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Michael Kirkman

Birthdate: 9/18/1986 Bats/Throws: L/L
Height/Weight: 6-4/195 Position: P
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5/22/2013: Kirkman's season-long struggles have resulted in him being bypassed by lefty Neal Cotts among Texas relievers.

1/17/2012 - Top 15 Prospects: Texas Rangers by Marc Hulet (FanGraphs)

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Postseason | 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	Rangers (R)	1	2	0	8	4	15.0	4.80	16.20	0.00	.368	49.1 %			13.20	8.53
2006	Rangers (A)	0	3	0	6	6	19.1	10.24	11.17	0.00	.411	64.6 %			6.98	4.80
2007	Rangers (A-)	1	4	0	9	6	27.0	8.00	8.33	0.67	.356	52.5 %			7.00	5.39
2007	Rangers (A)	0	1	0	5	2	13.1	8.10	8.10	0.68	.364	61.6 %			7.43	5.08
2008	Rangers (A-)	1	1	0	2	2	10.0	8.10	1.80	0.00	.241	60.0 %			0.00	2.30
2008	Rangers (A)	4	3	0	15	14	74.1	7.02	2.78	0.97	.306	65.7 %			4.36	4.09
2009	Rangers (A+)	4	1	0	8	7	48.0	10.13	3.38	0.19	.336	77.0 %			2.06	2.60
2009	Rangers (AA)	5	7	0	18	18	96.2	5.96	4.00	0.84	.282	67.5 %			4.19	4.54
2010	Rangers (AAA)	13	3	0	24	22	131.0	8.93	4.67	0.55	.293	76.5 %			3.02	3.64
2010	Rangers	0	0	0	14	0	16.1	8.82	5.51	0.00	.214	84.2 %	48.8 %	0.0 %	1.65	2.96	4.23	0.3
2010	Rangers	0	0	0	3	0	2.2	6.75	6.75	0.00	.444	83.3 %	12.5 %	0.0 %	3.38	3.83	6.12
2011	Rangers (AAA)	3	3	1	27	7	73.0	10.36	4.56	0.74	.388	69.1 %			5.05	3.61
2011	Rangers	1	1	0	15	0	27.1	6.91	3.95	1.65	.259	55.9 %	35.3 %	14.3 %	6.59	5.51	4.74	-0.2
2012	Rangers (AAA)	5	1	0	15	8	48.0	9.00	5.81	0.94	.331	69.0 %			5.25	4.49
2012	Rangers	1	2	0	28	0	35.1	9.68	4.33	1.27	.211	74.3 %	36.8 %	12.5 %	3.82	4.31	4.13	0.1
2013	Steamer	2	1	0	22	2	30.0	8.54	4.93	1.04	.297	73.4 %			4.22	4.44		0.1
2013	Bill James	2	3	0	38	0	43.0	8.37	5.02	0.84	.313				4.40	4.12
2013	Oliver	5	6				101.0	8.18	5.07	0.71	.305	69.5 %			4.54	4.05
2013	ZiPS	5	5		40	11	94.7	7.70	5.51	1.14	.319	69.9 %			5.23	5.06		-0.1
2013	Rangers	0	0	1	20	0	18.2	10.61	6.27	0.48	.429	68.3 %	40.4 %	5.9 %	6.27	3.46	4.07	0.2
2013	ZiPS (R)	2	4		32	6	64.0	7.98	5.55	1.05	.324	69.5 %			5.13	4.79		0.0
2013	ZiPS (U)	2	4		52	6	83.0	8.58	5.71	0.92	.350	68.3 %			5.38	4.49		0.3
2013	Steamer (R)	1	1	0	22	2	21.0	8.55	4.99	1.00	.286	72.9 %			4.24	4.34		0.1
2013	Steamer (U)	1	1	1	42	2	40.0	9.51	5.59	0.76	.356	70.3 %			5.19	3.93		0.4
Total	- - -	2	3	1	77	0	97.2	8.94	4.79	1.01	.271	69.0 %	38.8 %	10.1 %	4.70	4.26	4.31	0.4
Postseason	- - -	0	0	0	3	0	2.2	6.75	6.75	0.00	.444	83.3 %	12.5 %	0.0 %	3.38	3.83	6.12

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Standard

Postseason | 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	Rangers (R)	1	2	13.20	8	4	0	0	0			15.0	97	21	27	22	0	27	0	5	9	0	8
2006	Rangers (A)	0	3	6.98	6	6	0	0	0			19.1	103	23	17	15	0	24	0	1	5	0	22
2007	Rangers (A-)	1	4	7.00	9	6	0	0	0			27.0	140	33	30	21	2	25	0	2	7	0	24
2007	Rangers (A)	0	1	7.43	5	2	0	0	0			13.1	69	17	12	11	1	12	0	0	1	0	12
2008	Rangers (A-)	1	1	0.00	2	2	0	0	0			10.0	41	7	4	0	0	2	0	1	0	0	9
2008	Rangers (A)	4	3	4.36	15	14	0	0	0			74.1	321	78	43	36	8	23	0	3	6	1	58
2009	Rangers (A+)	4	1	2.06	8	7	0	0	0			48.0	202	43	16	11	1	18	0	4	3	0	54
2009	Rangers (AA)	5	7	4.19	18	18	0	0	0			96.2	418	93	54	45	9	43	0	4	5	0	64
2010	Rangers (AAA)	13	3	3.02	24	22	0	0	0			131.0	571	114	52	44	8	68	0	3	9	0	130
2010	Rangers	0	0	1.65	14	0	0	0	0	2	1	16.1	68	9	3	3	0	10	1	0	0	0	16
2010	Rangers	0	0	3.38	3	0	0	0	0		0	2.2	13	4	1	1	0	2	0	0	0	0	2
2011	Rangers (AAA)	3	3	5.05	27	7	0	0	1			73.0	339	87	45	41	6	37	0	3	3	1	84
2011	Rangers	1	1	6.59	15	0	0	0	0	1	0	27.1	122	26	22	20	5	12	2	3	2	0	21
2012	Rangers (AAA)	5	1	5.25	15	8	0	0	0			48.0	211	47	29	28	5	31	0	0	4	0	48
2012	Rangers	1	2	3.82	28	0	0	0	0	1	2	35.1	151	24	16	15	5	17	1	1	2	0	38
2013	Steamer	2	1	4.22	22	2			0			30.0	132	27	15	14	3	16		1			28
2013	Bill James	2	3	4.40	38	0			0			43.0		41			4	24		1			40
2013	Oliver	5	6	4.54						21		101.0	456	98	55	51	8	57	1	4			92
2013	ZiPS	5	5	5.23	40	11						94.7		99	59	55	12	58	2	6	8	0	81
2013	Rangers	0	0	6.27	20	0	0	0	1	0	1	18.2	92	25	13	13	1	13	2	0	2	0	22
2013	ZiPS (R)	2	4	5.13	32	6						64.0		67	40	37	7	40		4			57
2013	ZiPS (U)	2	4	5.38	52	6						83.0		92	54	50	8	53		4			79
2013	Steamer (R)	1	1	4.24	22	2			0			21.0	94	19	11	10	2	12		1			20
2013	Steamer (U)	1	1	5.19	42	2			1			40.0	186	44	24	23	3	25		1			42
Total	- - -	2	3	4.70	77	0	0	0	1	4	4	97.2	433	84	54	51	11	52	6	4	6	0	97
Postseason	- - -	0	0	3.38	3	0	0	0	0		0	2.2	13	4	1	1	0	2	0	0	0	0	2

Advanced

Postseason | 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	Rangers (R)	4.80	16.20	0.30	0.00	8.3 %	27.8 %	.323	3.20	.368	49.1 %			8.53
2006	Rangers (A)	10.24	11.17	0.92	0.00	21.4 %	23.3 %	.295	2.43	.411	64.6 %			4.80
2007	Rangers (A-)	8.00	8.33	0.96	0.67	17.1 %	17.9 %	.292	2.15	.356	52.5 %			5.39
2007	Rangers (A)	8.10	8.10	1.00	0.68	17.4 %	17.4 %	.298	2.18	.364	61.6 %			5.08
2008	Rangers (A-)	8.10	1.80	4.50	0.00	22.0 %	4.9 %	.184	0.90	.241	60.0 %			2.30
2008	Rangers (A)	7.02	2.78	2.52	0.97	18.1 %	7.2 %	.264	1.36	.306	65.7 %			4.09
2009	Rangers (A+)	10.13	3.38	3.00	0.19	26.7 %	8.9 %	.239	1.27	.336	77.0 %			2.60
2009	Rangers (AA)	5.96	4.00	1.49	0.84	15.3 %	10.3 %	.251	1.41	.282	67.5 %			4.54
2010	Rangers (AAA)	8.93	4.67	1.91	0.55	22.8 %	11.9 %	.228	1.39	.293	76.5 %			3.64
2010	Rangers	8.82	5.51	1.60	0.00	23.5 %	14.7 %	.155	1.16	.214	84.2 %	37	66	2.96
2010	Rangers	6.75	6.75	1.00	0.00	15.4 %	15.4 %	.364	2.25	.444	83.3 %	76	86	3.83
2010	Average	7.13	3.28	2.17	0.96	18.5 %	8.5 %	.253	1.35	.293	72.2 %			4.20
2011	Rangers (AAA)	10.36	4.56	2.27	0.74	24.8 %	10.9 %	.291	1.70	.388	69.1 %			3.61
2011	Rangers	6.91	3.95	1.75	1.65	17.2 %	9.8 %	.243	1.39	.259	55.9 %	150	127	5.51
2011	Average	7.13	3.11	2.30	0.94	18.6 %	8.1 %	.251	1.32	.291	72.5 %			4.12
2012	Rangers (AAA)	9.00	5.81	1.55	0.94	22.8 %	14.7 %	.261	1.63	.331	69.0 %			4.49
2012	Rangers	9.68	4.33	2.24	1.27	25.2 %	11.3 %	.180	1.16	.211	74.3 %	87	97	4.31
2012	Average	7.56	3.05	2.48	1.02	19.8 %	8.0 %	.250	1.31	.293	72.5 %			4.12
2013	Steamer	8.54	4.93	1.73	1.04			.243	1.45	.297	73.4 %			4.44
2013	Bill James	8.37	5.02	1.67	0.84			.253	1.51	.313				4.12
2013	Oliver	8.18	5.07	1.61	0.71	20.2 %	12.5 %	.248	1.53	.305	69.5 %			4.05
2013	ZiPS	7.70	5.51	1.40	1.14			.270	1.66	.319	69.9 %			5.06
2013	Rangers	10.61	6.27	1.69	0.48	23.9 %	14.1 %	.316	2.04	.429	68.3 %	141	79	3.46
2013	Average	7.62	3.10	2.46	1.03	20.0 %	8.1 %	.248	1.30	.291	73.1 %			4.13
2013	ZiPS (R)	7.98	5.55	1.44	1.05			.270	1.66	.324	69.5 %			4.79
2013	ZiPS (U)	8.58	5.71	1.50	0.92			.282	1.74	.350	68.3 %			4.49
2013	Steamer (R)	8.55	4.99	1.71	1.00			.242	1.46	.286	72.9 %			4.34
2013	Steamer (U)	9.51	5.59	1.70	0.76			.282	1.73	.356	70.3 %			3.93
Total	- - -	8.94	4.79	1.87	1.01	22.4 %	12.0 %	.223	1.39	.271	69.0 %	107	97	4.26
Postseason	- - -	6.75	6.75	1.00	0.00	15.4 %	15.4 %	.364	2.25	.444	83.3 %	76	86	3.83

Batted Ball

Postseason | Projections | Minor Leagues | Regular Season

Season	Team	GB/FB	LD%	GB%	FB%	IFFB%	HR/FB	IFH%	BUH%	tERA	SIERA	xFIP-	xFIP
2010	Rangers	1.18	9.8 %	48.8 %	41.5 %	17.6 %	0.0 %	5.0 %	100.0 %	2.37	4.04	101	4.23
2010	Rangers	0.20	25.0 %	12.5 %	62.5 %	20.0 %	0.0 %	0.0 %	0.0 %	4.48	5.91	147	6.12
2011	Rangers	0.86	23.5 %	35.3 %	41.2 %	14.3 %	14.3 %	6.7 %	0.0 %	6.67	4.15	117	4.74
2012	Rangers	0.88	21.1 %	36.8 %	42.1 %	5.0 %	12.5 %	8.6 %	0.0 %	4.99	3.54	100	4.13
2013	Rangers	1.35	29.8 %	40.4 %	29.8 %	11.8 %	5.9 %	17.4 %	0.0 %	5.10	4.01	100	4.07
Total	- - -	0.99	21.9 %	38.8 %	39.2 %	11.0 %	10.1 %	9.3 %	50.0 %	5.02	3.87	105	4.31
Postseason	- - -	0.20	25.0 %	12.5 %	62.5 %	20.0 %	0.0 %	0.0 %	0.0 %	4.48	5.91	147	6.12

More Batted Ball

Postseason | Projections | Minor Leagues | Regular Season

Season	Team	GB	FB	LD	IFFB	IFH	BU	BUH	RS	Balls	Strikes	Pitches
2010	Rangers	20	17	4	3	1	1	1	10	117	161	278
2010	Rangers	1	5	2	1	0	1	0	3	25	42	67
2011	Rangers	30	35	20	5	2	1	0	27	187	304	491
2012	Rangers	35	40	20	2	3	0	0	25	252	377	629
2013	Rangers	23	17	17	2	4	0	0	7	143	227	370
Total	- - -	108	109	61	12	10	2	1	69	699	1069	1768
Postseason	- - -	1	5	2	1	0	1	0	3	25	42	67

Win Probability

Postseason | Projections | Minor Leagues | Regular Season

Season	Team	WPA	-WPA	+WPA	RE24	REW	pLI	inLI	gmLI	exLI	Pulls	WPA/LI	Clutch	SD	MD
2010	Rangers	-0.05	-0.81	0.76	6.68	0.67	0.77	0.73	0.86	1.01	12	0.48	-0.54	3	1
2010	Rangers	0.02	-0.03	0.04	-2.10	-0.25	0.14	0.09	0.08	0.06	1	-0.13	0.25	0	0
2011	Rangers	0.13	-1.14	1.27	-7.87	-0.70	0.61	0.61	0.69	1.34	8	-0.06	0.29	2	1
2012	Rangers	-0.06	-1.76	1.71	4.52	0.47	0.68	0.65	0.87	1.02	19	-0.08	0.00	5	4
2013	Rangers	-0.31	-0.85	0.54	-4.39	-0.37	0.42	0.37	0.57	0.86	14	-0.42	-0.31	0	3
Total	- - -	-0.28	-4.56	4.28	-1.06	0.08	0.62	0.60	0.75	1.03	53	-0.09	-0.36	10	9
Postseason	- - -	0.02	-0.03	0.04	-2.10	-0.25	0.14	0.09	0.08	0.06	1	-0.13	0.25	0	0

Pitch Type

Postseason | Projections | Minor Leagues | Regular Season

Season	Team	FB%	SL%	CB%	CH%	SF%	XX%
2010	Rangers	64.4% (90.9)	28.7% (81.4)	4.0% (77.3)	2.9% (78.9)		1.1%
2011	Rangers	68.7% (93.4)	22.4% (81.7)		8.9% (85.0)		1.6%
2012	Rangers	65.2% (94.3)	28.9% (82.4)			5.9% (85.5)	0.3%
2013	Rangers	64.4% (93.3)	33.2% (83.8)	2.2% (74.8)		0.3% (86.0)	1.4%
Total	- - -	65.9% (93.3)	27.9% (82.4)	1.1% (75.9)	2.9% (84.0)	2.2% (85.5)	1.0%

PITCHf/x Pitch Type

Postseason | Projections | Minor Leagues | Regular Season

Season	Team	FA%	FT%	FC%	SI%	SL%	CU%	CH%
2010	Rangers	57.2 %	7.9 %			29.1 %	2.5 %	2.9 %
2011	Rangers	68.7 %				21.9 %		7.8 %
2012	Rangers	0.8 %		0.2 %	63.7 %	29.1 %		5.9 %
2013	Rangers	1.6 %			62.3 %	32.8 %	0.6 %	1.4 %
Total	- - -	28.7 %	1.3 %	0.1 %	35.7 %	27.9 %	0.5 %	5.0 %

PITCHf/x Pitch Velocity

Postseason | Projections | Minor Leagues | Regular Season

Season	Team	vFA	vFT	vFC	vSI	vSL	vCU	vCH
2010	Rangers	91.0	87.0			81.1	79.3	81.6
2011	Rangers	93.2				81.8		84.4
2012	Rangers	94.2		89.8	94.3	82.3		86.0
2013	Rangers	92.4			93.2	83.2	73.6	85.9
Total	- - -	92.5	87.0	89.8	93.9	82.2	78.0	84.9

Pitch Values

Postseason | Projections | Minor Leagues | Regular Season

Season	Team	wFB	wSL	wCB	wCH	wSF	wFB/C	wSL/C	wCB/C	wCH/C	wSF/C
2010	Rangers	2.8	2.1	-0.1	-0.1		1.59	2.67	-1.22	-1.05
2011	Rangers	-5.6	1.8		-0.5		-1.70	1.68		-1.06
2012	Rangers	-2.2	5.6			-2.0	-0.54	3.09			-5.30
2013	Rangers	-1.8	-1.6	-0.3		0.1	-0.74	-1.33	-3.91		5.26
Total	- - -	-6.8	7.9	-0.4	-0.5	-1.9	-0.59	1.62	-2.35	-1.06	-5.03

PITCHf/x Pitch Values

Postseason | Projections | Minor Leagues | Regular Season

Season	Team	wFA	wFT	wFC	wSI	wSL	wCU	wCH
2010	Rangers	2.6	-0.3			2.3	0.0	-0.2
2011	Rangers	-5.5				1.5		-0.4
2012	Rangers	0.2		0.0	-2.5	4.8		-0.7
2013	Rangers	-0.1			-1.6	-0.6	-0.5	-0.8
Total	- - -	-2.8	-0.3	0.0	-4.1	8.0	-0.4	-2.1

PITCHf/x Pitch Values / 100

Postseason | Projections | Minor Leagues | Regular Season

Season	Team	wFA/C	wFT/C	wFC/C	wSI/C	wSL/C	wCU/C	wCH/C
2010	Rangers	1.66	-1.42			2.87	0.56	-2.18
2011	Rangers	-1.63				1.36		-1.09
2012	Rangers	3.62		0.00	-0.62	2.63		-2.00
2013	Rangers	-2.25			-0.71	-0.51	-22.62	-16.44
Total	- - -	-0.55	-1.42	0.00	-0.65	1.63	-4.59	-2.44

Plate Discipline

Postseason | Projections | Minor Leagues | Regular Season | Averages

Season	Team	O-Swing%	Z-Swing%	Swing%	O-Contact%	Z-Contact%	Contact%	Zone%	F-Strike%	SwStr%
2010	Rangers	26.6 %	55.8 %	37.7 %	73.3 %	82.8 %	78.6 %	38.1 %	47.1 %	7.9 %
2010	Average	29.3 %	64.4 %	45.6 %	66.5 %	88.1 %	80.7 %	46.5 %	58.8 %	8.5 %
2011	Rangers	29.5 %	65.9 %	45.4 %	69.6 %	94.9 %	85.7 %	43.7 %	51.6 %	6.3 %
2011	Average	30.6 %	65.0 %	46.2 %	68.1 %	87.9 %	80.7 %	45.3 %	59.4 %	8.6 %
2012	Rangers	28.7 %	60.6 %	43.2 %	52.0 %	89.5 %	75.8 %	45.3 %	55.6 %	10.3 %
2012	Average	30.8 %	64.7 %	46.0 %	66.8 %	87.2 %	79.7 %	44.9 %	59.8 %	9.1 %
2013	Rangers	25.6 %	62.5 %	42.7 %	62.0 %	84.8 %	77.4 %	46.3 %	65.2 %	9.5 %
2013	Average	29.6 %	64.9 %	45.8 %	66.2 %	86.6 %	79.4 %	45.9 %	60.2 %	9.2 %
Total	- - -	28.0 %	61.8 %	42.8 %	62.5 %	89.2 %	79.4 %	43.9 %	55.2 %	8.7 %

PITCHf/x Plate Discipline

Postseason | Projections | Minor Leagues | Regular Season | Averages

Season	Team	O-Swing%	Z-Swing%	Swing%	O-Contact%	Z-Contact%	Contact%	Zone%	Pace
2010	Rangers	26.2 %	49.2 %	37.2 %	73.7 %	81.5 %	78.6 %	47.7 %	21.1
2010	Average	28.4 %	61.3 %	44.9 %	64.6 %	87.9 %	80.6 %	50.4 %	21.5
2011	Rangers	26.9 %	61.8 %	44.8 %	68.3 %	94.1 %	86.5 %	51.3 %	22.5
2011	Average	28.9 %	62.1 %	45.6 %	64.7 %	88.0 %	80.6 %	50.1 %	21.6
2012	Rangers	27.0 %	59.6 %	43.0 %	51.2 %	87.4 %	75.8 %	49.0 %	23.8
2012	Average	29.3 %	62.2 %	45.6 %	63.6 %	87.3 %	79.6 %	49.5 %	22.1
2013	Rangers	24.9 %	59.8 %	42.7 %	59.1 %	84.6 %	77.3 %	51.0 %	24.6
2013	Average	29.0 %	62.2 %	45.3 %	63.1 %	87.2 %	79.3 %	49.1 %	22.5
Total	- - -	26.4 %	58.7 %	42.5 %	61.0 %	88.0 %	79.6 %	49.8 %	23.2

Fielding

Postseason | Projections | Minor Leagues | Regular Season

Season	Team	Pos	G	Inn	PO	A	SB	FP
2010	Rangers	P	14	16.1	1	3	0	1.000
2011	Rangers	P	15	27.1	2	4	1	1.000
2012	Rangers	P	28	35.1	3	1	1	1.000
2013	Rangers	P	20	18.2	0	0	2	.000
Total	- - -	P	77	97.2	6	8	4	1.000

Advanced Fielding

Postseason | Projections | Minor Leagues | Regular Season

Season	Team	Pos	Inn	rPM	DRS
2010	Rangers	P	16.1	1	1
2011	Rangers	P	27.1	2	2
2012	Rangers	P	35.1	0	0
2013	Rangers	P	18.2	-1	-1
Total	- - -	P	97.2	2	2

Value

Postseason | Projections | Minor Leagues | Regular Season

Season	Team	RA9-Wins	BIP-Wins	LOB-Wins	FDP-Wins	RAR	WAR	Dollars
2010	Rangers	0.6	0.2	0.0	0.2	3.0	0.3	$1.2
2011	Rangers	-0.5	0.2	-0.5	-0.4	-1.7	-0.2	($0.8)
2012	Rangers	0.3	0.5	-0.3	0.2	1.0	0.1	$0.5
2013	Rangers	-0.2	-0.6	0.2	-0.4	1.9	0.2	$1.0
Total	- - -	0.1	0.3	-0.6	-0.3	4.2	0.4	$1.9

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