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2019 Projections (Preseason PECOTA - seasonal age 29)
PA AVG HR R RBI SB DRC+ WARP
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Birth Date10-8-1989
Height6' 1"
Weight185 lbs
Age34 years, 6 months, 11 days
BatsR
ThrowsR
-0.32015
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0.02017
2018
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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
2015 ANA 25 101 169 25 5 1 2 7 46 3 4 2 .162 .212 .247 51 -9.0 1.0 0.1 -0.3
2016 PHI 26 19 28 3 1 0 0 2 11 0 2 0 .115 .179 .154 59 -1.3 0.1 -0.7 -0.1
2017 TBA 27 17 47 7 1 0 2 5 15 1 1 0 .179 .277 .359 88 -0.6 -0.1 -0.3 0.0
Career137244357141472472.160.221.25659-10.91.0-0.9-0.4

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
2011 TRI A- NOR 49 192 .253 .327 .370 .287 87 3.2 5.5 2.5 91 0 -3.8 0.3 -6.8 -0.2
2012 ASH A SAL 105 444 .260 .332 .390 .357 110 21.6 13.1 0 143 0 2.5 1.6 21.5 3.9
2013 MOD A+ CAL 116 516 .260 .331 .412 .352 87 32.2 15.1 -0.4 127 0 6.2 4.7 2.9 2.9
2014 TUL AA TEX 127 550 .254 .322 .378 .305 94 12.2 15.1 0.8 111 0 9.9 -2.1 -3.2 2.2
2015 ANA MLB AL 101 169 .250 .312 .401 .215 101 -13.7 4.6 0.5 51 9 0.1 1.0 -9.0 -0.3
2015 SLC AAA PCL 7 32 .262 .322 .386 .227 87 -3.2 0.9 0.2 42 0 1.1 0.2 -2.4 0.0
2016 PHI MLB NL 19 28 .255 .324 .414 .200 85 -3.9 0.8 0 59 9 -0.7 0.1 -1.3 -0.1
2016 LEH AAA INT 99 439 .253 .315 .380 .304 103 2.3 12.3 1.3 101 0 1.9 3.1 -4.7 1.4
2017 TBA MLB AL 17 47 .264 .336 .447 .208 97 -0.3 1.4 0 88 13 -0.3 -0.1 -0.6 0.0
2017 DUR AAA INT 31 129 .251 .318 .382 .339 98 -7.8 3.8 -0.6 93 0 -0.5 0.5 -1.9 0.1
2017 LEH AAA INT 46 162 .261 .334 .393 .333 101 4.3 4.8 0.2 91 0 2.6 0.4 -2.4 0.5
2018 PEN AA SOU 36 145 .244 .320 .377 .349 97 -1 4.1 1.2 64 0 5.6 0.8 -4.7 0.7
2018 ROC AAA INT 55 213 .248 .320 .382 .236 95 -11.2 6.3 -0.2 41 0 -0.4 1.5 -12.0 -0.5
2019 NWA AA TEX 102 391 .249 .319 .385 .367 100 -4.7 10.4 3.8 65 0 -1.4 0.2 -10.7 0.2
2019 OMA AAA PCL 16 56 .264 .341 .451 .400 94 3.7 1.9 0.2 95 0 0.7 0.7 -0.1 0.3

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 TRI A- NOR 192 169 19 39 8 3 2 59 20 17 38 3 1 .231 .312 .349 .118 0 3
2012 ASH A SAL 444 378 75 113 30 4 12 187 53 53 87 15 4 .299 .393 .495 .196 4 1
2013 MOD A+ CAL 516 469 87 137 31 10 13 227 81 30 110 17 4 .292 .342 .484 .192 6 2
2014 TUL AA TEX 550 497 69 129 33 4 16 218 57 38 114 14 6 .260 .322 .439 .179 3
2015 ANA MLB AL 169 154 23 25 5 1 2 38 9 7 46 4 2 .162 .212 .247 .084 1 4
2015 SLC AAA PCL 32 29 4 5 1 1 0 8 1 2 8 0 0 .172 .219 .276 .103 1 0
2016 PHI MLB NL 28 26 2 3 1 0 0 4 1 2 11 2 0 .115 .179 .154 .038 0 0
2016 LEH AAA INT 439 402 56 102 23 4 13 172 37 25 98 6 3 .254 .311 .428 .174 2 1
2017 TBA MLB AL 47 39 6 7 1 0 2 14 6 5 15 1 0 .179 .277 .359 .179 2 0
2017 DUR AAA INT 129 120 12 24 5 0 4 41 15 7 58 2 0 .200 .248 .342 .142 1 0
2017 LEH AAA INT 162 137 22 37 8 0 3 54 20 21 34 6 0 .270 .370 .394 .124 2 0
2018 ROC AAA INT 213 180 17 30 4 2 4 50 21 20 70 7 1 .167 .270 .278 .111 4 2
2018 PEN AA SOU 145 135 10 32 2 4 3 51 15 8 50 2 0 .237 .283 .378 .141 1 0
2019 OMA AAA PCL 56 47 7 12 0 2 4 28 9 5 23 2 0 .255 .375 .596 .340 0 0
2019 NWA AA TEX 391 359 45 86 12 4 13 145 49 19 150 3 6 .240 .292 .404 .164 3 1

Plate Discipline

YEAR Pits Zone% Swing% Contact% Z-Swing% O-Swing% Z-Contact% O-Contact% SwStr% CSAA
2015 635 0.5039 0.4646 0.7458 0.5938 0.3333 0.8263 0.6000 0.2542 0.0001
2016 113 0.5398 0.5664 0.6250 0.7213 0.3846 0.6364 0.6000 0.3750 0.0000
2017 212 0.4575 0.4057 0.6744 0.6495 0.2000 0.7143 0.5652 0.3256 0.0000
Career9600.49790.46360.71580.62110.30990.77920.59230.28420.0001

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
2022 SEA $
2019 KCA $
2018 CIN $
2017 TBA $
2016 PHI $
2015 ANA $507,500
YearsDescriptionSalary
1 yrPrevious$507,500
1 yrTotal$507,500

 

Service TimeAgentContract Status
1 y 67 dCAA1 year (2022)

Details
  • 1 year (2022). Signed by Seattle as a free agent 4/7/22 (minor-league contract).
  • 2021
  • 2020
  • 1 year (2019). Signed by Kansas City as a free agent 1/16/19 (minor-league contract).
  • 1 year (2018). Signed by Minnesota as a free agent 12/15/17 (minor-league contract). Released by Minnesota 6/19/18. Signed by Cincinnati as a free agent 7/25/18 (minor-league contract).
  • 1 year (2017). Re-signed by Philadelphia (minor-league contract). Acquired by Tampa Bay in trade from Philadelphia 6/9/17. DFA by Tampa Bay 8/28/17. Sent outright to Triple-A 8/30/17.
  • 1 year (2016). Acquired by Philadelphia in trade 2/10/16 after being DFA by LA Angels 2/5/16. Signed by Philadelphia 3/16. DFA by Philadelphia 9/10/16. Sent outright to Triple-A 9/12/16.
  • 1 year/$0.5075M (2015). Selected by Chicago Cubs from Colorado in Rule 5 draft 12/11/14. Acquired by LA Angels in trade from Chicago Cubs 12/11/14. Signed by LA Angels 3/9/15.
  • Drafted by Colorado 2011 (5-168) (TCU). $0.1449M 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 381 44 83 17 2 12 44 26 111 7 1 .241 .302 .406 84 9.7 SS 6, 2B 0 1.7
80o 362 40 75 15 2 11 40 24 108 6 1 .228 .289 .386 76 4.7 SS 5, 2B 0 1.1
70o 348 37 69 14 2 10 37 22 105 6 1 .218 .275 .369 71 1.4 SS 5, 2B 0 0.7
60o 336 35 65 13 2 9 35 21 103 5 1 .212 .269 .355 66 -1.2 SS 5, 2B 0 0.4
50o 325 33 61 12 2 9 33 19 101 5 1 .205 .260 .349 62 -3.5 SS 5, 2B 0 0.2
40o 314 31 57 11 2 8 31 18 98 5 1 .197 .252 .332 57 -5.7 SS 5, 2B 0 -0.1
30o 302 29 54 11 2 8 29 17 96 4 1 .194 .246 .333 53 -7.8 SS 5, 2B 0 -0.3
20o 288 27 48 10 1 7 27 15 93 4 1 .180 .230 .303 47 -10.0 SS 4, 2B 0 -0.6
10o 269 24 41 8 1 6 24 13 88 3 1 .164 .213 .276 40 -12.7 SS 4, 2B 0 -0.9
Weighted Mean32834621229342010151.206.263.34963-2.8SS 5, 2B 00.3

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