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Johnny Giavotella 2BWhite Sox

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

Age	37 years, 11 months, 23 days
Bats	R
Throws	R

: 0.72015
: -1.32016
: -0.02017
: 2018
: 0.22019
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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
2011	KCA	23	46	187	44	9	4	2	6	32	1	5	2	.247	.273	.376	80	-4.1	-0.6	0.8	0.1
2012	KCA	24	53	189	43	7	1	1	8	35	0	3	0	.238	.270	.304	75	-5.4	0.3	-5.3	-0.6
2013	KCA	25	14	48	9	3	0	0	5	4	2	0	0	.220	.333	.293	92	-0.4	-0.6	-0.5	0.0
2014	KCA	26	12	41	8	1	0	1	1	5	2	0	1	.216	.268	.324	95	-0.2	0.8	0.4	0.2
2015	ANA	27	129	502	123	25	5	4	32	59	2	2	1	.272	.318	.375	89	-4.4	1.0	-3.1	0.7
2016	ANA	28	99	367	90	20	1	6	13	39	1	4	3	.260	.287	.376	84	-6.5	0.7	-16.5	-1.3
2017	BAL	29	7	10	1	0	0	0	0	4	0	1	0	.100	.100	.100	75	-0.3	0.1	-0.3	0.0
Career			360	1344	318	65	11	14	65	178	8	15	7	.255	.294	.359	85	-21.1	1.7	-24.4	-0.9

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
2008	BUR	A	MDW	68	310	.255	.327	.378	.325	96	15.9	9.6	-0.5	132	0	-1.9	1.2	7.3	1.6
2009	WIL	A+	CRL	133	561	.258	.330	.387	.274	92	17.2	16.9	-0.8	115	0	-5.0	2.5	10.9	2.5
2010	NWA	AA	TXS	134	597	.264	.340	.402	.351	109	23.2	18.3	-1.1	146	0	0.8	-1.8	30.0	4.7
2011	KCA	MLB	AL	46	187	.258	.317	.404	.288	106	-6.2	5.0	-0.2	80	9	0.8	-0.6	-4.1	0.1
2011	OMA	AAA	PCL	110	503	.286	.357	.446	.367	101	19.8	15.6	-0.8	119	0	-3.3	-1.8	14.2	2.3
2012	KCA	MLB	AL	53	189	.255	.314	.402	.290	102	-9.1	5.2	-0.5	75	9	-5.3	0.3	-5.4	-0.6
2012	OMA	AAA	PCL	89	418	.283	.347	.440	.339	100	21.9	12.4	-0.9	129	0	-0.3	0.1	16.0	2.7
2013	KCA	MLB	AL	14	48	.260	.321	.406	.243	101	-0.4	1.3	-0.1	92	11	-0.5	-0.6	-0.4	0.0
2013	OMA	AAA	PCL	100	426	.262	.329	.399	.320	93	12.2	12.2	-0.8	120	0	-0.4	0.2	5.6	1.7
2014	KCA	MLB	AL	12	41	.251	.318	.397	.219	94	0.1	1.1	0	95	12	0.4	0.8	-0.2	0.2
2014	OMA	AAA	PCL	114	493	.276	.340	.435	.321	96	19.4	14.8	-1.6	129	0	-3.8	0.5	13.0	2.3
2015	ANA	MLB	AL	129	502	.256	.316	.408	.301	102	-2.8	13.5	-0.6	89	7	-3.1	1.0	-4.4	0.7
2016	ANA	MLB	AL	99	367	.256	.317	.417	.276	102	-8.6	10.4	-0.5	84	9	-16.5	0.7	-6.5	-1.3
2016	SLC	AAA	PCL	7	30	.295	.351	.466	.333	105	0.7	0.8	0.1	104	0	1.4	0.3	-0.3	0.2
2017	BAL	MLB	AL	7	10	.240	.318	.391	.167	112	-1.9	0.3	0	75	8	-0.3	0.1	-0.3	0.0
2017	NOR	AAA	INT	83	379	.255	.323	.397	.329	91	14.9	11.2	-2.9	139	0	3.8	0.2	15.1	2.7
2018	BIR	AA	SOU	3	12	.241	.316	.367	.286	101	-0.4	0.3	0	89	0	0.0	0.0	-0.1	0.0
2018	CHR	AAA	INT	11	40	.247	.307	.386	.257	104	-3.8	1.2	-0.4	65	0	0.2	-1.1	-1.4	-0.1
2018	NWO	AAA	PCL	10	36	.272	.334	.401	.273	83	0.3	1.1	-0.2	111	0	0.6	0.4	0.6	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
2008	BUR	A	MDW	310	278	50	83	18	2	4	117	26	25	34	10	7	.299	.355	.421	.122	3	3
2009	WIL	A+	CRL	561	476	84	123	24	8	6	181	52	66	54	26	9	.258	.346	.380	.122	11	11
2010	NWA	AA	TXS	597	522	92	168	35	5	9	240	65	61	67	13	7	.322	.392	.460	.138	7	7
2011	KCA	MLB	AL	187	178	20	44	9	4	2	67	21	6	32	5	2	.247	.273	.376	.129	2	0
2011	OMA	AAA	PCL	503	453	67	153	34	2	9	218	72	40	57	9	5	.338	.390	.481	.143	5	3
2012	OMA	AAA	PCL	418	362	67	117	20	2	10	171	71	46	40	7	1	.323	.404	.472	.149	4	0
2012	KCA	MLB	AL	189	181	21	43	7	1	1	55	15	8	35	3	0	.238	.270	.304	.066	0	0
2013	KCA	MLB	AL	48	41	4	9	3	0	0	12	4	5	4	0	0	.220	.333	.293	.073	0	0
2013	OMA	AAA	PCL	426	370	48	106	24	0	7	151	46	51	59	8	4	.286	.369	.408	.122	5	0
2014	KCA	MLB	AL	41	37	8	8	1	0	1	12	5	1	5	0	1	.216	.268	.324	.108	1
2014	OMA	AAA	PCL	493	441	66	136	33	2	7	194	61	47	36	20	4	.308	.373	.440	.132	4
2015	ANA	MLB	AL	502	453	51	123	25	5	4	170	49	32	59	2	1	.272	.318	.375	.104	6	9
2016	SLC	AAA	PCL	30	27	2	8	3	0	0	11	1	3	3	1	0	.296	.367	.407	.111	0	0
2016	ANA	MLB	AL	367	346	44	90	20	1	6	130	31	13	39	4	3	.260	.287	.376	.116	3	4
2017	BAL	MLB	AL	10	10	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	4	1	0	.100	.100	.100	.000	0	0
2017	NOR	AAA	INT	379	333	43	102	22	4	5	147	45	34	41	4	3	.306	.368	.441	.135	8	1
2018	CHR	AAA	INT	40	40	4	9	1	0	0	10	0	0	5	0	0	.225	.225	.250	.025	0	0
2018	BIR	AA	SOU	12	10	1	2	0	0	0	2	3	2	3	0	0	.200	.333	.200	.000	0	0
2018	NWO	AAA	PCL	36	28	2	6	1	0	0	7	3	8	6	1	0	.214	.389	.250	.036	0	0

Plate Discipline

YEAR	Pits	Zone%	Swing%	Contact%	Z-Swing%	O-Swing%	Z-Contact%	O-Contact%	SwStr%	CSAA
2011	687	0.5488	0.4440	0.8426	0.6048	0.2484	0.9211	0.6104	0.1574	0.0019
2012	729	0.5075	0.4527	0.8333	0.6270	0.2730	0.8966	0.6837	0.1667	0.0027
2013	184	0.5054	0.4076	0.8667	0.6129	0.1978	0.9474	0.6111	0.1333	0.0043
2014	132	0.5303	0.4621	0.8525	0.5857	0.3226	0.9268	0.7000	0.1475	0.0004
2015	1743	0.5066	0.4446	0.8516	0.6104	0.2744	0.9239	0.6864	0.1484	0.0074
2016	1219	0.5037	0.4742	0.8339	0.6270	0.3190	0.9325	0.6373	0.1661	0.0000
2017	39	0.3846	0.4103	0.5625	0.5333	0.3333	0.6250	0.5000	0.4375	0.0000
Career	4733	0.5117	0.4522	0.8411	0.6152	0.2807	0.9200	0.6582	0.1589	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

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). Retired 8/18.
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.

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
90^o	380	44	103	20	2	8	43	27	50	4	2	.298	.352	.436	108	20.3	2B -4, 3B 0	1.7
80^o	361	40	95	19	2	8	39	24	48	3	2	.289	.341	.432	101	14.9	2B -4, 3B 0	1.2
70^o	348	37	88	17	2	7	37	23	47	3	2	.277	.329	.409	95	11.2	2B -4, 3B 0	0.8
60^o	336	35	83	16	2	7	35	21	46	3	1	.269	.320	.403	91	8.3	2B -4, 3B 0	0.5
50^o	325	33	78	15	2	6	33	20	46	3	1	.262	.313	.386	86	5.7	2B -4, 3B 0	0.2
40^o	314	31	73	14	2	6	31	19	45	3	1	.253	.301	.377	82	3.3	2B -3, 3B 0	0.0
30^o	302	29	67	13	1	5	29	17	43	3	1	.241	.288	.349	77	0.9	2B -3, 3B 0	-0.3
20^o	289	27	62	12	1	5	27	16	42	2	1	.233	.280	.342	72	-1.7	2B -3, 3B 0	-0.5
10^o	270	24	55	11	1	4	24	14	40	2	1	.220	.265	.320	64	-4.9	2B -3, 3B 0	-0.8
Weighted Mean	328	34	80	16	2	6	33	20	46	3	1	.266	.316	.392	88	6.5	2B -4, 3B 0	0.3

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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)

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