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James Russell

Birthdate: 1/8/1986 Bats/Throws: L/L
Height/Weight: 6-4/200 Position: P
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5/18/2013: Russell, who earned six holds and didn't give up a run in April, has just one hold in May.

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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
2007	Cubs (R)	0	0	0	1	1	2.0	9.00	0.00	0.00	.000	100.0 %			0.00	1.20
2007	Cubs (A)	0	0	0	2	2	7.0	11.57	5.14	0.00	.231	100.0 %			0.00	2.34
2008	Cubs (A+)	2	2	0	8	8	41.0	5.27	2.85	0.88	.262	71.4 %			3.51	4.25
2008	Cubs (AA)	4	8	0	18	17	86.1	6.46	2.61	1.88	.333	66.8 %			6.36	5.55
2009	Cubs (AA)	2	3	0	11	5	37.0	6.32	2.19	1.22	.333	64.6 %			5.11	4.36
2009	Cubs (AAA)	3	3	0	26	7	65.2	6.30	2.60	0.82	.301	79.7 %			3.43	3.85
2010	Cubs (AAA)	0	0	0	5	0	11.0	8.18	3.27	4.09	.222	100.0 %			5.73	8.65
2010	Cubs	1	1	0	57	0	49.0	7.71	2.02	2.02	.291	60.4 %	31.0 %	14.1 %	4.96	5.20	4.23	-0.3
2011	Cubs	1	6	0	64	5	67.2	5.72	1.86	1.60	.290	73.1 %	37.6 %	11.0 %	4.12	4.77	4.49	-0.2
2012	Cubs	7	1	2	77	0	69.1	7.14	2.99	0.65	.298	75.0 %	37.4 %	5.9 %	3.25	3.48	4.35	0.8
2013	Steamer	4	3	0	63	0	63.0	7.13	2.97	1.18	.294	75.6 %			3.81	4.31		0.0
2013	Bill James	3	5	0	76	0	67.0	6.58	2.55	1.48	.310				4.84	4.64
2013	Oliver	4	4				68.0	6.52	2.53	0.93	.297	72.9 %			3.86	3.86
2013	Fans (8)	5	4	0	76	0	76.0	6.99	2.37	0.95	.301	78.1 %			3.38	3.78		0.5
2013	ZiPS	4	4		72	0	68.3	7.38	3.16	0.79	.309	72.6 %			3.82	3.69		0.4
2013	Cubs	1	0	0	22	0	17.1	9.87	1.56	0.00	.262	93.3 %	40.5 %	0.0 %	0.52	1.53	3.20	0.9
2013	ZiPS (R)	3	3		55	0	50.0	7.85	2.94	0.67	.313	72.7 %			3.55	3.31		0.7
2013	ZiPS (U)	4	3		77	0	67.0	8.37	2.59	0.50	.303	76.4 %			2.77	2.85		1.4
2013	Steamer (R)	3	2	0	56	0	47.0	7.75	2.86	1.14	.278	77.3 %			3.50	4.01		0.3
2013	Steamer (U)	4	2	0	78	0	64.0	8.32	2.51	0.83	.274	80.7 %			2.70	3.34		1.0
Total	- - -	10	8	2	220	5	203.1	7.04	2.26	1.24	.291	72.1 %	36.1 %	9.6 %	3.72	4.16	4.27	1.2

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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
2007	Cubs (R)	0	0	0.00	1	1	0	0	0			2.0	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2
2007	Cubs (A)	0	0	0.00	2	2	0	0	0			7.0	26	3	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	9
2008	Cubs (A+)	2	2	3.51	8	8	0	0	0			41.0	163	36	18	16	4	13	0	0	0	0	24
2008	Cubs (AA)	4	8	6.36	18	17	0	0	0			86.1	390	111	64	61	18	25	0	6	4	0	62
2009	Cubs (AA)	2	3	5.11	11	5	0	0	0			37.0	161	45	24	21	5	9	0	1	3	0	26
2009	Cubs (AAA)	3	3	3.43	26	7	0	0	0			65.2	287	71	25	25	6	19	1	0	2	0	46
2010	Cubs (AAA)	0	0	5.73	5	0	0	0	0			11.0	47	11	7	7	5	4	0	1	0	0	10
2010	Cubs	1	1	4.96	57	0	0	0	0	6	2	49.0	219	55	37	27	11	11	0	4	2	0	42
2011	Cubs	1	6	4.12	64	5	0	0	0	6	2	67.2	292	76	37	31	12	14	4	2	1	0	43
2012	Cubs	7	1	3.25	77	0	0	0	2	13	3	69.1	292	67	28	25	5	23	7	1	1	1	55
2013	Steamer	4	3	3.81	63	0			0			63.0	272	62	29	27	8	21		2			50
2013	Bill James	3	5	4.84	76	0			0			67.0		74			11	19		2			49
2013	Oliver	4	4	3.86						21		68.0	286	69	31	29	7	19	4	2			49
2013	Fans (8)	5	4	3.38	76	0			0			76.0		75	30	28	8	20		2			59
2013	ZiPS	4	4	3.82	72	0						68.3		67	31	29	6	24	7	1	1	1	56
2013	Cubs	1	0	0.52	22	0	0	0	0	7	2	17.1	65	11	1	1	0	3	0	1	0	0	19
2013	ZiPS (R)	3	3	3.55	55	0						50.0		48	21	20	4	16		1			44
2013	ZiPS (U)	4	3	2.77	77	0						67.0		59	22	21	4	19		2			63
2013	Steamer (R)	3	2	3.50	56	0			0			47.0	200	44	20	18	6	15		2			40
2013	Steamer (U)	4	2	2.70	78	0			0			64.0	265	55	21	19	6	18		3			59
Total	- - -	10	8	3.72	220	5	0	0	2	32	9	203.1	868	209	103	84	28	51	11	8	4	1	159

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
2007	Cubs (R)	9.00	0.00	2.00	0.00	33.3 %	0.0 %	.000	0.00	.000	100.0 %			1.20
2007	Cubs (A)	11.57	5.14	2.25	0.00	34.6 %	15.4 %	.136	1.00	.231	100.0 %			2.34
2008	Cubs (A+)	5.27	2.85	1.85	0.88	14.7 %	8.0 %	.240	1.20	.262	71.4 %			4.25
2008	Cubs (AA)	6.46	2.61	2.48	1.88	15.9 %	6.4 %	.309	1.58	.333	66.8 %			5.55
2009	Cubs (AA)	6.32	2.19	2.89	1.22	16.2 %	5.6 %	.298	1.46	.333	64.6 %			4.36
2009	Cubs (AAA)	6.30	2.60	2.42	0.82	16.0 %	6.6 %	.265	1.37	.301	79.7 %			3.85
2010	Cubs (AAA)	8.18	3.27	2.50	4.09	21.3 %	8.5 %	.262	1.36	.222	100.0 %			8.65
2010	Cubs	7.71	2.02	3.82	2.02	19.2 %	5.0 %	.270	1.35	.291	60.4 %	120	126	5.20
2010	Average	7.13	3.28	2.17	0.96	18.5 %	8.5 %	.253	1.35	.293	72.2 %			4.20
2011	Cubs	5.72	1.86	3.07	1.60	14.7 %	4.8 %	.275	1.33	.290	73.1 %	105	121	4.77
2011	Average	7.13	3.11	2.30	0.94	18.6 %	8.1 %	.251	1.32	.291	72.5 %			4.12
2012	Cubs	7.14	2.99	2.39	0.65	18.8 %	7.9 %	.250	1.30	.298	75.0 %	80	87	3.48
2012	Average	7.56	3.05	2.48	1.02	19.8 %	8.0 %	.250	1.31	.293	72.5 %			4.12
2013	Steamer	7.13	2.97	2.40	1.18			.257	1.31	.294	75.6 %			4.31
2013	Bill James	6.58	2.55	2.58	1.48			.281	1.39	.310				4.64
2013	Oliver	6.52	2.53	2.58	0.93	17.1 %	6.6 %	.260	1.30	.297	72.9 %			3.86
2013	Fans (8)	6.99	2.37	2.95	0.95			.259	1.25	.301	78.1 %			3.78
2013	ZiPS	7.38	3.16	2.33	0.79			.258	1.33	.309	72.6 %			3.69
2013	Cubs	9.87	1.56	6.33	0.00	29.2 %	4.6 %	.180	0.81	.262	93.3 %	13	37	1.53
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)	7.85	2.94	2.67	0.67			.255	1.29	.313	72.7 %			3.31
2013	ZiPS (U)	8.37	2.59	3.24	0.50			.238	1.17	.303	76.4 %			2.85
2013	Steamer (R)	7.75	2.86	2.71	1.14			.250	1.26	.278	77.3 %			4.01
2013	Steamer (U)	8.32	2.51	3.32	0.83			.233	1.14	.274	80.7 %			3.34
Total	- - -	7.04	2.26	3.12	1.24	18.3 %	5.9 %	.258	1.28	.291	72.1 %	92	103	4.16

Batted Ball

Projections | Minor Leagues | Regular Season

Season	Team	GB/FB	LD%	GB%	FB%	IFFB%	HR/FB	IFH%	BUH%	tERA	SIERA	xFIP-	xFIP
2010	Cubs	0.63	19.6 %	31.0 %	49.4 %	15.4 %	14.1 %	20.4 %	25.0 %	5.28	3.58	106	4.23
2011	Cubs	0.78	14.2 %	37.6 %	48.2 %	10.1 %	11.0 %	12.9 %	28.6 %	4.41	4.07	117	4.49
2012	Cubs	0.91	21.4 %	37.4 %	41.3 %	12.9 %	5.9 %	11.7 %	14.3 %	3.97	3.87	111	4.35
2013	Cubs	0.85	11.9 %	40.5 %	47.6 %	35.0 %	0.0 %	17.6 %	0.0 %	0.85	2.34	81	3.20
Total	- - -	0.78	17.7 %	36.1 %	46.2 %	14.0 %	9.6 %	14.5 %	22.2 %	4.18	3.72	109	4.27

More Batted Ball

Projections | Minor Leagues | Regular Season

Season	Team	GB	FB	LD	IFFB	IFH	BU	BUH	RS	Balls	Strikes	Pitches
2010	Cubs	49	78	31	12	10	4	1	20	284	552	836
2011	Cubs	85	109	32	11	11	7	2	30	361	742	1103
2012	Cubs	77	85	44	11	9	7	1	35	426	758	1184
2013	Cubs	17	20	5	7	3	0	0	4	91	172	263
Total	- - -	228	292	112	41	33	18	4	89	1162	2224	3386

Win Probability

Projections | Minor Leagues | Regular Season

Season	Team	WPA	-WPA	+WPA	RE24	REW	pLI	inLI	gmLI	exLI	Pulls	WPA/LI	Clutch	SD	MD
2010	Cubs	-0.37	-2.35	1.97	-12.06	-1.16	0.58	0.77	0.86	0.92	46	-0.90	0.25	5	8
2011	Cubs	-0.96	-4.60	3.64	-5.37	-0.57	0.79	0.70	0.94	0.89	54	-0.88	-0.33	7	3
2012	Cubs	0.57	-4.84	5.40	7.51	0.76	1.00	0.95	1.16	1.10	58	0.37	0.20	17	9
2013	Cubs	0.49	-1.39	1.87	6.65	0.71	1.47	1.11	1.56	1.35	19	0.52	-0.19	9	3
Total	- - -	-0.28	-13.17	12.89	-3.27	-0.27	0.86	0.84	1.06	1.02	177	-0.89	0.56	38	23

Pitch Type

Projections | Minor Leagues | Regular Season

Season	Team	FB%	SL%	CT%	CB%	CH%	XX%
2010	Cubs	50.7% (88.8)	37.9% (80.1)		3.1% (73.2)	8.3% (79.6)	0.5%
2011	Cubs	47.3% (88.1)	37.1% (80.3)		4.5% (73.6)	11.1% (80.4)	1.6%
2012	Cubs	32.6% (89.1)	39.2% (81.4)	9.4% (87.2)	6.2% (73.6)	12.6% (81.8)	2.4%
2013	Cubs	36.6% (89.1)	41.7% (81.1)	3.1% (87.4)	3.1% (72.8)	15.4% (80.6)	3.4%
Total	- - -	42.2% (88.7)	38.4% (80.7)	3.5% (87.2)	4.7% (73.5)	11.2% (80.8)	1.8%

PITCHf/x Pitch Type

Projections | Minor Leagues | Regular Season

Season	Team	FA%	FT%	FC%	SL%	CU%	CH%
2010	Cubs	47.8 %	3.8 %		37.7 %	3.5 %	7.2 %
2011	Cubs	48.0 %			38.8 %	3.1 %	9.0 %
2012	Cubs	21.7 %	13.0 %	8.1 %	37.8 %	5.5 %	11.4 %
2013	Cubs	30.6 %	5.7 %	3.0 %	42.6 %	3.4 %	14.7 %
Total	- - -	37.4 %	5.9 %	3.1 %	38.5 %	4.1 %	9.9 %

PITCHf/x Pitch Velocity

Projections | Minor Leagues | Regular Season

Season	Team	vFA	vFT	vFC	vSL	vCU	vCH
2010	Cubs	88.7	86.3		80.1	73.9	79.5
2011	Cubs	87.9			80.0	73.4	80.0
2012	Cubs	89.0	88.1	87.0	81.2	73.5	81.7
2013	Cubs	88.9	89.3	87.0	81.1	72.8	80.4
Total	- - -	88.4	87.9	87.0	80.5	73.5	80.6

Pitch Values

Projections | Minor Leagues | Regular Season

Season	Team	wFB	wSL	wCT	wCB	wCH	wFB/C	wSL/C	wCT/C	wCB/C	wCH/C
2010	Cubs	-6.0	0.1		-0.6	-2.8	-1.43	0.03		-2.22	-4.06
2011	Cubs	-2.6	-0.9		-0.8	-4.2	-0.50	-0.23		-1.56	-3.53
2012	Cubs	-4.6	7.4	1.4	-3.0	0.8	-1.23	1.64	1.26	-4.19	0.52
2013	Cubs	1.7	1.4	0.1	-1.0	2.9	1.84	1.32	1.13	-11.89	7.46
Total	- - -	-11.5	8.0	1.5	-5.3	-3.4	-0.82	0.63	1.25	-3.43	-0.91

PITCHf/x Pitch Values

Projections | Minor Leagues | Regular Season

Season	Team	wFA	wFT	wFC	wSL	wCU	wCH
2010	Cubs	-6.5	1.0		-0.2	-0.7	-2.9
2011	Cubs	-3.4			1.6	-0.8	-4.8
2012	Cubs	-4.5	1.7	0.8	7.1	-2.5	-0.4
2013	Cubs	1.5	0.3	-0.9	3.1	-1.0	3.1
Total	- - -	-12.8	3.0	-0.1	11.5	-5.1	-5.0

PITCHf/x Pitch Values / 100

Projections | Minor Leagues | Regular Season

Season	Team	wFA/C	wFT/C	wFC/C	wSL/C	wCU/C	wCH/C
2010	Cubs	-1.62	3.22		-0.08	-2.54	-4.88
2011	Cubs	-0.64			0.36	-2.46	-4.86
2012	Cubs	-1.76	1.13	0.81	1.58	-3.82	-0.29
2013	Cubs	1.86	1.67	-11.03	2.74	-11.14	8.01
Total	- - -	-1.02	1.50	-0.10	0.88	-3.69	-1.50

Plate Discipline

Projections | Minor Leagues | Regular Season | Averages

Season	Team	O-Swing%	Z-Swing%	Swing%	O-Contact%	Z-Contact%	Contact%	Zone%	F-Strike%	SwStr%
2010	Cubs	31.4 %	68.5 %	49.3 %	60.2 %	84.2 %	76.3 %	48.4 %	63.5 %	11.6 %
2010	Average	29.3 %	64.4 %	45.6 %	66.5 %	88.1 %	80.7 %	46.5 %	58.8 %	8.5 %
2011	Cubs	37.5 %	64.9 %	50.3 %	72.7 %	84.1 %	79.5 %	46.6 %	63.7 %	10.1 %
2011	Average	30.6 %	65.0 %	46.2 %	68.1 %	87.9 %	80.7 %	45.3 %	59.4 %	8.6 %
2012	Cubs	34.0 %	66.8 %	48.4 %	73.1 %	82.8 %	79.0 %	44.0 %	61.3 %	9.9 %
2012	Average	30.8 %	64.7 %	46.0 %	66.8 %	87.2 %	79.7 %	44.9 %	59.8 %	9.1 %
2013	Cubs	27.8 %	70.3 %	47.8 %	59.5 %	78.3 %	72.5 %	47.0 %	66.2 %	12.9 %
2013	Average	29.6 %	64.9 %	45.8 %	66.1 %	86.6 %	79.4 %	46.0 %	60.1 %	9.2 %
Total	- - -	34.1 %	66.9 %	49.2 %	69.3 %	83.2 %	78.0 %	46.2 %	63.0 %	10.6 %

PITCHf/x Plate Discipline

Projections | Minor Leagues | Regular Season | Averages

Season	Team	O-Swing%	Z-Swing%	Swing%	O-Contact%	Z-Contact%	Contact%	Zone%	Pace
2010	Cubs	29.6 %	67.4 %	48.7 %	59.0 %	83.5 %	76.2 %	50.7 %	21.6
2010	Average	28.0 %	61.3 %	44.7 %	64.6 %	87.9 %	80.6 %	50.1 %	21.5
2011	Cubs	32.7 %	63.4 %	49.2 %	68.7 %	83.7 %	79.1 %	53.8 %	19.9
2011	Average	28.6 %	62.1 %	45.3 %	64.7 %	88.0 %	80.6 %	49.8 %	21.6
2012	Cubs	31.3 %	63.7 %	47.0 %	71.6 %	83.1 %	79.2 %	48.7 %	22.3
2012	Average	29.0 %	62.2 %	45.3 %	63.6 %	87.3 %	79.6 %	49.2 %	22.1
2013	Cubs	28.1 %	64.6 %	47.9 %	55.9 %	78.5 %	72.4 %	54.3 %	22.0
2013	Average	28.7 %	62.1 %	45.0 %	63.1 %	87.3 %	79.4 %	48.9 %	22.5
Total	- - -	31.1 %	64.6 %	48.2 %	66.6 %	83.0 %	77.9 %	51.3 %	21.4

Fielding

Projections | Minor Leagues | Regular Season

Season	Team	Pos	G	GS	Inn	PO	A	E	TE	DP	DPS	DPF	SB	FP
2010	Cubs	P	57	0	49.0	2	6	0	0	0	0	0	3	1.000
2011	Cubs	P	64	5	67.2	3	8	1	1	1	0	1	5	.917
2012	Cubs	P	77	0	69.1	1	9	0	0	0	0	0	7	1.000
2013	Cubs	P	22	0	17.1	1	1	0	0	1	1	0	3	1.000
Total	- - -	P	220	5	203.1	7	24	1	1	2	1	1	18	.969

Advanced Fielding

Projections | Minor Leagues | Regular Season

Season	Team	Pos	Inn	rSB	rGFP	rPM	DRS
2010	Cubs	P	49.0	0	0	-1	-1
2011	Cubs	P	67.2	1	0	-1	0
2012	Cubs	P	69.1	0	-1	-1	-1
2013	Cubs	P	17.1	0	0	-1	-1
Total	- - -	P	203.1	1	-1	-4	-3

Value

Projections | Minor Leagues | Regular Season

Season	Team	RA9-Wins	BIP-Wins	LOB-Wins	FDP-Wins	RAR	WAR	Dollars
2010	Cubs	-1.1	0.1	-0.9	-0.8	-2.8	-0.3	($1.2)
2011	Cubs	0.0	0.1	0.1	0.1	-2.4	-0.2	($0.8)
2012	Cubs	0.8	0.0	0.0	0.0	7.3	0.8	$3.5
2013	Cubs	1.0	0.1	0.1	0.2	7.7	0.9	$4.3
Total	- - -	0.7	0.2	-0.7	-0.4	9.8	1.2	$5.8

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