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2013 Projections (seasonal age 35) - Rest of Season Projections
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Birth Date1-12-1978
Height6' 2"
Weight190 lbs
Age35 years, 4 months, 12 days
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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
2003 MON 25 65 0 71.0 0.0 71.0 10 3 5 3 0 0 288 65 27 23 8 101 13 10 5 46 2.92 3.90 4.77 5.2 0.8
2004 MON 26 81 0 90.3 0.0 90.3 6 12 2 6 0 0 367 92 30 27 6 132 15 13 5 63 2.69 3.09 4.77 7.6 0.9
2005 WAS 27 68 0 71.0 0.0 71.0 8 7 1 2 0 0 293 75 23 21 7 111 14 10 6 40 2.66 3.99 4.23 7.9 1.0
2007 WAS 29 44 0 42.3 0.0 42.3 2 2 1 1 0 0 181 43 16 15 5 64 12 12 1 28 3.19 4.31 4.48 4.5 0.4
2008 NYN 30 19 0 18.0 0.0 18.0 1 2 9 2 0 0 78 23 12 11 3 37 2 2 0 14 5.50 4.05 4.89 0.9 0.1
2008 WAS 30 62 0 57.7 0.0 57.7 1 8 0 5 0 0 257 63 41 37 6 96 22 18 4 36 5.77 4.56 5.15 2.2 0.3
2009 FLO 31 10 0 7.7 0.0 7.7 0 3 0 1 0 0 42 12 10 10 1 20 6 3 1 7 11.74 5.67 6.21 -0.6 -0.1
2009 MIN 31 28 0 32.3 0.0 32.3 1 2 0 3 0 0 138 38 18 15 4 60 8 8 3 21 4.18 4.47 4.55 2.7 0.3
2011 NYA 33 52 0 56.0 0.0 56.0 2 2 0 1 0 0 233 51 17 13 5 74 20 17 6 39 2.09 4.22 5.27 -0.0 -0.0
2012 BAL 34 66 0 75.0 0.0 75.0 5 5 1 4 0 0 320 81 27 22 7 121 14 11 4 51 2.64 3.62 3.72 10.5 1.1
2013 ATL 35 5 0 4.7 0.0 4.7 0 1 0 0 0 0 21 4 2 2 0 5 3 2 0 5 3.86 2.74 1.51 1.7 0.2
2013 BAL 35 2 0 2.0 0.0 2.0 1 0 0 1 0 0 10 4 2 2 1 8 0 0 0 2 9.00 7.61 12.00 -1.6 -0.2
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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
2001 SLM A+ 13 0 13.3 0.00 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 .000 -1.267 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
2001 Cul Wnt 31 0 34.7 0.00 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 .000 -.575 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
2002 OTT AAA 6 0 7.7 0.00 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 .000 .286 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
2003 MON MLB 65 0 71.0 4.77 99 .233 .275 .344 .443 .273 .264 102 5.6 0.6 5.2 0.8
2003 Cul Wnt 12 0 13.3 0.00 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 .000 -.167 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
2004 MON MLB 81 0 90.3 4.77 95 .230 .276 .346 .450 .270 .309 96 5.4 0.5 7.6 0.9
2005 WAS MLB 68 0 71.0 4.23 99 .261 .275 .340 .437 .269 .301 91 6.6 0.7 7.9 1.0
2006 MEX wor 3 0 1.2 0.00 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 .000 .333 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
2007 WAS MLB 44 0 42.3 4.48 104 .256 .285 .356 .466 .276 .281 97 4.5 0.4 4.5 0.4
2007 POT A+ 3 1 2.7 2.96 146 .104 .272 .354 .390 .268 .125 101 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
2007 COH AAA 5 0 7.0 4.79 91 .181 .261 .332 .389 .257 .176 99 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
2008 NYN MLB 19 0 18.0 4.89 91 .276 .268 .341 .431 .266 .339 97 0.9 0.1 0.9 0.1
2008 WAS MLB 62 0 57.7 5.15 87 .275 .275 .346 .453 .275 .302 98 2.2 0.2 2.2 0.3
2009 FLO MLB 10 0 7.7 6.21 64 .361 .264 .338 .423 .266 .407 101 -0.6 -0.1 -0.6 -0.1
2009 MIN MLB 28 0 32.3 4.55 105 .282 .269 .338 .437 .271 .333 99 2.6 0.3 2.7 0.3
2009 NWO AAA 9 0 10.0 2.56 137 .160 .281 .352 .424 .274 .160 89 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
2009 CUL Wnt 17 0 19.7 0.00 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 .000 .193 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
2010 ABQ AAA 14 0 14.0 5.72 107 .272 .278 .346 .438 .268 .277 119 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
2010 CSP AAA 4 0 7.3 7.17 77 .310 .278 .351 .449 .277 .250 112 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
2010 RNO AAA 18 0 26.3 4.44 125 .294 .287 .359 .446 .274 .398 114 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
2010 MXC Wnt 16 0 18.0 0.00 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 .000 .300 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
2011 NYA MLB 52 0 56.0 5.27 86 .252 .267 .330 .423 .271 .282 104 -0.0 -0.0 -0.0 -0.0
2011 SWB AAA 3 0 5.0 2.53 132 .258 .260 .352 .422 .262 .444 84 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
2011 OBR Wnt 20 0 19.7 0.00 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 .000 .190 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
2012 BAL MLB 66 0 75.0 3.72 117 .270 .266 .329 .431 .273 .303 101 10.5 1.1 10.5 1.1
2012 OBR Wnt 10 0 13.7 0.00 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 .000 .364 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
2013 ATL MLB 5 0 4.7 1.51 166 .211 .266 .325 .421 .266 .308 108 1.7 0.2 1.7 0.2
2013 BAL MLB 2 0 2.0 12.00 -63 .457 .248 .321 .400 .263 .429 102 -1.6 -0.2 -1.6 -0.2
2013 GWN AAA 2 0 3.0 2.52 147 .178 .250 .338 .382 .258 .250 102 0.9 0.1 0.9 0.1
2013 MIS aax 3 0 3.0 3.69 96 .219 .254 .330 .353 .264 .222 82 0.1 0.0 0.1 0.0
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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
2001 SLM A+ 0 1 7 13 0 13.3 19 5 10 0 0% -1.267 12.9 3.4 0.0 6.8 1.80 4.06 0.0 0.0
2001 Cul Wnt 1 1 13 31 0 34.7 25 6 32 2 0% -.575 6.5 1.6 0.5 8.3 0.89 2.33 0.0 0.0
2002 OTT AAA 0 0 0 6 0 7.7 7 4 6 1 0% .286 8.2 4.7 1.2 7.0 1.43 3.51 0.0 0.0
2003 MON MLB 10 3 5 65 0 71.0 65 13 46 8 60% .264 8.2 1.6 1.0 5.8 1.10 2.92 5.2 0.8
2003 Cul Wnt 1 1 2 12 0 13.3 7 3 11 4 0% -.167 4.7 2.0 2.7 7.4 0.75 3.38 0.0 0.0
2004 MON MLB 6 12 2 81 0 90.3 92 15 63 6 56% .309 9.2 1.5 0.6 6.3 1.18 2.69 7.6 0.9
2005 WAS MLB 8 7 1 68 0 71.0 75 14 40 7 43% .301 9.5 1.8 0.9 5.1 1.25 2.66 7.9 1.0
2006 MEX wor 0 0 0 3 0 1.2 2 2 0 0 0% .333 15.0 15.0 0.0 0.0 3.33 7.50 0.0 0.0
2007 WAS MLB 2 2 1 44 0 42.3 43 12 28 5 39% .281 9.1 2.6 1.1 6.0 1.30 3.19 4.5 0.4
2007 COH AAA 0 0 0 5 0 7.0 4 2 5 1 56% .176 5.1 2.6 1.3 6.4 0.86 1.29 0.0 0.0
2007 POT A+ 0 0 0 3 1 2.7 1 1 1 0 38% .125 3.3 3.3 0.0 3.3 0.74 0.00 0.0 0.0
2008 WAS MLB 1 8 0 62 0 57.7 63 22 36 6 47% .302 9.8 3.4 0.9 5.6 1.47 5.77 2.2 0.3
2008 NYN MLB 1 2 9 19 0 18.0 23 2 14 3 53% .339 11.5 1.0 1.5 7.0 1.39 5.50 0.9 0.1
2009 MIN MLB 1 2 0 28 0 32.3 38 8 21 4 42% .333 10.6 2.2 1.1 5.8 1.42 4.18 2.7 0.3
2009 FLO MLB 0 3 0 10 0 7.7 12 6 7 1 39% .407 14.1 7.0 1.2 8.2 2.35 11.74 -0.6 -0.1
2009 NWO AAA 0 0 4 9 0 10.0 4 3 10 0 52% .160 3.6 2.7 0.0 9.0 0.70 0.00 0.0 0.0
2009 CUL Wnt 0 1 5 17 0 19.7 16 9 11 5 0% .193 7.3 4.1 2.3 5.0 1.27 4.11 0.0 0.0
2010 ABQ AAA 1 3 4 14 0 14.0 14 7 10 1 50% .277 9.0 4.5 0.6 6.4 1.50 4.50 0.0 0.0
2010 CSP AAA 1 1 0 4 0 7.3 8 0 4 2 54% .250 9.9 0.0 2.5 4.9 1.10 4.93 0.0 0.0
2010 RNO AAA 0 6 0 18 0 26.3 38 11 17 1 52% .398 13.0 3.8 0.3 5.8 1.86 7.87 0.0 0.0
2010 MXC Wnt 1 0 8 16 0 18.0 20 3 10 2 0% .300 10.0 1.5 1.0 5.0 1.28 2.50 0.0 0.0
2011 NYA MLB 2 2 0 52 0 56.0 51 20 39 5 52% .282 8.2 3.2 0.8 6.3 1.27 2.09 -0.0 -0.0
2011 OBR Wnt 0 0 12 20 0 19.7 12 4 13 1 0% .190 5.5 1.8 0.5 5.9 0.81 0.92 0.0 0.0
2011 SWB AAA 0 0 0 3 0 5.0 6 0 7 0 67% .444 10.8 0.0 0.0 12.6 1.20 1.80 0.0 0.0
2012 OBR Wnt 1 2 4 10 0 13.7 19 1 11 3 0% .364 12.5 0.7 2.0 7.2 1.46 4.61 0.0 0.0
2012 BAL MLB 5 5 1 66 0 75.0 81 14 51 7 50% .303 9.7 1.7 0.8 6.1 1.27 2.64 10.5 1.1
2013 MIS aax 0 0 0 3 0 3.0 2 0 2 0 67% .222 6.0 0.0 0.0 6.0 0.67 0.00 0.1 0.0
2013 ATL MLB 0 1 0 5 0 4.7 4 3 5 0 62% .308 7.7 5.8 0.0 9.6 1.50 3.86 1.7 0.2
2013 GWN AAA 0 0 0 2 0 3.0 2 0 3 0 62% .250 6.0 0.0 0.0 9.0 0.67 0.00 0.9 0.1
2013 BAL MLB 1 0 0 2 0 2.0 4 0 2 1 50% .429 18.0 0.0 4.5 9.0 2.00 9.00 -1.6 -0.2

Injury History beta

Date On Date Off Transaction Days Games Side Body Part Injury Severity Surgery Date Reaggravation
2013-04-25 - 15-DL - - - General Medical Anxiety Disorder - -
2013-04-08 2013-04-08 DTD 0 0 - General Medical Illness - -
2011-04-10 2011-05-11 15-DL 31 25 Right Shoulder Strain Latissimus Dorsi -
2008-01-04 2008-01-04 Off 0 0 Left Upper Arm Gunshot Wound Bruised Nerve From Shotgun Pellet -
2007-03-28 2007-06-20 60-DL 84 71 Right Elbow Recovery From Surgery Tommy John Surgery 2006-03-30
2006-03-24 2006-10-02 60-DL 192 162 Right Elbow Surgery Tommy John Surgery 2006-03-30
2005-10-28 2005-10-28 Off 0 0 Right Elbow Surgery Bone Spurs 2005-10-28 -
2005-09-02 2005-09-22 DTD 20 18 Right Elbow Bone Spurs 2005-10-28
2005-08-22 2005-09-01 DTD 10 9 Right Elbow Soreness -
2003-06-22 2003-07-21 15-DL 29 0 Right Shoulder Inflammation -

Compensation

Year Team Salary
2013 BAL $1,000,000
2012 BAL $825,000
2011 NYA $650,000
2009 MIN $1,300,000
2008 WAS $1,700,000
2007 WAS $1,300,000
2006 ARI $900,000
2005 WAS $363,000
2004 MON $317,500
2003 MON $300,000
YearsDescriptionSalary
9 yrPrevious$7,655,500
2011Current$1,000,000
10 yrPvs + Cur$8,655,500
10 yrTotal$8,655,500

 

Service TimeAgentContract Status
8 y 121 dJoe Longo1 year/$0.925M (2012), 2013 option

Details
  • 1 year/$0.925M (2012), plus 2013 club option. Signed by Baltimore as a free agent 2/10/12. 12:$0.825M, 13:$1M club option, $0.1M buyout. May earn additional $0.325M annually in performance bonuses. Baltimore exercised $1M option for 2013 10/31/12. Acquired by Atlanta in trade from Baltimore 4/10/13.
  • 1 year/$0.65M (2011). Signed by NY Yankees as a free agent 2/9/11 (minor-league contract). Contract purchased by NY Yankees 3/30/11.
  • 1 year/$0.75M (2010). Signed by LA Dodgers 12/17/09 (minor-league contract). $0.75M salary in majors. Released by LA Dodgers 5/17/10 (exercised opt-out). Signed by Arizona as a free agent 5/19/10 (minor-league contract). Signed by Colorado as a free agent 8/26/10 (minor-league contract).
  • 1 year/$1.3M (2009). Signed by Arizona as a free agent 2/19/09. DFA by Arizona 6/23/09, released 7/2/09. Signed by Florida as a free agent 7/3/09 (minor-league contract). Contract purchased by Florida 7/12/09. DFA by Florida 9/1/09.
  • 1 year/$1.7M (2008). Re-signed by Washington 12/12/07 (avoided arbitration). Acquired by NY Mets in trade from Washington 8/17/08.
  • 2 years/$2.2M (2006-07). Re-signed by Washington 1/06 (avoided arbitration). 06:$0.9M, 07:$1.3M.
  • 1 year/$0.363M (2005). Re-signed by Washington 2/05.
  • 1 year/$0.3175M (2004). Re-signed by Montreal 3/04
  • 1 year/$0.3M (2003)

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Platoon

SORT_FIELD PLATOON AVG OBP SLG TAv
10 vs L (Multi) .279 .331 .430 .278
11 vs R (Multi) .265 .314 .382 .257
18 Split (Multi) .014 .017 .048 .020
19 LgAvg (Multi) .011 .025 .022 .017
30 vs L (2012) .284 .326 .433 .284
31 vs R (2012) .262 .299 .384 .259
38 Split (2012) .021 .028 .049 .025
39 LgAvg (2012) .009 .024 .021 .017

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BP Chats

DateQuestionAnswer
2008-10-17 13:00:00Here's the problem with the argument that you take flyers on kids and "guys" in the bullpen: the Mets did precisely that this year (besides Wagner), and it cost them a playoff berth. I understand not overpaying for the next Kyle Farnsworth, but all the Flushing Faithful will not miss Luis Ayala's corpse.
(Razz from New York, NY)
Who made that argument? I just said I wouldn't waste money on guys like Farnsworth or Fuentes, nor would I overpay for Rodriguez. Look at the Rays pen. The Phillies. Heck, outside of Papelbon, it's not exactly a distinguished crew in Boston. The closer doesn't matter if you can't get to him. (Will Carroll)
2008-09-16 13:00:00Mets, Phils or BrewCrew...who get's left out?
(Vinny from NYC)
I wish I knew. The Phillies seem to have a slightly easier road than the Mets and Brewers. I have this sense that the Mets bullpen situation is going to boomerang on them again, though. There's no reason for Luis Ayala to be a successful closer, and just because it worked for a couple of weeks doesn't mean it's going to keep working. (Steven Goldman)
2008-09-12 13:00:00Come on, say something nice about Luis Ayala, he's certainly had value to the mets outside of being a token latino, right?
(Dep from NYC)
I don't know if anyone one on the Mets could be singled out as "a token latino," but what I do think he demonstrates is my original point, which is that most closers are made, not born. (Christina Kahrl)


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