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Luke French

Birthdate: 9/13/1985 Bats/Throws: L/L
Height/Weight: 6-4/220 Position: P
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3/22/2011: French is still in contention for the fifth spot in the Mariners rotation, but he's expected to lose out to Michael Pineda, the Seattle Times reports.

8/3/2009 - Trade Deadline Prospects Ranked, Part 1 by Marc Hulet (FanGraphs)

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Partial Seasons | 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	Tigers (A)	11	8	0	26	26	157.1	5.38	2.52	0.57	.285	68.4 %			3.72	3.80
2007	Tigers (A+)	5	14	0	27	27	149.0	5.62	2.84	0.60	.325	61.9 %			4.05	3.87
2008	Tigers (AA)	9	11	0	27	26	170.0	4.66	3.18	0.85	.311	70.8 %			4.02	4.55
2009	Tigers (AAA)	4	4	0	13	13	81.2	7.93	2.20	0.66	.284	71.8 %			2.98	3.16
2009	2 Teams	4	5	0	15	12	67.1	5.61	3.74	1.47	.332	70.9 %	29.2 %	9.6 %	5.21	5.31	5.43	0.3
2009	Tigers	1	2	0	7	5	29.1	5.83	3.38	0.61	.310	75.8 %	28.4 %	3.9 %	3.38	3.92	5.31	0.6
2009	Mariners	3	3	0	8	7	38.0	5.45	4.03	2.13	.349	67.3 %	29.7 %	14.1 %	6.63	6.39	5.52	-0.3
2010	Mariners (AAA)	11	3	0	17	17	113.1	5.00	1.83	0.56	.283	72.3 %			2.94	3.63
2010	Mariners	5	7	0	16	13	87.2	3.80	2.98	1.33	.260	72.0 %	32.3 %	8.6 %	4.83	5.29	5.47	-0.2
2011	Mariners (AAA)	9	9	0	26	26	146.1	4.98	3.75	1.85	.324	66.2 %			6.27	6.05
2012	Twins (AA)	4	1	0	9	9	55.2	4.37	2.75	0.65	.196	82.3 %			2.10	4.13
2012	Twins (AAA)	1	5	0	19	14	74.1	5.93	4.84	1.33	.328	66.9 %			6.42	5.50
2013	Steamer	2	3	0	9	8	49.0	4.49	4.21	1.36	.296	67.5 %			5.60	5.56		-0.4
2013	ZiPS	5	10		26	23	128.7	4.06	4.55	1.54	.310	65.2 %			6.43	6.09		-1.2
Total	- - -	9	12	0	31	25	155.0	4.59	3.31	1.39	.292	71.4 %	30.9 %	9.0 %	4.99	5.30	5.45	0.1

News

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Standard

Partial Seasons | 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	Tigers (A)	11	8	3.72	26	26	1	1	0			157.1	668	156	75	65	10	44	3	7	8	0	94
2007	Tigers (A+)	5	14	4.05	27	27	0	0	0			149.0	654	172	94	67	10	47	1	5	5	0	93
2008	Tigers (AA)	9	11	4.02	27	26	3	0	0			170.0	745	195	92	76	16	60	1	6	10	0	88
2009	Tigers (AAA)	4	4	2.98	13	13	1	0	0			81.2	328	71	32	27	6	20	0	1	1	0	72
2009	2 Teams	4	5	5.21	15	12	0	0	0	0	0	67.1	312	87	45	39	11	28	1	2	3	0	42
2009	Tigers	1	2	3.38	7	5	0	0	0	0	0	29.1	133	33	13	11	2	11	1	1	1	0	19
2009	Mariners	3	3	6.63	8	7	0	0	0	0	0	38.0	179	54	32	28	9	17	0	1	2	0	23
2010	Mariners (AAA)	11	3	2.94	17	17	1	0	0			113.1	458	109	45	37	7	23	0	5	6	1	63
2010	Mariners	5	7	4.83	16	13	0	0	0	0	0	87.2	371	88	47	47	13	29	2	4	4	0	37
2011	Mariners (AAA)	9	9	6.27	26	26	0	0	0			146.1	684	195	115	102	30	61	0	2	3	1	81
2012	Twins (AA)	4	1	2.10	9	9	1	0	0			55.2	207	35	14	13	4	17	0	1	1	0	27
2012	Twins (AAA)	1	5	6.42	19	14	0	0	0			74.1	343	90	54	53	11	40	1	2	6	1	49
2013	Steamer	2	3	5.60	9	8			0			49.0	224	56	33	31	7	23		2			25
2013	ZiPS	5	10	6.43	26	23						128.7		159	98	92	22	65	2	7	8	1	58
Total	- - -	9	12	4.99	31	25	0	0	0	0	0	155.0	683	175	92	86	24	57	3	6	7	0	79

Advanced

Partial Seasons | 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	Tigers (A)	5.38	2.52	2.14	0.57	14.1 %	6.6 %	.253	1.27	.285	68.4 %			3.80
2007	Tigers (A+)	5.62	2.84	1.98	0.60	14.2 %	7.2 %	.286	1.47	.325	61.9 %			3.87
2008	Tigers (AA)	4.66	3.18	1.47	0.85	11.8 %	8.1 %	.287	1.50	.311	70.8 %			4.55
2009	Tigers (AAA)	7.93	2.20	3.60	0.66	22.0 %	6.1 %	.231	1.11	.284	71.8 %			3.16
2009	2 Teams	5.61	3.74	1.50	1.47	13.5 %	9.0 %	.309	1.71	.332	70.9 %	120	123	5.31
2009	Tigers	5.83	3.38	1.73	0.61	14.3 %	8.3 %	.273	1.50	.310	75.8 %	74	87	3.92
2009	Mariners	5.45	4.03	1.35	2.13	12.9 %	9.5 %	.335	1.87	.349	67.3 %	155	150	6.39
2009	Average	6.99	3.46	2.02	1.05	18.0 %	8.9 %	.258	1.39	.295	71.9 %			4.42
2010	Mariners (AAA)	5.00	1.83	2.74	0.56	13.8 %	5.0 %	.254	1.16	.283	72.3 %			3.63
2010	Mariners	3.80	2.98	1.28	1.33	10.0 %	7.8 %	.260	1.33	.260	72.0 %	124	136	5.29
2010	Average	7.13	3.28	2.17	0.96	18.5 %	8.5 %	.253	1.35	.293	72.2 %			4.20
2011	Mariners (AAA)	4.98	3.75	1.33	1.85	11.8 %	8.9 %	.314	1.75	.324	66.2 %			6.05
2012	Twins (AA)	4.37	2.75	1.59	0.65	13.0 %	8.2 %	.185	0.93	.196	82.3 %			4.13
2012	Twins (AAA)	5.93	4.84	1.23	1.33	14.3 %	11.7 %	.299	1.75	.328	66.9 %			5.50
2013	Steamer	4.49	4.21	1.07	1.36			.286	1.60	.296	67.5 %			5.56
2013	ZiPS	4.06	4.55	0.89	1.54			.305	1.74	.310	65.2 %			6.09
Total	- - -	4.59	3.31	1.39	1.39	11.6 %	8.4 %	.282	1.50	.292	71.4 %	122	130	5.30

Batted Ball

Partial Seasons | Projections | Minor Leagues | Regular Season

Season	Team	GB/FB	LD%	GB%	FB%	IFFB%	HR/FB	IFH%	BUH%	tERA	SIERA	xFIP-	xFIP
2009	2 Teams	0.61	22.9 %	29.2 %	47.9 %	8.7 %	9.6 %	8.6 %	0.0 %	5.67	5.26	123	5.43
2009	Tigers	0.57	21.6 %	28.4 %	50.0 %	11.8 %	3.9 %	6.9 %	0.0 %	4.25	5.10	120	5.31
2009	Mariners	0.64	23.9 %	29.7 %	46.4 %	6.3 %	14.1 %	9.8 %	0.0 %	6.75	5.38	125	5.52
2010	Mariners	0.63	16.3 %	32.3 %	51.4 %	12.6 %	8.6 %	7.4 %	42.9 %	4.71	5.53	131	5.47
Total	- - -	0.62	19.3 %	30.9 %	49.8 %	10.9 %	9.0 %	7.9 %	42.9 %	5.14	5.40	128	5.45

More Batted Ball

Partial Seasons | Projections | Minor Leagues | Regular Season

Season	Team	GB	FB	LD	IFFB	IFH	BU	BUH	RS	Balls	Strikes	Pitches
2009	2 Teams	70	115	55	10	6	0	0	46	433	733	1166
2009	Tigers	29	51	22	6	2	0	0	16	188	312	500
2009	Mariners	41	64	33	4	4	0	0	30	245	421	666
2010	Mariners	95	151	48	19	7	7	3	28	470	836	1306
Total	- - -	165	266	103	29	13	7	3	74	903	1569	2472

Win Probability

Partial Seasons | Projections | Minor Leagues | Regular Season

Season	Team	WPA	-WPA	+WPA	RE24	REW	pLI	inLI	gmLI	exLI	Pulls	WPA/LI	Clutch	SD
2009	2 Teams	-0.98	-5.85	4.87	-11.32	-1.22	0.95	0.80	0.75	1.16	13	-2.61	1.57	1
2009	Tigers	0.13	-2.22	2.34	1.92	0.20	0.98	0.83	0.72	1.11	6	-0.19	0.32	1
2009	Mariners	-1.10	-3.63	2.53	-13.24	-1.42	0.92	0.78	0.76	1.21	7	-2.41	1.21	0
2010	Mariners	-0.57	-6.38	5.81	-9.31	-1.04	0.90	0.85	0.73	1.35	14	-1.23	0.60	0
Total	- - -	-1.54	-12.23	10.68	-20.63	-2.26	0.92	0.83	0.74	1.26	27	-3.83	2.16	1

Pitch Type

Partial Seasons | Projections | Minor Leagues | Regular Season

Season	Team	FB%	SL%	CH%	XX%
2009	2 Teams	59.7% (87.7)	23.8% (79.0)	16.5% (77.1)	0.9%
2009	Tigers	61.5% (87.2)	25.9% (77.9)	12.6% (76.1)	1.2%
2009	Mariners	58.2% (88.1)	22.2% (79.9)	19.5% (77.7)	0.8%
2010	Mariners	66.5% (86.0)	7.3% (78.3)	26.2% (76.2)	2.5%
Total	- - -	63.2% (86.7)	15.2% (78.8)	21.6% (76.6)	1.8%

PITCHf/x Pitch Type

Partial Seasons | Projections | Minor Leagues | Regular Season

Season	Team	FA%	FT%	FC%	FS%	SL%	CH%
2009	2 Teams	46.5 %	2.4 %	6.9 %	0.3 %	17.7 %	25.9 %
2009	Tigers	41.5 %	3.4 %	9.7 %		15.0 %	29.6 %
2009	Mariners	50.3 %	1.7 %	4.8 %	0.5 %	19.6 %	23.1 %
2010	Mariners	65.8 %				6.3 %	27.3 %
Total	- - -	56.8 %	1.1 %	3.3 %	0.1 %	11.6 %	26.6 %

PITCHf/x Pitch Velocity

Partial Seasons | Projections | Minor Leagues | Regular Season

Season	Team	vFA	vFT	vFC	vFS	vSL	vCH
2009	2 Teams	88.1	82.0	78.7	86.2	79.6	80.5
2009	Tigers	87.7	82.7	76.9		78.6	81.7
2009	Mariners	88.4	80.9	81.3	86.2	80.3	79.3
2010	Mariners	85.9				78.2	76.3
Total	- - -	86.8	82.0	78.7	86.2	79.2	78.2

Pitch Values

Partial Seasons | Projections | Minor Leagues | Regular Season

Season	Team	wFB	wSL	wCH	wFB/C	wSL/C	wCH/C
2009	2 Teams	-19.0	5.0	-1.6	-2.76	1.83	-0.84
2009	Tigers	-7.4	5.3	-0.4	-2.43	4.16	-0.70
2009	Mariners	-11.6	-0.3	-1.2	-3.02	-0.20	-0.90
2010	Mariners	0.1	-2.3	-4.1	0.01	-2.42	-1.22
Total	- - -	-18.9	2.8	-5.7	-1.23	0.75	-1.08

PITCHf/x Pitch Values

Partial Seasons | Projections | Minor Leagues | Regular Season

Season	Team	wFA	wFT	wFC	wFS	wSL	wCH
2009	2 Teams	-12.6	0.3	3.1	-0.1	-0.4	-5.8
2009	Tigers	-5.8	-0.2	2.3		1.8	-1.1
2009	Mariners	-6.8	0.5	0.8	-0.1	-2.2	-4.6
2010	Mariners	0.8				-0.9	-5.7
Total	- - -	-11.8	0.3	3.1	-0.1	-1.3	-11.5

PITCHf/x Pitch Values / 100

Partial Seasons | Projections | Minor Leagues | Regular Season

Season	Team	wFA/C	wFT/C	wFC/C	wFS/C	wSL/C	wCH/C
2009	2 Teams	-2.34	1.04	3.89	-3.09	-0.19	-1.93
2009	Tigers	-2.81	-0.98	4.76		2.42	-0.78
2009	Mariners	-2.05	4.16	2.59	-3.09	-1.67	-3.02
2010	Mariners	0.09				-1.13	-1.61
Total	- - -	-0.85	1.04	3.89	-3.09	-0.46	-1.75

Plate Discipline

Partial Seasons | Projections | Minor Leagues | Regular Season | Averages

Season	Team	O-Swing%	Z-Swing%	Swing%	O-Contact%	Z-Contact%	Contact%	Zone%	F-Strike%	SwStr%
2009	2 Teams	24.9 %	67.9 %	47.6 %	61.5 %	88.3 %	81.7 %	52.7 %	59.0 %	8.6 %
2009	Tigers	25.6 %	69.6 %	47.7 %	55.6 %	87.8 %	79.2 %	50.1 %	62.4 %	9.8 %
2009	Mariners	24.2 %	66.8 %	47.5 %	66.7 %	88.7 %	83.6 %	54.7 %	56.4 %	7.7 %
2009	Average	25.1 %	66.0 %	45.3 %	61.7 %	87.8 %	80.5 %	49.3 %	58.2 %	8.6 %
2010	Mariners	24.7 %	67.3 %	46.6 %	81.5 %	90.6 %	88.2 %	51.4 %	64.2 %	5.3 %
2010	Average	29.3 %	64.4 %	45.6 %	66.5 %	88.1 %	80.7 %	46.5 %	58.8 %	8.5 %
Total	- - -	24.8 %	67.6 %	47.1 %	72.0 %	89.5 %	85.1 %	52.0 %	61.8 %	6.8 %

PITCHf/x Plate Discipline

Partial Seasons | Projections | Minor Leagues | Regular Season | Averages

Season	Team	O-Swing%	Z-Swing%	Swing%	O-Contact%	Z-Contact%	Contact%	Zone%	Pace
2009	2 Teams	28.7 %	62.9 %	47.2 %	68.4 %	87.8 %	82.4 %	54.1 %	19.5
2009	Tigers	30.1 %	62.8 %	47.6 %	63.8 %	86.6 %	79.8 %	53.3 %	20.1
2009	Mariners	27.7 %	63.0 %	47.0 %	72.3 %	88.6 %	84.2 %	54.7 %	19.1
2009	Average	27.9 %	61.4 %	44.8 %	65.5 %	88.0 %	81.0 %	50.4 %	21.4
2010	Mariners	23.0 %	62.4 %	46.0 %	79.8 %	90.7 %	88.4 %	58.4 %	18.2
2010	Average	28.4 %	61.3 %	44.9 %	64.6 %	87.9 %	80.6 %	50.4 %	21.5
Total	- - -	25.8 %	62.6 %	46.6 %	73.6 %	89.4 %	85.5 %	56.4 %	18.8

Fielding

Partial Seasons | Projections | Minor Leagues | Regular Season

Season	Team	Pos	G	GS	Inn	PO	A	DP	DPS	SB	FP
2009	2 Teams	P	15	12	67.1	2	5	1	1	2	1.000
2009	Tigers	P	7	5	29.1	1	3	0	0	1	1.000
2009	Mariners	P	8	7	38.0	1	2	1	1	1	1.000
2010	Mariners	P	16	13	87.2	10	6	0	1	2	1.000
Total	- - -	P	31	25	155.0	12	11	1	2	4	1.000

Advanced Fielding

Partial Seasons | Projections | Minor Leagues | Regular Season

Season	Team	Pos	Inn	rSB	rPM	DRS
2009	2 Teams	P	67.1	1	-1	0
2009	Tigers	P	29.1	0	1	1
2009	Mariners	P	38.0	1	-2	-1
2010	Mariners	P	87.2	2	-1	1
Total	- - -	P	155.0	3	-2	1

Value

Partial Seasons | Projections | Minor Leagues | Regular Season

Season	Team	RA9-Wins	BIP-Wins	LOB-Wins	FDP-Wins	RAR	WAR	Dollars
2009	2 Teams	0.0	-0.6	0.2	-0.4	2.8	0.3	$1.5
2009	Tigers	0.6	-0.1	0.0	0.0	6.2	0.6	$2.8
2009	Mariners	-0.6	-0.5	0.2	-0.3	-3.3	-0.3	($1.3)
2010	Mariners	0.3	0.7	-0.2	0.5	-1.9	-0.2	($0.7)
Total	- - -	0.3	0.2	0.0	0.2	0.9	0.1	$0.7

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