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2013 Projections (seasonal age 28) - Rest of Season Projections
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Birth Date3-2-1985
Height6' 0"
Weight220 lbs
Age28 years, 2 months, 15 days
BatsR
ThrowsR
0.72009
1.52010
1.92011
1.92012
0.92013
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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
2009 HOU 24 11 10 55.7 52.7 3.0 6 3 0 0 5 0 249 59 29 28 9 97 25 24 3 54 4.53 4.73 4.56 7.9 0.7
2010 HOU 25 27 27 153.7 153.7 0.0 9 10 0 0 10 1 683 151 94 84 18 243 77 74 6 158 4.92 4.19 4.49 13.8 1.5
2011 HOU 26 31 31 186.0 186.0 0.0 6 11 0 0 16 3 795 177 93 78 24 291 70 63 5 176 3.77 3.99 4.32 16.4 1.9
2012 HOU 27 29 29 168.3 168.3 0.0 7 13 0 0 17 0 732 165 90 87 23 275 66 64 8 165 4.65 4.27 4.50 18.8 1.9
2013 HOU 28 9 9 50.0 50.0 0.0 4 4 0 0 4 0 218 59 29 24 5 88 18 18 1 33 4.32 4.22 4.59 4.7 0.5
Career107106613.7610.73.0324100524267761133530179994256243235864.414.204.4661.66.5

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 TCV A- 15 3 38.2 0.00 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 .000 .278 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
2007 LEX A 22 22 96.7 4.03 104 .248 .273 .349 .422 .277 .316 99 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
2007 SLM A+ 1 1 6.0 4.95 108 .178 .260 .333 .397 .259 .226 99 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
2007 nsh Wnt 7 6 24.7 0.00 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 .000 .278 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
2008 CCH AA 19 19 80.0 3.93 118 .265 .277 .355 .425 .271 .365 103 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
2008 SUR Wnt 12 0 19.0 0.00 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 .000 .283 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
2009 HOU MLB 11 10 55.7 4.56 101 .273 .277 .353 .456 .276 .316 102 6.6 0.7 7.9 0.7
2009 ROU AAA 19 19 120.0 3.68 111 .252 .275 .347 .422 .277 .293 91 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
2010 HOU MLB 27 27 153.7 4.49 94 .278 .269 .341 .429 .275 .314 97 10.2 1.1 13.8 1.5
2010 ROU AAA 3 3 14.7 4.06 118 .260 .292 .359 .458 .274 .349 95 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
2011 HOU MLB 31 31 186.0 4.32 98 .257 .267 .336 .423 .272 .294 101 14.8 1.6 16.4 1.9
2012 HOU MLB 29 29 168.3 4.50 98 .265 .270 .335 .436 .274 .301 103 17.3 1.8 18.8 1.9
2012 OKL AAA 1 1 5.0 8.03 46 .000 .292 .359 .458 .293 .111 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
2013 HOU MLB 9 9 50.0 4.59 97 .284 .265 .335 .430 .281 .335 100 4.7 0.5 4.7 0.5
CareerMLB106613.74.4496.268.269.338.431.274.3077236.33.842.84.6

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 TCV A- 2 0 2 15 3 38.2 28 13 46 1 0% .278 6.6 3.1 0.2 10.8 1.07 3.77 0.0 0.0
2007 LEX A 2 8 0 22 22 96.7 85 41 117 8 49% .316 7.9 3.8 0.7 10.9 1.30 4.75 0.0 0.0
2007 SLM A+ 1 0 0 1 1 6.0 4 1 2 0 58% .226 6.0 1.5 0.0 3.0 0.83 1.50 0.0 0.0
2007 nsh Wnt 2 1 0 7 6 24.7 16 12 33 1 0% .278 5.8 4.4 0.4 12.0 1.13 3.64 0.0 0.0
2008 CCH AA 3 8 0 19 19 80.0 89 31 84 8 50% .365 10.0 3.5 0.9 9.4 1.50 4.05 0.0 0.0
2008 SUR Wnt 0 0 1 12 0 19.0 14 13 20 1 0% .283 6.6 6.2 0.5 9.5 1.42 1.89 0.0 0.0
2009 ROU AAA 4 9 0 19 19 120.0 104 53 112 6 50% .293 7.8 4.0 0.5 8.4 1.31 2.62 0.0 0.0
2009 HOU MLB 6 3 0 11 10 55.7 59 25 54 9 41% .316 9.5 4.0 1.5 8.7 1.51 4.53 7.9 0.7
2010 ROU AAA 1 0 0 3 3 14.7 16 6 14 1 41% .349 9.8 3.7 0.6 8.6 1.50 3.06 0.0 0.0
2010 HOU MLB 9 10 0 27 27 153.7 151 77 158 18 45% .314 8.8 4.5 1.1 9.3 1.48 4.92 13.8 1.5
2011 HOU MLB 6 11 0 31 31 186.0 177 70 176 24 42% .294 8.6 3.4 1.2 8.5 1.33 3.77 16.4 1.9
2012 HOU MLB 7 13 0 29 29 168.3 165 66 165 23 40% .301 8.8 3.5 1.2 8.8 1.37 4.65 18.8 1.9
2012 OKL AAA 1 0 0 1 1 5.0 3 3 7 2 18% .111 5.4 5.4 3.6 12.6 1.20 3.60 0.0 0.0
2013 HOU MLB 4 4 0 9 9 50.0 59 18 33 5 39% .335 10.6 3.2 0.9 5.9 1.54 4.32 4.7 0.5

Injury History beta

Date On Date Off Transaction Days Games Side Body Part Injury Severity Surgery Date Reaggravation
2013-05-14 - DTD - - - Low Back Spasms - -
2012-09-09 2012-09-20 DTD 11 0 Right Fingers Blisters Middle Finger - -
2012-08-28 2012-08-28 DTD 0 0 Right Fingers Blisters - -
2012-08-16 2012-08-22 DTD 6 0 Left Foot Contusion Batted Ball - -
2012-06-13 2012-06-29 15-DL 16 0 Left Knee Sprain - -
2012-05-31 2012-05-31 DTD 0 0 Right Hip Strain - -
2012-03-08 2012-03-17 Camp 9 0 Right Upper Arm Tightness Triceps - -
2011-09-21 2011-09-29 DTD 8 8 Right Shoulder Soreness - -
2011-08-01 2011-08-01 DTD 0 0 Right Fingers Blisters Middle Finger - -
2011-03-07 2011-03-07 Camp 0 0 Right Thigh Soreness Hamstring -
2010-05-24 2010-06-28 15-DL 35 32 Right Shoulder Inflammation Biceps Tendinitis -
2010-05-24 2010-05-24 On-Alr 0 0 Right Shoulder Inflammation Bursitis -
2010-03-14 2010-03-21 Camp 7 0 General Medical Illness GI -
2009-09-24 2009-10-04 DTD 10 9 Right Shoulder Fatigue -
2008-05-23 2008-07-06 Minors 44 0 Not Disclosed -

Compensation

Year Team Salary
2014 HOU $
2013 HOU $3,000,000
2012 HOU $511,000
2011 HOU $437,500
2010 HOU $401,000
YearsDescriptionSalary
3 yrPrevious$1,349,500
2011Current$3,000,000
4 yrPvs + Cur$4,349,500
4 yrTotal$4,349,500

 

Service TimeAgentContract Status
3 y 68 dJoel Wolfe1 year/$3M (2013)

Details
  • 1 year/$3M (2013). Re-signed by Houston 1/18/13 (avoided arbitration).
  • 1 year/$0.511M (2012). Re-signed by Houston 2/16/12.
  • 1 year/$0.4375M (2011). Re-signed by Houston 2/11.
  • 1 year/$0.401M (2010). Renewed by Houston 3/3/10.
  • 1 year (2009). Contract purchased by Houston 7/29/09.
  • Drafted by Houston 2006 (6-189) (Cal Poly). $0.14M signing bonus.

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Platoon

SORT_FIELD PLATOON AVG OBP SLG TAv
10 vs L (Multi) .265 .353 .437 .281
11 vs R (Multi) .243 .304 .401 .250
18 Split (Multi) .022 .049 .035 .031
19 LgAvg (Multi) .011 .025 .022 .017
30 vs L (2012) .263 .356 .426 .280
31 vs R (2012) .245 .300 .420 .251
38 Split (2012) .019 .056 .006 .030
39 LgAvg (2012) .009 .024 .021 .017

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BP Chats

DateQuestionAnswer
2011-06-21 13:00:00Do you think Brian Matusz will get right this year? Opens on DL, comes off, pitches mediocre at best, tweaks hammy.... I had high hopes for him, and now am at the point of cutting him for free agent Bud Norris.
(Yatchisin from Santa Barbara)
I wouldn't give up on Matusz, but if you can drop him for Norris, I'd definitely do it. (Derek Carty)
2011-01-18 13:00:00Need 3 keepers from the following… Carlos Ruiz $3, Nyjer Morgan $10, Johnny Cueto $12, Jorge Delarosa $9, Bud Norris $1, Jonathan Sanchez $10, Ubaldo $26. NL only, 12 teams $260 budget
(D Brown from Pittsburgh)
I say Ruiz, De La Rosa and Sanchez. Rob McQuown says Ruiz, Cueto and Sanchez. Cueto and DLR should both get good run support and have quality defenses behind them, though Colorado is obviously a potential problem. (Marc Normandin)
2010-07-09 13:00:00Bud Norris: really nice K rate plus ridonkulous BABIP and LOB equals him a much worse ERA than he should have - you buying in a 12 team league?
(don from lansing)
Norris still has no idea where the ball is going when he throws it, and Houston's defense is horrendous. They're converting 62 percent of balls in play into outs. Toss Norris in a vacuum, free of his current context, and I'm buying. As an Astro? I think this analyst has the right idea:

(Marc Normandin)
2010-06-02 13:00:00Give me one good reason why I should spend my hard earn money to watch the Astros play this season.
(Upset Astros Fan from Houstons)
Um, because you like going to the ballpark and keeping score? Bud Norris is kinda cool? (Tommy Bennett)
2010-05-14 13:00:00Hi Jay Could you rank the following pitchers going forward: Bud Norris, Kenshin Kawakami, John Ely and Chris Narveson. Thanks
(Ed from Cranford, NJ)
Except for Ely, they're all sporting pretty high ERAs at the moment. Narveson has shown he can can miss bats, which is pretty handy for a lefty, Kawakami and Norris showed they belonged at the major league level last year. Ely certainly didn't register as the type of stopper he's been in the past two outings, so I worry that his success may be more short-lived. (Jay Jaffe)
2010-04-16 13:00:00Hi Brad What do you think of Bud Norris this year? Will he stay in the rotation or move to the bullpen? Thanks
(Ed from Cranford, NJ)
Looked good against the Cardinals yesterday. The Astros win! Norris has been a positive on team with a lot of negatives and has 66 Ks in 63+ big-league innings. I don't see him headed to the pen anytime soon. (Bradford Doolittle)
2008-05-21 13:00:00Can you tell me something good about the Astros system? Last week's future shock blurb was really depressing. Seriously, is there any bright spot there in the darkness?
(Fred from Houston)
Bud Norris. (Kevin Goldstein)
2008-05-05 12:30:00How about Corpus Christi's rotation so far? Do any of those kids ( James, Norris, Bogusevic, Douglass) have a future in Minute Maid Park?
(Darin from Houston, TX)
Oh, Darin, you know who you're asking this to, right? This is the guy that had Bud Norris as a preseason breakout prospect this winter, and Brian Bogusevic as a breakout prospect the year before that. I'm a believer, dude. I really like Bud Norris, I think he was a great pick and his handling grades out as an A+. Bogusevic is sort of a different beast, and he's just never turned that corner for me. I think Norris is the only one who has a good start at Minute Maid, but I won't turn away the idea of a relief career for Bogu or a long relief career for James. (Bryan Smith)


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