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Brandon Laird 3BAstros

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Birth Date	9-11-1987
Height	6' 1"
Weight	215 lbs

Age	25 years, 9 months, 8 days
Bats	R
Throws	R

: 2009
: 2010
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: 0.12012
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YEAR	TEAM	AGE	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	HR	TB	BB	SO	SH	RBI	AVG	OBP	SLG	TAv	VORP	FRAA	WARP
2011	NYA	23	11	25	21	3	4	0	0	4	3	4	1	1	.190	.292	.190	.231	0.3	0.1	0.0
2012	HOU	24	17	37	35	2	9	1	1	13	2	8	0	4	.257	.297	.371	.259	0.6	0.0	0.1
2013	HOU	25	11	37	35	3	7	2	2	15	2	13	0	5	.200	.243	.429	.208	-1.4	-0.0	-0.2
Career			39	99	91	8	20	3	3	32	7	25	1	10	.220	.276	.352	.233	-0.5	0.1	-0.0

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
2007	YAN	Rk	45	178	.329	.254	.326	.380	.000	.363	107	12.7	4.4	-0.8	2.1	0.9	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
2008	CSC	A	122	506	.314	.257	.323	.381	.000	.293	93	28.1	14.1	-6.1	1.3	-2.3	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
2009	TAM	A+	124	501	.260	.257	.323	.373	.000	.295	104	0.3	14.8	-1.3	0.5	-0.6	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
2010	TRN	AA	107	454	.317	.265	.335	.409	.000	.318	93	27.6	12.7	1	7.3	-0.2	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
2010	SWB	AAA	31	127	.176	.267	.331	.426	.000	.301	97	-13.6	4.0	0.4	-1.6	-1.1	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
2011	NYA	MLB	11	25	.231	.248	.318	.385	.000	.235	104	-0.7	0.5	-0.1	0.1	-0.0	0.3	0.0	0.3	0.0
2011	SWB	AAA	123	489	.252	.266	.331	.420	.000	.283	93	-3.4	6.1	0.1	2.1	-0.4	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
2012	HOU	MLB	17	37	.259	.253	.312	.407	.000	.308	103	0	0.6	-0.1	0.0	0.1	0.6	0.1	0.6	0.1
2012	SWB	AAA	130	550	.236	.263	.328	.399	.000	.289	91	-13.5	8.2	-2.5	-6.3	-2.8	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
2013	HOU	MLB	11	37	.208	.254	.318	.411	.264	.250	102	-1.9	1.0	-0.4	-0.0	0.1	-1.4	-0.2	-1.4	-0.2
2013	OKL	AAA	44	198	.283	.269	.338	.416	.266	.307	99	5.2	5.9	-0.9	2.3	0.3	10.3	1.3	10.3	1.3
Career		MLB		99	.233	.253	.316	.404	.261	.270	102	-2.6	2.5	-0.6	0.1	0.2	-0.4	-0.0	-0.4	-0.0

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
2007	YAN	Rk	178	27	57	14	1	8	29	6	26	0	0	.339	.367	.577	.238	.329	0.0	2.1	0.0
2008	CSC	A	506	71	124	31	1	23	86	40	86	1	0	.273	.339	.498	.225	.314	0.0	1.3	0.0
2009	TAM	A+	501	53	120	20	4	13	75	39	75	1	1	.266	.333	.415	.149	.260	0.0	0.5	0.0
2010	TRN	AA	454	73	119	22	2	23	90	38	84	2	2	.291	.357	.523	.232	.317	0.0	7.3	0.0
2010	SWB	AAA	127	13	30	6	0	2	12	4	27	0	0	.246	.270	.344	.098	.176	0.0	-1.6	0.0
2011	NYA	MLB	25	3	4	0	0	0	1	3	4	0	0	.190	.292	.190	.000	.231	0.3	0.1	0.0
2011	SWB	AAA	489	51	120	27	0	16	69	17	84	0	0	.260	.288	.422	.162	.252	0.0	2.1	0.0
2012	HOU	MLB	37	2	9	1	0	1	4	2	8	0	0	.257	.297	.371	.114	.259	0.6	0.0	0.1
2012	SWB	AAA	550	54	128	31	2	15	77	34	103	1	0	.254	.307	.414	.159	.236	0.0	-6.3	0.0
2013	HOU	MLB	37	3	7	2	0	2	5	2	13	0	0	.200	.243	.429	.229	.208	-1.4	-0.0	-0.2
2013	OKL	AAA	198	24	50	12	0	7	30	10	40	1	0	.272	.308	.451	.179	.283	10.3	2.3	1.3

Injury History beta

Date On	Date Off	Transaction	Days	Games	Side	Body Part	Injury	Severity	Surgery Date
2010-07-13	2010-07-14	Minors	1	0	Left	Ankle	Contusion	Foul Ball	-
2010-04-01	2010-04-05	Camp	4	1	Right	Elbow	Soreness		-
2008-05-07	2008-05-19	Minors	12	0			Not Disclosed		-

Compensation

Year	Team	Salary
2013	HOU	$

Years	Description	Salary
1 yr	Previous	$0
1 yr	Total	$0

Service Time	Agent	Contract Status
0 y 69 d		1 year (2013)

Details

1 year (2013). Re-signed by Houston (minor-league contract). Contract purchased by Houston 4/18/13.
1 year/$0.4825M (2012). Re-signed by NY Yankees 3/7/12. Claimed by Houston off waivers 9/1/12 after being DFA by NY Yankees 8/27/12. Sent outright to Triple-A by Houston 12/21/12.
1 year (2011). Contract purchased by NY Yankees 11/19/10.
Drafted by NY Yankees 2007 (27-844) (Cypress College). $0.12M signing bonus.

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Platoon

SORT_FIELD	PLATOON	AVG	OBP	SLG	TAv
10	vs L (Multi)	.224	.255	.224	.233
11	vs R (Multi)	.262	.340	.452	.272
18	Split (Multi)	.037	.086	.228	.038
19	LgAvg (Multi)	-.014	-.024	-.036	-.020
30	vs L (2012)	.211	.250	.211	.218
31	vs R (2012)	.312	.353	.562	.306
38	Split (2012)	.102	.103	.352	.088
39	LgAvg (2012)	-.013	-.022	-.038	-.020

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BP Articles

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Title	Author	Date
Daily Roundup: Around the League: May 7, 2013	Clint Chisam	2013-05-07
Tater Trot Tracker: Trot Times for April 24	Larry Granillo	2013-04-25
Daily Roundup: Around the League: April 25, 2013	Clint Chisam	2013-04-25
Free Agent Watch: American League, Week Four	Paul Singman	2013-04-23
Transaction Analysis: Ending Bradley	R.J. Anderson	2013-04-22
Tater Trot Tracker: Trot Times for April 20	Larry Granillo	2013-04-21
Daily Roundup: Around the League: April 19, 2013	Clint Chisam	2013-04-19
Tater Trot Tracker: Trot Times for September 5	Larry Granillo	2012-09-06
Transaction Analysis: Does the Wolf Solve Problems?	R.J. Anderson	2012-08-30
The Process: Fixing the Phillies	Bradley Ankrom	2012-05-17
Future Shock: Yankees Top 11 Prospects	Kevin Goldstein	2012-03-08
Prospectus Hit and Run: Heroes and Villains	Jay Jaffe	2011-07-11
Transaction Analysis: Junior Circuit Jumble	Christina Kahrl	2011-03-18
Future Shock: New York Yankees Top 11 Prospects	Kevin Goldstein	2011-02-18
Transaction Analysis: AL East and Rangers Transaction Ledger	Christina Kahrl	2010-12-01
GM for a Day: New York Yankees	Jay Jaffe	2010-11-24
Future Shock Blog: Minor League Update: Games of October 21	Kevin Goldstein	2010-10-22
Future Shock Blog: Minor League Update: Games of September 2	Kevin Goldstein	2010-09-03
Future Shock Blog: Minor League Update: Games of August 25	Kevin Goldstein	2010-08-26
Future Shock Blog: Minor League Update: Games of August 3	Kevin Goldstein	2010-08-04
Future Shock Blog: Minor League Update: Games of August 2	Kevin Goldstein	2010-08-03
Future Shock Blog: Minor League Update: Games of July 27	Kevin Goldstein	2010-07-28
Future Shock Blog: Minor League Update: Games of June 24	Kevin Goldstein	2010-06-25
Future Shock: Org Watch: Yankees, Red Sox, Blue Jays	Kevin Goldstein	2010-06-23
Future Shock Blog: Minor League Update: Games of June 3	Kevin Goldstein	2010-06-04
Future Shock: Monday Ten Pack	Kevin Goldstein	2010-05-31

BP Chats

Date	Question	Answer
2010-05-28 14:00:00	I'm still not sure what to make of Brandon Laird. I know the scouts say "meh" but he seems to be one of the top performers in AA, and not old for the league. Help me out!....... (marjinwalker from DC)	Well, I don't know if 'meh' is really fair. He looks like a big leaguer, just with a ceiling of more of a second division starter type. (Kevin Goldstein)

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