John Means

Age: 26

Bats/Throws: L/L

6' 3" / 230

Birthdate: 4/24/1993 (26 y, 7 m, 18 d)
Drafted: 2014 June Amateur Draft - Round: 11, Pick: 16, Overall: 331, Team: Baltimore Orioles
Contract: 1 yr, $555.5K (2019)

Service Time: 1.007

Reported as the pre-2020 value.
1 year and 7 days days of service time.

Free Agent: 2024 Arb Eligible: 2020

MiLB Options: 3

Reported as the pre-2019 season number of waiver options remaining.

RotoWire News: Means (12-11) earned the win Saturday against the Red Sox, allowing three runs on five hits in five innings. He struck out five batters while walking two. (9/28/2019)

12/2/2019	RG	Mining the News (12/2/19) by Jeff Zimmerman
11/25/2019	RG	A Closer Look: Baltimore Orioles by Paul Sporer
11/18/2019	FG	Can John Means Build on a Strong Rookie Season? by Michael Augustine
9/27/2019	RG	Streaming Starters: September 28, 2019 by Al Melchior
9/27/2019	RG	The Sleeper and the Bust Episode: 742 – Fireside Chat: Late Season Surgers for 2020 by Paul Sporer

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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
2014	Orioles (R)	0	1	1	1	2.0	13.50	0.00	0.00	.500	66.7 %	33.3 %	0.0 %	4.50	0.51	0.95
2014	Orioles (A-)	1	3	10	9	37.0	8.03	0.49	0.24	.357	70.2 %	42.1 %	2.2 %	3.41	2.41	2.85
2015	Orioles (A)	9	8	23	23	118.1	6.77	1.98	0.76	.326	65.6 %	42.9 %	7.3 %	3.50	3.81	3.62
2015	Orioles (A+)	0	3	4	4	19.2	4.58	4.58	0.92	.308	62.9 %	42.2 %	10.0 %	6.41	5.24	4.60
2016	Orioles (A+)	5	0	9	9	50.0	9.72	1.80	0.18	.311	81.8 %	41.4 %	1.9 %	1.80	2.31	2.98
2016	Orioles (AA)	4	8	18	18	96.0	4.78	2.34	0.66	.322	68.1 %	36.5 %	5.4 %	4.69	4.24	4.68
2017	Orioles (AA)	9	9	26	24	142.1	7.84	2.28	1.01	.322	69.3 %	36.3 %	9.1 %	4.11	3.83	3.85
2018	Orioles (AA)	1	4	8	7	46.0	8.02	2.54	1.17	.276	60.9 %	39.8 %	10.7 %	4.30	4.09	3.75
2018	Orioles (AAA)	6	5	20	19	111.1	7.19	1.54	0.73	.324	72.2 %	35.6 %	6.2 %	3.48	3.43	3.89
2018	Orioles	0	0	1	0	3.1	10.80	0.00	2.70	.455	21.7 %	25.0 %	25.0 %	13.50	4.66	2.74	0.0
2019	Orioles	12	11	31	27	155.0	7.03	2.21	1.34	.256	75.9 %	30.9 %	9.9 %	3.60	4.41	5.48	3.0
2020	Depth Charts	8	13	31	31	183.0	6.98	2.58	2.03	.299	70.4 %			5.39	5.57		1.4
2020	Steamer	8	13	31	31	183.0	6.98	2.58	2.03	.286	70.4 %	33.6 %		5.39	5.57	5.60	1.4
Total	- - -	12	11	32	27	158.1	7.11	2.16	1.36	.260	74.3 %	30.8 %	10.1 %	3.81	4.42	5.42	3.0

Standard

Projections | Minor Leagues | Regular Season

Season	Team	W	L	ERA	G	GS	CG	ShO	BS	IP	TBF	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	HBP	WP	BK	SO
2014	Orioles (R)	0	1	4.50	1	1	0	0	0	2.0	9	3	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	3
2014	Orioles (A-)	1	3	3.41	10	9	0	0	0	37.0	154	42	15	14	1	2	0	3	4	0	33
2015	Orioles (A)	9	8	3.50	23	23	1	1	0	118.1	515	136	66	46	10	26	0	3	10	0	89
2015	Orioles (A+)	0	3	6.41	4	4	0	0	0	19.2	88	22	14	14	2	10	0	1	3	0	10
2016	Orioles (A+)	5	0	1.80	9	9	1	1	0	50.0	201	43	11	10	1	10	0	1	5	0	54
2016	Orioles (AA)	4	8	4.69	18	18	0	0	0	96.0	419	113	53	50	7	25	0	7	6	0	51
2017	Orioles (AA)	9	9	4.11	26	24	0	0	0	142.1	623	158	77	65	16	36	0	6	12	0	124
2018	Orioles (AA)	1	4	4.30	8	7	0	0	0	46.0	194	43	27	22	6	13	1	0	4	0	41
2018	Orioles (AAA)	6	5	3.48	20	19	1	1	0	111.1	474	123	50	43	9	19	0	5	2	0	89
2018	Orioles	0	0	13.50	1	0	0	0	0	3.1	16	6	5	5	1	0	0	0	0	0	4
2019	Orioles	12	11	3.60	31	27	0	0	0	155.0	637	138	68	62	23	38	0	5	5	0	121
2020	Depth Charts	8	13	5.39	31	31				183.0		202	116	110	41	53		7			142
2020	Steamer	8	13	5.39	31	31	0	0		183.0	803	202	116	110	41	53		7			142
Total	- - -	12	11	3.81	32	27	0	0	0	158.1	653	144	73	67	24	38	0	5	5	0	125

Advanced

Projections | Minor Leagues | Regular Season | Averages

Season	Team	K/9	BB/9	K/BB	HR/9	K%	BB%	K-BB%	AVG	WHIP	BABIP	LOB%	ERA-	FIP-	FIP
2014	Orioles (R)	13.50	0.00	3.00	0.00	33.3 %	0.0 %	33.3 %	.333	1.50	.500	66.7 %			0.51
2014	Orioles (A-)	8.03	0.49	16.50	0.24	21.4 %	1.3 %	20.1 %	.282	1.19	.357	70.2 %			2.41
2015	Orioles (A)	6.77	1.98	3.42	0.76	17.3 %	5.1 %	12.2 %	.280	1.37	.326	65.6 %			3.81
2015	Orioles (A+)	4.58	4.58	1.00	0.92	11.4 %	11.4 %	0.0 %	.286	1.63	.308	62.9 %			5.24
2016	Orioles (A+)	9.72	1.80	5.40	0.18	26.9 %	5.0 %	21.9 %	.226	1.06	.311	81.8 %			2.31
2016	Orioles (AA)	4.78	2.34	2.04	0.66	12.2 %	6.0 %	6.2 %	.292	1.44	.322	68.1 %			4.24
2017	Orioles (AA)	7.84	2.28	3.44	1.01	19.9 %	5.8 %	14.1 %	.272	1.36	.322	69.3 %			3.83
2018	Orioles (AA)	8.02	2.54	3.15	1.17	21.1 %	6.7 %	14.4 %	.238	1.22	.276	60.9 %			4.09
2018	Orioles (AAA)	7.19	1.54	4.68	0.73	18.8 %	4.0 %	14.8 %	.273	1.28	.324	72.2 %			3.43
2018	Orioles	10.80	0.00	4.00	2.70	25.0 %	0.0 %	25.0 %	.375	1.80	.455	21.7 %	311	105	4.66
2018	Average	8.53	3.25	2.63	1.16	22.3 %	8.5 %	13.8 %	.245	1.30	.293	72.8 %			4.19
2019	Orioles	7.03	2.21	3.18	1.34	19.0 %	6.0 %	13.0 %	.232	1.14	.256	75.9 %	77	92	4.41
2019	Average	8.88	3.29	2.69	1.40	23.0 %	8.5 %	14.4 %	.249	1.33	.296	72.3 %			4.49
2020	Depth Charts	6.98	2.58	2.71	2.03				.280	1.39	.299	70.4 %			5.57
2020	Steamer	6.98	2.58	2.71	2.03	17.7 %	6.6 %	11.2 %	.271	1.39	.286	70.4 %			5.57
Total	- - -	7.11	2.16	3.29	1.36	19.1 %	5.8 %	13.3 %	.236	1.15	.260	74.3 %	82	93	4.42

Batted Ball

Projections | Minor Leagues | Regular Season

Season	Team	GB/FB	LD%	GB%	FB%	IFFB%	HR/FB	IFH%	BUH%	Pull%	Cent%	Oppo%	Soft%	Med%	Hard%	SIERA	xFIP-	xFIP
2014	Orioles (R)	1.00	33.3 %	33.3 %	33.3 %	0.0 %	0.0 %			66.7 %	0.0 %	33.3 %						0.95
2014	Orioles (A-)	1.07	18.4 %	42.1 %	39.5 %	37.8 %	2.2 %			44.4 %	27.4 %	28.2 %						2.85
2015	Orioles (A)	1.20	21.2 %	42.9 %	35.9 %	28.5 %	7.3 %			50.9 %	25.4 %	23.7 %						3.62
2015	Orioles (A+)	1.35	26.6 %	42.2 %	31.3 %	10.0 %	10.0 %			46.3 %	26.9 %	26.9 %						4.60
2016	Orioles (A+)	1.04	18.8 %	41.4 %	39.8 %	28.3 %	1.9 %			50.7 %	22.1 %	27.2 %						2.98
2016	Orioles (AA)	0.92	24.0 %	36.5 %	39.5 %	26.2 %	5.4 %			49.4 %	23.5 %	27.1 %						4.68
2017	Orioles (AA)	0.91	23.9 %	36.3 %	39.7 %	30.7 %	9.1 %			43.2 %	24.2 %	32.5 %						3.85
2018	Orioles (AA)	0.95	18.0 %	39.8 %	42.1 %	19.6 %	10.7 %			45.7 %	27.1 %	27.1 %						3.75
2018	Orioles (AAA)	0.82	21.1 %	35.6 %	43.3 %	25.3 %	6.2 %			41.0 %	29.9 %	29.1 %						3.89
2018	Orioles	0.75	41.7 %	25.0 %	33.3 %	25.0 %	25.0 %	33.3 %	0.0 %	66.7 %	8.3 %	25.0 %	25.0 %	41.7 %	33.3 %	2.83	65	2.74
2019	Orioles	0.62	19.1 %	30.9 %	50.0 %	11.2 %	9.9 %	6.9 %	33.3 %	39.0 %	30.9 %	30.1 %	17.2 %	55.3 %	27.5 %	5.02	119	5.48
Total	- - -	0.62	19.7 %	30.8 %	49.6 %	11.4 %	10.1 %	7.5 %	33.3 %	39.7 %	30.4 %	30.0 %	17.4 %	55.0 %	27.7 %	4.96	118	5.42

More Batted Ball

Projections | Minor Leagues | Regular Season

Season	Team	GB	FB	LD	IFFB	IFH	BU	BUH	RS	Balls	Strikes	Pitches
2014	Orioles (R)	2	2	2	0					0	15	15
2014	Orioles (A-)	48	45	21	17					19	219	238
2015	Orioles (A)	164	137	81	39					471	1048	1519
2015	Orioles (A+)	27	20	17	2					117	180	297
2016	Orioles (A+)	55	53	25	15					212	446	658
2016	Orioles (AA)	120	130	79	34					589	974	1563
2017	Orioles (AA)	161	176	106	54					919	1566	2485
2018	Orioles (AA)	53	56	24	11					285	496	781
2018	Orioles (AAA)	120	146	71	37					614	1133	1747
2018	Orioles	3	4	5	1	1	0	0	0	23	43	66
2019	Orioles	144	233	89	26	10	6	2	88	1005	1676	2681
Total	- - -	147	237	94	27	11	6	2	88	1028	1719	2747

Win Probability

Projections | Minor Leagues | Regular Season

Season	Team	WPA	-WPA	+WPA	RE24	REW	pLI	inLI	gmLI	exLI	Pulls	WPA/LI	Clutch	SD	MD
2018	Orioles	-0.14	-0.21	0.08	-3.06	-0.29	0.36	0.36	0.64	0.02	1	-0.14	-0.25	0	1
2019	Orioles	0.54	-10.59	11.13	8.01	0.77	0.94	0.94	0.98	0.87	30	1.23	-0.66	1	1
Total	- - -	0.40	-10.80	11.20	4.95	0.48	0.93	0.93	0.97	0.84	31	1.09	-0.66	1	2

Pitch Type

Projections | Minor Leagues | Regular Season

Season	Team	FB%	SL%	CB%	CH%
2018	Orioles	37.9% (90.1)	34.8% (84.3)	7.6% (76.8)	19.7% (83.5)
2019	Orioles	50.7% (91.8)	14.3% (83.7)	6.0% (76.8)	28.9% (80.9)
Total	- - -	50.4% (91.8)	14.8% (83.7)	6.1% (76.8)	28.7% (81.0)

PITCHf/x Pitch Type

Projections | Minor Leagues | Regular Season

Season	Team	FA%	FC%	SL%	CU%	KC%	CH%
2018	Orioles	37.9 %		34.9 %	7.6 %		19.7 %
2019	Orioles	50.9 %	0.0 %	14.9 %	5.6 %	0.0 %	28.6 %
Total	- - -	50.6 %	0.0 %	15.3 %	5.6 %	0.0 %	28.4 %

PITCHf/x Pitch Velocity

Projections | Minor Leagues | Regular Season

Season	Team	vFA	vFC	vSL	vCU	vKC	vCH
2018	Orioles	90.1		84.2	77.0		83.4
2019	Orioles	91.7	81.8	83.5	76.7	75.5	80.9
Total	- - -	91.7	81.8	83.5	76.7	75.5	80.9

Pitch Info Pitch Type

Projections | Minor Leagues | Regular Season

Season	Team	FA%	SI%	CH%	SL%	CU%	KN%
2018	Orioles	37.9 %		19.7 %	34.9 %	7.6 %
2019	Orioles	50.7 %	0.0 %	29.0 %	14.4 %	5.9 %	0.0 %
Total	- - -	50.4 %	0.0 %	28.7 %	14.9 %	5.9 %	0.0 %

Pitch Info Pitch Velocity

Projections | Minor Leagues | Regular Season

Season	Team	vFA	vSI	vCH	vSL	vCU	vKN
2018	Orioles	90.1		83.4	84.2	76.9
2019	Orioles	92.1	91.8	81.2	83.9	77.0	84.6
Total	- - -	92.1	91.8	81.2	84.0	77.0	84.6

Pitch Values

Projections | Minor Leagues | Regular Season

Season	Team	wFB	wSL	wCB	wCH	wFB/C	wSL/C	wCB/C	wCH/C
2018	Orioles	-2.9	0.9	0.0	-0.1	-11.61	4.07	0.47	-0.67
2019	Orioles	2.2	4.0	-5.4	11.6	0.16	1.03	-3.36	1.50
Total	- - -	-0.7	4.9	-5.4	11.5	-0.05	1.20	-3.25	1.46

PITCHf/x Pitch Values

Projections | Minor Leagues | Regular Season

Season	Team	wFA	wFC	wSL	wCU	wKC	wCH
2018	Orioles	-2.9		0.9	0.0		-0.1
2019	Orioles	3.1	0.3	5.3	-5.7	0.3	12.3
Total	- - -	0.2	0.3	6.2	-5.7	0.3	12.2

PITCHf/x Pitch Values / 100

Projections | Minor Leagues | Regular Season

Season	Team	wFA/C	wFC/C	wSL/C	wCU/C	wKC/C	wCH/C
2018	Orioles	-11.70		4.13	0.47		-0.66
2019	Orioles	0.23	32.41	1.32	-3.84	25.01	1.60
Total	- - -	0.02	32.41	1.48	-3.70	25.01	1.56

Pitch Info Pitch Values

Projections | Minor Leagues | Regular Season

Season	Team	wFA	wSI	wCH	wSL	wCU	wKN
2018	Orioles	-2.9		-0.1	0.9	0.0
2019	Orioles	2.9	0.1	14.3	3.2	-4.7	0.3
Total	- - -	0.0	0.1	14.2	4.2	-4.6	0.3

Pitch Info Pitch Values / 100

Projections | Minor Leagues | Regular Season

Season	Team	wFA/C	wSI/C	wCH/C	wSL/C	wCU/C	wKN/C
2018	Orioles	-11.70		-0.66	4.13	0.47
2019	Orioles	0.21	6.36	1.84	0.83	-2.96	26.20
Total	- - -	0.00	6.36	1.80	1.02	-2.85	26.20

Plate Discipline

Projections | Minor Leagues | Regular Season | Averages

Season	Team	O-Swing%	Z-Swing%	Swing%	O-Contact%	Z-Contact%	Contact%	Zone%	F-Strike%	SwStr%
2018	Orioles	35.7 %	87.5 %	54.6 %	66.7 %	85.7 %	77.8 %	36.4 %	50.0 %	12.1 %
2018	Average	30.9 %	67.3 %	46.6 %	62.8 %	85.5 %	76.9 %	43.0 %	60.6 %	10.7 %
2019	Orioles	32.3 %	72.0 %	47.8 %	73.5 %	83.4 %	79.3 %	38.9 %	63.3 %	9.9 %
2019	Average	31.6 %	68.5 %	47.0 %	62.7 %	84.9 %	76.2 %	41.8 %	60.9 %	11.1 %
Total	- - -	32.4 %	72.4 %	47.9 %	73.4 %	83.4 %	79.3 %	38.9 %	62.9 %	9.9 %

PITCHf/x Plate Discipline

Projections | Minor Leagues | Regular Season | Averages

Season	Team	O-Swing%	Z-Swing%	Swing%	O-Contact%	Z-Contact%	Contact%	Zone%	Pace
2018	Orioles	31.4 %	80.7 %	54.6 %	54.6 %	88.0 %	77.8 %	47.0 %	21.4
2018	Average	30.4 %	64.4 %	46.6 %	60.1 %	85.6 %	76.9 %	47.7 %	23.5
2019	Orioles	28.2 %	69.3 %	47.8 %	68.2 %	84.4 %	79.4 %	47.7 %	21.7
2019	Average	30.6 %	65.2 %	47.0 %	59.4 %	84.9 %	76.2 %	47.4 %	24.4
Total	- - -	28.3 %	69.6 %	48.0 %	67.8 %	84.5 %	79.4 %	47.6 %	21.7

Pitch Info Plate Discipline

Projections | Minor Leagues | Regular Season | Averages

Season	Team	O-Swing%	Z-Swing%	Swing%	O-Contact%	Z-Contact%	Contact%	Zone%	Pace
2018	Orioles	36.8 %	78.6 %	54.6 %	64.3 %	86.4 %	77.8 %	42.4 %	21.4
2019	Orioles	27.8 %	69.6 %	47.8 %	67.9 %	84.5 %	79.5 %	47.8 %	22.0
Total	- - -	28.0 %	69.8 %	47.9 %	67.7 %	84.6 %	79.4 %	47.6 %	22.0

Fielding

Projections | Minor Leagues | Regular Season

Season	Team	Pos	G	GS	Inn	PO	A	E	FE	TE	DPS	DPT	DPF	SB	FP
2018	Orioles (AA)	P	8	7	46.0	2	6	1
2018	Orioles (AAA)	P	20	19	111.1	8	13	3
2018	Orioles	P	1	0	3.1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000
2019	Orioles	P	31	27	155.0	5	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.000
Total	- - -	P	32	27	158.1	5	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.000

Advanced Fielding

Projections | Minor Leagues | Regular Season

Season	Team	Pos	Inn	rSZ	rSB	rPM	DRS	FRM
2018	Orioles	P	3.1	0	0	-1	-1	0.0
2019	Orioles	P	155.0	1	1	-1	0	-2.0
Total	- - -	P	158.1	1	1	-2	-1	-2.0

Inside Edge Fielding

Projections | Minor Leagues | Regular Season

Season	Team	Pos	Inn	Impossible (0%)	Remote (1-10%)	Unlikely (10-40%)	Even (40-60%)	Likely (60-90%)	Routine (90-100%)
2019	Orioles	P	155.0	0.0% (0)	0.0% (1)	33.3% (3)	0.0% (0)	66.7% (3)	100.0% (7)
Total	- - -	P	158.1	0.0% (0)	0.0% (1)	33.3% (3)	0.0% (0)	66.7% (3)	100.0% (7)

Value

Projections | Minor Leagues | Regular Season

Season	Team	RA9-WAR	BIP-Wins	LOB-Wins	FDP-Wins	RAR	WAR	Dollars
2018	Orioles	-0.2	-0.1	-0.1	-0.2	0.1	0.0	$0.1
2019	Orioles	4.0	1.6	-0.6	1.0	30.6	3.0	$24.2
Total	- - -	3.8	1.5	-0.7	0.8	30.7	3.0	$24.3

Drafts

2014 June Amateur Draft - Round: 11, Pick: 16, Overall: 331

Team: Baltimore Orioles
School: Gardner Edgerton (KS) HS

2011 June Amateur Draft - Round: 46, Pick: 25, Overall: 1406

Team: Atlanta Braves
School: Gardner Edgerton (KS) HS

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