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2019 Projections (Preseason PECOTA - seasonal age 26)
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Birth Date6-25-1993
Height5' 11"
Weight180 lbs
Age30 years, 9 months, 30 days
BatsR
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-3.42019
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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

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
2015 ROY Rk AZL 27 77 .241 .327 .333 .340 102 -2.7 2.3 1.4 102 0 0.2 0.0 -2.7 0.1
2016 BNC Rk APP 29 112 .267 .342 .399 .357 96 6.5 3.3 2 128 0 0.0 -1.9 -0.9 0.2
2017 WIL A+ CAR 68 243 .254 .323 .380 .270 96 -11.2 6.7 4 56 0 0.6 -2.2 -10.1 -0.1
2017 OMA AAA PCL 4 13 .265 .343 .438 .250 104 -2.2 0.4 0.2 42 0 -0.7 -0.1 -0.9 -0.1
2018 WIL A+ CAR 21 71 .251 .332 .373 .217 99 -4.1 2.0 1.2 66 0 0.6 0.0 -2.1 0.2
2018 NWA AA TEX 18 48 .253 .328 .381 .233 110 -5 1.4 0.8 14 0 -1.8 0.8 -3.8 -0.3
2019 NWA AA TEX 28 92 .235 .307 .353 .279 96 -1.1 2.5 1.5 61 0 4.4 -3.0 -3.0 0.3
2019 OMA AAA PCL 15 49 .248 .323 .400 .121 94 -9 1.7 1 25 0 -1.0 0.5 -4.5 -0.2

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
2015 ROY Rk AZL 77 64 11 16 4 0 0 20 5 9 17 3 1 .250 .377 .313 .063 0 0
2016 BNC Rk APP 112 101 11 32 8 1 2 48 17 5 16 0 2 .317 .369 .475 .158 1 1
2017 WIL A+ CAR 243 227 14 51 7 1 0 60 16 8 38 0 0 .225 .270 .264 .040 0 2
2017 OMA AAA PCL 13 12 0 2 0 0 0 2 0 0 4 0 0 .167 .167 .167 .000 0 1
2018 WIL A+ CAR 71 57 4 10 0 0 0 10 6 8 12 1 0 .175 .304 .175 .000 1 2
2018 NWA AA TEX 48 45 5 7 2 0 0 9 1 2 15 1 0 .156 .208 .200 .044 0 0
2019 OMA AAA PCL 49 44 5 5 0 0 1 8 2 3 10 0 0 .114 .170 .182 .068 0 2
2019 NWA AA TEX 92 81 6 17 5 0 0 22 9 5 22 1 0 .210 .275 .272 .062 2 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Injury History  —  No longer being updated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

Date On Date Off Transaction Days Games Side Body Part Injury Severity Surgery Date Reaggravation

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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 393 34 79 14 0 9 38 9 95 1 0 .211 .238 .321 45 -5.2 C -14, 2B 0 -2.1
80o 369 30 69 12 0 8 34 8 91 1 0 .196 .223 .298 36 -10.4 C -14, 2B 0 -2.7
70o 353 27 62 11 0 7 31 7 88 1 0 .184 .209 .279 29 -13.8 C -14, 2B 0 -3.0
60o 338 25 57 10 0 7 29 6 86 1 0 .176 .199 .272 23 -16.4 C -14, 2B 0 -3.3
50o 325 23 52 9 0 6 27 6 84 1 0 .167 .192 .254 18 -18.5 C -14, 2B 0 -3.5
40o 312 21 48 8 0 6 24 5 81 1 0 .161 .181 .247 13 -20.5 C -14, 2B 0 -3.7
30o 297 19 42 7 0 5 22 5 78 1 0 .147 .169 .224 7 -22.3 C -14, 2B 0 -3.9
20o 281 17 38 7 0 4 20 4 75 0 0 .141 .161 .211 0 -24.0 C -14, 2B 0 -4.1
10o 257 14 31 5 0 4 17 3 70 0 0 .125 .141 .194 -9 -25.9 C -14, 2B 0 -4.3
Weighted Mean33024539062768510.168.192.25320-17.7C -14, 2B 0-3.4

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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
2017 afa .000 0.0 0 .000 0.0 76 -.009 .012 0.4 0.1 0.6
2017 aaa -.015 -0.7 184 .000 0.0 5 .008 .000 0.0 -0.4 -0.7
2018 aax -.005 -0.9 476 .002 -0.3 17 .032 .000 -0.3 -1.7 -1.8
2018 afa .000 0.0 0 .000 0.0 16 -.006 .006 0.1 0.5 0.6
2019 aax .012 3.4 69 .000 0.0 18 -.060 .000 0.7 4.0 4.4
2019 aaa -.006 -0.9 31 .001 0.0 11 -.019 .001 0.1 -0.8 -1.0

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