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2019 Projections (Preseason PECOTA - seasonal age 29)
PA AVG HR R RBI SB DRC+ WARP
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Birth Date5-6-1990
Height5' 6"
Weight166 lbs
Age33 years, 11 months, 18 days
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3.12015
5.92016
5.62017
3.22018
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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
2011 HOU 21 57 234 61 10 1 2 5 29 2 7 3 .276 .297 .357 79 -5.3 -2.2 -1.0 -0.3
2012 HOU 22 147 630 167 34 4 7 40 74 6 33 11 .290 .340 .399 101 1.1 3.6 9.6 3.3
2013 HOU 23 152 672 177 31 2 5 32 85 2 35 13 .283 .316 .363 90 -6.2 0.9 -7.0 0.5
2014 HOU 24 158 707 225 47 3 7 36 53 5 56 9 .341 .377 .453 132 24.5 5.9 -7.3 4.5
2015 HOU 25 154 689 200 40 4 15 33 67 9 38 13 .313 .353 .459 116 15.7 -2.0 -2.8 3.1
2016 HOU 26 161 717 216 42 5 24 60 70 7 30 10 .338 .396 .531 148 42.6 3.2 -7.1 5.9
2017 HOU 27 153 662 204 39 4 24 58 84 9 32 6 .346 .410 .547 140 34.9 2.7 -0.1 5.6
2018 HOU 28 137 599 169 29 2 13 55 79 6 17 4 .316 .386 .451 126 20.7 2.4 -7.9 3.2
2019 HOU 29 124 548 149 27 3 31 41 82 3 6 5 .298 .353 .550 119 16.1 -0.5 -0.6 3.0
Career124354581568299281283606234925474.315.364.463120144.114.1-24.228.7

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
2007 vas Rk VSL 64 243 .000 .000 .000 .366 0.0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
2008 GRV Rk APL 40 152 .260 .332 .384 .330 99 2.4 4.9 -0.2 105 0 0.4 1.9 -4.2 0.3
2009 TCV A- NYP 21 87 .246 .313 .346 .284 102 0.7 2.4 -0.1 106 0 1.5 3.2 0.5 0.8
2009 GRV Rk APL 45 208 .256 .332 .380 .340 114 10.4 6.4 -0.4 153 0 5.2 1.1 23.5 3.5
2010 LEX A SAL 94 434 .257 .325 .381 .325 98 25.3 12.5 -0.7 145 0 -6.4 5.7 20.9 3.2
2010 LNC A+ CLF 31 127 .265 .339 .412 .292 115 -4 3.4 -0.3 94 0 -0.3 1.0 -0.8 0.3
2011 HOU MLB NL 57 234 .256 .320 .395 .309 100 -5.3 6.3 -0.3 79 12 -1.0 -2.2 -5.3 -0.3
2011 LNC A+ CAL 52 238 .284 .352 .432 .443 113 21.2 7.1 -0.7 155 0 -2.8 -0.6 16.0 1.9
2011 CCH AA TEX 35 153 .269 .338 .406 .373 107 8.4 4.5 -0.2 151 0 1.7 -0.4 8.2 1.4
2012 HOU MLB NL 147 630 .255 .314 .406 .321 99 7.6 17.3 -0.8 101 7 9.6 3.6 1.1 3.3
2012 MAG Wnt VWL 35 160 .000 .000 .000 .373 0.0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
2013 HOU MLB AL 152 672 .254 .314 .400 .316 100 -12.3 17.7 -1.3 90 8 -7.0 0.9 -6.2 0.5
2014 HOU MLB AL 158 707 .248 .309 .383 .360 98 30.5 18.2 -0.9 132 7 -7.3 5.9 24.5 4.5
2015 HOU MLB AL 154 689 .257 .317 .408 .329 106 15.7 18.6 -0.9 116 9 -2.8 -2.0 15.7 3.1
2016 HOU MLB AL 161 717 .260 .323 .426 .347 102 42.4 20.3 -1.9 148 6 -7.1 3.2 42.6 5.9
2017 HOU MLB AL 153 662 .257 .322 .431 .370 102 44 19.4 -1.1 140 7 -0.1 2.7 34.9 5.6
2018 HOU MLB AL 137 599 .251 .319 .419 .352 98 23.3 16.8 -1.2 126 9 -7.9 2.4 20.7 3.2
2018 FRE AAA PCL 1 4 .268 .303 .465 .500 94 0.3 0.1 0 95 0 0.1 -0.3 0.0 0.0
2019 HOU MLB AL 124 548 .256 .324 .443 .303 102 19 16.6 -0.9 119 12 -0.6 -0.5 16.1 3.0
2019 ROU AAA PCL 5 23 .264 .340 .438 .286 90 -2.2 0.8 -0.1 49 0 -0.4 0.3 -1.5 -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
2007 vas Rk VSL 243 204 40 70 12 4 0 90 36 28 16 15 5 .343 .429 .441 .098 3 3
2008 GRV Rk APL 152 141 26 40 9 3 2 61 21 8 26 8 2 .284 .318 .433 .149 2 2
2009 TCV A- NYP 87 76 13 19 5 0 0 24 7 8 10 7 2 .250 .333 .316 .066 1 1
2009 GRV Rk APL 208 179 45 58 20 2 3 91 18 26 16 21 4 .324 .406 .508 .184 2 2
2010 LEX A SAL 434 393 75 121 15 3 11 175 45 33 49 39 14 .308 .360 .445 .137 5 5
2010 LNC A+ CLF 127 116 18 32 5 2 4 53 22 9 17 3 4 .276 .331 .457 .181 1 1
2011 HOU MLB NL 234 221 26 61 10 1 2 79 12 5 29 7 3 .276 .297 .357 .081 1 5
2011 CCH AA TEX 153 144 21 52 9 3 5 82 25 7 14 5 5 .361 .388 .569 .208 1 1
2011 LNC A+ CAL 238 213 38 87 13 7 5 129 34 19 26 19 9 .408 .451 .606 .197 3 3
2012 HOU MLB NL 630 576 80 167 34 4 7 230 37 40 74 33 11 .290 .340 .399 .109 4 4
2012 MAG Wnt VWL 160 143 19 48 10 1 1 63 27 16 16 8 0 .336 .406 .441 .105 0 0
2013 HOU MLB AL 672 626 64 177 31 2 5 227 52 32 85 35 13 .283 .316 .363 .080 8 4
2014 HOU MLB AL 707 660 85 225 47 3 7 299 59 36 53 56 9 .341 .377 .453 .112 5
2015 HOU MLB AL 689 638 86 200 40 4 15 293 66 33 67 38 13 .313 .353 .459 .146 6 3
2016 HOU MLB AL 717 640 108 216 42 5 24 340 96 60 70 30 10 .338 .396 .531 .194 7 3
2017 HOU MLB AL 662 590 112 204 39 4 24 323 81 58 84 32 6 .346 .410 .547 .202 4 1
2018 FRE AAA PCL 4 3 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 .333 .500 .333 .000 0 0
2018 HOU MLB AL 599 534 84 169 29 2 13 241 61 55 79 17 4 .316 .386 .451 .135 1 3
2019 ROU AAA PCL 23 21 3 4 0 1 0 6 0 2 7 0 0 .190 .261 .286 .095 0 0
2019 HOU MLB AL 548 500 89 149 27 3 31 275 74 41 82 6 5 .298 .353 .550 .252 3 1

Plate Discipline

YEAR Pits Zone% Swing% Contact% Z-Swing% O-Swing% Z-Contact% O-Contact% SwStr% CSAA
2011 727 0.4814 0.5337 0.8531 0.6543 0.4218 0.9563 0.7044 0.1469 -0.0088
2012 2128 0.4953 0.4333 0.8937 0.5740 0.2952 0.9438 0.7981 0.1063 -0.0128
2013 2182 0.4840 0.4826 0.8566 0.6165 0.3570 0.9278 0.7413 0.1434 -0.0185
2014 2163 0.4854 0.5095 0.9002 0.6543 0.3729 0.9403 0.8337 0.0998 -0.0120
2015 2190 0.4612 0.5187 0.8856 0.6772 0.3831 0.9357 0.8097 0.1144 0.0107
2016 2423 0.4457 0.4891 0.8456 0.6565 0.3544 0.9055 0.7563 0.1544 0.0000
2017 2293 0.4444 0.4741 0.8326 0.6340 0.3462 0.9056 0.7256 0.1674 0.0000
2018 2119 0.4535 0.4719 0.8200 0.6243 0.3454 0.8700 0.7450 0.1800 0.0000
2019 1924 0.4537 0.4662 0.7882 0.6208 0.3378 0.8524 0.6901 0.2118 0.0000
Career181490.46570.48320.85350.63380.35230.91270.76080.1465-0.0042

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
2014-08-09 2014-08-10 DTD 1 1 - Neck Soreness -
2014-06-13 2014-06-17 DTD 4 3 Right Hand Contusion HBP -
2014-06-11 2014-06-11 DTD 0 0 Left Abdomen Tightness Oblique -
2013-08-12 2013-08-13 DTD 1 1 Left Thigh Soreness Quadriceps - -
2013-08-01 2013-08-03 DTD 2 2 Left Thigh Soreness Quadriceps - -
2013-07-28 2013-07-30 DTD 2 1 Left Thigh Strain Quadriceps - -
2013-06-06 2013-06-08 DTD 2 2 - Groin Strain - -
2013-05-14 2013-05-18 DTD 4 3 - Face Subluxation Jaw - -
2012-10-03 2012-10-04 DTD 1 1 Left Groin Strain - -
2012-09-24 2012-09-25 DTD 1 1 Left Groin Tightness - -
2012-09-08 2012-09-11 DTD 3 3 Left Abdomen Strain Lower Abdominal - -
2012-06-25 2012-07-01 DTD 6 6 Right Thigh Strain Hamstring - -
2011-09-23 2011-09-24 DTD 1 1 Left Elbow Contusion HBP - -

Compensation

Year Team Salary
2024 HOU $29,000,000
2023 HOU $29,000,000
2022 HOU $29,000,000
2021 HOU $29,000,000
2020 HOU $29,200,000
2019 HOU $9,500,000
2018 HOU $9,000,000
2017 HOU $4,687,500
2016 HOU $3,687,500
2015 HOU $2,687,500
2014 HOU $1,437,500
2013 HOU $505,700
2012 HOU $483,000
YearsDescriptionSalary
13 yrPrevious$148,188,700
2019Current$29,000,000
14 yrPvs + Cur$177,188,700
14 yrTotal$177,188,700

 

Service TimeAgentContract Status
11 y 72 dBoras Corp.7 years/$163.5M (2018-24)

Details
  • 7 years/$163.5M (2018-24). Signed extension with Houston 3/19/18. $21M signing bonus (paid $1M upon MLB approval of contract and $10M each 7/1/18 and 7/1/19). 18:$6M, 19:$6.5M, 20:$26M, 21:$26M, 22:$26M, 23:$26M, 24:$26M. For 2021-24, salaries for remaining seasons increase by $3M with MVP award, $2M with second-place finish in MVP vote, $1M with third-place finish in MVP vote. Full no-trade protection. Perks: suite on road, premium stadium seats.
  • 4 years/$12.5M (2014-17), plus 2018-19 club options. Signed extension with Houston 7/13/13. $750,000 signing bonus (due within 60 days of signing). 14:$1.25M, 15:$2.5M, 16:$3.5M, 17:$4.5M, 18:$6M club option, 19:$6.5M club option. Award bonuses, including $25,000 for All-Star selection. Houston exercised 2018 option 11/3/17.
  • 1 year/$505,700 (2013). Re-signed by Houston 3/13.
  • 1 year/$483,000 (2012). Re-signed by Houston 2/12.
  • 1 year (2011). Contract selected by Houston 7/19/11.
  • Signed by Houston 2008 as an amateur free agent from Venezuela. $15,000 signing bonus.

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 38 11 2 0 1 4 5 2 0 .333 .421 .485 151 4.4 2B 0 0.0
80o 26 7 1 0 1 3 3 1 0 .304 .385 .478 147 2.8 2B 0 0.0
70o 17 4 1 0 0 2 2 1 0 .267 .353 .333 143 1.8 2B 0 0.0
60o 10 3 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 .333 .400 .444 140 1.0 2B 0 0.0
50o 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .333 .333 .333 138 0.3 2B 0 0.0
Weighted Mean310000000.333.333.3331380.32B 00.0

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