1B | Bats/Throws: R/R | 6' 4" 245 lbs | Age: 38
Draft: 2005 | Rd. 15, No. 455, Chicago White Sox | Sierra Vista HS, NV
PA AB R H HR SB AVG OBP SLG OPS
2015 460 391 50 78 24 1 .199 .307 .427 .734
2016 644 549 84 122 41 3 .222 .321 .499 .820
2017 208 184 20 37 8 0 .201 .284 .370 .654
8 Seasons 2,853 2,469 334 536 158 12 .217 .312 .456 .768
AVG HR SB OPS
2015 .199 24 1 .734
2016 .222 41 3 .820
2017 .201 8 0 .654
8 Seasons .217 158 12 .768
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Statcast Batting Statistics

Season Age Pitches Batted
Balls
Barrels Barrel % Barrel/PA Exit
Velocity
Max EV Launch
Angle
LA Sweet-
Spot %
XBA XSLG WOBA XWOBA XWOBACON HardHit% K% BB%
2015 28 1963 245 38 15.5 8.3 91.2 113.8 21.0 32.7 .203 .443 .319 .331 .445 46.9 32.9 12.4
2016 29 2744 353 62 17.6 9.6 91.7 114.3 18.6 36.3 .237 .536 .346 .368 .507 46.2 32.0 11.8
2017 30 890 110 13 11.8 6.3 89.8 110.8 22.2 31.8 .195 .414 .284 .300 .429 38.5 36.5 9.6
Player 5597 708 113 16.0 8.6 91.3 114.3 20.0 34.3 .219 .483 .327 .344 .474 45.3 33.0 11.7
MLB 7.2 4.9 88.6 122.9 12.4 33.3 .245 .404 .315 .315 .368 37.0 22.2 8.4
! Note: All figures in this table cover the period 2015-present.




Fastball: 4 Seam, 2 Seam, Cutter, Sinker. Offspeed: Split, Change, Fork, Screw. Breaking: Slider, Curve, Knuckle, Sweeper, Slurve, Other
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Batted Ball Profile

AIR: Fly Balls + Line Drives + Popups All Batted Balls Batted Ball Breakdown
Season GB % AIR % FB % LD % PU % Pull % Straight % Oppo % Pull GB % Straight GB % Oppo GB % Pull AIR % Straight AIR % Oppo AIR %
2015 30.6 69.4 33.5 24.9 11.0 38.0 38.0 24.1 19.6 8.2 2.9 18.4 29.8 21.2
2016 31.7 68.3 31.2 29.2 7.9 37.4 41.9 20.4 17.8 11.9 1.7 19.5 30.0 18.7
2017 32.7 67.3 34.5 20.9 11.8 47.3 32.7 20.0 19.1 12.7 0.9 28.2 20.0 19.1
Player 31.5 68.5 32.5 26.4 9.6 39.1 39.1 21.6 18.6 10.7 2.0 20.5 28.4 19.6
MLB 44.2 55.8 24.0 24.7 7.1 37.4 37.4 25.1 20.6 17.6 5.9 16.7 19.7 19.3
! Note: All figures in this table cover the period 2015-present.

Quality of Contact

Season Weak % Topped % Under % Flare/Burner % Solid % Barrel % Barrel/PA
2015 1.2 24.1 33.5 14.3 10.2 15.5 8.3
2016 2.3 24.6 28.0 16.4 9.9 17.6 9.6
2017 4.5 21.8 32.7 20.9 7.3 11.8 6.3
Player 2.3 24.0 30.6 16.4 9.6 16.0 8.6
MLB 4.0 32.4 24.9 24.4 5.9 7.2 4.9
! Note: All figures in this table cover the period 2015-present.

Run Values by Pitch Type

Year Pitch Type Team RV/100 Run Value Pitches % PA BA SLG wOBA Whiff% K% PutAway % xBA xSLG xwOBA Hard Hit %
2017 4-Seam Fastball -1.3 -4 287 32.4 65 .151 .283 .293 40.8 35.4 29.9 .144 .280 .272 30.0
2017 Slider 1.7 3 206 23.2 46 .262 .452 .343 50.0 43.5 25.0 .242 .531 .349 52.2
2017 Sinker -1.8 -3 173 19.5 52 .234 .340 .292 21.7 25.0 23.2 .206 .427 .305 20.6
2017 Changeup -0.3 0 89 10.0 20 .158 .526 .298 53.3 50.0 29.4 .188 .510 .305 44.4
2017 Curveball -0.2 0 62 7.0 11 .182 .545 .295 41.7 45.5 31.3 .194 .454 .268 100.0
2017 Cutter 0.0 0 55 6.2 9 .286 .286 .278 45.8 33.3 16.7 .253 .295 .281 40.0
2017 Slurve -3.1 0 8 0.9 1 .000 .000 .000 66.7 0.0 0.0 .013 .035 .020 100.0
2017 Split-Finger -4.2 0 5 0.6 1 .000 .000 .000 66.7 100.0 33.3 -- -- .000 --
2017 Sweeper -24.2 0 2 0.2 2 .000 .000 .000 50.0 50.0 100.0 .377 .879 .509 100.0
! Note: Years are in reverse order.

Statcast Batting Run Value

Runs
Year Team PA Pitches Heart Shadow Chase Waste All
2010 74 303 -4 -5 3 2 -5
2011 46 204 -3 -4 0 0 -7
2012 259 1,105 3 1 8 4 16
2013 584 2,459 -5 -7 14 10 13
2014 563 2,309 7 -8 6 10 16
2015 457 1,959 -8 -9 14 8 5
2016 643 2,740 9 -27 18 12 12
2017 207 888 -3 -13 7 4 -5
Player 2,833 11,967 -4 -72 70 -4 45
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Plate Discipline

Season Pitches Zone % Zone Swing % Zone Contact % Chase % Chase Contact % Edge % 1st Pitch Swing % Swing % Whiff % Meatball % Meatball Swing %
2015 1,963 46.2 70.9 70.0 24.4 44.4 42.5 37.5 45.9 37.3 7.4 82.8
2016 2,744 45.4 66.5 71.1 24.7 40.2 41.1 35.6 43.7 38.4 6.4 81.7
2017 890 46.4 71.6 67.5 26.9 40.6 41.1 42.8 47.8 40.5 7.0 90.3
Player 5,597 45.8 68.9 70.1 25.0 41.7 41.6 37.4 45.1 38.4 6.8 83.5
MLB 48.9 67.0 82.5 28.4 58.0 42.7 30.1 47.3 25.0 7.3 76.3
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Percentile Rankings

Year xwOBA xBA xSLG xISO xOBP Brl Brl% EV Max EV Hard
Hit%
K% BB% Whiff% Chase
Rate
Speed OAA Arm
Strength
Bat
Speed
Squared-up
Rate
Swing
Length
2015 65 2 73 91 45 85 98 89 94 96 1 94 1 82 41
2016 90 22 93 98 63 98 100 93 95 93 3 89 1 75 46 90
2017 80 39
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Expected Home Runs

Adjusted

Year Team Avg HR Trot Actual HR xHR HR-xHR Doubters Mostly Gone No Doubters No Doubter %
2016 24.07 41 37.0 4 12 32 13 31.7
2017 24.04 8 9.0 -1 3 6 4 50.0
Player 24.06 49 45.9 3 15 38 17 34.7
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Expected Home Runs by Park

Adjusted

Year HR
2016 41 41 29 45 36 33 37 40 26 29 35 36 39 35 37 41 24 36 41 40 39 29 50 49 35 37 31 47 45 37 30
2017 8 9 10 7 11 9 11 9 5 8 10 13 8 9 8 8 8 8 9 10 8 9 10 10 8 8 9 11 9 10 7
Player 49 50 39 52 47 42 48 49 31 37 45 49 47 44 45 49 32 44 50 50 47 38 60 59 43 45 40 58 54 47 37
Note: xHR tells how many of this player's batted balls would have been out of other stadiums. The "Adjusted" view here accounts for different wall heights, distances and environmental effects using Statcast Park Factor data.
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Year to Year Changes

2017 +/-   2016 +/-   2015
Results
BA .201 -.021 .222 +.023 .199
xBA .195 -.042 .237 +.034 .203
OBP .284 -.037 .321 +.014 .307
xOBP .282 -.054 .336 +.023 .313
SLG .370 -.129 .499 +.072 .427
xSLG .414 -.122 .536 +.093 .443
ISO .168 -.109 .277 +.049 .228
xISO .219 -.080 .299 +.060 .239
BABIP .284 +.024 .260 +.016 .244
wOBA .284 -.062 .346 +.027 .319
xwOBA .300 -.068 .368 +.037 .331
wOBACON .397 -.068 .465 +.042 .423
xwOBACON .429 -.078 .507 +.062 .445
BACON .336 -.010 .346 +.028 .318
xBACON .333 -.040 .373 +.043 .330
Statcast Hit Metrics
Hard Hit % 38.5 -7.7 46.2 -0.7 46.9
Avg Exit Velocity 89.8 -1.9 91.7 +0.5 91.2
Launch Angle Sweet-Spot % 31.8 -4.5 36.3 +3.6 32.7
Barrel % 11.8 -5.8 17.6 +2.1 15.5
Avg Launch Angle 22.2 +3.6 18.6 -2.4 21.0
Statcast Bat Tracking
Bat Speed 0.0 -- -- -- --
Attack Angle -- -- -- --
Ideal Attack Angle % 0.0 -- -- -- --
Attack Direction -- -- -- --
Swing Path - Tilt -- -- -- --
Swing Length 0.0 -- -- -- --
Statcast Pitch Metrics
Fastball Velocity 92.3 -0.2 92.5 +0.2 92.3
Breaking Velocity 83.3 +0.3 83.0 +0.4 82.6
Offspeed Velocity 83.3 -0.4 83.7 +0.5 83.2
Batted Ball Results
Barrels 13 -49 62 +24 38
Popup % 11.8 +3.9 7.9 -3.1 11.0
Flyball % 34.5 +3.3 31.2 -2.3 33.5
Line Drive % 20.9 -8.3 29.2 +4.3 24.9
Groundball % 32.7 +1.0 31.7 +1.1 30.6
Pull % 47.3 +9.9 37.4 -0.6 38.0
Straight Away % 32.7 -9.2 41.9 +3.9 38.0
Opposite Field % 20.0 -0.4 20.4 -3.7 24.1
Weak Contact % 4.5 +2.2 2.3 +1.1 1.2
Pull Airball % 28.2 +8.7 19.5 +1.1 18.4
Topped Contact % 21.8 -2.8 24.6 +0.5 24.1
Under Contact % 32.7 +4.7 28.0 -5.5 33.5
Flare/Burner Contact % 20.9 +4.5 16.4 +2.1 14.3
Solid Contact % 7.3 -2.6 9.9 -0.3 10.2
HR/FB % 21.1 -16.2 37.3 +8.0 29.3
Popups 13 -15 28 +1 27
Flyballs 38 -72 110 +28 82
Line Drives 23 -80 103 +42 61
Groundballs 36 -76 112 +37 75
Plate Discipline
In Zone % 46.4 +1.0 45.4 -0.8 46.2
Out of Zone % 53.6 -1.0 54.6 +0.8 53.8
Edge % 41.1 0.0 41.1 -1.4 42.5
Zone Swing % 71.6 +5.1 66.5 -4.4 70.9
Out of Zone Swing % 26.9 +2.2 24.7 +0.3 24.4
In Zone Contact % 67.5 -3.6 71.1 +1.1 70.0
Out of Zone Contact % 40.6 +0.4 40.2 -4.2 44.4
Whiff % 40.5 +2.1 38.4 +1.1 37.3
First Strike % 60.6 +1.9 58.7 -3.4 62.1
First Pitch Swing % 42.8 +7.2 35.6 -1.9 37.5
Swing % 47.8 +4.1 43.7 -2.2 45.9
Meatball Swing % 90.3 +8.6 81.7 -1.1 82.8
Meatball % 7.0 +0.6 6.4 -1.0 7.4
Zone Swing & Miss % 32.5 +3.6 28.9 -1.1 30.0
Out of Zone Swing & Miss % 59.4 -0.4 59.8 +4.2 55.6
In Zone 412 -833 1,245 +338 907
Out of Zone 476 -1,023 1,499 +444 1,055
Edge 365 -762 1,127 +294 833
In Zone Swings 295 -533 828 +185 643
Out of Zone Swings 128 -243 371 +114 257
In Zone Swing & Misses 96 -143 239 +46 193
Out of Zone Swing & Misses 76 -146 222 +79 143
Basic
Pitches 890 -1,854 2,744 +781 1,963
PA 208 -436 644 +185 459
AB 184 -365 549 +158 391
Hits 37 -85 122 +44 78
Singles 23 -30 53 +16 37
Doubles 5 -22 27 +10 17
Triples 1 0 1 +1 0
Home Runs 8 -33 41 +17 24
Walks 20 -56 76 +19 57
Strikeouts 76 -130 206 +55 151
K% 36.5 +4.5 32.0 -0.9 32.9
BB% 9.6 -2.2 11.8 -0.6 12.4
HBP 2 -7 9 +3 6
Batted Balls 110 -243 353 +108 245
Number of Fastballs 515 -1,110 1,625 +400 1,225
Number of Offspeed 94 -222 316 +63 253
Number of Breaking 268 -521 789 +342 447
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Statcast Fielder Positioning

wOBA
SeasonAlignment TypeBat SidePAShifts/Shades%No Shift/ShadeShift/Shade
2016 Shifts R 624 214 34.3 .304 .415
2017 Shifts R 207 75 36.2 .251 .345
! Note: Shifts are through the 2022 season, Shaded starting from the 2023 season, Shift: three or more infielders are on the same side of second base, Shade: positioned outside of their typical responsible slices of the field.
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Pitch Tempo

Bases EmptyRunners On Base
SeasonTeamPitchesTempoFast %Slow %PitchesTempoFast %Slow %
2010 84 14.0 63.1% 2.4% 55 19.0 7.3% 7.3%
2011 57 13.5 73.7% 0.0% 29 23.3 0.0% 10.3%
2012 299 15.2 47.5% 0.7% 203 20.8 1.5% 3.9%
2013 678 15.4 45.0% 1.2% 423 22.1 2.6% 9.2%
2014 623 16.2 36.4% 1.4% 366 22.1 1.4% 7.1%
2015 584 17.3 34.1% 4.8% 308 22.6 9.7% 14.0%
2016 737 16.8 34.5% 2.8% 524 23.4 5.2% 18.5%
2017 195 16.7 30.8% 1.0% 187 21.9 2.1% 6.4%
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