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Jose Valverde

Birthdate: 3/24/1978 Bats/Throws: R/R
Height/Weight: 6-4/254 Position: P
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6/18/2013: Valverde's manager Jim Leyland confirmed after Monday's win over the Orioles that he will "mix-and-match" at closer going forward, the Detroit Free Press reports.

6/16/2013 - Bullpen Report: June 16, 2013 by Benjamin Pasinkoff (RotoGraphs)

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6/12/2013 - Bullpen Report: June 12, 2013 by Benjamin Pasinkoff (RotoGraphs)

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5/31/2013 - Jim Leyland's Curious Choice of Relievers by Paul Swydan (FanGraphs)

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5/13/2013 - Bullpen Report: May 12, 2013 by Colin Zarzycki (RotoGraphs)

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4/23/2013 - Bullpen Report: April 23, 2013 by Benjamin Pasinkoff (RotoGraphs)

Standard

Season	Pitch	Pitches	AB	PA	H	1B	2B	3B	HR	BB	SO	HBP	SF	SH	GDP	AVG	min-Vel	max-Vel	Vel
2007	FA	296	62	72	13	11	0	1	1	9	23	1	0	0	1	.210	90.8	99.3	94.9
2007	FS	74	21	22	3	1	2	0	0	0	7	0	1	0	1	.143	82.1	88.7	85.9
2007	CH	39	10	10	2	0	0	0	2	0	4	0	0	0	0	.200	80.5	89.6	85.0
2007	SL	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	.000	85.7	87.2	86.4
2008	FA	890	207	224	45	27	6	3	9	15	66	0	2	0	0	.217	90.1	99.3	95.6
2008	FS	142	33	35	5	4	0	0	1	2	8	0	0	0	0	.152	81.0	88.5	84.7
2008	CH	83	15	16	5	3	2	0	0	0	3	1	0	0	0	.333	78.4	87.7	83.6
2008	SL	42	9	9	4	2	2	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	.444	78.6	86.9	83.5
2008	CU	39	7	7	1	0	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	.143	80.2	86.7	84.1
2008	SI	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	91.6	91.6	91.6
2009	FA	608	116	137	25	14	7	1	3	18	28	1	1	1	2	.216	85.1	99.5	95.7
2009	CH	181	51	54	10	8	1	0	1	2	19	0	1	0	0	.196	56.3	89.4	85.1
2009	SL	75	20	21	4	3	0	0	1	0	6	1	0	0	1	.200	81.9	88.8	85.9
2009	CU	10	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	.000	79.2	86.6	84.2
2009	FT	2	2	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	.500	88.4	94.6	91.5
2010	FS	539	130	142	22	16	4	0	2	10	50	1	1	0	5	.169	81.9	95.0	86.4
2010	FA	489	92	115	17	12	2	1	2	21	13	2	0	0	4	.185	90.2	99.2	95.2
2011	FA	946	199	231	37	28	5	0	4	27	52	3	0	2	6	.186	88.1	97.4	93.8
2011	FS	247	64	67	15	12	2	0	1	3	17	0	0	0	0	.234	81.1	93.9	85.9
2012	FA	891	198	225	48	31	12	2	3	19	35	3	3	2	3	.242	87.7	97.1	93.3
2012	FS	212	57	60	11	8	2	1	0	2	12	1	0	0	0	.193	80.0	91.8	84.5
2012	FT	12	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	92.7	95.5	93.8
2013	FA	267	50	57	8	7	0	0	1	6	11	1	0	0	1	.160	89.8	96.0	92.7
2013	FS	46	18	19	5	1	0	0	4	0	7	1	0	0	0	.278	78.8	90.4	83.4
2013	FT	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	91.5	92.2	91.8
Total	FA	4387	924	1061	193	130	32	8	23	115	228	11	6	5	17	.209	85.1	99.5	94.5
Total	FS	1260	323	345	61	42	10	1	8	17	101	3	2	0	6	.189	78.8	95.0	85.7
Total	CH	303	76	80	17	11	3	0	3	2	26	1	1	0	0	.224	56.3	89.6	84.6
Total	SL	119	30	31	8	5	2	0	1	0	9	1	0	0	1	.267	78.6	88.8	85.0
Total	CU	49	9	9	1	0	1	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	1	.111	79.2	86.7	84.1
Total	FT	16	4	4	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	.250	88.4	95.5	93.3
Total	SI	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	91.6	91.6	91.6

Advanced

Season	Pitch	Pitches	BB%	K%	BB/K	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	ISO	BABIP	wRC	wRAA	wOBA	wRC+
2007	FA	296	12.5 %	31.9 %	0.39	.210	.319	.290	.610	.081	.316	6.2	-2.7	.286	74
2007	FS	74	0.0 %	31.8 %	0.00	.143	.136	.238	.374	.095	.200	-0.5	-3.3	.155	-4
2007	CH	39	0.0 %	40.0 %	0.00	.200	.200	.800	1.000	.600	.000	1.8	0.6	.400	154
2007	SL	2	0.0 %	100.0 %	0.00	.000	.000	.000	.000	.000	.000	-0.2	-0.3	.000	-100
2008	FA	890	6.7 %	29.5 %	0.23	.217	.268	.406	.674	.188	.269	20.2	-6.8	.292	83
2008	FS	142	5.7 %	22.9 %	0.25	.152	.200	.242	.442	.091	.167	0.5	-3.7	.201	26
2008	CH	83	0.0 %	18.8 %	0.00	.333	.375	.467	.842	.133	.417	2.5	0.6	.372	138
2008	SL	42	0.0 %	22.2 %	0.00	.444	.444	.667	1.111	.222	.571	2.2	1.1	.479	205
2008	CU	39	0.0 %	28.6 %	0.00	.143	.143	.286	.429	.143	.200	0.0	-0.9	.180	16
2008	SI	1	0.0 %	0.0 %	0.00	.000	.000	.000	.000	.000	.000	0.0	0.0	.000
2009	FA	608	13.1 %	20.4 %	0.64	.216	.324	.371	.694	.155	.256	14.5	-1.9	.312	98
2009	CH	181	3.7 %	35.2 %	0.11	.196	.222	.275	.497	.078	.281	1.6	-4.9	.220	42
2009	SL	75	0.0 %	28.6 %	0.00	.200	.238	.350	.588	.150	.231	1.3	-1.2	.259	68
2009	CU	10	0.0 %	50.0 %	0.00	.000	.000	.000	.000	.000	.000	-0.3	-0.5	.000	-100
2009	FT	2	0.0 %	50.0 %	0.00	.500	.500	.500	1.000	.000	1.000	0.4	0.2	.447	190
2010	FS	539	7.0 %	35.2 %	0.20	.169	.232	.246	.479	.077	.253	4.9	-11.4	.220	41
2010	FA	489	18.3 %	11.3 %	1.62	.185	.348	.293	.641	.109	.195	11.9	-1.4	.306	96
2011	FA	946	11.7 %	22.5 %	0.52	.186	.293	.271	.564	.085	.231	16.5	-9.4	.264	68
2011	FS	247	4.5 %	25.4 %	0.18	.234	.269	.313	.581	.078	.304	4.5	-3.0	.260	69
2012	FA	891	8.4 %	15.6 %	0.54	.242	.314	.369	.683	.126	.276	23.1	-2.5	.301	95
2012	FS	212	3.3 %	20.0 %	0.17	.193	.233	.263	.496	.070	.244	2.3	-4.5	.221	44
2012	FT	12	0.0 %	0.0 %	0.00	.000	.000	.000	.000	.000	.000	-0.3	-0.5	.000	-100
2013	FA	267	10.5 %	19.3 %	0.55	.160	.263	.220	.483	.060	.184	2.6	-3.7	.230	53
2013	FS	46	0.0 %	36.8 %	0.00	.278	.316	.944	1.260	.667	.143	5.3	3.2	.523	253
2013	FT	2	0.0 %	0.0 %	0.00	.000	.000	.000	.000	.000	.000	0.0	0.0	.000
Total	FA	4387	10.8 %	21.5 %	0.50	.209	.302	.335	.638	.127	.250	95.0	-28.5	.288	83
Total	FS	1260	4.9 %	29.3 %	0.17	.189	.235	.300	.535	.111	.245	17.2	-22.5	.239	54
Total	CH	303	2.5 %	32.5 %	0.08	.224	.250	.382	.632	.158	.292	5.9	-3.7	.272	75
Total	SL	119	0.0 %	29.0 %	0.00	.267	.290	.433	.724	.167	.350	3.4	-0.4	.315	102
Total	CU	49	0.0 %	33.3 %	0.00	.111	.111	.222	.333	.111	.167	-0.3	-1.4	.140	-10
Total	FT	16	0.0 %	25.0 %	0.00	.250	.250	.250	.500	.000	.333	0.1	-0.3	.224	45
Total	SI	1	0.0 %	0.0 %	0.00	.000	.000	.000	.000	.000	.000	0.0	0.0	.000

Batted Ball & Movement

Season	Pitch	Pitches	LD%	GB%	FB%	IFFB%	HR/FB	Strikes	Balls	Pitches	x-Mov	z-Mov	Mov
2007	FA	296	23.7 %	31.6 %	44.7 %	35.3 %	5.9 %	206	90	296	-5.0	9.9	11.4
2007	FS	74	20.0 %	46.7 %	33.3 %	0.0 %	0.0 %	49	25	74	-6.5	2.7	7.2
2007	CH	39	0.0 %	50.0 %	50.0 %	0.0 %	66.7 %	28	11	39	-6.6	3.3	7.8
2007	SL	2	0.0 %	0.0 %	0.0 %	0.0 %	0.0 %	2	0	2	0.9	1.5	1.8
2008	FA	890	13.3 %	33.6 %	53.1 %	23.7 %	11.8 %	629	261	890	-5.8	8.0	10.1
2008	FS	142	16.0 %	48.0 %	36.0 %	22.2 %	11.1 %	96	46	142	-4.4	0.2	4.8
2008	CH	83	16.7 %	75.0 %	8.3 %	100.0 %	0.0 %	44	39	83	-4.0	0.1	4.7
2008	SL	42	28.6 %	57.1 %	14.3 %	0.0 %	0.0 %	26	16	42	-0.9	1.0	2.3
2008	CU	39	40.0 %	60.0 %	0.0 %	0.0 %	0.0 %	23	16	39	-4.6	-4.9	6.9
2008	SI	1	0.0 %	0.0 %	0.0 %	0.0 %	0.0 %	1	0	1	-5.8	-1.4	5.9
2009	FA	608	16.1 %	28.7 %	55.2 %	33.3 %	6.3 %	422	186	608	-7.1	9.6	12.2
2009	CH	181	9.1 %	54.5 %	36.4 %	0.0 %	8.3 %	101	80	181	-4.6	1.2	5.3
2009	SL	75	7.7 %	69.2 %	23.1 %	0.0 %	33.3 %	52	23	75	-1.3	1.1	2.9
2009	CU	10	0.0 %	100.0 %	0.0 %	0.0 %	0.0 %	5	5	10	-1.7	-2.8	4.0
2009	FT	2	0.0 %	100.0 %	0.0 %	0.0 %	0.0 %	2	0	2	-8.0	-1.2	8.1
2010	FS	539	19.2 %	60.3 %	20.5 %	18.8 %	12.5 %	325	214	539	-3.0	0.3	3.8
2010	FA	489	15.6 %	48.1 %	36.4 %	28.6 %	7.1 %	308	181	489	-7.6	7.8	11.1
2011	FA	946	12.4 %	40.0 %	47.6 %	31.9 %	5.8 %	606	340	946	-7.0	7.5	10.6
2011	FS	247	17.8 %	53.3 %	28.9 %	15.4 %	7.7 %	142	105	247	-3.0	0.9	4.1
2012	FA	891	19.4 %	30.9 %	49.7 %	28.0 %	3.7 %	581	310	891	-5.8	7.2	9.8
2012	FS	212	15.9 %	47.7 %	36.4 %	12.5 %	0.0 %	132	80	212	-2.3	0.0	3.8
2012	FT	12	0.0 %	50.0 %	50.0 %	0.0 %	0.0 %	7	5	12	-10.9	7.5	13.4
2013	FA	267	13.2 %	50.0 %	36.8 %	35.7 %	7.1 %	171	96	267	-6.7	6.3	9.4
2013	FS	46	9.1 %	9.1 %	81.8 %	44.4 %	44.4 %	33	13	46	-1.5	0.9	2.9
2013	FT	2	0.0 %	0.0 %	0.0 %	0.0 %	0.0 %	1	1	2	-11.1	6.7	13.1
Total	FA	4387	15.7 %	36.1 %	48.2 %	29.3 %	6.9 %	2923	1464	4387	-6.4	7.9	10.6
Total	FS	1260	17.4 %	51.4 %	31.2 %	19.1 %	11.8 %	777	483	1260	-3.2	0.5	4.1
Total	CH	303	9.8 %	58.8 %	31.4 %	6.3 %	18.8 %	173	130	303	-4.7	1.2	5.4
Total	SL	119	15.0 %	65.0 %	20.0 %	0.0 %	25.0 %	80	39	119	-1.1	1.1	2.7
Total	CU	49	33.3 %	66.7 %	0.0 %	0.0 %	0.0 %	28	21	49	-4.0	-4.4	6.3
Total	FT	16	0.0 %	66.7 %	33.3 %	0.0 %	0.0 %	10	6	16	-10.6	6.4	12.7
Total	SI	1	0.0 %	0.0 %	0.0 %	0.0 %	0.0 %	1	0	1	-5.8	-1.4	5.9

Plate Discipline & Value

Season	Pitch	Pitches	O-Swing%	Z-Swing%	Swing%	O-Contact%	Z-Contact%	Contact%	Zone%	SwStr%	Val	Val/C
2007	FA	296	25.0 %	66.3 %	50.7 %	67.9 %	72.1 %	71.3 %	62.2 %	14.5 %	2.95	1.00
2007	FS	74	39.5 %	72.2 %	55.4 %	60.0 %	76.9 %	70.7 %	48.7 %	16.2 %	2.02	2.72
2007	CH	39	30.8 %	57.7 %	48.7 %	25.0 %	60.0 %	52.6 %	66.7 %	23.1 %	-0.89	-2.28
2007	SL	2		100.0 %	100.0 %		50.0 %	50.0 %	100.0 %	50.0 %	0.25	12.34
2008	FA	890	34.5 %	72.5 %	56.4 %	60.0 %	77.4 %	72.9 %	57.6 %	15.3 %	7.50	0.84
2008	FS	142	43.3 %	52.0 %	47.9 %	51.7 %	87.2 %	72.1 %	52.8 %	13.4 %	1.16	0.82
2008	CH	83	26.9 %	51.6 %	36.1 %	28.6 %	93.8 %	63.3 %	37.4 %	13.3 %	-1.52	-1.84
2008	SL	42	46.4 %	42.9 %	45.2 %	38.5 %	100.0 %	57.9 %	33.3 %	19.1 %	-1.65	-3.93
2008	CU	39	37.0 %	83.3 %	51.3 %	40.0 %	50.0 %	45.0 %	30.8 %	28.2 %	0.29	0.75
2008	SI	1		0.0 %	0.0 %				100.0 %	0.0 %	0.08	8.20
2009	FA	608	34.3 %	65.3 %	51.2 %	61.1 %	81.0 %	74.9 %	54.4 %	12.8 %	3.74	0.61
2009	CH	181	29.0 %	54.3 %	40.3 %	65.5 %	77.3 %	72.6 %	44.8 %	11.1 %	0.89	0.49
2009	SL	75	30.0 %	51.1 %	42.7 %	22.2 %	73.9 %	59.4 %	60.0 %	17.3 %	0.37	0.49
2009	CU	10	50.0 %	50.0 %	50.0 %	25.0 %	0.0 %	20.0 %	20.0 %	40.0 %	0.94	9.36
2009	FT	2	100.0 %		100.0 %	50.0 %		50.0 %	0.0 %	50.0 %	-0.30	-14.76
2010	FS	539	33.3 %	53.1 %	42.9 %	37.6 %	86.2 %	66.7 %	48.2 %	14.3 %	5.36	0.99
2010	FA	489	17.5 %	55.8 %	39.3 %	70.3 %	87.7 %	84.4 %	56.9 %	6.1 %	5.63	1.15
2011	FA	946	24.4 %	64.0 %	46.0 %	62.9 %	83.9 %	78.9 %	54.6 %	9.7 %	15.33	1.62
2011	FS	247	32.9 %	66.3 %	46.6 %	47.9 %	85.1 %	69.6 %	40.9 %	14.2 %	-3.38	-1.37
2012	FA	891	19.4 %	61.1 %	44.7 %	76.5 %	88.2 %	86.2 %	60.6 %	6.2 %	6.00	0.67
2012	FS	212	36.7 %	69.6 %	50.9 %	56.8 %	89.1 %	75.9 %	43.4 %	12.3 %	0.92	0.43
2012	FT	12	0.0 %	57.1 %	33.3 %		100.0 %	100.0 %	58.3 %	0.0 %	0.52	4.37
2013	FA	267	25.4 %	69.3 %	47.9 %	75.8 %	88.4 %	85.2 %	51.3 %	7.1 %	4.34	1.62
2013	FS	46	44.4 %	79.0 %	58.7 %	33.3 %	100.0 %	70.4 %	41.3 %	17.4 %	-3.97	-8.62
2013	FT	2	0.0 %	0.0 %	0.0 %				50.0 %	0.0 %	0.02	0.78
Total	FA	4387	26.3 %	64.8 %	48.2 %	65.3 %	82.7 %	78.6 %	57.0 %	10.3 %	45.48	1.04
Total	FS	1260	35.6 %	59.9 %	46.8 %	46.1 %	86.5 %	70.0 %	46.3 %	14.1 %	2.11	0.17
Total	CH	303	28.5 %	54.4 %	40.3 %	51.1 %	77.3 %	67.2 %	45.5 %	13.2 %	-1.53	-0.50
Total	SL	119	37.9 %	50.8 %	44.5 %	31.8 %	77.4 %	58.5 %	51.3 %	18.5 %	-1.03	-0.87
Total	CU	49	40.0 %	78.6 %	51.0 %	35.7 %	45.5 %	40.0 %	28.6 %	30.6 %	1.23	2.51
Total	FT	16	25.0 %	50.0 %	37.5 %	50.0 %	100.0 %	83.3 %	50.0 %	6.3 %	0.25	1.53
Total	SI	1		0.0 %	0.0 %				100.0 %	0.0 %	0.08	8.20

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