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2019 Projections (Preseason PECOTA - seasonal age 28)
PA AVG HR R RBI SB DRC+ WARP
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Birth Date3-26-1991
Height6' 4"
Weight215 lbs
Age33 years, 0 months, 29 days
BatsR
ThrowsR
0.62015
0.32016
2.72017
0.82018
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
2014 WAS 23 17 43 8 3 0 1 3 17 1 0 2 .205 .279 .359 64 -1.7 -0.8 0.2 -0.1
2015 WAS 24 138 511 108 15 2 14 35 158 1 16 3 .229 .282 .358 75 -12.9 -0.4 5.2 0.6
2016 WAS 25 76 237 51 11 0 7 14 77 1 14 3 .231 .278 .376 71 -7.9 0.7 2.5 0.3
2017 WAS 26 118 432 108 23 3 19 29 137 1 17 7 .271 .320 .486 93 -2.3 3.1 12.3 2.7
2018 WAS 27 134 385 80 22 3 6 29 116 1 24 6 .227 .287 .357 67 -14.2 1.3 8.9 0.8
2019 WAS 28 53 97 22 7 0 1 7 34 0 6 0 .250 .305 .364 58 -5.0 -0.6 -0.9 -0.3
Career53617053778184811753957721.240.294.39376-43.93.228.23.9

Statistics for All Levels

'opp' stats - Quality of opponents faced - have been moved and are available only as OPP_QUAL in the Statistics reports now.
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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
2010 HAG A SAL 5 15 .296 .359 .471 .273 98 -0.3 0.4 -0.3 76 0 0.1 0.0 -0.4 0.0
2010 NAT Rk GCL 38 149 .252 .320 .344 .247 105 -4.5 5.4 1.2 58 0 2.7 -0.8 -13.1 -0.4
2011 HAG A SAL 126 488 .259 .331 .393 .316 110 -5.6 14.1 -0.8 83 0 -1.9 -0.4 -16.5 -0.6
2012 POT A+ CAR 109 431 .255 .320 .384 .335 98 -6 12.9 1 96 0 28.4 0.7 -1.7 4.1
2013 POT A+ CAR 133 581 .257 .337 .383 .331 110 2.1 17.0 0.3 110 0 25.1 7.5 -5.3 4.5
2014 WAS MLB NL 17 43 .251 .312 .397 .333 100 -1.1 1.1 -0.1 64 14 0.2 -0.8 -1.7 -0.1
2014 HAR AA EAS 98 441 .261 .328 .391 .421 104 29.1 12.1 0.2 145 0 22.2 3.5 14.8 5.6
2014 SYR AAA INT 12 52 .253 .322 .390 .310 97 -0.1 1.6 0.1 85 0 2.5 0.8 -1.6 0.3
2015 WAS MLB NL 138 511 .255 .315 .403 .311 95 -9.2 13.8 0.1 75 7 5.2 -0.4 -12.9 0.6
2015 SYR AAA INT 8 32 .265 .328 .382 .563 92 3.7 0.9 0 136 0 -1.3 0.2 0.7 0.1
2016 WAS MLB NL 76 237 .257 .323 .419 .319 88 -3.7 6.7 0.5 71 12 2.5 0.7 -7.9 0.3
2016 SYR AAA INT 31 130 .247 .305 .361 .277 103 -3.9 3.7 0.1 72 0 0.5 2.2 -5.4 0.1
2017 WAS MLB NL 118 432 .259 .328 .434 .363 97 9.9 12.6 1.1 93 8 12.3 3.1 -2.3 2.7
2017 POT A+ CAR 6 21 .233 .289 .353 .250 107 -2.3 0.6 -0.1 50 0 -0.5 0.1 -1.0 -0.1
2017 HAR AA EAS 6 28 .248 .322 .385 .176 106 -2.1 0.8 0 54 0 0.1 0.4 -1.2 0.0
2018 WAS MLB NL 134 385 .248 .319 .404 .320 100 -11.6 10.8 0.9 67 7 8.9 1.3 -14.2 0.8
2019 WAS MLB NL 53 97 .253 .320 .430 .396 104 -3.4 2.9 0.1 58 12 -0.9 -0.6 -5.0 -0.3
2019 HAR AA EAS 57 247 .246 .316 .371 .315 98 6 6.5 -0.4 121 0 -1.3 3.9 4.8 1.5

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
2010 HAG A SAL 15 13 0 3 1 0 0 4 1 1 2 0 0 .231 .333 .308 .077 0 0
2010 NAT Rk GCL 149 128 14 25 4 3 1 38 12 14 31 1 2 .195 .278 .297 .102 1 1
2011 HAG A SAL 488 442 64 112 26 7 13 191 68 32 120 23 12 .253 .310 .432 .179 4 4
2012 POT A+ CAR 431 384 51 93 33 2 3 139 37 40 113 19 9 .242 .318 .362 .120 1 3
2013 POT A+ CAR 581 509 79 134 41 6 10 217 87 55 131 51 7 .263 .340 .426 .163 7 2
2014 SYR AAA INT 52 44 7 10 3 1 1 18 3 7 14 3 1 .227 .333 .409 .182 0
2014 HAR AA EAS 441 384 74 120 17 2 22 207 61 50 130 34 8 .313 .396 .539 .227 1
2014 WAS MLB NL 43 39 5 8 3 0 1 14 5 3 17 0 2 .205 .279 .359 .154 0
2015 WAS MLB NL 511 472 49 108 15 2 14 169 63 35 158 16 3 .229 .282 .358 .129 2 1
2015 SYR AAA INT 32 26 4 10 1 0 1 14 4 4 10 2 1 .385 .452 .538 .154 1 1
2016 WAS MLB NL 237 221 28 51 11 0 7 83 16 14 77 14 3 .231 .278 .376 .145 1 0
2016 SYR AAA INT 130 117 17 24 5 1 1 34 9 12 33 7 1 .205 .285 .291 .085 0 0
2017 HAR AA EAS 28 26 3 4 2 0 1 9 4 2 8 3 0 .154 .214 .346 .192 0 0
2017 POT A+ CAR 21 19 2 3 0 0 0 3 0 2 7 1 0 .158 .238 .158 .000 0 0
2017 WAS MLB NL 432 399 55 108 23 3 19 194 53 29 137 17 7 .271 .320 .486 .216 2 1
2018 WAS MLB NL 385 353 46 80 22 3 6 126 28 29 116 24 6 .227 .287 .357 .130 0 2
2019 HAR AA EAS 247 218 36 54 16 2 9 101 35 25 69 10 6 .248 .324 .463 .216 3 0
2019 WAS MLB NL 97 88 10 22 7 0 1 32 3 7 34 6 0 .250 .305 .364 .114 0 2

Plate Discipline

YEAR Pits Zone% Swing% Contact% Z-Swing% O-Swing% Z-Contact% O-Contact% SwStr% CSAA
2014 164 0.4878 0.4390 0.6250 0.5500 0.3333 0.8182 0.3214 0.3750 0.0015
2015 1848 0.4848 0.5141 0.6568 0.6875 0.3508 0.7468 0.4910 0.3432 0.0039
2016 889 0.4578 0.4803 0.6604 0.6904 0.3029 0.6975 0.5890 0.3396 0.0000
2017 1605 0.4648 0.4866 0.6581 0.6501 0.3446 0.7526 0.5034 0.3419 0.0000
2018 1514 0.4947 0.5026 0.6781 0.6809 0.3281 0.7216 0.5896 0.3219 0.0000
2019 382 0.4843 0.4634 0.6441 0.6486 0.2893 0.7917 0.3333 0.3559 0.0000
Career64020.47840.49480.66110.67110.33310.74000.51730.33890.0012

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 PIT $4,000,000
2023 MIN $4,500,000
2022 KCA $4,500,000
2021 KCA $1,750,000
2020 WAS $3,325,000
2019 WAS $3,250,000
2018 WAS $2,525,000
2017 WAS $557,900
2016 WAS $524,000
2015 WAS $508,700
YearsDescriptionSalary
9 yrPrevious$21,440,600
2019Current$4,000,000
10 yrPvs + Cur$25,440,600
10 yrTotal$25,440,600

 

Service TimeAgentContract Status
8 y 129 dALIGND1 year/$4M (2024)

Details
  • 1 year/$4M (2024). Signed by Pittsburgh as a free agent 3/15/24.
  • 2 years/$9M (2022-23). Signed extension with Kansas City 9/29/21 (avoided arbitration). 22:$4.5M, 23:$4.5M. Annual performance bonuses: $50,000 each for 325, 375, 425, 475, 525 plate appearances. Acquired by Minnesota in trade from Kansas City 1/23/23.
  • 1 year/$1.75M (2021). Signed by Kansas City as a free agent 11/30/20. May earn additional $1M in performance bonuses based on plate appearances.
  • 1 year/$3.325M (2020). Re-signed by Washington 1/9/20 (avoided arbitration). Performance bonus: $25,000 for 300 plate appearances. Sent outright to Triple-A by Washington 10/15/20 (elected free agency).
  • 1 year/$3.25M (2019). Lost arbitration with Washington 2/1/19 ($3.5M-$3.25M).
  • 1 year/$2.525M (2018). Re-signed by Washington 1/12/18 (avoided arbitration).
  • 1 year/$557,900 (2017). Re-signed by Washington 3/17.
  • 1 year/$524,000 (2016). Re-signed by Washington 3/16.
  • 1 year/$508,700 (2015). Re-signed by Washington 3/15.
  • 1 year (2014). Contract purchased by Washington 11/20/13. Re-signed by Washington 2/26/14.
  • Drafted by Washington 2009 (6-172) (Westminster Academy, Fort Lauderdale). $125,000 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
90o 53 13 3 0 2 5 15 3 1 .277 .346 .468 104 0.0 CF 1 0.0
80o 35 8 2 0 1 3 10 2 1 .258 .324 .419 97 0.0 CF 1 0.0
70o 22 5 1 0 1 2 6 1 0 .250 .318 .450 92 0.0 CF 0 0.0
60o 11 3 1 0 0 1 3 1 0 .300 .364 .400 88 0.0 CF 0 0.0
50o 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 84 0.0 CF 0 0.0
Weighted Mean410000100.333.333.333850.0CF 00.0

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