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Birth Date	5-15-1987
Height	5' 11"
Weight	200 lbs

Age	32 years, 10 months, 14 days
Bats	R
Throws	R

: 2.52015
: 4.32016
: 5.42017
: 1.92018
: 2.72019
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YEAR	TEAM	AGE	G	PA	H	2B	3B	HR	BB	SO	HBP	SB	CS	AVG	OBP	SLG	DRC+	DRAA	BRR	FRAA	BWARP
2012	MIN	25	84	340	74	11	1	6	16	58	1	9	2	.234	.271	.332	75	-9.6	-2.0	4.4	0.7
2013	MIN	26	147	623	136	33	4	18	51	120	6	14	7	.244	.312	.414	105	4.3	3.9	13.0	4.0
2014	MIN	27	156	707	145	33	1	23	89	129	9	21	7	.242	.345	.416	119	14.5	4.3	6.1	4.7
2015	MIN	28	157	704	148	39	4	28	61	148	7	12	4	.236	.307	.444	107	8.6	4.8	-8.2	2.5
2016	MIN	29	155	691	165	35	5	42	61	138	8	18	2	.268	.340	.546	128	24.7	1.1	-2.2	4.3
2017	MIN	30	152	705	167	30	4	34	78	141	8	16	7	.271	.359	.498	123	22.5	2.2	9.7	5.4
2018	LAN	31	47	170	26	9	0	5	24	33	1	4	0	.182	.300	.350	97	-0.2	-1.6	0.1	0.3
2018	MIN	31	104	462	93	21	2	16	46	96	3	8	3	.227	.307	.405	97	-0.1	1.6	1.9	1.6
2019	WAS	32	135	482	99	20	0	20	61	105	4	3	4	.238	.340	.430	104	4.9	-3.6	-4.6	1.0
Career			1137	4884	1053	231	21	192	487	968	47	105	36	.245	.326	.442	110	69.6	10.6	20.1	24.6

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	ELZ	Rk	APL	53	248	.255	.328	.381	.399	110	10.3	7.8	3.6	160	0	7.8	-0.6	33.0	5.1
2009	TWI	Rk	GCL	5	16	.216	.290	.297	.308	86	1.4	0.5	0	158	0	-0.9	-0.2	1.6	0.1
2010	BLT	A	MDW	39	170	.254	.333	.380	.304	104	-2.9	5.0	1.8	105	0	2.0	2.1	1.1	1.2
2010	FTM	A+	FSL	93	410	.255	.330	.360	.291	91	-2.4	11.2	3.8	106	0	-12.4	-1.7	2.5	0.3
2011	FTM	A+	FSL	49	218	.261	.327	.382	.350	100	14.9	6.5	1.9	157	0	5.0	2.6	12.0	2.8
2011	NBR	AA	EAS	78	351	.258	.324	.397	.357	89	20.6	10.3	3.4	137	0	-10.7	4.0	13.8	2.1
2012	MIN	MLB	AL	84	340	.260	.323	.416	.267	106	-12	9.3	4.3	75	10	4.4	-2.0	-9.6	0.7
2012	ROC	AAA	INT	48	200	.258	.327	.385	.270	94	-7.3	5.9	2.3	71	0	-2.6	0.2	-5.8	0.0
2012	MAR	Wnt	VWL	7	25	.000	.000	.000	.250			0.0		0	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
2013	MIN	MLB	AL	147	623	.250	.315	.393	.278	100	1.5	16.4	-0.8	105	8	13.0	3.9	4.3	4.0
2014	MIN	MLB	AL	156	707	.252	.315	.387	.269	106	14	18.2	-0.8	119	8	6.1	4.3	14.5	4.7
2015	MIN	MLB	AL	157	704	.252	.313	.402	.261	108	0.2	19.0	-0.9	107	8	-8.2	4.8	8.6	2.5
2016	MIN	MLB	AL	155	691	.257	.320	.422	.280	112	20.2	19.5	-1	128	7	-2.2	1.1	24.7	4.3
2017	MIN	MLB	AL	152	705	.259	.326	.438	.300	109	16.1	20.6	-1	123	10	9.7	2.2	22.5	5.4
2018	LAN	MLB	NL	47	170	.246	.313	.404	.196	100	-4.5	4.8	-0.2	97	9	0.1	-1.6	-0.2	0.3
2018	MIN	MLB	AL	104	462	.251	.318	.419	.256	104	-2.6	13.0	-0.6	97	9	1.9	1.6	-0.1	1.6
2019	WAS	MLB	NL	135	482	.258	.327	.441	.271	104	-0.6	14.5	-0.5	104	8	-4.6	-3.6	4.9	1.0

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	ELZ	Rk	APL	248	218	38	77	17	0	0	94	14	23	26	3	0	.353	.420	.431	.078	1	1
2009	TWI	Rk	GCL	16	14	1	4	0	0	0	4	0	2	1	0	0	.286	.375	.286	.000	0	0
2010	BLT	A	MDW	170	151	24	42	7	1	0	51	17	16	16	6	1	.278	.341	.338	.060	3	3
2010	FTM	A+	FSL	410	350	44	96	11	1	5	124	42	44	41	10	4	.274	.349	.354	.080	9	9
2011	FTM	A+	FSL	218	180	32	58	11	5	2	85	22	27	20	13	4	.322	.423	.472	.150	2	3
2011	NBR	AA	EAS	351	311	60	99	22	7	7	156	34	28	46	11	7	.318	.384	.502	.183	0	7
2012	MAR	Wnt	VWL	25	24	1	5	0	0	0	5	2	1	4	0	0	.208	.240	.208	.000	0	0
2012	MIN	MLB	AL	340	316	33	74	11	1	6	105	33	16	58	9	2	.234	.271	.332	.098	3	4
2012	ROC	AAA	INT	200	181	15	42	11	1	2	61	17	14	34	3	2	.232	.286	.337	.105	3	1
2013	MIN	MLB	AL	623	558	72	136	33	4	18	231	66	51	120	14	7	.244	.312	.414	.170	4	3
2014	MIN	MLB	AL	707	598	112	145	33	1	23	249	71	89	129	21	7	.242	.345	.416	.174	8
2015	MIN	MLB	AL	704	628	101	148	39	4	28	279	77	61	148	12	4	.236	.307	.444	.209	8	0
2016	MIN	MLB	AL	691	615	104	165	35	5	42	336	99	61	138	18	2	.268	.340	.546	.278	5	2
2017	MIN	MLB	AL	705	617	106	167	30	4	34	307	93	78	141	16	7	.271	.359	.498	.227	2	0
2018	MIN	MLB	AL	462	410	65	93	21	2	16	166	52	46	96	8	3	.227	.307	.405	.178	3	0
2018	LAN	MLB	NL	170	143	16	26	9	0	5	50	20	24	33	4	0	.182	.300	.350	.168	2	0
2019	WAS	MLB	NL	482	416	54	99	20	0	20	179	50	61	105	3	4	.238	.340	.430	.192	1	0

Plate Discipline

YEAR	Pits	Zone%	Swing%	Contact%	Z-Swing%	O-Swing%	Z-Contact%	O-Contact%	SwStr%	CSAA
2012	1255	0.5378	0.4661	0.8171	0.5881	0.3241	0.8615	0.7234	0.1829	-0.0042
2013	2593	0.5202	0.3926	0.8271	0.5263	0.2476	0.8887	0.6851	0.1729	-0.0093
2014	2926	0.4901	0.3811	0.8206	0.5160	0.2513	0.8757	0.7120	0.1794	-0.0106
2015	2797	0.4777	0.4455	0.7761	0.6198	0.2861	0.8345	0.6603	0.2239	-0.0028
2016	2768	0.4812	0.4350	0.7641	0.5863	0.2946	0.8399	0.6241	0.2359	0.0000
2017	2808	0.4957	0.4142	0.7524	0.5848	0.2465	0.8206	0.5931	0.2476	0.0000
2018	2593	0.4990	0.3938	0.7747	0.5811	0.2071	0.8165	0.6580	0.2253	0.0000
2019	2018	0.4846	0.3900	0.7522	0.6022	0.1904	0.8048	0.5960	0.2478	0.0000
Career	19758	0.4955	0.4120	0.7843	0.5736	0.2537	0.8428	0.6537	0.2157	-0.0034

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	Surgery Date	Reaggravation
2014-07-31	2014-08-01	DTD	1	1	Left	Thumb	Swelling	-
2014-06-12	2014-06-14	DTD	2	1	-	Low Back	Tightness	-
2013-07-29	2013-08-01	DTD	3	2	-	Low Back	Strain	-	-
2011-06-10	2011-06-19	Minors	9	8	-		Not Disclosed	-	-

Compensation

Year	Team	Salary
2020	SDN	$
2019	WAS	$9,000,000
2018	MIN	$9,000,000
2017	MIN	$6,000,000
2016	MIN	$3,000,000
2015	MIN	$2,000,000
2014	MIN	$540,000
2013	MIN	$497,500
2012	MIN	$

Years	Description	Salary
7 yr	Previous	$30,037,500
7 yr	Total	$30,037,500

Service Time	Agent	Contract Status
7 y 100 d	All Bases Covered	1 year (2020)

Details

1 year (2020). Signed by San Diego as a free agent 2/24/20 (minor-league contract), Salary of $2.2M In majors. Performance bonuses: $200,000 each for 200, 250, 300, 350, 400, 450, 500, 550, 600 plate appearances.
1 year/$9M (2019). Signed by Washington as a free agent 1/11/19. $2M is deferred without interest, to be paid 1/15/2020.
4 years/$20M (2015-18). Signed extension with Minnesota 3/24/15, replacing one-year, $0.59M contract signed 3/3/15. 15:$2M, 16:$3M, 17:$6M, 18:$9M. Award bonuses: $25,000 each for All-Star, Gold Glove. $0.1M each for MVP, WS MVP. Acquired by LA Dodgers in trade from Minnesota 7/31/18 with $2,951,613 remaining on contract.
1 year/$0.54M (2014). Re-signed by Minnesota 2/28/14.
1 year/$0.4975M (2013). Re-signed by Minnesota 2/21/13.
1 year (2012). Contract purchased by Minnesota 5/7/12.
Drafted by Minnesota 2009 (8-252) (Southern Miss). $30,000 signing bonus.

2019 Preseason Forecast

Last Update: 1/27/2017 12:35 ET

PCT	PA	H	2B	HR	BB	SO	SB	AVG	OBP	SLG	DRC+	VORP	FRAA
90^o	41	10	2	2	5	8	1	.286	.390	.514	129	3.4	2B 0
80^o	28	6	1	1	3	5	1	.250	.333	.417	124	2.0	2B 0
70^o	18	4	1	1	2	4	0	.250	.333	.500	120	1.2	2B 0
60^o	10	1	0	0	1	2	0	.125	.222	.125	117	0.6	2B 0
50^o	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	114	0.1	2B 0
Weighted Mean	3	0	0	0	0	1	0	.000	.000	.000	114	0.2	2B 0

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Date	Question	Answer
2018-06-20 19:00:00 (link to chat)	who are your best buy low hitters and pitchers ROS? (Frank from Brooklyn)	Manuel Margot, Gary Sanchez and Brian Dozier for hitters. Jon Gray, Luke Weaver and Yu Darvish on the pitching side. (Mike Gianella)
2017-04-28 13:30:00 (link to chat)	How sad of a dynasty league team do you have if you've agreed to trade Brian Dozier and Dellin Betances for Mickey Moniak and Robert Gsellman? (Zach G from OFFICIA)	You know those montages in sitcoms or dramedies where people walk around a park or a pier or sit on a bench and just like, contemplate life and how they've been led to this point? Maybe stare out a bay window as it rains and their coffee gets cold? Yeah. (Craig Goldstein)
2017-03-20 13:00:00 (link to chat)	A Dozier trade for Baez specifically, or Happ to a lesser degree, would help boy teams, right? Baez could be moved to SS for the Twins and Polanco to 2B making the twins better defensively. While, Dozier would clearly be an affordable, and resifnanble, lineup improvement for the Cubs to try and repeat. Thoughts on a package that would make sense to help both teams? (DJ from Mpls )	There is zero chance the Cubs would trade Javier Baez for what is essentially two seasons of Brian Dozier. They might not even make that trade for 2017 alone. Ian Happ is more realistic, although the Cubs would have no real need for Dozier with Baez at second base. I think Jose De Leon (from the Dodgers, at the time) was a perfectly reasonable offer. Dozier's pre-2016 performance is good rather than great, he's a free agent in two years, and he's either not an option or not a big asset anywhere other than second base. (Aaron Gleeman)
2017-03-22 20:00:00 (link to chat)	"Low minors second base prospect is always a tough profile." Ahhh, so THAT'S why every scout crapped all over me, and Dustin, and Cano, and Mookie B., and on and on and on. Maybe second base shouldn't be looked at as a "tough profile" any more than any other position. (Jose Altuve from Cooperstown, but later)	So Pedroia was a shortstop prospect until Double-A, Cano was mostly a shortstop until High-A (and looked like he would end up at third if we're counting), and Betts played all over the place. People will bring up Jose Altuve until the cows come home, but isn't the guy who turned out to have an 8 hit more the exception than the rule? Here's an exercise: group your favorite X number of MLB second basemen and see how many were second basemen in the low-minors. I'll start. Aside from the above, Daniel Murphy wasn't, Ian Kinsler wasn't, Ben Zobrist wasn't, Javier Baez wasn't, Brandon Phillips wasn't, Neil Walker wasn't, Dee Gordon wasn't, Logan Forsythe wasn't, Brian Dozier mostly wasn't, I think Jason Kipnis and Rougned Odor moved there in High-A, hell even Joe Panik moved there in Double-A. (Jarrett Seidler)
2017-01-06 13:00:00 (link to chat)	Can you explain the excitement around Ozzie Albies as a prospect? I know he's a good defender, but it's at second base instead of shortstop. Offensively, there's no power and not great walks. So it's basically all batting average driven, right? How is this guy ranked so highly? (Larry from Minnesota)	He's 19 and hit in the upper minors? That's usually a really good sign? Part of this is a function of the minors being down overall, so guys that might have fit better in the back half of a Top 101, now end up like 30-50 because of a shallow talent pool. But he's not bad at shortstop (and we don't consider that the Braves won't play him there for the purposes of ranking, they might also trade him for Brian Dozier and then he is a 50 SS for the Twins). And the hit tool is legit, and he's a plus-plus runner that will pick up some extra bases that way. (Jeffrey Paternostro)
2016-08-01 16:00:00 (link to chat)	Brian Dozier or Brandon Crawford ROS? (hamsterjockey from Minnesota)	Depends on your needs. In a vacuum I want Crawford but if you need the power and the batting average isn't a big concern go Dozier. (Mike Gianella)
2016-06-07 12:00:00 (link to chat)	Have to think Twins fans would be very disappointed if Buxton slashes .250-.300-.420, no? (sbnbaseball from NYC)	Twins fans are disappointed that Brian Dozier doesn't make enough productive outs. It's a low bar. (Jeffrey Paternostro)
2016-01-27 19:00:00 (link to chat)	What do you expect out of Brian Dozier over the next three years. Do you like Jonathan Schoop as a sleeper this year, and if no someone you think that could become fantasy relevant. (Drew from Rockford, IL)	I'd expect more of the same from Dozier. Good power with little help in AVG. I do like Schoop as a late-rounder. His AVG will drop from where it was last year, but the power is real. Spangenberg is another good late-round target. (Matt Collins)
2015-10-27 13:00:00 (link to chat)	Which prospect are you most disappointed in (that you thought would excel but didn't) and which are you most proud of (that exceeded your expectations; Jacob deGrom doesn't count!? (Kate from Jersey City)	I thought Alex Meyer would have put it together by now and at worst be a dominant late-inning arm with a shot to start. I don't know if the command profile works more than as a generic middle guy. I won't say I'm proud of this, because I horribly missed here, but Brian Dozier turning into a good regular I did not see coming at all. Looked like a grindy, but very Twins, utility guy to me. I missed on few guys on those Rock Cats team. Colabello had a similar power jump in the majors. At least Aaron Hicks looks more like the guy I saw in the Eastern League now. (Jeffrey Paternostro)
2015-10-19 19:00:00 (link to chat)	Has Jonathan Schoop figured it out enough to make a solid impact instead of just HR and otherwise empty stat line? How far behind is he from Brian Dozier? (Karl from San Antonio)	The answer is somewhere in the middle. Not quite a pure BABIP fluke but I would expect some regression. He's a few ticks behind Dozier for me, and I don't see enough speed or a sustained high batting average that will get him to where Dozier has been. (Tout Wars Champ Mike Gianella)
2014-05-15 20:00:00 (link to chat)	25 February 2014 Team A trades $9 JJ Hardy and $10 Brian Dozier to Team B for $38 Justin Verlander Contract years are the same for all players. Team A was willing to give up 43 middle infield home runs in order to get Verlander, letting Team B off a pre-auction high salary hook. Dynasty league with salary inflation to kick in next year, normal $260 limit at auction. Unlimited keepers so long as under the salary limit. Now the team that traded for Verlander wants to trade him back to the same owner. It’s clearly a dump trade. One thing that is bothersome besides the fact that we’re about two months before normal dumping time is that the dumping Team A is in THIRD PLACE in a league of 15 teams: #3 Team A trades $38 Justin Verlander and $12 Chase Utley to #1 Team B $1 Jose Fernandez and $1 Jedd Gyorko As a commissioner, would you allow this trade or call for a vote? (TeamPineTar from KC)	As commissioner, the first thing I would do is eliminate trade vetoes. (Bret Sayre)
2014-05-07 17:00:00 (link to chat)	Would you sell me high in an OPB league or will i keep enough value moving forward? (Brian Dozier from Min)	I got dinged on Twitter for saying I wouldn't trade Brian Dozier for Robinson Cano. So you might say I'm high on Dozier. It's not that I necessarily believe Cano will be worse than Dozier but that I could see the two being comparable ROS. Dozier's numbers over the last calendar year: 26/93/70/23/.242/.324. He'll hurt you in OBP but he does enough every where else that he's legit, and will be one of the better 2B in the bigs. (Mike Gianella)
2014-03-24 13:00:00 (link to chat)	What are your thoughts about Brian Dozier's improvement last year? Do you think the gains are for real--can he be a 15-16 HR guy the next few years? I really like the potential lineup he might be a part of in 2015 (Arcia,Buxton,Sano). (balticwolf from Silver Spring)	I like BD. He seems to be selling out for power and I'd like to see the AVG improve some, but if he continues to sell out for power and you can take the AVG hit, he's a great option. Doesn't cost much, either (Paul Sporer)
2014-01-21 18:00:00 (link to chat)	Are you buying the Brian Dozier projection hype established by a few sites? (jaymoff from Salem)	I haven't seen any Brian Dozier hype...I must be visiting the wrong sites. I think Dozier is going to slip somewhat this year and is more of an asset in deeper mixed and only leagues than in standard mixed. The power won't completely maintain and the batting average is going to slip. He'll keep the job, but isn't going to be a 25-30 HR guy. (Mike Gianella)
2012-05-07 13:00:00 (link to chat)	What kind of production do you see from Brian Dozier now that he's the starter and do you see him holding onto the job? (LoyalRoyal from Kansas)	From what I know about Dozier, he'll be a solid, if unspectacular player. I'm skeptical about his defense at shortstop--he's been described as someone without the arm or range for the position--and frankly, I think Jamey Carroll is better than what he's shown. Still, why not give Dozier a shot if you're Minnesota? (R.J. Anderson)
2012-04-12 14:00:00 (link to chat)	I noticed Brian Dozier and Jordany Valdespin did not make your list for impact prospects in the first question. I see opportunity potentially there for both. But, not sure on production. Thoughts??? (LoyalRoyal from Kansas)	Yeah, that list was far from comprehensive. Behind potentially shaky middle infields, I could see either coming up a grabbing full-time at-bats and being fairly successful. Neither are super prospects, but in AL or NL-only, either is a worthy stash. (Derek Carty)
2012-01-20 14:00:00 (link to chat)	Thoughts on Brian Dozier? Can he be an above average MLB ss? (Jen from England)	No, but he can be a solid 2B. (Kevin Goldstein)

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