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Fernando Salas

Birthdate: 5/30/1985 Bats/Throws: R/R
Height/Weight: 6-2/200 Position: P
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5/22/2013: Salas will receive an MRI on his ailing shoulder Thursday, MLB.com's Jenifer Langosch reports.

12/19/2011 - FAN Projection Targets: Sophomore Relievers by Matt Klaassen (FanGraphs)

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8/3/2011 - 2011 Closer Rankings: August by Mike Axisa (RotoGraphs)

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6/1/2011 - 2011 Closer Rankings: June by Mike Axisa (RotoGraphs)

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5/4/2011 - 2011 Closer Rankings Update: May by Mike Axisa (RotoGraphs)

Dashboard Customize

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
2007	Cardinals (A+)	2	3	0	16	4	39.1	5.72	2.29	2.75	.233	76.7 %			5.26	6.89
2008	Cardinals (AA)	7	3	25	60	0	74.0	12.16	1.95	1.46	.312	78.6 %			3.65	3.34
2009	Cardinals (R)	0	0	0	1	0	1.0	9.00	0.00	0.00	.000	100.0 %			0.00	1.20
2009	Cardinals (AA)	1	0	0	10	0	11.1	5.56	1.59	0.00	.278	58.3 %			3.18	2.49
2009	Cardinals (AAA)	3	2	0	24	0	27.0	8.00	3.33	1.33	.243	76.6 %			3.67	4.57
2010	Cardinals (AAA)	1	0	19	34	0	35.2	11.10	2.27	0.50	.296	63.3 %			3.79	2.30
2010	Cardinals	0	0	0	27	0	30.2	8.51	4.40	1.17	.282	80.2 %	33.3 %	9.5 %	3.52	4.35	4.33	0.0
2011	Cardinals (AAA)	0	0	2	3	0	3.0	12.00	0.00	0.00	.333	100.0 %			0.00	2.53
2011	Cardinals	5	6	24	68	0	75.0	9.00	2.52	0.84	.226	83.9 %	34.2 %	7.0 %	2.28	3.16	3.62	0.9
2011	Cardinals	0	0	0	11	0	13.1	8.10	2.70	0.00	.286	56.3 %	41.5 %	0.0 %	3.38	2.13	3.54
2012	Cardinals (AAA)	1	0	1	4	0	4.0	11.25	0.00	4.50	.400	62.5 %			9.00	7.20
2012	Cardinals	1	4	0	65	0	58.2	9.20	4.14	0.77	.313	72.7 %	38.3 %	8.2 %	4.30	3.59	4.01	0.4
2012	Cardinals	0	0	0	5	0	5.2	7.94	0.00	1.59	.143	62.5 %	26.7 %	11.1 %	3.18	3.62	3.66
2013	Steamer	2	1	6	38	0	38.0	8.55	3.43	0.97	.298	76.4 %			3.46	3.83		0.1
2013	Bill James	4	3	0	66	0	60.0	9.60	3.30	1.05	.295				3.30	3.61
2013	Oliver	4	3				67.0	8.92	3.38	0.68	.286	73.7 %			3.38	3.24
2013	ZiPS	4	3		66	0	65.0	9.28	3.32	0.83	.305	74.4 %			3.46	3.43		0.5
2013	Cardinals	0	2	0	15	0	16.1	6.61	1.65	1.10	.260	74.1 %	37.3 %	7.4 %	3.86	3.89	4.67	0.0
2013	ZiPS (R)	3	2		46	0	46.0	8.94	3.09	0.88	.309	73.3 %			3.61	3.46		0.2
2013	ZiPS (U)	3	4		61	0	62.0	8.33	2.71	0.94	.300	72.2 %			3.68	3.57		0.3
2013	Steamer (R)	2	1	4	40	0	27.0	8.14	3.23	1.01	.282	76.0 %			3.56	3.87		0.0
2013	Steamer (U)	2	3	4	55	0	44.0	7.57	2.64	1.05	.273	74.8 %			3.67	3.88		0.0
Total	- - -	6	12	24	175	0	180.2	8.77	3.29	0.90	.268	77.9 %	35.7 %	7.8 %	3.29	3.57	3.96	1.2
Postseason	- - -	0	0	0	16	0	19.0	8.05	1.89	0.47	.250	56.8 %	37.5 %	4.2 %	3.32	2.57	3.58

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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
2007	Cardinals (A+)	2	3	5.26	16	4	0	0	0			39.1	166	39	25	23	12	10	1	3	2	0	25
2008	Cardinals (AA)	7	3	3.65	60	0	0	0	25			74.0	300	65	31	30	12	16	2	2	2	2	100
2009	Cardinals (R)	0	0	0.00	1	0	0	0	0			1.0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
2009	Cardinals (AA)	1	0	3.18	10	0	0	0	0			11.1	45	10	5	4	0	2	0	0	1	0	7
2009	Cardinals (AAA)	3	2	3.67	24	0	0	0	0			27.0	113	22	12	11	4	10	0	1	3	0	24
2010	Cardinals (AAA)	1	0	3.79	34	0	0	0	19			35.2	137	26	15	15	2	9	0	1	2	0	44
2010	Cardinals	0	0	3.52	27	0	0	0	0	1	1	30.2	133	28	13	12	4	15	2	0	2	0	29
2011	Cardinals (AAA)	0	0	0.00	3	0	0	0	2			3.0	12	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	4
2011	Cardinals	5	6	2.28	68	0	0	0	24	6	6	75.0	295	50	20	19	7	21	3	2	2	0	75
2011	Cardinals	0	0	3.38	11	0	0	0	0	4	0	13.1	58	12	7	5	0	4	1	0	1	1	12
2012	Cardinals (AAA)	1	0	9.00	4	0	0	0	1			4.0	17	6	4	4	2	0	0	0	0	0	5
2012	Cardinals	1	4	4.30	65	0	0	0	0	7	3	58.2	256	56	28	28	5	27	5	1	4	0	60
2012	Cardinals	0	0	3.18	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	5.2	20	3	2	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	5
2013	Steamer	2	1	3.46	38	0			6			38.0	161	34	16	15	4	14		1			36
2013	Bill James	4	3	3.30	66	0			0			60.0		51			7	22		2			64
2013	Oliver	4	3	3.38						26		67.0	283	58	27	25	5	25	4	2			66
2013	ZiPS	4	3	3.46	66	0						65.0		57	27	25	6	24	4	2	3	0	67
2013	Cardinals	0	2	3.86	15	0	0	0	0	2	2	16.1	68	15	7	7	2	3	0	1	1	0	12
2013	ZiPS (R)	3	2	3.61	46	0						46.0		42	20	18	4	16		2			46
2013	ZiPS (U)	3	4	3.68	61	0						62.0		57	28	25	6	19		3			58
2013	Steamer (R)	2	1	3.56	40	0			4			27.0	117	25	12	11	3	10		1			25
2013	Steamer (U)	2	3	3.67	55	0			4			44.0	185	40	19	18	5	13		2			37
Total	- - -	6	12	3.29	175	0	0	0	24	16	12	180.2	752	149	68	66	18	66	10	4	9	0	176
Postseason	- - -	0	0	3.32	16	0	0	0	0	4	0	19.0	78	15	9	7	1	4	1	0	1	1	17

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
2007	Cardinals (A+)	5.72	2.29	2.50	2.75	15.1 %	6.0 %	.255	1.25	.233	76.7 %			6.89
2008	Cardinals (AA)	12.16	1.95	6.25	1.46	33.3 %	5.3 %	.231	1.09	.312	78.6 %			3.34
2009	Cardinals (R)	9.00	0.00	1.00	0.00	33.3 %	0.0 %	.000	0.00	.000	100.0 %			1.20
2009	Cardinals (AA)	5.56	1.59	3.50	0.00	15.6 %	4.4 %	.233	1.06	.278	58.3 %			2.49
2009	Cardinals (AAA)	8.00	3.33	2.40	1.33	21.2 %	8.9 %	.216	1.19	.243	76.6 %			4.57
2010	Cardinals (AAA)	11.10	2.27	4.89	0.50	32.1 %	6.6 %	.205	0.98	.296	63.3 %			2.30
2010	Cardinals	8.51	4.40	1.93	1.17	21.8 %	11.3 %	.237	1.40	.282	80.2 %	90	112	4.35
2010	Average	7.13	3.28	2.17	0.96	18.5 %	8.5 %	.253	1.35	.293	72.2 %			4.20
2011	Cardinals (AAA)	12.00	0.00	4.00	0.00	33.3 %	0.0 %	.200	0.67	.333	100.0 %			2.53
2011	Cardinals	9.00	2.52	3.57	0.84	25.4 %	7.1 %	.184	0.95	.226	83.9 %	61	84	3.16
2011	Cardinals	8.10	2.70	3.00	0.00	20.7 %	6.9 %	.222	1.20	.286	56.3 %	91	56	2.13
2011	Average	7.13	3.11	2.30	0.94	18.6 %	8.1 %	.251	1.32	.291	72.5 %			4.12
2012	Cardinals (AAA)	11.25	0.00	5.00	4.50	29.4 %	0.0 %	.353	1.50	.400	62.5 %			7.20
2012	Cardinals	9.20	4.14	2.22	0.77	23.4 %	10.6 %	.246	1.41	.313	72.7 %	112	94	3.59
2012	Cardinals	7.94	0.00	5.00	1.59	25.0 %	0.0 %	.150	0.53	.143	62.5 %	83	95	3.62
2012	Average	7.56	3.05	2.48	1.02	19.8 %	8.0 %	.250	1.31	.293	72.5 %			4.12
2013	Steamer	8.55	3.43	2.49	0.97			.242	1.28	.298	76.4 %			3.83
2013	Bill James	9.60	3.30	2.91	1.05			.232	1.22	.295				3.61
2013	Oliver	8.92	3.38	2.64	0.68	23.3 %	8.8 %	.227	1.25	.286	73.7 %			3.24
2013	ZiPS	9.28	3.32	2.79	0.83			.237	1.25	.305	74.4 %			3.43
2013	Cardinals	6.61	1.65	4.00	1.10	17.7 %	4.4 %	.234	1.10	.260	74.1 %	105	104	3.89
2013	Average	7.63	3.11	2.45	1.03	20.0 %	8.1 %	.248	1.30	.291	73.1 %			4.14
2013	ZiPS (R)	8.94	3.09	2.89	0.88			.245	1.26	.309	73.3 %			3.46
2013	ZiPS (U)	8.33	2.71	3.07	0.94			.245	1.22	.300	72.2 %			3.57
2013	Steamer (R)	8.14	3.23	2.52	1.01			.247	1.28	.282	76.0 %			3.87
2013	Steamer (U)	7.57	2.64	2.87	1.05			.247	1.22	.273	74.8 %			3.88
Total	- - -	8.77	3.29	2.67	0.90	23.4 %	8.8 %	.218	1.19	.268	77.9 %	86	94	3.57
Postseason	- - -	8.05	1.89	4.25	0.47	21.8 %	5.1 %	.203	1.00	.250	56.8 %	89	67	2.57

Batted Ball

Postseason | Projections | Minor Leagues | Regular Season

Season	Team	GB/FB	LD%	GB%	FB%	IFFB%	HR/FB	IFH%	BUH%	tERA	SIERA	xFIP-	xFIP
2010	Cardinals	0.69	18.4 %	33.3 %	48.3 %	14.3 %	9.5 %	6.9 %	50.0 %	4.17	3.89	108	4.33
2011	Cardinals	0.66	14.0 %	34.2 %	51.8 %	7.0 %	7.0 %	4.5 %	0.0 %	2.78	2.93	94	3.62
2011	Cardinals	1.13	22.0 %	41.5 %	36.6 %	20.0 %	0.0 %	11.8 %	100.0 %	2.58	3.28	92	3.54
2012	Cardinals	1.02	24.1 %	38.3 %	37.7 %	11.5 %	8.2 %	4.8 %	16.7 %	4.13	3.62	103	4.01
2012	Cardinals	0.44	13.3 %	26.7 %	60.0 %	11.1 %	11.1 %	0.0 %	0.0 %	2.91	2.91	94	3.66
2013	Cardinals	0.70	9.8 %	37.3 %	52.9 %	3.7 %	7.4 %	0.0 %	0.0 %	3.00	3.81	121	4.67
Total	- - -	0.77	17.6 %	35.7 %	46.7 %	9.1 %	7.8 %	4.5 %	15.4 %	3.48	3.38	102	3.96
Postseason	- - -	0.88	19.6 %	37.5 %	42.9 %	16.7 %	4.2 %	9.5 %	100.0 %	2.67	3.08	92	3.58

More Batted Ball

Postseason | Projections | Minor Leagues | Regular Season

Season	Team	GB	FB	LD	IFFB	IFH	BU	BUH	RS	Balls	Strikes	Pitches
2010	Cardinals	29	42	16	6	2	2	1	11	226	340	566
2011	Cardinals	66	100	27	7	3	4	0	27	430	745	1175
2011	Cardinals	17	15	9	3	2	1	1	11	77	145	222
2012	Cardinals	62	61	39	7	3	6	1	15	372	670	1042
2012	Cardinals	4	9	2	1	0	0	0	0	19	52	71
2013	Cardinals	19	27	5	1	0	1	0	5	89	183	272
Total	- - -	176	230	87	21	8	13	2	58	1117	1938	3055
Postseason	- - -	21	24	11	4	2	1	1	11	96	197	293

Win Probability

Postseason | Projections | Minor Leagues | Regular Season

Season	Team	WPA	-WPA	+WPA	RE24	REW	pLI	inLI	gmLI	exLI	Pulls	WPA/LI	Clutch	SD	MD
2010	Cardinals	-0.33	-1.24	0.92	-0.55	-0.09	0.51	0.52	0.54	0.49	16	-0.26	-0.38	1	2
2011	Cardinals	0.78	-8.10	8.88	16.19	1.68	1.61	1.54	1.88	1.65	22	1.37	-0.89	30	12
2011	Cardinals	-0.04	-1.03	0.99	-0.33	0.00	1.05	0.89	1.07	1.32	10	0.15	-0.18	2	3
2012	Cardinals	-0.80	-5.45	4.65	-1.91	-0.15	1.16	0.89	1.12	1.02	42	-0.49	-0.20	13	13
2012	Cardinals	0.02	-0.01	0.03	0.79	0.10	0.06	0.06	0.06	0.03	4	0.22	0.02	0	0
2013	Cardinals	-1.08	-2.11	1.03	-2.21	-0.21	1.10	0.94	1.23	1.13	10	-0.46	-0.52	1	7
Total	- - -	-1.43	-16.91	15.48	11.52	1.23	1.21	1.09	1.34	1.09	90	0.16	-1.34	45	34
Postseason	- - -	-0.02	-1.04	1.02	0.46	0.10	0.80	0.66	0.75	0.95	14	0.37	-0.40	2	3

Pitch Type

Postseason | Projections | Minor Leagues | Regular Season

Season	Team	FB%	SL%	CH%	XX%
2010	Cardinals	65.2% (91.3)	13.9% (80.8)	20.8% (84.7)	2.5%
2011	Cardinals	59.9% (91.2)	16.4% (81.1)	23.8% (85.0)	1.1%
2012	Cardinals	54.1% (91.8)	20.9% (81.3)	25.0% (85.5)	1.8%
2013	Cardinals	57.0% (90.2)	21.0% (81.3)	22.1% (85.1)
Total	- - -	58.6% (91.3)	17.9% (81.2)	23.5% (85.1)	1.5%

PITCHf/x Pitch Type

Postseason | Projections | Minor Leagues | Regular Season

Season	Team	FA%	FT%	SL%	CU%	CH%
2010	Cardinals	62.0 %	2.3 %	7.7 %	6.1 %	20.3 %
2011	Cardinals	50.5 %	9.0 %	16.5 %		23.0 %
2012	Cardinals	48.4 %	5.8 %	20.9 %		23.1 %
2013	Cardinals	55.0 %	1.5 %	21.0 %		22.5 %
Total	- - -	52.3 %	6.0 %	16.8 %	1.1 %	22.5 %

PITCHf/x Pitch Velocity

Postseason | Projections | Minor Leagues | Regular Season

Season	Team	vFA	vFT	vSL	vCU	vCH
2010	Cardinals	91.3	90.0	81.4	79.9	84.6
2011	Cardinals	91.1	91.3	81.1		85.0
2012	Cardinals	91.6	91.6	81.3		85.4
2013	Cardinals	90.3	89.9	81.2		85.1
Total	- - -	91.2	91.3	81.2	79.9	85.1

Pitch Values

Postseason | Projections | Minor Leagues | Regular Season

Season	Team	wFB	wSL	wCH	wFB/C	wSL/C	wCH/C
2010	Cardinals	5.2	-2.5	-3.7	1.44	-3.19	-3.23
2011	Cardinals	11.1	1.3	4.5	1.59	0.69	1.63
2012	Cardinals	5.9	-4.9	0.5	1.06	-2.30	0.18
2013	Cardinals	1.1	-0.2	-0.7	0.72	-0.30	-1.18
Total	- - -	23.2	-6.2	0.5	1.32	-1.16	0.07

PITCHf/x Pitch Values

Postseason | Projections | Minor Leagues | Regular Season

Season	Team	wFA	wFT	wSL	wCU	wCH
2010	Cardinals	5.5	-0.7	-1.3	-1.2	-3.6
2011	Cardinals	13.8	-3.4	0.9		5.4
2012	Cardinals	4.8	1.5	-4.9		-0.1
2013	Cardinals	0.9	0.2	-0.1		-0.7
Total	- - -	25.1	-2.4	-5.4	-1.2	1.0

PITCHf/x Pitch Values / 100

Postseason | Projections | Minor Leagues | Regular Season

Season	Team	wFA/C	wFT/C	wSL/C	wCU/C	wCH/C
2010	Cardinals	1.59	-5.45	-3.05	-3.39	-3.14
2011	Cardinals	2.34	-3.24	0.49		2.00
2012	Cardinals	0.95	2.57	-2.24		-0.05
2013	Cardinals	0.59	5.23	-0.24		-1.12
Total	- - -	1.57	-1.30	-1.05	-3.39	0.15

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%
2010	Cardinals	29.2 %	71.7 %	48.7 %	60.0 %	82.5 %	75.2 %	45.9 %	55.6 %	11.5 %
2010	Average	29.3 %	64.4 %	45.6 %	66.5 %	88.1 %	80.7 %	46.5 %	58.8 %	8.5 %
2011	Cardinals	32.6 %	65.4 %	47.1 %	58.0 %	86.7 %	75.6 %	44.3 %	60.0 %	11.2 %
2011	Average	30.6 %	65.0 %	46.2 %	68.1 %	87.9 %	80.7 %	45.3 %	59.4 %	8.6 %
2012	Cardinals	35.1 %	69.3 %	49.9 %	63.6 %	83.2 %	75.3 %	43.1 %	66.8 %	11.8 %
2012	Average	30.8 %	64.7 %	46.0 %	66.8 %	87.2 %	79.7 %	44.9 %	59.8 %	9.1 %
2013	Cardinals	32.6 %	71.9 %	51.1 %	68.1 %	84.8 %	79.1 %	47.1 %	64.7 %	10.7 %
2013	Average	29.6 %	64.9 %	45.8 %	66.2 %	86.6 %	79.5 %	45.9 %	60.1 %	9.2 %
Total	- - -	32.9 %	68.5 %	48.7 %	61.3 %	84.5 %	75.8 %	44.4 %	62.0 %	11.4 %

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
2010	Cardinals	28.6 %	68.7 %	47.6 %	61.5 %	81.7 %	75.3 %	47.5 %	21.8
2010	Average	28.4 %	61.3 %	44.9 %	64.6 %	87.9 %	80.6 %	50.4 %	21.5
2011	Cardinals	28.9 %	63.5 %	46.1 %	53.3 %	85.8 %	75.5 %	49.7 %	22.6
2011	Average	28.9 %	62.1 %	45.6 %	64.7 %	88.0 %	80.6 %	50.1 %	21.6
2012	Cardinals	33.3 %	67.2 %	49.5 %	64.0 %	81.7 %	75.5 %	47.8 %	23.9
2012	Average	29.3 %	62.2 %	45.6 %	63.6 %	87.3 %	79.6 %	49.5 %	22.1
2013	Cardinals	29.6 %	71.9 %	51.3 %	66.7 %	84.0 %	79.1 %	51.3 %	24.6
2013	Average	29.0 %	62.2 %	45.3 %	63.1 %	87.2 %	79.4 %	49.1 %	22.5
Total	- - -	30.5 %	66.5 %	48.0 %	59.9 %	83.5 %	75.8 %	48.8 %	23.1

Fielding

Postseason | Projections | Minor Leagues | Regular Season

Season	Team	Pos	G	Inn	PO	A	DPS	SB	FP
2010	Cardinals	P	27	30.2	4	4	0	2	1.000
2011	Cardinals	P	68	75.0	5	8	1	2	1.000
2012	Cardinals	P	65	58.2	3	9	0	3	1.000
2013	Cardinals	P	15	16.1	1	2	0	1	1.000
Total	- - -	P	175	180.2	13	23	1	8	1.000

Advanced Fielding

Postseason | Projections | Minor Leagues | Regular Season

Season	Team	Pos	Inn	rPM	DRS
2010	Cardinals	P	30.2	0	0
2011	Cardinals	P	75.0	0	0
2012	Cardinals	P	58.2	-1	-1
2013	Cardinals	P	16.1	0	0
Total	- - -	P	180.2	-1	-1

Value

Postseason | Projections | Minor Leagues | Regular Season

Season	Team	RA9-Wins	BIP-Wins	LOB-Wins	FDP-Wins	RAR	WAR	Dollars
2010	Cardinals	0.2	0.1	0.1	0.2	-0.2	0.0	($0.1)
2011	Cardinals	2.5	1.0	0.5	1.5	8.4	0.9	$4.1
2012	Cardinals	0.0	-0.2	-0.1	-0.3	3.3	0.4	$1.6
2013	Cardinals	0.1	0.1	-0.1	0.1	-0.2	0.0	($0.1)
Total	- - -	2.7	1.1	0.4	1.5	11.3	1.2	$5.5

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