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2019 Projections (Preseason PECOTA - seasonal age 27)
PA AVG HR R RBI SB DRC+ WARP
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Birth Date5-17-1992
Height5' 11"
Weight177 lbs
Age31 years, 11 months, 2 days
BatsL
ThrowsL
2015
-0.32016
0.72017
0.72018
1.02019
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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 6 10 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 .125 .222 .125 71 -0.3 0.2 -0.5 0.0
2016 SEA 24 27 47 8 2 0 1 5 15 0 0 0 .200 .289 .325 69 -1.6 0.1 -1.7 -0.2
2017 SEA 25 134 550 140 27 5 11 36 122 1 4 1 .275 .322 .413 90 -5.2 1.1 -0.4 0.7
2018 SEA 26 101 293 70 14 4 1 31 61 4 7 3 .272 .358 .370 98 0.4 3.3 -2.8 0.7
2019 MIL 27 134 356 77 18 0 7 40 104 3 2 2 .248 .337 .373 82 -6.8 0.5 -1.8 0.1
Career4021256296619201133038136.263.333.38789-13.65.2-7.41.2

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 7 28 .242 .296 .347 .412 107 -0.2 1.0 -0.4 94 0 -1.2 0.3 -1.1 -0.1
2011 STA A- NYP 55 220 .251 .328 .354 .376 98 10 6.3 -2.4 144 0 0.3 1.5 3.9 1.0
2012 CSC A SAL 110 476 .262 .331 .389 .356 96 10.8 14.0 -1 110 0 -4.6 2.7 5.5 1.7
2013 TAM A+ FSL 96 423 .258 .325 .373 .330 99 8.2 12.4 -2.5 116 0 -5.3 1.5 -1.1 0.5
2013 TRN AA EAS 16 72 .256 .321 .390 .313 97 -1.5 2.0 -0.5 73 0 0.9 0.7 -3.1 0.0
2014 TRN AA EAS 131 586 .261 .327 .397 .306 100 -13.7 16.1 -4.1 81 0 -7.2 1.0 -19.9 -1.5
2015 SWB AAA INT 129 551 .262 .323 .378 .364 94 18.9 15.3 -1.3 131 0 10.5 1.8 9.4 3.6
2016 NYA MLB AL 6 10 .247 .318 .384 .143 110 -0.8 0.3 -0.1 71 15 -0.5 0.2 -0.3 0.0
2016 SEA MLB AL 27 47 .256 .319 .421 .292 100 -0.6 1.3 -0.4 69 15 -1.7 0.1 -1.6 -0.2
2016 SWB AAA INT 116 533 .257 .319 .380 .370 102 11.8 15.0 -1.4 126 0 -8.1 4.6 8.3 1.9
2017 SEA MLB AL 134 550 .257 .323 .429 .340 103 0.3 16.1 -4.6 90 8 -0.4 1.1 -5.2 0.7
2017 TAC AAA PCL 19 75 .272 .345 .430 .347 96 3.8 2.2 -0.5 114 0 -1.4 0.6 1.6 0.2
2018 SEA MLB AL 101 293 .249 .318 .411 .352 98 2.8 8.2 -2.2 98 7 -2.8 3.3 0.4 0.7
2018 MOD A+ CAL 5 21 .283 .344 .439 .333 125 0.5 0.6 -0.3 135 0 -0.2 -0.2 0.7 0.1
2018 TAC AAA PCL 21 94 .282 .347 .438 .394 104 6.1 2.8 -0.7 134 0 -1.1 2.5 4.2 0.8
2019 MIL MLB NL 134 356 .247 .323 .426 .347 97 1.2 10.8 -1.9 82 8 -1.8 0.5 -6.8 0.1
2019 SAN AAA PCL 4 19 .251 .336 .411 .300 90 1.9 0.7 -0.2 126 0 -0.2 1.1 0.8 0.2

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 28 25 3 7 1 0 0 8 0 3 8 1 2 .280 .357 .320 .040 0 0
2011 STA A- NYP 220 190 20 55 19 1 2 82 30 24 50 7 2 .289 .373 .432 .142 3 0
2012 CSC A SAL 476 444 56 136 23 5 2 175 61 23 71 19 10 .306 .342 .394 .088 5 0
2013 TRN AA EAS 72 67 5 16 4 0 1 23 5 4 18 1 0 .239 .282 .343 .104 0 1
2013 TAM A+ FSL 423 364 50 99 28 4 3 144 49 48 77 21 5 .272 .352 .396 .124 7 3
2014 TRN AA EAS 586 544 58 142 31 3 2 185 51 36 88 13 5 .261 .308 .340 .079 3
2015 SWB AAA INT 551 500 77 150 28 14 10 236 64 46 108 13 5 .300 .358 .472 .172 3 1
2016 NYA MLB AL 10 8 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 .125 .222 .125 .000 0 1
2016 SEA MLB AL 47 40 8 8 2 0 1 13 5 5 15 0 0 .200 .289 .325 .125 0 2
2016 SWB AAA INT 533 483 80 149 26 5 6 203 51 43 94 19 8 .308 .365 .420 .112 4 1
2017 SEA MLB AL 550 509 68 140 27 5 11 210 59 36 122 4 1 .275 .322 .413 .138 3 1
2017 TAC AAA PCL 75 60 6 18 1 1 1 24 8 12 11 1 1 .300 .427 .400 .100 1 0
2018 MOD A+ CAL 21 17 6 5 1 0 0 6 0 4 2 1 1 .294 .429 .353 .059 0 0
2018 SEA MLB AL 293 257 37 70 14 4 1 95 19 31 61 7 3 .272 .358 .370 .097 1 0
2018 TAC AAA PCL 94 83 19 29 8 3 1 46 16 10 12 4 0 .349 .415 .554 .205 1 0
2019 SAN AAA PCL 19 14 7 4 0 0 1 7 2 4 3 1 0 .286 .474 .500 .214 0 0
2019 MIL MLB NL 356 311 47 77 18 0 7 116 33 40 104 2 2 .248 .337 .373 .125 2 0

Plate Discipline

YEAR Pits Zone% Swing% Contact% Z-Swing% O-Swing% Z-Contact% O-Contact% SwStr% CSAA
2016 222 0.4820 0.4189 0.7527 0.5234 0.3217 0.8393 0.6216 0.2473 0.0000
2017 2172 0.4839 0.4452 0.7901 0.5652 0.3327 0.8704 0.6622 0.2099 0.0000
2018 1187 0.4777 0.4086 0.7856 0.5379 0.2903 0.8984 0.5944 0.2144 0.0000
2019 1445 0.4824 0.4048 0.7709 0.5753 0.2460 0.8678 0.5598 0.2291 0.0000
Career50260.48190.42380.78190.55980.29730.87490.61500.21810.0000

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
2011-06-26 2011-07-14 Minors 18 16 - Not Disclosed - -

Compensation

Year Team Salary
2024 NYN $
2023 TBA $
2022 PIT $1,800,000
2021 CLE $1,500,000
2020 MIL $1,400,000
2019 MIL $567,700
2018 SEA $558,100
2017 SEA $
2016 NYA $
YearsDescriptionSalary
5 yrPrevious$5,825,800
5 yrTotal$5,825,800

 

Service TimeAgentContract Status
6 y 56 dWasserman1 year (2024)

Details
  • 1 year (2024). Signed by NY Mets as a free agent 2/12/24 (minor-league contract). Salary of $1.2M in majors, $35,000 a month in minors.
  • 1 year (2023). Signed by Tampa Bay as a free agent 2/23/23 (minor-league contract). Acquired by San Diego in trade from Tampa Bay 7/14/23. Contract selected by San Diego 8/14/23. DFA by San Diego 9/7/23.
  • 1 year/$1.8M (2022). Re-signed by Pittsburgh 11/29/21 (avoided arbitration). May earn additional $200,000 in performance bonuses based on plate appearances.
  • 1 year (2021). Signed by Cleveland as a free agent 2/12/21 (minor-league contract). Salary of $1.5M in majors. Contract selected by Cleveland 3/29/21. Claimed by Pittsburgh off waivers 5/9/21 after being DFA by Cleveland 5/5/21.
  • 1 year/$1.4M (2020), plus 2021 club option. Re-signed by Milwaukee 12/3/19 (avoided arbitration). 20:$1.4M, 21:$2.55M club option.
  • 1 year/$567,700 (2019). Re-signed by Milwaukee 3/19.
  • 1 year/$558,100 (2018). Re-signed by Seattle 3/18. Acquired by Milwaukee in trade from Seattle 12/21/18.
  • 1 year (2017). Re-signed by Seattle 2/17.
  • 1 year (2016). Contract selected by NY Yankees 11/20/15. Re-signed by NY Yankees 3/16. Acquired by Seattle in trade from NY Yankees 8/31/16.
  • Drafted by NY Yankees 2010 (10-325) (Bishop Kenny HS, Jacksonville). $500,000 signing bonus.

2019 Preseason Forecast

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

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