Clay Buchholz » Statistics » Pitching

Clay Buchholz

Birthdate: 8/14/1984 Bats/Throws: L/R
Height/Weight: 6-3/190 Position: P
Contract: $29.9M / 4 Years (2012 - 2015) + 2 Option Years

5/17/2013: Buchholz gave up two runs on four hits and three walks with nine strikeouts during Boston's 10-inning victory over the Twins on Friday.

5/16/2013 - Daily Notes: Most Improved Pitchers So Far, Per Zi» by Carson Cistulli (FanGraphs)

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5/4/2013 - Visually Comparing Clay Buchholz, 2012-2013 by Drew Sheppard (FanGraphs)

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5/3/2013 - Buchholz, Morris and a Brief History of Spitball A» by Jack Moore (FanGraphs)

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5/2/2013 - Clay Buchholz Commands, Changes Way To Success by Jack Moore (FanGraphs)

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4/18/2013 - AL SP Stock Watch: Parker, Buchholz & McAllister by Mike Podhorzer (RotoGraphs)

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Postseason | Projections | Minor Leagues | Regular Season

Season	Team	W	L	SV	G	GS	IP	K/9	BB/9	HR/9	BABIP	LOB%	GB%	HR/FB	ERA	FIP	xFIP	WAR
2006	Red Sox (A)	9	4	0	21	21	103.0	10.22	2.53	0.87	.272	79.6 %			2.62	3.18
2006	Red Sox (A+)	2	0	0	3	3	16.0	12.94	2.25	0.00	.294	71.4 %			1.13	1.08
2007	Red Sox (AA)	7	2	0	16	15	86.2	12.05	2.28	0.42	.271	83.1 %			1.77	1.95
2007	Red Sox (AAA)	1	3	0	8	8	38.2	12.80	3.03	1.16	.300	64.1 %			3.96	3.12
2007	Red Sox	3	1	0	4	3	22.2	8.74	3.97	0.00	.255	76.0 %	38.5 %	0.0 %	1.59	2.75	3.70	0.8
2008	Red Sox (AA)	1	0	0	2	2	15.0	10.80	0.60	0.00	.206	50.0 %			1.80	1.00
2008	Red Sox (AAA)	4	2	0	9	9	43.2	8.86	3.50	0.62	.295	82.7 %			2.47	3.43
2008	Red Sox	2	9	0	16	15	76.0	8.53	4.86	1.30	.355	60.5 %	47.7 %	14.7 %	6.75	4.82	4.24	0.8
2009	Red Sox (AAA)	7	2	0	17	16	99.0	8.09	2.73	0.64	.230	76.8 %			2.36	3.23
2009	Red Sox	7	4	0	16	16	92.0	6.65	3.52	1.27	.279	76.7 %	53.8 %	15.7 %	4.21	4.69	4.04	1.1
2009	Red Sox	0	0	0	1	1	5.0	5.40	1.80	1.80	.294	90.9 %	55.6 %	14.3 %	3.60	5.70	4.94
2010	Red Sox (AAA)	0	0	0	1	1	3.2	4.91	2.45	2.45	.273	87.0 %			4.91	7.29
2010	Red Sox	17	7	0	28	28	173.2	6.22	3.47	0.47	.261	79.0 %	50.8 %	5.6 %	2.33	3.61	4.07	3.5
2011	Red Sox	6	3	0	14	14	82.2	6.53	3.38	1.09	.264	79.0 %	50.6 %	10.1 %	3.48	4.34	4.28	1.1
2012	Red Sox (AAA)	0	0	0	1	1	2.1	11.57	7.71	0.00	.200	100.0 %			0.00	3.20
2012	Red Sox	11	8	0	29	29	189.1	6.13	3.04	1.19	.283	69.7 %	47.6 %	13.0 %	4.56	4.65	4.43	1.6
2013	Steamer	10	8	0	25	25	154.0	6.36	3.24	0.84	.307	68.2 %			4.40	4.10		2.4
2013	Bill James	12	11	0	30	30	205.0	7.16	3.16	0.97	.286				3.64	4.01
2013	Oliver	10	7				156.0	6.12	3.12	0.75	.287	73.9 %			3.52	3.93
2013	Fans (23)	12	9	0	28	28	178.0	6.62	3.08	1.06	.288	74.3 %			3.88	4.29		1.8
2013	ZiPS	10	7		24	24	147.0	6.24	3.31	0.98	.292	71.3 %			4.16	4.37		1.8
2013	Red Sox	6	0	0	9	9	65.2	9.46	3.29	0.27	.263	84.4 %	46.8 %	4.1 %	1.78	2.42	3.10	2.4
2013	ZiPS (R)	7	6		18	18	116.0	7.11	3.34	0.82	.297	71.9 %			3.82	3.85		2.0
2013	ZiPS (U)	13	6		27	27	181.0	7.96	3.32	0.62	.287	75.3 %			3.08	3.33		4.3
2013	Steamer (R)	8	6	0	21	21	111.0	7.44	3.29	0.79	.297	69.4 %			4.08	3.73		2.0
2013	Steamer (U)	14	6	0	30	30	177.0	8.19	3.29	0.60	.286	74.3 %			3.23	3.24		4.4
Total	- - -	52	32	0	116	114	702.0	6.92	3.50	0.90	.280	73.9 %	49.3 %	10.4 %	3.72	4.11	4.10	11.3
Postseason	- - -	0	0	0	1	1	5.0	5.40	1.80	1.80	.294	90.9 %	55.6 %	14.3 %	3.60	5.70	4.94

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Standard

Postseason | Projections | Minor Leagues | Regular Season

Season	Team	W	L	ERA	G	GS	CG	ShO	SV	HLD	BS	IP	TBF	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	HBP	WP	BK	SO
2006	Red Sox (A)	9	4	2.62	21	21	0	0	0			103.0	411	78	34	30	10	29	0	5	8	1	117
2006	Red Sox (A+)	2	0	1.13	3	3	0	0	0			16.0	61	10	4	2	0	4	0	0	1	0	23
2007	Red Sox (AA)	7	2	1.77	16	15	1	0	0			86.2	332	55	18	17	4	22	0	2	1	1	116
2007	Red Sox (AAA)	1	3	3.96	8	8	0	0	0			38.2	164	32	21	17	5	13	0	1	1	3	55
2007	Red Sox	3	1	1.59	4	3	1	1	0	0	0	22.2	88	14	6	4	0	10	0	1	0	0	22
2008	Red Sox (AA)	1	0	1.80	2	2	0	0	0			15.0	53	7	4	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	18
2008	Red Sox (AAA)	4	2	2.47	9	9	0	0	0			43.2	177	36	13	12	3	17	0	2	3	0	43
2008	Red Sox	2	9	6.75	16	15	1	0	0	0	0	76.0	357	93	63	57	11	41	1	2	2	1	72
2009	Red Sox (AAA)	7	2	2.36	17	16	1	1	0			99.0	387	67	30	26	7	30	0	0	4	1	89
2009	Red Sox	7	4	4.21	16	16	0	0	0	0	0	92.0	399	91	44	43	13	36	1	2	1	0	68
2009	Red Sox	0	0	3.60	1	1	0	0	0		0	5.0	23	6	2	2	1	1	0	1	0	1	3
2010	Red Sox (AAA)	0	0	4.91	1	1	0	0	0			3.2	16	4	2	2	1	1	0	1	0	1	2
2010	Red Sox	17	7	2.33	28	28	1	1	0	0	0	173.2	711	142	55	45	9	67	1	5	7	1	120
2011	Red Sox	6	3	3.48	14	14	0	0	0	0	0	82.2	353	76	34	32	10	31	1	2	3	0	60
2012	Red Sox (AAA)	0	0	0.00	1	1	0	0	0			2.1	10	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	3
2012	Red Sox	11	8	4.56	29	29	2	1	0	0	0	189.1	802	187	104	96	25	64	2	12	2	2	129
2013	Steamer	10	8	4.40	25	25			0			154.0	670	158	82	75	14	56		7			109
2013	Bill James	12	11	3.64	30	30			0			205.0		188			22	72		8			163
2013	Oliver	10	7	3.52						0		156.0	647	147	66	61	13	54	1	7			106
2013	Fans (23)	12	9	3.88	28	28			0			178.0		171	83	77	21	61		6			131
2013	ZiPS	10	7	4.16	24	24						147.0		145	73	68	16	54	1	7	3	1	102
2013	Red Sox	6	0	1.78	9	9	0	0	0	0	0	65.2	255	44	13	13	2	24	0	0	0	0	69
2013	ZiPS (R)	7	6	3.82	18	18						116.0		110	53	49	10	43		4			91
2013	ZiPS (U)	13	6	3.08	27	27						181.0		154	68	62	12	67		4			160
2013	Steamer (R)	8	6	4.08	21	21			0			111.0	478	108	55	51	10	41		4			92
2013	Steamer (U)	14	6	3.23	30	30			0			177.0	733	152	68	64	12	65		4			161
Total	- - -	52	32	3.72	116	114	5	3	0	0	0	702.0	2965	647	319	290	70	273	6	24	15	4	540
Postseason	- - -	0	0	3.60	1	1	0	0	0		0	5.0	23	6	2	2	1	1	0	1	0	1	3

Advanced

Postseason | Projections | Minor Leagues | Regular Season | Averages

Season	Team	K/9	BB/9	K/BB	HR/9	K%	BB%	AVG	WHIP	BABIP	LOB%	ERA-	FIP-	FIP
2006	Red Sox (A)	10.22	2.53	4.03	0.87	28.5 %	7.1 %	.207	1.04	.272	79.6 %			3.18
2006	Red Sox (A+)	12.94	2.25	5.75	0.00	37.7 %	6.6 %	.175	0.88	.294	71.4 %			1.08
2007	Red Sox (AA)	12.05	2.28	5.27	0.42	34.9 %	6.6 %	.179	0.89	.271	83.1 %			1.95
2007	Red Sox (AAA)	12.80	3.03	4.23	1.16	33.5 %	7.9 %	.213	1.16	.300	64.1 %			3.12
2007	Red Sox	8.74	3.97	2.20	0.00	25.0 %	11.4 %	.182	1.06	.255	76.0 %	34	61	2.75
2007	Average	6.67	3.33	2.00	1.03	17.1 %	8.5 %	.263	1.41	.299	70.7 %			4.43
2008	Red Sox (AA)	10.80	0.60	18.00	0.00	34.0 %	1.9 %	.135	0.53	.206	50.0 %			1.00
2008	Red Sox (AAA)	8.86	3.50	2.53	0.62	24.3 %	9.6 %	.228	1.21	.295	82.7 %			3.43
2008	Red Sox	8.53	4.86	1.76	1.30	20.2 %	11.5 %	.296	1.76	.355	60.5 %	150	107	4.82
2008	Average	6.83	3.39	2.01	1.01	17.5 %	8.7 %	.259	1.39	.296	71.4 %			4.39
2009	Red Sox (AAA)	8.09	2.73	2.97	0.64	23.0 %	7.8 %	.188	0.98	.230	76.8 %			3.23
2009	Red Sox	6.65	3.52	1.89	1.27	17.0 %	9.0 %	.252	1.38	.279	76.7 %	90	101	4.69
2009	Red Sox	5.40	1.80	3.00	1.80	13.0 %	4.4 %	.286	1.40	.294	90.9 %	77	123	5.70
2009	Average	6.99	3.46	2.02	1.05	18.0 %	8.9 %	.258	1.39	.295	71.9 %			4.42
2010	Red Sox (AAA)	4.91	2.45	2.00	2.45	12.5 %	6.3 %	.286	1.36	.273	87.0 %			7.29
2010	Red Sox	6.22	3.47	1.79	0.47	16.9 %	9.4 %	.222	1.20	.261	79.0 %	54	82	3.61
2010	Average	7.13	3.28	2.17	0.96	18.5 %	8.5 %	.253	1.35	.293	72.2 %			4.20
2011	Red Sox	6.53	3.38	1.94	1.09	17.0 %	8.8 %	.238	1.29	.264	79.0 %	81	102	4.34
2011	Average	7.13	3.11	2.30	0.94	18.6 %	8.1 %	.251	1.32	.291	72.5 %			4.12
2012	Red Sox (AAA)	11.57	7.71	1.50	0.00	30.0 %	20.0 %	.125	1.29	.200	100.0 %			3.20
2012	Red Sox	6.13	3.04	2.02	1.19	16.1 %	8.0 %	.258	1.33	.283	69.7 %	106	107	4.65
2012	Average	7.56	3.05	2.48	1.02	19.8 %	8.0 %	.250	1.31	.293	72.5 %			4.12
2013	Steamer	6.36	3.24	1.96	0.84			.267	1.39	.307	68.2 %			4.10
2013	Bill James	7.16	3.16	2.26	0.97			.245	1.27	.286				4.01
2013	Oliver	6.12	3.12	1.96	0.75	16.4 %	8.3 %	.251	1.29	.287	73.9 %			3.93
2013	Fans (23)	6.62	3.08	2.15	1.06			.254	1.30	.288	74.3 %			4.29
2013	ZiPS	6.24	3.31	1.89	0.98			.259	1.35	.292	71.3 %			4.37
2013	Red Sox	9.46	3.29	2.88	0.27	27.1 %	9.4 %	.190	1.04	.263	84.4 %	41	57	2.42
2013	Average	7.62	3.12	2.45	1.04	20.0 %	8.2 %	.248	1.31	.291	73.0 %			4.15
2013	ZiPS (R)	7.11	3.34	2.13	0.82			.252	1.32	.297	71.9 %			3.85
2013	ZiPS (U)	7.96	3.32	2.40	0.62			.231	1.22	.287	75.3 %			3.33
2013	Steamer (R)	7.44	3.29	2.26	0.79			.256	1.34	.297	69.4 %			3.73
2013	Steamer (U)	8.19	3.29	2.49	0.60			.234	1.22	.286	74.3 %			3.24
Total	- - -	6.92	3.50	1.98	0.90	18.2 %	9.2 %	.243	1.31	.280	73.9 %	84	94	4.11
Postseason	- - -	5.40	1.80	3.00	1.80	13.0 %	4.4 %	.286	1.40	.294	90.9 %	77	123	5.70

Batted Ball

Postseason | Projections | Minor Leagues | Regular Season

Season	Team	GB/FB	LD%	GB%	FB%	IFFB%	HR/FB	IFH%	BUH%	tERA	SIERA	xFIP-	xFIP
2007	Red Sox	1.18	28.8 %	38.5 %	32.7 %	17.6 %	0.0 %	10.0 %	33.3 %	3.74	3.93	83	3.70
2008	Red Sox	1.52	20.9 %	47.7 %	31.4 %	10.7 %	14.7 %	8.8 %	66.7 %	5.27	4.35	98	4.24
2009	Red Sox	1.88	17.6 %	53.8 %	28.6 %	2.4 %	15.7 %	3.2 %	33.3 %	5.09	4.20	92	4.04
2009	Red Sox	1.43	5.6 %	55.6 %	38.9 %	0.0 %	14.3 %	10.0 %	0.0 %	4.36	3.90	112	4.94
2010	Red Sox	1.61	17.7 %	50.8 %	31.5 %	8.1 %	5.6 %	7.0 %	36.4 %	3.97	4.29	97	4.07
2011	Red Sox	1.31	10.9 %	50.6 %	38.5 %	14.1 %	10.1 %	6.2 %	33.3 %	3.79	4.23	106	4.28
2012	Red Sox	1.45	19.5 %	47.6 %	32.9 %	4.2 %	13.0 %	6.1 %	33.3 %	5.32	4.39	107	4.43
2013	Red Sox	1.49	21.8 %	46.8 %	31.4 %	10.2 %	4.1 %	0.0 %	0.0 %	3.07	3.34	76	3.10
Total	- - -	1.52	18.3 %	49.3 %	32.4 %	7.9 %	10.4 %	5.8 %	31.7 %	4.52	4.21	98	4.10
Postseason	- - -	1.43	5.6 %	55.6 %	38.9 %	0.0 %	14.3 %	10.0 %	0.0 %	4.36	3.90	112	4.94

More Batted Ball

Postseason | Projections | Minor Leagues | Regular Season

Season	Team	GB	FB	LD	IFFB	IFH	BU	BUH	RS	Balls	Strikes	Pitches
2007	Red Sox	20	17	15	3	2	3	1	19	120	206	326
2008	Red Sox	114	75	50	8	10	3	2	47	522	858	1380
2009	Red Sox	156	83	51	2	5	3	1	72	585	936	1521
2009	Red Sox	10	7	1	0	1	0	0	5	37	58	95
2010	Red Sox	258	160	90	13	18	11	4	109	1073	1737	2810
2011	Red Sox	130	99	28	14	8	3	1	37	524	831	1355
2012	Red Sox	278	192	114	8	17	12	4	114	1036	1864	2900
2013	Red Sox	73	49	34	5	0	6	0	41	342	615	957
Total	- - -	1029	675	382	53	60	41	13	439	4202	7047	11249
Postseason	- - -	10	7	1	0	1	0	0	5	37	58	95

Win Probability

Postseason | Projections | Minor Leagues | Regular Season

Season	Team	WPA	-WPA	+WPA	RE24	REW	pLI	inLI	gmLI	exLI	Pulls	WPA/LI	Clutch	SD
2007	Red Sox	0.54	-1.10	1.64	6.55	0.60	0.92	0.83	0.98	2.09	3	0.60	-0.01	1
2008	Red Sox	-2.54	-8.47	5.93	-19.97	-1.97	1.08	0.92	0.83	0.88	15	-1.40	-0.95	0
2009	Red Sox	0.83	-6.01	6.83	8.01	0.77	0.95	0.89	0.87	0.88	16	0.60	0.27	0
2009	Red Sox	0.03	-0.36	0.39	0.14	0.01	0.94	0.86	0.87	2.60	1	-0.02	0.05	0
2010	Red Sox	3.20	-10.76	13.97	36.11	3.50	1.01	0.92	0.86	1.12	27	2.35	0.82	0
2011	Red Sox	1.07	-5.93	7.01	10.31	1.01	1.10	1.03	0.88	1.67	14	0.56	0.42	0
2012	Red Sox	0.73	-13.87	14.59	0.86	0.05	1.02	0.97	0.87	1.32	27	-0.04	0.75	0
2013	Red Sox	1.85	-2.82	4.67	23.77	2.26	0.88	0.84	0.88	0.94	9	1.87	0.22	0
Total	- - -	5.67	-48.96	54.64	65.64	6.21	1.01	0.93	0.87	1.18	111	4.55	1.07	1
Postseason	- - -	0.03	-0.36	0.39	0.14	0.01	0.94	0.86	0.87	2.60	1	-0.02	0.05	0

Pitch Type

Postseason | Projections | Minor Leagues | Regular Season

Season	Team	FB%	SL%	CT%	CB%	CH%	SF%	XX%
2007	Red Sox	52.9% (91.1)	6.5% (82.4)		15.4% (75.8)	25.2% (78.6)		0.3%
2008	Red Sox	47.4% (92.6)	7.6% (81.4)		21.4% (76.9)	23.6% (77.9)		0.4%
2009	Red Sox	54.4% (93.6)	11.3% (86.2)		11.2% (77.7)	23.1% (80.1)		0.5%
2010	Red Sox	54.1% (94.1)	18.7% (90.0)		8.6% (78.4)	18.7% (82.0)		0.8%
2011	Red Sox	50.1% (92.6)		19.6% (90.6)	12.7% (77.2)	17.5% (80.3)		0.4%
2012	Red Sox	43.8% (92.2)		20.5% (89.5)	16.6% (77.3)	14.3% (80.3)	4.8% (85.7)	0.3%
2013	Red Sox	49.3% (92.2)		21.5% (87.9)	14.7% (77.6)	12.7% (80.1)	1.7% (84.9)
Total	- - -	49.7% (93.0)	7.3% (87.9)	9.5% (89.4)	13.8% (77.4)	18.3% (80.3)	1.4% (85.6)	0.5%

PITCHf/x Pitch Type

Postseason | Projections | Minor Leagues | Regular Season

Season	Team	FA%	FT%	FC%	FS%	SL%	CU%	CH%
2007	Red Sox
2008	Red Sox	47.1 %				16.7 %	22.6 %	13.4 %
2009	Red Sox	53.8 %	0.7 %			10.9 %	11.6 %	22.7 %
2010	Red Sox	53.3 %				19.6 %	8.4 %	18.5 %
2011	Red Sox	41.8 %	9.8 %	13.1 %		4.1 %	12.7 %	18.2 %
2012	Red Sox	41.1 %	3.1 %	20.2 %	3.9 %		16.6 %	14.9 %
2013	Red Sox	44.2 %	3.9 %	22.1 %	0.9 %		14.6 %	14.3 %
Total	- - -	47.1 %	2.5 %	9.0 %	1.1 %	9.2 %	13.9 %	17.1 %

PITCHf/x Pitch Velocity

Postseason | Projections | Minor Leagues | Regular Season

Season	Team	vFA	vFT	vFC	vFS	vSL	vCU	vCH
2007	Red Sox
2008	Red Sox	92.7				79.8	77.4	77.7
2009	Red Sox	93.6	90.4			86.0	78.1	80.1
2010	Red Sox	94.1				89.9	78.3	82.0
2011	Red Sox	92.3	92.7	90.9		90.7	77.2	80.6
2012	Red Sox	92.2	91.4	89.4	85.4		77.3	80.5
2013	Red Sox	92.1	92.5	88.0	85.4		77.5	80.6
Total	- - -	93.0	92.2	89.4	85.4	87.0	77.6	80.6

Pitch Values

Postseason | Projections | Minor Leagues | Regular Season

Season	Team	wFB	wSL	wCT	wCB	wCH	wSF	wFB/C	wSL/C	wCT/C	wCB/C	wCH/C	wSF/C
2007	Red Sox	1.2	1.0		1.1	3.7		0.69	4.80		2.25	4.51
2008	Red Sox	-18.7	2.1		-1.1	1.9		-2.87	2.00		-0.37	0.59
2009	Red Sox	-1.0	3.2		1.7	-2.9		-0.12	1.90		1.00	-0.83
2010	Red Sox	17.1	4.5		-4.1	6.8		1.14	0.86		-1.70	1.30
2011	Red Sox	-3.0		-1.2	0.6	1.7		-0.44		-0.46	0.38	0.74
2012	Red Sox	-9.7		4.1	1.5	-1.4	-0.3	-0.77		0.69	0.32	-0.34	-0.24
2013	Red Sox	5.4		7.8	1.9	0.5	0.5	1.14		3.78	1.31	0.40	3.17
Total	- - -	-8.7	10.8	10.6	1.7	10.3	0.2	-0.16	1.32	1.00	0.11	0.50	0.12

PITCHf/x Pitch Values

Postseason | Projections | Minor Leagues | Regular Season

Season	Team	wFA	wFT	wFC	wFS	wSL	wCU	wCH
2007	Red Sox
2008	Red Sox	-19.0				2.6	-2.0	-0.2
2009	Red Sox	-3.6	1.4			2.6	1.5	-3.5
2010	Red Sox	17.1				4.2	-4.4	6.3
2011	Red Sox	-5.7	1.1	1.9		-1.1	0.6	1.5
2012	Red Sox	-5.7	-2.7	4.9	-1.0		1.2	-0.8
2013	Red Sox	3.3	2.0	8.1	-0.1		2.0	1.2
Total	- - -	-13.7	1.8	14.9	-1.1	8.4	-1.1	4.4

PITCHf/x Pitch Values / 100

Postseason | Projections | Minor Leagues | Regular Season

Season	Team	wFA/C	wFT/C	wFC/C	wFS/C	wSL/C	wCU/C	wCH/C
2007	Red Sox
2008	Red Sox	-2.98				1.17	-0.66	-0.14
2009	Red Sox	-0.44	14.43			1.59	0.84	-1.03
2010	Red Sox	1.14				0.76	-1.86	1.22
2011	Red Sox	-1.00	0.80	1.07		-1.94	0.36	0.60
2012	Red Sox	-0.48	-3.09	0.83	-0.90		0.25	-0.18
2013	Red Sox	0.78	5.41	3.86	-1.21		1.42	0.87
Total	- - -	-0.27	0.65	1.53	-0.93	0.84	-0.07	0.24

Plate Discipline

Postseason | Projections | Minor Leagues | Regular Season | Averages

Season	Team	O-Swing%	Z-Swing%	Swing%	O-Contact%	Z-Contact%	Contact%	Zone%	F-Strike%	SwStr%
2007	Red Sox	30.6 %	61.2 %	44.9 %	35.9 %	91.4 %	71.2 %	46.8 %	63.6 %	12.9 %
2007	Average	25.0 %	66.6 %	45.9 %	60.8 %	88.2 %	80.8 %	50.3 %	58.7 %	8.6 %
2008	Red Sox	25.0 %	59.7 %	42.5 %	60.0 %	83.7 %	76.8 %	50.3 %	59.7 %	9.6 %
2008	Average	25.4 %	65.4 %	45.9 %	61.7 %	87.9 %	80.8 %	51.1 %	58.6 %	8.6 %
2009	Red Sox	22.8 %	65.4 %	45.0 %	54.3 %	85.1 %	77.6 %	52.1 %	61.4 %	9.9 %
2009	Average	25.1 %	66.0 %	45.3 %	61.7 %	87.8 %	80.5 %	49.3 %	58.2 %	8.6 %
2010	Red Sox	29.7 %	67.4 %	46.4 %	69.2 %	85.0 %	79.3 %	44.2 %	58.8 %	9.4 %
2010	Average	29.3 %	64.4 %	45.6 %	66.5 %	88.1 %	80.7 %	46.5 %	58.8 %	8.5 %
2011	Red Sox	27.7 %	66.6 %	44.5 %	69.1 %	87.1 %	80.7 %	43.3 %	55.8 %	8.4 %
2011	Average	30.6 %	65.0 %	46.2 %	68.1 %	87.9 %	80.7 %	45.3 %	59.4 %	8.6 %
2012	Red Sox	32.3 %	65.1 %	46.8 %	69.3 %	89.5 %	81.7 %	44.0 %	62.7 %	8.3 %
2012	Average	30.8 %	64.7 %	46.0 %	66.8 %	87.2 %	79.7 %	44.9 %	59.8 %	9.1 %
2013	Red Sox	29.6 %	58.6 %	41.9 %	63.0 %	87.2 %	77.3 %	42.3 %	61.6 %	9.3 %
2013	Average	29.5 %	64.9 %	45.8 %	66.2 %	86.6 %	79.5 %	45.9 %	60.1 %	9.2 %
Total	- - -	28.8 %	64.5 %	45.2 %	65.3 %	86.6 %	79.2 %	45.8 %	60.3 %	9.2 %

PITCHf/x Plate Discipline

Postseason | Projections | Minor Leagues | Regular Season | Averages

Season	Team	O-Swing%	Z-Swing%	Swing%	O-Contact%	Z-Contact%	Contact%	Zone%	Pace
2007	Red Sox
2007	Average	28.9 %	62.3 %	45.4 %	66.4 %	87.6 %	80.8 %	49.6 %	21.5
2008	Red Sox	25.7 %	57.7 %	42.1 %	61.5 %	84.8 %	77.9 %	51.4 %	25.2
2008	Average	28.0 %	62.5 %	45.3 %	65.9 %	88.0 %	81.2 %	50.3 %	21.6
2009	Red Sox	27.0 %	61.4 %	44.7 %	60.9 %	84.3 %	77.5 %	51.5 %	24.7
2009	Average	27.9 %	61.4 %	44.8 %	65.5 %	88.0 %	81.0 %	50.4 %	21.4
2010	Red Sox	27.1 %	64.3 %	45.8 %	64.7 %	85.4 %	79.3 %	50.2 %	24.6
2010	Average	28.4 %	61.3 %	44.9 %	64.6 %	87.9 %	80.6 %	50.4 %	21.5
2011	Red Sox	27.8 %	61.7 %	44.1 %	65.6 %	87.9 %	80.6 %	47.9 %	26.7
2011	Average	28.9 %	62.1 %	45.6 %	64.7 %	88.0 %	80.6 %	50.1 %	21.6
2012	Red Sox	29.7 %	63.1 %	46.3 %	66.6 %	88.9 %	81.7 %	49.7 %	25.6
2012	Average	29.3 %	62.2 %	45.6 %	63.6 %	87.3 %	79.6 %	49.5 %	22.1
2013	Red Sox	29.8 %	54.2 %	41.6 %	61.5 %	86.8 %	77.4 %	48.2 %	23.7
2013	Average	29.0 %	62.1 %	45.3 %	63.1 %	87.2 %	79.4 %	49.1 %	22.5
Total	- - -	27.9 %	61.5 %	44.7 %	64.2 %	86.5 %	79.5 %	49.9 %	25.2

Fielding

Postseason | Projections | Minor Leagues | Regular Season

Season	Team	Pos	G	GS	Inn	PO	A	E	FE	TE	DP	DPS	DPF	SB	FP
2007	Red Sox	P	4	3	22.2	1	3	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	.800
2008	Red Sox	P	16	15	76.0	3	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	1.000
2009	Red Sox	P	16	16	92.0	8	8	1	0	1	0	0	0	6	.941
2010	Red Sox	P	28	28	173.2	21	24	2	0	2	1	1	0	8	.957
2011	Red Sox	P	14	14	82.2	15	14	1	0	1	0	0	0	6	.967
2012	Red Sox	P	29	29	189.1	29	14	3	1	2	2	0	2	9	.935
2013	Red Sox	P	9	9	65.2	10	8	0	0	0	1	0	1	6	1.000
Total	- - -	P	116	114	702.0	87	77	8	1	7	4	1	3	38	.954

Advanced Fielding

Postseason | Projections | Minor Leagues | Regular Season

Season	Team	Pos	Inn	rSB	rGFP	rPM	DRS
2007	Red Sox	P	22.2	1	-1	-1	-2
2008	Red Sox	P	76.0	1	-1	-2	-2
2009	Red Sox	P	92.0	-1	0	-1	-2
2010	Red Sox	P	173.2	2	-1	-1	0
2011	Red Sox	P	82.2	0	0	2	2
2012	Red Sox	P	189.1	0	-1	1	0
2013	Red Sox	P	65.2	-1	0	0	-1
Total	- - -	P	702.0	2	-4	-2	-5

Value

Postseason | Projections | Minor Leagues | Regular Season

Season	Team	RA9-Wins	BIP-Wins	LOB-Wins	FDP-Wins	RAR	WAR	Dollars	Salary
2007	Red Sox	1.0	0.2	0.0	0.2	7.4	0.8	$3.3
2008	Red Sox	-0.9	-0.9	-0.7	-1.7	8.2	0.8	$3.6	$0.4
2009	Red Sox	1.9	0.5	0.4	0.8	11.1	1.1	$4.8
2010	Red Sox	5.9	1.3	1.1	2.4	33.1	3.5	$14.1
2011	Red Sox	1.9	0.6	0.2	0.8	11.0	1.1	$5.1
2012	Red Sox	1.8	0.5	-0.3	0.2	15.4	1.6	$7.0
2013	Red Sox	3.3	0.5	0.4	0.9	20.7	2.4	$12.0
Total	- - -	15.0	2.7	1.1	3.7	106.9	11.3	$49.8	$0.4

Contracts

$29.9m / 4 Years (2012 - 2015) + 2 Option Years (Edit)

signed by Boston Red Sox on 4/11/2011 (Extension)
2012: $3.5M, 2013: $5.5M, 2014: $7.7M, 2015: $12M
2016 Team Option: $13M ($0.2M buyout)
2017 Team Option: $13.5M ($0.5M buyout)
Signing Bonus: $1M
Incentives: 2017 Option increases to $14M if he finishes 1st or 2nd in the Cy Young voting.
Agent / Agency: Bobby Straface
Originally Reported By: https://twitter.com/jonmorosi/status/57164314406174720
Source: boston.com
Submitted by Elyminator

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