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He's probably very handsome. Francisco Hernandez
Chicago White Sox [ Team Audit ] [ Depth Chart ]
Catcher
Bats B
Age 22
5' 9"
160 lbs.

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Historical Stats | 2008 Forecast | Diagnostics | Seven-Year Forecast | Valuation | Most Comparable Players | Player Comments

Historical Stats

-- Equivalents --
Year Tm Lg PA R 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO SB CS EqBRR AVG OBP SLG MLVr AVG OBP SLG EqA VORP Defense WARP
2005 GRF 0R 237 37 19 0 6 34 19 25 0 1 -0.3 .349 .405 .524 .351 .249 .288 .344 .218 -8.9 37-C 5 1.3
2005 KAN 1B 171 15 5 0 3 18 13 29 0 0 -0.1 .222 .292 .314 -.188 .171 .222 .234 .145 -19.9 39-C 3 0.2
2006 KAN 1B 351 29 16 1 6 34 22 31 3 1 -0.9 .247 .305 .361 -.056 .233 .275 .331 .212 -13.2 86-C 3 2.0
2007 KAN 1B 310 42 23 1 4 36 35 29 0 1 -1.2 .277 .362 .413 .073 .225 .297 .332 .219 -7.8 66-C -3 1.2


EQA Distribution

Seven-Year WARP

2008 Forecast

(projection generated 3/18/08 11:32 AM)
-- Equivalents --
Percentile PA R 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO SB CS EqBRR AVG OBP SLG MLVr AVG OBP SLG EqA VORP Defense WARP
90o 341 36 19 1 5 37 25 50 2 1 -0.5 .263 .321 .379 -.095 .260 .320 .383 .250 3.9 82-C 2 2.5
75o 315 28 16 0 4 31 21 48 1 1 -0.4 .244 .299 .343 -.193 .241 .298 .346 .229 -3.7 76-C 1 1.8
60o 301 24 14 0 3 28 19 46 1 1 -0.4 .234 .288 .325 -.243 .231 .287 .328 .218 -7.1 73-C 1 1.4
50o 291 22 13 0 3 26 18 45 1 1 -0.3 .227 .280 .312 -.277 .225 .279 .315 .210 -9.2 71-C 1 1.1
40o 279 19 12 0 3 23 17 44 1 1 -0.3 .220 .271 .298 -.317 .217 .270 .300 .200 -11.5 68-C 1 0.9
25o 262 16 10 0 2 20 15 42 1 1 -0.3 .210 .259 .279 -.368 .207 .258 .281 .186 -14.0 65-C 1 0.6
10o 231 11 8 0 1 15 12 39 1 1 -0.2 .193 .239 .248 -.452 .191 .238 .250 .161 -16.9 57-C 1 0.1
Weighted Mean 299 23 13 0 3 26 19 46 1 1 -0.3 .230 .283 .317 -.266 .227 .281 .319 .212 -8.5 73-C 2 1.7

Diagnostics

Breakout Rate Improve Rate Collapse Rate Attrition Rate Beta

30%

50%

28%

19%

0.90

Seven-Year Forecast

-- Equivalents --
Year PA R 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO SB CS EqBRR AVG OBP SLG MLVr AVG OBP SLG EqA VORP Defense WARP
2008 (age 22) 299 23 13 0 3 26 19 46 1 1 -0.3 .230 .283 .317 -.266 .227 .281 .319 .212 -8.5 73-C 2 1.7
2009 (age 23) 305 27 15 0 5 28 21 46 1 1 -0.3 .239 .295 .346 -.200 .240 .298 .356 .227 -3.1 74-C 1 1.4
2010 (age 24) 272 24 13 0 4 27 19 38 1 1 -0.3 .249 .305 .357 -.161 .250 .309 .367 .235 -0.7 67-C -1 1.1
2011 (age 25) 245 20 12 0 5 26 17 33 1 1 -0.2 .242 .300 .359 -.173 .243 .303 .369 .233 -0.9 61-C -1 0.8
2012 (age 26) 318 33 14 1 7 34 24 45 1 1 -0.2 .251 .312 .378 -.121 .252 .315 .389 .244 0.6 77-C -1 0.9
2013 (age 27)
-- out of baseball --
2014 (age 28)
-- out of baseball --

Platoon

Platoon AVG OBP SLG
vs LHP .228 .272 .306
vs RHP .230 .287 .322
Split -.002 -.015 -.016
LgAvg +.004 -.004 +.007

Valuation

Year OWARP DWARP Tot WARP MORP SuperVORP Upside
2008 -0.4 2.0 1.7 $1,800,000 -5.2 0.7
2009 0.0 1.4 1.4 $1,600,000 -0.9 4.2
2010 0.1 1.0 1.1 $1,300,000 -0.6 4.4
2011 0.1 0.8 0.8 $1,050,000 -0.2 2.8
2012 0.2 0.7 0.9 $1,575,000 1.7 4.4
2013 0.1 0.4 0.6 $875,000 0.2 1.5
2014 0.2 0.6 0.8 $1,600,000 2.0 3.9
Peak 6.5 $4,925,000 5.9 21.2


Stars & Scrubs Chart

Career Path Analysis


Seven-Year Performance
Year 75% 50% 25% Weighted Mean
2008 .229 .210 .186 .212
2009 .244 .216 .194 .227
2010 .253 .229 .204 .235
2011 .239 .223 .201 .233
2012 .251 .234 .209 .244
2013
-- out of baseball --
2014
-- out of baseball --


Seven-Year Attrition
Year Attrition Rate Drop Rate Breakout
2008 19% 0% 30%
2009 30% 20% 37%
2010 41% 33% 43%
2011 63% 46% 41%
2012 67% 59% 43%
2013 78% 67% 42%
2014 81% 67% 37%

Most Comparable Players

Similarity Index

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Rank Hitter Year Score Trend Rank Hitter Year Score Trend
1 Omar Fuentes 1992 40 11 Felix Molina 2003 33
2 Victor Martinez 1979 36 12 Guillermo Garcia 1971 33
3 Mitch Meluskey 1981 36 13 Jose Nunez 1982 33
4 Hector Gimenez 1970 36 14 Brayan Pena 1960 33
5 Cesar Devarez 1973 35 15 Gabriel Gutierrez 2007 32
6 Wil Nieves 1992 35 16 Tony Granadillo 1975 32
7 Miguel Montero 1975 34 17 Jorge Delgado 1969 32
8 Wiki Gonzalez 1975 34 18 Troy Fortin 2000 31
9 Brian Luderer 1957 34 19 Phil Avlas 1979 30
10 Wilkin Castillo 1998 33 20 Jose Lobaton 2005 30

Player Comments

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2007

Francisco Hernandez is probably the best prospect listed in this paragraph due to his youth and defensive abilities, but his bat has failed to progress after a promising 250-PA stretch at Great Falls in the first half of 2005.

2006

On the plus side, Hernandez was just 19, and both the scouts and our numbers suggest that he could be a premium defensive catcher. On the negative side, he`s very small, very slow, and hit an empty .222 against Sally League pitching. Did we mention that he was just 19?


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