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Johnny Giavotella 2BWhite Sox

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Birth Date	7-10-1987
Height	5' 8"
Weight	185 lbs

Age	31 years, 2 months, 14 days
Bats	R
Throws	R

: 0.22014
: 1.02015
: -1.52016
: -0.22017
: 0.42018
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YEAR	TEAM	AGE	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	TB	BB	SO	HBP	SF	SH	RBI	SB	CS	AVG	OBP	SLG	TAv	VORP	FRAA	WARP
2011	KCA	23	46	187	178	20	44	9	4	2	67	6	32	1	2	0	21	5	2	.247	.273	.376	.226	-2.0	0.8	-0.1
2012	KCA	24	53	189	181	21	43	7	1	1	55	8	35	0	0	0	15	3	0	.238	.270	.304	.210	-4.3	-5.3	-1.0
2013	KCA	25	14	48	41	4	9	3	0	0	12	5	4	2	0	0	4	0	0	.220	.333	.293	.253	0.2	-0.5	-0.0
2014	KCA	26	12	41	37	8	8	1	0	1	12	1	5	2	1		5	0	1	.216	.268	.324	.259	1.8	0.4	0.2
2015	ANA	27	129	502	453	51	123	25	5	4	170	32	59	2	6	9	49	2	1	.272	.318	.375	.257	12.6	-3.1	1.0
2016	ANA	28	99	367	346	44	90	20	1	6	130	13	39	1	3	4	31	4	3	.260	.287	.376	.237	2.0	-16.5	-1.5
2017	BAL	29	7	10	10	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	4	0	0	0	0	1	0	.100	.100	.100	.082	-1.5	-0.3	-0.2
Career			360	1344	1246	148	318	65	11	14	447	65	178	8	12	13	125	15	7	.255	.294	.359	.239	8.8	-24.4	-1.6

Statistics for All Levels

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YEAR	Team	Lg	G	PA	TAv	oppAVG	oppOBP	oppSLG	oppTAv	BABIP	BPF	BRAA	repLVL	POS_ADJ	FRAA	BRR	BVORP	BWARP	VORP	WARP
2008	BUR	A	68	310	.305	.255	.327	.378	.265	.325	96	15.9	9.6	-0.5	-1.9	1.2	26.1	2.5	26.1	2.5
2009	WIL	A+	133	561	.288	.258	.330	.387	.259	.274	92	17.2	16.9	-0.8	-5.0	2.5	35.8	3.2	35.8	3.2
2010	NWA	AA	134	597	.293	.264	.340	.402	.266	.351	110	22.4	18.4	-1.1	0.8	-1.8	37.9	3.9	37.9	3.9
2011	KCA	MLB	46	187	.226	.258	.317	.404	.258	.288	106	-6.2	5.0	-0.2	0.8	-0.6	-2.0	-0.1	-2.0	-0.1
2011	OMA	AAA	110	503	.293	.286	.357	.446	.268	.367	102	19.8	15.6	-0.8	-3.3	-1.8	32.7	2.8	32.7	2.8
2012	KCA	MLB	53	189	.210	.255	.314	.402	.256	.290	104	-9.3	5.2	-0.5	-5.3	0.3	-4.3	-1.0	-4.3	-1.0
2012	OMA	AAA	89	418	.308	.283	.347	.440	.274	.339	100	22.5	12.4	-0.9	-0.3	0.1	34.2	3.4	34.2	3.4
2013	KCA	MLB	14	48	.253	.260	.321	.406	.270	.243	100	-0.3	1.3	-0.1	-0.5	-0.6	0.2	-0.0	0.2	-0.0
2013	OMA	AAA	100	426	.286	.262	.329	.399	.261	.320	93	12.2	12.2	-0.8	-0.4	0.2	23.9	2.4	23.9	2.4
2014	KCA	MLB	12	41	.259	.251	.318	.397	.267	.219	96	0	1.1	0	0.4	0.8	1.8	0.2	1.8	0.2
2014	OMA	AAA	114	493	.293	.276	.340	.435	.270	.321	97	18.7	14.8	-1.6	-3.8	0.5	32.4	2.8	32.4	2.8
2015	ANA	MLB	129	502	.257	.256	.316	.408	.261	.301	98	-1.4	13.5	-0.6	-3.1	1.0	12.6	1.0	12.6	1.0
2016	ANA	MLB	99	367	.237	.256	.317	.417	.258	.276	100	-8.6	10.4	-0.5	-16.5	0.7	2.0	-1.5	2.0	-1.5
2016	SLC	AAA	7	30	.275	.295	.351	.466	.270	.333	112	0.5	0.8	0.1	1.4	0.3	1.7	0.3	1.7	0.3
2017	BAL	MLB	7	10	.082	.240	.318	.391	.246	.167	114	-1.9	0.3	0	-0.3	0.1	-1.5	-0.2	-1.5	-0.2
2017	NOR	AAA	83	379	.296	.255	.323	.397	.255	.329	91	15.2	11.2	-2.9	3.8	0.2	23.6	2.7	23.6	2.7
2018	BIR	AA	3	12	.229	.241	.316	.367	.248	.286	101	-0.4	0.3	0	-0.0	0.0	-0.1	-0.0	-0.1	-0.0
2018	CHR	AAA	11	40	.172	.247	.307	.386	.249	.257	104	-3.8	1.2	-0.4	0.1	-1.1	-4.2	-0.4	-4.2	-0.4
2018	NWO	AAA	10	36	.269	.272	.334	.401	.268	.273	83	0.3	1.1	-0.2	0.6	0.4	1.6	0.2	1.6	0.2

Statistics For All Levels

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Year	Team	Lg	PA	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	SB	CS	AVG	OBP	SLG	ISO	TAv	VORP	FRAA	WARP
2008	BUR	A	310	50	83	18	2	4	26	25	34	10	7	.299	.355	.421	.122	.305	26.1	-1.9	2.5
2009	WIL	A+	561	84	123	24	8	6	52	66	54	26	9	.258	.346	.380	.122	.288	35.8	-5.0	3.2
2010	NWA	AA	597	92	168	35	5	9	65	61	67	13	7	.322	.392	.460	.138	.293	37.9	0.8	3.9
2011	OMA	AAA	503	67	153	34	2	9	72	40	57	9	5	.338	.390	.481	.143	.293	32.7	-3.3	2.8
2011	KCA	MLB	187	20	44	9	4	2	21	6	32	5	2	.247	.273	.376	.129	.226	-2.0	0.8	-0.1
2012	OMA	AAA	418	67	117	20	2	10	71	46	40	7	1	.323	.404	.472	.149	.308	34.2	-0.3	3.4
2012	KCA	MLB	189	21	43	7	1	1	15	8	35	3	0	.238	.270	.304	.066	.210	-4.3	-5.3	-1.0
2013	KCA	MLB	48	4	9	3	0	0	4	5	4	0	0	.220	.333	.293	.073	.253	0.2	-0.5	-0.0
2013	OMA	AAA	426	48	106	24	0	7	46	51	59	8	4	.286	.369	.408	.122	.286	23.9	-0.4	2.4
2014	OMA	AAA	493	66	136	33	2	7	61	47	36	20	4	.308	.373	.440	.132	.293	32.4	-3.8	2.8
2014	KCA	MLB	41	8	8	1	0	1	5	1	5	0	1	.216	.268	.324	.108	.259	1.8	0.4	0.2
2015	ANA	MLB	502	51	123	25	5	4	49	32	59	2	1	.272	.318	.375	.104	.257	12.6	-3.1	1.0
2016	SLC	AAA	30	2	8	3	0	0	1	3	3	1	0	.296	.367	.407	.111	.275	1.7	1.4	0.3
2016	ANA	MLB	367	44	90	20	1	6	31	13	39	4	3	.260	.287	.376	.116	.237	2.0	-16.5	-1.5
2017	BAL	MLB	10	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	4	1	0	.100	.100	.100	.000	.082	-1.5	-0.3	-0.2
2017	NOR	AAA	379	43	102	22	4	5	45	34	41	4	3	.306	.368	.441	.135	.296	23.6	3.8	2.7
2018	CHR	AAA	40	4	9	1	0	0	0	0	5	0	0	.225	.225	.250	.025	.172	-4.2	0.1	-0.4
2018	NWO	AAA	36	2	6	1	0	0	3	8	6	1	0	.214	.389	.250	.036	.269	1.6	0.6	0.2
2018	BIR	AA	12	1	2	0	0	0	3	2	3	0	0	.200	.333	.200	.000	.229	-0.1	-0.0	-0.0

Plate Discipline

YEAR	PITCHES	ZONE_RT	SWING_RT	CONTACT_RT	Z_SWING_RT	O_SWING_RT	Z_CONTACT_RT	O_CONTACT_RT	SW_STRK_RT	CSAA_CHANCES	CSAA_RT
2011	687	0.5066	0.4440	0.8426	0.6092	0.2743	0.9057	0.6989	0.1574	319	0.001905
2012	729	0.4815	0.4527	0.8333	0.6011	0.3148	0.9005	0.7143	0.1667	343	0.002741
2013	184	0.5163	0.4076	0.8667	0.6000	0.2022	0.9298	0.6667	0.1333	85	0.004299
2014	132	0.5152	0.4621	0.8525	0.5882	0.3281	0.9250	0.7143	0.1475	53	0.000443
2015	1743	0.5060	0.4446	0.8516	0.6145	0.2706	0.9299	0.6695	0.1484	779	0.007428
2016	1219	0.4988	0.4742	0.8339	0.6431	0.3061	0.9233	0.6471	0.1661	0	0.000000
2017	39	0.4872	0.4103	0.5625	0.6316	0.2000	0.6667	0.2500	0.4375	0	0.000000
Career	4733	0.501	0.4522	0.8411	0.6179	0.2855	0.9178	0.6726	0.1589	390.7951	0.0036

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
2011-10-20	2011-10-20	Off	0	0	Right	Hip	Surgery	Labrum	2011-10-20	-

Compensation

Year	Team	Salary
2018	MIA	$
2017	BAL	$
2016	ANA	$532,500
2015	ANA	$516,250
2014	KCA	$
2013	KCA	$
2012	KCA	$

Years	Description	Salary
2 yr	Previous	$1,048,750
2 yr	Total	$1,048,750

Service Time	Agent	Contract Status
3 y 60 d	Meister Sports	1 year (2018)

Details

1 year (2018). Signed by Miami as a free agent 11/28/17 (minor-league contract). Released by Miami 5/2/18. Signed by Chicago White Sox as a free agent 5/13/18 (minor-league contract).
1 year (2017). Signed by Baltimore as a free agent 2/1/17 (minor-league contract). Salary of $1.1M in majors. May opt out of contract 3/27/17 if not on Major League roster. Contract selected by Baltimore 7/6/17. DFA by Baltimore 8/1/17. Sent outright to Triple-A 8/3/17.
1 year/$0.5325M (2016). Re-signed by LA Angels 3/16. DFA by LA Angels 8/20/16. Sent outright to Triple-A 8/28/16.
1 year/$516,250 (2015). Re-signed by LA Angels 3/9/15.
1 year/$508,575 (2014). Re-signed by Kansas City 3/1/14. DFA by Kansas City 12/18/14.
1 year/$0.494M (2013). Re-signed by Kansas City 2/20/13.
1 year/$483,600 (2012). Re-signed by Kansas City 2/24/12.
1 year (2011). Contract purchased by Kansas City 8/5/11.
Drafted by Kansas City 2008 (2-47) (New Orleans). Signed 6/08 $0.787M signing bonus.

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Platoon

SORT_FIELD	PLATOON	AVG	OBP	SLG	TAv
10	vs L (Multi)	.251	.295	.301	.223
11	vs R (Multi)	.267	.300	.399	.253
18	Split (Multi)	.016	.005	.098	.029
19	LgAvg (Multi)	-.010	-.021	-.029	-.017
30	vs L (2016)	.258	.280	.278	.206
31	vs R (2016)	.261	.289	.414	.249
38	Split (2016)	.003	.009	.135	.043
39	LgAvg (2016)	-.008	-.018	-.027	-.016

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Date	Question	Answer
2016-04-21 19:00:00 (link to chat)	How is it possible for the Angels to be putting this horrible of a roster out there despite having a $140 million payroll and emptying out the last of their farm system for Simmons? (Kristen from Canada)	$140 million isn't really a lot in this day and age, and they have such big chunks invested in players like Albert Pujols, who is still solid but not the superstar he was, and C.J. Wilson on the DL. They simply couldn't spend anything this winter on even marginal upgrades like Howie Kendrick over Johnny Giavotella and it shows on the active roster. They overpaid for Andrelton Simmons but even before that trade their farm system was just so bad. They are at the end of a success cycle that didn't offer a lot of success and likely have to consider rebuilding if they can't spend more money. (Mike Gianella)
2013-07-29 11:00:00 (link to chat)	Johnny Giavotella, whatsa matta you? (RotoLando from Cloud City)	Poor Johnny, I just don't think it's ever going to work in KC. (Zach Mortimer)
2013-05-02 13:00:00 (link to chat)	Here's a scenario I've seen before: Chris Getz has a .250 OBP, Elliot Johnson .240. Johnny Giavotella is slashing .326/.396/.489. What gives? And if the Royals don't want him, can my team have him? (Dan from NYC)	I somewhat share your frustration, but I've cooled on Giavotella over the last year. He's had a legit shot to grab the Royals' 2B job in spring training each of the last two years, and he hasn't been able to do it with very iffy performances in the spring. He's now in his third year of raking at Triple-A, but he didn't really perform in 50-plus games in MLB last season. I do think he deserves more of a shot given how weak KC is at the position, but I'm less confident on him being a passable everyday 2B now. With that said, it is a weird situation. You'd think he would've gotten more of a chance by now. (Jason Cole)
2012-07-03 14:00:00 (link to chat)	Derek- which rookies currently in the minors do you see having the biggest impact this season? Any do you see any of them as upgrades from say Cameron Maybin or Ted Lilly (bottom of my roster)? Thanks (DanDaMan from SeaCliff)	At this point, it's pretty much all about opportunity. The Trouts and Harpers of the world are already here, and now it becomes a waiting game for a lot of guys. With Tabata getting demoted, that time could be now for a guy like Starling Marte. Some other names to consider: Wil Myers, Ryan Lavarnway (if traded out of Boston), Danny Hultzen, Jake Odorizzi, Jedd Gyorko, Johnny Giavotella, Mike Olt, Travis Snider. It's a gamble dropping an established big leaguer for one of those guys, but in a shallower league where they're just bench players anyway, gambling on some upside isn't a bad idea. (Derek Carty)
2012-05-17 13:00:00 (link to chat)	Name a handful of current bench players you see carving out a role and producing fantasy worthy numbers? (Ridin'thepine from Splintersville)	Obviously things would have to break right for each of these guys, but here goes: Jeff Keppinger, Kosuke Fukudome, Brent Lillibridge, Tyler Flowers, Johnny Giavotella, Dave Ross, Juan Francisco, Tyler Moore, Adrian Cardenas, Chris Snyder, Allen Craig, Wilin Rosario, Nate Schierholtz (Derek Carty)
2011-12-02 14:00:00 (link to chat)	What would you estimate for the number of times out of 100 the threesome of Dee Gordon, Jemile Weeks, and Jose Altuve has more productive careers than the threesome of Ruben Tejada, Johnny Giavotella, and Kyle Seager? (goiter6 from MN)	98. (Kevin Goldstein)
2011-06-21 13:00:00 (link to chat)	Hi Derek. Callups such as Moustakas and Ackley have recently deposed primary starters for teams. Which other current players do you see as short-timers in their starting line-up? One specific Q: Johnny Gia for Getz anytime soon? Thanks... (LoyalRoyal from LV, KS)	I think we'll see Johnny Giavotella this season, but the Royals may look to extract some value via trade out of a guy like Getz beforehand. Other guys to look for in the near-term include Trayvon Robinson, Jason Kipnis, and Dayan Viciedo. There's talk Wily Mo Pena will get the call this week to DH and could force himself into the OF picture in Arizona if he hits. (Derek Carty)

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