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2019 Projections (Preseason PECOTA - seasonal age 32)

PA	AVG	HR	R	RBI	SB	DRC+	WARP
325	.228	7	32	32	0	71	-0.4

Birth Date	10-17-1986
Height	5' 10"
Weight	210 lbs

Age	37 years, 6 months, 2 days
Bats	R
Throws	R

: 2015
: 2016
: 2017
: -0.02018
: -0.42019
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MLB Statistics

YEAR	TEAM	AGE	G	PA	H	2B	BB	SO	AVG	OBP	SLG	DRC+	DRAA	BRR	FRAA
2014	BOS	27	7	20	4	3	1	5	.211	.250	.368	78	-0.5	-0.2	0.1
2018	BOS	31	2	7	1	0	0	2	.167	.143	.167	98	0.0	-0.6	-0.1
Career			9	27	5	3	1	7	.200	.222	.320	84	-0.5	-0.9	0.0

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	LOW	A-	NYP	22	88	.246	.321	.349	.206	95	-5.4	2.7	1.5	52	0	0.3	-0.9	-4.3	-0.1
2009	SLM	A+	CRL	2	3	.283	.342	.417	.000	96	-0.9	0.1	0.1	22	0	0.0	0.0	-0.2	0.0
2010	GRN	A	SAL	61	244	.256	.327	.379	.390	100	16.6	7.1	3.2	150	0	3.0	1.1	13.1	2.8
2010	SLM	A+	CRL	35	143	.264	.329	.400	.352	105	8.5	4.1	0.8	158	0	1.3	1.0	8.6	1.6
2010	PAW	AAA	INT	2	5	.252	.307	.364	.000	86	-1.5	0.2	0.1	50	0	0.0	0.0	-0.3	0.0
2011	SLM	A+	CAR	91	369	.250	.315	.385	.264	99	5.3	11.1	4.3	137	0	2.2	-0.1	12.4	3.0
2011	PME	AA	EAS	21	76	.244	.308	.373	.255	91	-1.5	2.2	1.4	85	0	1.1	-0.7	-1.1	0.3
2011	PAW	AAA	INT	1	3	.278	.353	.438	.000	91	1	0.1	0.1	50	0	0.0	0.0	-0.1	0.0
2012	PME	AA	EAS	73	285	.260	.326	.396	.281	103	0.6	7.9	4.7	109	0	-3.3	0.5	2.7	1.3
2012	PAW	AAA	INT	22	83	.256	.321	.386	.275	96	-0.2	2.5	1.5	102	0	-1.9	0.3	0.3	0.3
2012	TOR	Wnt	DWL	28	84	.000	.000	.000	.212			0.0		0	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
2013	PAW	AAA	INT	84	323	.255	.324	.380	.284	100	8.2	9.3	4	131	0	-4.8	-0.9	6.4	1.4
2014	BOS	MLB	AL	7	20	.239	.297	.375	.286	100	-1.1	0.5	0.3	78	9	0.1	-0.2	-0.5	0.0
2014	PAW	AAA	INT	83	325	.263	.329	.396	.301	95	-3.3	9.7	1.6	95	0	-20.0	-2.7	-6.1	-1.7
2015	SYR	AAA	INT	83	325	.257	.320	.366	.288	98	-7.3	9.0	5.5	83	0	5.7	0.1	-10.3	1.0
2016	PAW	AAA	INT	48	169	.252	.314	.381	.385	99	6.7	4.7	2.8	154	0	-4.4	-0.1	7.7	1.1
2017	PAW	AAA	INT	73	266	.257	.322	.399	.304	95	1	7.9	4.7	110	0	-1.1	-2.4	3.0	1.2
2018	BOS	MLB	AL	2	7	.290	.358	.494	.200	108	-0.6	0.2	0.1	98	11	-0.1	-0.6	0.0	0.0
2018	PAW	AAA	INT	67	250	.244	.313	.373	.238	94	-2.8	7.3	4.5	92	0	-1.6	-0.8	-1.8	0.8

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	SLM	A+	CRL	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0
2009	LOW	A-	NYP	88	78	7	14	3	1	1	22	10	4	14	0	1	.179	.264	.282	.103	0	0
2010	GRN	A	SAL	244	214	37	70	18	3	6	112	31	20	44	0	0	.327	.407	.523	.196	0	0
2010	SLM	A+	CRL	143	113	16	33	12	0	1	48	17	23	21	1	0	.292	.437	.425	.133	0	0
2010	PAW	AAA	INT	5	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0
2011	SLM	A+	CAR	369	312	39	77	20	0	11	130	66	45	56	4	1	.247	.350	.417	.170	5	0
2011	PAW	AAA	INT	3	3	1	1	0	0	1	4	3	0	2	0	0	.333	.333	1.333	1.000	0	0
2011	PME	AA	EAS	76	66	4	14	5	0	0	19	2	9	11	0	0	.212	.316	.288	.076	0	0
2012	PME	AA	EAS	285	247	29	62	14	2	6	98	26	31	42	0	0	.251	.351	.397	.146	0	0
2012	TOR	Wnt	DWL	84	73	8	12	5	0	1	20	7	8	21	0	0	.164	.262	.274	.110	1	0
2012	PAW	AAA	INT	83	73	8	17	5	0	3	31	11	9	20	0	0	.233	.313	.425	.192	1	0
2013	PAW	AAA	INT	323	282	32	74	19	0	14	135	45	34	59	1	1	.262	.350	.479	.216	2	0
2014	BOS	MLB	AL	20	19	1	4	3	0	0	7	2	1	5	0	0	.211	.250	.368	.158	0
2014	PAW	AAA	INT	325	286	35	69	19	0	4	100	30	29	71	0	0	.241	.317	.350	.108	5
2015	SYR	AAA	INT	325	282	28	64	20	1	1	89	26	32	65	0	0	.227	.316	.316	.089	3	2
2016	PAW	AAA	INT	169	146	14	45	12	0	3	66	16	20	34	0	0	.308	.399	.452	.144	0	1
2017	PAW	AAA	INT	266	232	26	60	15	0	4	87	34	27	48	0	0	.259	.336	.375	.116	4	1
2018	BOS	MLB	AL	7	6	0	1	0	0	0	1	1	0	2	0	0	.167	.143	.167	.000	1	0
2018	PAW	AAA	INT	250	212	21	45	9	0	6	72	26	31	44	0	0	.212	.321	.340	.127	2	1

Plate Discipline

YEAR	Pits	Zone%	Swing%	Contact%	Z-Swing%	O-Swing%	Z-Contact%	O-Contact%	SwStr%	CSAA
2014	86	0.5000	0.3605	0.6774	0.5116	0.2093	0.6818	0.6667	0.3226	-0.0011
2018	21	0.6667	0.3810	0.6250	0.4286	0.2857	0.8333	0.0000	0.3750	0.0000
Career	107	0.5327	0.3645	0.6671	0.4953	0.2243	0.7115	0.5359	0.3329	-0.0009

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
2012-05-12	2012-05-20	Minors	8	0	Right	Thigh	Strain	Quadriceps	-	-
2007-03-02	2007-06-05	Coll	95	0	Right	Elbow	Surgery	Tommy John Surgery	-

Compensation

Year	Team	Salary
2018	BOS	$
2015	WAS	$

Service Time	Agent	Contract Status
0 y 45 d		1 year (2018)

Details

1 year (2018). Re-signed by Boston 12/13/17 (minor-league contract). Contract selected by Boston 8/3/18. DFA by Boston 8/14/18. Sent outright to Triple-A 8/15/18.
1 year (2017). Re-signed by Boston 12/14/16 (minor-league contract).
1 year (2016). Signed by Boston as a free agent 1/16/16 (minor-league contract).
1 year (2015). Acquired by Washington in trade 1/14/15 after being DFA by Boston 1/7/15. Signed by Washington 3/15. DFA by Washington 7/28/15. Sent outright to Triple-A 7/31/15.
1 year (2014). Re-signed by Boston 3/7/14.
1 year/$0.49M (2013). Contract purchased by Boston 11/20/12. Re-signed by Boston 3/2/13.
Signed by Boston as an amateur free agent 7/28/09 (Arizona).

2019 Preseason Forecast

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

PCT	PA	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	AVG	OBP	SLG	DRC+	VORP	FRAA	WARP
90^o	385	44	92	20	1	10	43	38	83	.271	.350	.425	95	17.5	C -7	1.1
80^o	364	39	83	18	1	9	39	34	81	.257	.333	.402	87	11.7	C -7	0.5
70^o	350	37	77	17	1	8	37	32	79	.248	.324	.386	81	7.9	C -7	0.1
60^o	337	34	71	16	1	7	34	30	77	.236	.310	.365	76	4.8	C -7	-0.3
50^o	325	32	67	15	1	7	32	28	75	.230	.302	.361	71	2.2	C -7	-0.6
40^o	313	30	62	14	1	6	30	26	74	.221	.292	.342	66	-0.3	C -7	-0.8
30^o	300	28	57	13	0	6	28	24	72	.210	.280	.325	61	-2.8	C -7	-1.1
20^o	286	25	52	12	0	5	26	22	69	.202	.268	.306	56	-5.4	C -7	-1.4
10^o	265	22	45	10	0	5	23	19	66	.187	.250	.290	47	-8.5	C -7	-1.7
Weighted Mean	329	33	68	15	1	7	33	28	76	.231	.303	.361	73	3.0	C -7	-0.5

Preseason Long-Term Forecast (Beyond the 2019 Projections)

Playing time estimates are based on performance, not Depth Charts.

Year	Age	PA	R	H	2B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	AVG	OBP	SLG	DRC+	WARP	VORP	BRR	POS_ADJ	REP_ADJ	RAA	FRAA
2020	33	311	34	62	14	6	30	28	72	.223	.299	.342	67	-0.4	2.6	-0.8	3.7	8.0	-8.3	-6.4
2021	34	316	35	63	14	7	32	28	75	.226	.303	.356	70	-0.4	3.2	-0.8	3.6	8.1	-7.7	-7.3
2022	35	311	34	61	14	6	30	28	75	.224	.300	.346	68	-0.5	2.7	-0.8	3.5	8.0	-8.0	-7.2
2023	36	290	32	57	13	6	28	26	71	.220	.297	.340	66	-0.5	1.9	-0.8	3.2	7.5	-7.9	-6.7
2024	37	279	31	55	12	6	27	25	67	.223	.299	.344	67	-0.5	2.1	-0.7	3.0	7.2	-7.4	-6.5
2025	38	271	30	54	12	6	26	24	66	.221	.297	.341	66	-0.5	1.8	-0.7	2.8	7.0	-7.3	-6.3
2026	39	259	28	50	11	5	25	23	63	.220	.296	.339	66	-0.5	1.5	-0.7	2.6	6.7	-7.1	-6.0
2027	40	252	27	49	11	5	24	22	62	.219	.294	.335	65	-0.5	1.1	-0.7	2.5	6.5	-7.1	-5.8
2028	41	247	26	48	11	5	23	22	61	.218	.293	.334	64	-0.5	0.9	-0.7	2.3	6.3	-7.1	-5.7

Comparable Players (Similarity Index 72)

Rank	Score	Name	Year	DRC+	Trend
1	85	Royce Huffman	2009	0	DNP
2	84	John Gall	2010	0	DNP
3	82	Efren Navarro	2018	66
4	82	Chris Gimenez	2015	110
5	81	Robby Hammock	2009	0	DNP
6	81	Guillermo Quiroz	2014	82
7	81	Jim Rushford	2006	0	DNP
8	81	Dee Brown	2010	0	DNP
9	80	Vinny Rottino	2012	81
10	80	Matt McBride	2017	0	DNP
11	78	Leslie Anderson	2014	0	DNP
12	77	Brian Dallimore	2006	0	DNP
13	77	Mickey Lopez	2006	0	DNP
14	77	J.J. Furmaniak	2012	0	DNP
15	76	Chris Heintz	2007	73
16	76	Ruben Gotay	2015	0	DNP
17	76	Ricardo Nanita	2013	0	DNP
18	76	Erik Kratz	2012	101
19	76	Chase Lambin	2012	0	DNP
20	75	Justin Christian	2012	79
21	75	Bryant Nelson	2006	0	DNP
22	75	Hernan Iribarren	2016	65
23	75	Joe Thurston	2012	0	DNP
24	75	Brandon Boggs	2015	0	DNP
25	74	Bobby Scales	2010	88
26	74	Jesus Feliciano	2011	0	DNP
27	74	Mark Budzinski	2006	0	DNP
28	74	Reid Brignac	2018	0	DNP
29	74	Cole Gillespie	2016	82
30	73	Jon Weber	2010	0	DNP
31	73	Rich Thompson	2011	0	DNP
32	73	Gil Velazquez	2012	75
33	73	Hector Luna	2012	86
34	73	Sean Kazmar Jr.	2017	0	DNP
35	73	Nick Gorneault	2011	0	DNP
36	72	Josh Rodriguez	2017	0	DNP
37	72	Jorge Velandia	2007	110
38	72	Adrian Brown	2006	61
39	72	Robinson Chirinos	2016	97
40	72	Eugenio Velez	2014	0	DNP
41	72	Jason Bowers	2010	0	DNP
42	72	Quintin Berry	2017	74
43	72	Kris Negron	2018	78
44	71	Emmanuel Burriss	2017	0	DNP
45	71	Ed Lucas	2014	64
46	70	Mark Minicozzi	2015	0	DNP
47	70	Mike Cervenak	2009	0	DNP
48	70	Jason Pridie	2016	0	DNP
49	70	Jeff Bailey	2011	0	DNP
50	70	A.J. Ellis	2013	100
51	70	Ed Rogers	2011	0	DNP
52	70	Clint Robinson	2017	0	DNP
53	70	Jorge Padilla	2012	0	DNP
54	69	Matt Treanor	2008	60
55	69	Brian Myrow	2009	0	DNP
56	69	Brendan Harris	2013	85
57	69	Irving Falu	2015	0	DNP
58	69	Danny Ardoin	2007	0	DNP
59	69	Mike McCoy	2013	0	DNP
60	69	Hiram Bocachica	2008	0	DNP
61	69	Anthony Seratelli	2015	0	DNP
62	69	Miguel Ojeda	2007	0	DNP
63	69	Koyie Hill	2011	59
64	68	Luis Antonio Jimenez	2014	0	DNP
65	68	Travis Ishikawa	2016	0	DNP
66	68	Ray Olmedo	2013	0	DNP
67	68	Pete Orr	2011	70
68	68	Kevin Frandsen	2014	84
69	68	Kevin Barker	2008	0	DNP
70	67	Joe Inglett	2010	92
71	67	Tuffy Gosewisch	2016	71
72	67	Alex Presley	2018	0	DNP
73	67	John Baker	2013	73
74	67	Edgar Gonzalez	2010	0	DNP
75	67	Wil Nieves	2010	61
76	67	Rene Rivera	2016	75
77	67	Jonathan Diaz	2017	0	DNP
78	67	Josh Paul	2007	57
79	67	Ronny Paulino	2013	0	DNP
80	67	Will Rhymes	2015	0	DNP
81	67	Jason Ellison	2010	0	DNP
82	67	Adam Rosales	2015	85
83	66	Don Kelly	2012	76
84	66	Cody Ransom	2008	118
85	66	Earl Snyder	2008	0	DNP
86	66	Wes Timmons	2011	0	DNP
87	66	Nick Green	2011	0	DNP
88	66	Luis Figueroa	2006	74
89	66	Stephen Vogt	2017	92
90	66	Omar Quintanilla	2014	76
91	66	Chris Truby	2006	0	DNP
92	66	Seth Bynum	2013	0	DNP
93	66	Andres Torres	2010	108
94	66	Carlos Corporan	2016	0	DNP
95	66	Chad Moeller	2007	46
96	66	John Lindsey	2009	0	DNP
97	66	Jason Bourgeois	2014	90
98	65	Ramon Vazquez	2009	72
99	65	Gregorio Petit	2017	0	DNP
100	65	Matt Kata	2010	0	DNP

BP Annual Player Comments

Year		Comment
2015		Dan Butler is salt-of-the-earth backup backstop whose summoning to the major leagues last season was a testament to human resiliency and the value of hard work. And if he sees any significant MLB time in 2015, something went horribly wrong and everybody in Boston will be miserable.
2014		The Red Sox thought enough of Butler to add him to the 40-man last winter, but when the Sox were down to Jarrod Saltalamacchia after David Ross' concussion(s), Butler never got the call to show what he could do. Instead, Boston called up Ryan Lavarnway, then tried their hardest to avoid using him. Butler also didn't receive a September call-up, despite batting .262/.350/.479 in his first extended Triple-A stint, with Lavarnway once again promoted. Butler's defense isn't perfect, but he has the reputation of a capable staff handler, and is the superior backstop to Lavarnway by leaps and bounds. Butler has the potential to be a major-league backup, and if things go awry with 2014's catchers, maybe the Sox will give him the chance to show it this time around.

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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	afa	.000	0.0	32	.000	0.0	0	.000	.000	0.0	0.4	0.0
2009	asx	.000	0.0	1019	-.001	0.5	30	-.026	-.002	0.5	1.0	0.3
2010	afx	.000	0.0	2333	-.005	3.8	73	.035	-.009	-1.4	2.4	3.0
2010	aaa	-.002	0.0	68	.000	0.0	3	.000	.000	0.0	0.0	0.0
2010	afa	.000	0.0	1029	-.002	0.6	24	.004	-.010	0.1	0.7	1.3
2011	aaa	.000	0.0	29	.000	0.0	0	.000	.000	0.0	0.9	0.0
2011	afa	.000	0.0	3112	-.002	1.6	98	-.004	.004	0.3	1.6	2.2
2011	aax	.000	0.0	939	.000	0.1	27	-.018	.006	0.3	1.0	1.1
2012	aax	-.005	-3.9	2977	-.002	2.1	84	.006	-.001	-0.3	-3.0	-3.3
2012	aaa	-.008	-2.1	900	.000	0.1	17	-.029	-.004	0.4	-1.6	-1.9
2013	aaa	-.008	-7.6	3434	-.001	1.5	73	-.013	-.001	0.6	-6.2	-4.8
2014	mlb	-.004	-0.2	222	-.004	0.2	3	.025	-.002	0.0	0.4	0.1
2014	aaa	-.029	-18.7	2451	.000	-0.1	48	.029	.000	-0.9	-19.7	-20.0
2015	aaa	.011	9.7	3588	.000	0.4	67	.028	-.001	-1.2	8.7	5.7
2016	aaa	-.009	-4.3	0	.000	0.0	34	.024	.000	-0.5	-5.1	-4.4
2017	aaa	-.003	-2.7	2843	-.002	2.3	67	.025	-.001	-1.0	-1.3	-1.1
2018	aaa	-.003	-2.4	1369	-.001	0.3	47	.036	-.002	-1.0	-3.4	-1.6
2018	mlb	-.009	-0.2	116	-.003	0.1	5	-.013	.004	0.0	-0.1	-0.1

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