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Eric Young Jr. OFMariners

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PA AVG HR R RBI SB DRC+ WARP
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Birth Date5-25-1985
Height5' 10"
Weight195 lbs
Age38 years, 10 months, 24 days
BatsB
ThrowsR
-0.22015
0.02016
0.32017
-0.12018
0.02019
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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
2009 COL 24 30 61 14 1 0 1 4 12 0 4 4 .246 .295 .316 71 -2.0 1.2 -1.0 0.0
2010 COL 25 51 189 42 5 1 0 17 32 0 17 6 .244 .312 .285 70 -6.3 2.4 2.6 0.4
2011 COL 26 77 229 49 4 3 0 26 38 3 27 4 .247 .342 .298 75 -6.2 4.0 -2.4 0.1
2012 COL 27 98 196 55 7 2 4 13 31 4 14 2 .316 .377 .448 96 -0.9 5.0 -0.5 0.9
2013 COL 28 57 180 40 9 3 1 11 33 0 8 4 .242 .290 .352 71 -5.5 -2.7 -4.1 -0.9
2013 NYN 28 91 418 94 18 4 1 35 67 2 38 7 .251 .318 .329 72 -12.4 7.4 4.9 0.9
2014 NYN 29 100 316 64 10 5 1 24 60 5 30 6 .229 .299 .311 72 -9.4 6.3 3.8 0.8
2015 ATL 30 35 85 13 4 2 0 6 17 0 3 0 .169 .229 .273 51 -4.5 0.5 -0.6 -0.3
2015 NYN 30 18 9 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 3 2 .000 .111 .000 52 -0.5 0.8 -0.1 0.0
2016 NYA 31 6 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 .000 .000 .000 84 0.0 0.1 0.1 0.0
2017 ANA 32 47 125 29 5 0 4 5 31 7 12 3 .264 .336 .418 89 -1.4 1.0 -0.3 0.3
2018 ANA 33 41 117 22 4 2 1 6 28 1 5 1 .202 .248 .303 59 -5.4 -0.8 1.8 -0.1
Career65119264226722131473502316239.245.312.33274-54.625.14.12.0

Statistics for All Levels

'opp' stats - Quality of opponents faced - have been moved and are available only as OPP_QUAL in the Statistics reports now.
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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
2004 CAS Rk PIO 23 110 .000 .000 .000 .303 0.0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
2005 CAS Rk PIO 63 264 .275 .349 .412 .375 102 15.1 7.2 -0.6 113 0 8.9 3.8 5.1 2.3
2006 ASH A SAL 128 569 .260 .335 .381 .333 112 12.2 13.4 -1.2 122 0 10.5 9.8 4.7 3.9
2007 MOD A+ CLF 130 613 .266 .343 .422 .339 94 24.3 19.0 -1.2 122 0 7.4 9.5 16.4 5.0
2008 TUL AA TXS 105 476 .270 .344 .405 .347 92 17.2 14.0 -0.7 117 0 0.8 6.8 -0.9 2.0
2009 COL MLB NL 30 61 .238 .308 .372 .295 99 -3 1.8 0 71 12 -1.0 1.2 -2.0 0.0
2009 CSP AAA PCL 119 552 .276 .342 .426 .337 108 13.2 15.7 -0.5 107 0 18.5 12.3 6.2 5.1
2010 COL MLB NL 51 189 .247 .312 .389 .300 102 -6.5 5.2 -0.4 70 11 2.6 2.4 -6.3 0.4
2010 TUL AA TXS 4 14 .280 .360 .429 .273 89 -1.2 0.4 0 74 0 0.1 0.3 -0.3 0.0
2010 CSP AAA PCL 33 142 .262 .337 .399 .330 104 -3.1 4.3 -0.5 77 0 0.7 2.0 -3.6 0.3
2011 COL MLB NL 77 229 .253 .318 .390 .304 109 -7.3 6.2 -1 75 10 -2.4 4.0 -6.2 0.1
2011 CSP AAA PCL 58 275 .289 .359 .462 .416 131 11.7 8.5 0 123 0 -7.8 5.0 9.0 1.4
2011 MAR Wnt VWL 13 57 .000 .000 .000 .316 0.0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
2012 COL MLB NL 98 196 .256 .319 .403 .367 121 3.3 5.4 -0.6 96 10 -0.5 5.0 -0.9 0.9
2013 COL MLB NL 57 180 .259 .320 .405 .298 115 -6 4.7 -1 71 7 -4.1 -2.7 -5.5 -0.9
2013 NYN MLB NL 91 418 .252 .312 .388 .303 98 -8.9 11.0 -2.4 72 7 4.9 7.4 -12.4 0.9
2014 NYN MLB NL 100 316 .250 .309 .378 .285 95 -3.3 8.1 -1.8 72 11 3.8 6.3 -9.4 0.8
2014 SLU A+ FSL 1 5 .289 .326 .385 .250 99 0 0.1 0 102 0 0.0 0.5 -0.1 0.0
2014 BIN AA EAS 3 11 .302 .356 .486 .000 109 -1.7 0.3 -0.1 39 0 0.0 0.4 -0.9 0.0
2015 ATL MLB NL 35 85 .270 .324 .418 .217 89 -6.2 2.3 0 51 13 -0.6 0.5 -4.5 -0.3
2015 NYN MLB NL 18 9 .244 .333 .400 .000 86 -1.8 0.2 -0.1 52 13 -0.1 0.8 -0.5 0.0
2015 GWN AAA INT 67 280 .250 .310 .358 .298 95 -4 7.8 -1.9 96 0 8.3 5.2 -5.2 1.4
2015 LVG AAA PCL 8 27 .272 .334 .408 .286 90 0.5 0.7 -0.1 111 0 0.0 0.5 -0.1 0.1
2016 NYA MLB AL 6 1 .214 .298 .419 .000 114 -0.2 0.0 0 84 3 0.1 0.1 0.0 0.0
2016 CSP AAA PCL 116 329 .265 .330 .405 .308 105 -1.3 9.2 -2.3 73 0 -1.7 1.9 -13.7 -0.7
2017 ANA MLB AL 47 125 .253 .322 .422 .333 102 2.6 3.7 -0.5 89 12 -0.3 1.0 -1.4 0.3
2017 SLC AAA PCL 83 385 .275 .340 .428 .345 103 9 11.4 -1.6 103 0 -2.3 2.0 3.0 1.2
2018 ANA MLB AL 41 117 .246 .312 .396 .259 103 -9.2 3.3 0 59 15 1.8 -0.8 -5.4 -0.1
2018 SLC AAA PCL 84 348 .271 .341 .436 .363 121 2.1 10.2 -1 101 0 -11.0 -0.4 1.8 0.0
2018 HER Wnt LMP 32 153 .282 .346 .374 .321 103 -0.5 3.3 0.2 102 2 0.0 0.3 3.1 0.6
2019 MVA AAA MEX 27 129 .000 .000 .000 .375 0.0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
2019 TAC AAA PCL 33 142 .285 .356 .484 .275 96 -4.5 4.9 -1.9 52 0 1.0 1.6 -8.8 -0.3
2019 MRN Rk AZL 2 9 .216 .377 .294 .333 81 0.5 0.3 -0.1 156 0 -0.2 0.2 0.5 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
2004 CAS Rk PIO 110 87 20 23 5 1 0 30 7 20 13 14 1 .264 .400 .345 .080 2 2
2005 CAS Rk PIO 264 219 48 66 7 7 3 96 25 35 52 25 10 .301 .401 .438 .137 4 4
2006 ASH A SAL 569 482 92 142 28 6 5 197 49 67 75 87 31 .295 .386 .409 .114 9 9
2007 MOD A+ CLF 613 540 113 157 29 11 8 232 63 46 105 73 18 .291 .354 .430 .139 12 12
2008 TUL AA TXS 476 403 74 117 24 4 3 158 33 61 77 46 16 .290 .387 .392 .102 6 6
2009 CSP AAA PCL 552 472 118 141 21 10 7 203 43 56 79 58 14 .299 .379 .430 .131 12 12
2009 COL MLB NL 61 57 7 14 1 0 1 18 1 4 12 4 4 .246 .295 .316 .070 0 0
2010 COL MLB NL 189 172 26 42 5 1 0 49 8 17 32 17 6 .244 .312 .285 .041 0 0
2010 TUL AA TXS 14 13 2 3 0 0 0 3 0 1 2 0 0 .231 .286 .231 .000 0 0
2010 CSP AAA PCL 142 123 20 31 5 1 1 41 9 15 32 10 0 .252 .340 .333 .081 1 1
2011 COL MLB NL 229 198 34 49 4 3 0 59 10 26 38 27 4 .247 .342 .298 .051 1 1
2011 CSP AAA PCL 275 223 61 81 18 9 2 123 28 39 36 17 1 .363 .454 .552 .188 5 6
2011 MAR Wnt VWL 57 50 7 12 0 0 0 12 3 7 12 6 1 .240 .333 .240 .000 0 0
2012 COL MLB NL 196 174 36 55 7 2 4 78 15 13 31 14 2 .316 .377 .448 .132 0 5
2013 COL MLB NL 180 165 22 40 9 3 1 58 6 11 33 8 4 .242 .290 .352 .109 0 4
2013 NYN MLB NL 418 374 48 94 18 4 1 123 26 35 67 38 7 .251 .318 .329 .078 1 6
2014 SLU A+ FSL 5 4 2 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 .250 .400 .250 .000 0
2014 BIN AA EAS 11 9 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 3 1 0 .000 .182 .000 .000 0
2014 NYN MLB NL 316 280 48 64 10 5 1 87 17 24 60 30 6 .229 .299 .311 .082 2
2015 ATL MLB NL 85 77 7 13 4 2 0 21 5 6 17 3 0 .169 .229 .273 .104 0 2
2015 NYN MLB NL 9 8 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 2 .000 .111 .000 .000 0 0
2015 GWN AAA INT 280 234 36 58 6 3 1 73 27 33 43 23 3 .248 .349 .312 .064 1 8
2015 LVG AAA PCL 27 23 1 6 2 0 0 8 1 4 2 3 1 .261 .370 .348 .087 0 0
2016 CSP AAA PCL 329 289 48 76 9 2 3 98 30 31 51 23 6 .263 .338 .339 .076 2 4
2016 NYA MLB AL 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0
2017 SLC AAA PCL 385 341 67 104 15 5 8 153 52 33 56 20 7 .305 .375 .449 .144 1 4
2017 ANA MLB AL 125 110 24 29 5 0 4 46 16 5 31 12 3 .264 .336 .418 .155 0 3
2018 ANA MLB AL 117 109 12 22 4 2 1 33 8 6 28 5 1 .202 .248 .303 .101 1 0
2018 HER Wnt LMP 153 134 22 37 5 0 1 45 9 14 21 5 2 .276 .358 .336 .060 0 2
2018 SLC AAA PCL 348 307 46 92 18 7 5 139 34 35 66 10 6 .300 .367 .453 .153 4 2
2019 MVA AAA MEX 129 111 30 35 7 0 2 48 6 15 22 5 1 .315 .403 .432 .117 1 0
2019 TAC AAA PCL 142 127 16 30 4 3 2 46 11 10 26 3 2 .236 .296 .362 .126 3 0
2019 MRN Rk AZL 9 6 3 2 0 0 0 2 1 3 0 1 0 .333 .556 .333 .000 0 0

Plate Discipline

YEAR Pits Zone% Swing% Contact% Z-Swing% O-Swing% Z-Contact% O-Contact% SwStr% CSAA
2009 205 0.5610 0.4341 0.7640 0.6000 0.2222 0.7826 0.7000 0.2360 0.0012
2010 694 0.5173 0.4006 0.7950 0.5877 0.2000 0.8483 0.6269 0.2050 -0.0062
2011 865 0.5075 0.4069 0.8097 0.5900 0.2183 0.8649 0.6559 0.1903 -0.0056
2012 665 0.5368 0.4662 0.7839 0.6303 0.2760 0.8667 0.5647 0.2161 -0.0041
2013 2209 0.5278 0.4531 0.7662 0.6286 0.2570 0.8377 0.5709 0.2338 -0.0085
2014 1183 0.5199 0.4455 0.7761 0.6146 0.2623 0.8624 0.5570 0.2239 -0.0023
2015 326 0.5184 0.4540 0.7500 0.5799 0.3185 0.8367 0.5800 0.2500 0.0026
2016 7 0.4286 0.5714 1.0000 1.0000 0.2500 1.0000 1.0000 0.0000 0.0000
2017 431 0.5244 0.4919 0.6887 0.7035 0.2585 0.7547 0.4906 0.3113 0.0000
2018 437 0.5034 0.4897 0.7290 0.6818 0.2949 0.8067 0.5469 0.2710 0.0000
Career70220.52250.44640.77010.62280.25360.84050.58220.2299-0.0046

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
2014-05-25 2014-06-16 15-DL 22 22 Right Thigh Strain Hamstring -
2014-05-04 2014-05-05 DTD 1 1 Right Face Contusion Cheekbone Batted Ball - -
2014-02-26 2014-03-04 Camp 6 0 - Trunk Soreness Ribcage - -
2013-07-26 2013-07-27 DTD 1 2 - Knee Soreness - -
2012-08-20 2012-10-04 15-DL 45 43 Left Trunk Strain Intercostal - -
2011-08-21 2011-08-21 DTD 0 0 - Lower Leg Tightness Calf - -
2011-02-25 2011-03-12 Camp 15 0 Right Lower Leg Stress Fracture Tibia -
2010-09-28 2010-10-04 DTD 6 6 Right Lower Leg Stress Fracture Tibia -
2010-09-25 2010-09-25 DTD 0 0 Neck Contusion -
2010-09-20 2010-09-22 DTD 2 1 Right Lower Leg Stress Fracture Tibia -
2010-05-13 2010-08-14 60-DL 93 82 Right Lower Leg Stress Fracture Tibia -
2009-11-11 2010-01-16 WIN 66 0 Knee Contusion -
2008-04-29 2008-06-01 Minors 33 0 Not Disclosed -
2004-07-20 2004-09-01 Minors 43 0 - Surgery Fracture - Errant Pickoff Throw 2004-07-19

Compensation

Year Team Salary
2018 SEA $
2017 ANA $
2016 MIL $
2015 ATL $1,000,000
2014 NYN $1,850,000
2013 COL $492,000
2012 COL $481,000
YearsDescriptionSalary
4 yrPrevious$3,823,000
4 yrTotal$3,823,000

 

Service TimeAgentContract Status
6 y 57 dCAA1 year (2019)

Details
  • 1 year (2019). Signed by Baltimore as a free agent 2/11/19 (minor-league contract). Released by Baltimore 3/22/19. Signed by Seattle as a free agent 3/26/19 (minor-league contract).
  • 1 year (2018). Re-signed by LA Angels 1/5/18 (minor-league contract).
  • 1 year (2017). Signed by LA Angels as a free agent 1/24/17 (minor-league contract). Contract selected by LA Angels 5/29/17. Sent outright to Triple-A by LA Angels 7/13/17. Elected free agency 11/17.
  • 1 year (2016). Signed by Milwaukee as a free agent 12/29/15 (minor-league contract). Salary of $1M in majors. Performance bonuses. Acquired by NY Yankees in trade from Milwaukee 8/31/16. Contract selected by NY Yankees 9/2/16. Refused assignment, elected free agency 10/6/16.
  • 1 year (2015). Signed by Atlanta as a free agent 2/13/15 (minor-league contract). Contract selected by Atlanta 4/5/15. DFA by Atlanta 6/5/15. Sent outright to Triple-A 6/11/15. Acquired by NY Mets in trade from Atlanta 8/22/15. Contract selected by NY Mets 9/1/15. Elected free agency 11/5/15.
  • 1 year/$1.85M (2014). Re-signed by NY Mets 1/16/14 (avoided arbitration). Non-tendered by NY Mets 12/2/14.
  • 1 year/$0.492M (2013). Re-signed by Colorado 3/6/13. Acquired by NY Mets in trade 6/19/13 after being DFA by Colorado 6/12/13.
  • 1 year/$0.481M (2012). Re-signed by Colorado 3/3/12.
  • 1 year (2011). Re-signed by Colorado 3/11.
  • 1 year (2010). Re-signed by Colorado 3/5/10.
  • 1 year (2009). Contract purchased by Colorado 11/20/08. Re-signed by Colorado 3/4/09.
  • Drafted by Colorado 2003 (30-887) (Piscataway HS, N.J.). Signed 6/04.

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 379 49 88 14 3 9 39 32 77 19 6 .263 .336 .403 94 13.9 1.5
80o 360 45 81 13 3 8 36 29 75 17 5 .253 .323 .388 86 8.9 0.9
70o 347 42 76 12 3 8 33 27 73 16 5 .246 .315 .382 81 5.5 0.6
60o 336 40 70 11 2 7 31 26 72 15 5 .233 .303 .353 77 2.8 0.3
50o 325 37 66 10 2 7 30 24 71 14 4 .227 .293 .347 72 0.4 0.0
40o 314 35 62 10 2 6 28 23 69 13 4 .220 .286 .333 68 -1.8 -0.2
30o 303 33 58 9 2 6 26 21 67 12 4 .212 .277 .326 64 -4.0 -0.4
20o 290 31 52 8 2 5 24 19 65 11 3 .198 .259 .302 58 -6.3 -0.7
10o 271 28 47 7 2 5 22 17 63 10 3 .191 .250 .297 51 -9.2 -1.0
Weighted Mean32838671127302571144.228.295.350741.10.1

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