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Birth Date	3-16-1991
Height	6' 0"
Weight	195 lbs

Age	33 years, 1 months, 10 days
Bats	L
Throws	R

: 0.12015
: -0.02016
: 0.82017
: -0.72018
: 0.32019
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MLB Statistics

YEAR	TEAM	AGE	G	PA	H	2B	3B	HR	BB	SO	HBP	SB	CS	AVG	OBP	SLG	DRC+	DRAA	BRR	FRAA	BWARP
2014	SDN	23	20	65	18	2	1	2	2	14	0	4	2	.290	.313	.452	86	-0.9	0.2	-1.8	-0.1
2015	SDN	24	108	345	82	17	5	4	28	75	2	9	4	.271	.333	.399	80	-6.8	4.0	-5.0	0.1
2016	SDN	25	14	53	11	1	1	1	4	13	1	1	0	.229	.302	.354	69	-1.9	-0.2	0.4	0.0
2017	SDN	26	129	486	117	18	2	13	34	128	5	11	3	.264	.322	.401	82	-9.2	5.3	-3.1	0.8
2018	SDN	27	116	329	70	9	4	7	25	108	2	6	1	.235	.298	.362	64	-13.3	-0.1	-3.3	-0.7
2019	MIL	28	32	102	22	2	2	2	6	36	0	3	0	.232	.277	.358	47	-6.6	-0.4	0.5	-0.3
Career			419	1380	320	49	15	29	99	374	10	34	10	.256	.315	.389	74	-38.8	8.7	-12.2	-0.3

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	FTW	A	MID	47	209	.252	.322	.378	.359	99	3.4	6.1	-0.3	110	0	3.4	3.5	0.2	1.3
2011	EUG	A-	NOR	25	121	.269	.351	.395	.444	93	17.6	3.5	-0.2	226	0	-1.5	-0.6	11.5	1.3
2012	LEL	A+	CAL	98	426	.277	.342	.432	.327	92	-1.7	11.7	-0.6	73	0	4.2	4.5	-13.0	0.7
2012	PER	Wnt	AFL	8	38	.000	.000	.000	.391			0.0		0	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
2013	LEL	A+	CAL	54	253	.265	.331	.423	.368	94	11.4	6.9	-0.3	122	0	-6.2	1.5	0.2	0.2
2013	SAN	AA	TEX	76	319	.258	.323	.393	.358	95	3.6	8.7	-0.4	90	0	4.0	0.9	-10.3	0.3
2014	SDN	MLB	NL	20	65	.250	.317	.387	.348	99	0.8	1.7	0	86	19	-1.8	0.2	-0.9	-0.1
2014	EUG	A-	NOR	6	25	.257	.312	.382	.263	91	-2.7	0.7	-0.1	32	0	0.0	0.5	-2.3	-0.1
2014	SAN	AA	TEX	66	304	.247	.318	.368	.421	94	13.3	8.4	0	123	0	3.2	-1.8	2.0	1.3
2014	PDR	Rk	AZL	2	8	.000	.000	.000	.167			0.0		97	0	0.0	0.0	-0.3	0.0
2015	SDN	MLB	NL	108	345	.255	.314	.403	.344	94	3.7	9.3	-0.2	80	9	-5.0	4.0	-6.8	0.1
2015	SAN	AA	TEX	6	27	.263	.324	.407	.208	115	-1.6	0.7	0.1	29	0	0.7	0.4	-2.4	0.0
2015	ELP	AAA	PCL	3	15	.242	.321	.361	.250	113	-0.1	0.4	0	115	0	0.2	0.3	0.0	0.1
2016	SDN	MLB	NL	14	53	.258	.324	.411	.294	99	-1.5	1.5	-0.1	69	13	0.4	-0.2	-1.9	0.0
2017	SDN	MLB	NL	129	486	.251	.318	.417	.342	90	8.3	14.2	0.7	82	6	-3.1	5.3	-9.2	0.8
2017	ELP	AAA	PCL	17	72	.283	.343	.448	.386	108	1.2	2.1	0.3	104	0	-3.3	-0.2	0.6	0.0
2018	SDN	MLB	NL	116	329	.240	.310	.389	.344	100	-4.8	9.2	0.3	64	7	-3.3	-0.1	-13.3	-0.7
2018	ELP	AAA	PCL	21	95	.271	.346	.440	.481	120	3.8	2.8	0.1	116	0	-0.3	-0.4	2.1	0.4
2019	MIL	MLB	NL	32	102	.246	.324	.420	.351	98	-3.3	3.1	0	47	16	0.5	-0.4	-6.6	-0.3
2019	SAN	AAA	PCL	113	476	.270	.351	.471	.422	95	20.2	16.3	-0.7	103	0	-7.7	5.6	3.5	1.5

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	EUG	A-	NOR	121	86	20	33	10	0	1	46	20	31	15	10	4	.384	.545	.535	.151	2	0
2011	FTW	A	MID	209	189	35	54	7	1	2	69	24	14	42	15	4	.286	.345	.365	.079	0	3
2012	LEL	A+	CAL	426	384	53	104	12	8	1	135	40	26	72	27	9	.271	.324	.352	.081	4	6
2012	PER	Wnt	AFL	38	29	6	10	1	0	1	14	3	8	5	2	0	.345	.500	.483	.138	0	0
2013	SAN	AA	TEX	319	287	35	83	10	3	2	105	20	17	61	19	11	.289	.331	.366	.077	2	11
2013	LEL	A+	CAL	253	226	33	67	13	6	4	104	31	23	51	17	3	.296	.364	.460	.164	0	3
2014	PDR	Rk	AZL	8	6	3	1	0	1	0	3	2	2	0	0	0	.167	.375	.500	.333	0
2014	EUG	A-	NOR	25	25	3	5	0	1	0	7	2	0	6	2	0	.200	.200	.280	.080	0
2014	SAN	AA	TEX	304	281	38	93	17	8	2	132	22	15	63	14	9	.331	.365	.470	.139	0
2014	SDN	MLB	NL	65	62	7	18	2	1	2	28	9	2	14	4	2	.290	.313	.452	.161	0
2015	SAN	AA	TEX	27	26	3	5	0	1	0	7	1	1	2	1	0	.192	.222	.269	.077	0	0
2015	SDN	MLB	NL	345	303	38	82	17	5	4	121	21	28	75	9	4	.271	.333	.399	.129	3	8
2015	ELP	AAA	PCL	15	12	3	3	0	0	1	6	3	3	3	3	0	.250	.400	.500	.250	0	0
2016	SDN	MLB	NL	53	48	6	11	1	1	1	17	8	4	13	1	0	.229	.302	.354	.125	0	0
2017	ELP	AAA	PCL	72	66	8	23	3	1	1	31	7	4	8	3	2	.348	.403	.470	.121	0	0
2017	SDN	MLB	NL	486	444	57	117	18	2	13	178	46	34	128	11	3	.264	.322	.401	.137	1	2
2018	SDN	MLB	NL	329	298	35	70	9	4	7	108	25	25	108	6	1	.235	.298	.362	.128	0	4
2018	ELP	AAA	PCL	95	88	14	30	8	2	4	54	16	6	30	3	0	.341	.383	.614	.273	0	1
2019	SAN	AAA	PCL	476	424	82	131	28	5	14	211	62	43	136	28	4	.309	.378	.498	.189	3	0
2019	MIL	MLB	NL	102	95	11	22	2	2	2	34	10	6	36	3	0	.232	.277	.358	.126	0	1

Plate Discipline

YEAR	Pits	Zone%	Swing%	Contact%	Z-Swing%	O-Swing%	Z-Contact%	O-Contact%	SwStr%	CSAA
2014	211	0.4645	0.5545	0.7265	0.6939	0.4336	0.8529	0.5510	0.2735	-0.0075
2015	1284	0.4673	0.4447	0.7653	0.6167	0.2939	0.8784	0.5572	0.2347	0.0011
2016	180	0.4778	0.4722	0.6824	0.6279	0.3298	0.7963	0.4839	0.3176	0.0000
2017	1769	0.4743	0.4743	0.7318	0.6317	0.3323	0.8208	0.5793	0.2682	0.0000
2018	1294	0.4791	0.4730	0.6732	0.6000	0.3561	0.7527	0.5500	0.3268	0.0000
2019	349	0.5014	0.5158	0.6833	0.6514	0.3793	0.7895	0.5000	0.3167	0.0000
Career	5087	0.4753	0.4726	0.7201	0.6236	0.3360	0.8163	0.5563	0.2799	0.0000

Injury History — No longer being updated

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

Date On	Date Off	Transaction	Days	Side	Body Part	Injury	Severity	Surgery Date	Reaggravation
2014-04-16	2014-07-02	Minors	77	-	Head	Concussion	Sliding	-	-
2012-06-29	2012-07-31	Minors	32	-	Head	Recovery From Previous Injury	Concussion	-	-
2012-06-17	2012-06-28	Minors	11	-	Head	Concussion		-	-

Compensation

Year	Team	Salary
2019	MIL	$
2018	SDN	$1,700,000
2017	SDN	$
2016	SDN	$517,700
2015	SDN	$508,500
2014	SDN	$

Years	Description	Salary
3 yr	Previous	$2,726,200
3 yr	Total	$2,726,200

Service Time	Agent	Contract Status
4 y 41 d	Jet Sports	1 year (2022)

Details

1 year (2022). Signed by St. Louis as a free agent 3/26/22 (minor-league contract). Contract selected by St. Louis 7/25/22. Returned to Triple-A by St. Louis 7/28/22.
1 year/$1.4M (2021). Re-signed by Seibu Lions of Japan 1/14/21. May earn additional $400,000 in performance bonuses.
1 year (2020). Signed by Seibu Lions of Japan 12/5/19.
1 year/$1.2M (2019). Signed by Milwaukee as a free agent 12/21/18 (split contract, $250,000 in minors). DFA by Milwaukee 5/14/19. Sent outright to Triple-A 5/16/19. Contract selected by Milwaukee 8/24/19.
1 year/$1.7M (2018). Re-signed by San Diego 1/12/18 (avoided arbitration). DFA by San Diego 11/20/18. Released 11/26/18.
1 year (2017). Re-signed by San Diego 3/17.
1 year/$517,700 (2016). Re-signed by San Diego 3/16.
1 year/$508,500 (2015). Re-signed by San Diego 3/10/15.
1 year (2014). Contract selected by San Diego 9/1/14.
Drafted by San Diego 2011 (1-10) (Indian River JC, Fla.). $1.863M 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
Weighted Mean	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	0	0	?	?	.000	.000	.000	0	0.0	?	0.0

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BP Chats

Date	Question	Answer
2016-03-09 19:00:00 (link to chat)	I have Chris Owings and Derek Dietrich at $5 and Cory Spangengerg at $11 in my 10 team NL only league. I was not planning on keeping them but their prices in LABR has me reconsidering. Would you keep any of them? (reverentcats from Aurora, IL)	I'd consider Owings. It sounds like he will at least have a job share and good run. Cory Spangenberg is borderline in a 10-team, though you could keep him. I don't get the Dietrich love. He's talented but where does he play? I think you get him for less if you throw him back. (Mike Gianella)
2016-03-09 19:00:00 (link to chat)	You mentioned catchers being tough to gauge with playing time and development. We've also seen some SS/MI emerge offensively lately with LeMahuie, B Crawford, Cozart (til hurt), etc Who is set to emerge this year at MI/SS? ( owings, Jace Peterson, Wimer Flores, Heckyv, Mercer, etc) (Bart Bennison from Here)	Peterson has a shot. So does Cory Spangenberg. The NL is so thin though that it's hard to guess. No one has mentioned him but I wouldn't be surprised to see J.P. Crawford come up in the second half. (Mike Gianella)
2014-12-18 15:00:00 (link to chat)	Thoughts on Cory Spangenberg this year and longterm? Ceiling - probability? (ProBeauNO from New Orleans)	Ceiling of a starter on a bad team, likelihood of of a superutility type. Can play 2B/3B/OF and make decent contact. Nice little bench guy to have until he gets expensive. (Craig Goldstein)
2014-11-04 18:00:00 (link to chat)	How does Trea Turner compare to Cory Spangenberg? He's better in the field and faster, right? Does he project better at the plate as well? (padremurph from Los Angeles)	Speaking as a a guy that's not completely on the Trea Turner bandwagon, he's a considerably better prospect than Spangenberg overall. He is faster and has a legitimate defensive profile on the left side of the infield. I think he's going to make plenty of contact and there are some hints that he could find enough punch in the game to really keep pitchers honest. I don't see an impact profile, but I do think he can be a quality everyday player at the highest level; something I don't really see with Spangenberg. (Mark Anderson)
2012-10-23 13:00:00 (link to chat)	Does Cory Spangenberg's rough year have anything to do with his injury, or is he just struggling to adjust to more advanced pitching? (Bryant from San Diego)	I can't speak to how much the injury affected his season, but that kind of stuff is usually a factor. Advanced pitching is probably the biggest factor, though. The talent steps up at every level. Stay ahead of the wave or get smothered. (Jason Parks)
2012-09-20 13:00:00 (link to chat)	Great news on growing BP's prospect coverage. Cory Spangenberg. How big of a hit has his outlook taken based on what I would assume is a failure to show the hitters accumen that many thought he possessed? (SenatorsGuy from DC)	Thanks. We are really excited about it. As for Cory, yes, he didn't explode the way I thought he would. I'm not giving up, though. I still like his hit tool, and I think he has a plan at the plate. He just needs to execute and learn to use all fields. I think he figures it out and steps forward next season. (Jason Parks)
2012-07-20 13:00:00 (link to chat)	What's going on with Cory Spangenberg? (Bryant from San Diego)	Spangenberg is doing almost exactly what he did at Fort Wayne last season, in a league more conducive to offense. The numbers (.288/.330/.384) are a bit disappointing, but he is a 21-year-old second baseman in High-A, so I'm not concerned yet. I'd like to see him draw a few more walks, but I think he'll be fine. (Geoff Young)
2012-02-23 11:00:00 (link to chat)	rebuffed by Karsten Whitson. Is having Joe Ross heal that wound? (Hugo from walkonair@mindspring.com)	I'm not sure that anything can heal the wound inflicted by the Whitson situation, but between Ross, Cory Spangenberg, and Austin Hedges, the Padres managed to make lemonade. At least one of those guys should turn into something. Hedges in particular intrigues me. (Geoff Young)

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