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Birth Date3-13-1989
Height5' 10"
Weight235 lbs
Age35 years, 1 months, 6 days
BatsB
ThrowsR
-0.42015
1.22016
1.12017
1.12018
1.22019
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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
2012 WAS 23 12 36 8 2 0 0 4 11 2 0 0 .267 .389 .333 72 -1.2 -1.2 0.7 0.0
2013 WAS 24 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 74 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
2014 WAS 25 20 70 10 1 0 1 6 20 0 0 0 .156 .229 .219 63 -2.8 0.0 0.3 0.0
2015 BOS 26 41 128 21 2 0 0 7 28 1 0 1 .184 .238 .202 55 -6.3 -0.5 -2.0 -0.4
2016 BOS 27 78 283 78 17 2 7 23 66 2 0 0 .310 .369 .476 103 1.6 -1.5 -1.5 1.2
2017 BOS 28 85 301 61 14 0 7 25 74 1 0 0 .225 .290 .354 74 -8.8 -5.2 10.8 1.1
2018 BOS 29 89 288 47 12 0 5 15 75 4 1 0 .177 .232 .279 58 -13.6 -0.7 11.7 1.1
2019 BOS 30 65 191 33 3 0 5 13 47 1 0 0 .192 .251 .297 65 -7.8 -0.2 2.9 0.4
Career392129825851225933221111.221.283.33273-38.8-9.322.83.4

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 NAT Rk GCL 31 115 .244 .351 .339 .229 113 -7 3.5 2 55 0 -0.4 0.1 0.4 0.5
2008 NAT Rk GCL 26 86 .251 .346 .338 .246 107 -3.2 2.8 1.7 4 0 0.4 -1.7 -4.2 -0.1
2009 HAG A SAL 23 83 .257 .328 .370 .298 96 -3.5 2.4 0.8 46 0 0.1 -0.4 -4.3 -0.1
2009 VER A- NYP 50 195 .241 .322 .349 .287 101 3.2 5.5 3.1 114 0 1.7 -2.0 2.7 1.1
2010 HAG A SAL 98 385 .255 .323 .377 .317 94 3.1 11.2 5.9 103 0 9.7 -2.7 1.5 2.6
2011 POT A+ CAR 109 416 .248 .317 .370 .292 102 -11.2 12.5 6.9 71 0 14.4 -1.8 -11.1 2.1
2011 ZUL Wnt VWL 14 32 .000 .000 .000 .292 0.0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
2012 WAS MLB NL 12 36 .249 .318 .383 .421 100 1.1 1.0 0.6 72 13 0.7 -1.2 -1.2 0.0
2012 AUB A- NYP 5 18 .256 .334 .384 .385 108 2.3 0.5 0 159 0 0.0 0.1 1.0 0.2
2012 HAR AA EAS 40 149 .254 .325 .380 .342 105 2.5 4.1 2.5 127 0 5.5 0.4 4.1 1.8
2012 SYR AAA INT 19 64 .248 .326 .376 .421 99 6.3 1.9 1.2 191 0 3.7 -2.3 5.9 1.0
2012 ZUL Wnt VWL 32 93 .000 .000 .000 .323 0.0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
2013 WAS MLB NL 2 1 .228 .290 .302 .000 104 -0.2 0.0 0 74 9 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
2013 AUB A- NYP 3 13 .243 .301 .335 .100 117 -2.3 0.3 0.2 22 0 0.1 -0.1 -1.3 -0.1
2013 HAR AA EAS 95 361 .253 .332 .384 .207 96 -16.1 9.8 5.9 63 0 21.7 1.4 -19.4 2.1
2014 WAS MLB NL 20 70 .251 .314 .384 .209 100 -4.9 1.8 1.1 63 11 0.3 0.0 -2.8 0.0
2014 SYR AAA INT 51 193 .258 .331 .397 .264 101 -5.4 5.8 2.6 90 0 11.4 -0.7 -4.7 1.4
2015 BOS MLB AL 41 128 .254 .312 .400 .244 115 -11.3 3.5 1.9 55 12 -2.0 -0.5 -6.3 -0.4
2015 PAW AAA INT 26 111 .257 .316 .370 .333 88 -0.2 3.1 1.1 106 0 2.0 0.6 -0.9 0.6
2016 BOS MLB AL 78 283 .257 .320 .424 .392 114 8.7 8.0 4.6 103 8 -1.5 -1.5 1.6 1.2
2016 PAW AAA INT 36 130 .251 .315 .372 .286 99 -4.1 3.7 1.4 75 0 6.2 -0.1 -4.8 0.7
2017 BOS MLB AL 85 301 .256 .325 .428 .280 105 -10.9 8.8 5.3 74 11 10.8 -5.2 -8.8 1.1
2018 BOS MLB AL 89 288 .256 .323 .423 .226 107 -22.6 8.1 4.9 58 13 11.7 -0.7 -13.6 1.1
2019 BOS MLB AL 65 191 .260 .330 .460 .231 106 -11.1 5.8 3.4 65 10 2.9 -0.2 -7.8 0.4
2019 PAW AAA INT 7 26 .272 .340 .437 .158 91 -5.6 0.9 0.5 30 0 0.8 -0.5 -2.4 -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
2007 NAT Rk GCL 115 94 10 19 0 0 0 19 11 17 15 0 0 .202 .313 .202 .000 4 4
2008 NAT Rk GCL 86 74 12 14 1 1 0 17 11 9 18 1 2 .189 .291 .230 .041 1 1
2009 VER A- NYP 195 166 16 41 10 1 2 59 18 24 29 1 1 .247 .347 .355 .108 1 1
2009 HAG A SAL 83 78 7 17 3 0 0 20 6 5 21 0 0 .218 .265 .256 .038 0 0
2010 HAG A SAL 385 325 48 81 10 6 2 109 36 50 79 3 5 .249 .345 .335 .086 5 5
2011 POT A+ CAR 416 370 36 93 21 1 6 134 43 33 69 1 3 .251 .312 .362 .111 3 9
2011 ZUL Wnt VWL 32 28 2 7 0 0 0 7 2 4 4 0 0 .250 .344 .250 .000 0 0
2012 HAR AA EAS 149 135 15 42 12 0 1 57 19 9 16 1 0 .311 .358 .422 .111 2 1
2012 WAS MLB NL 36 30 2 8 2 0 0 10 2 4 11 0 0 .267 .389 .333 .067 0 0
2012 ZUL Wnt VWL 93 86 9 21 1 1 1 27 10 6 23 1 1 .244 .293 .314 .070 0 1
2012 SYR AAA INT 64 52 8 18 5 0 2 29 4 12 12 0 0 .346 .469 .558 .212 0 0
2012 AUB A- NYP 18 15 3 5 2 0 0 7 3 3 2 0 0 .333 .444 .467 .133 0 0
2013 AUB A- NYP 13 13 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 3 0 0 .077 .077 .077 .000 0 0
2013 HAR AA EAS 361 310 35 55 12 1 3 78 26 47 57 0 0 .177 .291 .252 .074 1 0
2013 WAS MLB NL 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0
2014 SYR AAA INT 193 170 26 39 9 0 5 63 25 23 36 1 0 .229 .321 .371 .141 0
2014 WAS MLB NL 70 64 7 10 1 0 1 14 3 6 20 0 0 .156 .229 .219 .063 0
2015 BOS MLB AL 128 114 8 21 2 0 0 23 3 7 28 0 1 .184 .238 .202 .018 0 6
2015 PAW AAA INT 111 99 8 26 4 0 1 33 13 10 23 0 1 .263 .342 .333 .071 0 0
2016 BOS MLB AL 283 252 36 78 17 2 7 120 35 23 66 0 0 .310 .369 .476 .167 2 4
2016 PAW AAA INT 130 115 12 28 3 1 2 39 13 11 24 0 0 .243 .315 .339 .096 2 0
2017 BOS MLB AL 301 271 32 61 14 0 7 96 39 25 74 0 0 .225 .290 .354 .129 3 1
2018 BOS MLB AL 288 265 30 47 12 0 5 74 22 15 75 1 0 .177 .232 .279 .102 1 3
2019 PAW AAA INT 26 25 2 3 0 0 0 3 0 1 6 0 1 .120 .154 .120 .000 0 0
2019 BOS MLB AL 191 172 14 33 3 0 5 51 19 13 47 0 0 .192 .251 .297 .105 1 4

Plate Discipline

YEAR Pits Zone% Swing% Contact% Z-Swing% O-Swing% Z-Contact% O-Contact% SwStr% CSAA
2012 145 0.4207 0.4069 0.7627 0.5246 0.3214 0.8750 0.6296 0.2373 0.0019
2013 4 0.5000 0.7500 0.3333 1.0000 0.5000 0.5000 0.0000 0.6667 -0.0001
2014 270 0.4556 0.3963 0.7477 0.5203 0.2925 0.9063 0.5116 0.2523 -0.0009
2015 498 0.5080 0.4257 0.8302 0.5771 0.2694 0.8767 0.7273 0.1698 -0.0059
2016 1166 0.4340 0.4254 0.8004 0.5613 0.3212 0.8803 0.6934 0.1996 0.0000
2017 1239 0.4520 0.4504 0.7849 0.6089 0.3196 0.8768 0.6406 0.2151 0.0000
2018 1160 0.4578 0.4638 0.7714 0.6008 0.3482 0.8621 0.6393 0.2286 0.0000
2019 755 0.4821 0.4450 0.7917 0.5659 0.3325 0.8932 0.6308 0.2083 0.0000
Career52370.45830.44090.78780.58070.32220.87790.65150.2122-0.0006

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
2012-05-15 2012-07-03 15-DL 49 42 Right Ankle Sprain High Ankle Sprain Collision At Plate - -

Compensation

Year Team Salary
2023 TEX $
2022 CIN $
2021 MIA $
2020 CLE $2,000,000
2019 BOS $2,475,000
2018 BOS $1,950,000
2017 BOS $1,300,000
2016 BOS $
2015 BOS $510,400
2014 WAS $
2013 WAS $
YearsDescriptionSalary
6 yrPrevious$8,235,400
6 yrTotal$8,235,400

 

Service TimeAgentContract Status
8 y 112 dMAS+1 year (2024)

Details
  • 1 year (2024). Signed by Kansas City as a free agent 1/17/24 (minor-league contract). Released by Kansas City 3/23/24. Re-signed by Atlanta as a free agent 4/2/24 (minor-league contract).
  • 1 year (2023). Signed by Texas as a free agent 1/12/23 (minor-league contract). Released by Texas 3/27/23. Re-signed by Texas 3/28/23 (minor-league contract). Contract selected by Texas 4/10/23. DFA by Texas 6/14/23. Sent outright to Triple-A 6/17/23. Released by Texas 6/21/23. Signed by Cleveland as a free agent 7/1/23 (minor-league contract).
  • 1 year (2022). Signed by Cleveland as a free agent 11/22/21 (minor-league contract). Released by Cleveland 3/31/22 after Leon exercised right to opt out of contract. Signed by Cincinnati as a free agent 4/15/22 (minor-league contract). Acquired by Cleveland in trade from Cincinnati 6/28/22. DFA by Cleveland 7/8/22. Sent outright to Triple-A 7/10/22. Acquired by Minnesota in trade from Cleveland 8/2/22. Contract selected by Minnesota 8/3/22.
  • 1 year (2021). Signed by Miami as a free agent 1/3/21 (minor-league contract). Salary of $1.25M in majors. Contract selected by Miami 4/21/21.
  • 1 year/$2M (2020). Acquired by Cleveland in trade from Boston 12/2/19. Re-signed by Cleveland 12/2/19 (avoided arbitration). Performance bonuses: $25,000 each for 75, 100 games started at catcher.
  • 1 year/$2.475M (2019). Re-signed by Boston 1/11/19 (avoided arbitration). Performance bonuses: $25,000 each for 75, 100 games at catcher. Sent outright to Triple-A by Boston 3/25/19. Contract selected by Boston 4/16/19,
  • 1 year/$1.95M (2018). Re-signed by Boston 1/12/18 (avoided arbitration).
  • 1 year/$1.3M (2017). Re-signed by Boston 1/13/17 (avoided arbitration).
  • 1 year (2016). Re-signed by Boston (minor-league contract). Contract selected by Boston 6/5/16.
  • 1 year/$510,400 (2015). Re-signed by Washington 3/15. Acquired by Boston in trade from Washington 3/30/15. DFA by Washington 7/20/15. Sent outright to Triple-A 7/30/15. Contract selected by Boston 9/1/15. Sent outright to Triple-A by Boston 11/6/15.
  • 1 year/$501,000 (2014). Re-signed by Washington 2/26/14.
  • 1 year (2013). Re-signed by Washington 3/6/13.
  • 1 year (2012). Contract selected by Washington 5/13/12.
  • Signed by Washington 2007 as an amateur 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 55 13 3 0 1 5 12 0 0 .271 .352 .396 104 0.0 C 1 0.0
80o 36 9 2 0 1 3 8 0 0 .281 .343 .438 96 0.0 C 1 0.0
70o 23 5 1 0 1 2 5 0 0 .250 .318 .450 91 0.0 C 0 0.0
60o 12 3 1 0 0 1 3 0 0 .300 .364 .400 87 0.0 C 0 0.0
50o 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 82 0.0 C 0 0.0
Weighted Mean410000100.250.250.250840.0C 00.0

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BP Chats

DateQuestionAnswer
2018-09-06 13:00:00 (link to chat)Why did Boston management decide that Blake Swihart could not handle catching?
(mikewilsonelgin from Bloomington)		Maybe it's not just that he can't "handle" catching, but that they don't value his lifeless bat there. If Christian Vaquez and Sandy Leon were hitting better, I'd point to that. I do think Vazquez has the highest upside at this point, in terms of offensive contribution. Makes sense to give him the bulk of playing time. I can't pretend to know Boston's plans, but for fantasy purposes, at least Swihart gets multi-position eligibility, which makes him rosterable in very deep leagues with 2 catchers. (Kevin Jebens)
2016-09-07 19:00:00 (link to chat)With a stacked Red Sox system with limited playing time, do you think Swihart gets moved in the offseason to a different club and starts a regular catching gig? I was really hoping that he would stick behind the plate. As it stands, he won't even have catcher eligibility in my fantasy league next year.
(fightingmoose from Manitoba, Canada)		The outfield trial didn't go so well, did it? Sandy Leon can't possibly be this good, but he's probably seized the Red Sox catching job for awhile, and Christian Vazquez is still around. He seems like a prime candidate for a change of scenery, and it wouldn't shock me if he's a prime post-hype sleeper.

Catcher development patterns are weird. (Jarrett Seidler)
2016-09-12 23:00:00 (link to chat)What is a Sandy Leon? Do you see him as a MLB starter for years to come? Top 15 or 20 offensive catcher? Or a flash in the pan due to regress and wade back into obscurity?
(Hillary Clinton from ICU)		A Sandy Leon is round and/or #husky, depending on your definitions, and that is always a good start. And if you can figure out Sandy Leon's season, you're better at this than me. The swing doesn't look particularly different than it used to, and his hot zones haven't particularly changed - he still has holes in as a lefty, away as righty, and up as both. He's just doing a ton of damage on balls in his sweet spots, and for whatever reason he keeps getting pitches in them, frequently. I would not invest with confidence in a dynasty league, at all, but it's been a helluva fun little ride this year.

So by the middle of the 70's, King Tubby was THE man for remixing your shit in Jamaica. He opened his famed studio in the Waterhouse district of Kingston, and was just on another level, working with the top roots producers and creating legit hits out of B-sides. Some of his hardest dubs came off Bertram Brown records on the Freedom Sounds label. Here's a Rod Taylor deconstruction, note the absurd delays and drum-an-bass-heavy normal: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y6p198_tgS0 (Wilson Karaman)
2016-08-18 13:00:00 (link to chat)What do you make of Sandy Leon? I know tge BABIP is unsustainable but do you see a MLB regular? What sort of slash line is reasonable to expect going forward?
(Kyle Seager from Bob's Burgers)		First of all, great chat name and thank you for following me on twitter. I didn't see this coming, but the sample size is no longer that small, and he's killing the ball. You mention the BABIP -- and for sure regression is coming -- but he's making a ton of hard contact. I think he be at least an average regular. (Christopher Crawford)


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Advanced Catching Metrics

Year lvl CSAA Framing Runs Blocking Chances EPAA Blocking Runs SB Attempts SRAA TRAA Throwing Runs FRAA Adj. FRAA
2009 afx .000 0.0 787 .003 -0.6 31 -.044 .009 0.8 -0.6 0.1
2009 asx .000 0.0 2145 -.001 0.8 56 -.039 -.004 1.4 0.1 1.7
2010 afx .000 0.0 4183 .000 0.7 105 -.126 -.006 8.3 8.6 9.7
2011 afa .000 0.0 4221 -.002 2.1 93 -.178 -.004 10.5 13.2 14.4
2012 aaa .017 2.9 587 .000 0.0 9 -.009 -.001 0.1 4.0 3.7
2012 asx .000 0.0 80 .000 0.0 2 -.009 -.002 0.0 1.3 0.0
2012 aax .011 4.3 1598 -.001 0.3 34 -.031 .000 0.6 5.8 5.5
2012 mlb .027 1.9 332 .010 -0.9 5 .017 .000 -0.1 2.2 0.7
2013 aax .021 21.2 3822 .000 0.0 49 -.051 -.008 1.8 23.7 21.7
2013 mlb -.001 0.0 5 -.002 0.0 0 .000 .001 0.0 1.2 0.0
2013 asx .000 0.0 114 -.002 0.0 4 -.021 -.018 0.0 1.1 0.1
2014 mlb .001 0.2 703 -.001 0.2 7 -.027 -.003 0.1 0.2 0.3
2014 aaa .022 10.5 1801 .000 0.1 20 -.087 .000 1.2 11.2 11.4
2015 aaa .009 2.1 916 .000 0.0 20 -.006 .000 0.1 2.4 2.0
2015 mlb -.012 -3.4 1345 .001 -0.3 19 -.037 .000 0.4 -3.4 -2.0
2016 mlb -.004 -2.1 2638 .001 -0.5 30 -.057 -.004 1.1 -1.0 -1.5
2016 aaa .021 6.2 0 .000 0.0 15 -.029 .000 0.3 7.2 6.2
2017 mlb .013 9.7 3302 .000 0.4 39 -.076 .001 2.0 10.7 10.8
2018 mlb .016 11.6 3331 .000 0.1 30 -.003 -.001 0.1 11.7 11.7
2019 mlb .009 4.8 2458 .002 -1.0 27 .009 -.001 -0.2 3.5 2.9
2019 aaa .008 0.6 323 .000 0.0 9 -.059 .000 0.3 0.8 0.8

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