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Birth Date	7-1-1985
Height	6' 4"
Weight	230 lbs

Age	27 years, 10 months, 24 days
Bats	R
Throws	R

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YEAR	TEAM	AGE	G	IP	IP-RP	W	L	SV	BS	PA	H	R	ER	HR	TB	BB	UBB	HBP	SO	ERA	FIP	FRA	VORP	WARP
2008	SLN	22	41	41.7	41.7	3	3	7	5	177	34	18	16	5	64	22	22	1	42	3.46	4.31	4.60	2.8	0.3
2009	CLE	23	32	33.3	33.3	0	1	1	2	133	24	16	16	5	44	12	12	3	38	4.32	4.16	6.20	-1.0	-0.1
2009	SLN	23	29	23.7	23.7	1	1	1	1	106	17	12	11	3	29	15	15	3	30	4.18	4.45	4.61	1.6	0.2
2010	CLE	24	63	63.0	63.0	2	2	23	4	260	40	15	12	4	65	28	25	5	61	1.71	3.51	3.93	7.0	0.7
2011	CLE	25	64	59.7	59.7	4	7	36	4	248	46	24	22	5	73	26	22	3	39	3.32	4.30	5.48	-2.0	-0.2
2012	CLE	26	61	57.7	57.7	0	4	39	4	242	49	25	23	6	83	16	15	2	59	3.59	3.29	3.49	8.4	0.9
2013	CLE	27	16	16.0	16.0	2	0	6	2	71	13	5	4	4	29	7	6	2	18	2.25	5.83	4.84	0.2	0.0
Career			306	295.0	295.0	12	18	113	22	1237	223	115	104	32	387	126	117	19	287	3.17	4.01	4.59	17.0	1.7

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	IP	FRA	FRA+	TAv	oppAVG	oppOBP	oppSLG	oppTAv	BABIP	PPF	PVORP	PWARP	VORP	WARP
2006	QUD	A	25	29.0	0.00	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	.000	.282		0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
2007	SFD	AA	39	40.7	4.36	108	.192	.266	.337	.401	.260	.197	101	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
2007	MEM	AAA	15	14.0	6.87	40	.243	.283	.349	.444	.272	.148	96	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
2007	ust	Wnt	3	2.0	0.00	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	.000	.333		0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
2008	SLN	MLB	41	41.7	4.60	99	.260	.273	.343	.441	.271	.271	98	2.9	0.3	2.8	0.3
2008	MEM	AAA	26	25.3	2.90	136	.233	.284	.355	.450	.273	.286	93	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
2009	CLE	MLB	32	33.3	6.20	64	.230	.266	.332	.431	.268	.253	95	-1.0	-0.1	-1.0	-0.1
2009	SLN	MLB	29	23.7	4.61	95	.262	.265	.334	.422	.262	.255	97	1.6	0.2	1.6	0.2
2009	MEM	AAA	3	4.0	4.29	82	.093	.273	.342	.380	.269	.000	80	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
2010	CLE	MLB	63	63.0	3.93	110	.218	.269	.335	.428	.272	.222	98	7.0	0.7	7.0	0.7
2011	CLE	MLB	64	59.7	5.48	76	.236	.266	.329	.417	.269	.234	99	-2.0	-0.2	-2.0	-0.2
2012	CLE	MLB	61	57.7	3.49	120	.250	.267	.329	.432	.271	.270	98	8.4	0.9	8.4	0.9
2013	CLE	MLB	16	16.0	4.84	90	.294	.263	.328	.428	.272	.225	97	0.2	0.0	0.2	0.0
Career		MLB		295.0	4.59	95	.244	.267	.333	.428	.270	.247	97	16.2	1.7	16.1	1.6

Statistics For All Levels

Year	Team	Lg	W	L	SV	G	IP	H	BB	SO	HR	GB%	BABIP	H/9	BB/9	HR/9	K/9	WHIP	ERA	VORP	WARP
2006	QUD	A	2	0	12	25	29.0	20	19	32	0	0%	.282	6.2	5.9	0.0	9.9	1.34	1.86	0.0	0.0
2007	ust	Wnt	0	1	0	3	2.0	2	5	2	0	0%	.333	9.0	22.5	0.0	9.0	3.50	22.50	0.0	0.0
2007	SFD	AA	2	0	27	39	40.7	17	28	62	3	30%	.197	3.8	6.2	0.7	13.7	1.11	2.43	0.0	0.0
2007	MEM	AAA	0	1	8	15	14.0	6	13	15	2	59%	.148	3.9	8.4	1.3	9.6	1.36	4.50	0.0	0.0
2008	SLN	MLB	3	3	7	41	41.7	34	22	42	5	39%	.271	7.3	4.8	1.1	9.1	1.34	3.46	2.8	0.3
2008	MEM	AAA	1	1	11	26	25.3	18	12	38	3	48%	.286	6.4	4.3	1.1	13.5	1.19	3.20	0.0	0.0
2009	SLN	MLB	1	1	1	29	23.7	17	15	30	3	38%	.255	6.5	5.7	1.1	11.4	1.35	4.18	1.6	0.2
2009	CLE	MLB	0	1	1	32	33.3	24	12	38	5	35%	.253	6.5	3.2	1.4	10.3	1.08	4.32	-1.0	-0.1
2009	MEM	AAA	1	0	2	3	4.0	0	3	4	0	43%	.000	0.0	6.8	0.0	9.0	0.75	0.00	0.0	0.0
2010	CLE	MLB	2	2	23	63	63.0	40	28	61	4	37%	.222	5.7	4.0	0.6	8.7	1.08	1.71	7.0	0.7
2011	CLE	MLB	4	7	36	64	59.7	46	26	39	5	31%	.234	6.9	3.9	0.8	5.9	1.21	3.32	-2.0	-0.2
2012	CLE	MLB	0	4	39	61	57.7	49	16	59	6	41%	.270	7.6	2.5	0.9	9.2	1.13	3.59	8.4	0.9
2013	CLE	MLB	2	0	6	16	16.0	13	7	18	4	41%	.225	7.3	3.9	2.2	10.1	1.25	2.25	0.2	0.0

Injury History beta

Date On	Date Off	Transaction	Days	Side	Body Part	Injury	Severity	Surgery Date	Reaggravation
2013-04-28	2013-04-28	DTD	0	Right	Thumb	Contusion	Bayyed Ball	-	-
2013-02-27	2013-03-26	Camp	27	Right	Shoulder	Strain	Subscapularis	-	-
2012-02-25	2012-03-29	Camp	33	Left	Abdomen	Strain	Oblique	-	-
2011-03-28	2011-03-28	Camp	0		General Medical	Illness	GI	-
2009-10-07	2009-10-07	Off	0	Left	Ankle	Surgery	Os Trigonum Removal	2009-10-07
2009-03-13	2009-03-25	Camp	12	Right	Shoulder	Impingement		-
2009-03-08	2009-03-10	Camp	2	Left	Foot	Inflammation	Cortisone Injection	-

Compensation

Year	Team	Salary
2014	CLE	$
2013	CLE	$7,300,000
2012	CLE	$4,500,000
2011	CLE	$2,225,000
2010	CLE	$423,800

Years	Description	Salary
3 yr	Previous	$7,148,800
2011	Current	$7,300,000
4 yr	Pvs + Cur	$14,448,800
4 yr	Total	$14,448,800

Service Time	Agent	Contract Status
4 y 136 d	CAA (Nez Balelo)	1 year/$7.3M (2013)

Details

1 year/$7.3M (2013). Re-signed by Cleveland 1/18/13 (avoided arbitration).
1 year/$4.5M (2012). Re-signed by Cleveland 1/17/12 (avoided arbitration).
1 year/$2.225M (2011). Re-signed by Cleveland 1/18/11 (avoided arbitration).
1 year/$0.4238M (2010). Re-signed 3/10/10.
1 year/$0.402M (2009). Re-signed by St. Louis 2/28/09. Optioned to Triple-A 3/30/09. Recalled 4/15/09. Acquired by Cleveland in trade from St. Louis 6/27/09.
1 year (2008). Contract purchased by St. Louis 5/16/08. Optioned to Triple-A 7/17/08. Recalled 8/6/08.
Drafted by St. Louis 2006 (1s-42) (Miami). $0.8M signing bonus.

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Platoon

SORT_FIELD	PLATOON	AVG	OBP	SLG	TAv
10	vs L (Multi)	.191	.285	.305	.233
11	vs R (Multi)	.236	.294	.407	.253
18	Split (Multi)	-.045	-.008	-.101	-.020
19	LgAvg (Multi)	.011	.025	.022	.017
30	vs L (2012)	.181	.254	.284	.219
31	vs R (2012)	.267	.304	.476	.287
38	Split (2012)	-.086	-.050	-.192	-.068
39	LgAvg (2012)	.009	.024	.021	.017

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BP Articles

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Title	Author	Date
Bullpen Report: Introducing Tiers	Mike Gianella	2013-05-23
Daily Roundup: Around the League: May 19, 2013	Clint Chisam	2013-05-19
Bullpen Report: Diamondbacks Settle on Bell	Mike Gianella	2013-05-16
Painting the Black: The Cleveland Show	R.J. Anderson	2013-05-15
Daily Roundup: Around the League: May 13, 2013	Clint Chisam	2013-05-13
Daily Roundup: Around the League: May 12th, 2013	Clint Chisam	2013-05-12
Bullpen Report: Boston Blues	Mike Gianella	2013-05-09
Daily Roundup: Around the League: May 8th, 2013	Clint Chisam	2013-05-08
Daily Roundup: Around the League: April 30, 2013	Clint Chisam	2013-04-30
Daily Roundup: Around the League: April 23, 2013	Clint Chisam	2013-04-23
Daily Roundup: Around the League: April 22, 2013	Clint Chisam	2013-04-22
Daily Roundup: Around the League: April 3, 2013	Clint Chisam	2013-04-03
Daily Roundup: Around the League: April 3, 2013	Joe Hamrahi	2013-04-03
Fantasy Tier Rankings: Relief Pitchers	Paul Singman	2013-03-28
Fantasy Auction Values: Sixth Edition, March 26	Mike Gianella	2013-03-26
Fantasy Freestyle: Saves Are Everywhere	Jason Collette	2013-03-20
Fantasy Freestyle: 4x4 Versus 5x5	Mike Gianella	2013-03-15
Pre-Season Positional Rankings: Top 40 Fantasy Relievers	Paul Singman	2013-03-13
Fantasy Freestyle: Expert-League Auction Values Breakdown	Jason Collette	2013-03-06
Fantasy Freestyle: Expert-League Auction Values Breakdown	Paul Singman	2013-03-06
Fantasy Auction Values: Third Edition, March 4	Mike Gianella	2013-03-04
In A Pickle: All-Stars Are Not All Stars	Jason Wojciechowski	2013-02-21
The Lineup Card: 11 Favorite Off-Season Moves	Baseball Prospectus	2013-02-20
Arbitration Showdown: Mock Hearing: Jim Johnson	Bradford Doolittle	2013-02-08
Arbitration Showdown: Mock Hearing: Jim Johnson	Nick J. Faleris	2013-02-08
Arbitration Showdown: Mock Hearing: Jim Johnson	Ben Lindbergh	2013-02-08
The Keeper Reaper: Relievers for 2/5/2013	Dan Mennella	2013-02-05
Transaction Analysis: Stocking Stuffers and Holiday Turkeys	R.J. Anderson	2012-12-26
Transaction Analysis: Stocking Stuffers and Holiday Turkeys	Colin Wyers	2012-12-26
Resident Fantasy Genius: Closing in on Ninth-Inning Men	Derek Carty	2012-11-30
Transaction Analysis: Adequate Scott!	R.J. Anderson	2012-11-28
On the Beat: Hot Stove Stories	John Perrotto	2012-11-01
Out of Left Field: It's a Trap!	Matthew Kory	2012-10-09
Resident Fantasy Genius: Low-Cost Saves for Your Keeper League	Derek Carty	2012-09-24
The Week In Quotes: September 3-9	Hudson Belinsky	2012-09-10
The Week In Quotes: September 3-9	Andrew Koo	2012-09-10
The Week In Quotes: September 3-9	Jonah Birenbaum	2012-09-10
The Week In Quotes: September 3-9	Matthew Rocco	2012-09-10
BP Unfiltered: Fact-Checking the Chris Perez Profanity-Laced Tirade	Ben Lindbergh	2012-08-20
Overthinking It: What Happens When Starters Get Sick	Ben Lindbergh	2012-08-10
On the Beat: Snaking Up the Standings	John Perrotto	2012-08-09
What You Need to Know: Tuesday, August 7	Daniel Rathman	2012-08-07
Pebble Hunting: The Best Baseball Questions on Yahoo! Answers	Sam Miller	2012-08-06
What You Need to Know: Monday, August 6	Daniel Rathman	2012-08-06
On the Beat: A Tale of Two Cities	John Perrotto	2012-08-02
What the Contenders Need: AL Central	Jeff Euston	2012-07-02
What the Contenders Need: AL Central	Jason Wojciechowski	2012-07-02
What the Contenders Need: AL Central	Kevin Goldstein	2012-07-02
On the Beat: Picking the All-Stars	John Perrotto	2012-06-28
The Week In Quotes: June 11-17	Jonah Birenbaum	2012-06-18
The Week In Quotes: June 11-17	Matthew Rocco	2012-06-18
The Week In Quotes: June 11-17	Hudson Belinsky	2012-06-18
The Week In Quotes: June 11-17	Andrew Koo	2012-06-18
Pebble Hunting: The Pacers	Sam Miller	2012-04-06
Collateral Damage: Let the Games Begin	Corey Dawkins	2012-03-30
Collateral Damage: Let the Games Begin	Stephani Bee	2012-03-30
Fantasy Beat: BP Preseason Fantasy Baseball Awards	Baseball Prospectus	2012-03-30
Fantasy Beat: The Closer Matrix	Jason Collette	2012-03-14
Collateral Damage: Battle of the Bulge	Ben Lindbergh	2012-03-12
Collateral Damage: Battle of the Bulge	Corey Dawkins	2012-03-12
Collateral Damage: Spring Training Injury Roundup: It's What's for Dinner	Corey Dawkins	2012-02-27
Resident Fantasy Genius: Fantasy Tier Rankings: Closers	Derek Carty	2012-02-16
Resident Fantasy Genius: The Saves Sleeper That Isn’t	Derek Carty	2012-02-13
Resident Fantasy Genius: The Closer Carousel	Derek Carty	2012-01-26
Fantasy Beat: Interview with Tout Wars AL Champ Larry Schechter	Jason Collette	2011-10-19
Value Picks: Relievers Review	Mike Petriello	2011-09-29
Resident Fantasy Genius: Stockpiling Closers	Derek Carty	2011-09-12
Value Picks: Relievers for 8-18-11	Mike Petriello	2011-08-18
Value Picks: Relievers for 8/11/11	Mike Petriello	2011-08-11
Value Picks: Relievers for 7/28/11	Mike Petriello	2011-07-28
On the Beat: Invasion of the Young Arms	John Perrotto	2011-07-15
On the Beat: Indian Summer	John Perrotto	2011-06-22
Value Picks: Relievers	Mike Petriello	2011-06-16
Value Picks: Relievers	Mike Petriello	2011-06-09
On the Beat: Hello, Cleveland!	John Perrotto	2011-05-02
On the Beat: Bizarro World in the AL Central	John Perrotto	2011-04-27
Painting the Black: Pitching Backward	R.J. Anderson	2011-04-26
Prospectus Hit and Run: Are The Indians For Real?	Jay Jaffe	2011-04-22
On the Beat: Sad Sox	John Perrotto	2011-04-06
Prospectus Hit List: AL Pre-Season Hit List	Tommy Bennett	2011-03-28
Team Injury Projection: Cleveland Indians	Corey Dawkins	2011-03-24
Team Injury Projection: Cleveland Indians	Marc Normandin	2011-03-24
Transaction Analysis: AL Moves	Christina Kahrl	2011-03-23
Fantasy Beat: Expert Mock Draft Results	Jason Collette	2011-03-15
Fantasy Focus: Closer Rankings	Mike Petriello	2011-02-21
Transaction Analysis: Arbitration Avoidance	Christina Kahrl	2011-01-19
Prospectus Q&A: Best of Q&A 2010	David Laurila	2010-12-31
Future Shock: Cleveland Indians Top 11 Prospects	Kevin Goldstein	2010-11-30
Checking the Numbers: Sneaky Good in the Junior Circuit	Eric Seidman	2010-11-18
Contractual Matters: AL Central Arbitration Forecast	Jeff Euston	2010-11-08
Checking the Numbers: The Turnaround Kids	Eric Seidman	2010-10-07
Fantasy Beat: Hot Spots: Relief Pitchers	Mike Petriello	2010-09-29
Transaction Analysis: White Sox, Indians	Christina Kahrl	2010-09-29
Kiss'Em Goodbye: Cleveland Indians	Kevin Goldstein	2010-09-24
Kiss'Em Goodbye: Cleveland Indians	Christina Kahrl	2010-09-24
Kiss'Em Goodbye: Cleveland Indians	ESPN Insider	2010-09-24
Prospectus Q&A: Frank Herrmann	David Laurila	2010-09-21
Prospectus Q&A: Closer Persona: Chris Perez and Brian Wilson	David Laurila	2010-08-31
Transaction Analysis: Deadline Day Outcomes in the AL	Christina Kahrl	2010-08-01
Transaction Analysis: Deadline Day Outcomes in the AL	Kevin Goldstein	2010-08-01
Fantasy Beat: Trade Deadline Roundup	Marc Normandin	2010-07-31
Fantasy Beat: Hot Spots: Relief Pitchers	Mike Petriello	2010-07-22
Transaction Action: ALtruisms	Christina Kahrl	2010-07-21
Fantasy Beat: Hot Spots: Relief Pitchers	Mike Petriello	2010-07-15
Mid-season Prescriptions: AL Central	John Perrotto	2010-07-15
Fantasy Beat: Hot Spots: Relief Pitchers	Mike Petriello	2010-07-08
Fantasy Beat: Hot Spots: Relief Pitchers	Mike Petriello	2010-07-01
Fantasy Beat: Hot Spots: Relief Pitchers	Mike Petriello	2010-06-24
On the Beat: Wednesday Update	John Perrotto	2010-06-23
Prospectus Q&A: Chris Perez	David Laurila	2010-06-03
Transaction Action: A Knack for Getting Knackered	Christina Kahrl	2010-06-01
Fantasy Beat: Hot Spot: Relief Pitchers	Mike Petriello	2010-05-20
Transaction Action: Central Preoccupations	Christina Kahrl	2010-05-03
Under The Knife: Abusing The Closer	Will Carroll	2010-04-19
Inside The Park: The Disparate Paths of Andy Marte and Michael Brantley	Bradford Doolittle	2010-04-11
Under The Knife: Post-Opening Day Hurts	Will Carroll	2010-04-07
Fantasy Beat: Hot Spots: Relief Pitchers	Lee Panas	2010-04-01
BP Unfiltered: UPDATED AL Projected Opening Day Rosters	John Perrotto	2010-04-01
Fantasy Beat: Cleveland's Plan B at Closer	Craig Brown	2010-03-24
Under The Knife: Breaking Down Breakdowns	Will Carroll	2010-03-22
Team Health Reports: Cleveland Indians	Will Carroll	2010-03-10
On the Beat: Indian Spring	John Perrotto	2010-02-03
On the Beat: Weekend Update	John Perrotto	2010-01-17
Future Shock: Indians Top 11 Prospects	Kevin Goldstein	2009-11-20
Checking the Numbers: Lidge and the Matter of Historic Horror	Eric Seidman	2009-09-03
Under The Knife: Thinking Big	Will Carroll	2009-09-01
Transaction Action: Assorted AL Additions	Christina Kahrl	2009-08-09
Transaction Action: Balance of the AL's Major Deadline Moves	Christina Kahrl	2009-08-03
Transaction Analysis: AL Roundup	Christina Kahrl	2009-07-04
Prospectus Hit List: Beating the Holiday Traffic	Jay Jaffe	2009-07-03
On the Beat: Run-hunting in Wrigleyville	John Perrotto	2009-07-01
Transaction of the Day: The DeRosa Deal	Christina Kahrl	2009-06-29
The Week In Quotes: June 22-28	Alex Carnevale	2009-06-29
Prospectus Today: Taking Wing	Joe Sheehan	2009-05-04
Prospectus Hit and Run: Pair Up in Threes	Jay Jaffe	2009-04-30
Transaction Analysis: NL Roster Roundup	Christina Kahrl	2009-04-16
Future Shock: Organizational Rankings, Part 2	Kevin Goldstein	2008-03-05
Transaction Analysis: NL Central NRI Review	Christina Kahrl	2008-03-02
Future Shock: Cardinals Top 11 Prospects	Kevin Goldstein	2008-02-19

BP Chats

Date	Question	Answer
2011-06-29 13:30:00	Who are your favorite players to deal with, both past or present? (Gerald from Savannah)	Geez. That's a tough one because there are so many good guys I have dealt with in 24 years of covering baseball. I hate to leave people out but some of my favorites would have to include Sean Casey, John Burkett, Jay Bell, Craig Wilson, Jason Schmidt, Michael Barrett from the past. From the present: Jason Bay, Cole Hamels, Carlos Pena, Scott Rolen, Brandon Phillips, Nyjer Morgan, Neil Walker, Joel Hanrahan, Adam Jones, Max Scherzer, Don Kelly, Chris Perez, Adam Dunn, Matt Capps, Torii Hunter, Kurt Suzuki, Ian Kinsler. (John Perrotto)
2010-07-09 13:00:00	Does Chris Perez have the goods to be a solid Closer in the years (months) ahead for the Indians? (Tony from Boston, MA)	I don't think he'll be as frustrating as Kerry Wood has been, but he's not an elite option for the position. He will however pick up saves, and if that's what you need, he should deliver. (Marc Normandin)
2010-05-05 13:00:00	How much would it cost for someone to build me a time machine, then I send my Dad back in time to NOT take the job at the Akron Beacon Journal, and then I don't grow up in Akron and don't become a Cleveland fan and then I don't feel like hopping on a plane, flying to Cleveland, and doing something ill-advised to the entire Indians roster (shaving Chris Perez' head, tying Luis Valbuena in a sack, turning Russ Branyan into a newt, etc.)? This is feasible, right? My spleen ... my spleen is weeping inconsolably. I used to love my spleen. I feel like a bad caretaker. (buffum from Austin TX)	You actually just won the Internet. The whole thing. (Marc Normandin)
2009-05-04 14:00:00	Is there a decent chance Ryan Franklin stays Cardinals closer the whole year? If not him, is Chris Perez and not Motte the likely top candidate? (Rob from Dallas, TX)	I rank the Cards' relievers Perez, McClellan, Motte, Kinney, Franklin. I don't know that any of them will hold the closer's job long enough to be fantasy-viable. Franklin looks like last year's George Sherrill to me. (Joe Sheehan)

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