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2013 Projections (seasonal age 31) - Rest of Season Projections
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Birth Date9-19-1981
Height6' 4"
Weight215 lbs
Age31 years, 8 months, 1 days
BatsR
ThrowsR
3.12009
2.22010
1.72011
2012
1.02013
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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
2005 MIN 23 10 9 53.7 52.7 1.0 3 3 0 0 4 0 217 48 21 20 5 72 14 14 0 32 3.35 3.85 3.71 9.3 0.9
2006 MIN 24 16 16 83.3 83.3 0.0 5 8 0 0 4 0 377 114 63 59 17 195 16 15 3 62 6.37 5.04 5.48 2.0 0.1
2007 MIN 25 24 23 143.7 140.7 3.0 9 9 0 0 12 1 606 162 70 68 15 246 29 25 5 102 4.26 3.96 4.16 18.7 1.7
2008 MIN 26 28 28 172.3 172.3 0.0 11 4 0 0 18 1 703 161 66 66 20 249 42 40 3 141 3.45 3.82 3.87 28.5 2.8
2009 MIN 27 33 33 200.0 200.0 0.0 15 9 0 0 16 2 828 190 99 97 28 320 48 47 4 162 4.36 4.12 4.35 30.4 3.1
2010 MIN 28 29 29 170.3 170.3 0.0 12 9 0 0 12 2 725 186 87 85 23 314 43 43 6 148 4.49 3.93 4.11 22.4 2.2
2011 MIN 29 23 21 134.7 131.7 3.0 8 6 0 0 10 1 548 126 50 47 15 199 32 30 4 123 3.14 3.48 4.16 17.5 1.7
Career163159958.0951.07.063480076740049874564421231595224214257704.153.984.24128.912.6

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
2003 QUD A 11 11 50.7 0.00 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 .000 .287 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
2004 FTM A+ 7 7 45.0 0.00 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 .000 .291 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
2004 NBR AA 10 10 70.3 0.00 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 .000 .225 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
2004 ROC AAA 9 9 54.3 0.00 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 .000 .339 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
2004 grc Wnt 7 7 29.3 0.00 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 .000 -.700 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
2005 MIN MLB 10 9 53.7 3.71 117 .238 .277 .334 .442 .271 .259 94 9.3 0.9 9.3 0.9
2005 ROC AAA 22 22 134.7 4.25 117 .229 .272 .338 .429 .255 .278 101 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
2006 MIN MLB 16 16 83.3 5.48 85 .313 .281 .345 .456 .272 .348 97 2.3 0.2 2.0 0.1
2006 ROC AAA 12 12 84.1 3.57 119 .241 .264 .333 .409 .260 .291 98 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
2007 MIN MLB 24 23 143.7 4.16 110 .263 .279 .344 .442 .271 .323 95 20.6 2.0 18.7 1.7
2007 ROC AAA 7 6 42.7 3.96 109 .190 .263 .340 .410 .259 .274 97 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
2008 MIN MLB 28 28 172.3 3.87 114 .237 .273 .341 .441 .272 .284 96 27.4 2.8 28.5 2.8
2008 FTM A+ 1 1 5.0 3.30 127 .277 .263 .324 .361 .249 .368 96 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
2009 MIN MLB 33 33 200.0 4.35 109 .242 .272 .340 .439 .271 .276 99 31.6 3.2 30.4 3.1
2009 FTM A+ 1 1 7.0 3.93 109 .155 .248 .344 .347 .255 .263 96 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
2010 MIN MLB 29 29 170.3 4.11 108 .275 .268 .334 .420 .270 .323 100 22.8 2.4 22.4 2.2
2011 MIN MLB 23 21 134.7 4.16 108 .244 .270 .336 .433 .277 .297 101 16.0 1.7 17.5 1.7
2012 FTM A+ 1 1 0.3 0.00 0 .000 .260 .309 .377 .263 .667 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
CareerMLB159958.04.24107.257.273.339.437.272.30298130.013.2128.912.6

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
2003 QUD A 3 1 0 11 11 50.7 45 8 47 4 0% .287 8.0 1.4 0.7 8.3 1.05 2.49 0.0 0.0
2004 ROC AAA 1 3 0 9 9 54.3 65 15 36 3 0% .339 10.8 2.5 0.5 6.0 1.47 4.97 0.0 0.0
2004 NBR AA 5 3 0 10 10 70.3 44 13 72 2 0% .225 5.6 1.7 0.3 9.2 0.81 2.43 0.0 0.0
2004 FTM A+ 4 2 0 7 7 45.0 40 6 37 1 0% .291 8.0 1.2 0.2 7.4 1.02 2.40 0.0 0.0
2004 grc Wnt 0 1 0 7 7 29.3 32 7 29 4 0% -.700 9.8 2.2 1.2 8.9 1.33 3.69 0.0 0.0
2005 ROC AAA 5 8 0 22 22 134.7 123 26 107 15 37% .278 8.2 1.7 1.0 7.1 1.11 3.01 0.0 0.0
2005 MIN MLB 3 3 0 10 9 53.7 48 14 32 5 35% .259 8.0 2.3 0.8 5.4 1.16 3.35 9.3 0.9
2006 ROC AAA 5 4 0 12 12 84.1 77 25 68 4 42% .291 8.2 2.7 0.4 7.3 1.21 2.68 0.0 0.0
2006 MIN MLB 5 8 0 16 16 83.3 114 16 62 17 35% .348 12.3 1.7 1.8 6.7 1.56 6.37 2.0 0.1
2007 ROC AAA 3 2 1 7 6 42.7 34 4 41 3 48% .274 7.2 0.8 0.6 8.6 0.89 3.16 0.0 0.0
2007 MIN MLB 9 9 0 24 23 143.7 162 29 102 15 37% .323 10.1 1.8 0.9 6.4 1.33 4.26 18.7 1.7
2008 FTM A+ 1 0 0 1 1 5.0 7 0 4 0 42% .368 12.6 0.0 0.0 7.2 1.40 5.40 0.0 0.0
2008 MIN MLB 11 4 0 28 28 172.3 161 42 141 20 33% .284 8.4 2.2 1.0 7.4 1.18 3.45 28.5 2.8
2009 FTM A+ 1 0 0 1 1 7.0 5 1 3 0 58% .263 6.4 1.3 0.0 3.9 0.86 1.29 0.0 0.0
2009 MIN MLB 15 9 0 33 33 200.0 190 48 162 28 35% .276 8.6 2.2 1.3 7.3 1.19 4.37 30.4 3.1
2010 MIN MLB 12 9 0 29 29 170.3 186 43 148 23 37% .323 9.8 2.3 1.2 7.8 1.34 4.49 22.4 2.2
2011 MIN MLB 8 6 0 23 21 134.7 126 32 123 15 35% .297 8.4 2.1 1.0 8.2 1.17 3.14 17.5 1.7
2012 FTM A+ 0 0 0 1 1 0.3 2 0 0 0 0% .667 54.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 6.00 54.00 0.0 0.0

Injury History beta

Date On Date Off Transaction Days Games Side Body Part Injury Severity Surgery Date Reaggravation
2013-03-31 - 60-DL - - Right Elbow Recovery From Surgery Tommy John Surgery 2012-04-17 -
2013-03-18 2013-03-31 Camp 13 0 Right Elbow Recovery From Surgery Tommy John Surgery 2012-04-17 -
2013-02-15 2013-03-17 Camp 30 0 Right Elbow Recovery From Surgery Tommy John Surgery 2012-04-17 -
2012-03-26 2012-10-04 60-DL 192 0 Right Elbow Surgery Tommy John Surgery 2012-04-17 -
2012-03-15 2012-03-26 Camp 11 0 Right Elbow Inflammation Tendinitis - -
2011-08-09 2011-09-20 15-DL 42 37 Right Elbow Strain Flexor -
2011-07-06 2011-07-23 15-DL 17 15 Right Elbow Strain Flexor - -
2011-05-27 2011-05-27 DTD 0 0 Right Foot Soreness -
2010-10-20 2010-10-20 Off 0 0 Right Elbow Surgery Debridement 2010-10-20
2010-09-03 2010-09-21 DTD 18 16 Right Elbow Soreness -
2009-03-28 2009-04-15 15-DL 18 9 Right Shoulder Stiffness -
2008-05-04 2008-06-05 15-DL 32 30 Right Groin Strain -
2008-04-27 2008-05-03 DTD 6 4 Right Groin Strain -
2008-03-08 2008-03-25 Camp 17 0 Right Shoulder Strain Latissimus Dorsi -
2007-09-23 2007-09-30 DTD 7 7 Right Hand Contusion Batted Ball -
2003-07-24 2003-08-04 Minors 11 0 - Groin Strain - -

Compensation

Year Team Salary
2013 CHN $5,500,000
2012 MIN $6,500,000
2011 MIN $5,000,000
2010 MIN $3,000,000
2009 MIN $750,000
2008 MIN $422,500
2006 MIN $330,000
YearsDescriptionSalary
6 yrPrevious$16,002,500
2011Current$5,500,000
7 yrPvs + Cur$21,502,500
7 yrTotal$21,502,500

 

Service TimeAgentContract Status
6 y 128 dAlan Nero1 year/$5.5M (2013)

Details
  • 1 year/$5.5M (2013). Signed by Chicago Cubs as a free agent 11/13/12. Performance bonuses: $0.15M each for 145, 150, 155, 160, 165, 170, 175, 180, 185, 190 innings pitched.
  • 4 years/$15.25M (2009-12), plus 2013 club option. Signed extension with Minnesota 3/7/09. 09:$0.75M, 10:$3M, 11:$5M, 12:$6.5M, 13:$9.25M club option. Minnesota declined $9.25M option for 2013 10/29/12.
  • 1 year/$0.4225M (2008). Re-signed 2/27/08.
  • 1 year (2007). Optioned to Triple-A 3/07. Recalled 5/18/07.
  • 1 year/$0.33M (2006). Re-signed 3/06. Optioned to Triple-A 6/06. Recalled 7/06. Optioned to Triple-A 8/06. Recalled 9/06.
  • 1 year (2005). Contract purchased 4/05. Recalled 7/05. Optioned to Triple-A 7/05. Recalled 8/05.

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