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Bud Norris

Birthdate: 3/2/1985 Bats/Throws: R/R
Height/Weight: 6-0/230 Position: P
Contract: $3M / 1 Years (2013)

5/23/2013: Norris' return from a sore lower back will not be pushed back again, according to the Houston Chronicle.

4/1/2013 - MASH Report (4/1/13) by Jeff Zimmerman (RotoGraphs)

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2/21/2013 - Astros Rotation: Depth Chart Discussions by Mike Podhorzer (RotoGraphs)

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1/22/2013 - Rotographs Mock Draft NL SP Results: Final Rounds by Dan Wade (RotoGraphs)

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7/27/2012 - Available Two Start Starters (July 30-Aug. 5) by Brandon Warne (RotoGraphs)

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6/6/2012 - NL Starting Pitcher Tiered Rankings by Dan Wade (RotoGraphs)

Dashboard Customize

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	Astros (A-)	2	0	2	15	3	38.0	10.89	3.08	0.24	.278	57.3 %			3.79	2.46
2007	Astros (A)	2	8	0	22	22	96.2	10.89	3.82	0.74	.316	61.3 %			4.75	3.31
2007	Astros (A+)	1	0	0	1	1	6.0	3.00	1.50	0.00	.211	80.0 %			1.50	3.03
2008	Astros (AA)	3	8	0	19	19	80.0	9.45	3.49	0.90	.365	73.4 %			4.05	3.83
2009	Astros (AAA)	4	9	0	19	19	120.0	8.40	3.98	0.45	.293	78.0 %			2.63	3.41
2009	Astros	6	3	0	11	10	55.2	8.73	4.04	1.46	.316	78.0 %	37.2 %	12.9 %	4.53	4.77	4.32	0.3
2010	Astros (AAA)	1	0	0	3	3	14.2	8.59	3.68	0.61	.349	82.5 %			3.07	3.40
2010	Astros	9	10	0	27	27	153.2	9.25	4.51	1.05	.314	67.1 %	43.0 %	10.8 %	4.92	4.17	3.96	1.5
2011	Astros	6	11	0	31	31	186.0	8.52	3.39	1.16	.294	72.8 %	39.7 %	11.7 %	3.77	4.02	3.73	1.6
2012	Astros (AAA)	1	0	0	1	1	5.0	12.60	5.40	3.60	.111	100.0 %			3.60	7.40
2012	Astros	7	13	0	29	29	168.1	8.82	3.53	1.23	.301	72.1 %	39.2 %	12.0 %	4.65	4.23	4.12	1.4
2013	Steamer	9	9	0	24	24	145.0	7.81	3.53	1.14	.297	71.2 %			4.31	4.30		1.1
2013	Bill James	7	12	0	29	29	173.0	8.74	3.59	1.14	.318				4.27	4.06
2013	Oliver	11	9				178.0	8.83	3.63	0.86	.304	72.5 %			3.89	3.64
2013	Fans (19)	8	10	0	29	29	170.0	8.47	3.49	1.11	.308	73.6 %			4.12	4.11		2.1
2013	ZiPS	8	11		29	29	168.3	8.93	3.69	1.23	.314	70.7 %			4.55	4.22		1.4
2013	Astros	4	4	0	10	10	56.0	5.63	3.21	0.80	.330	71.8 %	40.4 %	7.2 %	3.86	4.09	4.69	0.8
2013	ZiPS (R)	6	9		21	21	121.0	8.30	3.60	1.15	.318	69.2 %			4.63	4.16		1.0
2013	ZiPS (U)	10	13		31	31	177.0	7.45	3.48	1.04	.320	71.3 %			4.38	4.14		1.7
2013	Steamer (R)	6	7	0	20	20	102.0	7.33	3.49	1.15	.287	70.3 %			4.47	4.36		0.6
2013	Steamer (U)	10	11	0	30	30	158.0	6.73	3.39	1.03	.303	70.7 %			4.25	4.26		1.3
Total	- - -	32	41	0	108	107	619.2	8.54	3.75	1.15	.307	71.5 %	40.2 %	11.3 %	4.37	4.19	4.03	5.7

News

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5/17 - Trade Candidate: Bud Norris by Mark Polishuk
5/4 - Stark On Wilson, Stanton, Price, Phillies, Utley, Norris by Zach Links

Standard

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	Astros (A-)	2	0	3.79	15	3	0	0	2			38.0	161	28	20	16	1	13	0	4	1	0	46
2007	Astros (A)	2	8	4.75	22	22	0	0	0			96.2	416	85	58	51	8	41	0	6	6	0	117
2007	Astros (A+)	1	0	1.50	1	1	0	0	0			6.0	22	4	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	2
2008	Astros (AA)	3	8	4.05	19	19	0	0	0			80.0	352	89	42	36	8	31	0	7	1	3	84
2009	Astros (AAA)	4	9	2.63	19	19	0	0	0			120.0	509	104	42	35	6	53	4	4	4	0	112
2009	Astros	6	3	4.53	11	10	0	0	0	0	0	55.2	249	59	29	28	9	25	1	3	3	0	54
2010	Astros (AAA)	1	0	3.07	3	3	0	0	0			14.2	64	16	5	5	1	6	0	0	1	0	14
2010	Astros	9	10	4.92	27	27	0	0	0	0	0	153.2	683	151	94	84	18	77	3	6	5	2	158
2011	Astros	6	11	3.77	31	31	0	0	0	0	0	186.0	795	177	93	78	24	70	7	5	3	2	176
2012	Astros (AAA)	1	0	3.60	1	1	0	0	0			5.0	21	3	2	2	2	3	0	0	0	0	7
2012	Astros	7	13	4.65	29	29	0	0	0	0	0	168.1	733	165	90	87	23	66	2	8	8	0	165
2013	Steamer	9	9	4.31	24	24			0			145.0	627	138	75	70	18	57		5			126
2013	Bill James	7	12	4.27	29	29			0			173.0		171			22	69		7			168
2013	Oliver	11	9	3.89						0		178.0	765	167	83	77	17	72	4	7			175
2013	Fans (19)	8	10	4.12	29	29			0			170.0		163	84	78	21	66		7			160
2013	ZiPS	8	11	4.55	29	29						168.3		164	91	85	23	69	4	6	6	1	167
2013	Astros	4	4	3.86	10	10	0	0	0	0	0	56.0	240	64	29	24	5	20	0	1	0	0	35
2013	ZiPS (R)	6	9	4.63	21	21						121.0		122	67	62	15	48		4			111
2013	ZiPS (U)	10	13	4.38	31	31						177.0		186	94	86	20	68		5			146
2013	Steamer (R)	6	7	4.47	20	20			0			102.0	443	100	54	51	13	40		4			83
2013	Steamer (U)	10	11	4.25	30	30			0			158.0	683	164	83	75	18	60		5			118
Total	- - -	32	41	4.37	108	107	0	0	0	0	0	619.2	2700	616	335	301	79	258	13	23	19	4	588

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	Astros (A-)	10.89	3.08	3.54	0.24	28.6 %	8.1 %	.194	1.08	.278	57.3 %			2.46
2007	Astros (A)	10.89	3.82	2.85	0.74	28.1 %	9.9 %	.230	1.30	.316	61.3 %			3.31
2007	Astros (A+)	3.00	1.50	2.00	0.00	9.1 %	4.6 %	.191	0.83	.211	80.0 %			3.03
2008	Astros (AA)	9.45	3.49	2.71	0.90	23.9 %	8.8 %	.283	1.50	.365	73.4 %			3.83
2009	Astros (AAA)	8.40	3.98	2.11	0.45	22.0 %	10.4 %	.230	1.31	.293	78.0 %			3.41
2009	Astros	8.73	4.04	2.16	1.46	21.7 %	10.0 %	.267	1.51	.316	78.0 %	110	115	4.77
2009	Average	6.99	3.46	2.02	1.05	18.0 %	8.9 %	.258	1.39	.295	71.9 %			4.42
2010	Astros (AAA)	8.59	3.68	2.33	0.61	21.9 %	9.4 %	.276	1.50	.349	82.5 %			3.40
2010	Astros	9.25	4.51	2.05	1.05	23.1 %	11.3 %	.252	1.48	.314	67.1 %	124	106	4.17
2010	Average	7.13	3.28	2.17	0.96	18.5 %	8.5 %	.253	1.35	.293	72.2 %			4.20
2011	Astros	8.52	3.39	2.51	1.16	22.1 %	8.8 %	.246	1.33	.294	72.8 %	100	106	4.02
2011	Average	7.13	3.11	2.30	0.94	18.6 %	8.1 %	.251	1.32	.291	72.5 %			4.12
2012	Astros (AAA)	12.60	5.40	2.33	3.60	33.3 %	14.3 %	.167	1.20	.111	100.0 %			7.40
2012	Astros	8.82	3.53	2.50	1.23	22.5 %	9.0 %	.250	1.37	.301	72.1 %	119	110	4.23
2012	Average	7.56	3.05	2.48	1.02	19.8 %	8.0 %	.250	1.31	.293	72.5 %			4.12
2013	Steamer	7.81	3.53	2.21	1.14			.253	1.35	.297	71.2 %			4.30
2013	Bill James	8.74	3.59	2.43	1.14			.260	1.39	.318				4.06
2013	Oliver	8.83	3.63	2.43	0.86	22.9 %	9.4 %	.243	1.34	.304	72.5 %			3.64
2013	Fans (19)	8.47	3.49	2.42	1.11			.254	1.35	.308	73.6 %			4.11
2013	ZiPS	8.93	3.69	2.42	1.23			.257	1.38	.314	70.7 %			4.22
2013	Astros	5.63	3.21	1.75	0.80	14.6 %	8.3 %	.292	1.50	.330	71.8 %	93	101	4.09
2013	Average	7.61	3.10	2.45	1.03	19.9 %	8.1 %	.249	1.30	.291	73.0 %			4.14
2013	ZiPS (R)	8.30	3.60	2.30	1.15			.264	1.41	.318	69.2 %			4.16
2013	ZiPS (U)	7.45	3.48	2.14	1.04			.272	1.44	.320	71.3 %			4.14
2013	Steamer (R)	7.33	3.49	2.10	1.15			.258	1.37	.287	70.3 %			4.36
2013	Steamer (U)	6.73	3.39	1.98	1.03			.269	1.42	.303	70.7 %			4.26
Total	- - -	8.54	3.75	2.28	1.15	21.8 %	9.6 %	.255	1.41	.307	71.5 %	111	107	4.19

Batted Ball

Projections | Minor Leagues | Regular Season

Season	Team	GB/FB	LD%	GB%	FB%	IFFB%	HR/FB	IFH%	BUH%	tERA	SIERA	xFIP-	xFIP
2009	Astros	0.87	20.1 %	37.2 %	42.7 %	18.6 %	12.9 %	3.3 %	0.0 %	4.74	4.11	102	4.32
2010	Astros	1.11	18.2 %	43.0 %	38.8 %	9.6 %	10.8 %	5.4 %	0.0 %	4.18	3.97	99	3.96
2011	Astros	1.01	21.2 %	39.7 %	39.1 %	9.3 %	11.7 %	6.3 %	10.0 %	4.44	3.73	97	3.73
2012	Astros	0.99	21.2 %	39.2 %	39.6 %	9.4 %	12.0 %	5.3 %	16.7 %	4.53	3.90	105	4.12
2013	Astros	1.07	21.9 %	40.4 %	37.7 %	10.1 %	7.2 %	1.4 %	0.0 %	4.60	4.78	114	4.69
Total	- - -	1.02	20.4 %	40.2 %	39.4 %	10.4 %	11.3 %	5.0 %	8.0 %	4.44	3.96	102	4.03

More Batted Ball

Projections | Minor Leagues | Regular Season

Season	Team	GB	FB	LD	IFFB	IFH	BU	BUH	RS	Balls	Strikes	Pitches
2009	Astros	61	70	33	13	2	3	0	34	359	595	954
2010	Astros	184	166	78	16	10	14	0	81	1054	1672	2726
2011	Astros	208	205	111	19	13	20	2	74	1176	1973	3149
2012	Astros	189	191	102	18	10	12	2	70	1036	1783	2819
2013	Astros	74	69	40	7	1	1	0	28	331	588	919
Total	- - -	716	701	364	73	36	50	4	287	3956	6611	10567

Win Probability

Projections | Minor Leagues | Regular Season

Season	Team	WPA	-WPA	+WPA	RE24	REW	pLI	inLI	gmLI	exLI	Pulls	WPA/LI	Clutch
2009	Astros	0.27	-3.96	4.23	-2.09	-0.16	1.00	0.90	0.77	0.88	11	-0.38	0.65
2010	Astros	-2.82	-13.60	10.77	-25.21	-2.66	0.98	0.84	0.87	1.16	27	-2.15	-0.73
2011	Astros	-0.39	-14.77	14.38	-2.56	-0.23	1.03	0.92	0.87	1.18	31	-0.30	-0.08
2012	Astros	-1.29	-14.35	13.06	-9.16	-0.70	1.03	0.88	0.87	1.01	29	-1.07	-0.18
2013	Astros	-0.37	-4.46	4.09	-2.60	-0.27	0.98	0.88	0.88	1.52	10	0.03	-0.41
Total	- - -	-4.60	-51.13	46.53	-41.63	-4.02	1.01	0.88	0.86	1.13	108	-3.87	-0.69

Pitch Type

Projections | Minor Leagues | Regular Season

Season	Team	FB%	SL%	CB%	CH%	XX%
2009	Astros	56.2% (94.0)	36.7% (87.7)		7.1% (86.9)	1.4%
2010	Astros	56.2% (93.6)	33.1% (87.4)		10.7% (85.7)	1.1%
2011	Astros	50.7% (92.6)	36.2% (86.3)	0.8% (80.6)	12.2% (83.1)	0.7%
2012	Astros	56.7% (91.8)	36.6% (84.2)		6.7% (85.3)	0.3%
2013	Astros	51.1% (91.8)	32.6% (84.3)	0.8% (80.0)	15.5% (84.9)
Total	- - -	54.3% (92.7)	35.3% (85.9)	0.3% (80.4)	10.2% (84.7)	0.7%

PITCHf/x Pitch Type

Projections | Minor Leagues | Regular Season

Season	Team	FA%	FT%	FC%	SL%	CH%
2009	Astros	57.5 %			35.6 %	6.5 %
2010	Astros	55.2 %			32.1 %	12.3 %
2011	Astros	49.4 %			38.1 %	11.9 %
2012	Astros	39.1 %	16.1 %	0.6 %	36.4 %	7.5 %
2013	Astros	44.6 %	3.9 %	2.3 %	33.4 %	15.8 %
Total	- - -	48.4 %	4.7 %	0.4 %	35.5 %	10.7 %

PITCHf/x Pitch Velocity

Projections | Minor Leagues | Regular Season

Season	Team	vFA	vFT	vFC	vSL	vCH
2009	Astros	93.8			87.6	86.6
2010	Astros	93.6			87.3	86.3
2011	Astros	92.6			86.2	83.1
2012	Astros	91.9	91.6	91.8	84.2	85.4
2013	Astros	91.9	90.9	91.3	84.2	85.0
Total	- - -	92.8	91.5	91.5	85.9	84.9

Pitch Values

Projections | Minor Leagues | Regular Season

Season	Team	wFB	wSL	wCB	wCH	wFB/C	wSL/C	wCB/C	wCH/C
2009	Astros	-8.9	5.1		-0.7	-1.68	1.48		-1.10
2010	Astros	-14.0	7.9		-2.9	-0.93	0.89		-1.02
2011	Astros	-15.3	14.9	-0.1	-2.4	-0.96	1.32	-0.30	-0.63
2012	Astros	-17.7	13.2		-5.9	-1.11	1.29		-3.18
2013	Astros	-4.6	1.4	-0.4	0.0	-0.98	0.47	-5.11	-0.03
Total	- - -	-60.6	42.6	-0.4	-12.1	-1.06	1.15	-1.32	-1.13

PITCHf/x Pitch Values

Projections | Minor Leagues | Regular Season

Season	Team	wFA	wFT	wFC	wSL	wCH
2009	Astros	-7.8			4.5	-0.9
2010	Astros	-13.7			0.3	1.4
2011	Astros	-15.7			16.2	-1.8
2012	Astros	-0.9	-15.0	0.6	14.8	-6.1
2013	Astros	-0.3	-4.0	0.3	0.9	-0.4
Total	- - -	-38.4	-19.0	0.9	36.7	-7.8

PITCHf/x Pitch Values / 100

Projections | Minor Leagues | Regular Season

Season	Team	wFA/C	wFT/C	wFC/C	wSL/C	wCH/C
2009	Astros	-1.45			1.34	-1.50
2010	Astros	-0.93			0.04	0.41
2011	Astros	-1.01			1.36	-0.48
2012	Astros	-0.08	-3.31	3.08	1.45	-2.86
2013	Astros	-0.08	-11.06	1.57	0.30	-0.30
Total	- - -	-0.76	-3.88	2.26	0.99	-0.70

Plate Discipline

Projections | Minor Leagues | Regular Season | Averages

Season	Team	O-Swing%	Z-Swing%	Swing%	O-Contact%	Z-Contact%	Contact%	Zone%	F-Strike%	SwStr%
2009	Astros	21.6 %	65.9 %	45.0 %	44.7 %	83.9 %	75.0 %	52.9 %	58.6 %	11.1 %
2009	Average	25.1 %	66.0 %	45.3 %	61.7 %	87.8 %	80.5 %	49.3 %	58.2 %	8.6 %
2010	Astros	27.4 %	67.9 %	45.5 %	56.7 %	84.6 %	75.3 %	44.7 %	54.5 %	10.9 %
2010	Average	29.3 %	64.4 %	45.6 %	66.5 %	88.1 %	80.7 %	46.5 %	58.8 %	8.5 %
2011	Astros	30.7 %	68.2 %	47.1 %	58.2 %	87.1 %	76.5 %	43.6 %	58.9 %	10.5 %
2011	Average	30.6 %	65.0 %	46.2 %	68.1 %	87.9 %	80.7 %	45.3 %	59.4 %	8.6 %
2012	Astros	30.0 %	64.7 %	45.5 %	59.6 %	86.4 %	76.6 %	44.6 %	57.7 %	10.4 %
2012	Average	30.8 %	64.7 %	46.0 %	66.8 %	87.2 %	79.7 %	44.9 %	59.8 %	9.1 %
2013	Astros	30.6 %	66.8 %	46.9 %	65.1 %	89.7 %	80.9 %	45.1 %	64.2 %	8.7 %
2013	Average	29.7 %	65.0 %	45.8 %	66.2 %	86.6 %	79.4 %	45.8 %	60.1 %	9.2 %
Total	- - -	28.9 %	66.8 %	46.0 %	58.1 %	86.1 %	76.5 %	45.1 %	57.9 %	10.5 %

PITCHf/x Plate Discipline

Projections | Minor Leagues | Regular Season | Averages

Season	Team	O-Swing%	Z-Swing%	Swing%	O-Contact%	Z-Contact%	Contact%	Zone%	Pace
2009	Astros	25.2 %	59.8 %	44.2 %	49.1 %	84.7 %	75.5 %	54.9 %	19.8
2009	Average	27.9 %	61.4 %	44.8 %	65.5 %	88.0 %	81.0 %	50.4 %	21.4
2010	Astros	27.0 %	62.9 %	44.7 %	54.6 %	84.3 %	75.2 %	49.2 %	20.4
2010	Average	28.4 %	61.3 %	44.9 %	64.6 %	87.9 %	80.6 %	50.4 %	21.5
2011	Astros	30.3 %	64.9 %	46.5 %	56.1 %	87.3 %	76.4 %	46.6 %	20.9
2011	Average	28.9 %	62.1 %	45.6 %	64.7 %	88.0 %	80.6 %	50.1 %	21.6
2012	Astros	29.6 %	61.6 %	45.2 %	56.7 %	86.3 %	76.4 %	48.9 %	23.2
2012	Average	29.3 %	62.2 %	45.6 %	63.6 %	87.3 %	79.6 %	49.5 %	22.1
2013	Astros	30.7 %	63.6 %	46.4 %	63.5 %	90.3 %	81.0 %	47.6 %	25.3
2013	Average	29.0 %	62.2 %	45.3 %	63.1 %	87.2 %	79.4 %	49.2 %	22.5
Total	- - -	28.9 %	62.9 %	45.5 %	56.1 %	86.2 %	76.4 %	48.7 %	21.7

Fielding

Projections | Minor Leagues | Regular Season

Season	Team	Pos	G	GS	Inn	PO	A	E	FE	TE	DP	DPS	DPT	SB	FP
2009	Astros	P	11	10	55.2	1	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1.000
2010	Astros	P	27	27	153.2	12	21	3	0	3	3	3	0	12	.917
2011	Astros	P	31	31	186.0	22	29	3	1	2	0	0	0	16	.944
2012	Astros	P	29	29	168.1	16	17	2	1	1	1	1	1	13	.943
2013	Astros	P	10	10	56.0	5	3	0	0	0	1	1	0	3	1.000
Total	- - -	P	108	107	619.2	56	73	8	2	6	5	5	1	45	.942

Advanced Fielding

Projections | Minor Leagues | Regular Season

Season	Team	Pos	Inn	rSB	rGFP	rPM	DRS
2009	Astros	P	55.2	1	0	-1	0
2010	Astros	P	153.2	0	1	2	4
2011	Astros	P	186.0	0	0	1	1
2012	Astros	P	168.1	1	0	1	2
2013	Astros	P	56.0	1	0	1	2
Total	- - -	P	619.2	3	1	4	9

Value

Projections | Minor Leagues | Regular Season

Season	Team	RA9-Wins	BIP-Wins	LOB-Wins	FDP-Wins	RAR	WAR	Dollars
2009	Astros	0.4	-0.3	0.4	0.1	3.1	0.3	$1.5
2010	Astros	-0.2	-0.7	-1.1	-1.8	14.9	1.5	$6.2
2011	Astros	1.3	-0.1	-0.3	-0.3	14.9	1.6	$7.2
2012	Astros	0.9	-0.3	-0.3	-0.6	13.6	1.4	$6.4
2013	Astros	0.5	-0.4	0.1	-0.3	7.7	0.8	$4.0
Total	- - -	2.8	-1.7	-1.1	-2.8	54.3	5.7	$25.1

Contracts

$3m / 1 Years (2013) (Edit)

signed by Houston Astros on 1/18/2013 (Avoided Arbitration)
2013: $3M
Originally Reported By: Brian McTaggert
Source: twitter.com, Hat Tip: mlbtraderumors.com
Submitted by willl

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