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2019 Projections (Rest of Season Projections - seasonal age 30)
PA AVG HR R RBI SB DRC+ WARP
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Birth Date7-25-1988
Height6' 6"
Weight215 lbs
Age30 years, 10 months, 23 days
BatsR
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0.12016
1.42017
0.92018
0.62019
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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
2016 SLN 27 12 18 7 1 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 .438 .500 .500 101 0.1 0.4 0.3 0.1
2017 SLN 28 106 307 84 13 1 14 32 60 0 4 0 .309 .379 .518 128 11.5 0.1 -2.6 1.4
2018 SLN 29 152 590 163 30 0 17 49 104 2 0 3 .305 .364 .457 119 15.1 -3.6 -10.2 0.9
2019 SLN 30 68 194 50 8 0 4 17 37 1 1 0 .286 .351 .400 105 2.2 -0.3 -3.0 0.3
Career338110930452135100202353.305.368.46411928.9-3.3-15.62.7

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
2006 VBC Rk VSL 54 191 .260 .361 .354 .317 100 9.2 5.7 -2.4 112 0 3.7 -0.8 2.3 0.8
2007 BRI Rk APL 65 275 .259 .337 .379 .332 97 10.3 8.8 -3.3 132 0 2.2 3.1 18.7 2.8
2008 KAN A SAL 39 156 .249 .319 .375 .362 100 1.1 4.5 -1.7 123 0 4.1 0.1 2.1 0.9
2010 WNS A+ CRL 61 261 .265 .331 .397 .271 111 -9.3 8.4 -1.4 81 0 3.5 -0.1 -5.4 0.5
2010 BRI Rk APL 6 24 .253 .296 .364 .444 84 4.7 0.9 -0.3 211 0 0.3 0.8 5.9 0.7
2011 WNS A+ CAR 80 333 .248 .311 .381 .352 105 -3.5 10.0 -3.6 122 0 8.1 0.7 6.7 2.2
2011 BIR AA SOU 53 220 .261 .335 .401 .330 101 -4 6.5 -2.4 111 0 1.0 -3.7 3.6 0.5
2012 BIR AA SOU 114 482 .252 .330 .376 .299 94 -4.2 13.3 -4.5 92 0 3.1 -2.0 -1.8 0.9
2012 LAG Wnt VWL 16 55 .000 .000 .000 .333 0.0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
2013 MIS AA SOU 123 475 .244 .318 .370 .321 96 1.8 12.9 -4.5 118 0 -1.7 1.2 2.4 1.1
2014 LYN A+ CAR 66 288 .258 .325 .377 .353 94 16 8.4 -3.2 149 0 0.6 0.6 7.3 1.4
2015 OMA AAA PCL 98 396 .272 .334 .408 .434 103 36.6 11.0 -5.1 182 0 1.2 -3.6 26.0 3.0
2015 ROY Rk AZL 4 17 .270 .334 .359 .313 106 1.3 0.5 -0.3 130 0 -0.3 -0.9 -0.2 -0.1
2016 SLN MLB NL 12 18 .253 .317 .371 .467 93 1.9 0.5 -0.1 101 8 0.3 0.4 0.1 0.1
2016 MEM AAA PCL 87 329 .264 .334 .409 .299 93 0.1 9.2 -3.8 110 0 -0.4 -1.2 -1.4 0.2
2016 OMA AAA PCL 37 160 .265 .330 .404 .331 91 6.9 4.5 -2.2 107 0 -2.2 1.1 -1.2 0.0
2017 SLN MLB NL 106 307 .251 .323 .420 .350 94 20.2 9.0 -3.7 128 9 -2.6 0.1 11.5 1.4
2017 PMB A+ FSL 3 14 .264 .330 .368 .300 107 1.5 0.4 -0.2 133 0 -0.3 0.6 0.4 0.1
2017 LAG Wnt VWL 15 63 .000 .000 .000 .400 0.0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
2018 SLN MLB NL 152 590 .248 .318 .411 .351 93 26.2 16.5 -8.9 119 6 -10.2 -3.6 15.1 0.9
2019 SLN MLB NL 68 194 .255 .327 .427 .341 93 4.1 5.8 -2 105 9 -3.0 -0.3 2.2 0.3

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 VBC Rk VSL 191 158 26 44 8 0 4 64 30 25 29 5 4 .278 .388 .405 .127 1 1
2007 BRI Rk APL 275 245 34 69 11 3 7 107 37 22 53 12 2 .282 .348 .437 .155 2 2
2008 KAN A SAL 156 144 19 44 5 0 2 55 18 12 26 7 5 .306 .359 .382 .076 0 0
2010 BRI Rk APL 24 22 5 9 1 0 1 13 5 2 3 1 0 .409 .458 .591 .182 0 0
2010 WNS A+ CRL 261 236 28 57 8 1 5 82 24 17 42 4 1 .242 .295 .347 .106 3 3
2011 WNS A+ CAR 333 315 45 99 13 3 5 133 29 13 44 2 3 .314 .344 .422 .108 1 2
2011 BIR AA SOU 220 200 19 59 13 1 1 77 16 15 25 5 2 .295 .344 .385 .090 2 2
2012 LAG Wnt VWL 55 51 5 14 2 1 0 18 2 3 9 1 0 .275 .315 .353 .078 0 1
2012 BIR AA SOU 482 436 54 108 15 1 5 140 42 41 87 6 3 .248 .315 .321 .073 1 2
2013 MIS AA SOU 475 431 46 123 19 0 6 160 39 37 63 6 9 .285 .342 .371 .086 2 4
2014 LYN A+ CAR 288 257 32 82 14 3 4 114 34 26 37 5 1 .319 .375 .444 .125 5
2015 ROY Rk AZL 17 15 2 5 2 0 0 7 2 1 0 0 1 .333 .353 .467 .133 1 0
2015 OMA AAA PCL 396 341 57 131 25 3 10 192 60 48 55 8 2 .384 .461 .563 .179 3 1
2016 MEM AAA PCL 329 301 34 81 18 1 8 125 42 25 50 9 1 .269 .326 .415 .146 1 1
2016 OMA AAA PCL 160 141 18 42 10 0 3 61 18 14 24 2 0 .298 .356 .433 .135 4 0
2016 SLN MLB NL 18 16 4 7 1 0 0 8 1 2 1 0 0 .438 .500 .500 .063 0 0
2017 PMB A+ FSL 14 12 4 4 2 0 1 9 4 2 1 1 0 .333 .429 .750 .417 0 0
2017 SLN MLB NL 307 272 47 84 13 1 14 141 46 32 60 4 0 .309 .379 .518 .210 2 1
2017 LAG Wnt VWL 63 52 13 20 5 1 2 33 14 9 7 0 0 .385 .460 .635 .250 2 0
2018 SLN MLB NL 590 534 64 163 30 0 17 244 83 49 104 0 3 .305 .364 .457 .152 3 2
2019 SLN MLB NL 194 175 23 50 8 0 4 70 26 17 37 1 0 .286 .351 .400 .114 1 0

Plate Discipline

YEAR Pits Zone% Swing% Contact% Z-Swing% O-Swing% Z-Contact% O-Contact% SwStr% CSAA
2016 73 0.5068 0.4932 0.9167 0.6486 0.3333 0.9583 0.8333 0.0833 0.0000
2017 1236 0.4741 0.4134 0.7906 0.5819 0.2615 0.8534 0.6647 0.2094 0.0000
2018 2353 0.4700 0.4339 0.7855 0.6239 0.2654 0.8652 0.6193 0.2145 0.0000
2019 779 0.5006 0.4326 0.7953 0.6128 0.2519 0.8619 0.6327 0.2047 0.0000
Career44410.47710.42890.79080.61070.26310.86290.63780.20920.0000

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

Compensation

Year Team Salary
2020 SLN $2,125,000
2019 SLN $1,125,000
2018 SLN $560,400
2017 SLN $535,000
2016 KCA $
YearsDescriptionSalary
2 yrPrevious$1,095,400
2019Current$1,125,000
3 yrPvs + Cur$2,220,400
1 yrFuture$2,125,000
4 yrTotal$4,345,400

 

Service TimeAgentContract Status
2 y 27 dOctagon2 years/$3.25M (2019-20)

Details
  • 2 years/$3.25M (2019-20). Signed extension with St. Louis 2/23/19. $0.25M signing bonus. 19:$1M, 20:$2M. Performance bonuses for 2020: $0.1 each for 250, 300, 350, 400 plate appearances. $0.2M each for 450, 500, 550 PAs.
  • 1 year/$0.5604M (2018). Re-signed by St. Louis 3/18.
  • 1 year/$0.535M (2017). Re-signed by St. Louis 3/17.
  • 1 year/$0.5075M (2016). Re-signed by Kansas City 2/25/16. Acquired by St. Louis in trade 5/25/16 after being DFA by Kansas City 5/18/16.
  • 1 year (2015). Signed by Kansas City as a free agent 1/28/15 (minor-league contract). Contract selected by Kansas City 11/6/15.
  • 1 year (2014). Re-signed by Atlanta as a free agent 6/20/14 (minor-league contract).
  • 1 year (2013). Signed by Atlanta as a free agent 11/13/12 (minor-league contract).
  • Signed by Chicago White Sox 2/16/06 as a 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 SB CS AVG OBP SLG DRC+ VORP FRAA WARP
90o 284 36 78 15 1 10 38 28 52 2 1 .311 .382 .498 129 18.9 RF -2, 1B -1 1.8
80o 265 32 70 13 1 9 34 25 50 2 1 .297 .366 .475 121 14.7 RF -2, 1B 0 1.4
70o 252 30 64 12 1 8 32 23 48 2 1 .284 .353 .453 116 11.9 RF -2, 1B 0 1.1
60o 241 28 60 11 1 8 30 22 47 1 1 .278 .346 .449 112 9.8 RF -2, 1B 0 0.8
50o 230 26 56 11 1 7 28 20 45 1 1 .271 .336 .435 108 7.8 RF -2, 1B 0 0.6
40o 219 24 53 10 1 7 26 19 44 1 1 .268 .333 .434 104 6.1 RF -2, 1B 0 0.5
30o 208 22 47 9 0 6 24 17 42 1 1 .250 .314 .394 99 4.3 RF -2, 1B 0 0.3
20o 195 20 42 8 0 5 22 16 40 1 0 .239 .304 .369 94 2.4 RF -2, 1B 0 0.1
10o 176 18 37 7 0 5 19 14 37 1 0 .231 .295 .369 87 0.3 RF -1, 1B 0 -0.2
Weighted Mean2332657111728214511.273.341.4351098.3RF -2, 1B 00.7

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