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Norichika Aoki RFMets

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Birth Date	1-5-1982
Height	5' 9"
Weight	180 lbs

Age	42 years, 3 months, 20 days
Bats	L
Throws	R

: 0.72015
: 1.42016
: -0.12017
: 2018
: 0.62019
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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
2012	MIL	30	151	588	150	37	4	10	43	55	13	30	8	.289	.355	.433	106	4.3	1.5	3.8	2.2
2013	MIL	31	155	674	171	20	3	8	55	40	11	20	12	.286	.356	.370	104	3.8	-4.2	1.8	1.4
2014	KCA	32	132	549	140	22	6	1	43	49	6	17	8	.285	.349	.360	99	-0.4	3.6	-7.2	0.5
2015	SFN	33	93	392	102	12	3	5	30	25	6	14	5	.287	.353	.380	98	0.7	-1.3	-0.5	0.7
2016	SEA	34	118	467	118	24	4	4	34	45	9	7	9	.283	.349	.388	97	-0.7	0.1	3.1	1.4
2017	HOU	35	70	224	55	12	1	2	15	29	2	5	2	.272	.323	.371	88	-2.7	-2.3	-2.1	-0.2
2017	NYN	35	27	116	29	7	1	0	13	10	1	5	0	.284	.371	.373	89	-1.3	-0.4	0.2	0.1
2017	TOR	35	12	34	9	1	0	3	1	5	0	0	0	.281	.294	.594	87	-0.4	0.0	0.6	0.1
Career			758	3044	774	135	22	33	234	258	48	98	44	.285	.350	.387	100	3.3	-3.0	-0.5	6.2

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
2012	MIL	MLB	NL	151	588	.258	.319	.409	.304	107	12.5	16.1	-4.8	106	9	3.8	1.5	4.3	2.2
2013	MIL	MLB	NL	155	674	.251	.312	.392	.295	106	5.8	17.7	-6.4	104	8	1.8	-4.2	3.8	1.4
2014	KCA	MLB	AL	132	549	.259	.318	.397	.314	101	5.2	14.2	-5.4	99	6	-7.2	3.6	-0.4	0.5
2014	NWA	AA	TEX	3	11	.249	.308	.375	.111	99	-1.5	0.3	-0.1	42	0	-0.4	0.2	-0.9	-0.1
2015	SFN	MLB	NL	93	392	.253	.316	.398	.298	90	5.7	10.6	-2.5	98	9	-0.5	-1.3	0.7	0.7
2015	SAC	AAA	PCL	4	14	.289	.353	.450	.231	109	-1.2	0.4	-0.1	77	0	0.3	-0.2	-0.6	0.0
2016	SEA	MLB	AL	118	467	.259	.321	.423	.309	102	4.4	13.2	-2.5	97	9	3.1	0.1	-0.7	1.4
2016	TAC	AAA	PCL	24	108	.269	.330	.407	.357	81	5.9	3.0	-0.6	129	0	-3.5	1.5	1.6	0.2
2017	HOU	MLB	AL	70	224	.256	.322	.431	.303	102	-6.2	6.6	-1.7	88	7	-2.1	-2.3	-2.7	-0.2
2017	NYN	MLB	NL	27	116	.253	.325	.427	.315	93	1.2	3.4	-1.1	89	7	0.2	-0.4	-1.3	0.1
2017	TOR	MLB	AL	12	34	.246	.310	.407	.240	102	1.9	1.0	-0.3	87	7	0.6	0.0	-0.4	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
2012	MIL	MLB	NL	588	520	81	150	37	4	10	225	50	43	55	30	8	.289	.355	.433	.144	5	7
2013	MIL	MLB	NL	674	597	80	171	20	3	8	221	37	55	40	20	12	.286	.356	.370	.084	3	8
2014	KCA	MLB	AL	549	491	63	140	22	6	1	177	43	43	49	17	8	.285	.349	.360	.075	1
2014	NWA	AA	TEX	11	10	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	.100	.182	.100	.000	0
2015	SFN	MLB	NL	392	355	42	102	12	3	5	135	26	30	25	14	5	.287	.353	.380	.093	0	1
2015	SAC	AAA	PCL	14	13	1	3	0	0	0	3	0	1	0	0	0	.231	.286	.231	.000	0	0
2016	TAC	AAA	PCL	108	96	17	31	5	0	1	39	7	8	13	4	0	.323	.374	.406	.083	2	1
2016	SEA	MLB	AL	467	417	63	118	24	4	4	162	28	34	45	7	9	.283	.349	.388	.106	1	5
2017	NYN	MLB	NL	116	102	16	29	7	1	0	38	8	13	10	5	0	.284	.371	.373	.088	0	0
2017	HOU	MLB	AL	224	202	28	55	12	1	2	75	19	15	29	5	2	.272	.323	.371	.099	4	1
2017	TOR	MLB	AL	34	32	4	9	1	0	3	19	8	1	5	0	0	.281	.294	.594	.313	1	0

Plate Discipline

YEAR	Pits	Zone%	Swing%	Contact%	Z-Swing%	O-Swing%	Z-Contact%	O-Contact%	SwStr%	CSAA
2012	2285	0.5112	0.4118	0.8661	0.5882	0.2274	0.9054	0.7598	0.1339	-0.0019
2013	2433	0.5006	0.4135	0.9155	0.5977	0.2288	0.9519	0.8201	0.0845	-0.0058
2014	2045	0.5090	0.4328	0.8938	0.6340	0.2241	0.9409	0.7556	0.1062	-0.0070
2015	1441	0.5080	0.4490	0.9073	0.6161	0.2764	0.9490	0.8112	0.0927	-0.0023
2016	1680	0.5268	0.4655	0.8734	0.6395	0.2717	0.9258	0.7361	0.1266	0.0000
2017	1454	0.5096	0.4580	0.8559	0.6356	0.2735	0.9087	0.7282	0.1441	0.0000
Career	11338	0.5102	0.4346	0.8867	0.6157	0.2458	0.9308	0.7710	0.1133	-0.0032

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
2014-06-21	2014-07-11	15-DL	20	18	Left	Groin	Strain		-
2014-06-18	2014-06-19	DTD	1	1	Left	Groin	Soreness		-
2014-05-25	2014-05-26	DTD	1	1	Left	Elbow	Contusion	HBP	-
2013-08-29	2013-08-29	DTD	0	0	Right	Knee	Tendonitis	Patellar Tendonitis	-
2013-08-22	2013-08-23	DTD	1	0	Right	Knee	Tendonitis	Patellar Tendonitis	-	-
2013-07-09	2013-07-11	DTD	2	2	Left	Elbow	Tightness		-	-
2012-08-31	2012-09-01	DTD	1	1	-	Neck	Stiffness		-	-

Compensation

Year	Team	Salary
2017	HOU	$5,500,000
2016	SEA	$5,500,000
2015	SFN	$4,000,000
2014	KCA	$1,918,750
2013	MIL	$1,250,000
2012	MIL	$1,000,000

Years	Description	Salary
6 yr	Previous	$19,168,750
6 yr	Total	$19,168,750

Service Time	Agent	Contract Status
5 y 148 d	Nez Balelo	2018

Details

3 years/$9.19M (2018-20). Signed by Yakult Swallows of Japan 1/30/18.
1 year/$5.5M (2017). Signed by Houston 11/30/16 (avoided arbitration). Acquired by Toronto in trade from Houston 7/31/17. DFA by Toronto 8/28/17. Released by Toronto 8/29/17. Signed by NY Mets as a free agent 9/2/17 (Mets to pay pro-rated Major League minimum salary, or $87,705). Released by NY Mets 10/30/17.
1 year/$5.5M (2016), plus 2017 vesting option. Signed by Seattle as a free agent 12/3/15. 2017 option is added if Aoki has 480 or more plate appearances in 2016. (Aoki may exercise if he does not end 2016 season on disabled list with a concussion or concussion-related symptoms. Seattle may exercise if Aoki ends 2016 season on disabled list with a concussion or concussion-related symptoms.) Performance bonuses: $0.1M each for 400, 425, 450, 475, 500 PAs. $0.25M each for 525, 550, 575, 600 PAs. Claimed by Houston off waivers from Seattle 11/3/16.
1 year/$4.7M (2015), plus 2016 club option. Signed by San Francisco as a free agent 1/16/15. 15:$4M, 16:$5.5M club option, $0.7M buyout. 2016 club option becomes mutual option with 550 plate appearances in 2015. Annual performance bonuses: $0.1M each for 400, 425, 450, 475, 500 plate appearances. $0.25M each for 525, 550, 575, 600 PAs. To be released at contract's end, becoming a free agent. San Francisco declined 2016 option 11/5/15.
2 years/$2.5M (2012-13), plus 2014 club option. Signed by Milwaukee 1/17/12. 12:$1M, 13:$1.25M, 14:$1.5M club option, $0.25M buyout. Performance bonuses based on games (70-150) and starts (100-140): May earn additional $1.675M in 2012, $0.8375M in 2013 and $1.0875M in 2014. Half of bonuses earned in 2012 added to 2013 base salary. May become Article XX(B) free agent after contract expires (after 2013 or 2014 season). Milwaukee exercised 2014 option at $1,918,750 10/29/13. Acquired by Kansas City in trade from Milwaukee 12/5/13.
Milwaukee paid $2.5M posting fee for negotiating rights after Aoki was posted by Japan's Yakult Swallows 1/12.

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	380	46	103	20	3	7	40	31	53	10	4	.305	.370	.444	113	21.3	2.3
80^o	361	42	93	18	2	6	37	29	52	9	4	.288	.354	.412	105	15.8	1.7
70^o	348	40	87	17	2	6	35	27	51	8	4	.279	.345	.404	100	12.1	1.3
60^o	336	37	83	16	2	6	33	25	50	8	3	.275	.337	.401	95	9.2	1.0
50^o	325	35	77	15	2	5	31	24	49	7	3	.263	.326	.379	91	6.6	0.7
40^o	314	33	73	14	2	5	29	22	48	7	3	.257	.318	.373	86	4.1	0.4
30^o	302	31	68	13	2	5	27	21	47	6	3	.248	.310	.365	82	1.7	0.2
20^o	289	29	62	12	2	4	25	19	45	6	3	.237	.295	.344	76	-0.9	-0.1
10^o	270	26	55	11	1	4	23	17	43	5	2	.224	.281	.325	69	-4.2	-0.4
Weighted Mean	328	36	78	15	2	5	31	24	49	7	3	.264	.326	.378	92	7.4	0.8

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Date	Question	Answer
2016-08-01 16:00:00 (link to chat)	Thanks for the reply Mike. I was seriously laughing at the Mets fans on social media. I know that Bruce is a tad one-dimensional, but he isn't exactly a 38 year old Marlon Byrd either. The Mets got a huge steal and the only way it would've been better for them is if they had gotten him for Nimmo (i.e. prime Nori Aoki minus the steals). (JoshC77 from Still dreaming of good trades by the Reds)	Bruce is solid offensively but looks like a lot of the Mets other outfielders in terms of his skill set. That being said, having high end depth during the stretch run is a good idea, particularly iven all of the Mets injuries of late. (Mike Gianella)
2016-01-20 13:00:00 (link to chat)	I feel like Domingo Santana and Michael Reed are more or less a wash defensively in right field. Santana has more power than Reed. But Reed doesn't strike out near as much, walks a lot, and has better speed on the bases. Am I crazy for thinking he could be the better MLB corner OF, in the mold of Nori Aoki? (Mokajige from Sheboygan, WI)	Crazy? Nah. I don't agree, however. I think Reed profiles much better as a fourth outfielder, and Santana I still think has a chance to be a very good starter in right field, maybe even a middle of the order hitter someday even with the strikeouts. I've been a fan for a long time. (Christopher Crawford)
2014-10-17 12:00:00 (link to chat)	What is your assessment of Norichika Aoki's defense? (William from Spokane)	Humorous but effective. I once asked Lorenzo Cain to sum up Aoki's routes in one word. "Wow," he said. Then he started laughing. (Andy McCullough)
2014-02-13 13:00:00 (link to chat)	Favorite low key acquisition this winter? (Pamey Wright from L.A.)	I'm not sure if they qualify-you could probably call both mid-key acqusitions-but I loved the Norichika Aoki deal for Kansas City, and I think David Freese will help the Angels more than people think. If we're talking low-low key then Burke Badenhop is a good get for Boston. He's dependable and didn't cost much. (R.J. Anderson)
2013-06-11 14:00:00 (link to chat)	every1 has a different answer to this question, so what's your's? Who is the most underrated player on baseball? Mine is matt carpenter so far this season. (colin dejong from houston)	So many to choose from, but the first name to jump to mind is another NL Central leadoff man: Norichika Aoki. He hasn't struck out since May 25, and has provided the Brewers with 4.3 WARP through 1.4 seasons of a two-year, $2.5 million deal. At this point, there may not be more of a no-brainer option than Aoki's $1.5 million price tag for 2014. (Daniel Rathman)
2013-02-27 20:00:00 (link to chat)	In a keeper league, I have Norichika Aoki and Michael Brantley as my 3rd OF & top bench player (1B & DH spots are taken by Prince & Morneau). I have an offer to trade either one of them to upgrade my pitching staff (same trade, they're interchangeable). PECOTA prefers Aoki, but I'm worried he will regress heavily in 2013, do you have any thoughts? (ttt from Manhattan)	Howdy, Triple-T. I'm with PECOTA here. I do see some regression for Aoki, but I don't think it will be heavy. The speed looks legitimate, and while I think he might slip in HR a little bit, the numbers overall should be similar. Brantley is the guy I'd move. The Indians offense is loaded, and while Baseball Prospectus's own Jason Martinez has Brantley and Drew Stubbs both starting, I wouldn't be surprised to see Brantley not play quite as much as he did last year. Plus, Brantley doesn't really do any one thing especially well. I think this is a no brainer. I don't know what your offer is, but I'd move Brantley. (Mike Gianella)
2012-07-11 12:00:00 (link to chat)	Just looking average, runs and steals, better 2h Alejandro De Aza or Norichika Aoki? (JDub from San Diego)	De Aza (Jason Collette)

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