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2019 Projections (Preseason PECOTA - seasonal age 30)
PA AVG HR R RBI SB DRC+ WARP
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Birth Date7-18-1988
Height6' 2"
Weight220 lbs
Age36 years, 5 months, 7 days
BatsL
ThrowsR
2015
0.02016
-0.22017
2018
-0.42019
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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 TEX 27 15 45 11 5 0 2 4 9 1 0 0 .275 .356 .550 100 0.1 -0.1 -1.8 0.0
2017 TEX 28 21 65 15 4 0 2 2 13 0 0 0 .238 .262 .397 83 -1.2 -1.2 -2.6 -0.2
Career3611026904622100.252.300.45690-1.1-1.3-4.4-0.2

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
2010 SPO A- NWN 51 216 .246 .331 .354 .314 102 -3.3 6.4 1.7 94 0 0.0 -1.9 -1.2 0.5
2010 RNG Rk AZL 3 7 .282 .328 .399 .200 98 -0.6 0.2 -0.1 -35 0 0.0 0.0 -1.2 -0.1
2011 SPO A- NOR 63 273 .252 .325 .359 .315 103 10.7 7.8 -3.3 137 0 -1.4 -1.2 2.4 0.4
2011 MYR A+ CAR 3 11 .258 .360 .359 .167 100 -0.9 0.3 0.2 62 0 0.2 -0.1 -0.4 0.0
2012 MYR A+ CAR 122 504 .258 .323 .389 .329 89 14.5 15.1 -8 115 0 -0.4 -2.6 7.2 1.1
2012 SUR Wnt AFL 2 2 .000 .000 .000 1.000 0.0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
2013 FRI AA TEX 136 575 .254 .315 .390 .336 101 22.2 15.6 -7.8 131 0 1.7 -0.1 4.1 1.5
2014 ROU AAA PCL 127 491 .268 .333 .418 .341 97 -4.7 14.7 1.1 90 0 -7.8 0.4 -8.3 0.0
2015 ROU AAA PCL 109 438 .267 .331 .409 .303 94 2.5 12.1 -1.1 94 0 5.7 -0.4 -9.9 0.6
2015 EST Wnt DWL 17 44 .000 .000 .000 .242 0.0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
2016 TEX MLB AL 15 45 .248 .313 .408 .310 112 0.7 1.3 0.8 100 12 -1.8 -0.1 0.1 0.0
2016 ROU AAA PCL 101 447 .265 .331 .409 .338 88 21.8 12.6 3 123 0 -5.5 -2.9 4.2 1.2
2017 TEX MLB AL 21 65 .263 .333 .445 .271 112 -2.9 1.9 1.1 83 13 -2.6 -1.2 -1.2 -0.2
2017 ROU AAA PCL 69 293 .270 .335 .424 .375 97 4.4 8.7 1.7 107 0 -17.1 -1.7 3.5 -0.5
2018 ELP AAA PCL 117 456 .275 .344 .436 .332 113 7.2 13.4 -0.2 103 0 -6.7 -2.1 3.3 0.8
2019 BIR AA SOU 4 14 .234 .297 .344 .100 96 -3.2 0.4 0.1 7 0 -0.1 0.1 -0.9 0.0

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 SPO A- NWN 216 192 24 47 10 0 3 66 32 20 49 2 0 .245 .322 .344 .099 0 0
2010 RNG Rk AZL 7 6 1 1 1 0 0 2 3 0 1 0 0 .167 .286 .333 .167 0 0
2011 MYR A+ CAR 11 9 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 2 3 0 0 .111 .273 .222 .111 0 0
2011 SPO A- NOR 273 224 35 62 21 0 6 101 45 38 45 1 0 .277 .386 .451 .174 5 1
2012 SUR Wnt AFL 2 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 1.000 .000 0 0
2012 MYR A+ CAR 504 446 49 127 33 0 8 184 63 44 84 5 1 .285 .351 .413 .128 8 0
2013 FRI AA TEX 575 506 71 146 25 3 21 240 91 46 123 2 1 .289 .357 .474 .186 10 0
2014 ROU AAA PCL 491 452 40 124 20 1 10 176 58 27 112 4 1 .274 .322 .389 .115 4
2015 EST Wnt DWL 44 41 3 8 3 0 0 11 6 1 8 0 0 .195 .233 .268 .073 0 1
2015 ROU AAA PCL 438 403 49 108 22 0 12 166 63 27 79 2 2 .268 .314 .412 .144 5 1
2016 ROU AAA PCL 447 400 57 115 27 1 13 183 58 38 88 2 2 .288 .351 .458 .170 3 3
2016 TEX MLB AL 45 40 5 11 5 0 2 22 4 4 9 0 0 .275 .356 .550 .275 0 0
2017 TEX MLB AL 65 63 7 15 4 0 2 25 11 2 13 0 0 .238 .262 .397 .159 0 0
2017 ROU AAA PCL 293 273 35 85 18 2 7 128 38 13 59 2 1 .311 .353 .469 .158 1 1
2018 ELP AAA PCL 456 412 65 120 30 1 16 200 83 37 86 1 1 .291 .353 .485 .194 3 0
2019 BIR AA SOU 14 14 1 1 1 0 0 2 0 0 4 0 0 .071 .071 .143 .071 0 0

Plate Discipline

YEAR Pits Zone% Swing% Contact% Z-Swing% O-Swing% Z-Contact% O-Contact% SwStr% CSAA
2016 185 0.4919 0.4378 0.6914 0.6044 0.2766 0.7818 0.5000 0.3086 0.0000
2017 225 0.4622 0.6000 0.7556 0.6827 0.5289 0.8451 0.6563 0.2444 0.0000
Career4100.47560.52680.72660.64740.41510.81650.58580.27340.0000

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

Compensation

Year Team Salary
2018 SDN $
2017 TEX $537,000
2016 TEX $
YearsDescriptionSalary
1 yrPrevious$537,000
1 yrTotal$537,000

 

Service TimeAgentContract Status
0 y 153 d1 year (2018)

Details
  • 1 year (2018). Re-signed by Texas 2/17. DFA by Texas 3/7/18. Sent outright to Triple-A 3/13/18. Acquired by San Diego in trade from Texas 4/6/18.
  • 1 year/$0.537M (2017). Re-signed by Texas 2/17.
  • 1 year (2016). Contract selected by Texas 4/10/16.
  • Drafted by Texas 2010 (6-196) (Missouri). $0.125M 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 383 46 100 22 1 14 50 24 85 1 0 .284 .335 .472 115 24.8 C -12, 1B 0 1.4
80o 363 42 90 20 1 12 46 22 82 0 0 .269 .320 .443 107 18.8 C -12, 1B 0 0.8
70o 349 39 84 19 1 11 43 20 80 0 0 .261 .310 .429 101 14.8 C -12, 1B 0 0.3
60o 337 36 79 17 1 11 40 19 78 0 0 .254 .304 .421 96 11.6 C -12, 1B 0 0.0
50o 325 34 74 16 1 10 38 18 77 0 0 .246 .293 .405 92 8.8 C -12, 1B 0 -0.3
40o 313 32 69 15 1 9 36 17 75 0 0 .237 .284 .388 87 6.2 C -12, 1B 0 -0.6
30o 301 30 65 14 1 9 33 16 73 0 0 .232 .279 .386 82 3.5 C -12, 1B 0 -0.9
20o 287 27 59 13 1 8 31 14 70 0 0 .221 .266 .367 77 0.7 C -12, 1B 0 -1.2
10o 267 24 52 11 1 7 27 13 67 0 0 .208 .251 .344 69 -2.8 C -12, 1B 0 -1.6
Weighted Mean32935761711039187700.250.297.411939.7C -12, 1B 0-0.2

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Advanced Catching Metrics

Year lvl CSAA Framing Runs Blocking Chances EPAA Blocking Runs SB Attempts SRAA TRAA Throwing Runs FRAA Adj. FRAA
2010 asx .000 0.0 1789 -.002 1.1 58 .030 .002 -1.1 0.1 0.0
2011 afa .000 0.0 97 -.001 0.0 3 -.017 .001 0.0 0.1 0.2
2011 asx .000 0.0 470 -.002 0.3 13 -.004 .000 0.0 0.3 -1.4
2012 afa .000 0.0 491 .000 0.0 10 .038 -.002 -0.2 -0.3 -0.4
2013 aax .004 0.7 577 .000 0.0 15 .002 .001 0.0 0.6 1.7
2014 aaa -.011 -8.5 3133 .000 -0.2 64 .064 .000 -2.8 -12.0 -7.8
2015 aaa .006 3.3 2054 -.001 0.3 42 .007 .000 -0.2 3.7 5.7
2016 mlb -.004 -0.4 491 .010 -1.1 4 .022 .002 -0.1 -0.5 -1.8
2016 aaa -.006 -5.1 0 .000 0.0 58 .035 .000 -1.2 -6.3 -5.5
2017 aaa -.029 -15.8 2139 .003 -2.0 31 .016 .000 -0.3 -18.8 -17.1
2017 mlb -.013 -2.1 658 .000 0.1 10 .062 .000 -0.4 -2.7 -2.6
2018 aaa -.013 -7.5 1030 .000 0.0 54 .017 .011 -0.6 -8.4 -6.7
2019 aax -.003 -0.1 79 .000 0.0 2 -.003 .000 0.0 -0.1 -0.1

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