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Projections | Minor Leagues | Regular Season

Season	Team	W	L	G	GS	IP	K/9	BB/9	HR/9	BABIP	LOB%	GB%	HR/FB	ERA	FIP	xFIP	WAR
2006	Orioles (A-)	1	1	2	0	2.2	6.75	0.00	0.00	.429	75.0 %			3.38	2.82
2006	Orioles (A+)	0	0	1	0	1.0	9.00	9.00	0.00	.000	100.0 %			0.00	4.20
2006	Orioles (AA)	0	1	2	0	4.0	11.25	2.25	4.50	.333	62.5 %			9.00	7.95
2006	Orioles (AAA)	1	3	5	5	25.1	6.75	3.91	0.71	.265	75.3 %			3.20	4.15
2006	Orioles	5	2	35	0	31.0	7.84	4.65	1.16	.244	65.1 %	43.0 %	10.3 %	4.94	4.92	5.01	0.0
2007	Orioles (AAA)	8	4	20	19	105.2	8.35	3.24	0.51	.318	77.6 %			3.07	3.30
2007	Orioles	1	2	19	2	34.1	7.86	3.67	0.79	.408	58.6 %	48.8 %	8.8 %	8.13	4.11	4.22	0.3
2008	Rays (AAA)	2	3	36	1	40.2	6.42	6.20	0.89	.368	65.1 %			7.52	5.27
2008	Rays	0	0	6	0	10.0	6.30	4.50	0.00	.200	90.0 %	52.2 %	0.0 %	0.90	3.23	4.55	0.1
2009	Rockies (AA)	0	1	2	2	9.0	4.00	2.00	1.00	.323	51.5 %			6.00	5.09
2009	Rockies (AAA)	3	2	25	12	67.0	7.79	3.63	1.07	.311	79.0 %			3.49	4.27
2010	Rockies (AAA)	5	8	23	15	80.1	6.50	2.46	1.01	.342	59.6 %			5.83	4.07
2013	Steamer	2	1	30	0	30.0	6.71	3.19	1.03	.299	73.1 %			4.00	4.25		0.0
Total	- - -	6	4	60	2	75.1	7.65	4.18	0.84	.325	63.6 %	47.0 %	8.4 %	5.85	4.33	4.59	0.4

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Projections | Minor Leagues | Regular Season

Season	Team	W	L	ERA	G	GS	CG	ShO	HLD	BS	IP	TBF	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	HBP	WP	BK	SO
2006	Orioles (A-)	1	1	3.38	2	0	0	0			2.2	10	3	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	2
2006	Orioles (A+)	0	0	0.00	1	0	0	0			1.0	4	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1
2006	Orioles (AA)	0	1	9.00	2	0	0	0			4.0	17	5	4	4	2	1	0	0	0	0	5
2006	Orioles (AAA)	1	3	3.20	5	5	0	0			25.1	101	20	10	9	2	11	0	1	0	0	19
2006	Orioles	5	2	4.94	35	0	0	0	4	1	31.0	136	25	19	17	4	16	0	3	3	0	27
2007	Orioles (AAA)	8	4	3.07	20	19	0	0			105.2	449	102	39	36	6	38	2	5	7	1	98
2007	Orioles	1	2	8.13	19	2	0	0	0	0	34.1	170	52	31	31	3	14	0	3	1	0	30
2008	Rays (AAA)	2	3	7.52	36	1	0	0			40.2	207	57	34	34	4	28	0	2	2	0	29
2008	Rays	0	0	0.90	6	0	0	0	0	0	10.0	37	5	1	1	0	5	0	0	0	0	7
2009	Rockies (AA)	0	1	6.00	2	2	0	0			9.0	40	11	8	6	1	2	0	2	0	0	4
2009	Rockies (AAA)	3	2	3.49	25	12	0	0			67.0	287	68	29	26	8	27	1	1	0	0	58
2010	Rockies (AAA)	5	8	5.83	23	15	1	0			80.1	362	102	58	52	9	22	0	1	3	0	58
2013	Steamer	2	1	4.00	30	0					30.0	129	30	14	13	3	11		1			22
Total	- - -	6	4	5.85	60	2	0	0	4	1	75.1	343	82	51	49	7	35	0	6	4	0	64

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	Orioles (A-)	6.75	0.00	2.00	0.00	20.0 %	0.0 %	.333	1.13	.429	75.0 %			2.82
2006	Orioles (A+)	9.00	9.00	1.00	0.00	25.0 %	25.0 %	.000	1.00	.000	100.0 %			4.20
2006	Orioles (AA)	11.25	2.25	5.00	4.50	29.4 %	5.9 %	.313	1.50	.333	62.5 %			7.95
2006	Orioles (AAA)	6.75	3.91	1.73	0.71	18.8 %	10.9 %	.225	1.22	.265	75.3 %			4.15
2006	Orioles	7.84	4.65	1.69	1.16	19.9 %	11.8 %	.214	1.32	.244	65.1 %	107	108	4.92
2006	Average	6.59	3.30	2.00	1.12	16.8 %	8.4 %	.265	1.41	.298	70.9 %			4.58
2007	Orioles (AAA)	8.35	3.24	2.58	0.51	21.8 %	8.5 %	.251	1.32	.318	77.6 %			3.30
2007	Orioles	7.86	3.67	2.14	0.79	17.7 %	8.2 %	.340	1.92	.408	58.6 %	179	92	4.11
2007	Average	6.67	3.33	2.00	1.03	17.1 %	8.5 %	.263	1.41	.299	70.7 %			4.43
2008	Rays (AAA)	6.42	6.20	1.04	0.89	14.0 %	13.5 %	.322	2.09	.368	65.1 %			5.27
2008	Rays	6.30	4.50	1.40	0.00	18.9 %	13.5 %	.156	1.00	.200	90.0 %	21	77	3.23
2008	Average	6.83	3.39	2.01	1.01	17.5 %	8.7 %	.259	1.39	.296	71.4 %			4.39
2009	Rockies (AA)	4.00	2.00	2.00	1.00	10.0 %	5.0 %	.306	1.44	.323	51.5 %			5.09
2009	Rockies (AAA)	7.79	3.63	2.15	1.07	20.2 %	9.4 %	.263	1.42	.311	79.0 %			4.27
2010	Rockies (AAA)	6.50	2.46	2.64	1.01	16.0 %	6.1 %	.301	1.54	.342	59.6 %			4.07
2013	Steamer	6.71	3.19	2.11	1.03			.262	1.35	.299	73.1 %			4.25
Total	- - -	7.65	4.18	1.83	0.84	18.7 %	10.2 %	.272	1.55	.325	63.6 %	129	97	4.33

Batted Ball

Projections | Minor Leagues | Regular Season

Season	Team	GB/FB	LD%	GB%	FB%	IFFB%	HR/FB	IFH%	BUH%	tERA	SIERA	xFIP-	xFIP
2006	Orioles	0.95	11.6 %	43.0 %	45.3 %	5.1 %	10.3 %	13.5 %	0.0 %	4.33	4.39	111	5.01
2007	Orioles	1.74	23.1 %	48.8 %	28.1 %	11.8 %	8.8 %	11.9 %	50.0 %	4.60	3.92	95	4.22
2008	Rays	1.20	4.3 %	52.2 %	43.5 %	0.0 %	0.0 %	16.7 %	50.0 %	2.03	4.52	105	4.55
Total	- - -	1.30	17.0 %	47.0 %	36.1 %	7.2 %	8.4 %	13.0 %	25.0 %	4.19	4.19	103	4.59

More Batted Ball

Projections | Minor Leagues | Regular Season

Season	Team	GB	FB	LD	IFFB	IFH	BU	BUH	RS	Balls	Strikes	Pitches
2006	Orioles	37	39	10	2	5	4	0	24	226	297	523
2007	Orioles	59	34	28	4	7	2	1	20	265	403	668
2008	Rays	12	10	1	0	2	2	1	7	52	79	131
Total	- - -	108	83	39	6	14	8	2	51	543	779	1322

Win Probability

Projections | Minor Leagues | Regular Season

Season	Team	WPA	-WPA	+WPA	RE24	REW	pLI	inLI	gmLI	exLI	Pulls	WPA/LI	Clutch	SD	MD
2006	Orioles	-0.05	-1.77	1.72	1.57	0.17	0.77	0.86	0.92	1.15	31	0.00	-0.06	8	5
2007	Orioles	-1.35	-2.86	1.51	-16.04	-1.54	0.67	0.58	0.92	0.41	12	-0.85	-1.16	3	3
2008	Rays	0.19	-0.07	0.26	5.75	0.55	0.27	0.39	0.38	0.56	4	0.47	0.22	1	0
Total	- - -	-1.21	-4.70	3.48	-8.72	-0.82	0.67	0.69	0.86	0.91	47	-0.38	-1.43	12	8

Pitch Type

Projections | Minor Leagues | Regular Season

Season	Team	FB%	SL%	CT%	CB%	CH%	XX%
2006	Orioles	56.2% (87.9)	26.8% (79.3)	1.0% (86.0)	4.3% (77.9)	11.7% (81.9)	2.3%
2007	Orioles	52.9% (87.8)	30.3% (79.3)		3.3% (76.7)	13.5% (82.3)	1.2%
2008	Rays	61.8% (86.9)	34.4% (79.9)		2.3% (77.0)	1.5% (82.0)
Total	- - -	55.1% (87.7)	29.3% (79.4)	0.4% (86.0)	3.6% (77.1)	11.6% (82.1)	1.5%

PITCHf/x Pitch Type

Projections | Minor Leagues | Regular Season

Season	Team	FA%	SL%	CU%	CH%
2007	Orioles	51.8 %	36.0 %	6.6 %	5.6 %
2008	Rays	48.4 %	42.2 %	8.6 %	0.8 %
Total	- - -	50.5 %	38.5 %	7.4 %	3.7 %

PITCHf/x Pitch Velocity

Projections | Minor Leagues | Regular Season

Season	Team	vFA	vSL	vCU	vCH
2007	Orioles	88.3	81.3	78.2	82.1
2008	Rays	87.2	82.9	76.8	80.7
Total	- - -	87.9	82.0	77.5	82.0

Pitch Values

Projections | Minor Leagues | Regular Season

Season	Team	wFB	wSL	wCT	wCB	wCH	wFB/C	wSL/C	wCT/C	wCB/C	wCH/C
2006	Orioles	-0.1	1.5	0.4	-0.9	-1.7	-0.02	1.09	7.90	-3.88	-2.78
2007	Orioles	-4.0	1.2		-0.4	-6.5	-1.13	0.58		-1.93	-7.36
2008	Rays	4.0	0.8		0.5	-0.5	4.89	1.73		17.06	-26.50
Total	- - -	-0.1	3.4	0.4	-0.8	-8.7	-0.01	0.90	7.90	-1.63	-5.79

PITCHf/x Pitch Values

Projections | Minor Leagues | Regular Season

Season	Team	wFA	wSL	wCU	wCH
2007	Orioles	-2.3	-3.5	-1.0	0.2
2008	Rays	3.6	0.2	0.4	0.0
Total	- - -	1.3	-3.2	-0.6	0.2

PITCHf/x Pitch Values / 100

Projections | Minor Leagues | Regular Season

Season	Team	wFA/C	wSL/C	wCU/C	wCH/C
2007	Orioles	-2.27	-4.88	-7.55	1.99
2008	Rays	5.79	0.41	3.86	-4.98
Total	- - -	0.78	-2.59	-2.32	1.41

Plate Discipline

Projections | Minor Leagues | Regular Season | Averages

Season	Team	O-Swing%	Z-Swing%	Swing%	O-Contact%	Z-Contact%	Contact%	Zone%	F-Strike%	SwStr%
2006	Orioles	18.4 %	64.5 %	40.7 %	40.8 %	86.3 %	75.6 %	48.3 %	47.1 %	9.8 %
2006	Average	23.5 %	66.6 %	46.1 %	57.4 %	88.5 %	81.0 %	52.6 %	58.8 %	8.5 %
2007	Orioles	25.2 %	63.3 %	43.5 %	60.5 %	89.5 %	80.8 %	48.0 %	54.7 %	8.1 %
2007	Average	25.0 %	66.6 %	45.9 %	60.8 %	88.2 %	80.8 %	50.3 %	58.7 %	8.6 %
2008	Rays	25.0 %	71.0 %	46.9 %	47.1 %	97.7 %	83.6 %	47.7 %	51.4 %	7.6 %
2008	Average	25.4 %	65.4 %	45.9 %	61.7 %	87.9 %	80.8 %	51.1 %	58.6 %	8.6 %
Total	- - -	22.5 %	64.5 %	42.7 %	52.6 %	89.1 %	79.1 %	48.1 %	51.3 %	8.7 %

PITCHf/x Plate Discipline

Projections | Minor Leagues | Regular Season | Averages

Season	Team	O-Swing%	Z-Swing%	Swing%	O-Contact%	Z-Contact%	Contact%	Zone%	Pace
2007	Orioles	17.3 %	66.7 %	39.1 %	79.0 %	96.6 %	92.2 %	44.2 %	20.0
2007	Average	28.9 %	62.3 %	45.4 %	66.4 %	87.6 %	80.8 %	49.6 %	21.5
2008	Rays	28.4 %	67.2 %	46.9 %	52.6 %	97.6 %	83.3 %	47.7 %	21.0
2008	Average	28.0 %	62.5 %	45.3 %	65.9 %	88.0 %	81.2 %	50.3 %	21.6
Total	- - -	21.5 %	66.9 %	42.2 %	65.8 %	97.0 %	88.3 %	45.5 %	20.3

Fielding

Projections | Minor Leagues | Regular Season

Season	Team	Pos	G	GS	Inn	A	DP	DPS	SB	FP
2006	Orioles	P	35	0	31.0	7	1	1	0	1.000
2007	Orioles	P	19	2	34.1	4	0	0	1	1.000
2008	Rays	P	6	0	10.0	2	1	1	0	1.000
Total	- - -	P	60	2	75.1	13	2	2	1	1.000

Advanced Fielding

Projections | Minor Leagues | Regular Season

Season	Team	Pos	Inn	rSB	DRS
2006	Orioles	P	31.0	1	1
2007	Orioles	P	34.1	0	0
2008	Rays	P	10.0	0	0
Total	- - -	P	75.1	1	1

Value

Projections | Minor Leagues | Regular Season

Season	Team	RA9-Wins	BIP-Wins	LOB-Wins	FDP-Wins	RAR	WAR	Dollars	Salary
2006	Orioles	-0.1	0.4	-0.4	-0.1	-0.3	0.0	($0.1)
2007	Orioles	-0.9	-1.0	-0.2	-1.2	3.2	0.3	$1.3
2008	Rays	0.3	0.2	0.0	0.2	0.9	0.1	$0.4	$0.4
Total	- - -	-0.6	-0.4	-0.5	-1.0	3.7	0.4	$1.5	$0.4

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