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Junichi Tazawa

Birthdate: 6/6/1986 Bats/Throws: R/R
Height/Weight: 5-11/180 Position: P
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5/17/2013: Tazawa picked up the win Thursday night, pitching two scoreless innings in Boston's 4-3 come-from-behind win over Tampa Bay. He entered the game in the eighth inning, when Boston trailed 3-1, and stay... more

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4/17/2013 - Bullpen Report: April 17, 2013 by Colin Zarzycki (RotoGraphs)

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3/20/2013 - Red Sox Bullpen: Depth Chart Discussions by Colin Zarzycki (RotoGraphs)

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10/8/2012 - Reassessing NPB Talent Levels by Bradley Woodrum (FanGraphs)

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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
2009	Red Sox (AA)	9	5	0	18	18	98.0	8.08	2.39	0.73	.268	79.8 %			2.57	3.35
2009	Red Sox (AAA)	0	2	0	2	2	11.1	4.76	0.79	0.00	.212	55.6 %			2.38	2.67
2009	Red Sox	2	3	0	6	4	25.1	4.62	3.20	1.42	.386	64.8 %	24.5 %	7.4 %	7.46	5.54	6.29	0.1
2011	Red Sox (A+)	0	1	0	6	6	19.1	6.05	2.79	1.86	.276	68.4 %			6.05	5.94
2011	Red Sox (AA)	3	2	0	8	2	23.0	10.57	2.74	1.17	.283	68.6 %			4.70	3.72
2011	Red Sox (AAA)	1	1	0	8	0	14.1	11.93	1.88	0.63	.371	83.3 %			2.51	2.08
2011	Red Sox	0	0	0	3	0	3.0	12.00	3.00	3.00	.286	76.9 %	12.5 %	14.3 %	6.00	5.69	4.29	0.0
2012	Red Sox (AAA)	3	2	4	25	0	42.1	11.91	3.61	0.43	.308	68.5 %			2.55	2.37
2012	Red Sox	1	1	1	37	0	44.0	9.20	1.02	0.20	.303	86.9 %	48.7 %	3.1 %	1.43	1.82	2.59	1.2
2013	Steamer	3	2	0	40	0	44.0	8.82	3.11	0.78	.305	75.1 %			3.28	3.41		0.6
2013	Bill James	4	3	2	57	0	65.0	9.00	2.63	0.69	.321				2.49	3.00
2013	Oliver	5	4				73.0	8.11	2.83	0.74	.310	72.7 %			3.57	3.36
2013	ZiPS	4	3		61	0	80.0	8.33	3.38	0.90	.319	71.6 %			4.05	3.86		0.6
2013	Red Sox	3	2	0	19	0	18.1	11.29	1.47	1.47	.326	89.3 %	28.3 %	14.3 %	2.95	3.30	2.83	0.3
2013	ZiPS (R)	3	3		46	0	57.0	8.79	3.12	0.99	.324	71.5 %			4.07	3.73		0.5
2013	ZiPS (U)	6	5		65	0	76.0	9.39	2.72	1.10	.325	74.1 %			3.80	3.62		0.7
2013	Steamer (R)	2	1	0	40	0	32.0	9.40	2.93	0.82	.290	76.5 %			3.11	3.22		0.4
2013	Steamer (U)	5	3	0	59	0	50.0	10.09	2.40	1.06	.302	80.4 %			3.05	3.25		0.7
Total	- - -	6	6	1	65	4	90.2	8.44	1.79	0.89	.337	77.2 %	35.3 %	7.9 %	3.57	3.29	3.73	1.6

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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
2009	Red Sox (AA)	9	5	2.57	18	18	0	0	0			98.0	394	80	31	28	8	26	0	3	4	2	88
2009	Red Sox (AAA)	0	2	2.38	2	2	0	0	0			11.1	41	7	4	3	0	1	0	1	0	0	6
2009	Red Sox	2	3	7.46	6	4	0	0	0	0	0	25.1	130	43	23	21	4	9	0	3	0	0	13
2011	Red Sox (A+)	0	1	6.05	6	6	0	0	0			19.1	84	20	13	13	4	6	0	3	0	0	13
2011	Red Sox (AA)	3	2	4.70	8	2	0	0	0			23.0	99	20	12	12	3	7	0	2	3	0	27
2011	Red Sox (AAA)	1	1	2.51	8	0	0	0	0			14.1	58	14	4	4	1	3	0	0	0	0	19
2011	Red Sox	0	0	6.00	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	3.0	13	3	2	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	4
2012	Red Sox (AAA)	3	2	2.55	25	0	0	0	4			42.1	179	34	18	12	2	17	0	0	3	1	56
2012	Red Sox	1	1	1.43	37	0	0	0	1	5	0	44.0	172	37	7	7	1	5	0	2	0	0	45
2013	Steamer	3	2	3.28	40	0			0			44.0	183	39	17	16	4	15		2			43
2013	Bill James	4	3	2.49	57	0			2			65.0		61			5	19		2			65
2013	Oliver	5	4	3.57						16		73.0	311	72	32	29	6	23	0	3			66
2013	ZiPS	4	3	4.05	61	0						80.0		79	39	36	8	30	0	5	5	1	74
2013	Red Sox	3	2	2.95	19	0	0	0	0	9	2	18.1	73	17	6	6	3	3	0	1	1	1	23
2013	ZiPS (R)	3	3	4.07	46	0						57.0		57	28	26	6	20		4			56
2013	ZiPS (U)	6	5	3.80	65	0						76.0		74	35	32	9	23		5			79
2013	Steamer (R)	2	1	3.11	40	0			0			32.0	134	28	12	11	3	10		1			33
2013	Steamer (U)	5	3	3.05	59	0			0			50.0	207	45	18	17	6	13		2			56
Total	- - -	6	6	3.57	65	4	0	0	1	14	2	90.2	388	100	38	36	9	18	0	6	1	1	85

Advanced

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
2009	Red Sox (AA)	8.08	2.39	3.38	0.73	22.3 %	6.6 %	.219	1.08	.268	79.8 %			3.35
2009	Red Sox (AAA)	4.76	0.79	6.00	0.00	14.6 %	2.4 %	.180	0.71	.212	55.6 %			2.67
2009	Red Sox	4.62	3.20	1.44	1.42	10.0 %	6.9 %	.364	2.05	.386	64.8 %	160	120	5.54
2009	Average	6.99	3.46	2.02	1.05	18.0 %	8.9 %	.258	1.39	.295	71.9 %			4.42
2011	Red Sox (A+)	6.05	2.79	2.17	1.86	15.5 %	7.1 %	.267	1.34	.276	68.4 %			5.94
2011	Red Sox (AA)	10.57	2.74	3.86	1.17	27.3 %	7.1 %	.222	1.17	.283	68.6 %			3.72
2011	Red Sox (AAA)	11.93	1.88	6.33	0.63	32.8 %	5.2 %	.255	1.19	.371	83.3 %			2.08
2011	Red Sox	12.00	3.00	4.00	3.00	30.8 %	7.7 %	.250	1.33	.286	76.9 %	140	134	5.69
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)	11.91	3.61	3.29	0.43	31.3 %	9.5 %	.210	1.20	.308	68.5 %			2.37
2012	Red Sox	9.20	1.02	9.00	0.20	26.2 %	2.9 %	.224	0.95	.303	86.9 %	33	41	1.82
2012	Average	7.56	3.05	2.48	1.02	19.8 %	8.0 %	.250	1.31	.293	72.5 %			4.12
2013	Steamer	8.82	3.11	2.83	0.78			.241	1.24	.305	75.1 %			3.41
2013	Bill James	9.00	2.63	3.42	0.69			.250	1.23	.321				3.00
2013	Oliver	8.11	2.83	2.87	0.74	21.2 %	7.4 %	.253	1.30	.310	72.7 %			3.36
2013	ZiPS	8.33	3.38	2.47	0.90			.259	1.36	.319	71.6 %			3.86
2013	Red Sox	11.29	1.47	7.67	1.47	31.5 %	4.1 %	.246	1.09	.326	89.3 %	68	78	3.30
2013	Average	7.63	3.12	2.45	1.04	20.0 %	8.2 %	.248	1.31	.291	73.0 %			4.16
2013	ZiPS (R)	8.79	3.12	2.82	0.99			.260	1.34	.324	71.5 %			3.73
2013	ZiPS (U)	9.39	2.72	3.46	1.10			.257	1.28	.325	74.1 %			3.62
2013	Steamer (R)	9.40	2.93	3.20	0.82			.235	1.19	.290	76.5 %			3.22
2013	Steamer (U)	10.09	2.40	4.20	1.06			.240	1.16	.302	80.4 %			3.25
Total	- - -	8.44	1.79	4.72	0.89	21.9 %	4.6 %	.275	1.30	.337	77.2 %	79	73	3.29

Batted Ball

Projections | Minor Leagues | Regular Season

Season	Team	GB/FB	LD%	GB%	FB%	IFFB%	HR/FB	IFH%	BUH%	tERA	SIERA	xFIP-	xFIP
2009	Red Sox	0.46	22.5 %	24.5 %	52.9 %	3.7 %	7.4 %	8.0 %	33.3 %	6.15	5.73	142	6.29
2011	Red Sox	0.14	0.0 %	12.5 %	87.5 %	0.0 %	14.3 %	0.0 %	0.0 %	3.96	3.50	106	4.29
2012	Red Sox	1.81	24.4 %	48.7 %	26.9 %	3.1 %	3.1 %	10.3 %	0.0 %	2.78	2.23	62	2.59
2013	Red Sox	0.62	26.1 %	28.3 %	45.7 %	4.8 %	14.3 %	0.0 %	0.0 %	4.31	2.14	70	2.83
Total	- - -	0.85	23.3 %	35.3 %	41.5 %	3.5 %	7.9 %	8.2 %	25.0 %	4.16	3.23	88	3.73

More Batted Ball

Projections | Minor Leagues | Regular Season

Season	Team	GB	FB	LD	IFFB	IFH	BU	BUH	RS	Balls	Strikes	Pitches
2009	Red Sox	25	54	23	2	2	3	1	21	192	306	498
2011	Red Sox	1	7	0	0	0	0	0	1	22	32	54
2012	Red Sox	58	32	29	1	6	1	0	18	197	459	656
2013	Red Sox	13	21	12	1	0	0	0	13	100	192	292
Total	- - -	97	114	64	4	8	4	1	53	511	989	1500

Win Probability

Projections | Minor Leagues | Regular Season

Season	Team	WPA	-WPA	+WPA	RE24	REW	pLI	inLI	gmLI	exLI	Pulls	WPA/LI	Clutch	SD	MD
2009	Red Sox	-0.60	-2.38	1.78	-8.52	-0.81	0.86	0.74	0.98	0.38	5	-1.15	0.45	0	1
2011	Red Sox	0.02	0.00	0.02	0.10	0.01	0.06	0.10	0.25	0.00	1	-0.02	0.33	0	0
2012	Red Sox	0.57	-1.43	2.00	10.53	0.98	0.62	0.62	0.94	1.09	24	1.31	-0.39	7	2
2013	Red Sox	0.49	-1.77	2.26	5.88	0.58	1.44	1.39	1.57	1.06	15	0.13	0.21	8	3
Total	- - -	0.47	-5.58	6.06	7.99	0.77	0.84	0.79	1.09	0.98	45	0.27	0.29	15	6

Pitch Type

Projections | Minor Leagues | Regular Season

Season	Team	FB%	SL%	CB%	SF%
2009	Red Sox	65.5% (89.7)		22.9% (75.2)	11.6% (81.1)
2011	Red Sox	59.3% (91.8)		25.9% (75.4)	14.8% (84.5)
2012	Red Sox	56.1% (93.7)	4.3% (84.8)	8.1% (75.2)	31.6% (86.8)
2013	Red Sox	66.1% (93.8)	3.1% (82.2)	12.3% (75.3)	18.5% (88.0)
Total	- - -	61.3% (92.3)	2.5% (84.1)	14.5% (75.2)	21.8% (85.9)

PITCHf/x Pitch Type

Projections | Minor Leagues | Regular Season

Season	Team	FA%	FT%	FS%	FO%	SL%	CU%	CH%
2009	Red Sox	60.7 %	3.3 %			1.4 %	23.5 %	11.2 %
2011	Red Sox	61.1 %	1.9 %	3.7 %		5.6 %	20.4 %	7.4 %
2012	Red Sox	74.7 %	0.6 %			7.6 %	3.2 %	13.9 %
2013	Red Sox	75.3 %			3.4 %	5.5 %	9.9 %	5.8 %
Total	- - -	69.7 %	1.4 %	0.1 %	0.7 %	5.1 %	11.8 %	11.2 %

PITCHf/x Pitch Velocity

Projections | Minor Leagues | Regular Season

Season	Team	vFA	vFT	vFS	vFO	vSL	vCU	vCH
2009	Red Sox	89.7	89.7			83.1	75.3	81.4
2011	Red Sox	91.5	85.2	82.7		78.1	74.7	84.4
2012	Red Sox	92.2	89.6			78.7	73.8	85.4
2013	Red Sox	93.2			87.7	81.0	74.1	86.7
Total	- - -	91.7	89.5	82.7	87.7	79.6	74.9	84.2

Pitch Values

Projections | Minor Leagues | Regular Season

Season	Team	wFB	wSL	wCB	wSF	wFB/C	wSL/C	wCB/C	wSF/C
2009	Red Sox	-8.1		-2.4	-0.8	-2.50		-2.15	-1.31
2011	Red Sox	-1.5		0.5	0.0	-4.59		3.82	-0.11
2012	Red Sox	7.8	-2.4	0.1	3.5	2.12	-8.51	0.21	1.70
2013	Red Sox	6.2	-0.1	-1.7	-3.9	3.19	-1.22	-4.66	-7.23
Total	- - -	4.3	-2.5	-3.5	-1.2	0.47	-6.74	-1.60	-0.36

PITCHf/x Pitch Values

Projections | Minor Leagues | Regular Season

Season	Team	wFA	wFT	wFS	wFO	wSL	wCU	wCH
2009	Red Sox	-10.1	0.3			-0.4	-2.7	0.1
2011	Red Sox	-1.2	0.1	-0.1		0.0	0.5	-0.1
2012	Red Sox	9.9	-0.5			-1.8	0.0	1.6
2013	Red Sox	2.1			0.0	-1.2	-0.6	0.3
Total	- - -	0.6	-0.1	-0.1	0.0	-3.4	-2.7	1.8

PITCHf/x Pitch Values / 100

Projections | Minor Leagues | Regular Season

Season	Team	wFA/C	wFT/C	wFS/C	wFO/C	wSL/C	wCU/C	wCH/C
2009	Red Sox	-3.38	2.01			-5.35	-2.34	0.16
2011	Red Sox	-3.71	5.79	-4.98		-0.70	4.98	-3.70
2012	Red Sox	2.01	-12.68			-3.57	-0.02	1.77
2013	Red Sox	0.95			0.01	-7.50	-1.94	1.55
Total	- - -	0.06	-0.61	-4.98	0.01	-4.45	-1.54	1.09

Plate Discipline

Projections | Minor Leagues | Regular Season | Averages

Season	Team	O-Swing%	Z-Swing%	Swing%	O-Contact%	Z-Contact%	Contact%	Zone%	F-Strike%	SwStr%
2009	Red Sox	23.0 %	71.8 %	48.1 %	72.7 %	94.5 %	89.4 %	51.3 %	63.1 %	4.8 %
2009	Average	25.1 %	66.0 %	45.3 %	61.7 %	87.8 %	80.5 %	49.3 %	58.2 %	8.6 %
2011	Red Sox	19.4 %	68.2 %	39.6 %	66.7 %	80.0 %	76.2 %	41.5 %	69.2 %	9.3 %
2011	Average	30.6 %	65.0 %	46.2 %	68.1 %	87.9 %	80.7 %	45.3 %	59.4 %	8.6 %
2012	Red Sox	37.5 %	71.5 %	55.3 %	61.2 %	80.5 %	74.2 %	52.2 %	67.4 %	13.9 %
2012	Average	30.8 %	64.7 %	46.0 %	66.8 %	87.2 %	79.7 %	44.9 %	59.8 %	9.1 %
2013	Red Sox	29.2 %	63.9 %	48.3 %	57.9 %	78.2 %	72.7 %	54.9 %	60.3 %	12.3 %
2013	Average	29.6 %	64.9 %	45.8 %	66.1 %	86.6 %	79.4 %	46.0 %	60.1 %	9.2 %
Total	- - -	30.3 %	70.0 %	51.0 %	63.7 %	84.8 %	78.8 %	52.0 %	64.7 %	10.4 %

PITCHf/x Plate Discipline

Projections | Minor Leagues | Regular Season | Averages

Season	Team	O-Swing%	Z-Swing%	Swing%	O-Contact%	Z-Contact%	Contact%	Zone%	Pace
2009	Red Sox	26.7 %	68.9 %	46.9 %	78.3 %	95.1 %	90.0 %	47.7 %	26.0
2009	Average	27.6 %	61.4 %	44.5 %	65.5 %	88.0 %	81.0 %	50.1 %	21.4
2011	Red Sox	25.0 %	53.9 %	38.9 %	42.9 %	85.7 %	71.4 %	48.2 %	23.4
2011	Average	28.6 %	62.1 %	45.3 %	64.7 %	88.0 %	80.6 %	49.8 %	21.6
2012	Red Sox	37.4 %	71.0 %	54.6 %	58.3 %	81.1 %	73.5 %	51.1 %	28.2
2012	Average	29.0 %	62.2 %	45.3 %	63.6 %	87.3 %	79.6 %	49.2 %	22.1
2013	Red Sox	26.5 %	65.6 %	48.0 %	60.0 %	76.2 %	72.1 %	54.8 %	29.1
2013	Average	28.7 %	62.1 %	45.0 %	63.1 %	87.3 %	79.4 %	48.9 %	22.5
Total	- - -	31.3 %	68.7 %	50.2 %	64.1 %	84.6 %	78.3 %	50.6 %	27.5

Fielding

Projections | Minor Leagues | Regular Season

Season	Team	Pos	G	GS	Inn	PO	A	DP	DPS	SB	FP
2009	Red Sox	P	6	4	25.1	0	1	0	0	1	1.000
2011	Red Sox	P	3	0	3.0	0	0	0	0	0	.000
2012	Red Sox	P	37	0	44.0	2	4	0	0	4	1.000
2013	Red Sox	P	19	0	18.1	0	1	1	1	1	1.000
Total	- - -	P	65	4	90.2	2	6	1	1	6	1.000

Advanced Fielding

Projections | Minor Leagues | Regular Season

Season	Team	Pos	Inn	rPM	DRS
2009	Red Sox	P	25.1	0	0
2011	Red Sox	P	3.0	0	0
2012	Red Sox	P	44.0	1	1
2013	Red Sox	P	18.1	0	0
Total	- - -	P	90.2	1	1

Value

Projections | Minor Leagues | Regular Season

Season	Team	RA9-Wins	BIP-Wins	LOB-Wins	FDP-Wins	RAR	WAR	Dollars
2009	Red Sox	-0.5	-0.6	0.1	-0.6	0.6	0.1	$0.3
2011	Red Sox	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	-0.3	0.0	($0.1)
2012	Red Sox	1.7	-0.2	0.6	0.4	11.8	1.2	$5.6
2013	Red Sox	0.5	-0.1	0.3	0.2	3.1	0.3	$1.6
Total	- - -	1.6	-0.9	1.0	0.0	15.2	1.6	$7.3

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