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Birth Date2-14-1985
Height6' 3"
Weight200 lbs
Age28 years, 3 months, 5 days
BatsR
ThrowsR
0.32009
0.82010
1.42011
1.12012
0.92013
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Standard

YEAR TEAM AGE G GS IP IP-SP IP-RP W L SV BS QS BQS PA H R ER HR TB BB UBB HBP SO ERA FIP FRA VORP WARP
2007 NYA 22 6 6 27.0 27.0 0.0 3 1 0 0 1 0 124 29 19 19 6 54 17 16 0 18 6.33 6.76 6.73 -0.3 -0.0
2008 WAS 23 2 2 10.3 10.3 0.0 1 1 0 0 1 0 48 12 5 5 2 23 7 6 0 8 4.35 6.11 4.75 1.3 0.1
2009 WAS 24 41 0 60.3 0.0 60.3 4 2 0 2 0 0 246 36 20 18 9 73 32 31 1 67 2.69 4.42 4.82 2.8 0.3
2010 WAS 25 78 0 91.0 0.0 91.0 11 8 1 10 0 0 378 69 33 31 8 113 41 37 2 112 3.07 3.21 4.18 9.6 0.8
2011 WAS 26 72 0 88.3 0.0 88.3 3 0 0 7 0 0 329 48 18 18 11 91 26 24 0 104 1.83 3.14 3.12 13.4 1.4
2012 WAS 27 74 0 72.7 0.0 72.7 2 6 32 5 0 0 307 55 32 30 7 91 29 27 2 84 3.72 3.36 3.47 10.1 1.1
2013 WAS 28 17 0 16.0 0.0 16.0 2 1 0 0 0 0 64 6 5 5 1 9 11 11 0 16 2.81 3.82 5.84 -1.1 -0.1
Career2908365.737.3328.3261933242014962551321264445416315254093.103.794.1635.73.6

Advanced

'opp' stats - quality of opponents faced - have been moved and are available only as OPP_QUAL in the Statistics reports now.
YEAR Team Lg G GS IP FRA FRA+ TAv oppAVG oppOBP oppSLG oppTAv BABIP PPF PVORP PWARP VORP WARP
2004 GRL A 26 25 149.0 0.00 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 .000 .323 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
2005 CSC A 1 1 6.0 0.00 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 .000 -.615 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
2005 TAM A+ 26 25 147.3 0.00 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 .000 -.473 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
2005 COH AAA 1 0 1.0 0.52 189 -.021 .219 .249 .330 .181 .000 89 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
2006 TRN AA 28 28 166.0 0.00 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 .000 .253 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
2007 NYA MLB 6 6 27.0 6.73 63 .293 .276 .343 .447 .272 .277 101 -1.4 -0.1 -0.3 -0.0
2007 TRN AA 6 6 26.7 4.84 85 .263 .271 .347 .417 .271 .266 90 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
2007 SWB AAA 14 14 69.3 4.54 96 .291 .269 .339 .402 .259 .346 97 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
2008 WAS MLB 2 2 10.3 4.75 91 .328 .280 .330 .419 .265 .323 94 0.7 0.1 1.3 0.1
2008 COH AAA 27 27 143.0 4.77 98 .253 .269 .342 .423 .262 .284 97 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
2009 WAS MLB 41 0 60.3 4.82 95 .221 .271 .346 .432 .269 .197 101 3.0 0.3 2.8 0.3
2009 SYR AAA 24 0 39.0 3.73 118 .173 .266 .335 .401 .261 .200 100 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
2010 WAS MLB 78 0 91.0 4.18 106 .238 .269 .339 .425 .272 .284 101 8.9 0.9 9.6 0.8
2011 WAS MLB 72 0 88.3 3.12 125 .194 .267 .333 .419 .271 .197 99 13.5 1.4 13.4 1.4
2012 WAS MLB 74 0 72.7 3.47 118 .241 .265 .331 .427 .272 .259 99 10.1 1.1 10.1 1.1
2013 WAS MLB 17 0 16.0 5.84 60 .185 .252 .325 .402 .265 .139 100 -1.1 -0.1 -1.1 -0.1
CareerMLB8365.74.16106.231.268.336.426.271.24110134.83.736.83.7

Statistics For All Levels

Year Team Lg W L SV G GS IP H BB SO HR GB% BABIP H/9 BB/9 HR/9 K/9 WHIP ERA VORP WARP
2004 GRL A 10 10 0 26 25 149.0 153 32 145 12 0% .323 9.2 1.9 0.7 8.8 1.24 3.44 0.0 0.0
2005 CSC A 0 1 0 1 1 6.0 9 0 10 1 0% -.615 13.5 0.0 1.5 15.0 1.50 7.50 0.0 0.0
2005 COH AAA 0 0 0 1 0 1.0 0 0 2 0 100% .000 0.0 0.0 0.0 18.0 0.00 0.00 0.0 0.0
2005 TAM A+ 10 9 0 26 25 147.3 118 34 169 12 0% -.473 7.2 2.1 0.7 10.3 1.03 3.18 0.0 0.0
2006 TRN AA 12 10 0 28 28 166.0 118 55 175 14 0% .253 6.4 3.0 0.8 9.5 1.04 3.36 0.0 0.0
2007 SWB AAA 4 4 0 14 14 69.3 82 35 55 7 35% .346 10.6 4.5 0.9 7.1 1.69 4.16 0.0 0.0
2007 TRN AA 2 1 0 6 6 26.7 22 12 28 5 29% .266 7.4 4.0 1.7 9.4 1.27 5.39 0.0 0.0
2007 NYA MLB 3 1 0 6 6 27.0 29 17 18 6 39% .277 9.7 5.7 2.0 6.0 1.70 6.33 -0.3 -0.0
2008 COH AAA 6 13 0 27 27 143.0 129 66 125 15 38% .284 8.1 4.2 0.9 7.9 1.36 4.66 0.0 0.0
2008 WAS MLB 1 1 0 2 2 10.3 12 7 8 2 18% .323 10.5 6.1 1.7 7.0 1.84 4.35 1.3 0.1
2009 SYR AAA 4 1 1 24 0 39.0 20 15 42 2 45% .200 4.6 3.5 0.5 9.7 0.90 0.92 0.0 0.0
2009 WAS MLB 4 2 0 41 0 60.3 36 32 67 9 32% .197 5.4 4.8 1.3 10.0 1.13 2.69 2.8 0.3
2010 WAS MLB 11 8 1 78 0 91.0 69 41 112 8 29% .284 6.8 4.1 0.8 11.1 1.21 3.07 9.6 0.8
2011 WAS MLB 3 0 0 72 0 88.3 48 26 104 11 24% .197 4.9 2.6 1.1 10.6 0.84 1.83 13.4 1.4
2012 WAS MLB 2 6 32 74 0 72.7 55 29 84 7 32% .259 6.8 3.6 0.9 10.4 1.16 3.72 10.1 1.1
2013 WAS MLB 2 1 0 17 0 16.0 6 11 16 1 14% .139 3.4 6.2 0.6 9.0 1.06 2.81 -1.1 -0.1

Injury History beta

Date On Date Off Transaction Days Games Side Body Part Injury Severity Surgery Date Reaggravation
2012-04-18 2012-04-20 DTD 2 0 Right Shoulder Soreness - -
2011-06-27 2011-07-01 DTD 4 3 Right Shoulder Fatigue -

Compensation

Year Team Salary
2014 WAS $
2013 WAS $4,000,000
2012 WAS $1,650,000
2011 WAS $443,000
2010 WAS $401,000
YearsDescriptionSalary
3 yrPrevious$2,494,000
2011Current$4,000,000
4 yrPvs + Cur$6,494,000
4 yrTotal$6,494,000

 

Service TimeAgentContract Status
3 y 27 dCasey Close1 year/$4M (2013)

Details
  • 1 year/$4M (2013). Re-signed by Washington 1/18/13 (avoided arbitration).
  • 1 year/$1.65M (2012). Re-signed by Washington 1/17/12 (avoided arbitration).
  • 1 year/$0.443M (2011). Renewed by Washington 3/2/11.
  • 1 year/$0.401M (2010). Re-signed 2/10.
  • 1 year/$0.4M (2009). Re-signed 2/14/09.
  • 1 year (2008). Signed 1/25/08.
  • 1 year (2007). Contract purchased 5/20/07. Acquired in trade from NY Yankees 12/5/07.
  • Drafted 2003 (9-274). $75,000 signing bonus.

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Platoon

SORT_FIELD PLATOON AVG OBP SLG TAv
10 vs L (Multi) .178 .256 .299 .215
11 vs R (Multi) .207 .287 .367 .239
18 Split (Multi) -.029 -.031 -.068 -.024
19 LgAvg (Multi) .011 .025 .022 .017
30 vs L (2012) .170 .260 .259 .217
31 vs R (2012) .239 .307 .418 .267
38 Split (2012) -.068 -.047 -.159 -.050
39 LgAvg (2012) .009 .024 .021 .017

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BP Chats

DateQuestionAnswer
2011-03-02 13:00:00Christina: BP2011 is outstanding, as expected, and, while I'm not much of a design geek, I think it's visually more appealing with the player bio boxes. One question though: You project no National to get more than 3 saves, with Storen getting none. Was this a typo, or am I missing some back story? Thanks!
(geebr from san diego)
Speaking out of turn, my thanks to you. But I really can't take any credit for the redesign whatsoever--Steven Goldman and Colin Wyers (with doses of Ben Lindbergh and Steph Bee) were the people most responsible for this year's much more visually slick product. As for the Nats' saves situation, I'm assuming it's an oversight in the rush to publication. I could see Riggleman tag-teaming Storen and Tyler Clippard initially, but I like Henry Rodriguez as a stealth candidate for sneaking in and claiming some save opps during the course of the season. (Christina Kahrl)
2009-05-07 14:00:00I notice that you gave Daryl Jones four stars but he didn't make the top 100. Did he just miss the cut? Were there other four star guys that didn't make it?
(Ben F from California)
Yes, he just missed. Yes, I'd probably put him in it now. Seriously people, is there some organized movement to pick ONE guy in each of my chats and bombard me with questions about him. Is Daryl Jones the new Jeremy Hellickson who was the new Tyler Clippard? (Kevin Goldstein)
2008-09-24 14:00:00After laughing at that question. What do you really think of McAllister?
(Mike from Utica,NY)
See is that how this works. McAllister to Halladay is the new version of Tyler Clippard = Mike Mussina for those fans with the rose-colored glasses? He's another control type without a ton of ceiling, but I do like him as a potential back of the rotation type. Just because he's 6-6, 240 doesn't make him the next Halladay. I have a buddy Dave in Boston, he's about 6-8 and that doesn't make him the next Carmelo Anthony either. (Kevin Goldstein)
2008-02-27 13:00:00You should take the over on the Nationals. You have them at 72, one down from last year's 73. With the upgrades in the OF (Nook/Langerhans for Lastings, Church/Snelling for Wily Mo/Dukes), Nick Johnson coming back, and an improved rotation (giving the innings that went to Jerome Williams, Joel Hanrahan, and Mike Bascik to Odalis Perez, John Patterson, John Lannan, Tyler Clippard, etc.) this team will be better.
(sbiel2 from Washington, DC)
You could be right there. One thing that PECOTA doesn't know, can't know yet, is just how all those playing time decisions will be made. Right now we have a best guess. As we see how the team sorts itself out, that prediction will be open to revision. (Steven Goldman)
2008-01-17 14:00:00Other than Tyler Clippard, the Nationals have not added any starting pitchers this off-season. With an additional year on the youngsters, do you think the Nats starting pitchers will be better or worse than last year?
(Kevin from Fairfax VA)
I expect Tim Redding to take a beating with the reality stick, but if they get more than 40 starts combined out of John Patterson and Shawn Hill, this will definitely be a better unit than last year's. (Christina Kahrl)
2008-01-10 13:00:00I understand that everyone now agrees that Tyler Clippard had been overhyped, and the Nationals did pick him up cheap. Has everyone gone too far in beating on him now? Does he have a chance to crack the Nationals' rotation in April, and what is his ceiling?
(Kevin from Fairfax VA)
He could be the Nationals' Opening Day starter.

His ceiling is a #4 starter, a 4.40 career ERA guy.

Those two sentences are most definitely NOT mutually exclusive. (Joe Sheehan)
2008-01-09 13:00:00Why are people comparing Kennedy to Mussina? I mean Mussina in his hey day had nasty stuff and Kennedy doesn't fit the bill. If there is one pitcher who similar to moose is Phil Hughes.
(Trey from Albany NY)
Look, there are some people out there who just don't get it. These are the same people who two years ago compared Tyler Clippard to Mussina. That said, Kennedy is a far superiour prospect to anything Clippard ever was and will be a successful big league starter. (Kevin Goldstein)


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