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Kelvin Herrera Birthdate: 12/31/1989 Bats/Throws: R/R Height/Weight: 5-9/190 Position: P Contract: Add New Contract
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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
2008	Royals (R)	2	2	0	11	8	50.2	7.99	0.89	0.00	.331	69.6 %			1.42	1.90
2008	Royals (A)	2	0	0	3	1	12.2	4.97	1.42	0.00	.302	75.0 %			2.13	2.81
2009	Royals (A)	1	0	0	1	1	5.0	1.80	0.00	0.00	.188	100.0 %			0.00	2.80
2010	Royals (A)	2	3	0	8	8	40.1	8.70	3.12	0.45	.327	67.7 %			4.46	3.25
2011	Royals (A+)	2	1	1	8	0	14.2	7.36	1.23	0.61	.184	100.0 %			0.61	2.86
2011	Royals (AA)	4	0	7	23	0	36.0	10.00	1.50	1.00	.207	85.5 %			1.75	3.01
2011	Royals (AAA)	1	0	6	14	0	17.0	9.53	3.71	0.53	.250	79.6 %			2.12	3.08
2011	Royals	0	1	0	2	0	2.0	0.00	0.00	4.50	.143	0.0 %	28.6 %	25.0 %	13.50	11.03	7.04	-0.2
2012	Royals	4	3	3	76	0	84.1	8.22	2.24	0.43	.313	80.9 %	55.5 %	6.9 %	2.35	2.70	3.10	1.8
2013	Steamer	4	2	0	55	0	57.0	9.17	3.22	0.62	.307	75.4 %			3.04	3.13		0.8
2013	Bill James	6	4	0	76	0	90.0	8.60	2.20	0.60	.306				2.80	2.82
2013	Oliver	5	3				68.0	7.29	2.65	0.66	.286	73.3 %			3.31	3.38
2013	Fans (9)	4	3	0	68	0	70.0	8.74	2.31	0.64	.298	78.1 %			2.75	2.94		1.3
2013	ZiPS	5	3		66	0	77.3	8.15	2.45	0.93	.312	73.1 %			3.73	3.56		0.7
2013	Royals	2	3	2	17	0	18.1	11.29	3.44	3.44	.250	100.0 %	38.3 %	33.3 %	4.42	6.63	3.32	-0.4
2013	ZiPS (R)	3	4		51	0	58.0	8.71	2.62	1.31	.317	71.0 %			4.31	3.97		0.4
2013	ZiPS (U)	5	7		68	0	76.0	9.33	2.82	1.82	.305	76.3 %			4.34	4.61		0.1
2013	Steamer (R)	3	1	0	51	0	42.0	9.45	3.24	0.66	.291	76.6 %			2.92	3.06		0.7
2013	Steamer (U)	5	4	2	68	0	60.0	10.01	3.30	1.50	.281	83.4 %			3.38	4.14		0.4
Total	- - -	6	7	5	95	0	104.2	8.60	2.41	1.03	.300	82.9 %	52.1 %	14.5 %	2.92	3.55	3.21	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
2008	Royals (R)	2	2	1.42	11	8	0	0	0			50.2	198	48	17	8	0	5	0	3	2	1	45
2008	Royals (A)	2	0	2.13	3	1	0	0	0			12.2	53	13	4	3	0	2	0	1	1	0	7
2009	Royals (A)	1	0	0.00	1	1	0	0	0			5.0	17	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
2010	Royals (A)	2	3	4.46	8	8	0	0	0			40.1	169	38	20	20	2	14	0	4	1	0	39
2011	Royals (A+)	2	1	0.61	8	0	0	0	1			14.2	53	8	1	1	1	2	0	0	0	0	12
2011	Royals (AA)	4	0	1.75	23	0	0	0	7			36.0	138	22	9	7	4	6	2	1	0	1	40
2011	Royals (AAA)	1	0	2.12	14	0	0	0	6			17.0	70	12	5	4	1	7	0	0	0	0	18
2011	Royals	0	1	13.50	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	2.0	9	2	3	3	1	0	0	1	0	0	0
2012	Royals	4	3	2.35	76	0	0	0	3	19	1	84.1	344	79	24	22	4	21	6	2	3	1	77
2013	Steamer	4	2	3.04	55	0			0			57.0	238	49	21	19	4	20		2			58
2013	Bill James	6	4	2.80	76	0			0			90.0		80			6	22		3			86
2013	Oliver	5	3	3.31						20		68.0	282	62	27	25	5	20	3	3			55
2013	Fans (9)	4	3	2.75	68	0			0			70.0		60	23	21	5	18		2			68
2013	ZiPS	5	3	3.73	66	0						77.3		75	34	32	8	21	4	3	2	1	70
2013	Royals	2	3	4.42	17	0	0	0	2	4	1	18.1	77	17	9	9	7	7	1	0	3	0	23
2013	ZiPS (R)	3	4	4.31	51	0						58.0		58	30	28	8	17		2			56
2013	ZiPS (U)	5	7	4.34	68	0						76.0		75	40	37	15	24		2			79
2013	Steamer (R)	3	1	2.92	51	0			0			42.0	176	36	15	14	3	15		1			44
2013	Steamer (U)	5	4	3.38	68	0			2			60.0	253	53	24	23	10	22		1			67
Total	- - -	6	7	2.92	95	0	0	0	5	24	2	104.2	430	98	36	34	12	28	7	3	6	1	100

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
2008	Royals (R)	7.99	0.89	9.00	0.00	22.7 %	2.5 %	.253	1.05	.331	69.6 %			1.90
2008	Royals (A)	4.97	1.42	3.50	0.00	13.2 %	3.8 %	.260	1.18	.302	75.0 %			2.81
2009	Royals (A)	1.80	0.00	1.00	0.00	5.9 %	0.0 %	.177	0.60	.188	100.0 %			2.80
2010	Royals (A)	8.70	3.12	2.79	0.45	23.1 %	8.3 %	.252	1.29	.327	67.7 %			3.25
2011	Royals (A+)	7.36	1.23	6.00	0.61	22.6 %	3.8 %	.157	0.68	.184	100.0 %			2.86
2011	Royals (AA)	10.00	1.50	6.67	1.00	29.0 %	4.4 %	.168	0.78	.207	85.5 %			3.01
2011	Royals (AAA)	9.53	3.71	2.57	0.53	25.7 %	10.0 %	.191	1.12	.250	79.6 %			3.08
2011	Royals	0.00	0.00	0.00	4.50	0.0 %	0.0 %	.250	1.00	.143	0.0 %	329	269	11.03
2011	Average	7.13	3.11	2.30	0.94	18.6 %	8.1 %	.251	1.32	.291	72.5 %			4.12
2012	Royals	8.22	2.24	3.67	0.43	22.4 %	6.1 %	.246	1.19	.313	80.9 %	57	65	2.70
2012	Average	7.56	3.05	2.48	1.02	19.8 %	8.0 %	.250	1.31	.293	72.5 %			4.12
2013	Steamer	9.17	3.22	2.84	0.62			.235	1.23	.307	75.4 %			3.13
2013	Bill James	8.60	2.20	3.91	0.60			.240	1.13	.306				2.82
2013	Oliver	7.29	2.65	2.75	0.66	19.5 %	7.1 %	.239	1.21	.286	73.3 %			3.38
2013	Fans (9)	8.74	2.31	3.78	0.64			.233	1.11	.298	78.1 %			2.94
2013	ZiPS	8.15	2.45	3.33	0.93			.256	1.24	.312	73.1 %			3.56
2013	Royals	11.29	3.44	3.29	3.44	29.9 %	9.1 %	.243	1.31	.250	100.0 %	106	161	6.63
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)	8.71	2.62	3.32	1.31			.263	1.30	.317	71.0 %			3.97
2013	ZiPS (U)	9.33	2.82	3.31	1.82			.259	1.30	.305	76.3 %			4.61
2013	Steamer (R)	9.45	3.24	2.91	0.66			.231	1.21	.291	76.6 %			3.06
2013	Steamer (U)	10.01	3.30	3.03	1.50			.236	1.24	.281	83.4 %			4.14
Total	- - -	8.60	2.41	3.57	1.03	23.3 %	6.5 %	.246	1.20	.300	82.9 %	71	85	3.55

Batted Ball

Projections | Minor Leagues | Regular Season

Season	Team	GB/FB	LD%	GB%	FB%	IFFB%	HR/FB	IFH%	BUH%	tERA	SIERA	xFIP-	xFIP
2011	Royals	0.50	14.3 %	28.6 %	57.1 %	0.0 %	25.0 %	0.0 %	0.0 %	12.59	6.23	173	7.04
2012	Royals	2.26	19.9 %	55.5 %	24.6 %	10.3 %	6.9 %	7.6 %	12.5 %	3.12	2.81	75	3.10
2013	Royals	0.86	17.0 %	38.3 %	44.7 %	28.6 %	33.3 %	0.0 %	0.0 %	6.33	2.75	82	3.32
Total	- - -	1.82	19.3 %	52.1 %	28.6 %	14.5 %	14.5 %	6.6 %	11.1 %	3.83	2.90	78	3.21

More Batted Ball

Projections | Minor Leagues | Regular Season

Season	Team	GB	FB	LD	IFFB	IFH	BU	BUH	RS	Balls	Strikes	Pitches
2011	Royals	2	4	1	0	0	1	0	1	10	22	32
2012	Royals	131	58	47	6	10	8	1	32	429	862	1291
2013	Royals	18	21	8	6	0	0	0	4	113	206	319
Total	- - -	151	83	56	12	10	9	1	37	552	1090	1642

Win Probability

Projections | Minor Leagues | Regular Season

Season	Team	WPA	-WPA	+WPA	RE24	REW	pLI	inLI	gmLI	exLI	Pulls	WPA/LI	Clutch	SD	MD
2011	Royals	-0.37	-0.49	0.13	-2.01	-0.20	1.23	1.43	1.43	0.27	2	-0.09	-0.21	0	1
2012	Royals	2.01	-6.06	8.07	19.50	1.98	1.28	1.04	1.30	1.25	66	1.24	0.33	27	9
2013	Royals	-0.14	-2.09	1.95	-0.34	-0.04	1.35	1.35	1.51	1.25	10	-0.68	0.58	6	3
Total	- - -	1.51	-8.64	10.15	17.14	1.73	1.29	1.10	1.34	1.23	78	0.47	0.69	33	13

Pitch Type

Projections | Minor Leagues | Regular Season

Season	Team	FB%	SL%	CB%	CH%	XX%
2011	Royals	71.9% (96.2)		9.4% (80.0)	18.8% (83.3)
2012	Royals	64.6% (98.5)	0.1% (90.0)	6.6% (81.0)	28.7% (86.9)	1.9%
2013	Royals	69.2% (97.8)		7.3% (80.7)	23.5% (86.6)	1.3%
Total	- - -	65.7% (98.3)	0.1% (90.0)	6.8% (80.9)	27.4% (86.8)	1.7%

PITCHf/x Pitch Type

Projections | Minor Leagues | Regular Season

Season	Team	FA%	FT%	CU%	CH%
2011	Royals	71.9 %		9.4 %	18.8 %
2012	Royals	51.8 %	18.5 %	6.6 %	21.3 %
2013	Royals	54.9 %	18.8 %	7.2 %	17.9 %
Total	- - -	52.7 %	18.2 %	6.8 %	20.6 %

PITCHf/x Pitch Velocity

Projections | Minor Leagues | Regular Season

Season	Team	vFA	vFT	vCU	vCH
2011	Royals	96.2		80.1	83.1
2012	Royals	97.4	97.8	81.2	86.3
2013	Royals	97.1	97.1	80.6	85.9
Total	- - -	97.3	97.6	81.1	86.2

Pitch Values

Projections | Minor Leagues | Regular Season

Season	Team	wFB	wSL	wCB	wCH	wFB/C	wSL/C	wCB/C	wCH/C
2011	Royals	-0.1		0.1	-1.1	-0.26		2.44	-19.00
2012	Royals	4.1	0.0	-1.7	9.0	0.50	-3.52	-2.01	2.49
2013	Royals	-2.7		0.2	-1.5	-1.26		0.66	-2.00
Total	- - -	1.3	0.0	-1.5	6.4	0.12	-3.52	-1.33	1.45

PITCHf/x Pitch Values

Projections | Minor Leagues | Regular Season

Season	Team	wFA	wFT	wCU	wCH
2011	Royals	-0.1		0.1	-1.1
2012	Royals	8.0	-0.6	-1.7	6.5
2013	Royals	-2.5	-0.7	0.2	-1.1
Total	- - -	5.4	-1.3	-1.5	4.3

PITCHf/x Pitch Values / 100

Projections | Minor Leagues | Regular Season

Season	Team	wFA/C	wFT/C	wCU/C	wCH/C
2011	Royals	-0.26		2.44	-19.00
2012	Royals	1.20	-0.23	-2.03	2.38
2013	Royals	-1.44	-1.20	0.69	-1.87
Total	- - -	0.63	-0.43	-1.34	1.28

Plate Discipline

Projections | Minor Leagues | Regular Season | Averages

Season	Team	O-Swing%	Z-Swing%	Swing%	O-Contact%	Z-Contact%	Contact%	Zone%	F-Strike%	SwStr%
2011	Royals	40.0 %	62.5 %	51.6 %	100.0 %	100.0 %	100.0 %	51.6 %	55.6 %	0.0 %
2011	Average	30.6 %	65.0 %	46.2 %	68.1 %	87.9 %	80.7 %	45.3 %	59.4 %	8.6 %
2012	Royals	37.5 %	68.3 %	52.1 %	66.5 %	84.5 %	77.7 %	47.4 %	59.6 %	11.1 %
2012	Average	30.8 %	64.7 %	46.0 %	66.8 %	87.2 %	79.7 %	44.9 %	59.8 %	9.1 %
2013	Royals	28.7 %	71.1 %	48.9 %	57.5 %	73.6 %	68.6 %	47.6 %	53.3 %	14.7 %
2013	Average	29.6 %	64.9 %	45.8 %	66.1 %	86.6 %	79.4 %	46.0 %	60.1 %	9.2 %
Total	- - -	35.8 %	68.7 %	51.5 %	65.8 %	82.6 %	76.5 %	47.5 %	58.4 %	11.6 %

PITCHf/x Plate Discipline

Projections | Minor Leagues | Regular Season | Averages

Season	Team	O-Swing%	Z-Swing%	Swing%	O-Contact%	Z-Contact%	Contact%	Zone%	Pace
2011	Royals	40.0 %	58.8 %	50.0 %	100.0 %	100.0 %	100.0 %	53.1 %	20.9
2011	Average	28.6 %	62.1 %	45.3 %	64.7 %	88.0 %	80.6 %	49.8 %	21.6
2012	Royals	36.8 %	65.3 %	50.7 %	66.1 %	84.2 %	77.5 %	49.0 %	22.6
2012	Average	29.0 %	62.2 %	45.3 %	63.6 %	87.3 %	79.6 %	49.2 %	22.1
2013	Royals	29.5 %	68.6 %	48.3 %	57.1 %	72.4 %	67.5 %	48.0 %	22.4
2013	Average	28.7 %	62.1 %	45.0 %	63.1 %	87.3 %	79.4 %	48.9 %	22.5
Total	- - -	35.4 %	65.8 %	50.2 %	65.3 %	82.2 %	76.1 %	48.8 %	22.6

Fielding

Projections | Minor Leagues | Regular Season

Season	Team	Pos	G	Inn	PO	A	DP	DPS	SB	FP
2011	Royals	P	2	2.0	0	2	0	0	0	1.000
2012	Royals	P	76	84.1	8	9	1	1	12	1.000
2013	Royals	P	17	18.1	1	1	0	0	2	1.000
Total	- - -	P	95	104.2	9	12	1	1	14	1.000

Advanced Fielding

Projections | Minor Leagues | Regular Season

Season	Team	Pos	Inn	rSB	rPM	DRS
2011	Royals	P	2.0	0	0	0
2012	Royals	P	84.1	-1	-1	-1
2013	Royals	P	18.1	0	1	1
Total	- - -	P	104.2	-1	0	0

Value

Projections | Minor Leagues | Regular Season

Season	Team	RA9-Wins	BIP-Wins	LOB-Wins	FDP-Wins	RAR	WAR	Dollars
2011	Royals	-0.2	0.1	-0.1	0.0	-1.8	-0.2	($0.8)
2012	Royals	2.4	-0.6	1.2	0.6	17.4	1.8	$8.2
2013	Royals	0.1	0.1	0.4	0.5	-4.4	-0.4	($2.2)
Total	- - -	2.2	-0.4	1.4	1.0	11.2	1.2	$5.2

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