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Birth Date9-6-1991
Height6' 2"
Weight220 lbs
Age26 years, 11 months, 9 days
BatsR
ThrowsR
2014
2015
0.32016
-0.02017
0.22018
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WARP Summary

MLB Statistics

YEAR TEAM AGE G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR TB BB SO HBP SF SH RBI SB CS AVG OBP SLG TAv VORP FRAA WARP
2016 NYA 24 31 90 83 7 20 3 0 5 38 7 36 0 0 0 12 1 0 .241 .300 .458 .261 1.4 1.7 0.3
2017 NYA 25 20 46 40 4 9 2 0 2 17 4 17 0 2 0 8 0 0 .225 .283 .425 .266 0.3 -0.5 -0.0
2018 MIN 26 3 11 10 1 2 0 0 1 5 1 3 0 0 0 2 0 0 .200 .273 .500 .269 0.4 -0.0 0.0
2018 NYA 26 34 132 121 16 27 6 0 8 57 8 53 2 1 0 23 1 1 .223 .280 .471 .255 0.5 -1.3 -0.1
Career88279254285811016117201092304521.228.287.461.2592.7-0.20.3

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 G PA TAv oppAVG oppOBP oppSLG oppTAv BABIP BPF BRAA repLVL POS_ADJ FRAA BRR BVORP BWARP VORP WARP
2010 YAN Rk 2 4 -.005 .265 .321 .414 .264 .000 112 -0.5 0.1 0 -0.0 0.0 -0.5 -0.1 -0.5 -0.1
2011 STA A- 27 112 .346 .241 .323 .346 .256 .389 99 10.5 3.2 -0.4 -1.8 1.2 14.5 1.3 14.5 1.3
2011 YAN Rk 20 89 .342 .267 .339 .399 .254 .460 118 8.7 2.8 -1.3 -1.5 1.4 11.6 1.0 11.6 1.0
2012 CSC A 70 309 .337 .266 .334 .398 .266 .380 100 26 9.1 -3.7 -3.9 2.9 34.3 3.0 34.3 3.0
2012 TAM A+ 36 148 .290 .251 .317 .369 .246 .394 107 4.9 4.4 -1.8 -0.2 -0.0 7.4 0.7 7.4 0.7
2012 TRN AA 2 8 .244 .284 .347 .444 .283 .333 101 -0.1 0.2 -0.1 -0.1 -0.0 -0.0 -0.0 -0.0 -0.0
2012 YAN Rk 2 7 .507 .299 .341 .431 .270 .500 104 2 0.2 -0.1 -0.2 0.0 2.1 0.2 2.1 0.2
2013 TRN AA 83 366 .260 .259 .335 .396 .272 .321 95 -0.1 10.0 -4.1 1.1 -0.4 5.3 0.7 5.3 0.7
2013 YAT Rk 2 7 .491 .270 .364 .392 .275 .667 99 1.8 0.2 -0.1 0.6 -0.1 1.9 0.2 1.9 0.2
2014 TRN AA 105 437 .274 .263 .326 .399 .264 .323 99 6.2 12.0 -5.2 1.0 -1.9 11.1 1.3 11.1 1.3
2015 TRN AA 21 86 .260 .250 .305 .373 .252 .305 97 0 2.3 -1 3.4 0.8 2.2 0.6 2.2 0.6
2015 SWB AAA 73 299 .227 .261 .324 .374 .258 .317 95 -10.4 8.3 -3.2 -1.3 1.8 -3.5 -0.5 -3.5 -0.5
2015 SUR Wnt 21 90 .000 .000 .000 .000 .000 .317 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
2016 NYA MLB 31 90 .261 .257 .319 .420 .257 .357 108 0.1 2.5 -1.5 1.7 0.3 1.4 0.3 1.4 0.3
2016 TRN AA 50 210 .277 .256 .322 .386 .256 .326 100 3.6 5.7 -3.3 -1.4 1.2 7.2 0.6 7.2 0.6
2016 SWB AAA 57 234 .359 .254 .318 .380 .254 .400 98 24.2 6.6 -3.8 -3.5 -0.2 26.9 2.4 26.9 2.4
2017 NYA MLB 20 46 .266 .254 .327 .442 .264 .304 105 0.3 1.3 -0.8 -0.5 -0.5 0.3 -0.0 0.3 -0.0
2017 TRN AA 5 17 .546 .279 .340 .427 .273 .500 85 4.9 0.5 -0.3 0.0 -0.1 5.0 0.5 5.0 0.5
2017 SWB AAA 47 190 .288 .258 .320 .406 .254 .336 100 6 5.6 -3.5 1.0 -2.1 6.0 0.7 6.0 0.7
2018 MIN MLB 3 11 .269 .236 .309 .382 .245 .167 103 0.1 0.3 -0.2 -0.0 0.2 0.4 0.0 0.4 0.0
2018 NYA MLB 34 132 .255 .255 .322 .437 .269 .311 109 -0.7 3.7 -2.4 -1.3 -0.1 0.5 -0.1 0.5 -0.1
2018 ROC AAA 9 40 .319 .235 .301 .374 .243 .280 91 2.6 1.2 -0.8 -0.4 -0.1 2.9 0.3 2.9 0.3
2018 SWB AAA 26 108 .273 .240 .310 .387 .247 .311 100 1.5 3.2 -1.9 -0.9 0.0 2.8 0.2 2.8 0.2

Statistics For All Levels

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Year Team Lg PA R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO SB CS AVG OBP SLG ISO TAv VORP FRAA WARP
2010 YAN Rk 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 .000 .500 .000 .000 -.005 -0.5 -0.0 -0.1
2011 YAN Rk 89 13 32 8 1 3 22 5 16 11 0 .390 .438 .622 .232 .342 11.6 -1.5 1.0
2011 STA A- 112 16 31 10 1 3 14 10 23 7 0 .323 .402 .542 .219 .346 14.5 -1.8 1.3
2012 YAN Rk 7 1 3 0 0 1 2 1 1 0 0 .500 .571 1.000 .500 .507 2.1 -0.2 0.2
2012 CSC A 309 69 85 22 5 14 54 37 68 17 2 .320 .405 .598 .278 .337 34.3 -3.9 3.0
2012 TRN AA 8 2 2 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 .286 .375 .286 .000 .244 -0.0 -0.1 -0.0
2012 TAM A+ 148 20 43 13 1 2 23 12 28 6 0 .321 .385 .478 .157 .290 7.4 -0.2 0.7
2013 TRN AA 366 43 82 17 1 6 40 41 79 4 0 .257 .344 .373 .116 .260 5.3 1.1 0.7
2013 YAT Rk 7 1 4 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 .667 .714 .667 .000 .491 1.9 0.6 0.2
2014 TRN AA 437 56 109 20 5 9 47 36 80 3 2 .275 .336 .419 .144 .274 11.1 1.0 1.3
2015 SUR Wnt 90 13 22 5 0 3 7 9 18 7 2 .272 .344 .444 .173 .000 0.0 0.0 0.0
2015 TRN AA 86 8 20 5 2 2 8 8 16 3 2 .260 .337 .455 .195 .260 2.2 3.4 0.6
2015 SWB AAA 299 33 62 8 0 4 27 26 81 8 1 .235 .309 .311 .076 .227 -3.5 -1.3 -0.5
2016 SWB AAA 234 39 65 24 0 13 49 32 59 5 0 .323 .415 .637 .313 .359 26.9 -3.5 2.4
2016 NYA MLB 90 7 20 3 0 5 12 7 36 1 0 .241 .300 .458 .217 .261 1.4 1.7 0.3
2016 TRN AA 210 22 46 10 1 4 29 30 46 1 1 .260 .367 .395 .136 .277 7.2 -1.4 0.6
2017 SWB AAA 190 29 47 14 1 10 32 18 52 0 0 .275 .342 .544 .269 .288 6.0 1.0 0.7
2017 NYA MLB 46 4 9 2 0 2 8 4 17 0 0 .225 .283 .425 .200 .266 0.3 -0.5 -0.0
2017 TRN AA 17 5 6 1 2 0 1 2 2 0 0 .429 .529 .786 .357 .546 5.0 0.0 0.5
2018 ROC AAA 40 6 10 2 1 3 8 1 10 0 0 .263 .300 .605 .342 .319 2.9 -0.4 0.3
2018 SWB AAA 108 14 25 9 0 6 14 8 32 0 0 .253 .315 .525 .273 .273 2.8 -0.9 0.2
2018 MIN MLB 11 1 2 0 0 1 2 1 3 0 0 .200 .273 .500 .300 .269 0.4 -0.0 0.0
2018 NYA MLB 132 16 27 6 0 8 23 8 53 1 1 .223 .280 .471 .248 .255 0.5 -1.3 -0.1

Plate Discipline

YEAR PITCHES ZONE_RT SWING_RT CONTACT_RT Z_SWING_RT O_SWING_RT Z_CONTACT_RT O_CONTACT_RT SW_STRK_RT CSAA_CHANCES CSAA_RT
2016 368 0.4511 0.5000 0.5978 0.7349 0.3069 0.7213 0.3548 0.4022 0 0.000000
2017 191 0.4764 0.4503 0.6279 0.6593 0.2600 0.7667 0.3077 0.3721 0 0.000000
2018 553 0.4593 0.5063 0.5964 0.7323 0.3144 0.7258 0.3404 0.4036 0 0.000000
Career11120.45950.49460.60230.72060.30260.73130.33950.397700

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
2014-04-24 2014-05-10 Minors 16 0 - Thigh Strain Hamstring - -
2014-02-21 2014-03-31 Camp 38 0 Right Wrist Soreness - -
2013-07-13 2013-08-31 Minors 49 0 Right Wrist Soreness - -
2011-07-22 2011-08-09 Minors 18 17 - Not Disclosed - -

Compensation

Year Team Salary
2018 NYA $558,600
2017 NYA $544,000
2016 NYA $
2015 NYA $
YearsDescriptionSalary
1 yrPrevious$544,000
2018Current$558,600
2 yrPvs + Cur$1,102,600
2 yrTotal$1,102,600

 

Service TimeAgentContract Status
1 y 29 d1 year/$0.5586M (2018)

Details
  • 1 year/$0.5586M (2018). Re-signed by NY Yankees 3/18.
  • 1 year (2017). Re-signed by NY Yankees 3/17.
  • 1 year (2016). Contract selected by NY Yankees 8/13/16.
  • 1 year (2015). Contract selected by NY Yankees 11/20/14. Re-signed by NY Yankees 3/15. DFA by NY Yankees 9/1/15. Sent outright to Triple-A 9/9/15.
  • Drafted by NY Yankees 2010 (13-415) (Heritage HS, Conyers, Ga.). $0.13M signing bonus.

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Platoon
SORT_FIELD PLATOON AVG OBP SLG TAv
10 vs L (Multi) .348 .444 .652 .348
11 vs R (Multi) .200 .238 .383 .223
18 Split (Multi) -.148 -.206 -.269 -.125
19 LgAvg (Multi) -.010 -.021 -.029 -.017
30 vs L (2016) .348 .444 .652 .348
31 vs R (2016) .200 .238 .383 .223
38 Split (2016) -.148 -.206 -.269 -.125
39 LgAvg (2016) -.008 -.018 -.027 -.016

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BP Chats

DateQuestionAnswer
2017-02-02 13:00:00 (link to chat)Do you agree or disagree with the notion that Yankee prospects tend to be overhyped? Joba and Jesus Montero were obviously way overhyped. I know its early, but Severino and Judge appear to have been a bit overranked as well. On that topic, Gleyber Torres was a top 20-40 prospect at midseason, is traded to the Yankees, plays worse in the minors and is now being rated in the top 5 by various outlets. I know he had a great AFL, but it was only 18 games and I don't remember offensive stats in the AFL ever being weighed as heavily as they seem to be with Gleyber.
(Art from Baltimore)		Hey Art. Yeah, I think I agree with this general sentiment; there's something of a Yankee mystique that I think gets lumped in with prospects in their system. Similar to the Red Sox or Cubs, though they have the shine largely because of their top tier front office reputation. For the Yankees I think it's purely a tautology -- the Yankees are so good that they'd only acquire good players. So even players like Tyler Austin get the benefit of the doubt for a while, and every player is untouchable and a future HoF. I think their system is the best its been in ages, but I also think there's a ton of risk in all three of the names you mentioned, especially Torres, who could easily be a no-hit glove guy. (Trevor Strunk)
2015-01-20 19:30:00 (link to chat)Hey Ben, who do have as some of your favorite "to keep an eye on" prospects for 2015?
(kiper90 from Rochester, NY)		This is all over the place, but some guys who's values could fluctuate wildly from a fantasy POV for me are: Trey Ball, Chelsor Cuthbert, Casey Kelly, Tyler Austin, Tyrell Jenkins, Colin Moran, Kyle Crick, Matt Olson, Kyle Zimmer, Rymer Liriano, Gary Sanchez and Alen Hanson. All over the place, I know, but I feel like a lot of those guys are gonna go one of two ways. (Ben Carsley)
2013-09-27 13:00:00 (link to chat)What Yankee prospect is most likely to make an eventual impact?
(Alex from Anaheim)		Saying "most likely" puts an interesting twist on the question. Guys like Tyler Austin, Slade Heathcott and Mark Montgomery will all likely have extensive big league careers, but I don't know how impactful those careers will be. I still believe Gary Sanchez's bat can carry him to the Major Leagues and I think there's some hope that he can catch well enough that you live with it because of the impact of his bat. (Mark Anderson)
2013-06-25 13:00:00 (link to chat)Which of these Yankee OF prospects, Slade Heathcott, Mason Williams or Tyler Austin, do you feel will have the best major league career?
(TheDonCharleone from North Carolina)		Austin. Better bat. (Jason Parks on the Midseason Top 50 Prospects)
2013-04-04 11:00:00 (link to chat)Big league comp for Tyler Austin?
(Brock from Nc)		Brian Austin Green (Jason Parks)
2013-01-22 13:00:00 (link to chat)Tyler Austin legit? Do scouts agree with the numbers?
(Txt hrs from Dallas)		Depends on the numbers, but scouts seem to think he's going to be a solid-to-good player. (R.J. Anderson)
2012-02-13 13:00:00 (link to chat)Was Tyler Austin close to make this year's top 101, and do you think he has a realistic shot of cracking in next year?
(MikeD from NY)		No; No. (Kevin Goldstein)


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