Carlos Encarnacion..... Braves Twitter supposes he will be HoF.... In reality how is he for future?
(Bork from Bork)
Couple of JCE questions in the queue. I think we need to see him make an adjustment at the plate if he really wants to maximize his loud tools. Right now he's a free swinger (sub-5 BB% type of guy) but because of his raw strength he can just muscle balls to his liking. He'll get exposed in High-A at this rate, I think. But if he turns that corner, we're looking at a fast riser. (Eddy Almaguer)
2018-07-16 19:00:00 (link to chat)In his chat, Eddy Almaguer poured some cold water on Jean Carlos Encarnacion, saying his current approach would hold him back once he hits High-A. What's your assessment of JCE?
(Potato Man from Spud, Oregon)
Couple JCE questions. Still very raw, still wild free swinger. He's keeping his head above water and there's a lot of upside. Believe David Lee labeled him as inconsistent fairly recently, and David is the king of Braves low level guys. (Jarrett Seidler)
2018-07-16 19:00:00 (link to chat)Any fresh reports on Will Benson, Mark Vientos,or Jean Carlos Encarnacion?
(Jimminy from Cricket Land)
Think we've covered JCE. The most recent report I heard on Vientos is that nobody has any idea what he's doing at Kingsport, but Jeffrey is heading down there in a few weeks so we should have a fuller coverage soon. Nathan Graham has a lot of our Midwest League coverage this year and noted for will Benson a very impressive batting practice and a lot of concern over his hit tool recently. (Jarrett Seidler)
2018-05-25 12:15:00 (link to chat)Jean Carlos Encarnacion has to be one of the most underrated prospects in baseball, right? He's showing some strong tools without the hype of a few dozen other Braves minors.
(Steve from ATL)
He's a name I bandied about in the offseason as a potential riser type. I don't think the performance has proven me right, exactly, but it hasn't proven me wrong either. He's been fine, and at 20 and in Low-A, what he's doing is entirely reasonable. He's still got the tools to make some noise this season. (Craig Goldstein)


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