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Miguel Montero CNationals

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Birth Date	7-9-1983
Height	5' 11"
Weight	221 lbs

Age	41 years, 10 months, 24 days
Bats	L
Throws	R

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: 1.92016
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MLB Statistics

YEAR	TEAM	AGE	G	PA	H	2B	3B	HR	BB	SO	HBP	SB	CS	AVG	OBP	SLG	DRC+	DRAA	BRR	FRAA	BWARP
2006	ARI	22	6	17	4	1	0	0	1	3	0	0	0	.250	.294	.313	74	-0.5	0.1	0.5	0.1
2007	ARI	23	84	244	48	7	0	10	20	35	3	0	0	.224	.292	.397	95	-0.5	-3.6	1.0	0.8
2008	ARI	24	70	207	47	16	1	5	19	49	2	0	0	.255	.330	.435	92	-1.4	-0.3	0.2	0.8
2009	ARI	25	128	470	125	30	0	16	38	78	3	1	2	.294	.355	.478	108	5.9	-0.6	14.7	4.1
2010	ARI	26	85	331	79	20	2	9	29	71	2	0	1	.266	.332	.438	103	1.6	-2.8	10.2	2.4
2011	ARI	27	140	553	139	36	1	18	47	97	8	1	1	.282	.351	.469	119	12.3	-2.0	14.4	5.2
2012	ARI	28	141	573	139	25	2	15	73	130	12	0	0	.286	.391	.438	120	13.4	-5.9	21.2	5.7
2013	ARI	29	116	475	95	14	0	11	51	110	5	0	0	.230	.318	.344	88	-5.7	-2.0	3.7	1.7
2014	ARI	30	136	560	119	23	0	13	56	97	9	0	4	.243	.329	.370	96	-2.5	-4.6	15.1	3.4
2015	CHN	31	113	403	86	11	0	15	49	103	4	1	1	.248	.345	.409	109	5.7	-1.1	16.4	4.1
2016	CHN	32	86	284	52	8	1	8	38	58	3	1	0	.216	.327	.357	90	-2.9	-1.7	10.1	1.9
2017	CHN	33	44	112	28	3	0	4	11	24	2	1	0	.286	.366	.439	88	-1.3	-0.2	0.6	0.4
2017	TOR	33	32	101	12	3	0	2	12	23	1	0	0	.138	.248	.241	89	-1.1	-0.3	0.0	0.3
2018	WAS	34	4	13	0	0	0	0	2	3	0	0	0	.000	.154	.000	79	-0.3	-0.1	0.4	0.1
Career			1185	4343	973	197	7	126	446	881	54	5	9	.256	.340	.411	103	22.9	-25.0	108.6	31.0

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
2002	MSO	Rk	PIO	50	176	.000	.000	.000	.298			0.0		0	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
2003	MSO	Rk	PIO	59	216	.000	.000	.000	.311			0.0		0	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
2004	SBN	A	MDW	115	449	.000	.000	.000	.299			0.0		0	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
2005	LNC	A+	CLF	85	399	.000	.000	.000	.356			0.0		0	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
2005	TEN	AA	SOU	30	120	.249	.319	.371	.309	102	1	2.1	1.2	83	0	-1.1	1.6	-1.0	0.3
2006	ARI	MLB	NL	6	17	.251	.310	.400	.308	97	-0.7	0.5	0.3	74	11	0.5	0.1	-0.5	0.1
2006	TEN	AA	SOU	81	337	.256	.326	.376	.289	109	6.4	6.7	3.5	161	0	-2.5	-0.2	3.8	1.2
2006	TUC	AAA	PCL	36	154	.273	.342	.414	.340	100	7.2	4.3	1.7	140	0	0.6	-0.6	7.8	1.4
2007	ARI	MLB	NL	84	244	.259	.325	.404	.217	104	-4.9	7.2	4	95	15	1.0	-3.6	-0.5	0.8
2008	ARI	MLB	NL	70	207	.253	.324	.396	.321	98	1.4	6.0	3.2	92	16	0.2	-0.3	-1.4	0.8
2008	TUC	AAA	PCL	11	38	.274	.348	.456	.286	107	-0.1	1.1	0.5	112	0	1.9	-2.1	0.2	0.1
2009	ARI	MLB	NL	128	470	.255	.324	.400	.327	99	15	13.5	7.5	108	12	14.7	-0.6	5.9	4.1
2010	ARI	MLB	NL	85	331	.242	.310	.376	.318	96	0.8	9.1	5.1	103	11	10.2	-2.8	1.6	2.4
2010	RNO	AAA	PCL	4	17	.273	.348	.428	.333	115	-1.1	0.5	0.2	100	0	0.2	0.2	0.1	0.1
2011	ARI	MLB	NL	140	553	.250	.314	.389	.317	98	13	14.9	8.9	119	10	14.4	-2.0	12.3	5.2
2012	ARI	MLB	NL	141	573	.253	.318	.398	.362	102	20	15.7	9.5	120	10	21.2	-5.9	13.4	5.7
2013	ARI	MLB	NL	116	475	.251	.313	.392	.282	102	-9	12.5	7.5	88	10	3.7	-2.0	-5.7	1.7
2013	VEN	int	WBC	3	9	.000	.000	.000	.400			0.0		0	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
2013	DIA	Rk	AZL	6	23	.264	.338	.391	.333	98	1.6	0.7	0.2	150	0	-0.1	-0.2	0.2	0.1
2014	ARI	MLB	NL	136	560	.250	.311	.386	.275	105	-1	14.4	8.4	96	7	15.1	-4.6	-2.5	3.4
2015	CHN	MLB	NL	113	403	.254	.315	.400	.306	93	10.2	10.9	6.2	109	10	16.4	-1.1	5.7	4.1
2015	TEN	AA	SOU	4	16	.265	.336	.391	.167	99	-1	0.4	0	54	0	0.0	0.0	-1.0	-0.1
2016	CHN	MLB	NL	86	284	.258	.326	.420	.249	91	-0.6	8.0	4.6	90	10	10.1	-1.7	-2.9	1.9
2016	IOW	AAA	PCL	3	10	.254	.323	.371	.286	89	-1.3	0.3	0	51	0	-0.1	-0.1	-0.6	-0.1
2017	CHN	MLB	NL	44	112	.261	.328	.440	.338	98	3.1	3.3	1.7	88	11	0.6	-0.2	-1.3	0.4
2017	TOR	MLB	AL	32	101	.251	.314	.420	.159	104	-7.9	3.0	1.5	89	10	0.0	-0.3	-1.1	0.3
2017	BUF	AAA	INT	1	3	.248	.315	.400	.000	90	-0.9	0.1	0.1	61	0	0.0	0.0	-0.1	0.0
2018	WAS	MLB	NL	4	13	.232	.310	.356	.000	99	-2.3	0.4	0.2	79	9	0.4	-0.1	-0.3	0.1

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
2002	MSO	Rk	PIO	176	152	21	40	10	1	3	61	14	17	26	2	1	.263	.347	.401	.138	1	1
2003	MSO	Rk	PIO	216	196	24	59	10	2	4	85	32	9	15	2	3	.301	.357	.434	.133	0	0
2004	SBN	A	MDW	449	403	47	106	22	2	11	165	59	36	74	8	2	.263	.333	.409	.146	0	0
2005	TEN	AA	SOU	120	108	13	27	1	2	2	38	13	7	26	1	0	.250	.311	.352	.102	1	1
2005	LNC	A+	CLF	399	355	73	124	24	1	24	222	82	26	52	1	2	.349	.407	.625	.276	2	2
2006	TUC	AAA	PCL	154	134	21	43	5	0	7	69	29	14	21	1	1	.321	.401	.515	.194	0	0
2006	ARI	MLB	NL	17	16	0	4	1	0	0	5	3	1	3	0	0	.250	.294	.313	.063	0	0
2006	TEN	AA	SOU	337	289	24	78	18	0	10	126	46	39	44	0	3	.270	.366	.436	.166	0	0
2007	ARI	MLB	NL	244	214	30	48	7	0	10	85	37	20	35	0	0	.224	.292	.397	.173	6	1
2008	ARI	MLB	NL	207	184	24	47	16	1	5	80	18	19	49	0	0	.255	.330	.435	.179	1	1
2008	TUC	AAA	PCL	38	32	3	9	2	0	1	14	5	5	3	0	0	.281	.395	.438	.156	0	0
2009	ARI	MLB	NL	470	425	61	125	30	0	16	203	59	38	78	1	2	.294	.355	.478	.184	2	2
2010	ARI	MLB	NL	331	297	36	79	20	2	9	130	43	29	71	0	1	.266	.332	.438	.172	3	0
2010	RNO	AAA	PCL	17	15	1	5	0	0	0	5	2	1	0	0	0	.333	.412	.333	.000	0	0
2011	ARI	MLB	NL	553	493	65	139	36	1	18	231	86	47	97	1	1	.282	.351	.469	.187	4	1
2012	ARI	MLB	NL	573	486	65	139	25	2	15	213	88	73	130	0	0	.286	.391	.438	.152	2	0
2013	VEN	int	WBC	9	7	0	2	1	0	0	3	1	1	2	0	0	.286	.444	.429	.143	0	0
2013	ARI	MLB	NL	475	413	44	95	14	0	11	142	42	51	110	0	0	.230	.318	.344	.114	6	0
2013	DIA	Rk	AZL	23	19	2	5	2	0	0	7	4	4	4	0	0	.263	.391	.368	.105	0	0
2014	ARI	MLB	NL	560	489	40	119	23	0	13	181	72	56	97	0	4	.243	.329	.370	.127	6
2015	TEN	AA	SOU	16	16	1	3	0	0	1	6	4	0	3	0	0	.188	.188	.375	.188	0	0
2015	CHN	MLB	NL	403	347	36	86	11	0	15	142	53	49	103	1	1	.248	.345	.409	.161	3	0
2016	IOW	AAA	PCL	10	10	0	2	0	0	0	2	2	0	3	0	0	.200	.200	.200	.000	0	0
2016	CHN	MLB	NL	284	241	33	52	8	1	8	86	33	38	58	1	0	.216	.327	.357	.141	2	0
2017	CHN	MLB	NL	112	98	12	28	3	0	4	43	8	11	24	1	0	.286	.366	.439	.153	1	0
2017	TOR	MLB	AL	101	87	12	12	3	0	2	21	8	12	23	0	0	.138	.248	.241	.103	1	0
2017	BUF	AAA	INT	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0
2018	WAS	MLB	NL	13	11	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	3	0	0	.000	.154	.000	.000	0	0

Plate Discipline

YEAR	Pits	Zone%	Swing%	Contact%	Z-Swing%	O-Swing%	Z-Contact%	O-Contact%	SwStr%	CSAA
2008	814	0.4840	0.5025	0.7751	0.7030	0.3143	0.7870	0.7500	0.2249	0.0033
2009	1725	0.4794	0.5055	0.8028	0.6844	0.3408	0.8481	0.7190	0.1972	-0.0034
2010	1318	0.4894	0.4734	0.7596	0.6620	0.2927	0.7986	0.6751	0.2404	-0.0092
2011	2017	0.4641	0.5121	0.7706	0.7073	0.3432	0.8384	0.6496	0.2294	-0.0030
2012	2270	0.4767	0.4696	0.7261	0.6821	0.2761	0.7832	0.5976	0.2739	-0.0081
2013	1917	0.4747	0.4862	0.7124	0.6967	0.2959	0.7744	0.5805	0.2876	-0.0155
2014	2083	0.4796	0.4887	0.7780	0.6737	0.3183	0.8455	0.6464	0.2220	-0.0134
2015	1618	0.4326	0.4913	0.6868	0.6771	0.3497	0.7532	0.5888	0.3132	0.0006
2016	1116	0.4722	0.4991	0.7504	0.7230	0.2988	0.7743	0.6989	0.2496	0.0000
2017	862	0.4907	0.4652	0.7756	0.6123	0.3235	0.8378	0.6620	0.2244	0.0000
2018	31	0.5161	0.5161	0.7500	0.5625	0.4667	1.0000	0.4286	0.2500	0.0000
Career	15771	0.4730	0.4897	0.7511	0.6840	0.3152	0.8057	0.6457	0.2489	-0.0061

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
2013-10-06	2013-10-06	Off	0	0	Left	Fingers	Surgery	Infection Index Finger	2013-10-06	-
2013-07-29	2013-08-26	15-DL	28	24	-	Low Back	Strain		-	-
2013-07-23	2013-07-27	DTD	4	4	-	Low Back	Strain		-	-
2013-02-25	2013-02-27	Camp	2	0	Left	Thumb	Infection	Sliver	-	-
2012-05-22	2012-05-28	DTD	6	5	-	Groin	Strain		-	-
2011-04-17	2011-04-17	DTD	0	0	-	Groin	Contusion	Foul Ball	-	-
2010-04-11	2010-06-12	15-DL	62	57	Right	Knee	Surgery	Meniscus	2010-04-15
2009-02-16	2009-02-19	Camp	3	0	Right	Knee	Inflammation		-
2008-03-23	2008-04-23	15-DL	31	20	Right	Fingers	Recovery From Fracture	Index Finger	-
2008-03-11	2008-03-23	Camp	12	0	Right	Fingers	Fracture	Index Finger	-
2005-08-19	2005-09-04	Minors	16	16	Right	Abdomen	Strain	Oblique	-
2004-08-29	2004-09-05	Minors	7	0	Left	Shoulder	Contusion	Clavicle	-	-

Compensation

Year	Team	Salary
2007	ARI	$380,000
2008	ARI	$400,500
2009	ARI	$425,000
2010	ARI	$2,000,000
2011	ARI	$3,200,000
2012	ARI	$5,900,000
2013	ARI	$10,000,000
2014	ARI	$10,000,000
2015	CHN	$12,000,000
2016	CHN	$14,000,000
2017	CHN	$14,000,000
2018	WAS	$1,300,000

Years	Description	Salary
12 yr	Previous	$73,605,500
12 yr	Total	$73,605,500

Service Time	Agent	Contract Status
11 y 47 d	Rep 1 Baseball	1 year/$1.3M (2018)

Details

1 year (2018). Signed by Washington as a free agent 2/1/18 (minor-league contract). Salary of $1.3M in majors. May earn additional $1.7M in performance bonuses. Contract selected by Washington 3/28/18. DFA by Washington 4/11/18. Retired 12/18.
5 years/$60M (2013-17). Signed extension with Arizona 5/26/12. 13:$10M, 14:$10M, 15:$12M, 16:$14M, 17:$14M. Acquired by Chicago Cubs in trade from Arizona 12/9/14. Acquired by Toronto in trade 7/3/17 after being DFA by Chicago Cubs 6/28/17, with Cubs paying most of $6,885,245 remaining on contract.
1 year/$5.9M (2012). Re-signed by Arizona 1/26/11 (avoided arbitration, $6.8M-$5.4M).
1 year/$3.2M (2011). Re-signed by Arizona 1/26/11 (avoided arbitration, $3.4M-$2.8M).
1 year/$2M (2010). Re-signed 1/15/10 (avoided arbitration).
1 year/$0.425M (2009). Re-signed 3/09.
1 year/$0.4005M (2008). Re-signed 3/9/08.
1 year/$0.38M (2007).
1 year (2006). Contract purchased 11/05. Re-signed 3/06.
Signed 2001 as an amateur free agent from Venezuela.

2019 Preseason Forecast

Last Update: 1/27/2017 12:35 ET

PCT	PA	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	SB	AVG	OBP	SLG	DRC+	VORP	FRAA	WARP
90^o	381	47	92	18	2	11	46	46	78	1	.280	.374	.447	115	28.5	C 11, 1B 0	4.2
80^o	362	43	82	16	1	10	42	41	76	1	.261	.352	.414	108	22.5	C 11, 1B 0	3.5
70^o	348	40	76	15	1	9	39	39	74	1	.251	.342	.396	102	18.5	C 11, 1B 0	3.1
60^o	336	38	72	14	1	9	37	36	73	1	.245	.333	.391	97	15.3	C 11, 1B 0	2.8
50^o	325	36	67	13	1	8	35	34	71	1	.235	.321	.372	93	12.4	C 11, 1B 0	2.5
40^o	314	33	63	12	1	8	33	32	70	1	.228	.313	.366	88	9.8	C 11, 1B 0	2.2
30^o	302	31	60	12	1	7	30	30	68	1	.225	.308	.356	84	7.0	C 11, 1B 0	1.9
20^o	288	29	54	11	1	6	28	27	66	1	.211	.292	.332	78	4.1	C 11, 1B 0	1.6
10^o	269	25	48	9	1	6	25	24	63	1	.200	.276	.321	70	0.5	C 11, 1B 0	1.2
Weighted Mean	329	36	69	14	1	8	35	35	72	1	.240	.328	.378	94	13.3	C 11, 1B 0	2.6

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2011-01-18 13:00:00 (link to chat)	Thoughts on Miguel Montero? He had a huge 2009 second half: 254 PA, .316/.366/.534 (on a .358 BABIP) and 11 Bombs. I thought he could be roughly equal to Brian McCann in 2010 but had the knee injury in the first week. What do you think happens to him in 2011? (Tom from New York)	I like Montero, but not more than McCann or even as much. I think he'll be a pretty good pickup, but some people may overrate him, which makes him kind of dangerous to chase. (Marc Normandin)
2010-06-10 13:00:00 (link to chat)	What can we expect out of Miguel Montero when he gets back? (Phyllis from Irvine, CA)	The same thing you should have expected out of him at the beginning of the year. Dude's one of the better hitting catchers out there, and very undervalued. (Marc Normandin)
2010-05-11 16:30:00 (link to chat)	So far it has been a rough fantasy season for me. I have had 5 players hit the DL already (Miguel Montero, Aaron Hill, Yunel Escobar, Carlos Beltran and Brad Hawpe). So I am playing with a lot of replacement level players. My main question is, should I keep Gordon Beckham and Jason Kubel? They have been in tremendous slumps. and if so, who should I replace them with? Is Ryan Ludwick a better option in the outfield? Please help. (csatte1 from Baltimore, MD)	Gordon Beckham really seems like a young hitter who is adjusting. His BABIP is low because if too many grounders and pop-ups, but he should work that out. Jason Kubel just isn't hitting the ball as hard as last year. Fewer balls hit to the outfield, fewer HR. He's probably working out kinks in his swing, but I can't imagine he's as valuable as Beckham, even though I don't do fantasy baseball so I don't really know league scarcity that well. Ryan Ludwick seems he's just a little less patient hitter with maybe a little more power. Not sure how that plays in here. I guess Ludwick is better especially with Kubel needing to work out some kinks. (Matt Swartz)
2010-03-04 13:00:00 (link to chat)	do you lose any sleep deciding between nathan, rivera or papelbon? also, I think you're too harsh on Rasmus and Montero in your rankings. (stewbies from rochester)	Miguel Montero? I said he was at least as good as his projection, and if he weren't splitting time with Snyder he'd be worth more. I do love Montero. Rasmus isn't bad, there's just a lot more to choose from, and he hasn't shown me enough to get excited yet. I'm more interested in his 2011 than his 2010. (Marc Normandin)
2010-02-05 13:00:00 (link to chat)	Miguel Montero. Looks pretty tasty to me. Your thoughts? (firejerrymanuel from ny)	Thanks for stopping in. I'm a big fan of Montero, especially if he's picking up the playing time he deserves. I probably ranked him too high last season considering he was in a time share, but then he ended up starting and inadvertently made me look like I knew what I was talking about. Thanks, Miggy! (Marc Normandin)

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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
2005	aax	.000	0.0	1183	.000	0.1	30	.014	.001	-0.3	-0.2	-1.1
2006	mlb	-.003	-0.2	206	.000	0.0	3	.001	.000	0.0	-0.2	0.5
2006	aaa	.004	1.1	1095	.001	-0.2	12	.012	-.003	0.0	0.6	0.6
2006	aax	.000	0.0	2244	.002	-1.2	52	-.014	.005	0.4	-1.7	-2.5
2007	mlb	.001	0.5	2704	.000	-0.2	41	.029	.003	-0.8	-0.5	1.0
2008	aaa	.013	1.1	369	.000	0.0	9	.018	.002	-0.1	1.4	1.9
2008	mlb	.007	2.7	1785	.003	-1.7	32	.029	.004	-0.6	0.6	0.2
2009	mlb	.020	20.0	4271	.003	-3.0	80	.006	.002	-0.3	15.9	14.7
2010	aaa	.008	0.2	93	.000	0.0	2	.005	.000	0.0	0.7	0.2
2010	mlb	.018	12.2	3132	.004	-2.9	59	-.010	-.002	0.4	9.4	10.2
2011	mlb	.011	11.9	5317	.000	0.4	68	.000	-.007	0.6	13.6	14.4
2012	mlb	.012	12.5	5270	-.002	2.4	65	-.098	-.002	3.9	19.1	21.2
2013	mlb	.005	4.9	4469	.002	-1.7	44	-.008	-.008	0.2	3.4	3.7
2014	mlb	.014	14.5	5157	.000	0.2	79	.001	-.001	-0.1	14.0	15.1
2015	aax	.003	0.0	52	.000	0.0	0	.000	-.001	0.0	0.0	0.0
2015	mlb	.024	18.0	3591	-.002	1.7	80	.061	.006	-2.6	16.8	16.4
2016	aaa	-.002	0.0	0	.000	0.0	0	.000	.000	0.0	-0.1	-0.1
2016	mlb	.030	16.1	2532	.003	-1.8	55	.100	.012	-3.5	10.1	10.1
2017	mlb	.015	7.2	2095	-.002	1.0	51	.112	.008	-3.9	3.5	0.6
2017	aaa	.003	0.0	45	.000	0.0	1	.007	.000	0.0	0.0	0.0
2018	mlb	.009	0.3	140	-.004	0.2	1	.021	.000	0.0	0.4	0.4

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PITCHf/x Hitter Profile

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