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Collin Balester

Birthdate: 6/6/1986 Bats/Throws: R/R
Height/Weight: 6-5/200 Position: P
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5/15/2012: Balester gave up one hit over 1.1 scoreless innings of relief while earning the win against the White Sox on Tuesday afternoon.

9/9/2010 - The Man, The Myth, The Moustache by Zach Sanders (RotoGraphs)

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6/30/2009 - Second-Half Spark Plugs by Marc Hulet (RotoGraphs)

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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
2006	Nationals (A+)	4	5	0	23	22	117.2	6.65	4.05	0.92	.315	67.4 %			5.20	4.50
2006	Nationals (AA)	1	0	0	3	3	19.2	4.58	2.75	0.00	.254	78.3 %			1.83	3.40
2007	Nationals (AA)	2	7	0	17	17	98.2	7.02	2.28	0.82	.306	71.4 %			3.74	3.74
2007	Nationals (AAA)	2	3	0	10	10	51.2	6.97	4.01	0.52	.293	67.8 %			4.18	3.92
2008	Nationals (AAA)	9	3	0	15	15	78.2	7.32	2.63	1.60	.286	79.9 %			4.00	4.92
2008	Nationals	3	7	0	15	15	80.0	5.63	3.15	1.35	.305	66.9 %	39.6 %	11.5 %	5.51	5.11	4.87	0.3
2009	Nationals (AAA)	7	10	0	20	20	107.1	5.95	3.10	0.42	.349	69.1 %			4.44	3.68
2009	Nationals	1	4	0	7	7	30.1	5.93	4.15	2.97	.264	70.6 %	36.6 %	21.3 %	6.82	7.45	5.20	-0.6
2010	Nationals (AAA)	3	3	0	35	5	69.0	6.78	4.17	1.04	.308	63.4 %			5.87	4.72
2010	Nationals	0	1	0	17	0	21.0	12.00	4.71	0.86	.283	87.3 %	56.8 %	14.3 %	2.57	3.51	3.08	0.1
2011	Nationals (AAA)	2	1	1	28	0	39.1	10.53	3.43	0.46	.409	73.1 %			4.35	2.74
2011	Nationals	1	4	0	23	0	35.2	8.58	3.53	1.77	.301	74.1 %	41.7 %	16.7 %	4.54	4.93	3.86	-0.4
2012	Tigers (AAA)	1	1	1	30	0	46.1	8.74	2.33	1.36	.261	76.4 %			3.69	4.19
2012	Tigers	2	0	0	11	0	18.0	6.00	5.50	2.50	.173	66.7 %	32.1 %	17.2 %	6.50	7.71	6.46	-0.5
2013	Steamer	2	1	0	30	0	30.0	7.23	3.84	1.11	.299	73.3 %			4.21	4.51		0.0
2013	Oliver	3	5				72.0	7.28	3.77	1.13	.300	71.1 %			4.52	4.47
2013	ZiPS	2	4		46	1	68.0	6.75	4.24	1.85	.309	67.1 %			6.09	5.90		-0.8
2013	Rangers (AAA)	1	4	0	6	5	27.0	7.33	3.00	1.33	.357	56.9 %			7.33	4.83
2013	Steamer (R)	1	1	0	10	0	22.0	7.11	3.67	1.12	.287	73.2 %			4.20	4.44		-0.1
2013	Steamer (U)	1	1	0	10	0	22.0	7.11	3.67	1.11	.287	73.2 %			4.20	4.44		-0.1
Total	- - -	7	16	0	73	22	185.0	7.01	3.79	1.75	.283	70.9 %	40.1 %	15.3 %	5.30	5.53	4.68	-1.1

News

12/14 - Offseason decisions: A virtual repeat roster-wise for th» by Brian Borawski
12/29 - Eight of a kind, three of a kind by Harry Pavlidis

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4/5 - Spring 2013 Tigers Twitter rankings by Bless You Boys
3/6 - Washington Nationals PDB: Ross Detwiler's 2012 and 2013 by Federal Baseball

11/29 - Minor Moves: Volstad, Pena, Balester, Solarte, Buck by Mike Axisa
11/9 - Quick Hits: Giambi, Cano, Arencibia, Phillies, Angels by Mark Polishuk
11/9 - AL Central Links: Willingham, Butler, Tigers, Cabrera by Mark Polishuk

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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
2006	Nationals (A+)	4	5	5.20	23	22	0	0	0			117.2	518	126	71	68	12	53	0	4	12	0	87
2006	Nationals (AA)	1	0	1.83	3	3	0	0	0			19.2	77	15	5	4	0	6	1	2	2	0	10
2007	Nationals (AA)	2	7	3.74	17	17	0	0	0			98.2	423	103	47	41	9	25	0	5	5	0	77
2007	Nationals (AAA)	2	3	4.18	10	10	0	0	0			51.2	226	49	27	24	3	23	2	3	2	1	40
2008	Nationals (AAA)	9	3	4.00	15	15	0	0	0			78.2	332	79	37	35	14	23	0	4	4	0	64
2008	Nationals	3	7	5.51	15	15	0	0	0	0	0	80.0	358	92	53	49	12	28	1	6	4	0	50
2009	Nationals (AAA)	7	10	4.44	20	20	0	0	0			107.1	474	129	58	53	5	37	3	6	6	1	71
2009	Nationals	1	4	6.82	7	7	0	0	0	0	0	30.1	135	34	24	23	10	14	0	0	0	0	20
2010	Nationals (AAA)	3	3	5.87	35	5	0	0	0			69.0	309	74	47	45	8	32	4	3	7	0	52
2010	Nationals	0	1	2.57	17	0	0	0	0	0	0	21.0	89	15	6	6	2	11	1	2	4	0	28
2011	Nationals (AAA)	2	1	4.35	28	0	0	0	1			39.1	174	47	19	19	2	15	1	1	3	0	46
2011	Nationals	1	4	4.54	23	0	0	0	0	2	1	35.2	159	38	21	18	7	14	0	1	2	1	34
2012	Tigers (AAA)	1	1	3.69	30	0	0	0	1			46.1	186	38	20	19	7	12	2	3	1	1	45
2012	Tigers	2	0	6.50	11	0	0	0	0	0	0	18.0	83	14	14	13	5	11	1	3	4	0	12
2013	Steamer	2	1	4.21	30	0			0			30.0	132	30	15	14	4	13		1			24
2013	Oliver	3	5	4.52						25		72.0	318	74	39	36	9	30	3	4			58
2013	ZiPS	2	4	6.09	46	1						68.0		77	49	46	14	32	2	5	7	1	51
2013	Rangers (AAA)	1	4	7.33	6	5	0	0	0			27.0	122	34	23	22	4	9	2	3	2	0	22
2013	Steamer (R)	1	1	4.20	10	0			0			22.0	97	22	11	10	3	9		1			17
2013	Steamer (U)	1	1	4.20	10	0			0			22.0	97	22	11	10	3	9		1			17
Total	- - -	7	16	5.30	73	22	0	0	0	2	1	185.0	824	193	118	109	36	78	3	12	14	1	144

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
2006	Nationals (A+)	6.65	4.05	1.64	0.92	16.8 %	10.2 %	.273	1.52	.315	67.4 %			4.50
2006	Nationals (AA)	4.58	2.75	1.67	0.00	13.0 %	7.8 %	.217	1.07	.254	78.3 %			3.40
2007	Nationals (AA)	7.02	2.28	3.08	0.82	18.2 %	5.9 %	.262	1.30	.306	71.4 %			3.74
2007	Nationals (AAA)	6.97	4.01	1.74	0.52	17.7 %	10.2 %	.245	1.39	.293	67.8 %			3.92
2008	Nationals (AAA)	7.32	2.63	2.78	1.60	19.3 %	6.9 %	.259	1.30	.286	79.9 %			4.92
2008	Nationals	5.63	3.15	1.79	1.35	14.0 %	7.8 %	.284	1.50	.305	66.9 %	129	119	5.11
2008	Average	6.83	3.39	2.01	1.01	17.5 %	8.7 %	.259	1.39	.296	71.4 %			4.39
2009	Nationals (AAA)	5.95	3.10	1.92	0.42	15.0 %	7.8 %	.299	1.55	.349	69.1 %			3.68
2009	Nationals	5.93	4.15	1.43	2.97	14.8 %	10.4 %	.281	1.58	.264	70.6 %	163	177	7.45
2009	Average	6.99	3.46	2.02	1.05	18.0 %	8.9 %	.258	1.39	.295	71.9 %			4.42
2010	Nationals (AAA)	6.78	4.17	1.63	1.04	16.8 %	10.4 %	.270	1.54	.308	63.4 %			4.72
2010	Nationals	12.00	4.71	2.55	0.86	31.5 %	12.4 %	.197	1.24	.283	87.3 %	64	88	3.51
2010	Average	7.13	3.28	2.17	0.96	18.5 %	8.5 %	.253	1.35	.293	72.2 %			4.20
2011	Nationals (AAA)	10.53	3.43	3.07	0.46	26.4 %	8.6 %	.298	1.58	.409	73.1 %			2.74
2011	Nationals	8.58	3.53	2.43	1.77	21.4 %	8.8 %	.264	1.46	.301	74.1 %	119	129	4.93
2011	Average	7.13	3.11	2.30	0.94	18.6 %	8.1 %	.251	1.32	.291	72.5 %			4.12
2012	Tigers (AAA)	8.74	2.33	3.75	1.36	24.2 %	6.5 %	.222	1.08	.261	76.4 %			4.19
2012	Tigers	6.00	5.50	1.09	2.50	14.5 %	13.3 %	.203	1.39	.173	66.7 %	156	184	7.71
2012	Average	7.56	3.05	2.48	1.02	19.8 %	8.0 %	.250	1.31	.293	72.5 %			4.12
2013	Steamer	7.23	3.84	1.88	1.11			.259	1.41	.299	73.3 %			4.51
2013	Oliver	7.28	3.77	1.93	1.13	18.2 %	9.4 %	.261	1.45	.300	71.1 %			4.47
2013	ZiPS	6.75	4.24	1.59	1.85			.287	1.60	.309	67.1 %			5.90
2013	Rangers (AAA)	7.33	3.00	2.44	1.33	18.0 %	7.4 %	.309	1.59	.357	56.9 %			4.83
2013	Steamer (R)	7.11	3.67	1.94	1.12			.261	1.40	.287	73.2 %			4.44
2013	Steamer (U)	7.11	3.67	1.94	1.11			.261	1.40	.287	73.2 %			4.44
Total	- - -	7.01	3.79	1.85	1.75	17.5 %	9.5 %	.263	1.46	.283	70.9 %	128	133	5.53

Batted Ball

Projections | Minor Leagues | Regular Season

Season	Team	GB/FB	LD%	GB%	FB%	IFFB%	HR/FB	IFH%	BUH%	tERA	SIERA	xFIP-	xFIP
2008	Nationals	1.03	21.9 %	39.6 %	38.5 %	13.5 %	11.5 %	8.4 %	50.0 %	5.50	4.80	113	4.87
2009	Nationals	0.79	16.8 %	36.6 %	46.5 %	8.5 %	21.3 %	2.7 %	0.0 %	7.26	5.12	123	5.20
2010	Nationals	1.79	11.4 %	56.8 %	31.8 %	7.1 %	14.3 %	4.0 %	25.0 %	3.18	2.77	77	3.08
2011	Nationals	1.07	19.4 %	41.7 %	38.9 %	4.8 %	16.7 %	11.1 %	50.0 %	5.18	3.44	100	3.86
2012	Tigers	0.62	16.1 %	32.1 %	51.8 %	6.9 %	17.2 %	16.7 %	100.0 %	7.72	5.33	157	6.46
Total	- - -	0.98	19.2 %	40.1 %	40.8 %	9.7 %	15.3 %	8.2 %	45.5 %	5.66	4.37	112	4.68

More Batted Ball

Projections | Minor Leagues | Regular Season

Season	Team	GB	FB	LD	IFFB	IFH	BU	BUH	RS	Balls	Strikes	Pitches
2008	Nationals	107	104	59	14	9	4	2	34	535	812	1347
2009	Nationals	37	47	17	4	1	0	0	12	192	321	513
2010	Nationals	25	14	5	1	1	4	1	4	136	203	339
2011	Nationals	45	42	21	2	5	2	1	12	239	371	610
2012	Tigers	18	29	9	2	3	1	1	15	124	174	298
Total	- - -	232	236	111	23	19	11	5	77	1226	1881	3107

Win Probability

Projections | Minor Leagues | Regular Season

Season	Team	WPA	-WPA	+WPA	RE24	REW	pLI	inLI	gmLI	exLI	Pulls	WPA/LI	Clutch	SD	MD
2008	Nationals	-1.85	-7.29	5.44	-15.81	-1.60	0.95	0.88	0.87	1.07	15	-1.09	-0.86	0	0
2009	Nationals	-0.90	-2.67	1.78	-8.36	-0.82	0.80	0.84	0.88	1.30	7	-0.69	-0.43	0	0
2010	Nationals	-0.36	-0.90	0.55	3.91	0.40	0.43	0.42	0.40	0.42	9	0.15	-0.98	0	1
2011	Nationals	-1.35	-3.03	1.68	-6.32	-0.70	0.67	0.64	0.78	0.49	14	-0.96	-1.05	1	7
2012	Tigers	-0.27	-1.05	0.78	-6.53	-0.74	0.66	0.69	0.63	0.86	9	-0.47	0.06	0	1
Total	- - -	-4.72	-14.94	10.23	-33.11	-3.46	0.78	0.75	0.70	0.81	54	-3.06	-2.96	1	9

Pitch Type

Projections | Minor Leagues | Regular Season

Season	Team	FB%	CB%	CH%	XX%
2008	Nationals	64.2% (91.5)	20.9% (75.1)	14.9% (83.8)	2.8%
2009	Nationals	70.6% (91.5)	27.0% (76.7)	2.4% (85.1)	1.2%
2010	Nationals	62.2% (94.1)	36.0% (78.9)	1.8% (87.2)	2.4%
2011	Nationals	69.1% (94.1)	29.9% (80.1)	1.0% (88.2)	0.2%
2012	Tigers	68.4% (92.9)	27.2% (79.1)	4.4% (86.7)	1.3%
Total	- - -	66.4% (92.5)	26.0% (77.6)	7.6% (84.3)	1.8%

PITCHf/x Pitch Type

Projections | Minor Leagues | Regular Season

Season	Team	FA%	FT%	SL%	CU%	CH%
2008	Nationals	66.6 %		0.4 %	20.5 %	12.1 %
2009	Nationals	70.4 %	0.4 %	0.4 %	26.5 %	2.1 %
2010	Nationals	62.2 %			35.1 %	1.5 %
2011	Nationals	70.0 %			29.9 %
2012	Tigers	49.5 %	19.2 %		26.9 %	3.0 %
Total	- - -	65.8 %	1.9 %	0.2 %	25.6 %	6.0 %

PITCHf/x Pitch Velocity

Projections | Minor Leagues | Regular Season

Season	Team	vFA	vFT	vSL	vCU	vCH
2008	Nationals	91.2		83.7	75.1	83.5
2009	Nationals	91.5	88.9	76.6	76.6	84.8
2010	Nationals	93.9			78.9	86.8
2011	Nationals	93.9			80.1
2012	Tigers	92.7	92.6		79.0	86.9
Total	- - -	92.2	92.4	81.7	77.5	83.8

Pitch Values

Projections | Minor Leagues | Regular Season

Season	Team	wFB	wCB	wCH	wFB/C	wCB/C	wCH/C
2008	Nationals	-7.8	-2.7	1.0	-0.93	-0.98	0.53
2009	Nationals	-4.4	-3.0	-0.8	-1.24	-2.21	-6.46
2010	Nationals	-2.8	6.2	-0.6	-1.35	5.19	-10.78
2011	Nationals	-7.5	0.1	-0.3	-1.79	0.04	-5.05
2012	Tigers	-4.4	2.5	-1.9	-2.21	3.14	-14.25
Total	- - -	-27.0	3.1	-2.5	-1.34	0.39	-1.09

PITCHf/x Pitch Values

Projections | Minor Leagues | Regular Season

Season	Team	wFA	wFT	wSL	wCU	wCH
2008	Nationals	-9.0		-0.4	-2.8	0.1
2009	Nationals	-4.9	-0.1	0.0	-3.2	-1.1
2010	Nationals	-2.6			6.3	-0.6
2011	Nationals	-6.6			0.5
2012	Tigers	-3.4	-0.7		2.6	-1.7
Total	- - -	-26.5	-0.8	-0.4	3.4	-3.4

PITCHf/x Pitch Values / 100

Projections | Minor Leagues | Regular Season

Season	Team	wFA/C	wFT/C	wSL/C	wCU/C	wCH/C
2008	Nationals	-1.01		-8.84	-1.02	0.05
2009	Nationals	-1.37	-4.42	0.73	-2.33	-10.30
2010	Nationals	-1.22			5.33	-11.91
2011	Nationals	-1.55			0.27
2012	Tigers	-2.31	-1.23		3.20	-18.94
Total	- - -	-1.30	-1.34	-6.10	0.44	-1.80

Plate Discipline

Projections | Minor Leagues | Regular Season | Averages

Season	Team	O-Swing%	Z-Swing%	Swing%	O-Contact%	Z-Contact%	Contact%	Zone%	F-Strike%	SwStr%
2008	Nationals	20.1 %	66.4 %	44.0 %	65.1 %	86.7 %	81.9 %	51.5 %	50.0 %	7.7 %
2008	Average	25.4 %	65.4 %	45.9 %	61.7 %	87.9 %	80.8 %	51.1 %	58.6 %	8.6 %
2009	Nationals	22.2 %	65.2 %	45.0 %	65.4 %	91.3 %	85.3 %	53.0 %	54.8 %	6.6 %
2009	Average	25.1 %	66.0 %	45.3 %	61.7 %	87.8 %	80.5 %	49.3 %	58.2 %	8.6 %
2010	Nationals	29.8 %	61.9 %	43.2 %	41.1 %	80.7 %	64.8 %	41.6 %	60.7 %	14.5 %
2010	Average	29.3 %	64.4 %	45.6 %	66.5 %	88.1 %	80.7 %	46.5 %	58.8 %	8.5 %
2011	Nationals	28.5 %	64.5 %	43.1 %	67.7 %	93.0 %	83.1 %	40.6 %	57.2 %	7.2 %
2011	Average	30.6 %	65.0 %	46.2 %	68.1 %	87.9 %	80.7 %	45.3 %	59.4 %	8.6 %
2012	Tigers	27.6 %	65.2 %	42.0 %	68.0 %	90.4 %	81.3 %	38.2 %	53.0 %	7.7 %
2012	Average	30.8 %	64.7 %	46.0 %	66.8 %	87.2 %	79.7 %	44.9 %	59.8 %	9.1 %
Total	- - -	24.3 %	65.3 %	43.7 %	62.7 %	88.4 %	80.9 %	47.3 %	53.6 %	8.1 %

PITCHf/x Plate Discipline

Projections | Minor Leagues | Regular Season | Averages

Season	Team	O-Swing%	Z-Swing%	Swing%	O-Contact%	Z-Contact%	Contact%	Zone%	Pace
2008	Nationals	24.8 %	61.4 %	43.2 %	65.9 %	89.5 %	82.7 %	50.2 %	18.2
2008	Average	28.0 %	62.5 %	45.3 %	65.9 %	88.0 %	81.2 %	50.3 %	21.6
2009	Nationals	29.8 %	59.1 %	44.0 %	70.9 %	93.8 %	85.8 %	48.2 %	18.0
2009	Average	27.9 %	61.4 %	44.8 %	65.5 %	88.0 %	81.0 %	50.4 %	21.4
2010	Nationals	31.0 %	58.0 %	42.1 %	42.6 %	82.5 %	65.3 %	41.2 %	21.1
2010	Average	28.4 %	61.3 %	44.9 %	64.6 %	87.9 %	80.6 %	50.4 %	21.5
2011	Nationals	25.6 %	62.9 %	42.8 %	65.5 %	92.1 %	83.5 %	46.1 %	22.3
2011	Average	28.9 %	62.1 %	45.6 %	64.7 %	88.0 %	80.6 %	50.1 %	21.6
2012	Tigers	28.4 %	60.5 %	42.0 %	60.4 %	94.7 %	81.3 %	42.3 %	23.6
2012	Average	29.3 %	62.2 %	45.6 %	63.6 %	87.3 %	79.6 %	49.5 %	22.1
Total	- - -	26.9 %	60.9 %	43.0 %	62.8 %	90.5 %	81.4 %	47.3 %	19.8

Fielding

Projections | Minor Leagues | Regular Season

Season	Team	Pos	G	GS	Inn	PO	A	E	TE	DP	DPF	SB	FP
2008	Nationals	P	15	15	80.0	5	5	2	2	1	1	3	.833
2009	Nationals	P	7	7	30.1	1	0	1	1	0	0	0	.500
2010	Nationals	P	17	0	21.0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	1.000
2011	Nationals	P	23	0	35.2	0	2	1	1	0	0	5	.667
2012	Tigers	P	11	0	18.0	1	0	0	0	0	0	3	1.000
Total	- - -	P	73	22	185.0	7	9	4	4	1	1	11	.800

Advanced Fielding

Projections | Minor Leagues | Regular Season

Season	Team	Pos	Inn	rSB	rPM	DRS
2008	Nationals	P	80.0	1	-2	-2
2009	Nationals	P	30.1	1	0	1
2010	Nationals	P	21.0	0	0	0
2011	Nationals	P	35.2	-1	-1	-2
2012	Tigers	P	18.0	0	0	0
Total	- - -	P	185.0	1	-3	-3

Value

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Season	Team	RA9-Wins	BIP-Wins	LOB-Wins	FDP-Wins	RAR	WAR	Dollars
2008	Nationals	-0.2	-0.2	-0.4	-0.6	3.3	0.3	$1.5
2009	Nationals	-0.5	0.2	-0.1	0.2	-6.9	-0.6	($2.9)
2010	Nationals	0.3	0.1	0.2	0.2	0.9	0.1	$0.4
2011	Nationals	-0.4	-0.1	0.1	0.0	-3.9	-0.4	($1.9)
2012	Tigers	-0.4	0.4	-0.3	0.1	-5.2	-0.5	($2.3)
Total	- - -	-1.2	0.4	-0.4	0.0	-11.8	-1.1	($5.2)

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