Kristopher Negrón Stats | Baseball Prospectus

PA	AVG	HR	R	RBI	SB	DRC+	WARP
96	.228	3	11	10	2	78	0.2

MLB Statistics

YEAR	TEAM	AGE	G	PA	H	2B	3B	HR	BB	SO	HBP	SB	CS	AVG	OBP	SLG	DRC+	DRAA	BRR	FRAA	BWARP
2012	CIN	26	4	5	1	0	0	0	1	2	0	0	0	.250	.400	.250	81	-0.1	-0.1	0.0	0.0
2014	CIN	28	49	158	39	10	1	6	12	40	1	5	0	.271	.331	.479	89	-1.8	2.6	1.8	0.8
2015	CIN	29	43	107	13	2	0	0	9	23	3	2	0	.140	.238	.161	58	-4.8	0.7	0.2	-0.1
2017	ARI	31	14	31	4	1	0	0	4	7	1	0	0	.160	.300	.200	78	-0.8	-1.9	0.2	-0.2
2018	ARI	32	2	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.333	.333	.333	76	-0.1	0.1	0.0	0.0
2018	SEA	32	18	30	6	0	0	1	1	9	0	2	0	.207	.233	.310	78	-0.7	0.2	0.3	0.1
2019	LAN	33	30	57	14	1	0	2	3	17	0	0	1	.259	.298	.389	68	-2.1	-2.2	-1.0	-0.4
2019	SEA	33	10	25	5	0	0	0	2	9	0	1	0	.217	.280	.217	77	-0.6	0.8	-0.5	0.0
Career			170	416	83	14	1	9	32	107	5	10	1	.221	.291	.336	76	-11.0	0.3	0.9	0.3

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
2006	LOW	A-	NYP	9	35	.249	.329	.337	.393	94	5	0.9	0.4	162	0	-1.0	-0.6	1.8	0.2
2006	RSX	Rk	GCL	41	162	.258	.340	.385	.285	97	0.8	4.9	1	59	0	5.9	1.8	-2.2	1.1
2007	GRN	A	SAL	112	467	.257	.330	.386	.286	113	-20.6	13.6	2.3	74	0	7.8	4.1	-13.6	1.4
2007	LNC	A+	CLF	3	13	.315	.411	.544	.222	127	-0.5	0.4	0	67	0	0.3	-0.3	-0.5	0.0
2008	GRN	A	SAL	92	362	.250	.317	.364	.280	105	-3.5	10.1	-0.3	99	0	-0.7	6.1	-4.9	1.1
2008	LNC	A+	CLF	33	131	.276	.345	.412	.365	104	10.6	5.0	0	109	0	8.6	0.0	-1.1	1.3
2008	PME	AA	EAS	4	9	.287	.358	.449	.167	107	-0.7	0.3	0	55	0	0.0	0.0	-0.6	0.0
2009	SAR	A+	FSL	8	29	.247	.328	.355	.267	95	0	0.7	0.2	107	0	-0.2	0.7	0.2	0.2
2009	SLM	A+	CRL	111	464	.256	.332	.380	.319	100	-0.7	13.3	4.1	93	0	-9.7	4.3	-1.7	1.1
2009	CAR	AA	SOU	15	67	.252	.333	.367	.239	93	1.3	1.8	0.1	106	0	0.4	0.9	0.7	0.4
2010	CAR	AA	SOU	120	547	.264	.337	.394	.317	99	13.3	15.7	7.2	105	0	5.8	4.8	5.5	4.0
2010	LOU	AAA	INT	7	21	.260	.314	.405	.267	102	-3.6	1.1	0	29	0	-0.2	0.1	-2.8	-0.2
2011	LOU	AAA	INT	123	465	.264	.330	.404	.260	93	-26.7	14.4	2.3	55	0	-4.5	5.4	-20.0	-0.2
2012	CIN	MLB	NL	4	5	.268	.332	.420	.500	102	0.5	0.1	0	81	7	0.0	-0.1	-0.1	0.0
2012	LOU	AAA	INT	74	319	.252	.320	.389	.276	102	-12.4	9.5	1.3	65	0	7.5	4.2	-11.0	1.1
2013	LOU	AAA	INT	116	379	.252	.325	.379	.292	99	-14.9	10.9	3	70	0	-1.6	1.3	-16.8	-0.3
2014	CIN	MLB	NL	49	158	.250	.312	.382	.337	104	4	4.1	0.3	89	14	1.8	2.6	-1.8	0.8
2014	LOU	AAA	INT	75	240	.256	.326	.389	.346	110	-3.6	7.2	2	95	0	0.4	2.5	-4.6	0.7
2015	CIN	MLB	NL	43	107	.260	.320	.411	.186	92	-11	2.9	0.2	58	13	0.2	0.7	-4.8	-0.1
2015	LOU	AAA	INT	59	230	.252	.314	.368	.258	96	-11.4	6.4	2.3	67	0	-5.2	-2.1	-11.1	-1.0
2016	IOW	AAA	PCL	117	419	.265	.327	.409	.309	90	5.5	11.8	1.9	84	0	2.0	-0.2	-12.9	0.3
2017	ARI	MLB	NL	14	31	.259	.323	.446	.222	96	-1.2	0.9	0	78	11	0.2	-1.9	-0.8	-0.2
2017	RNO	AAA	PCL	120	437	.280	.346	.450	.356	112	5.4	12.9	-0.5	101	0	12.7	5.8	2.4	3.3
2018	ARI	MLB	NL	2	3	.238	.308	.399	.333	93	-0.1	0.1	0	76	12	0.0	0.1	-0.1	0.0
2018	SEA	MLB	AL	18	30	.254	.331	.417	.263	96	-2.4	0.8	0	78	12	0.3	0.2	-0.7	0.1
2018	RNO	AAA	PCL	118	425	.275	.343	.439	.380	116	9.7	12.5	-0.2	107	0	5.6	5.4	4.8	2.8
2019	LAN	MLB	NL	30	57	.251	.317	.439	.343	99	-1	1.7	0	68	13	-1.0	-2.2	-2.1	-0.4
2019	SEA	MLB	AL	10	25	.267	.338	.467	.357	94	-2	0.8	-0.2	77	9	-0.5	0.8	-0.6	0.0
2019	TAC	AAA	PCL	82	356	.293	.363	.502	.401	99	13.8	12.2	-1.6	109	0	4.1	3.1	5.9	2.1

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
2006	RSX	Rk	GCL	162	142	19	37	6	2	2	53	16	12	20	10	0	.261	.333	.373	.113	3	3
2006	LOW	A-	NYP	35	28	8	11	2	1	0	15	5	4	2	5	1	.393	.457	.536	.143	2	2
2007	LNC	A+	CLF	13	11	3	2	0	0	0	2	0	0	2	2	0	.182	.308	.182	.000	0	0
2007	GRN	A	SAL	467	403	61	91	11	4	3	119	29	46	97	29	7	.226	.321	.295	.069	5	5
2008	GRN	A	SAL	362	311	50	76	15	5	1	104	27	31	48	25	5	.244	.327	.334	.090	6	6
2008	LNC	A+	CLF	131	116	23	38	8	3	7	73	19	5	25	6	1	.328	.383	.629	.302	1	1
2008	PME	AA	EAS	9	7	0	1	1	0	0	2	0	1	2	0	0	.143	.222	.286	.143	1	1
2009	CAR	AA	SOU	67	54	11	13	2	0	2	21	5	8	7	4	1	.241	.373	.389	.148	1	1
2009	SAR	A+	FSL	29	24	6	5	0	0	1	8	2	5	8	3	1	.208	.345	.333	.125	0	0
2009	SLM	A+	CRL	464	409	69	108	17	4	3	142	34	39	83	20	3	.264	.335	.347	.083	6	6
2010	CAR	AA	SOU	547	470	79	128	19	6	11	192	41	51	97	34	9	.272	.358	.409	.136	7	7
2010	LOU	AAA	INT	21	21	1	4	1	0	0	5	0	0	6	1	0	.190	.190	.238	.048	0	0
2011	LOU	AAA	INT	465	417	54	90	16	4	9	141	45	22	102	11	1	.216	.269	.338	.122	5	11
2012	CIN	MLB	NL	5	4	2	1	0	0	0	1	0	1	2	0	0	.250	.400	.250	.000	0	0
2012	LOU	AAA	INT	319	284	34	62	13	2	6	97	20	22	77	17	3	.218	.287	.342	.123	2	5
2013	LOU	AAA	INT	379	334	31	75	14	1	5	106	30	26	93	11	3	.225	.295	.317	.093	4	6
2014	LOU	AAA	INT	240	219	33	59	15	3	3	89	25	14	54	9	2	.269	.328	.406	.137	0
2014	CIN	MLB	NL	158	144	19	39	10	1	6	69	17	12	40	5	0	.271	.331	.479	.208	0
2015	CIN	MLB	NL	107	93	5	13	2	0	0	15	2	9	23	2	0	.140	.238	.161	.022	0	2
2015	LOU	AAA	INT	230	204	13	44	5	1	4	63	15	15	47	3	1	.216	.280	.309	.093	2	5
2016	IOW	AAA	PCL	419	375	47	96	20	4	9	151	46	20	90	23	6	.256	.308	.403	.147	6	7
2017	RNO	AAA	PCL	437	387	70	116	17	11	13	194	64	35	88	13	3	.300	.366	.501	.202	3	5
2017	ARI	MLB	NL	31	25	3	4	1	0	0	5	1	4	7	0	0	.160	.300	.200	.040	0	1
2018	RNO	AAA	PCL	425	371	71	105	17	5	15	177	45	43	121	10	3	.283	.368	.477	.194	2	1
2018	ARI	MLB	NL	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	.333	.333	.333	.000	0	0
2018	SEA	MLB	AL	30	29	6	6	0	0	1	9	3	1	9	2	0	.207	.233	.310	.103	0	0
2019	TAC	AAA	PCL	356	306	62	95	15	4	12	154	61	41	91	11	3	.310	.396	.503	.193	4	0
2019	LAN	MLB	NL	57	54	9	14	1	0	2	21	7	3	17	0	1	.259	.298	.389	.130	0	0
2019	SEA	MLB	AL	25	23	3	5	0	0	0	5	1	2	9	1	0	.217	.280	.217	.000	0	0

Plate Discipline

YEAR	Pits	Zone%	Swing%	Contact%	Z-Swing%	O-Swing%	Z-Contact%	O-Contact%	SwStr%	CSAA
2012	18	0.5556	0.4444	0.3750	0.6000	0.2500	0.5000	0.0000	0.6250	0.0002
2014	564	0.5284	0.5142	0.7138	0.6745	0.3346	0.8109	0.4944	0.2862	-0.0060
2015	369	0.4797	0.4661	0.7384	0.6610	0.2865	0.8376	0.5273	0.2616	0.0047
2017	130	0.3846	0.4000	0.7885	0.6000	0.2750	0.9333	0.5909	0.2115	0.0000
2018	142	0.5352	0.5141	0.6301	0.6974	0.3030	0.6792	0.5000	0.3699	0.0000
2019	322	0.4814	0.4938	0.6604	0.6968	0.3054	0.7500	0.4706	0.3396	0.0000
Career	1545	0.4958	0.4880	0.7032	0.6709	0.3081	0.7992	0.5002	0.2968	-0.0010

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
2012-08-31	2012-10-12	15-DL	42	30	Right	Knee	Recovery From Surgery	ACL and Medial Meniscus	2012-07-10	-
2012-07-06	2012-08-31	Minors	56	51	Right	Knee	Surgery	ACL and Medial Meniscus	2012-07-10	-

Compensation

Year	Team	Salary
2019	LAN	$
2018	SEA	$
2017	ARI	$
2016	CHN	$
2015	CIN	$512,500

Years	Description	Salary
1 yr	Previous	$512,500
1 yr	Total	$512,500

Service Time	Agent	Contract Status
2 y 36 d	John Boggs	2019

Details

1 year (2019). Re-signed by Seattle 3/19. Sent outright to Triple-A by Seattle 3/13/19. Contract selected by Seattle 7/16/19. Acquired by LA Dodgers in trade from Seattle 7/29/19. Released by LA Dodgers 11/9/19. Retired 11/19.
1 year (2018). Signed by Arizona as a free agent 1/9/18 (minor-league contract). Contract selected by Arizona 6/4/18. DFA by Arizona 6/6/18. Sent outright to Triple-A 6/10/18. Contract selected by Seattle 9/1/18.
1 year (2017). Signed by Arizona 11/14/16 (minor-league contract). Contract selected by Arizona 9/1/17. Sent outright to Triple-A by Arizona 10/31/17.
1 year (2016). Signed by Chicago Cubs 1/14/16 (minor-league contract).
1 year/$0.5125M (2015). Re-signed by Cincinnati 3/15. Sent outright to Triple-A by Cincinnati 10/30/15.
1 year (2014). Re-signed by Cincinnati as a free agent 10/14/13 (minor-league contract). Contract selected by Cincinnati 7/10/14.
1 year (2013). Re-signed by Cincinnati as a free agent 11/30/12 (minor-league contract).
1 year (2012). Re-signed by Cincinnati 3/12. Non-tendered by Cincinnati 11/30/12.
1 year (2011). Contract purchased by Cincinnati 11/19/10.
Acquired by Cincinnati in trade from Boston 8/14/09.
Drafted by Boston 2006 (7-223) (Consumnes River CC, Calif.).

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
Weighted Mean	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	0	0	?	?	.000	.000	.000	0	0.0	?	0.0

Preseason Long-Term Forecast (Beyond the 2019 Projections)

Playing time estimates are based on performance, not Depth Charts.

Year	Age	PA	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	SB	AVG	OBP	SLG	DRC+	WARP	VORP	BRR	POS_ADJ	REP_ADJ	RAA	FRAA
2020	34	358	39	72	12	3	10	39	20	107	6	.219	.273	.363	76	0.4	2.9	0.8	-0.1	9.2	-7.0	0.9
2021	35	320	34	61	10	2	9	34	19	97	5	.213	.269	.356	75	0.3	2.1	0.6	-0.2	8.2	-6.5	0.8
2022	36	302	32	58	9	2	8	32	18	91	4	.214	.272	.354	74	0.3	1.6	0.4	-0.3	7.8	-6.3	0.7
2023	37	273	29	53	9	2	7	29	16	82	3	.214	.270	.354	74	0.2	1.1	0.2	-0.3	7.0	-5.7	0.7
2024	38	265	28	51	8	2	7	28	16	81	2	.212	.269	.352	73	0.2	0.8	0.1	-0.4	6.8	-5.7	0.7
2025	39	258	27	50	8	2	7	27	15	79	1	.211	.267	.348	72	0.1	0.3	-0.0	-0.5	6.6	-5.9	0.6
2026	40	250	26	48	8	2	6	26	15	77	1	.209	.265	.344	70	0.1	-0.1	-0.1	-0.5	6.4	-5.9	0.6
2027	41	245	26	46	7	2	6	25	14	75	0	.208	.264	.342	70	0.0	-0.4	-0.2	-0.6	6.3	-5.9	0.6
2028	42	241	25	46	7	2	6	24	14	75	0	.207	.263	.338	69	-0.0	-0.7	-0.2	-0.6	6.2	-6.1	0.6

Comparable Players (Similarity Index 68)

Rank	Score	Name	Year	DRC+	Trend
1	80	Pete Orr	2012	57
2	79	Nick Green	2012	77
3	79	Chase Lambin	2013	0	DNP
4	78	Jim Adduci	2018	75
5	78	Adam Rosales	2016	90
6	77	Fernando Tatis	2008	106
7	77	Aaron Holbert	2006	0	DNP
8	76	Ed Lucas	2015	0	DNP
9	76	Bobby Scales	2011	0	DNP
10	76	Hector Luna	2013	0	DNP
11	75	Jorge Velandia	2008	64
12	74	Eugenio Velez	2015	0	DNP
13	73	Keith Ginter	2009	0	DNP
14	73	Michael Martinez	2016	75
15	73	Jed Hansen	2006	0	DNP
16	73	Matt Carson	2015	0	DNP
17	72	Chris Coste	2006	103
18	72	Roger Bernadina	2017	0	DNP
19	71	Vinny Rottino	2013	0	DNP
20	71	Josh Wilson	2014	66
21	71	Dewayne Wise	2011	64
22	71	Travis Ishikawa	2017	0	DNP
23	71	Cole Gillespie	2017	0	DNP
24	70	Michael Ryan	2011	0	DNP
25	70	Rich Thompson	2012	66
26	70	Brendan Harris	2014	0	DNP
27	70	Scott Seabol	2008	0	DNP
28	69	Esteban German	2011	105
29	69	Darnell McDonald	2012	86
30	69	Hernan Iribarren	2017	0	DNP
31	69	Mike Cervenak	2010	0	DNP
32	69	Gil Velazquez	2013	82
33	69	Cody Ransom	2009	56
34	69	Chris Dickerson	2015	0	DNP
35	69	Jon Weber	2011	0	DNP
36	69	Omar Quintanilla	2015	0	DNP
37	68	Chris Gimenez	2016	73
38	68	Mike Rivera	2010	76
39	68	Mike Jacobs	2014	0	DNP
40	68	Joe Dillon	2009	100
41	68	Royce Huffman	2010	0	DNP
42	67	Justin Christian	2013	0	DNP
43	67	Andy Abad	2006	104
44	67	Corey Patterson	2013	0	DNP
45	67	Matt Kata	2011	0	DNP
46	67	Jeff Bailey	2012	0	DNP
47	66	Chris Aguila	2012	0	DNP
48	66	Adrian Brown	2007	0	DNP
49	66	Nolan Reimold	2017	0	DNP
50	66	Chris Heintz	2008	0	DNP
51	66	Kazuo Matsui	2009	71
52	65	Irving Falu	2016	0	DNP
53	65	Tuffy Gosewisch	2017	47
54	65	David Newhan	2007	66
55	65	Ryan Roberts	2014	71
56	65	Ryan Spilborghs	2013	0	DNP
57	65	Franklin Gutierrez	2016	102
58	64	Mike McCoy	2014	0	DNP
59	64	Damon Hollins	2007	0	DNP
60	64	Joe Inglett	2011	73
61	64	Clint Robinson	2018	0	DNP
62	64	Aaron Guiel	2006	97
63	64	Kevin Barker	2009	69
64	64	Mike Mahoney	2006	0	DNP
65	64	Randy Velarde	1996	108
66	64	Eliezer Alfonzo	2012	0	DNP
67	64	John Lindsey	2010	72
68	64	Juan Samuel	1994	105
69	64	Don Kelly	2013	95
70	64	Brooks Conrad	2013	0	DNP
71	64	Mark Bellhorn	2008	0	DNP
72	63	Jacob Cruz	2006	0	DNP
73	63	Clint Barmes	2012	68
74	63	Tadahito Iguchi	2008	60
75	63	Shawn Wooten	2006	0	DNP
76	63	Koyie Hill	2012	79
77	63	Erik Kratz	2013	93
78	63	Robby Thompson	1995	79
79	63	Terry Shumpert	2000	92
80	63	Dick Green	1974	61
81	63	Sean Rodriguez	2018	65
82	63	Mike Fontenot	2013	0	DNP
83	63	Jason Bourgeois	2015	76
84	63	Bret Boone	2002	111
85	63	Wilson Valdez	2011	65
86	63	Eddie Miller	1950	81
87	63	Damian Jackson	2007	0	DNP
88	63	Damion Easley	2003	50
89	62	Kevin Cash	2011	0	DNP
90	62	Jesus Feliciano	2012	0	DNP
91	62	Stephen Drew	2016	114
92	62	Ronnie Belliard	2008	109
93	62	Mark DeRosa	2008	121
94	62	Jeff Francoeur	2017	0	DNP
95	62	Ramon Vazquez	2010	0	DNP
96	62	Julian Javier	1970	60
97	62	Josh Paul	2008	0	DNP
98	62	Connie Ryan	1953	104
99	62	Jerry Priddy	1953	70
100	62	Andres Blanco	2017	65

BP Annual Player Comments

Year		Comment
2019		Due to publishing agreements, the 2019 player comments and team essays are only available in the Baseball Prospectus 2019 book (available in hardcopy, and soon e-book and Kindle).
2018		Kris Negron is good enough to thump Triple-A pitching, but hasn't shown an ability to do the same in the bigs. There will be lots of headlines with the phrase "non-roster invitee" and his name in them.
2016		We were right, of course, but that doesn't mean we're happy about it. When Negron managed to randomly display some fleeting ability with the bat during a two-month stint with the Reds back in 2014, we called it exactly that: random and fleeting. Sometimes players like Negron with long and sordid minor-league track records turn into solid major leaguers. Sometimes storm clouds deliver frogs instead of rain. Sometimes the conspiracy theory turns out to be true. Sometimes we let our affinity for effort and attitude and a redemptive narrative cloud our judgment, and we hope someone like Negron will carve out a big-league career, because he'll appreciate it, and so will we. Almost always, we're disappointed.
2015		Negron reached the majors in mid-July and, from August 1st on, started 32 games at second and third base while also making brief appearances in left field and at shortstop. The very best thing a fringe utility player can do for his career is catch lightning in a bottle when he gets his first shot at playing time; Negron's best seasonal OPS in the minors was the .765 mark he posted between Rookie and short-season ball as a 20-year-old in 2006. Which is to say that the .810 figure he put up in Cincinnati is, how do you say, a fluke. The man can steal a base and his versatility is useful on a bench, but don't think Negron's outburst makes Brandon Phillips expendable. Not that you were thinking that. We're just saying.
2013		Negron can play anywhere on the infield or outfield but doesn't hit. He has no power and less plate discipline. He's an excellent basestealer, succeeding on 84 percent of his attempts in seven minor-league seasons. A right ACL injury ended Negron's season in July and eventually required surgery. Assuming he's healthy, he can resume his quest to become the new Wilson Valdez.
2012		After a terrible 2011, Kris Negron might best serve as a warning to the Reds' horde of shortstops who don't play short that well and don't hit enough to get looks anywhere else.
2011		Negron was known for his glove before coming to the Reds organization in the Alex Gonzalez trade, but his bat has perked up after the swap. The natural shortstop has spent time at every position but first, catcher, and pitcher, and his speed has served him well on the basepaths, where he boasts a career 83.2 percent stolen-base success rate. After posting a 952 OPS in the Arizona Fall League, he's on the verge of major-league utilitymanhood.