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Portrait of Ricardo Valenzuela

Ricardo Valenzuela CPadres

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2019 Projections (Preseason PECOTA - seasonal age 28)
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Birth Date8-4-1990
Height6' 0"
Weight190 lbs
Age33 years, 8 months, 22 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

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
2011 DAD Rk DSL 31 85 .228 .336 .321 .273 95 1.7 3.0 0.7 91 0 -1.3 1.3 -2.2 0.1
2012 DPA Rk DSL 42 137 .248 .330 .334 .299 110 -0.1 4.2 0 124 0 -0.9 -4.4 3.8 0.3
2013 PDR Rk AZL 19 73 .253 .329 .353 .273 94 -2.8 2.2 0.1 76 0 -1.0 0.4 -4.0 -0.2
2014 PDR Rk AZL 34 111 .000 .000 .000 .284 0.0 104 0 0.0 0.0 -3.7 0.0
2015 TRI A- NWL 3 11 .261 .302 .361 .286 106 0.4 0.3 0.2 118 0 0.0 0.2 -0.1 0.1
2015 LEL A+ CAL 28 104 .267 .321 .416 .208 105 -5.7 2.8 -0.7 56 0 2.7 0.0 -6.8 -0.2
2016 LEL A+ CAL 36 144 .262 .325 .405 .288 93 -4.1 4.1 0.1 86 0 0.1 -1.6 -5.2 -0.3
2016 SAN AA TEX 5 17 .234 .300 .373 .273 87 -0.9 0.5 0.3 113 0 -0.6 0.0 -0.1 0.0
2016 ELP AAA PCL 12 36 .274 .334 .412 .240 111 -3.4 1.0 0.5 41 0 -1.5 -0.6 -2.7 -0.3
2017 MCD AAA MEX 79 245 .000 .000 .000 .277 0.0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
2018 MAZ Wnt LMP 9 16 .266 .351 .367 .077 99 -5.1 0.6 0.2 78 3 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.1
2019 MCD AAA MEX 58 173 .000 .000 .000 .319 0.0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 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
2011 DAD Rk DSL 85 72 10 18 6 0 0 24 6 11 6 1 2 .250 .365 .333 .083 0 0
2012 DPA Rk DSL 137 120 14 33 6 0 1 42 15 15 12 1 4 .275 .365 .350 .075 0 0
2013 PDR Rk AZL 73 68 8 15 3 0 0 18 6 5 13 0 0 .221 .274 .265 .044 0 0
2014 PDR Rk AZL 111 96 12 24 4 1 1 33 11 8 17 1 0 .250 .318 .344 .094 3
2015 LEL A+ CAL 104 93 7 17 3 0 1 23 8 10 15 0 1 .183 .269 .247 .065 0 0
2015 TRI A- NWL 11 8 1 2 1 0 0 3 4 2 2 0 0 .250 .364 .375 .125 1 0
2016 SAN AA TEX 17 14 0 3 0 0 0 3 1 3 3 0 0 .214 .353 .214 .000 0 0
2016 LEL A+ CAL 144 131 14 33 5 0 1 41 11 11 19 0 0 .252 .310 .313 .061 0 2
2016 ELP AAA PCL 36 32 2 6 0 0 0 6 4 2 7 0 0 .188 .257 .188 .000 0 1
2017 MCD AAA MEX 245 214 23 54 3 0 2 63 19 25 27 0 6 .252 .326 .294 .042 3 3
2018 MAZ Wnt LMP 16 16 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 3 0 0 .063 .063 .063 .000 0 0
2019 MCD AAA MEX 173 155 25 48 7 0 5 70 25 13 18 0 1 .310 .360 .452 .142 3 1

Plate Discipline

YEAR Pits Zone% Swing% Contact% Z-Swing% O-Swing% Z-Contact% O-Contact% SwStr% CSAA

Injury History  —  No longer being updated

Last Update: 12/31/2014 23:59 ET

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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 401 41 90 13 2 10 42 26 87 1 0 .247 .304 .375 75 9.7 C -1, 3B 0 1.0
80o 375 36 78 11 2 9 37 23 83 1 0 .227 .282 .350 65 2.7 C -1, 3B 0 0.2
70o 356 32 70 10 1 8 34 21 81 1 0 .214 .268 .324 57 -1.8 C -1, 3B 0 -0.2
60o 340 30 63 9 1 7 31 19 78 1 0 .201 .252 .304 51 -5.2 C 0, 3B 0 -0.6
50o 325 27 57 8 1 6 29 17 76 1 0 .190 .239 .283 45 -8.2 C 0, 3B 0 -0.9
40o 310 25 53 8 1 6 26 16 74 1 0 .185 .234 .282 39 -10.8 C 0, 3B 0 -1.2
30o 294 22 47 7 1 5 24 14 71 0 0 .172 .216 .260 32 -13.3 C 0, 3B 0 -1.5
20o 275 20 42 6 1 5 21 12 68 0 0 .164 .206 .254 25 -15.8 C 0, 3B 0 -1.7
10o 249 16 34 5 1 4 18 10 63 0 0 .146 .186 .227 14 -18.5 C 0, 3B 0 -2.0
Weighted Mean332286191730187710.199.249.30447-6.9C 0, 3B 0-0.8

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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
2015 afa .000 0.0 217 .000 0.0 2 .001 -.004 0.0 0.0 2.7
2015 asx .000 0.0 118 -.001 0.0 7 .000 .002 0.0 0.0 0.0
2016 afa .000 0.0 0 .000 0.0 27 .032 -.003 -0.5 -0.7 0.1
2016 aaa -.014 -1.3 0 .000 0.0 8 -.002 .000 0.0 -1.4 -1.5
2016 aax -.011 -0.6 0 .000 0.0 8 -.020 .002 0.1 -0.6 -0.6

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