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Birth Date	12-7-1990
Height	6' 0"
Weight	205 lbs

Age	33 years, 11 months, 14 days
Bats	R
Throws	R

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MLB Statistics

YEAR	TEAM	AGE	G	PA	H	2B	SO	AVG	OBP	SLG	DRC+	DRAA	FRAA	BWARP
2015	SEA	24	4	11	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	65	-0.4	0.4	0.0
2018	SLN	27	2	5	1	0	2	.200	.200	.200	82	-0.1	0.0	0.0
2019	PIT	28	7	10	2	1	6	.200	.200	.300	67	-0.4	0.2	0.0
Career			13	26	3	1	10	.115	.115	.154	69	-0.9	0.6	0.1

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
2009	PUL	Rk	APL	30	116	.250	.321	.371	.258	114	-9	3.5	1.4	24	0	-1.3	-1.0	-17.4	-1.5
2010	CLN	A	MDW	45	167	.253	.332	.385	.252	101	-12.7	4.9	3	31	0	2.1	-0.4	-12.9	-0.3
2010	EVE	A-	NWN	53	209	.249	.328	.360	.341	104	-6.6	6.5	3.5	81	0	0.0	-0.1	-3.9	0.6
2011	CLN	A	MID	57	219	.245	.315	.361	.240	93	-10.3	6.3	3.9	66	0	2.0	-1.3	-10.8	0.0
2011	HDS	A+	CAL	5	19	.294	.369	.459	.273	110	-1.4	0.6	0.3	33	0	-0.1	0.2	-1.6	-0.1
2012	CLN	A	MID	64	271	.257	.324	.386	.280	97	-4.5	8.0	3.2	80	0	3.2	1.6	-5.9	1.0
2013	HDS	A+	CAL	86	353	.265	.335	.415	.271	112	-21.9	9.4	5.7	16	0	6.0	-0.3	-36.0	-1.5
2014	HDS	A+	CAL	39	159	.259	.325	.406	.297	117	-3.3	4.3	2.6	76	0	2.6	0.6	-6.8	0.3
2014	WTN	AA	SOU	21	76	.259	.329	.394	.333	103	0.4	2.1	1.3	109	0	6.4	-1.8	-0.4	0.8
2015	SEA	MLB	AL	4	11	.259	.322	.420	.000	101	-3.5	0.3	0.2	65	11	0.4	0.0	-0.4	0.0
2015	WTN	AA	SOU	35	128	.244	.320	.358	.325	100	0.7	3.4	2.1	106	0	4.9	1.2	-1.4	1.1
2015	TAC	AAA	PCL	53	197	.278	.341	.419	.333	109	-4.4	5.5	3	83	0	8.3	1.5	-6.7	1.2
2016	WTN	AA	SOU	66	269	.250	.318	.363	.354	97	3.9	7.2	4.4	119	0	15.0	-1.7	0.2	2.7
2016	TAC	AAA	PCL	1	0	.000	.000	.000	.000			0.0		0	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
2017	ARK	AA	TEX	16	57	.247	.327	.358	.237	95	-1.9	1.5	0.2	64	0	-0.9	-1.0	-1.7	-0.2
2017	TAC	AAA	PCL	54	187	.281	.347	.445	.331	94	-5.2	5.5	3	79	0	12.3	0.1	-4.2	1.6
2018	SLN	MLB	NL	2	5	.218	.294	.423	.333	88	-0.6	0.1	0.1	82	8	0.0	0.0	-0.1	0.0
2018	MEM	AAA	PCL	41	145	.262	.328	.406	.282	92	-12.9	4.3	2.4	53	0	2.6	-1.9	-7.7	0.0
2018	ESC	Wnt	DWL	7	21	.000	.000	.000	.333	99	-1	0.6	0.3	0	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
2019	PIT	MLB	NL	7	10	.258	.338	.457	.500	98	-1	0.3	0.1	67	10	0.2	0.0	-0.4	0.0
2019	IND	AAA	INT	45	149	.258	.335	.424	.237	95	-15.1	5.1	3.1	46	0	0.9	-1.6	-10.5	-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
2009	PUL	Rk	APL	116	106	12	19	6	0	2	31	13	7	38	0	0	.179	.243	.292	.113	0	0
2010	EVE	A-	NWN	209	198	18	50	12	2	3	75	22	6	60	1	0	.253	.278	.379	.126	3	3
2010	CLN	A	MDW	167	154	10	28	3	0	1	34	14	10	47	1	1	.182	.230	.221	.039	1	1
2011	HDS	A+	CAL	19	16	3	3	1	0	0	4	1	1	6	0	0	.188	.222	.250	.063	1	1
2011	CLN	A	MID	219	198	17	39	13	0	4	64	20	17	49	6	3	.197	.266	.323	.126	1	1
2012	CLN	A	MID	271	249	29	60	18	2	4	94	30	13	49	10	1	.241	.280	.378	.137	4	3
2013	HDS	A+	CAL	353	331	31	69	18	5	5	112	47	18	93	7	0	.208	.247	.338	.130	3	1
2014	HDS	A+	CAL	159	142	18	36	10	1	1	51	23	10	27	3	1	.254	.308	.359	.106	4
2014	WTN	AA	SOU	76	69	5	19	4	1	0	25	6	7	12	1	1	.275	.342	.362	.087	0
2015	WTN	AA	SOU	128	107	17	26	5	1	0	33	13	20	27	3	0	.243	.362	.308	.065	0	1
2015	SEA	MLB	AL	11	11	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0
2015	TAC	AAA	PCL	197	184	27	51	12	0	3	72	20	10	38	4	1	.277	.316	.391	.114	1	1
2016	WTN	AA	SOU	269	232	35	65	7	1	3	83	22	34	54	3	1	.280	.377	.358	.078	0	1
2016	TAC	AAA	PCL	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0
2017	ARK	AA	TEX	57	51	2	10	1	0	1	14	5	4	12	0	0	.196	.281	.275	.078	0	0
2017	TAC	AAA	PCL	187	164	16	42	6	0	2	54	17	20	42	0	0	.256	.339	.329	.073	1	1
2018	ESC	Wnt	DWL	21	19	2	4	1	0	1	8	3	2	9	0	0	.211	.286	.421	.211	0	0
2018	SLN	MLB	NL	5	5	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	0	0	.200	.200	.200	.000	0	0
2018	MEM	AAA	PCL	145	136	8	29	5	0	0	34	7	8	33	0	1	.213	.262	.250	.037	0	0
2019	IND	AAA	INT	149	133	17	24	3	0	2	33	8	13	38	0	0	.180	.264	.248	.068	0	1
2019	PIT	MLB	NL	10	10	0	2	1	0	0	3	1	0	6	0	0	.200	.200	.300	.100	0	0

Plate Discipline

YEAR	Pits	Zone%	Swing%	Contact%	Z-Swing%	O-Swing%	Z-Contact%	O-Contact%	SwStr%	CSAA
2015	31	0.5484	0.4194	0.8462	0.5294	0.2857	1.0000	0.5000	0.1538	0.0016
2018	20	0.5000	0.6000	0.5833	0.7000	0.5000	0.7143	0.4000	0.4167	0.0000
2019	51	0.4118	0.4706	0.6250	0.5714	0.4000	0.7500	0.5000	0.3750	0.0000
Career	102	0.4706	0.4804	0.6841	0.5839	0.3849	0.8190	0.4804	0.3159	0.0005

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
2014-08-18	-	Minors	-	-	-		Not Disclosed		-
2012-07-06	2012-09-05	Minors	61	0	Right	Elbow	Sprain		-	-
2011-08-27	2011-09-06	Minors	10	0	Right	Lower Leg	Infection	Shin	-	-
2011-07-02	2011-08-21	Minors	50	0	Left	Wrist	Sprain		-	-
2011-06-15	2011-06-24	Minors	9	0	Right	Hand	Contusion		-	-

Compensation

Year	Team	Salary
2019	PIT	$
2018	SLN	$
2017	SEA	$
2016	SEA	$
2015	SEA	$

Service Time	Agent	Contract Status
0 y 74 d	Magnus Sports	1 year (2020)

Details

1 year (2020). Signed by Cleveland as a free agent 7/3/20 (minor-league contract).
1 year (2019). Signed by Pittsburgh as a free agent 12/18/18 (minor-league contract). Contract selected by Pittsburgh 9/3/19. Sent outright to Triple-A by Pittsburgh 10/25/19.
1 year (2018). Signed by St. Louis as a free agent 1/2/18 (minor-league contract). Contract selected by St. Louis 5/17/18. DFA by St. Louis 6/5/18. Sent outright to Triple-A 6/7/18.
1 year (2017). Re-signed by Seattle 11/25/16 (minor-league contract).
1 year (2016). Re-signed by Seattle 3/3/16. DFA by Seattle 11/2/16. Released 11/9/16.
1 year (2015). Contract selected by Seattle 9/8/15.
Drafted by Seattle 2009 (1s-33) (Ferguson HS, Miami). $0.98M 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
Weighted Mean	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	0	0	?	?	.000	.000	.000	0	0.0	?	0.0

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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
2010	asx	.000	0.0	2478	.001	-0.4	59	-.120	-.002	4.4	2.2	0.0
2010	afx	.000	0.0	1939	-.002	1.3	55	-.045	.000	1.5	1.5	2.1
2011	afa	.000	0.0	208	.000	0.0	3	-.015	.000	0.0	0.2	-0.1
2011	afx	.000	0.0	2842	-.002	1.6	78	-.040	.004	2.0	2.6	2.0
2012	afx	.000	0.0	2244	.001	-0.5	55	-.107	-.001	3.5	3.0	3.2
2013	afa	.000	0.0	3453	-.003	2.9	91	-.065	-.005	3.9	7.8	6.0
2014	aax	.028	5.8	757	.000	0.0	11	-.040	-.002	0.3	5.8	6.4
2014	afa	.000	0.0	1787	-.002	1.0	44	-.069	-.002	1.9	2.4	2.6
2015	mlb	.013	0.4	163	-.002	0.1	2	.012	.001	0.0	0.4	0.4
2015	aaa	.014	7.5	2187	.000	0.0	29	.011	-.001	-0.2	6.5	8.3
2015	aax	.011	4.5	1629	-.002	0.7	37	.008	-.004	-0.2	4.5	4.9
2016	aaa	-.003	0.0	0	.000	0.0	0	.000	.000	0.0	0.9	0.0
2016	aax	.020	14.4	0	.000	0.0	56	.017	.001	-0.5	14.1	15.0
2017	aaa	.021	11.8	2057	-.001	0.8	44	.028	.000	-0.7	11.3	12.3
2017	aax	-.010	-1.1	450	-.001	0.2	12	-.005	-.002	0.0	-1.2	-0.9
2018	aaa	.004	1.9	688	-.001	0.1	25	.002	.005	0.0	1.8	2.6
2018	mlb	-.002	0.0	60	-.003	0.1	1	.008	.001	0.0	0.0	0.0
2019	mlb	.001	0.0	87	-.008	0.2	2	.002	.000	0.0	1.0	0.2
2019	aaa	.000	-0.2	231	.001	-0.1	52	-.006	.003	0.2	0.3	0.9

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