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2019 Projections (Preseason PECOTA - seasonal age 26)
PA AVG HR R RBI SB DRC+ WARP
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Birth Date9-17-1992
Height5' 9"
Weight190 lbs
Age31 years, 7 months, 9 days
BatsB
ThrowsR
0.82015
3.32016
5.82017
6.62018
5.52019
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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
2013 CLE 20 15 14 4 0 1 0 2 2 0 0 1 .333 .429 .500 93 -0.1 0.5 0.4 0.1
2014 CLE 21 68 266 62 10 2 2 13 35 1 10 1 .262 .300 .346 81 -5.3 2.1 1.1 0.8
2015 CLE 22 97 355 69 14 3 6 32 39 1 10 4 .219 .291 .340 87 -4.2 1.0 -0.6 0.8
2016 CLE 23 152 618 176 46 3 11 44 62 4 22 7 .312 .363 .462 116 13.1 4.7 -3.9 3.3
2017 CLE 24 152 645 186 56 6 29 52 69 3 17 5 .318 .374 .583 137 32.1 0.2 5.9 5.8
2018 CLE 25 157 698 156 38 4 39 106 80 8 34 6 .270 .387 .552 146 40.8 5.2 -4.2 6.6
2019 CLE 26 129 542 123 33 3 23 52 74 2 24 4 .255 .327 .479 115 13.4 2.6 2.4 3.6
Career7703138776197221103013611911728.280.351.48612189.716.31.121.1

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 IND Rk AZL 48 208 .273 .349 .406 .348 99 5.7 7.7 -0.4 90 0 1.0 1.1 -12.6 -0.3
2012 LKC A MID 67 313 .261 .327 .389 .378 98 22.7 9.2 -0.6 150 0 4.1 -2.4 16.2 2.7
2012 MHV A- NYP 3 13 .234 .317 .329 .364 99 2.6 0.4 0 148 0 0.3 0.8 0.6 0.2
2012 TOR Wnt DWL 38 169 .000 .000 .000 .367 0.0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
2013 CLE MLB AL 15 14 .241 .305 .385 .400 100 1 0.4 0 93 12 0.4 0.5 -0.1 0.1
2013 AKR AA EAS 113 533 .258 .329 .387 .290 98 0.7 14.5 2.4 90 0 7.4 3.0 -13.5 1.5
2014 CLE MLB AL 68 266 .255 .315 .387 .297 104 -6.3 6.9 2.7 81 9 1.1 2.1 -5.3 0.8
2014 COH AAA INT 60 277 .273 .342 .409 .321 112 1.9 8.3 0.9 112 0 7.0 -1.8 -0.3 1.4
2015 CLE MLB AL 97 355 .258 .319 .407 .232 109 -8.2 9.6 2.1 87 9 -0.6 1.0 -4.2 0.8
2015 COH AAA INT 44 195 .258 .322 .380 .303 105 2.3 5.4 0.4 116 0 1.1 1.6 0.4 0.9
2016 CLE MLB AL 152 618 .260 .325 .427 .333 113 9.7 17.5 0.5 116 9 -3.9 4.7 13.1 3.3
2017 CLE MLB AL 152 645 .262 .330 .440 .319 104 38.3 18.9 1.1 137 9 5.9 0.2 32.1 5.8
2018 CLE MLB AL 157 698 .255 .327 .423 .252 106 43.3 19.6 1.9 146 9 -4.2 5.2 40.8 6.6
2019 CLE MLB AL 129 542 .260 .328 .444 .256 99 11.8 16.4 2 115 9 2.4 2.6 13.4 3.6

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 IND Rk AZL 208 194 30 63 13 4 1 87 20 7 17 12 6 .325 .351 .448 .124 2 3
2012 TOR Wnt DWL 169 141 22 44 5 1 0 51 22 18 23 10 5 .312 .389 .362 .050 2 7
2012 LKC A MID 313 277 54 98 13 4 3 128 27 24 26 15 6 .354 .403 .462 .108 3 8
2012 MHV A- NYP 13 11 2 4 2 0 0 6 0 1 0 2 1 .364 .417 .545 .182 0 1
2013 CLE MLB AL 14 12 5 4 0 1 0 6 0 2 2 0 1 .333 .429 .500 .167 0 0
2013 AKR AA EAS 533 482 78 131 16 6 3 168 38 39 41 38 16 .272 .325 .349 .077 4 7
2014 COH AAA INT 277 245 37 74 15 2 5 108 29 25 30 19 11 .302 .360 .441 .139 5
2014 CLE MLB AL 266 237 27 62 10 2 2 82 17 13 35 10 1 .262 .300 .346 .084 2
2015 CLE MLB AL 355 315 50 69 14 3 6 107 27 32 39 10 4 .219 .291 .340 .121 2 5
2015 COH AAA INT 195 174 29 51 13 2 1 71 12 17 9 15 4 .293 .354 .408 .115 1 3
2016 CLE MLB AL 618 565 84 176 46 3 11 261 76 44 62 22 7 .312 .363 .462 .150 4 1
2017 CLE MLB AL 645 585 107 186 56 6 29 341 83 52 69 17 5 .318 .374 .583 .265 5 0
2018 CLE MLB AL 698 578 110 156 38 4 39 319 105 106 80 34 6 .270 .387 .552 .282 6 0
2019 CLE MLB AL 542 482 68 123 33 3 23 231 83 52 74 24 4 .255 .327 .479 .224 6 0

Plate Discipline

YEAR Pits Zone% Swing% Contact% Z-Swing% O-Swing% Z-Contact% O-Contact% SwStr% CSAA
2013 68 0.4412 0.4706 0.8438 0.6333 0.3421 0.8421 0.8462 0.1563 -0.0022
2014 998 0.5170 0.4619 0.8438 0.6008 0.3133 0.8419 0.8477 0.1562 -0.0092
2015 1415 0.4890 0.3951 0.8819 0.5303 0.2656 0.9155 0.8177 0.1181 0.0031
2016 2400 0.4821 0.4358 0.8719 0.5929 0.2896 0.9023 0.8139 0.1281 0.0000
2017 2568 0.4650 0.4322 0.8631 0.6072 0.2802 0.9117 0.7714 0.1369 0.0000
2018 2944 0.4579 0.3859 0.8636 0.5838 0.2187 0.9060 0.7679 0.1364 0.0000
2019 2151 0.4719 0.4226 0.8570 0.5941 0.2694 0.9121 0.7484 0.1430 0.0000
Career125440.47450.41880.86430.58770.26700.90310.78650.1357-0.0004

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
2014-06-13 - Minors - - Right Thigh Strain Hamstring -
2013-12-11 2013-12-11 Minors 0 0 Right Thumb Surgery Ligament Reconstruction 2013-12-11 -
2013-07-15 2013-07-30 Minors 15 0 Right Ankle Sprain - -
2013-05-05 2013-05-12 Minors 7 0 Left Hip Strain - -

Compensation

Year Team Salary
2028 CLE $25,000,000
2027 CLE $23,000,000
2026 CLE $21,000,000
2025 CLE $19,000,000
2024 CLE $17,000,000
2023 CLE $14,000,000
2022 CLE $22,000,000
2021 CLE $9,400,000
2020 CLE $6,650,000
2019 CLE $4,150,000
2018 CLE $2,828,000
2017 CLE $971,400
2016 CLE $518,200
2015 CLE $511,300
2014 CLE $
2013 CLE $
YearsDescriptionSalary
9 yrPrevious$61,028,900
2019Current$17,000,000
10 yrPvs + Cur$78,028,900
4 yrFuture$88,000,000
14 yrTotal$166,028,900

 

Service TimeAgentContract Status
8 y 74 dRepublik Sports7 years/$141M (2022-28)

Details
  • 7 years/$141M (2022-28). Signed extension with Cleveland 4/7/22. 22:$22M, 23:$14M, 24:$17M, 25:$19M, 26:$21M, 27:$23M, 28:$25M. Award bonuses. Full no-trade protection.
  • 5 years/$26M (2017-21), plus 2022-23 club options. Signed extension with Cleveland 3/25/17, replacing one-year/$0.5714M contract signed 3/17. $2M signing bonus. 17:$0.5714M, 18:$2.428M, 19:$3.75M, 20:$6.25M, 21:$9M, 22:$11M club option ($2M buyout), 23:$13M club option. 2022-23 options may increase by $1M each based on performance. Cleveland exercised 2022 option at $12M 11/5/21.
  • 1 year/$518,200 (2016). Re-signed by Cleveland 3/9/16.
  • 1 year/$511,300 (2015). Re-signed by Cleveland 3/9/15.
  • 1 year (2014). Re-signed by Cleveland 3/4/14.
  • 1 year (2013). Contract selected by Cleveland 9/1/13.
  • Signed by Cleveland 11/26/09 as an amateur free agent from the Dominican Republic. $50,000 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 705 112 202 50 5 30 105 80 80 30 8 .331 .412 .577 161 77.7 3B -5 7.8
80o 691 108 192 47 5 29 100 77 80 29 7 .320 .401 .560 155 69.6 3B -5 6.9
70o 680 104 185 46 4 28 97 74 79 28 7 .312 .391 .545 151 63.9 3B -5 6.3
60o 671 101 179 44 4 27 94 72 79 27 7 .305 .385 .532 147 59.1 3B -5 5.8
50o 663 98 174 43 4 26 92 70 79 26 7 .300 .379 .522 144 54.8 3B -5 5.3
40o 655 96 169 42 4 25 89 67 79 26 6 .294 .372 .512 140 50.5 3B -5 4.9
30o 646 93 164 40 4 25 86 65 79 25 6 .289 .366 .506 137 46.1 3B -5 4.4
20o 635 90 158 39 4 24 83 63 79 24 6 .282 .358 .495 133 41.0 3B -4 3.9
10o 621 85 149 37 4 22 79 59 78 23 6 .271 .345 .474 127 34.2 3B -4 3.2
Weighted Mean6649917443426927079267.299.378.52214455.33B -55.4

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