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Wladimir Balentien LFMariners

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Career Summary

Years	PA	AVG	OBP	SLG	TAv	WARP
3	559	.221	.281	.374	.232	-0.1

Birth Date	7-2-1984
Height	6' 2"
Weight	220 lbs

Bats	R
Throws	R

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YEAR	TEAM	AGE	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	TB	BB	SO	SF	RBI	SB	CS	AVG	OBP	SLG	TAv	VORP	FRAA	WARP
2007	SEA	22	3	4	3	1	2	1	0	1	6	0	0	1	4	0	0	.667	.500	2.000	.741	2.2	-0.1	0.2
2008	SEA	23	71	260	243	23	49	13	0	7	83	16	79	1	24	0	1	.202	.250	.342	.205	-13.1	0.3	-1.3
2009	CIN	24	40	125	110	12	29	7	1	3	47	15	27	0	11	1	1	.264	.352	.427	.277	5.4	1.1	0.7
2009	SEA	24	56	170	155	18	33	10	0	4	55	13	43	2	13	1	0	.213	.271	.355	.229	0.8	2.1	0.3
Career			170	559	511	54	113	31	1	15	191	44	149	4	52	2	2	.221	.281	.374	.232	-4.7	3.4	-0.1

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'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
2004	WIS	A	76	279	.000	.000	.000	.000	.000	.333			0.0		0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
2004	SBR	A+	10	42	.000	.000	.000	.000	.000	.346			0.0		0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
2005	SBR	A+	123	539	.000	.000	.000	.000	.000	.383			0.0		0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
2006	SAN	AA	121	522	.292	.272	.344	.421	.000	.284	86	12	10.0	-2.9	0.9	3.6	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
2007	SEA	MLB	3	4	.741	.251	.328	.372	.000	.333	96	2.1	0.1	0	-0.1	0.0	2.2	0.2	2.2	0.2
2007	TAC	AAA	124	544	.303	.289	.353	.457	.000	.329	95	26.2	15.4	-5.9	-6.2	2.2	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
2008	SEA	MLB	71	260	.205	.267	.328	.417	.000	.266	96	-15.2	7.4	-1.5	0.3	-1.8	-13.1	-1.3	-13.1	-1.3
2008	TAC	AAA	62	275	.331	.281	.355	.454	.000	.263	99	22.1	7.7	-1.5	3.5	-1.6	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
2009	CIN	MLB	40	125	.277	.256	.318	.397	.000	.325	101	2.3	3.5	-1	1.1	0.9	5.4	0.7	5.4	0.7
2009	SEA	MLB	56	170	.229	.267	.330	.427	.000	.264	93	-5.6	4.9	-1.2	2.1	1.4	0.8	0.3	0.8	0.3
2010	LOU	AAA	116	452	.285	.269	.331	.428	.000	.301	99	13.3	13.0	-5.9	1.6	1.7	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
2013	NED	int	6	21	.000	.000	.000	.000	.000	.400			0.0		0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Career		MLB		559	.232	.265	.326	.416	.259	.279	96	-16.4	15.1	-3.7	3.7	0.5	-4.7	-0.1	-4.7	-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
2004	WIS	A	279	39	72	12	3	15	46	12	77	10	2	.277	.313	.519	.242	.000	0.0	0.0	0.0
2004	SBR	A+	42	5	11	1	0	2	5	4	10	1	0	.289	.357	.474	.184	.000	0.0	0.0	0.0
2005	SBR	A+	539	76	143	38	8	25	93	33	160	9	2	.291	.342	.553	.262	.000	0.0	0.0	0.0
2006	SAN	AA	522	76	102	23	1	22	82	70	140	14	7	.230	.340	.435	.205	.292	0.0	0.9	0.0
2007	SEA	MLB	4	1	2	1	0	1	4	0	0	0	0	.667	.500	2.000	1.333	.741	2.2	-0.1	0.2
2007	TAC	AAA	544	77	139	24	4	24	84	54	105	15	4	.291	.366	.509	.218	.303	0.0	-6.2	0.0
2008	SEA	MLB	260	23	49	13	0	7	24	16	79	0	1	.202	.250	.342	.140	.205	-13.1	0.3	-1.3
2008	TAC	AAA	275	49	62	20	0	18	55	32	49	3	4	.266	.361	.584	.318	.331	0.0	3.5	0.0
2009	CIN	MLB	125	12	29	7	1	3	11	15	27	1	1	.264	.352	.427	.164	.277	5.4	1.1	0.7
2009	SEA	MLB	170	18	33	10	0	4	13	13	43	1	0	.213	.271	.355	.142	.229	0.8	2.1	0.3
2010	LOU	AAA	452	71	113	23	2	25	78	37	85	12	1	.282	.345	.536	.254	.285	0.0	1.6	0.0
2013	NED	int	21	1	6	2	0	0	4	2	4	0	0	.316	.381	.421	.105	.000	0.0	0.0	0.0

Injury History beta

Date On	Date Off	Transaction	Days	Games	Side	Body Part	Injury	Severity	Surgery Date
2010-09-02	2010-09-13	Minors	11	0		Abdomen	Strain		-
2009-04-12	2009-04-16	DTD	4	3	Left	Wrist	Sprain		-
2007-08-11	2007-08-23	Minors	12	0	Right	Fingers	Dislocation	Little Finger	-
2006-03-14	2006-04-06	Camp	23	3	Right	Thigh	Strain	Hamstring	-
2006-03-04	2006-03-12	Camp	8	0	Right	Thigh	Strain	Hamstring	-

Compensation

Year	Team	Salary
2014	CIN	$
2013	CIN	$
2012	CIN	$
2010	CIN	$416,000
2010	CIN	$416,000
2009	CIN	$405,000
2009	SEA	$405,000

Years	Description	Salary
2 yr	Previous	$1,642,000
2 yr	Total	$1,642,000

Service Time	Agent	Contract Status
1 y 131 d	Octagon (prev CSMG)	1 yr/$0.416M (10)

Details
sent outright to Triple-A 4/14/10 designated for assignment 4/5/10 re-signed 3/10, 1 year/$0.416M (10) acquired in trade from SEA 7/29/09 designated for assignment 7/25/09 re-signed 2/27/09, 1 year/$0.405M (09) recalled 8/5/08 optioned to Triple-A 6/16/08 recalled 4/30/08 re-signed 2/07, 1 year (07) optioned Double-A 3/06 optioned A 3/05 40-m 11/04 amateur free agent-Curacao 00

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Title	Author	Date
The BP Wayback Machine: Grand Ole Opry	John Perrotto	2012-12-07
Tater Trot Tracker: Trot Times for August 17	Larry Granillo	2012-08-18
BP Unfiltered: The Longest Home Run Hit Since 2009	Ben Lindbergh	2012-08-18
Future Shock: Monday Morning Ten Pack	Kevin Goldstein	2012-08-13
The Lineup Card: 10 Washed-Up Vets We Want to See Again	Baseball Prospectus	2012-07-11
Painting the Black: Building Benches Faster	R.J. Anderson	2012-03-28
Transaction Analysis: Johnny (Finally) on the Spot	Ben Lindbergh	2011-08-09
Transaction Analysis Blog: Dodgers Promote Jerry Sands	R.J. Anderson	2011-04-18
Fantasy Beat: Rankings Review: Right Field	Marc Normandin	2011-01-24
Warning Track Power: The Expendables	Chase Gharrity	2010-12-31
Prospectus Perspective: Diving Into The Free-Agent Bargain Bin	Christina Kahrl	2010-11-15
Future Shock Blog: Minor League Update: Games of August 24	Kevin Goldstein	2010-08-25
Future Shock Blog: Minor League Update: Games of July 28	Kevin Goldstein	2010-07-29
Transaction Action: North of the Border	Christina Kahrl	2010-04-16
Transaction Action: Senior Shuffle	Christina Kahrl	2010-04-15
Transaction Action: Going to Dozens	Christina Kahrl	2010-04-11
BP Unfiltered: UPDATED NL Projected Opening Day Rosters	John Perrotto	2010-04-01
Transaction Action: More Prospect Wipeout!	Christina Kahrl	2010-03-24
Fantasy Beat: Hot Spots: Outfield	Rob McQuown	2010-03-24
Fantasy Beat: Depth Chart/PFM Update	Clay Davenport	2010-03-17
Fantasy Beat: Combined Outfielder Rankings	Marc Normandin	2010-03-04
Fantasy Focus: Right Fielder Rankings	Marc Normandin	2010-03-03
Camp Battles: NL Central	Christina Kahrl	2010-02-26
Transaction Action: Proof That You Can Go Gomes Again	Christina Kahrl	2010-02-25
Transaction Action: Thome, Taveras, and 10,000	Christina Kahrl	2010-02-02
Prospectus Hit and Run: Damon's Next Dash?	Jay Jaffe	2010-01-29
Future Shock: Reds Top 11 Prospects	Kevin Goldstein	2010-01-26
Prospectus Hit and Run: Vortices of Suck	Jay Jaffe	2010-01-25
Transaction Action: Senior Circuitry, East and Central	Christina Kahrl	2010-01-04
Transaction Analysis: NL Action	Christina Kahrl	2009-12-15
Transaction Action: Fill'er Up!	Christina Kahrl	2009-11-23
Prospectus Today: Outfield and Catcher Free Agents Review	Joe Sheehan	2009-11-23
Ahead in the Count: Ranking the Ds	Matt Swartz	2009-10-11
Transaction Action: Winding Down the NL	Christina Kahrl	2009-10-01
Transaction Action: Senior Circuit Stragglers	Christina Kahrl	2009-09-16
On the Beat: Midweek Update	John Perrotto	2009-09-02
Transaction Action: Senior Circuit Shuffling	Christina Kahrl	2009-08-25
Transaction Analysis: Deadline Day Action	Christina Kahrl	2009-07-31
Transaction Analysis: Major Moves Roundup	Christina Kahrl	2009-07-30
Transaction Analysis: AL Roundup	Christina Kahrl	2009-07-04
Dancing on a Knife-edge: Sorting Out Seattle	Christina Kahrl	2009-06-26
Transaction Analysis: AL Roster Roundup	Christina Kahrl	2009-04-10
On the Beat: Reality Checks	John Perrotto	2009-03-25
Future Shock: Mariners Top 11 Prospects	Kevin Goldstein	2009-02-27
Transaction Analysis: AL Roundup	Christina Kahrl	2009-02-24
Team Health Reports: Seattle Mariners	Brad Wochomurka	2009-02-10
Prospectus Today: Last Call for an Icon	Joe Sheehan	2009-02-05
Every Given Sunday: Comings and Goings	John Perrotto	2009-01-25
Transaction of the Day: Three-Way Mayhem	Christina Kahrl	2008-12-11
Transaction Analysis: Feeling Short?	Christina Kahrl	2008-12-05
Future Shock: Who are the Next Rays?	Kevin Goldstein	2008-10-10
Transaction Analysis: West by Central	Christina Kahrl	2008-09-14
Transaction Analysis: AL Moves	Christina Kahrl	2008-08-14
Prospectus Preview: Wednesday's Games to Watch	Caleb Peiffer	2008-08-13
Transaction Analysis: AL Roundup	Christina Kahrl	2008-08-06
Future Shock: Monday Ten Pack	Kevin Goldstein	2008-07-21
Transaction Analysis: AL West Moves and Issues	Christina Kahrl	2008-07-10
Prospectus Preview: Tuesday's Games to Watch	Caleb Peiffer	2008-07-01
Prospectus Preview: Friday's Games to Watch	Caleb Peiffer	2008-06-20
Future Shock: Top 100 Update, The Back 50	Kevin Goldstein	2008-06-19
Fantasy Focus: Anticipating Moves	Jeff Erickson	2008-06-15
Transaction Analysis: Flipping Fishies and Still-Ancient Mariners	Christina Kahrl	2008-05-21
Prospectus Preview: Tuesday's Games to Watch	Caleb Peiffer	2008-05-13
Prospectus Hit List: Walking a Fine Line	Jay Jaffe	2008-05-09
Transaction Analysis: Playing Mr. Fix-It	Christina Kahrl	2008-05-03
Prospectus Hit List: Overwhelmingly Neutral, Like Switzerland	Jay Jaffe	2008-05-02
Future Shock: April Awards for Hitters	Kevin Goldstein	2008-05-02
Prospectus Preview: Thursday's Games to Watch	Caleb Peiffer	2008-05-01
Preseason Predictions: 2008 Staff Picks, American League	Baseball Prospectus	2008-04-03
Future Shock: Monday Ten Pack	Kevin Goldstein	2008-03-03
Future Shock: Organizational Rankings, Part 1	Kevin Goldstein	2008-02-29
Transaction Analysis: Philly Non-Fixes and the Seattle Predicate	Christina Kahrl	2008-02-04
Top 100 Prospects: The Best of the Best	Kevin Goldstein	2008-01-31
Transaction of the Day: AL West	Christina Kahrl	2007-12-17
Future Shock: Mariners Top 11 Prospects	Kevin Goldstein	2007-12-13
On the Beat: Grand Ole Opry	John Perrotto	2007-12-02
Transaction Analysis: AL Pick-me-ups and Discards	Christina Kahrl	2007-11-07
Lies, Damned Lies: Offseason Plans, AL West	Nate Silver	2007-10-18
Future Shock: AL Sleeper Review	Kevin Goldstein	2007-09-26
Future Shock: Great Leaps Forward, American League	Kevin Goldstein	2007-09-05
Future Shock: Positional Rankings - Corner Outfield	Kevin Goldstein	2007-08-22
The Mill: Thursday Update	Baseball Prospectus	2007-07-26
Future Shock: Scouts' Chatter	Kevin Goldstein	2007-07-20
Future Shock: Monday Morning Ten Pack	Kevin Goldstein	2007-07-16
Future Shock: Risers and Fallers, American League	Kevin Goldstein	2007-07-06
Future Shock: Monday Morning Ten Pack	Kevin Goldstein	2007-07-02
Wait 'Til Next Year: Hostile Environments	Bryan Smith	2007-06-12
Future Shock: State of the Systems, AL West	Kevin Goldstein	2007-05-16
Future Shock: Triple-A Preview	Kevin Goldstein	2007-04-05
Transaction Analysis: March 13-18, 2007	Christina Kahrl	2007-03-19
Future Shock: State of the Systems, AL West	Kevin Goldstein	2007-03-15
Future Shock: Monday Morning Ten Pack 11/13/06	Kevin Goldstein	2006-11-13
Future Shock: Monday Morning Ten Pack 11/06/06	Kevin Goldstein	2006-11-06
Future Shock: Position Breakdown: Corner Outfielders	Kevin Goldstein	2006-08-03
Future Shock: Monday Morning Ten-Pack, 6/16/06	Kevin Goldstein	2006-06-26
Transaction Analysis: March 14-16	Christina Kahrl	2006-03-17

BP Chats

Date	Question	Answer
2008-05-20 13:00:00	Was I given a fair shake and how soon before I'm back in Seattle? (Jeff Clement from Tacoma)	56 plate appearances? Hardly. The Mariners looked as though they were doing a smart thing by bringing up Clement and Wladimir Balentien two and a half weeks ago and mothballing DH Jose Vidro. But the offense hasn't risen from the dead; they're scoring 3.2 runs per game this month, and rather than wait things out, they've decided to panic by shuffling the deck chairs. The nice thing about that it that it probably won't help very much, so I expect to see Clement back before too long because Bill Bavasi won't be able to leave anything alone. (Jay Jaffe)

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