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2019 Projections (Preseason PECOTA - seasonal age 34)

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Birth Date	10-21-1984
Height	6' 1"
Weight	212 lbs

Age	39 years, 5 months, 26 days
Bats	B
Throws	R

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: 0.62016
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: -0.02018
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MLB Statistics

YEAR	TEAM	AGE	G	PA	H	2B	3B	HR	BB	SO	HBP	CS	AVG	OBP	SLG	DRC+	DRAA	BRR	FRAA	BWARP
2009	SDN	24	7	17	3	0	0	0	0	5	0	0	.176	.176	.176	72	-0.5	-0.3	1.1	0.1
2011	TBA	26	15	39	4	1	0	0	4	8	1	0	.118	.231	.147	71	-1.2	0.0	3.0	0.4
2012	TBA	27	69	197	37	10	0	2	24	46	2	1	.222	.323	.317	84	-3.5	-1.5	3.1	0.7
2013	TBA	28	100	311	69	15	2	7	30	65	0	1	.249	.320	.394	93	-2.1	-3.2	5.8	1.5
2014	WAS	29	66	230	50	9	0	2	15	61	1	0	.234	.287	.304	73	-6.6	-1.0	6.8	1.0
2015	WAS	30	44	155	27	4	0	3	15	40	1	0	.199	.279	.294	80	-3.0	-0.5	5.0	0.9
2016	WAS	31	39	114	23	3	1	3	12	18	1	0	.232	.319	.374	99	0.2	-1.4	1.8	0.6
2017	WAS	32	51	158	24	3	0	4	14	35	1	0	.170	.248	.277	67	-6.1	1.6	0.7	0.4
2018	NYN	33	22	57	7	2	1	0	7	15	0	0	.143	.246	.224	66	-2.2	-0.1	-0.6	0.0
Career			413	1278	244	47	4	21	121	293	7	2	.215	.293	.319	82	-25.0	-6.3	26.8	5.4

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
2003	IDA	Rk	PIO	56	217	.000	.000	.000	.362			0.0		0	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
2004	EUG	A-	NWN	44	169	.000	.000	.000	.236			0.0		0	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
2005	FTW	A	MDW	9	37	.257	.338	.382	.200	98	-2.5	0.5	0.3	52	0	-0.9	-0.5	-2.0	-0.3
2005	EUG	A-	NWN	11	42	.246	.319	.346	.333	104	1.5	1.0	0.6	112	0	0.1	-0.2	0.5	0.2
2006	FTW	A	MDW	20	77	.239	.319	.339	.327	112	1.3	1.6	1	118	0	0.1	-0.2	-0.2	0.2
2006	LEL	A+	CLF	42	145	.000	.000	.000	.286			0.0		0	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
2007	LEL	A+	CLF	90	357	.274	.352	.429	.318	102	1.3	12.6	7.6	110	0	0.3	-0.3	4.9	2.4
2008	SAN	AA	TXS	92	342	.270	.351	.408	.316	87	6.9	10.5	6.1	92	0	33.6	-1.7	-10.2	3.8
2009	SDN	MLB	NL	7	17	.250	.323	.405	.250	87	-3.3	0.5	0.3	72	12	1.1	-0.3	-0.5	0.1
2009	MNT	AA	SOU	26	102	.261	.342	.398	.302	93	4.8	2.9	1.7	108	0	0.6	-0.2	1.3	0.7
2009	POR	AAA	PCL	39	148	.276	.340	.424	.293	90	-0.8	4.3	2.6	69	0	2.3	-1.1	-4.7	0.3
2010	MNT	AA	SOU	7	28	.277	.342	.389	.316	99	0	0.8	0.5	90	0	0.9	0.1	-0.2	0.2
2010	DUR	AAA	INT	72	271	.260	.330	.404	.306	103	-4.1	8.5	3.8	104	0	19.8	-2.1	1.7	3.0
2011	TBA	MLB	AL	15	39	.244	.320	.389	.154	99	-4.7	1.1	0.6	71	11	3.0	0.0	-1.2	0.4
2011	PCH	A+	FSL	6	20	.285	.339	.426	.615	95	3.3	0.6	-0.3	165	0	0.0	-1.0	1.2	0.0
2011	DUR	AAA	INT	54	224	.262	.334	.401	.362	96	13.5	6.9	1.3	153	0	8.2	-4.3	12.4	2.3
2011	CAR	Wnt	VWL	18	73	.000	.000	.000	.224			0.0		0	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
2012	TBA	MLB	AL	69	197	.253	.313	.402	.289	95	-4.3	5.4	3	84	11	3.1	-1.5	-3.5	0.7
2012	PCH	A+	FSL	2	6	.310	.348	.504	.000	102	-1.1	0.2	0.1	56	0	0.0	0.0	-0.2	0.0
2012	MNT	AA	SOU	4	16	.250	.310	.370	.200	84	-0.5	0.4	0.1	95	0	0.1	0.0	0.0	0.1
2012	DUR	AAA	INT	4	15	.236	.289	.350	.100	104	-3	0.4	0.3	24	0	0.5	0.0	-1.2	0.0
2013	TBA	MLB	AL	100	311	.255	.319	.407	.300	96	5.5	8.2	4.8	93	9	5.8	-3.2	-2.1	1.5
2014	WAS	MLB	NL	66	230	.249	.308	.379	.318	102	-8	5.9	3.6	73	12	6.8	-1.0	-6.6	1.0
2015	WAS	MLB	NL	44	155	.250	.308	.396	.253	94	-4.9	4.2	2.5	80	9	5.0	-0.5	-3.0	0.9
2016	WAS	MLB	NL	39	114	.252	.321	.403	.253	89	-0.1	3.2	1.9	99	13	1.8	-1.4	0.2	0.6
2016	SYR	AAA	INT	3	14	.262	.316	.386	.714	100	0.5	0.4	0.1	83	0	0.1	-1.3	-0.4	-0.1
2017	WAS	MLB	NL	51	158	.261	.330	.435	.194	98	-10.4	4.6	2.8	67	11	0.7	1.6	-6.1	0.4
2018	NYN	MLB	NL	22	57	.247	.319	.403	.200	88	-3.5	1.6	0.9	66	14	-0.6	-0.1	-2.2	0.0
2018	LVG	AAA	PCL	39	151	.269	.337	.428	.409	118	9.2	4.4	2.6	155	0	-0.2	-0.7	10.5	1.7
2019	OKL	AAA	PCL	15	56	.277	.355	.479	.313	100	-1.8	1.9	1.2	79	0	-0.7	0.5	-9.1	-0.5
2019	TAC	AAA	PCL	75	318	.281	.356	.484	.285	98	-8.8	10.8	4.8	72	0	0.6	-2.6	-12.6	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
2003	IDA	Rk	PIO	217	191	22	52	15	0	1	70	32	22	50	0	1	.272	.352	.366	.094	1	1
2004	EUG	A-	NWN	169	151	13	33	12	0	7	66	23	17	35	0	0	.219	.296	.437	.219	1	1
2005	EUG	A-	NWN	42	32	4	9	2	0	0	11	3	6	8	0	0	.281	.381	.344	.063	3	3
2005	FTW	A	MDW	37	34	2	6	1	0	0	7	1	2	5	0	0	.176	.216	.206	.029	1	1
2006	FTW	A	MDW	77	61	15	17	3	1	1	25	11	12	12	0	0	.279	.408	.410	.131	1	1
2006	LEL	A+	CLF	145	122	12	26	7	0	4	45	15	20	42	0	2	.213	.326	.369	.156	1	1
2007	LEL	A+	CLF	357	304	50	79	15	3	10	130	47	41	79	0	0	.260	.351	.428	.168	2	2
2008	SAN	AA	TXS	342	294	35	76	21	0	9	124	45	39	75	1	1	.259	.343	.422	.163	2	2
2009	POR	AAA	PCL	148	133	14	32	6	0	3	47	8	10	35	0	0	.241	.286	.353	.113	4	4
2009	MNT	AA	SOU	102	84	13	22	7	0	3	38	11	15	19	0	0	.262	.376	.452	.190	1	1
2009	SDN	MLB	NL	17	17	0	3	0	0	0	3	0	0	5	0	0	.176	.176	.176	.000	0	0
2010	DUR	AAA	INT	271	241	26	63	11	0	7	95	33	27	52	1	0	.261	.337	.394	.133	1	1
2010	MNT	AA	SOU	28	24	3	6	1	0	0	7	2	4	5	0	0	.250	.357	.292	.042	0	0
2011	CAR	Wnt	VWL	73	61	4	12	3	0	1	18	9	10	12	0	0	.197	.306	.295	.098	1	1
2011	PCH	A+	FSL	20	18	0	8	4	0	0	12	2	2	5	0	0	.444	.500	.667	.222	0	0
2011	TBA	MLB	AL	39	34	2	4	1	0	0	5	0	4	8	0	0	.118	.231	.147	.029	0	0
2011	DUR	AAA	INT	224	184	24	54	10	1	8	90	31	37	50	0	0	.293	.410	.489	.196	1	2
2012	DUR	AAA	INT	15	15	0	1	1	0	0	2	0	0	5	0	0	.067	.067	.133	.067	0	0
2012	MNT	AA	SOU	16	13	1	2	1	0	0	3	1	3	3	0	0	.154	.313	.231	.077	0	0
2012	TBA	MLB	AL	197	167	16	37	10	0	2	53	20	24	46	0	1	.222	.323	.317	.096	2	2
2012	PCH	A+	FSL	6	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	.000	.167	.000	.000	0	0
2013	TBA	MLB	AL	311	277	38	69	15	2	7	109	32	30	65	0	1	.249	.320	.394	.144	2	2
2014	WAS	MLB	NL	230	214	18	50	9	0	2	65	12	15	61	0	0	.234	.287	.304	.070	0
2015	WAS	MLB	NL	155	136	11	27	4	0	3	40	20	15	40	0	0	.199	.279	.294	.096	2	1
2016	WAS	MLB	NL	114	99	10	23	3	1	3	37	8	12	18	0	0	.232	.319	.374	.141	1	1
2016	SYR	AAA	INT	14	13	1	5	0	0	0	5	1	1	6	1	0	.385	.429	.385	.000	0	0
2017	WAS	MLB	NL	158	141	11	24	3	0	4	39	11	14	35	0	0	.170	.248	.277	.106	1	1
2018	NYN	MLB	NL	57	49	3	7	2	1	0	11	4	7	15	0	0	.143	.246	.224	.082	1	0
2018	LVG	AAA	PCL	151	132	22	46	9	0	8	79	27	18	31	1	0	.348	.430	.598	.250	0	0
2019	OKL	AAA	PCL	56	47	5	11	4	0	1	18	5	8	15	0	0	.234	.339	.383	.149	1	0
2019	TAC	AAA	PCL	318	288	34	68	18	0	13	125	38	27	83	1	0	.236	.305	.434	.198	1	0

Plate Discipline

YEAR	Pits	Zone%	Swing%	Contact%	Z-Swing%	O-Swing%	Z-Contact%	O-Contact%	SwStr%	CSAA
2009	55	0.6364	0.4727	0.5385	0.6857	0.1000	0.5417	0.5000	0.4615	-0.0014
2011	163	0.4294	0.4233	0.7971	0.6571	0.2473	0.9130	0.5652	0.2029	0.0015
2012	782	0.4962	0.4373	0.7807	0.6598	0.2183	0.8281	0.6395	0.2193	-0.0008
2013	1173	0.4808	0.4731	0.7351	0.6844	0.2775	0.7927	0.6036	0.2649	0.0059
2014	858	0.5186	0.4930	0.7329	0.6809	0.2906	0.7855	0.6000	0.2671	-0.0008
2015	632	0.4668	0.4636	0.6962	0.6881	0.2671	0.7537	0.5667	0.3038	0.0001
2016	421	0.4703	0.5321	0.7679	0.7879	0.3049	0.8526	0.5735	0.2321	0.0000
2017	625	0.5152	0.4784	0.7525	0.6366	0.3102	0.8341	0.5745	0.2475	0.0000
2018	253	0.4862	0.4506	0.6667	0.6667	0.2462	0.6585	0.6875	0.3333	0.0000
Career	4962	0.4917	0.4726	0.7383	0.6814	0.2710	0.7967	0.5996	0.2617	0.0012

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
2014-05-04	2014-05-06	DTD	2	2	-	Lower Leg	Contusion	Shin HBP	-	-
2013-09-25	2013-09-26	DTD	1	1	Right	Elbow	Soreness		-	-
2012-04-13	2012-05-28	15-DL	45	42	Right	Shoulder	Inflammation		-	-
2011-07-18	2011-09-02	15-DL	46	43	Left	Knee	Sprain	MCL	-	-
2010-08-31	2010-10-12	15-DL	42	31	Right	Foot	Recovery From Contusion		-
2010-08-24	2010-08-31	Minors	7	0	Right	Foot	Contusion		-
2006-06-27	2006-07-11	Minors	14	0	Right	Ankle	Sprain		-	-

Compensation

Year	Team	Salary
2021	CHN	$
2020	LAN	$
2019	SEA	$
2018	NYN	$
2017	WAS	$1,575,000
2016	WAS	$1,387,500
2015	WAS	$1,200,000
2014	WAS	$950,000
2013	TBA	$496,500
2012	TBA	$481,500

Years	Description	Salary
6 yr	Previous	$6,090,500
6 yr	Total	$6,090,500

Service Time	Agent	Contract Status
7 y 41 d	Athletes X	1 year (2021)

Details

1 year (2021). Re-signed by Chicago Cubs (minor-league contract). Contract selected by Chicago Cubs 6/11/21.
1 year (2020). Re-signed by LA Dodgers (minor-league contract). Released by LA Dodgers 7/1/20. Signed by Chicago Cubs as a free agent 7/14/20 (minor-league contract).
1 year (2019). Signed by Seattle as a free agent 12/10/18 (minor-league contract). Salary of $1M in majors. Acquired by LA Dodgers in trade from Seattle 8/9/19.
1 year (2018). Signed by NY Mets as a free agent 12/15/17 (minor-league contract). Salary of $1.25M in majors. Contract selected by New York Mets 4/13/18. DFA by NY Mets 5/19/18. Sent outright to Triple-A 5/21/18. Contract selected by NY Mets 6/1/18. DFA by NY Mets 6/12/18. Sent outright to Triple-A 6/13/18.
1 year/$1.575M (2017). Re-signed by Washington 12/1/16 (avoided arbitration). Performance bonus: $25,000 for 200 plate appearances.
1 year/$1,387,500M (2016). Re-signed by Washington 12/2/15 (avoided arbitration).
1 year/$1.2M (2015). Re-signed by Washington 1/15/15 (avoided arbitration).
1 year/$950,000 (2014). Re-signed by Tampa Bay 1/17/14 (avoided arbitration). Acquired by Washington in trade from Tampa Bay 2/13/14.
1 year/$496,500 (2013). Re-signed by Tampa Bay 3/2/13.
1 year/$481,500 (2012). Re-signed by Tampa Bay 3/3/12.
1 year (2011). Re-signed by Tampa Bay 2/26/11.
1 year (2010). Re-signed by Tampa Bay 3/3/10.
1 year (2009). Contract purchased by San Diego 11/20/08. Re-signed by San Diego 2/27/09. Sent outright to Triple-A by San Diego 6/9/09. Contract purchased by San Diego 7/5/09. Claimed by Tampa Bay off waivers 7/30/09 after being DFA by San Diego 7/28/09.
Signed by San Diego 2002 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	AVG	OBP	SLG	DRC+	VORP	FRAA	WARP
90^o	130	16	34	7	1	4	17	14	27	.298	.377	.482	121	10.4	C 0	1.1
80^o	108	13	25	5	0	3	13	11	23	.263	.343	.411	112	7.0	C 0	0.7
70^o	91	11	21	4	0	3	11	9	20	.259	.341	.420	105	5.0	C 0	0.5
60^o	77	9	16	3	0	2	9	7	17	.232	.312	.362	100	3.5	C 0	0.3
50^o	64	7	14	3	0	2	7	6	15	.246	.328	.404	95	2.4	C 0	0.2
40^o	51	5	10	2	0	1	6	4	12	.217	.280	.326	89	1.5	C 0	0.1
30^o	37	4	7	1	0	1	4	3	9	.212	.278	.333	84	0.7	C 0	0.0
20^o	20	2	5	1	0	1	2	2	5	.278	.350	.500	77	0.2	C 0	0.0
Weighted Mean	70	8	15	3	0	2	8	6	16	.238	.314	.381	97	2.9	C 0	0.3

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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	asx	.000	0.0	465	-.001	0.1	6	.000	-.003	0.0	0.3	0.1
2005	afx	.000	0.0	448	.000	0.0	13	.005	-.001	0.0	0.2	-0.9
2006	afa	.000	0.0	440	-.001	0.1	14	.034	-.001	-0.3	-1.4	0.0
2006	afx	.000	0.0	629	-.001	0.2	12	.060	-.003	-0.4	-1.2	0.1
2007	afa	.000	0.0	4027	-.002	2.0	117	-.006	.000	0.5	1.6	0.3
2008	aax	.029	31.6	3949	-.001	1.4	103	.021	.008	-1.3	34.3	33.6
2009	aaa	.006	2.3	1558	.000	0.0	45	.002	.000	-0.1	2.3	2.3
2009	aax	.002	0.7	1032	-.001	0.2	22	-.012	.001	0.1	1.3	0.6
2009	mlb	.010	0.5	241	-.010	0.7	3	-.002	-.002	0.0	1.9	1.1
2010	aaa	.027	19.0	2450	-.001	0.8	43	.006	-.002	-0.1	19.6	19.8
2010	aax	.009	0.6	265	-.001	0.1	12	-.042	.009	0.3	1.4	0.9
2011	aaa	.014	6.5	1673	-.001	0.3	35	-.004	.000	0.1	6.1	8.2
2011	mlb	.025	2.3	370	-.005	0.6	9	.000	.000	0.0	2.8	3.0
2011	afa	.000	0.0	36	.000	0.0	2	.034	.001	0.0	-0.1	0.0
2012	afa	.000	0.0	59	.000	0.0	2	.002	.002	0.0	-0.2	0.0
2012	mlb	.009	4.4	2273	.000	0.0	45	.060	.001	-1.7	2.2	3.1
2012	aax	-.001	0.0	71	.000	0.0	3	.008	.001	0.0	-0.2	0.1
2012	aaa	.014	0.6	171	-.001	0.0	3	.022	.000	0.0	0.4	0.5
2013	mlb	.008	5.4	3437	-.002	1.5	63	.047	.009	-1.7	5.2	5.8
2014	mlb	.009	4.2	2362	-.002	1.2	35	-.035	-.001	0.7	5.7	6.8
2015	mlb	.018	5.9	1705	.000	-0.1	27	.023	.002	-0.3	5.2	5.0
2016	aaa	.006	0.1	0	.000	0.0	2	.006	.000	0.0	0.1	0.1
2016	mlb	.009	2.7	1424	-.001	0.3	19	-.012	.005	0.1	3.0	1.8
2017	mlb	.000	0.1	1976	-.002	1.0	38	.043	.003	-1.1	-0.6	0.7
2018	mlb	-.006	-0.9	661	-.003	0.6	13	.003	-.001	0.0	-0.5	-0.6
2018	aaa	-.002	-0.7	437	.001	-0.2	18	.009	-.003	0.0	-1.2	-0.2
2019	aaa	.000	-0.1	363	-.002	0.2	52	.036	.000	-1.1	-1.2	-0.1

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