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Portrait of Will Middlebrooks

Will Middlebrooks 3BRed Sox

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2013 Projections (seasonal age 24) - Rest of Season Projections
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Birth Date9-9-1988
Height6' 4"
Weight200 lbs
Age24 years, 8 months, 12 days
BatsR
ThrowsR
2009
2010
2011
1.82012
1.22013
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Standard

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
2012 BOS 23 75 286 267 34 77 14 0 15 136 13 70 3 3 0 54 4 1 .288 .325 .509 .278 12.4 4.2 1.8
2013 BOS 24 42 170 160 18 34 11 0 8 69 7 48 1 1 1 18 0 1 .213 .249 .431 .235 1.5 2.0 0.4
Career1174564275211125023205201184417242.260.297.480.26213.96.32.1

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
2008 LOW A- 59 226 .257 .253 .327 .366 .000 .382 96 -0.9 6.7 0.6 -4.0 0.9 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
2009 GRN A 103 427 .282 .259 .329 .374 .000 .377 101 10.4 12.6 0.8 -6.9 -0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
2010 SLM A+ 114 481 .278 .264 .331 .396 .000 .358 100 9.3 13.4 1.2 13.6 1.2 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
2011 LOW A- 4 15 .561 .270 .323 .410 .000 .111 92 3.5 0.2 -0.2 0.0 0.1 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
2011 PME AA 96 397 .000 .000 .000 .000 .000 .363 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
2011 PAW AAA 16 60 .174 .266 .329 .404 .000 .189 98 -5.7 1.0 0.2 -0.3 0.5 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
2012 BOS MLB 75 286 .278 .256 .314 .411 .000 .335 106 4.9 5.1 1 4.2 -0.2 12.4 1.8 12.4 1.8
2012 PAW AAA 24 100 .379 .263 .328 .393 .000 .333 102 12.4 1.5 0.4 -2.1 -1.6 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
2013 BOS MLB 42 170 .235 .264 .324 .428 .269 .248 104 -4.2 4.7 0.6 2.0 0.2 1.5 0.4 1.5 0.4
CareerMLB456.264.259.318.417.265.3031031.612.01.66.00.014.72.214.72.2

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
2008 LOW A- 226 21 53 17 2 1 21 12 73 10 0 .254 .299 .368 .115 .257 0.0 -4.0 0.0
2009 GRN A 427 53 99 25 3 7 57 48 123 7 4 .265 .351 .404 .139 .282 0.0 -6.9 0.0
2010 SLM A+ 481 69 120 31 2 12 70 35 121 5 3 .276 .335 .439 .163 .278 0.0 13.6 0.0
2011 PME AA 397 54 112 25 1 18 80 21 95 6 0 .302 .345 .520 .218 .000 0.0 0.0 0.0
2011 PAW AAA 60 4 9 0 0 2 8 3 18 3 1 .161 .200 .268 .107 .174 0.0 -0.3 0.0
2011 LOW A- 15 4 4 1 0 3 6 2 1 1 0 .333 .400 1.167 .833 .561 0.0 0.0 0.0
2012 PAW AAA 100 18 31 3 1 9 27 7 18 3 1 .333 .380 .677 .344 .379 0.0 -2.1 0.0
2012 BOS MLB 286 34 77 14 0 15 54 13 70 4 1 .288 .325 .509 .221 .278 12.4 4.2 1.8
2013 BOS MLB 170 18 34 11 0 8 18 7 48 0 1 .212 .249 .431 .219 .235 1.5 2.0 0.4

Injury History beta

Date On Date Off Transaction Days Games Side Body Part Injury Severity Surgery Date Reaggravation
2013-05-08 2013-05-09 DTD 1 2 Right Trunk Sprain Ribcage Sprain Player Collision - -
2013-02-28 2013-03-01 Camp 1 0 Right Wrist Soreness Check Swing - -
2012-08-11 2012-10-04 60-DL 54 0 Right Wrist Fracture Two Fractures From HBP - -
2012-07-02 2012-07-13 DTD 11 0 Left Thigh Tightness Hamstring -
2012-05-07 2012-05-07 DTD 0 0 Left Thigh Tightness Hamstring - -
2012-05-05 2012-05-06 DTD 1 0 Left Thigh Tightness Hamstring - -
2011-10-22 2011-11-18 WIN 27 0 Left Thumb Sprain - -
2011-06-11 2011-06-30 Minors 19 0 Right Upper Arm Strain Triceps - -

Compensation

Year Team Salary
2013 BOS $498,000
2012 BOS $
YearsDescriptionSalary
2011Current$498,000
1 yrTotal$498,000

 

Service TimeAgentContract Status
0 y 155 dSFX1 year/$0.498M (2013)

Details
  • 1 year/$0.498M (2013). Re-signed by Boston 3/2/13.
  • 1 year (2012). Contract purchased by Boston 11/18/11. Re-signed by Boston 3/9/12.
  • Drafted by Boston 2007 (5-174) (Liberty Eylau, Texarkana, Texas). $0.925M signing bonus.

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Platoon

SORT_FIELD PLATOON AVG OBP SLG TAv
10 vs L (Multi) .300 .350 .556 .299
11 vs R (Multi) .282 .312 .486 .266
18 Split (Multi) -.018 -.038 -.070 -.034
19 LgAvg (Multi) -.014 -.024 -.036 -.020
30 vs L (2012) .300 .350 .556 .299
31 vs R (2012) .282 .312 .486 .266
38 Split (2012) -.018 -.038 -.070 -.034
39 LgAvg (2012) -.013 -.022 -.038 -.020

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BP Chats

DateQuestionAnswer
2011-09-27 13:00:00What do you see in Scott Sizemore? I’m weighing keeping him as one of my 15 MLB keepers in a 14 team H2H points league. This is not the most exciting keeper choice in the world but I don’t want to be stuck drafting the likes of Brandon Inge again or wasting an early pick on a below average player. 3B is such an ugly position to fill if you don’t have an elite player. Do you see him being materially better than his career line to date (.236/.325/.372, 13 HRs in 156 games)? If not, then he’s just a replacement-level player in my league as the top 3B available in this year’s draft were players like Betemit, Tejada, Encarnacion, Peralta, Freese, Polanco, etc.. Because of his youth, perhaps he’ll continue to improve? Where do you see his near-term ceiling while I wait for the likes of Will Middlebrooks and Cheslor Cuthbert to mature? FWIW, he's battling players like Sands, JD Martinez, Altuve, Brandon Allen and Guerra for that last keeper slot.
(ORWahoo from Oregon)
I like Sizemore, but only in deeper leagues. He just doesn't have enough power or speed to really be an asset in mixed leagues. I think double digit homers and maybe a small handful of steals, but I don't see 20 HR or 10 SB from him next year. And he strikes out a lot, which will cause him to rely on a high BABIP to post a good average, which will be difficult to maintain without great speed. I think decent power without a good average or speed makes him a tough guy to endorse for anything other than an AL-only league play. (Derek Carty)
2010-08-20 15:30:00Who is the better prospect, Will Middlebrooks or Oscar Tejeda?
(Ryan Reynolds from Theaters near you)
Middlebrooks. (Kevin Goldstein)


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