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He's probably very handsome. Louis Santangelo
Houston Astros [ Team Audit ] [ Depth Chart ]
Catcher
Bats R
Age 26
6' 1"
200 lbs.

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Historical Stats | 2009 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
2006 SLM A+ 394 48 19 5 18 57 36 112 0 4 -3.7 .241 .310 .473 -.310 .196 .248 .367 .206 -23.6 95-C 3 0.0
2007 CCH AA 231 30 9 2 5 17 23 57 2 0 0.0 .243 .317 .379 -.359 .194 .260 .313 .198 -16.7 55-C 0 -0.5
2008 CCH AA 378 32 11 0 8 39 26 86 1 0 -2.1 .241 .293 .341 -.522 .177 .220 .253 .151 -44.2 96-C -4 -2.8
2008 ROU AAA 43 6 0 0 3 6 4 14 0 1 -0.2 .205 .279 .436 -.404 .175 .233 .325 .179 -3.6 11-C -2 -0.4


EQA Distribution

Seven-Year WARP

2009 Forecast

(projection generated 3/7/09 8:37 PM)
-- 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 339 32 15 1 10 33 26 96 1 1 -0.8 .226 .288 .383 -.179 .229 .290 .393 .234 -0.6 82-C -1 1.2
75o 324 25 13 1 8 29 23 98 1 1 -0.7 .203 .263 .335 -.304 .206 .265 .344 .207 -10.0 78-C -1 0.2
60o 314 21 11 1 7 27 22 99 1 1 -0.7 .189 .248 .307 -.378 .192 .249 .315 .189 -15.1 76-C 0 -0.3
50o 308 20 10 1 6 25 21 99 1 1 -0.7 .182 .239 .292 -.417 .184 .241 .299 .178 -17.7 75-C 0 -0.6
40o 303 18 10 1 6 24 20 99 1 1 -0.6 .176 .233 .280 -.448 .178 .235 .287 .169 -19.6 74-C 0 -0.8
25o 294 16 9 1 5 22 19 99 1 1 -0.6 .167 .222 .260 -.499 .169 .224 .267 .154 -22.5 72-C 0 -1.1
10o 276 12 7 1 4 19 17 99 1 1 -0.5 .151 .205 .228 -.581 .153 .206 .235 .122 -26.4 68-C 0 -1.6
Weighted Mean 316 21 11 1 6 27 21 101 1 1 -0.7 .183 .241 .295 -.405 .186 .243 .303 .181 -15.5 77-C 0 -0.3

Diagnostics

Breakout Rate Improve Rate Collapse Rate Attrition Rate Beta

35%

50%

34%

27%

1.20

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
2009 (age 26) 316 21 11 1 6 27 21 101 1 1 -0.7 .183 .241 .295 -.405 .186 .243 .303 .181 -15.5 77-C 0 -0.3
2010 (age 27) 277 18 10 1 6 25 19 86 1 1 -0.4 .192 .251 .309 -.380 .192 .249 .313 .192 -9.1 68-C 0 0.0
2011 (age 28) 307 19 10 1 6 26 20 100 1 1 -0.4 .178 .235 .287 -.446 .178 .234 .291 .174 -10.8 75-C -1 -0.2
2012 (age 29) 287 19 12 1 6 26 20 87 1 1 -0.2 .194 .253 .317 -.366 .194 .251 .321 .195 -4.6 70-C 1 0.1
2013 (age 30)
-- out of baseball --
2014 (age 31)
-- out of baseball --
2015 (age 32)
-- out of baseball --

Platoon

Platoon AVG OBP SLG
vs LHP .200 .259 .322
vs RHP .180 .236 .284
Split +.020 +.023 +.037
LgAvg +.020 +.024 +.038

Valuation

Year BRAA FRAA Tot WARP MORP SuperVORP Upside
2009 -15.6 0.0 -0.3 $400,000 -16.4 0.0
2010 -11.3 0.0 0.0 $400,000 -10.1 0.3
2011 -16.8 -1.0 -0.2 $400,000 -11.2 0.3
2012 -10.8 1.0 0.1 $400,000 -4.5 0.6
2013
-- out of baseball --
2014
-- out of baseball --
2015
-- out of baseball --
Peak 0.0 $75,000 0.0 1.2


Stars & Scrubs Chart

Career Path Analysis


Seven-Year Performance
Year 75% 50% 25% Weighted Mean
2009 .207 .178 .154 .181
2010 .227 .190 .165 .192
2011 .211 .180 .134 .174
2012 .223 .196 .159 .195
2013
-- out of baseball --
2014
-- out of baseball --
2015
-- out of baseball --


Seven-Year Attrition
Year Attrition Rate Drop Rate Breakout
2009 27% 0% 35%
2010 56% 27% 39%
2011 58% 38% 35%
2012 76% 60% 33%
2013 79% 68% 26%
2014 86% 76% 22%
2015 91% 84% 24%

Most Comparable Players

Similarity Index

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Rank Hitter Year Score Trend Rank Hitter Year Score Trend
1 Rob Fitzpatrick 1994 74 11 Bubba Holland 1984 56
2 Del Marine 1998 63 12 Blake Barthol 1999 56
3 Gary Tremblay 1988 62 13 Douglas Simunic 1982 56
4 Dan Conway 2006 62 14 Marc Sullivan 1984 55
5 Jim Horner 2000 60 15 Dusty Brown 2008 55
6 Bob Natal 1992 60 16 Ryan Budde 2005 55
7 Jason Dewey 2003 60 17 Chris Howard 1992 54
8 Scott Walter 2005 57 18 John Toale 1991 54
9 Ryan Hubele 2006 56 19 Jeff Banister 1991 54
10 Rick Guarno 2008 56 20 Rick Sellers 1993 53

Player Comments

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2007

Lou Santangelo has two skills: he throws well and he can hit home runs. There`s not much more to see here, but those two skills on their own are enough to give him a career as a backup.


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