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Birth Date9-6-1991
Height6' 2"
Weight220 lbs
Age28 years, 2 months, 12 days
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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
2016 NYA 24 31 90 20 3 0 5 7 36 0 1 0 .241 .300 .458 75 -2.5 0.3 1.7 0.0
2017 NYA 25 20 46 9 2 0 2 4 17 0 0 0 .225 .283 .425 79 -1.1 -0.5 -0.5 -0.2
2018 MIN 26 35 136 29 4 0 9 11 42 0 0 1 .236 .294 .488 100 0.5 -0.3 0.1 0.2
2018 NYA 26 34 132 27 6 0 8 8 53 2 1 1 .223 .280 .471 95 -0.3 -0.1 -1.3 0.0
2019 MIL 27 17 27 4 2 0 1 6 7 0 1 0 .200 .370 .450 112 0.6 0.4 -0.1 0.1
2019 MIN 27 2 5 1 1 0 0 1 3 0 0 0 .250 .400 .500 84 -0.1 0.0 -0.1 0.0
2019 SFN 27 70 147 24 2 1 8 17 57 0 1 0 .185 .279 .400 81 -3.0 1.4 1.5 0.3
Career2095831142013354215242.219.292.45189-5.91.11.30.4

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 YAN Rk GCL 2 4 .265 .321 .414 .000 111 -0.5 0.1 0 71 0 0.0 0.0 -0.2 0.0
2011 STA A- NYP 27 112 .241 .323 .346 .389 98 10.5 3.2 -0.4 162 0 -1.8 1.2 4.0 0.6
2011 YAN Rk GCL 20 89 .267 .339 .399 .460 117 8.8 2.8 -1.3 238 0 -1.5 1.4 8.2 0.9
2012 CSC A SAL 70 309 .266 .334 .398 .380 100 25.9 9.1 -3.7 175 0 -3.9 2.9 25.7 3.0
2012 TAM A+ FSL 36 148 .251 .317 .369 .394 107 4.9 4.4 -1.8 150 0 -0.2 0.0 7.0 0.9
2012 TRN AA EAS 2 8 .284 .347 .444 .333 101 -0.1 0.2 -0.1 100 0 -0.1 0.0 0.0 0.0
2012 YAN Rk GCL 2 7 .299 .341 .431 .500 103 2.1 0.2 -0.1 187 0 -0.2 0.0 0.5 0.0
2013 TRN AA EAS 83 366 .259 .335 .396 .321 94 0.3 10.0 -4.1 97 0 1.1 -0.4 -6.8 0.0
2013 YAT Rk GCL 2 7 .270 .364 .392 .667 98 1.8 0.2 -0.1 235 0 0.6 -0.1 0.6 0.1
2014 TRN AA EAS 105 437 .263 .326 .399 .323 100 5.8 12.0 -5.2 102 0 1.0 -1.9 -5.4 0.1
2015 TRN AA EAS 21 86 .250 .305 .373 .305 92 0.5 2.3 -1 109 0 3.4 0.8 -0.8 0.5
2015 SWB AAA INT 73 299 .261 .324 .374 .317 94 -10.3 8.3 -3.2 82 0 -1.3 1.8 -10.0 -0.5
2015 SUR Wnt AFL 21 90 .000 .000 .000 .317 0.0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
2016 NYA MLB AL 31 90 .257 .319 .420 .357 111 -0.3 2.5 -1.5 75 14 1.7 0.3 -2.5 0.0
2016 TRN AA EAS 50 210 .256 .322 .386 .326 100 3.6 5.7 -3.3 119 0 -1.4 1.2 0.7 0.3
2016 SWB AAA INT 57 234 .254 .318 .380 .400 103 21.4 6.6 -3.8 189 0 -3.5 -0.2 19.3 1.9
2017 NYA MLB AL 20 46 .254 .327 .442 .304 106 0.3 1.3 -0.8 79 18 -0.5 -0.5 -1.1 -0.2
2017 TRN AA EAS 5 17 .279 .340 .427 .500 86 4.8 0.5 -0.3 146 0 0.0 -0.1 0.8 0.1
2017 SWB AAA INT 47 190 .258 .320 .406 .336 101 5.8 5.6 -3.5 121 0 1.0 -2.1 4.1 0.5
2018 MIN MLB AL 35 136 .247 .319 .401 .270 104 2.7 3.8 -2.4 100 12 0.1 -0.3 0.5 0.2
2018 NYA MLB AL 34 132 .255 .322 .439 .311 112 -1.3 3.7 -2.4 95 11 -1.3 -0.1 -0.3 0.0
2018 ROC AAA INT 9 40 .238 .305 .377 .280 90 2.6 1.2 -0.8 122 0 -0.5 -0.1 3.3 0.3
2018 SWB AAA INT 26 108 .240 .309 .382 .311 99 1.8 3.2 -1.9 112 0 -0.9 0.0 1.8 0.2
2019 MIL MLB NL 17 27 .263 .339 .452 .231 101 1.6 0.8 -0.3 112 1 -0.1 0.4 0.6 0.1
2019 MIN MLB AL 2 5 .239 .317 .379 1.000 100 0.2 0.2 -0.1 84 33 -0.1 0.0 -0.1 0.0
2019 SFN MLB NL 70 147 .250 .317 .428 .246 93 -2.2 4.4 -1.2 81 12 1.5 1.4 -3.0 0.3
2019 SAN AAA PCL 15 63 .264 .348 .465 .412 91 4.9 2.2 -1.4 129 0 0.4 0.1 2.6 0.3

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 YAN Rk GCL 4 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 .000 .500 .000 .000 0 0
2011 YAN Rk GCL 89 82 13 32 8 1 3 51 22 5 16 11 0 .390 .438 .622 .232 0 0
2011 STA A- NYP 112 96 16 31 10 1 3 52 14 10 23 7 0 .323 .402 .542 .219 2 0
2012 YAN Rk GCL 7 6 1 3 0 0 1 6 2 1 1 0 0 .500 .571 1.000 .500 0 0
2012 CSC A SAL 309 266 69 85 22 5 14 159 54 37 68 17 2 .320 .405 .598 .278 3 0
2012 TRN AA EAS 8 7 2 2 0 0 0 2 1 1 1 0 0 .286 .375 .286 .000 0 0
2012 TAM A+ FSL 148 134 20 43 13 1 2 64 23 12 28 6 0 .321 .385 .478 .157 0 0
2013 TRN AA EAS 366 319 43 82 17 1 6 119 40 41 79 4 0 .257 .344 .373 .116 3 0
2013 YAT Rk GCL 7 6 1 4 0 0 0 4 0 1 0 0 0 .667 .714 .667 .000 0 0
2014 TRN AA EAS 437 396 56 109 20 5 9 166 47 36 80 3 2 .275 .336 .419 .144 3
2015 SUR Wnt AFL 90 81 13 22 5 0 3 36 7 9 18 7 2 .272 .344 .444 .173 0 0
2015 SWB AAA INT 299 264 33 62 8 0 4 82 27 26 81 8 1 .235 .309 .311 .076 4 1
2015 TRN AA EAS 86 77 8 20 5 2 2 35 8 8 16 3 2 .260 .337 .455 .195 0 0
2016 NYA MLB AL 90 83 7 20 3 0 5 38 12 7 36 1 0 .241 .300 .458 .217 0 0
2016 SWB AAA INT 234 201 39 65 24 0 13 128 49 32 59 5 0 .323 .415 .637 .313 1 0
2016 TRN AA EAS 210 177 22 46 10 1 4 70 29 30 46 1 1 .260 .367 .395 .136 2 0
2017 NYA MLB AL 46 40 4 9 2 0 2 17 8 4 17 0 0 .225 .283 .425 .200 2 0
2017 SWB AAA INT 190 171 29 47 14 1 10 93 32 18 52 0 0 .275 .342 .544 .269 1 0
2017 TRN AA EAS 17 14 5 6 1 2 0 11 1 2 2 0 0 .429 .529 .786 .357 0 0
2018 ROC AAA INT 40 38 6 10 2 1 3 23 8 1 10 0 0 .263 .300 .605 .342 0 0
2018 SWB AAA INT 108 99 14 25 9 0 6 52 14 8 32 0 0 .253 .315 .525 .273 0 0
2018 NYA MLB AL 132 121 16 27 6 0 8 57 23 8 53 1 1 .223 .280 .471 .248 1 0
2018 MIN MLB AL 136 123 18 29 4 0 9 60 24 11 42 0 1 .236 .294 .488 .252 2 0
2019 SAN AAA PCL 63 54 15 18 3 0 4 33 10 8 17 3 1 .333 .413 .611 .278 1 0
2019 MIL MLB NL 27 20 5 4 2 0 1 9 4 6 7 1 0 .200 .370 .450 .250 1 0
2019 MIN MLB AL 5 4 1 1 1 0 0 2 0 1 3 0 0 .250 .400 .500 .250 0 0
2019 SFN MLB NL 147 130 24 24 2 1 8 52 20 17 57 1 0 .185 .279 .400 .215 0 0

Plate Discipline

YEAR Pits Zone% Swing% Contact% Z-Swing% O-Swing% Z-Contact% O-Contact% SwStr% CSAA
2016 368 0.4538 0.5000 0.5978 0.7305 0.3085 0.7213 0.3548 0.4022 0.0000
2017 191 0.4712 0.4503 0.6279 0.6444 0.2772 0.7931 0.2857 0.3721 0.0000
2018 1108 0.4747 0.5045 0.6136 0.7072 0.3213 0.7392 0.3636 0.3864 0.0000
2019 764 0.4293 0.4267 0.6012 0.6250 0.2775 0.7610 0.3306 0.3988 0.0000
Career24310.45700.47510.60840.68000.30210.74760.34580.39160.0000

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
2019 MIN $568,600
2018 NYA $558,600
2017 NYA $544,000
2016 NYA $
2015 NYA $
YearsDescriptionSalary
2 yrPrevious$1,102,600
2019Current$568,600
3 yrPvs + Cur$1,671,200
3 yrTotal$1,671,200

 

Service TimeAgentContract Status
2 y 151 d1 year (2020), 2021 option

Details
  • 2020. Signed by Yokohama DeNA BayStars of Japan.
  • 1 year/$568,600 (2019). Re-signed by Minnesota 3/19. Acquired by San Francisco in trade 4/8/19 after being DFA by Minnesota 4/5/19. DFA by San Francisco 8/2/19. Sent outright to Triple-A 8/9/19. Signed by Milwaukee as a free agent 8/16/19 (minor-league contract). Contract selected by Milwaukee 9/1/19. Sent outright to Triple-A 11/1/19 (elected free agency).
  • 1 year/$0.5586M (2018). Re-signed by NY Yankees 3/18. Acquired by Minnesota in trade from NY Yankees 7/30/19.
  • 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.

2019 Preseason Forecast

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

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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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