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Portrait of Cesar Salazar

Cesar Salazar CAstros

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2019 Projections (Preseason PECOTA - seasonal age 23)
PA AVG HR R RBI SB DRC+ WARP
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Birth Date3-15-1996
Height5' 9"
Weight185 lbs
Age28 years, 1 months, 10 days
BatsL
ThrowsR
2015
2016
2017
2018
-2.52019
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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
2018 QUD A MID 14 50 .242 .321 .360 .179 102 0.1 1.4 0.4 84 0 0.2 -0.8 -0.8 0.0
2018 TCV A- NYP 22 81 .239 .315 .347 .259 95 -3 2.3 0.5 82 0 -0.5 -0.3 -1.2 0.1
2018 HER Wnt LMP 3 8 .000 .000 .000 .000 100 0.8 1.0 0.6 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
2019 QUD A MID 71 279 .238 .321 .351 .295 100 2.6 7.6 2.3 115 0 1.3 -1.2 4.1 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
2018 TCV A- NYP 81 73 5 15 6 0 0 21 10 4 15 1 1 .205 .284 .288 .082 0 0
2018 QUD A MID 50 44 5 8 0 0 3 17 7 4 13 0 0 .182 .280 .386 .205 0 0
2018 HER Wnt LMP 8 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 0 0 .000 .125 .000 .000 0 0
2019 QUD A MID 279 248 28 65 16 1 3 92 39 17 41 5 3 .262 .323 .371 .109 6 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Injury History  —  No longer being updated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
2023 HOU $720,000
YearsDescriptionSalary
1 yrPrevious$720,000
1 yrTotal$720,000

 

Service TimeAgentContract Status
0 y 0 d1 year/$720,000 (2023)

Details
  • 1 year/$720,000 (2023). Contract selected by Houston 3/28/23.
  • Drafted by Houston 2018 (7-222) (Arizona). $160,000 signing bonus ($187,000 slot).

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 405 38 68 12 0 16 46 13 114 1 0 .178 .213 .334 39 -9.8 C 1, 1B 0 -1.0
80o 377 33 58 10 0 14 40 11 109 1 0 .162 .195 .307 28 -15.8 C 1, 1B 0 -1.6
70o 358 30 51 9 0 12 36 10 105 1 0 .150 .182 .282 20 -19.5 C 1, 1B 0 -2.0
60o 341 27 46 8 0 11 33 9 101 1 0 .142 .171 .268 13 -22.3 C 1, 1B 0 -2.3
50o 325 24 41 7 0 10 30 8 97 1 0 .132 .160 .251 7 -24.6 C 0, 1B 0 -2.6
40o 309 22 38 7 0 9 27 7 94 1 0 .128 .156 .243 1 -26.6 C 0, 1B 0 -2.8
30o 292 19 33 6 0 8 24 6 90 0 0 .117 .141 .224 -6 -28.3 C 0, 1B 0 -3.0
20o 273 16 28 5 0 7 21 5 85 0 0 .106 .129 .205 -14 -29.9 C 0, 1B 0 -3.1
10o 245 13 22 4 0 5 17 4 78 0 0 .093 .114 .173 -25 -31.2 C 0, 1B 0 -3.3
Weighted Mean332254480103189910.139.167.25910-23.6C 1, 1B 0-2.5

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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
2018 afx .000 0.0 0 .000 0.0 8 .008 -.002 0.0 0.0 0.2
2019 afx .000 0.0 0 .000 0.0 55 -.029 -.002 1.1 0.9 1.3

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