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Mike Redmond
Minnesota Twins [ Team Audit ] [ Depth Chart ]
Catcher
Bats R
Age 38
5' 11"
200 lbs.

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Projected Playing Time

Twins Depth Chart (updated: 08-09)
PosOrderNamePT%PA AVG R HR RBI SB OBP SLG VORP
C 3 Mike Redmond 25 63 .259 5 1 5 0 .303 .312 -0.8
1   2009 Total 25 63 .259 5 1 5 0 .303 .312 -0.8

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 MIN MLB 191 20 13 0 0 23 4 19 0 0 -1.1 .339 .363 .411 .036 .333 .358 .406 .268 9.5 43-C 4 1.5
2007 MIN MLB 298 23 13 0 1 38 18 23 0 0 -2.6 .294 .346 .353 -.084 .295 .347 .354 .251 7.2 54-C 5 1.3
2008 MIN MLB 137 14 6 0 0 12 5 11 0 0 -0.3 .287 .321 .333 -.148 .295 .328 .333 .235 0.9 28-C -1 0.0


EQA Distribution

Seven-Year WARP

2009 Forecast

(projection generated 3/8/09 1:01 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 175 18 10 0 1 18 9 15 0 0 -1.2 .303 .348 .391 .010 .306 .353 .409 .268 7.1 45-C 0 1.3
75o 169 14 8 0 1 17 8 15 0 0 -1.1 .277 .320 .348 -.121 .279 .325 .365 .243 1.7 44-C 0 0.8
60o 166 12 7 0 1 16 8 15 0 0 -1.0 .262 .305 .325 -.191 .264 .309 .341 .229 -1.0 43-C -1 0.5
50o 165 12 7 0 1 16 8 15 0 0 -1.0 .259 .303 .321 -.203 .262 .307 .337 .227 -1.5 43-C -1 0.5
40o 164 11 7 0 1 16 8 15 0 0 -1.0 .252 .295 .310 -.236 .255 .299 .325 .219 -2.7 42-C -1 0.3
25o 159 9 6 0 0 15 7 14 0 0 -0.9 .235 .277 .282 -.321 .236 .281 .296 .200 -5.8 41-C -1 0.0
10o 146 6 4 0 0 13 5 14 0 0 -0.7 .195 .235 .219 -.509 .196 .238 .229 .147 -11.7 38-C -1 -0.7
Weighted Mean 166 11 7 0 1 15 8 15 0 0 -1.0 .252 .295 .310 -.239 .254 .299 .325 .218 -2.8 43-C -2 0.3

Diagnostics

Breakout Rate Improve Rate Collapse Rate Attrition Rate Beta

12%

16%

55%

45%

0.97

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 38) 166 11 7 0 1 15 8 15 0 0 -1.0 .252 .295 .310 -.239 .254 .299 .325 .218 -2.8 43-C -2 0.3
2010 (age 39) 88 4 4 0 0 8 5 9 0 0 -0.4 .247 .297 .303 -.233 .252 .305 .322 .218 -1.1 25-C -2 0.0
2011 (age 40)
-- out of baseball --
2012 (age 41)
-- out of baseball --
2013 (age 42)
-- out of baseball --
2014 (age 43)
-- out of baseball --
2015 (age 44)
-- out of baseball --

Platoon

Platoon AVG OBP SLG
vs LHP .269 .318 .343
vs RHP .247 .286 .296
Split +.022 +.033 +.047
LgAvg +.020 +.024 +.038

Valuation

Year BRAA FRAA Tot WARP MORP SuperVORP Upside
2009 -3.6 -2.0 0.3 $475,000 -2.9 1.0
2010 -1.9 -2.0 0.0 $400,000 -1.7 0.9
2011
-- out of baseball --
2012
-- out of baseball --
2013
-- out of baseball --
2014
-- out of baseball --
2015
-- out of baseball --
Peak 0.4 $375,000 0.5 3.7


Stars & Scrubs Chart

Career Path Analysis


Seven-Year Performance
Year 75% 50% 25% Weighted Mean
2009 .243 .227 .200 .218
2010 .240 .216 .145 .218
2011
-- out of baseball --
2012
-- out of baseball --
2013
-- out of baseball --
2014
-- out of baseball --
2015
-- out of baseball --


Seven-Year Attrition
Year Attrition Rate Drop Rate Breakout
2009 45% 0% 12%
2010 87% 42% 10%
2011 97% 75% 3%
2012 97% 82% 3%
2013 100% 89% 3%
2014 100% 100% 2%
2015 100% 97% 0%

Most Comparable Players

Similarity Index

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Rank Hitter Year Score Trend Rank Hitter Year Score Trend
1 Joe Girardi 2002 44 11 Bill Baker 1949 27
2 Don Slaught 1996 42 12 Manny Mota 1976 26
3 Sandy Alomar 2004 41 13 Tony Pena 1995 26
4 Bob Scheffing 1951 37 14 Brad Ausmus 2007 25
5 Jamie Quirk 1992 34 15 Frank Baumholtz 1956 25
6 Vic Power 1965 32 16 Pat Borders 2001 25
7 Bob Boone 1986 31 17 Smoky Burgess 1965 24
8 Sherm Lollar 1962 31 18 Elston Howard 1967 23
9 Birdie Tebbetts 1951 28 19 Rick Cerone 1992 22
10 Ray Mueller 1950 27 20 Pete Suder 1954 22

Player Comments

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2008

Given all the time Mauer missed last year, Redmond was a godsend, posting another good OBP and playing good defense. He's not The Practically Perfect Backup Catcher, but he may be the best one not named in the Mitchell Report. The strained ligaments in the knuckle of his left ring finger that cut his season short aren't expected to affect him this year.

2007

Good catchers are harder to find than single women at a comic book store. There are 30 major league starting jobs out there, but not 30 guys with enough talent to fill them. Given the paucity of viable candidates, it`s surprising that Redmond has never gotten the opportunity to start four or five times a week. Not that he`d be Johnny Bench or anything, but he`s a solid defender who has hit .300 or higher as a backup in six of the last nine years. The Twins were smart enough to realize what a nice thing that had in Redmond and lock him up for two more years with an option for 2009, giving them, by far, the best catching corps in baseball.

2006

He was signed as a veteran backstop who might be able to handle 90-100 starts in case Mauer broke down, and Mauer didn`t break down. While legitimately good players who deserve to start get mentioned as baseball`s best backup catchers, Redmond is more worthy of the title: you don`t want him starting, but you`re also glad to have him.

2005

The moderately useful backup catcher went to the Twins after the season on the first multi-year deal of his career. He'll make a good backup to Joe Mauer if Mauer catches, and a decent half-time player if Mauer has to play elsewhere. The on-field difference between Redmond and Lo Duca, similar players in type, certainly isn't the $6 million-a-year difference in their salaries.

2003

Redmond and Ramon Castro both made the club out of spring training, but Castro hit the DL with an elbow sprain on May 16. In the interim, the club fell in love with Redmond, and he now stands to grab the lion’s share of the playing time with Charles Johnson’s departure. If Redmond had timing this good at the plate, he wouldn’t need luck to get a major league job. Forced into full-time play, expect his numbers to drop.

2002

Redmond is one of the game's better backup catchers, in a group with Tom Lampkin and Bill Haselman, all behind Gregg Zaun. Most teams obsess over having a good glove behind the plate; they should realize that you can get 90% of the defensive skill of the Mike DiFelices of the world in a package capable of posting an EqA 40 points higher. It's a sustained advantage for the teams that get it right.

2001

The coaches and managers in the Florida farm system loved his defense and the way he handled pitchers, saving him from a career as a minor-league nomad. Mike Redmond repaid the parent club with two offensive seasons out of line with his true ability level, which is closer to what he did last year. He’ll carve out a few more years as a good-field, no-hit backup signal caller, then embark on a managerial career.

2000

This is a quality backup/platoon catcher. Redmond is fair defensively and can pinch-hit, so he should be around for a long time; his immediate future will involve sharing time with Ramon Castro. He’ll play more than that projection indicates.

1999

The Marlins seem unnaturally fond of him, and they plan on letting him platoon at catcher with the recently-acquired Jorge Fabregas if his knee is healed up. The trade for Guillermo Garcia from the Reds may mean his recovery isn’t moving along fast enough.

1997

The Marlins have almost no catching depth in the minor leagues, which is why the pickup of Zaun was so important. Redmond predictably hits better his second year in a league, but there’s no reason to think he’ll ever be even a third-stringer in the major leagues.

1996

Wants to be Jimmy Kremers when he grows up.


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