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Season	Team	W	L	SV	G	IP	K/9	BB/9	HR/9	BABIP	LOB%	GB%	HR/FB	ERA	FIP	xFIP	WAR
2002	Astros	3	3	0	55	69.0	6.26	4.96	0.39	.296	69.0 %	55.7 %	5.5 %	4.43	4.01	4.54	0.3
2003	Astros	0	0	0	13	21.0	4.29	6.86	0.86	.314	73.3 %	55.7 %	10.5 %	5.14	5.75	5.83	-0.2
2004	Padres	0	1	0	14	18.0	6.00	5.50	1.50	.339	72.3 %	41.3 %	12.0 %	5.50	5.88	5.69	-0.3
2005	Giants	0	0	0	3	7.0	1.29	2.57	2.57	.269	36.6 %	28.6 %	14.3 %	10.29	7.31	6.35	-0.1
2006	Athletics (AAA)	0	0	0	13	17.0	7.41	2.12	2.12	.327	77.3 %			5.29	5.32
2006	Astros (AAA)	5	1	4	37	52.1	6.36	2.75	1.03	.263	67.1 %			4.47	4.37
2007	Rangers (AA)	3	3	1	51	64.2	6.68	2.92	0.84	.276	75.7 %			3.20	4.04
2008	Rangers (AA)	8	0	1	39	67.0	6.31	2.15	0.81	.321	69.3 %			3.90	3.81
2008	Rangers (AAA)	0	0	0	7	9.0	7.00	2.00	0.00	.321	33.3 %			8.00	2.64
Total	- - -	3	4	0	85	115.0	5.56	5.24	0.78	.305	69.0 %	51.2 %	8.8 %	5.09	4.82	5.07	-0.3

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Minor Leagues | Regular Season

Season	Team	W	L	ERA	G	SV	HLD	BS	IP	TBF	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	HBP	WP	BK	SO
2002	Astros	3	3	4.43	55	0	2	0	69.0	310	67	37	34	3	38	8	5	2	0	48
2003	Astros	0	0	5.14	13	0	1	1	21.0	99	24	13	12	2	16	3	1	1	0	10
2004	Padres	0	1	5.50	14	0	0	0	18.0	89	24	13	11	3	11	1	1	0	0	12
2005	Giants	0	0	10.29	3	0	0	0	7.0	31	9	8	8	2	2	0	0	0	0	1
2006	Athletics (AAA)	0	0	5.29	13	0			17.0	74	21	10	10	4	4	0	0	0	0	14
2006	Astros (AAA)	5	1	4.47	37	4			52.1	214	46	27	26	6	16	4	3	0	1	37
2007	Rangers (AA)	3	3	3.20	51	1			64.2	277	61	27	23	6	21	0	3	2	0	48
2008	Rangers (AA)	8	0	3.90	39	1			67.0	290	76	35	29	6	16	1	3	0	0	47
2008	Rangers (AAA)	0	0	8.00	7	0			9.0	38	9	8	8	0	2	0	1	0	0	7
Total	- - -	3	4	5.09	85	0	3	1	115.0	529	124	71	65	10	67	12	7	3	0	71

Advanced

Minor Leagues | Regular Season | Averages

Season	Team	K/9	BB/9	K/BB	HR/9	K%	BB%	AVG	WHIP	BABIP	LOB%	ERA-	FIP-	FIP
2002	Astros	6.26	4.96	1.26	0.39	15.5 %	12.3 %	.251	1.52	.296	69.0 %	104	92	4.01
2002	Average	6.53	3.38	1.93	1.05	16.8 %	8.7 %	.257	1.38	.289	71.7 %			4.52
2003	Astros	4.29	6.86	0.63	0.86	10.1 %	16.2 %	.293	1.90	.314	73.3 %	118	130	5.75
2003	Average	6.40	3.30	1.94	1.08	16.4 %	8.5 %	.260	1.38	.291	71.2 %			4.57
2004	Padres	6.00	5.50	1.09	1.50	13.5 %	12.4 %	.312	1.94	.339	72.3 %	139	146	5.88
2004	Average	6.60	3.36	1.96	1.13	16.9 %	8.6 %	.261	1.40	.293	71.4 %			4.62
2005	Giants	1.29	2.57	0.50	2.57	3.2 %	6.5 %	.310	1.57	.269	36.6 %	242	171	7.31
2005	Average	6.38	3.17	2.02	1.04	16.5 %	8.2 %	.260	1.37	.292	71.6 %			4.47
2006	Athletics (AAA)	7.41	2.12	3.50	2.12	18.9 %	5.4 %	.300	1.47	.327	77.3 %			5.32
2006	Astros (AAA)	6.36	2.75	2.31	1.03	17.3 %	7.5 %	.236	1.18	.263	67.1 %			4.37
2007	Rangers (AA)	6.68	2.92	2.29	0.84	17.3 %	7.6 %	.241	1.27	.276	75.7 %			4.04
2008	Rangers (AA)	6.31	2.15	2.94	0.81	16.2 %	5.5 %	.280	1.37	.321	69.3 %			3.81
2008	Rangers (AAA)	7.00	2.00	3.50	0.00	18.4 %	5.3 %	.257	1.22	.321	33.3 %			2.64
Total	- - -	5.56	5.24	1.06	0.78	13.4 %	12.7 %	.273	1.66	.305	69.0 %	120	112	4.82

Batted Ball

Minor Leagues | Regular Season

Season	Team	GB/FB	LD%	GB%	FB%	IFFB%	HR/FB	IFH%	BUH%	tERA	SIERA	xFIP-	xFIP
2002	Astros	2.15	18.4 %	55.7 %	25.9 %	16.4 %	5.5 %	2.5 %	0.0 %	4.47	4.30	108	4.54
2003	Astros	2.05	17.1 %	55.7 %	27.1 %	10.5 %	10.5 %	10.3 %	0.0 %	6.02	5.73	135	5.83
2004	Padres	1.04	19.0 %	41.3 %	39.7 %	12.0 %	12.0 %	7.7 %	50.0 %	5.39	5.14	130	5.69
2005	Giants	0.57	21.4 %	28.6 %	50.0 %	21.4 %	14.3 %	0.0 %	0.0 %	7.65	6.27	149	6.35
Total	- - -	1.69	18.5 %	51.2 %	30.3 %	15.0 %	8.8 %	4.7 %	9.1 %	5.08	4.82	119	5.07

More Batted Ball

Minor Leagues | Regular Season

Season	Team	GB	FB	LD	IFFB	IFH	BU	BUH	RS	Balls	Strikes	Pitches
2002	Astros	118	55	39	9	3	7	0	42	448	698	1146
2003	Astros	39	19	12	2	4	2	0	7	157	208	365
2004	Padres	26	25	12	3	2	2	1	7	132	211	343
2005	Giants	8	14	6	3	0	0	0	0	40	69	109
Total	- - -	191	113	69	17	9	11	1	56	777	1186	1963

Win Probability

Minor Leagues | Regular Season

Season	Team	WPA	-WPA	+WPA	RE24	REW	pLI	inLI	gmLI	exLI	Pulls	WPA/LI	Clutch	SD	MD
2002	Astros	-0.26	-3.02	2.75	3.61	0.39	0.56	0.57	0.62	0.74	36	-0.10	-0.36	11	8
2003	Astros	0.00	-0.81	0.82	-2.05	-0.18	0.51	0.52	0.72	0.72	9	-0.26	0.27	1	2
2004	Padres	-0.21	-0.68	0.47	-4.29	-0.41	0.30	0.36	0.36	0.46	5	-0.42	-0.28	1	2
2005	Giants	-0.07	-0.12	0.05	-3.70	-0.37	0.11	0.17	0.36	0.01	1	-0.47	-0.19	0	0
Total	- - -	-0.54	-4.62	4.09	-6.43	-0.57	0.48	0.51	0.58	0.70	51	-1.25	0.15	13	12

Pitch Type

Minor Leagues | Regular Season

Season	Team	FB%	SL%	CB%	CH%	XX%
2002	Astros	65.2% (89.0)	26.8% (78.1)		8.0% (78.0)	4.5%
2003	Astros	73.9% (88.5)	19.3% (76.8)	0.3% (71.0)	6.4% (73.8)	2.2%
2004	Padres	61.3% (89.2)	23.8% (77.0)	0.4% (73.0)	14.6% (76.0)	22.7%
2005	Giants	56.0% (86.6)	20.2% (75.9)	8.3% (71.8)	15.6% (74.3)
Total	- - -	65.8% (88.8)	24.5% (77.6)	0.6% (71.8)	9.1% (76.7)	7.0%

PITCHf/x Pitch Type

Minor Leagues | Regular Season

Season	Team	FA%	FT%	FC%	FS%	FO%	SI%	SL%	CU%	KC%	EP%	CH%	SC%	KN%	UN%
Total	- - -

PITCHf/x Pitch Velocity

Minor Leagues | Regular Season

Season	Team	vFA	vFT	vFC	vFS	vFO	vSI	vSL	vCU	vKC	vEP	vCH	vSC	vKN
Total	- - -

Pitch Values

Minor Leagues | Regular Season

Season	Team	wFB	wSL	wCB	wCH	wFB/C	wSL/C	wCB/C	wCH/C
2002	Astros	3.1	-0.3		-1.4	0.43	-0.09		-1.60
2003	Astros	-1.5	-0.8	-0.2	-1.3	-0.56	-1.12	-15.49	-5.61
2004	Padres	-4.1	-3.4	0.0	0.4	-2.57	-5.45	4.17	1.11
2005	Giants	-1.2	-1.1	0.5	-0.3	-2.02	-4.93	5.07	-1.59
Total	- - -	-3.8	-5.5	0.3	-2.5	-0.31	-1.23	3.12	-1.53

PITCHf/x Pitch Values

Minor Leagues | Regular Season

Season	Team	wFA	wFT	wFC	wFS	wFO	wSI	wSL	wCU	wKC	wEP	wCH	wSC	wKN
Total	- - -

PITCHf/x Pitch Values / 100

Minor Leagues | Regular Season

Season	Team	wFA/C	wFT/C	wFC/C	wFS/C	wFO/C	wSI/C	wSL/C	wCU/C	wKC/C	wEP/C	wCH/C	wSC/C	wKN/C
Total	- - -

Plate Discipline

Minor Leagues | Regular Season | Averages

Season	Team	O-Swing%	Z-Swing%	Swing%	O-Contact%	Z-Contact%	Contact%	Zone%	F-Strike%	SwStr%
2002	Astros	19.9 %	70.8 %	47.3 %	51.5 %	82.6 %	76.6 %	53.8 %	62.3 %	10.8 %
2002	Average	18.1 %	70.1 %	46.5 %	47.5 %	85.5 %	78.8 %	54.6 %	58.3 %	9.8 %
2003	Astros	18.2 %	73.3 %	45.4 %	54.6 %	88.4 %	81.5 %	49.3 %	56.6 %	8.2 %
2003	Average	22.2 %	68.8 %	46.2 %	51.9 %	87.8 %	79.4 %	51.4 %	58.6 %	9.5 %
2004	Padres	15.0 %	69.9 %	46.0 %	64.7 %	87.3 %	84.0 %	56.4 %	57.3 %	8.5 %
2004	Average	16.6 %	69.6 %	45.8 %	53.7 %	85.2 %	80.1 %	55.1 %	58.4 %	9.0 %
2005	Giants	21.6 %	67.2 %	45.9 %	27.3 %	100.0 %	84.0 %	53.2 %	61.3 %	7.3 %
2005	Average	20.3 %	68.0 %	46.0 %	51.8 %	88.3 %	80.8 %	53.8 %	59.1 %	8.7 %
Total	- - -	19.0 %	70.9 %	46.6 %	51.8 %	85.3 %	79.0 %	53.3 %	60.3 %	9.7 %

PITCHf/x Plate Discipline

Minor Leagues | Regular Season | Averages

Season	Team	O-Swing%	Z-Swing%	Swing%	O-Contact%	Z-Contact%	Contact%	Zone%	Pace
Total	- - -

Fielding

Minor Leagues | Regular Season

Season	Team	Pos	G	Inn	PO	A	E	TE	SB	FP
2002	Astros	P	55	69.0	10	13	0	0	4	1.000
2003	Astros	P	13	21.0	0	8	0	0	2	1.000
2004	Padres	P	14	18.0	3	1	1	1	0	.800
2005	Giants	P	3	7.0	1	2	0	0	0	1.000
Total	- - -	P	85	115.0	14	24	1	1	6	.974

Advanced Fielding

Minor Leagues | Regular Season

Season	Team	Pos	Inn	rPM	DRS
2003	Astros	P	21.0	1	1
2004	Padres	P	18.0	-1	-1
2005	Giants	P	7.0	0	0
Total	- - -	P	115.0	0	0

Value

Minor Leagues | Regular Season

Season	Team	RA9-Wins	BIP-Wins	LOB-Wins	FDP-Wins	RAR	WAR	Dollars
2002	Astros	0.0	-0.2	-0.1	-0.3	2.7	0.3	$0.7
2003	Astros	-0.1	-0.2	0.3	0.1	-2.4	-0.2	($0.7)
2004	Padres	-0.3	-0.3	0.2	-0.1	-2.6	-0.3	($0.8)
2005	Giants	-0.3	0.1	-0.2	-0.2	-1.2	-0.1	($0.4)
Total	- - -	-0.7	-0.5	0.1	-0.4	-3.5	-0.3	($1.1)

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