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2013 Projections (Preseason PECOTA - seasonal age 26)
IP ERA WHIP SO W L SV WARP
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Birth Date9-9-1986
Height6' 3"
Weight215 lbs
Age26 years, 9 months, 9 days
BatsR
ThrowsR
-0.12009
-0.12010
0.42011
0.12012
0.52013
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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
2008 BOS 21 1 1 5.0 5.0 0.0 1 0 0 0 0 0 22 7 2 2 0 12 1 1 0 3 3.60 2.56 2.74 1.9 0.2
2009 BOS 22 8 1 16.0 3.0 13.0 1 1 0 0 0 0 75 23 17 17 3 40 6 6 0 12 9.56 5.21 6.95 -0.6 -0.1
2010 BOS 23 14 0 15.3 0.0 15.3 0 1 0 0 0 0 66 20 8 8 2 34 4 4 0 13 4.70 3.83 5.70 -0.6 -0.1
2011 BOS 24 14 0 20.0 0.0 20.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 90 19 9 9 3 29 11 11 0 17 4.05 4.96 3.95 3.3 0.4
2012 BOS 25 2 0 3.0 0.0 3.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 11 2 1 1 1 5 1 1 0 3 3.00 6.38 5.79 -0.2 -0.0
2012 CHN 25 30 0 36.7 0.0 36.7 0 0 0 1 0 0 155 30 12 12 4 49 16 15 1 29 2.95 4.36 4.84 1.2 0.1
2013 CHN 26 14 0 16.7 0.0 16.7 1 2 0 1 0 0 67 14 7 7 0 17 5 4 1 7 3.78 3.29 4.03 1.5 0.2
Career832112.78.0104.734020048611556561318644422844.474.334.926.60.7

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
2006 GRN A 24 24 107.2 0.00 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 .000 .290 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
2006 WIL A+ 1 1 5.1 4.70 95 .252 .263 .342 .385 .263 .303 94 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
2007 LNC A+ 8 8 46.0 3.27 149 .170 .268 .337 .410 .268 .281 119 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
2007 PME AA 19 19 96.7 3.61 122 .281 .269 .340 .409 .269 .333 99 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
2008 BOS MLB 1 1 5.0 2.74 147 .283 .270 .342 .468 .276 .389 110 1.9 0.2 1.9 0.2
2008 PME AA 19 19 104.3 2.94 135 .193 .266 .341 .407 .264 .245 97 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
2008 PAW AAA 7 6 40.0 3.69 122 .241 .269 .336 .430 .260 .289 98 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
2009 BOS MLB 8 1 16.0 6.95 69 .299 .275 .346 .464 .278 .370 110 -0.6 -0.1 -0.6 -0.1
2009 PAW AAA 24 24 126.3 4.88 87 .237 .269 .333 .402 .259 .257 95 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
2010 BOS MLB 14 0 15.3 5.70 76 .299 .262 .332 .421 .271 .383 103 -0.6 -0.1 -0.6 -0.1
2010 PAW AAA 31 16 105.7 5.16 76 .245 .262 .331 .417 .255 .238 93 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
2011 BOS MLB 14 0 20.0 3.95 119 .260 .265 .333 .420 .274 .271 110 3.3 0.4 3.3 0.4
2011 PAW AAA 41 0 52.7 4.75 93 .209 .269 .337 .414 .256 .276 100 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
2012 BOS MLB 2 0 3.0 5.79 78 .237 .261 .330 .451 .277 .167 107 -0.2 -0.0 -0.2 -0.0
2012 CHN MLB 30 0 36.7 4.84 95 .247 .267 .329 .433 .273 .252 107 1.5 0.2 1.2 0.1
2012 IOW AAA 23 0 32.7 4.79 107 .159 .284 .354 .446 .276 .205 94 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
2012 AGU Wnt 7 7 32.3 0.00 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 .000 .283 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
2013 CHN MLB 14 0 16.7 4.03 108 .204 .267 .335 .427 .272 .259 105 1.5 0.2 1.5 0.2
2013 IOW AAA 5 0 8.7 3.39 126 .264 .263 .338 .401 .265 .381 90 2.0 0.2 2.0 0.2
CareerMLB2112.74.8698.260.267.334.435.273.2991077.70.87.40.8

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
2006 WIL A+ 0 0 0 1 1 5.1 9 1 3 0 55% .303 15.9 1.8 0.0 5.3 1.96 8.82 0.0 0.0
2006 GRN A 9 6 0 24 24 107.2 91 31 118 9 0% .290 7.6 2.6 0.8 9.9 1.14 3.53 0.0 0.0
2007 PME AA 8 6 0 19 19 96.7 105 33 82 9 37% .333 9.8 3.1 0.8 7.6 1.43 4.28 0.0 0.0
2007 LNC A+ 2 0 0 8 8 46.0 35 8 46 1 46% .281 6.8 1.6 0.2 9.0 0.93 1.37 0.0 0.0
2008 PAW AAA 0 3 0 7 6 40.0 40 5 29 5 38% .289 9.0 1.1 1.1 6.5 1.12 3.38 0.0 0.0
2008 PME AA 9 4 0 19 19 104.3 72 24 101 5 43% .245 6.2 2.1 0.4 8.7 0.92 2.33 0.0 0.0
2008 BOS MLB 1 0 0 1 1 5.0 7 1 3 0 17% .389 12.6 1.8 0.0 5.4 1.60 3.60 1.9 0.2
2009 PAW AAA 4 6 0 24 24 126.3 106 47 88 11 32% .257 7.6 3.3 0.8 6.3 1.21 3.14 0.0 0.0
2009 BOS MLB 1 1 0 8 1 16.0 23 6 12 3 42% .370 12.9 3.4 1.7 6.8 1.81 9.56 -0.6 -0.1
2010 PAW AAA 6 4 1 31 16 105.7 84 37 77 13 25% .238 7.2 3.2 1.1 6.6 1.14 3.66 0.0 0.0
2010 BOS MLB 0 1 0 14 0 15.3 20 4 13 2 27% .383 11.7 2.3 1.2 7.6 1.57 4.70 -0.6 -0.1
2011 BOS MLB 0 0 0 14 0 20.0 19 11 17 3 29% .271 8.6 5.0 1.4 7.7 1.50 4.05 3.3 0.4
2011 PAW AAA 3 3 16 41 0 52.7 43 18 61 5 37% .276 7.3 3.1 0.9 10.4 1.16 2.73 0.0 0.0
2012 IOW AAA 3 2 2 23 0 32.7 19 17 35 2 46% .205 5.2 4.7 0.6 9.6 1.10 2.76 0.0 0.0
2012 BOS MLB 0 0 0 2 0 3.0 2 1 3 1 57% .167 6.0 3.0 3.0 9.0 1.00 3.00 -0.2 -0.0
2012 AGU Wnt 3 3 0 7 7 32.3 33 12 17 3 0% .283 9.2 3.3 0.8 4.7 1.39 3.62 0.0 0.0
2012 CHN MLB 0 0 0 30 0 36.7 30 16 29 4 39% .252 7.4 3.9 1.0 7.1 1.25 2.95 1.2 0.1
2013 CHN MLB 1 2 0 14 0 16.7 14 5 7 0 39% .259 7.6 2.7 0.0 3.8 1.14 3.78 1.5 0.2
2013 IOW AAA 0 0 1 5 0 8.7 9 2 14 1 45% .381 9.3 2.1 1.0 14.5 1.27 5.19 2.0 0.2

Injury History beta

Date On Date Off Transaction Days Games Side Body Part Injury Severity Surgery Date Reaggravation
2009-07-08 2009-07-19 Minors 11 0 Right Lower Leg Strain Calf -
2008-07-10 2008-07-20 Minors 10 0 Right Lower Leg Strain Calf -

Compensation

Year Team Salary
2014 CHN $
2013 CHN $509,500
2012 CHN $484,000
YearsDescriptionSalary
1 yrPrevious$484,000
2011Current$509,500
2 yrPvs + Cur$993,500
2 yrTotal$993,500

 

Service TimeAgentContract Status
1 y 84 dTurner Gary Sports1 year/$0.5095M (2013)

Details
  • 1 year/$0.5095M (2013). Re-signed by Chicago Cubs 3/4/13. DFA by Chicago Cubs 5/21/13. Sent outright to Triple-A 5/29/13.
  • 1 year/$0.484M (2012). Re-signed by Boston 3/9/12. Acquired by Chicago Cubs in trade 4/21/12 after being DFA by Boston 4/15/12. DFA by Chicago Cubs 6/1/12. Sent outright to Triple-A 6/4/12. Contract purchased by Chicago Cubs 8/13/12.
  • 1 year (2011)
  • 1 year (2010). Re-signed 3/8/10. Optioned to Triple-A 3/23/10.
  • 1 year/$0.4M (2009). Re-signed 3/10/09. Optioned to Triple-A 3/22/09. Recalled 4/25/09. Optioned to Triple-A 4/27/09. Recalled 8/21/09. Optioned to Triple-A 8/22/09. Recalled 9/5/10.
  • 1 year (2008). Contract purchased 8/30/08. Optioned to Triple-A 8/31/08.
  • Drafted 2005 (1s-47) (Waubonsie Valley HS, Ill.). $0.73M signing bonus.

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Platoon
SORT_FIELD PLATOON AVG OBP SLG TAv
10 vs L (Multi) .247 .346 .385 .266
11 vs R (Multi) .237 .308 .409 .250
18 Split (Multi) .010 .038 -.025 .016
19 LgAvg (Multi) .011 .025 .022 .017
30 vs L (2012) .212 .333 .346 .251
31 vs R (2012) .233 .300 .400 .243
38 Split (2012) -.022 .033 -.054 .008
39 LgAvg (2012) .009 .024 .021 .017

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Transaction Analysis: Heroes Take a FallBen Lindbergh2011-05-18
Transaction Analysis: Weekly Roundup, February 4-10Christina Kahrl2011-02-11
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BP Unfiltered: Jarrod Saltalamacchia, meet Michael BowdenDavid Laurila2010-08-02
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BP Chats

DateQuestionAnswer
2010-02-05 13:00:00No love for Clay Bucholtz in that future Sawx rotation? What's a guy gotta do?
(strupp from Madison)		Oh, duh. I knew I was forgetting someone obvious. Sorry Michael Bowden, but Clay showed up late and he wants his seat back. (Marc Normandin)
2009-10-13 14:00:00Would a Michael Bowden for J.J. Hardy deal work?
(Dr. Wayne Pitcher from Castro Valley, CA)		It very well might, but if I were the Brewers, I'd ask for something extra. (Christina Kahrl)
2009-06-15 13:00:00Do you believe John Smoltz will be a front of the rotation add for the Red Sox?
(Jim from Portland)		Front of rotation? No. Useful? Maybe. Better than Clay Buchholz or Michael Bowden? I don't understand that part of it. Look, I liked the plan of a three-headed rotation slot with Penny, Smoltz and Buchholz expected to throw 220 innings in some combination. It all went right - all three are effective, but why stick with it when there's suddenly a surplus? I have to think they'll trade Penny, though Buchholz's antics are starting to wear thin and he could bring a bigger return. (Will Carroll)
2008-07-22 13:00:00Where can we expect Michael Bowden to rate next year in the top 100?
(Josh from outside Providence)		I haven't thought much about an overall top 100 of later, but my gut tells me in the first quarter of it. (Kevin Goldstein)


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