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2019 Projections (Preseason PECOTA - seasonal age 23)
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Birth Date12-14-1995
Height6' 1"
Weight180 lbs
Age28 years, 4 months, 9 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
2017 VER A- NYP 31 140 .237 .308 .326 .365 98 9.1 3.9 1.5 162 0 0.4 4.1 7.1 1.8
2018 VER A- NYP 5 19 .250 .339 .413 .615 98 4.2 0.5 0.2 218 0 0.1 -0.8 1.8 0.2
2018 STO A+ CAL 62 290 .258 .329 .404 .353 97 -3.7 8.2 3.4 86 0 -5.3 1.3 -3.6 0.4
2018 ATH Rk AZL 4 11 .254 .360 .374 .667 100 3.1 0.3 0 210 0 0.0 -0.2 1.2 0.1
2019 MID AA TEX 82 318 .244 .321 .379 .307 104 -2.2 8.5 3.8 79 0 -6.5 1.3 -8.0 -0.1
2019 NWA AA TEX 42 176 .241 .314 .374 .305 99 -4.9 4.6 1.6 75 0 -1.9 -0.2 -9.6 -0.6

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
2017 VER A- NYP 140 125 27 40 5 1 2 53 9 9 22 10 3 .320 .362 .424 .104 3 2
2018 VER A- NYP 19 16 4 8 0 1 0 10 0 3 3 0 0 .500 .579 .625 .125 0 0
2018 ATH Rk AZL 11 10 3 6 0 2 0 10 1 1 1 2 1 .600 .636 1.000 .400 0 0
2018 STO A+ CAL 290 270 38 72 10 3 0 88 24 15 66 5 4 .267 .308 .326 .059 0 4
2019 MID AA TEX 318 289 37 71 13 4 2 98 34 18 67 13 4 .246 .292 .339 .093 5 3
2019 NWA AA TEX 176 166 14 39 5 4 0 52 13 9 38 9 2 .235 .278 .313 .078 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Injury History  —  No longer being updated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

Compensation

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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 396 40 99 9 1 10 41 11 99 4 2 .261 .280 .368 68 2.3 SS -2, 2B 0 0.0
80o 372 35 87 8 1 8 36 10 95 4 2 .244 .263 .339 59 -3.7 SS -2, 2B 0 -0.6
70o 354 32 79 7 1 8 33 9 93 3 2 .232 .251 .329 52 -7.6 SS -2, 2B 0 -1.0
60o 339 29 72 7 1 7 31 8 90 3 2 .221 .238 .313 46 -10.6 SS -2, 2B 0 -1.3
50o 325 27 66 6 1 6 28 7 88 3 2 .211 .227 .294 40 -13.1 SS -2, 2B 0 -1.6
40o 311 25 61 6 1 6 26 7 85 2 1 .203 .220 .290 34 -15.3 SS -2, 2B 0 -1.8
30o 296 22 54 5 1 5 24 6 82 2 1 .189 .204 .266 28 -17.5 SS -2, 2B 0 -2.1
20o 278 20 49 5 1 5 21 5 79 2 1 .182 .196 .264 21 -19.6 SS -2, 2B 0 -2.3
10o 254 17 40 4 1 4 18 4 73 2 1 .163 .175 .236 12 -21.9 SS -2, 2B 0 -2.5
Weighted Mean33128696172988932.217.235.30842-12.1SS -2, 2B 0-1.5

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