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2019 Projections (Preseason PECOTA - seasonal age 35)

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Birth Date	9-11-1983
Height	6' 1"
Weight	195 lbs

Age	41 years, 7 months, 0 days
Bats	L
Throws	L

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: 0.32016
: 0.82017
: 2018
: 0.12019
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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
2007	BOS	23	33	127	41	7	1	3	8	15	1	9	0	.353	.394	.509	103	0.9	1.8	-0.3	0.6
2008	BOS	24	145	609	155	22	7	9	41	80	7	50	11	.280	.336	.394	87	-8.6	6.9	10.9	2.5
2009	BOS	25	153	691	188	27	10	8	49	74	6	70	12	.301	.355	.415	103	4.5	6.8	-13.2	2.0
2010	BOS	26	18	83	15	4	0	0	4	9	1	7	1	.192	.241	.244	70	-2.8	1.1	-0.6	0.0
2011	BOS	27	158	729	212	46	5	32	52	98	9	39	15	.321	.376	.552	144	37.6	3.2	10.6	7.7
2012	BOS	28	74	323	82	18	0	4	19	43	0	14	3	.271	.313	.370	93	-2.4	3.3	-4.9	0.6
2013	BOS	29	134	636	172	31	8	9	47	92	5	52	4	.298	.355	.426	105	4.4	5.3	6.0	3.7
2014	NYA	30	149	635	156	27	5	16	49	93	3	39	5	.271	.328	.419	110	7.3	-1.2	5.3	3.2
2015	NYA	31	111	501	116	15	2	7	35	86	7	21	9	.257	.318	.345	92	-2.7	4.2	-7.9	0.9
2016	NYA	32	148	626	145	24	5	9	54	84	2	20	8	.263	.330	.374	93	-4.0	2.3	-14.5	0.3
2017	NYA	33	112	409	94	20	4	7	41	63	5	22	3	.264	.348	.402	97	-0.1	1.4	-5.8	0.8
Career			1235	5369	1376	241	47	104	399	737	46	343	71	.284	.342	.417	104	34.0	35.1	-14.5	22.2

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
2005	LOW	A-	NYP	35	165	.258	.340	.376	.364	103	4.5	3.7	-0.2	145	0	1.2	3.9	8.5	1.7
2006	WIL	A+	CRL	61	281	.254	.338	.386	.319	97	6.8	6.8	0.6	97	0	6.8	-0.7	-4.1	0.9
2006	PME	AA	EAS	50	225	.000	.000	.000	.341			0.0		0	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
2007	BOS	MLB	AL	33	127	.268	.341	.418	.380	103	6.8	3.8	-0.4	103	16	-0.3	1.8	0.9	0.6
2007	PME	AA	EAS	17	83	.265	.333	.392	.500	108	9.4	2.3	0.2	199	0	0.7	2.9	9.2	1.5
2007	PAW	AAA	INT	87	401	.270	.338	.408	.337	92	1.3	11.7	-0.1	106	0	-16.0	4.8	2.9	0.3
2008	BOS	MLB	AL	145	609	.263	.329	.412	.312	107	-6.9	17.6	-2	87	7	10.9	6.9	-8.6	2.5
2009	BOS	MLB	AL	153	691	.266	.334	.429	.328	111	0.2	19.9	1.8	103	7	-13.2	6.8	4.5	2.0
2010	BOS	MLB	AL	18	83	.260	.325	.415	.217	113	-6.6	2.3	0	70	11	-0.6	1.1	-2.8	0.0
2010	PME	AA	EAS	2	8	.288	.353	.418	.429	116	0.7	0.2	0	104	0	0.3	0.2	0.0	0.1
2010	PAW	AAA	INT	4	18	.260	.319	.406	.471	86	2.4	0.5	-0.2	181	0	-0.4	-0.1	1.6	0.1
2010	RSX	Rk	GCL	3	11	.230	.306	.336	.250	102	0.4	0.4	0	119	0	0.0	0.7	-0.2	0.1
2011	BOS	MLB	AL	158	729	.258	.319	.411	.336	108	39.1	19.7	1.6	144	9	10.6	3.2	37.6	7.7
2012	BOS	MLB	AL	74	323	.252	.314	.411	.304	103	-5.6	8.8	0.7	93	10	-4.9	3.3	-2.4	0.6
2012	PME	AA	EAS	2	9	.282	.345	.444	.250	102	-0.6	0.2	0	70	0	-0.1	0.1	-0.3	0.0
2012	PAW	AAA	INT	2	8	.261	.316	.403	.143	93	-1.9	0.2	0	52	0	-0.1	0.2	-0.4	0.0
2012	RSX	Rk	GCL	4	14	.176	.277	.258	.167	104	0.7	0.4	-0.2	165	0	0.1	-0.5	0.7	0.1
2013	BOS	MLB	AL	134	636	.257	.318	.410	.341	102	9.3	16.6	1.5	105	9	6.0	5.3	4.4	3.7
2014	NYA	MLB	AL	149	635	.249	.311	.384	.296	98	11.9	16.3	1.1	110	11	5.3	-1.2	7.3	3.2
2015	NYA	MLB	AL	111	501	.250	.311	.403	.301	110	-6.8	13.4	1.2	92	9	-7.9	4.2	-2.7	0.9
2015	TAM	A+	FSL	4	13	.244	.291	.349	.167	91	-1.8	0.4	0	46	0	-0.3	0.2	-0.9	-0.1
2016	NYA	MLB	AL	148	626	.257	.320	.415	.295	111	-9.7	17.4	1.6	93	8	-14.5	2.3	-4.0	0.3
2017	NYA	MLB	AL	112	409	.258	.325	.434	.304	106	1.5	11.8	0.7	97	6	-5.8	1.4	-0.1	0.8
2017	SWB	AAA	INT	2	8	.237	.311	.358	.375	103	0.6	0.2	-0.1	123	0	0.2	0.5	0.2	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
2005	LOW	A-	NYP	165	139	28	44	3	5	1	60	19	24	20	23	3	.317	.421	.432	.115	0	0
2006	WIL	A+	CRL	281	244	35	73	7	5	4	102	32	25	28	25	9	.299	.375	.418	.119	4	4
2006	PME	AA	EAS	225	198	29	61	10	3	3	86	19	24	25	16	8	.308	.388	.434	.126	0	0
2007	PME	AA	EAS	83	73	16	33	10	2	0	47	13	6	7	8	1	.452	.518	.644	.192	0	0
2007	PAW	AAA	INT	401	363	66	108	14	5	2	138	28	32	47	33	6	.298	.360	.380	.083	1	1
2007	BOS	MLB	AL	127	116	20	41	7	1	3	59	18	8	15	9	0	.353	.394	.509	.155	2	0
2008	BOS	MLB	AL	609	554	98	155	22	7	9	218	47	41	80	50	11	.280	.336	.394	.114	3	4
2009	BOS	MLB	AL	691	624	94	188	27	10	8	259	60	49	74	70	12	.301	.355	.415	.114	6	6
2010	RSX	Rk	GCL	11	8	3	2	0	0	0	2	0	2	0	1	0	.250	.455	.250	.000	0	0
2010	PME	AA	EAS	8	7	2	3	1	0	0	4	0	1	0	1	0	.429	.500	.571	.143	0	0
2010	BOS	MLB	AL	83	78	10	15	4	0	0	19	5	4	9	7	1	.192	.241	.244	.051	0	0
2010	PAW	AAA	INT	18	17	5	8	1	0	0	9	2	1	0	0	0	.471	.500	.529	.059	0	0
2011	BOS	MLB	AL	729	660	119	212	46	5	32	364	105	52	98	39	15	.321	.376	.552	.230	5	3
2012	RSX	Rk	GCL	14	10	3	2	1	0	1	6	3	4	3	0	0	.200	.429	.600	.400	0	0
2012	BOS	MLB	AL	323	303	43	82	18	0	4	112	26	19	43	14	3	.271	.313	.370	.099	1	0
2012	PAW	AAA	INT	8	8	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	.125	.125	.125	.000	0	0
2012	PME	AA	EAS	9	9	1	2	1	0	0	3	0	0	1	0	0	.222	.222	.333	.111	0	0
2013	BOS	MLB	AL	636	577	92	172	31	8	9	246	53	47	92	52	4	.298	.355	.426	.128	2	1
2014	NYA	MLB	AL	635	575	71	156	27	5	16	241	70	49	93	39	5	.271	.328	.419	.148	7
2015	TAM	A+	FSL	13	13	1	2	0	0	0	2	0	0	1	0	0	.154	.154	.154	.000	0	0
2015	NYA	MLB	AL	501	452	66	116	15	2	7	156	33	35	86	21	9	.257	.318	.345	.088	3	1
2016	NYA	MLB	AL	626	551	71	145	24	5	9	206	56	54	84	20	8	.263	.330	.374	.111	3	4
2017	NYA	MLB	AL	409	356	65	94	20	4	7	143	39	41	63	22	3	.264	.348	.402	.138	0	2
2017	SWB	AAA	INT	8	8	1	3	2	0	0	5	2	0	0	1	0	.375	.375	.625	.250	0	0

Plate Discipline

YEAR	Pits	Zone%	Swing%	Contact%	Z-Swing%	O-Swing%	Z-Contact%	O-Contact%	SwStr%	CSAA
2008	2102	0.5152	0.4225	0.8761	0.5633	0.2728	0.9279	0.7626	0.1239	0.0138
2009	2592	0.5220	0.3985	0.8742	0.5432	0.2405	0.9374	0.7181	0.1258	0.0018
2010	309	0.5502	0.3948	0.9180	0.5294	0.2302	0.9444	0.8438	0.0820	-0.0029
2011	2803	0.5223	0.4356	0.8485	0.5990	0.2569	0.9054	0.7035	0.1515	0.0063
2012	1248	0.5288	0.4447	0.8541	0.6167	0.2517	0.9091	0.7027	0.1459	0.0020
2013	2438	0.5029	0.4541	0.8726	0.6281	0.2781	0.9234	0.7567	0.1274	-0.0028
2014	2321	0.5032	0.4558	0.8544	0.6370	0.2723	0.9194	0.7006	0.1456	-0.0043
2015	1866	0.5000	0.4807	0.8272	0.6356	0.3258	0.8836	0.7171	0.1728	-0.0035
2016	2306	0.4952	0.4614	0.8336	0.6384	0.2878	0.9204	0.6448	0.1664	0.0000
2017	1558	0.4820	0.4255	0.8160	0.6072	0.2565	0.9079	0.6135	0.1840	0.0000
Career	19543	0.5091	0.4405	0.8537	0.6047	0.2703	0.9167	0.7074	0.1463	0.0015

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
2014-09-20	2014-09-29	DTD	9	9	Right	Thigh	Strain	Hamstring	-
2014-08-31	2014-08-31	DTD	0	0	Left	Ankle	Sprain		-
2014-06-13	2014-06-13	DTD	0	0	Right	Hip	Tightness		-
2014-06-09	2014-06-10	DTD	1	0	-	Hip	Soreness		-
2014-05-16	2014-05-18	DTD	2	1	-	General Medical	Illness		-	-
2014-04-28	2014-05-01	DTD	3	1	Left	Hand	Soreness		-	-
2014-03-15	2014-03-31	Camp	16	0	Right	Lower Leg	Strain	Calf	-	-
2013-09-06	2013-09-25	DTD	19	16	Right	Foot	Fracture	Navicular From Foul Ball	-	-
2013-08-29	2013-08-29	DTD	0	0	Right	Foot	Contusion	Foul Ball	-	-
2013-07-08	2013-07-10	DTD	2	2	Left	Wrist	Soreness		-	-
2013-05-31	2013-06-06	DTD	6	5	Left	Groin	Strain		-	-
2013-03-25	2013-03-28	Camp	3	0	Right	Foot	Contusion	Heel	-	-
2013-03-05	2013-03-07	Camp	2	0	-	General Medical	Illness		-	-
2012-09-21	2012-09-29	DTD	8	6	Left	Shoulder	Strain	Latissimus Dorsi	-	-
2012-09-02	2012-09-03	DTD	1	1	Right	Wrist	Soreness		-	-
2012-04-14	2012-07-13	60-DL	90	79	Right	Shoulder	Subluxation	Landed on At Second Base	-	-
2011-08-20	2011-08-23	DTD	3	3	-	Back	Contusion	HBP	-	-
2011-07-01	2011-07-02	DTD	1	1	-	General Medical	Illness		-
2011-05-13	2011-05-13	DTD	0	0	Right	Knee	Contusion		-
2011-05-11	2011-05-11	DTD	0	0	-	General Medical	Illness		-	-
2011-05-02	2011-05-02	DTD	0	0	Left	Knee	Contusion		-
2011-02-24	2011-02-25	Camp	1	0		General Medical	Illness	Respiratory Illness	-
2010-08-14	2010-10-04	60-DL	51	45	Left	Trunk	Fracture	Ribs	-
2010-05-25	2010-08-04	15-DL	71	61	Left	Trunk	Fracture	Rib Posterior Aspect	-
2010-04-12	2010-05-22	15-DL	40	37	Left	Trunk	Fracture	4 Non Displaced Fractures Ribs	-
2010-04-01	2010-04-02	Camp	1	0	Left	Shoulder	Soreness		-
2010-03-17	2010-03-20	Camp	3	0		General Medical	Illness	Virus	-
2009-09-18	2009-09-18	DTD	0	0		Groin	Soreness	Mild	-
2009-08-27	2009-08-27	DTD	0	0	Left	Ankle	Sprain	Mild	-
2009-07-17	2009-07-19	DTD	2	2		General Medical	Illness	Virus	-
2009-06-07	2009-06-12	DTD	5	4	Right	Shoulder	Separation	AC Joint	-
2009-05-05	2009-05-08	DTD	3	3	Right	Thigh	Soreness	Hamstring	-
2009-03-11	2009-03-13	Camp	2	0		Thigh	Soreness	Hamstring	-
2008-06-06	2008-06-07	DTD	1	1	Right	Wrist	Strain		-
2008-05-12	2008-05-13	DTD	1	1	Right	Knee	Contusion	HBP	-
2008-04-28	2008-05-02	DTD	4	3		Groin	Strain		-
2007-09-27	2007-09-27	DTD	0	0	Right	Lower Leg	Cramp	Calf	-
2007-07-22	2007-08-05	Minors	14	0		Groin	Strain		-
2006-04-27	2006-05-22	Minors	25	0	Right	Thigh	Strain	Quadriceps	-

Compensation

Year	Team	Salary
2008	BOS	$406,000
2009	BOS	$449,500
2010	BOS	$496,500
2011	BOS	$2,400,000
2012	BOS	$8,050,000
2013	BOS	$9,000,000
2014	NYA	$21,142,858
2015	NYA	$21,142,857
2016	NYA	$21,142,857
2017	NYA	$21,142,857
2018	NYA	$21,142,857
2019	NYA	$21,142,857
2020	NYA	$21,142,857
2021	NYA	$5,000,000

Years	Description	Salary
14 yr	Previous	$173,802,000
14 yr	Total	$173,802,000

Service Time	Agent	Contract Status
12 y 37 d	Boras Corp.	7 years/$153M (2014-20), 2021 option

Details

7 years/$153M (2014-20), plus 2021 option. Signed by NY Yankees as a free agent 12/13/13. 14-20: $21,142,857 annually. 21:$21M club option, $5M buyout. Full no-trade protection. Perks: may purchase six Legends Suite tickets per year. NY Yankees released Ellsbury 11/20/19 after converting his contract to a non-guaranteed deal and refusing to pay remaining $26,142,857. The Yankees contend Ellsbury violated the terms of his contract when he saw a physician without the club's consent. The MLBPA has filed a grievance on Ellsbury's behalf.
1 year/$9M (2013). Re-signed by Boston 1/18/13 (avoided arbitration).
1 year/$8.05M (2012). Re-signed by Boston 1/17/12 (avoided arbitration).
1 year/$2.4M (2011). Re-signed by Boston 1/18/11 (avoided arbitration). Performance bonuses: $50,000 each for 600, 700 PAs.
1 year/$0.4965M (2010). Re-signed by Boston 3/8/10.
1 year/$0.4495M (2009). Re-signed by Boston 3/10/09.
1 year/$0.406M (2008). Re-signed by Boston 3/6/08.
1 year (2007). Contract purchased by Boston 6/30/07. Optioned to Triple-A 7/5/07. Recalled 8/17/07. Optioned to Triple-A 8/18/07. Recalled 9/1/07.
Drafted by Boston 2005 (1-23) (Oregon State). $1.4M 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	WARP
90^o	94	12	26	5	1	2	10	9	13	4	1	.313	.387	.470	122	7.9	0.8
80^o	73	9	19	4	1	1	7	7	10	3	1	.292	.370	.431	114	5.1	0.5
70^o	58	7	14	3	0	1	6	5	8	2	1	.269	.345	.385	108	3.5	0.4
60^o	45	5	11	2	0	1	4	4	7	2	0	.275	.341	.400	103	2.3	0.2
50^o	33	4	7	1	0	1	3	3	5	1	0	.233	.303	.367	98	1.5	0.2
40^o	21	2	4	1	0	0	2	2	3	1	0	.211	.286	.263	93	0.8	0.1
30^o	8	1	1	0	0	0	1	1	1	0	0	.143	.250	.143	88	0.2	0.0
Weighted Mean	38	4	9	2	0	1	4	3	6	2	0	.265	.324	.412	100	1.8	0.2

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2020-09-23 13:00:00 (link to chat)	We've all read about the speed & defense of Cristian Pache, but the guesses on where the bat winds up are always vague. In a full, peak season, where do you see Pache's HRs, doubles and BA/OBP winding up? (The Colonel from Pasadena, CA)	I am not really that kind of prognosticator, especially for isolating a peak season without context. I mean, Jacoby Ellsbury's peak season is wildly out of line with the rest of his career. Is there value in going out on a limb for that rather than giving you the expected contribution and acknowledging that variance will do what it may? There might be, but I struggle to see it. I think Pache is generally an 8-12 HR type, with a .270s average and a .330 type OBP. (Craig Goldstein)
2017-10-03 20:00:00 (link to chat)	Have the Yankees done the Twins a favor by starting Aaron Hicks and DHing Jacoby Ellsbury? They seem to have really limited their bench use, given that they will PH for Ellsbury with someone they cannot use in the field. (InsightsHound from St. Paul, Minnesota (go Twins!))	You can make an argument that putting the best defense out there is important given that the Twins aren't really a feast-or-famine team, but yeah. I imagine Chase Headley may pinch hit for him at some point. We shall see. - Nick Stellini (AL WC Game Chat)
2016-12-15 13:00:00 (link to chat)	The direction the Yankees are taking now with getting younger and developing their own talent is a new leaf considering the last decade+ of the opposite. They've done a fine job thus far. Do you see any more moves they make between now and the deadline that would add to their deepening farm system? (Jonah from Redwood)	I could see them trading Gardner and maybe even Chapman a second time depending on how things work out for them. But that's about it. I don't think Jacoby Ellsbury is very appealing to rival general managers. (Kenny Ducey)
2016-07-19 14:00:00 (link to chat)	Who would win in a bike race, Peter Sagan, Mark Cavendish, or Jacoby Ellsbury? (Sean from NJ)	Ozzie Smith (Nicolas Stellini)
2016-04-22 13:00:00 (link to chat)	At this point it seems pretty much guaranteed Bryce Harper is going to garner a mammoth contract when he hits free agency. Realistically, where do you think he could sign? How shocked would you be if he didn't sign with the Yankees? Or if he stayed with the Nationals? (Brendan from Hoboken)	I would be pretty surprised if he doesn't sign with the Yankees, frankly. They'll open up their checkbook, they should have a spot open in the outfield alongside Jacoby Ellsbury (yep, he'll still be there) and Aaron Judge, and in the order right behind Ellsbury (still there!) and Judge. He might hit 40 dingers to right field alone. I also think he fits the city of New York incredibly well. You need a guy with his attitude (sort of like Matt Harvey). He'll welcome the attention, and become a mega star. Don't see where else he would go other than New York if he decided to leave Washington. (Kenny Ducey)

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2008-10-10 13:30:00	Friday LCS	Random fact #2: When I first interviewed Jacoby Ellsbury, in July 2005, one of the things he told me was that he once chased down a deer in high school. Some Red Sox fans will know that, as it's also been reported elsewhere, but many of you may not have heard the story. Regardless, he's fast. (David Laurila)

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