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2019 Projections (Preseason PECOTA - seasonal age 27)
PA AVG HR R RBI SB DRC+ WARP
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Birth Date10-11-1991
Height6' 0"
Weight215 lbs
Age32 years, 6 months, 13 days
BatsR
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1.02015
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0.22017
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-0.52019
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WARP Summary

MLB Statistics

YEAR TEAM AGE G PA H 2B 3B HR BB SO HBP SB CS AVG OBP SLG DRC+ DRAA BRR FRAA BWARP
2015 CLE 23 81 288 60 8 1 6 18 58 2 0 1 .225 .279 .330 80 -5.7 -1.4 7.4 1.0
2017 CLE 25 67 165 35 7 0 1 8 22 0 0 0 .224 .262 .288 79 -3.7 -0.5 1.0 0.2
2018 TOR 26 19 46 10 1 0 1 2 10 1 0 0 .233 .283 .326 82 -0.9 -0.2 -1.1 -0.1
2019 NYA 27 132 476 139 34 0 21 25 87 5 1 1 .314 .355 .534 121 15.2 -1.8 5.9 3.4
Career2999752445012953177812.269.313.4221005.0-3.913.14.6

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 IDN Rk AZL 32 119 .000 .000 .000 .287 0.0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
2010 MHV A- NYP 58 243 .249 .324 .361 .326 102 4.5 6.8 0.7 117 0 0.0 0.5 4.4 1.3
2011 LKC A MID 126 529 .254 .320 .376 .258 99 -17.8 15.3 2.1 79 0 0.0 -1.6 -17.7 -0.2
2012 CAR A+ CAR 114 475 .259 .324 .396 .290 96 3.8 14.2 1.9 100 0 -7.7 -1.8 0.0 0.7
2012 COL int WBQ 3 12 .000 .000 .000 .222 0.0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
2013 AKR AA EAS 116 466 .255 .328 .383 .286 98 -9.5 12.7 1.2 85 0 1.8 -2.7 -14.3 -0.1
2014 AKR AA EAS 24 98 .260 .323 .389 .314 102 4.2 2.7 0.3 147 0 0.3 2.2 3.3 0.9
2014 COH AAA INT 104 430 .266 .333 .400 .289 109 1.7 12.9 1.3 114 0 0.1 -0.6 0.6 1.4
2015 CLE MLB AL 81 288 .252 .314 .402 .266 108 -12.5 7.8 1.1 80 13 7.4 -1.4 -5.7 1.0
2015 COH AAA INT 22 84 .275 .336 .407 .288 107 -1.2 2.3 0 93 0 3.0 0.6 -1.8 0.4
2016 COH AAA INT 117 491 .258 .320 .386 .294 108 -14 13.8 1.1 88 0 6.2 -4.3 -11.6 0.5
2017 CLE MLB AL 67 165 .256 .320 .427 .256 102 -10.9 4.8 0.7 79 12 1.0 -0.5 -3.7 0.2
2017 COH AAA INT 76 325 .260 .328 .397 .294 108 -6.5 9.6 1.6 97 0 1.3 -3.5 -0.6 0.8
2018 TOR MLB AL 19 46 .255 .325 .433 .281 104 -2.9 1.3 0.4 82 14 -1.1 -0.2 -0.9 -0.1
2018 BUF AAA INT 24 91 .250 .316 .394 .269 96 -5.6 2.7 -0.3 105 0 -1.1 -0.1 1.4 0.3
2018 COH AAA INT 11 42 .258 .322 .394 .429 99 1.6 1.2 0 101 0 0.1 0.3 0.5 0.2
2018 SWB AAA INT 27 107 .257 .319 .395 .337 100 1.6 3.1 0.6 104 0 0.0 0.0 1.2 0.5
2018 LIC Wnt DWL 23 88 .191 .255 .288 .247 98 -2.2 1.7 -0.4 96 2 0.0 0.3 0.2 0.1
2019 NYA MLB AL 132 476 .256 .324 .447 .349 100 19 14.4 1.6 121 8 5.9 -1.8 15.2 3.4
2019 SWB AAA INT 2 9 .275 .357 .465 .571 96 1 0.3 0 110 0 -0.1 0.3 0.1 0.1

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 IDN Rk AZL 119 105 10 27 2 0 0 29 11 10 12 3 0 .257 .325 .276 .019 1 1
2010 MHV A- NYP 243 221 22 64 8 0 3 81 35 12 32 5 3 .290 .333 .367 .077 1 1
2011 LKC A MID 529 505 57 120 24 2 9 175 46 14 69 3 0 .238 .262 .347 .109 4 2
2012 COL int WBQ 12 12 2 3 1 0 1 7 3 0 2 0 0 .250 .250 .583 .333 0 0
2012 CAR A+ CAR 475 439 50 122 30 1 14 196 59 16 60 1 1 .278 .309 .446 .169 8 5
2013 AKR AA EAS 466 445 42 120 23 2 8 171 43 14 48 1 1 .270 .292 .384 .115 2 4
2014 COH AAA INT 430 395 63 109 27 6 13 187 65 30 51 0 2 .276 .331 .473 .197 1
2014 AKR AA EAS 98 90 15 27 9 0 5 51 19 6 16 1 1 .300 .347 .567 .267 1
2015 CLE MLB AL 288 267 25 60 8 1 6 88 21 18 58 0 1 .225 .279 .330 .105 0 1
2015 COH AAA INT 84 81 12 22 5 1 3 38 9 3 12 0 0 .272 .298 .469 .198 0 0
2016 COH AAA INT 491 468 54 128 24 1 8 178 57 15 58 0 0 .274 .294 .380 .107 6 1
2017 CLE MLB AL 165 156 14 35 7 0 1 45 15 8 22 0 0 .224 .262 .288 .064 0 1
2017 COH AAA INT 325 297 34 79 12 1 6 111 34 20 45 0 0 .266 .321 .374 .108 2 1
2018 TOR MLB AL 46 43 7 10 1 0 1 14 3 2 10 0 0 .233 .283 .326 .093 0 0
2018 LIC Wnt DWL 88 85 8 19 8 0 1 30 9 3 11 0 0 .224 .250 .353 .129 0 0
2018 BUF AAA INT 91 86 7 21 3 0 0 24 5 4 9 0 0 .244 .275 .279 .035 1 0
2018 COH AAA INT 42 37 6 12 4 0 0 16 7 5 9 0 0 .324 .405 .432 .108 0 0
2018 SWB AAA INT 107 101 14 31 7 2 2 48 12 4 13 0 0 .307 .340 .475 .168 0 1
2019 SWB AAA INT 9 9 2 4 2 0 0 6 1 0 2 0 0 .444 .444 .667 .222 0 0
2019 NYA MLB AL 476 442 73 139 34 0 21 236 74 25 87 1 1 .314 .355 .534 .219 4 0

Plate Discipline

YEAR Pits Zone% Swing% Contact% Z-Swing% O-Swing% Z-Contact% O-Contact% SwStr% CSAA
2015 1077 0.4689 0.5720 0.7906 0.7446 0.4196 0.8644 0.6750 0.2094 0.0037
2017 592 0.4679 0.5372 0.8333 0.6715 0.4190 0.9140 0.7197 0.1667 0.0000
2018 175 0.4457 0.5029 0.7273 0.6923 0.3505 0.8148 0.5882 0.2727 0.0000
2019 1788 0.4625 0.5649 0.7802 0.7437 0.4110 0.8374 0.6911 0.2198 0.0000
Career36320.46450.55950.78940.72970.41190.85680.68600.21060.0011

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

Compensation

Year Team Salary
2024 DET $1,500,000
2023 ANA $8,400,000
2022 MIN $6,550,000
2021 NYA $4,650,000
2020 NYA $2,475,000
2019 NYA $
2018 CLE $548,300
2017 CLE $
2016 CLE $
2015 CLE $
YearsDescriptionSalary
5 yrPrevious$22,623,300
2019Current$1,500,000
6 yrPvs + Cur$24,123,300
6 yrTotal$24,123,300

 

Service TimeAgentContract Status
6 y 127 dRep 11 year/$1.5M (2024)

Details
  • 1 year/$1.5M (2024). Signed by Detroit as a free agent 2/22/24. Performance bonuses: $100,000 each for 500, 530, 560, 590, 620 plate appearances.
  • 1 year/$8.4M (2023). Lost arbitration with LA Angels 2/18/23 ($10M-$8.4M).
  • 1 year/$6.55M (2022). Re-signed by NY Yankees 11/30/21 (avoided arbitration). Acquired by Minnesota in trade from NY Yankees 3/13/22. Acquired by LA Angels in trade from Minnesota 11/18/22.
  • 1 year/$4.65M (2021). Re-signed by NY Yankees 1/15/21 (avoided arbitration)
  • 1 year/$2.475M (2020). Re-signed by NY Yankees 1/10/20 (avoided arbitration).
  • 1 year (2019). Re-signed by NY Yankees 11/9/18 (minor-league contract). Contract selected by NY Yankees 4/6/19.
  • 1 year/$548,300 (2018). Re-signed by Cleveland 3/18. Acquired by Toronto in trade 5/9/18 after being DFA by Cleveland 5/4/18. DFA by Toronto 6/26/18. Sent outright to Triple-A 7/3/18. Acquired by NY Yankees in trade from Toronto 8/4/18.
  • 1 year (2017). Re-signed by Cleveland 3/17.
  • 1 year (2016). Re-signed by Cleveland 3/9/16.
  • 1 year (2015). Contract selected by Cleveland 11/20/14. Re-signed by Cleveland 3/9/15.
  • Signed by Cleveland 7/2/08 as a free agent from Colombia.

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
90o 44 11 2 0 1 2 7 0 0 .262 .295 .381 76 -0.1 3B 0 0.0
80o 30 7 1 0 1 1 5 0 0 .250 .276 .393 70 -0.4 3B 0 0.0
70o 19 4 1 0 0 1 3 0 0 .222 .263 .278 66 -0.4 3B 0 0.0
60o 10 2 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 .200 .200 .200 62 -0.3 3B 0 0.0
50o 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 58 -0.1 3B 0 0.0
Weighted Mean300000000.000.000.00059-0.13B 00.0

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BP Chats

DateQuestionAnswer
2020-02-14 13:00:00 (link to chat)Thanks for the chat. What are your thoughts on Leody Taveras? I was offered Taveras, and Gio Urshela for Josh Donaldson in a 20 team dynasty league. Seems Taveras’ prospect status has declined rapidly!!!
(Donnell from Washington, DC)		Bret Sayre still rides the Leody Taveras train, and is the reason Taveras made our dynasty 101, but he represents a small minority. That is not to say Taveras is without upside, but he is a better real-life prospect than a fantasy one given his limited power. Still, steals are in short supply and he could be a 20+ SB guy. Something like .270/10/20+ is certainly possible as a peak. Think Ender Inciarte.

Now, as for the offer, I prefer Donaldson to the package of Taveras/Urshela. To downgrade from Urshela to Donaldson, I'd want a borderline-top-50 prospect in return. (Jesse Roche)
2019-08-30 16:00:00 (link to chat)After drafting Miguel Andujar in 2018, I was expecting more of the same for the 3 additional years I was allowed to keep him. Well, can I expect a repeat of 2018 next year?
(Vic from Baltimore)		Assuming his recovery is full, yeah, I think Andujar pretty much emerged fully formed in 2018. He *has* missed out on the hyperball this year, so the HR could end up in the 30s--but I would expect him to be the same hitter. Whether he can get the job back from Gio Urshela is another question...

Aaaaand Keston Hiura just hurt himself. Why do I love this game again? (Jon Hegglund)
2015-03-06 14:00:00 (link to chat)Tell me about Giovanny Urshela? Solid potential with what kind of upside?
(Matthew from San Diego)		I can. And I will. He's one of the best defensive 3B prospects I've seen in quite some time, and he's got quality bat-to-barrel skills. I think he's a starter, maybe even an above-average one. (Christopher Crawford)
2015-02-04 19:00:00 (link to chat)Any thoughts on Giovanny Urshela? His always been a 60/70 defender, and scouts have finally taken notice, but he showed undeniable improvement with the bat this year. Highest BB% of his career and showed major uptick in power production. If he can be an even average hitter in the majors I would think he would be an incredible asset for the Tribe.
(username49 from Ohio)		Incredible is likely overstating it, but he's gone from a guy who's been under appreciated to a nice prospect. The improvements with the bat are undeniable, but it's really whether or not he's going to make enough consistent hard contact at the big league level. I'd grade him as more of a 60 defender than a 70, but regardless, he and Lindor could be a nice, controllable left side of the infield. (Jordan Gorosh)


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