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2013 Projections (Preseason PECOTA - seasonal age 27)
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| YEAR | TEAM | AGE | G | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | TB | BB | SO | HBP | SF | SH | RBI | SB | CS | AVG | OBP | SLG | TAv | VORP | FRAA | WARP |
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| 2010 | SFN | 24 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0.0 | -0.0 | 0.0 |
| 2011 | SFN | 25 | 26 | 16 | 14 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 5 | .286 | .375 | .286 | .248 | -0.7 | 0.0 | -0.1 |
| Career | 33 | 16 | 14 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 6 | .286 | .375 | .286 | .248 | -0.7 | 0.0 | -0.1 | ||
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 | PA | TAv | oppAVG | oppOBP | oppSLG | oppTAv | BABIP | BPF | BRAA | repLVL | POS_ADJ | FRAA | BRR | BVORP | BWARP | VORP | WARP |
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| 2005 | HEL | Rk | 61 | 277 | .264 | .275 | .357 | .416 | .000 | .375 | 100 | 1.1 | 6.0 | -0.4 | -2.9 | 7.6 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| 2006 | WVA | A | 125 | 566 | .287 | .254 | .327 | .377 | .000 | .362 | 110 | 13.1 | 12.4 | 0.7 | 12.1 | 7.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| 2007 | WVA | A | 51 | 254 | .310 | .271 | .337 | .414 | .000 | .417 | 107 | 14 | 7.2 | 0.6 | -2.1 | -0.1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| 2007 | BRV | A+ | 72 | 317 | .243 | .269 | .337 | .397 | .000 | .285 | 96 | -6.5 | 9.3 | 0.8 | -5.0 | 3.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| 2008 | BRV | A+ | 91 | 401 | .239 | .256 | .323 | .379 | .000 | .296 | 98 | -9.3 | 11.3 | 0.6 | -8.7 | 5.6 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| 2008 | SJO | A+ | 38 | 155 | .248 | .275 | .337 | .413 | .000 | .318 | 89 | -2 | 4.4 | 0.3 | -0.8 | 2.7 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| 2009 | SJO | A+ | 101 | 441 | .313 | .274 | .342 | .417 | .000 | .379 | 96 | 25.6 | 12.9 | 0.7 | 2.8 | 2.6 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| 2010 | SFN | MLB | 7 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0.0 | -0.0 | 0.7 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | |||
| 2010 | RIC | AA | 113 | 516 | .258 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .308 | 95 | -0.9 | 14.0 | 1.3 | 2.5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| 2011 | SFN | MLB | 26 | 16 | .248 | .254 | .317 | .390 | .000 | .444 | 104 | -0.2 | 0.3 | 0 | 0.0 | -1.0 | -0.7 | -0.1 | -0.7 | -0.1 |
| 2011 | RIC | AA | 23 | 97 | .237 | .269 | .327 | .406 | .000 | .387 | 99 | -2.3 | 1.7 | 0.1 | 1.5 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| 2011 | FRE | AAA | 18 | 76 | .176 | .291 | .350 | .466 | .000 | .283 | 90 | -5.5 | 1.0 | 0.2 | 0.7 | 2.2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| 2011 | GIA | Rk | 8 | 32 | .409 | .277 | .357 | .420 | .000 | .368 | 99 | 6.4 | 0.6 | 0.1 | 0.6 | -0.7 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| 2012 | TAC | AAA | 70 | 329 | .255 | .282 | .340 | .432 | .000 | .331 | 96 | -1.6 | 5.1 | 0.8 | 9.8 | -0.6 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| 2012 | LEO | Wnt | 36 | 171 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .328 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | |||
| 2013 | IND | AAA | 33 | 124 | .217 | .272 | .340 | .418 | .266 | .259 | 97 | -6.1 | 3.7 | -0.9 | -1.4 | -0.5 | -2.7 | -0.4 | -2.7 | -0.4 |
| Career | MLB | 16 | .248 | .254 | .317 | .390 | .255 | .444 | 104 | -0.2 | 0.4 | 0 | 0.0 | -0.4 | -0.7 | -0.1 | -0.7 | -0.1 | ||
Statistics For All Levels
| Year | Team | Lg | PA | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | SO | SB | CS | AVG | OBP | SLG | ISO | TAv | VORP | FRAA | WARP |
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| 2005 | HEL | Rk | 277 | 57 | 64 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 24 | 33 | 70 | 18 | 4 | .271 | .364 | .326 | .055 | .264 | 0.0 | -2.9 | 0.0 |
| 2006 | WVA | A | 566 | 93 | 139 | 24 | 3 | 7 | 54 | 56 | 133 | 69 | 15 | .283 | .352 | .387 | .104 | .287 | 0.0 | 12.1 | 0.0 |
| 2007 | WVA | A | 254 | 48 | 75 | 15 | 4 | 5 | 33 | 23 | 56 | 31 | 10 | .335 | .391 | .504 | .170 | .310 | 0.0 | -2.1 | 0.0 |
| 2007 | BRV | A+ | 317 | 46 | 63 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 27 | 35 | 67 | 36 | 6 | .231 | .315 | .308 | .077 | .243 | 0.0 | -5.0 | 0.0 |
| 2008 | BRV | A+ | 401 | 57 | 79 | 13 | 3 | 2 | 27 | 46 | 88 | 48 | 11 | .230 | .319 | .303 | .073 | .239 | 0.0 | -8.7 | 0.0 |
| 2008 | SJO | A+ | 155 | 21 | 28 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 23 | 42 | 14 | 1 | .219 | .342 | .266 | .047 | .248 | 0.0 | -0.8 | 0.0 |
| 2009 | SJO | A+ | 441 | 81 | 114 | 17 | 9 | 9 | 50 | 49 | 97 | 35 | 12 | .300 | .386 | .463 | .163 | .313 | 0.0 | 2.8 | 0.0 |
| 2010 | SFN | MLB | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0.0 | -0.0 | 0.0 |
| 2010 | RIC | AA | 516 | 64 | 116 | 20 | 9 | 5 | 40 | 39 | 106 | 37 | 15 | .251 | .311 | .365 | .114 | .258 | 0.0 | 2.5 | 0.0 |
| 2011 | SFN | MLB | 16 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 7 | 5 | .286 | .375 | .286 | .000 | .248 | -0.7 | 0.0 | -0.1 |
| 2011 | FRE | AAA | 76 | 10 | 15 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 4 | 23 | 10 | 0 | .211 | .263 | .324 | .113 | .176 | 0.0 | 0.7 | 0.0 |
| 2011 | RIC | AA | 97 | 11 | 24 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 24 | 6 | 3 | .279 | .347 | .314 | .035 | .237 | 0.0 | 1.5 | 0.0 |
| 2011 | GIA | Rk | 32 | 9 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 1 | .375 | .500 | .708 | .333 | .409 | 0.0 | 0.6 | 0.0 |
| 2012 | LEO | Wnt | 171 | 24 | 41 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 13 | 13 | 31 | 11 | 3 | .266 | .335 | .351 | .084 | .000 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| 2012 | TAC | AAA | 329 | 39 | 83 | 16 | 3 | 4 | 33 | 23 | 61 | 26 | 14 | .273 | .326 | .385 | .112 | .255 | 0.0 | 9.8 | 0.0 |
| 2013 | IND | AAA | 124 | 11 | 22 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 12 | 29 | 13 | 4 | .202 | .276 | .275 | .073 | .217 | -2.7 | -1.4 | -0.4 |
Injury History beta
| Date On | Date Off | Transaction | Days | Games | Side | Body Part | Injury | Severity | Surgery Date | Reaggravation |
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| 2011-06-27 | 2011-07-30 | Minors | 33 | 0 | - | Not Disclosed | - | - | ||
| 2011-05-23 | 2011-06-20 | 15-DL | 28 | 26 | Ankle | Sprain | - | |||
| 2010-08-21 | 2010-09-02 | Minors | 12 | 0 | Right | Knee | Soreness | - | ||
| 2007-04-04 | 2007-04-12 | Minors | 8 | 0 | Not Disclosed | - |
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BP Articles
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| Title | Author | Date | |
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 | Sobsequy: Notable NL Minor-League Free Agent Signees | Adam Sobsey | 2013-02-27 |
| In A Pickle: The Disunited States of America | Jason Wojciechowski | 2013-01-17 | |
| Minor League Update: Games of November 19 | Jason Martinez | 2012-11-20 |
| The Platoon Advantage: Springtime Can Kill You | Jason Wojciechowski | 2012-02-22 |
| Baseball ProGUESTus: 27 Outs, 140 Characters: Fandom in the Time of Twitter | Maiya Gessling | 2012-01-10 | |
| Transaction Analysis: Calling for the Cavalry | Ben Lindbergh | 2011-05-31 | |
| On the Beat: Can the Braves Contend? | John Perrotto | 2011-05-27 |
| Future Shock: Opening Day Madness | Kevin Goldstein | 2011-04-08 | |
 | Fantasy Beat: Spring Leaderboards | Craig Brown | 2011-03-23 |
| Transaction Action: Dodgers, Padres, Giants | Christina Kahrl | 2010-09-27 |
| The Week In Quotes: September 6-12 | Alex Carnevale | 2010-09-13 | |
| An Agent's Take: Flexible Morality | Josh Kusnick | 2010-03-30 | |
| Transaction Action: Any Frandsen of Yours Is... | Christina Kahrl | 2010-03-28 |
| Transaction Analysis: Weekend Moves Omnibus | Christina Kahrl | 2008-07-21 |
| Schrodinger's Bat: Clearing the Decks | Dan Fox | 2008-03-20 |
BP Chats
| Date | Question | Answer |
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| 2011-04-13 13:00:00 | Did you get a good look at any Giants this spring? Who would win a 60 yard dash-Gary Brown or Darren Ford? (Josh G from Stockton) | I did. Brown is stupid fast. I wouldn't bet against him. (Jason Parks) |
| 2010-06-07 18:30:00 | Ugh....Gary Brown...I think I prefer a real hitter for the Giants.
The Giants don't seem to have any luck turning out position players, so I would have liked them to select the guy with the most polished bat, Cox or Brentz or Gyorko.
I just don't trust the Giants to turn a hacker into a decent player. I read his profile and just think...Eugenio Velez...Darren Ford, and then I throw up in my mouth a little. (Gregjitsu from SoCal) | He's bigger, stronger and faster than those guys. You're making poor assumptions. (Kevin Goldstein) |
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