Justin Shafer

Age: 27

Bats/Throws: R/R

6' 2" / 195

Birthdate: 9/18/1992 (27 y, 2 m, 24 d)
Drafted: 2014 June Amateur Draft - Round: 8, Pick: 9, Overall: 234, Team: Toronto Blue Jays

Service Time: 0.131

Reported as the pre-2020 value.
0 years and 131 days days of service time.

MiLB Options: 2

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

RotoWire News: Shafer was traded from Toronto to Cincinnati in exchange for cash considerations Monday, source reports. (11/25/2019)

11/27/2019	FG	The Reds Have Been Busy by Tony Wolfe
8/3/2019	RG	Week 20 FAAB Projections by Jeff Zimmerman
3/9/2015	FG	Evaluating the Prospects: Toronto Blue Jays by Kiley McDaniel

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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
2014	Blue Jays (A-)	1	3	1	11	2	22.2	9.13	2.78	0.40	.357	57.0 %	54.4 %	6.3 %	5.16	3.29	3.31
2015	Blue Jays (A)	7	4	0	16	7	73.0	5.18	2.71	0.37	.252	72.6 %	52.4 %	3.8 %	2.96	4.01	4.18
2015	Blue Jays (A+)	1	5	2	12	5	22.1	4.43	4.03	0.81	.364	46.3 %	54.5 %	7.7 %	8.06	4.96	4.37
2016	Blue Jays (A+)	4	6	0	23	20	115.1	4.84	3.28	0.70	.302	64.3 %	54.8 %	8.7 %	5.23	4.41	4.11
2017	Blue Jays (A+)	0	0	0	5	0	9.1	12.54	1.93	0.00	.333	100.0 %	55.6 %	0.0 %	0.00	1.17	1.26
2017	Blue Jays (AA)	5	2	1	37	0	58.0	7.45	4.03	0.93	.244	77.4 %	49.4 %	10.7 %	3.41	4.36	4.17
2017	Blue Jays (AAA)	0	0	0	2	0	4.0	9.00	2.25	0.00	.273	75.0 %	63.6 %	0.0 %	2.25	2.09	2.70
2018	Blue Jays (AA)	2	2	1	13	0	17.1	8.83	2.60	0.52	.262	89.7 %	57.1 %	7.1 %	0.52	2.98	3.13
2018	Blue Jays (AAA)	3	3	15	34	0	38.1	7.51	3.76	0.00	.252	77.8 %	42.7 %	0.0 %	1.41	3.07	4.33
2018	Blue Jays	0	0	0	6	0	8.1	2.16	7.56	1.08	.179	79.4 %	44.8 %	10.0 %	3.24	7.12	7.54	-0.2
2019	Blue Jays (AAA)	0	2	7	24	0	30.2	10.27	2.35	0.88	.317	71.0 %	32.5 %	8.1 %	3.52	3.49	4.42
2019	Blue Jays	2	1	1	34	0	39.2	8.85	5.67	1.36	.315	81.9 %	31.9 %	12.2 %	3.86	5.18	5.67	-0.1
2020	Depth Charts	1	1	0	15	0	15.0	8.84	4.41	1.50	.305	71.9 %			4.88	5.01		0.0
2020	Steamer	1	1	0	15	0	15.0	8.84	4.41	1.50	.293	71.9 %	42.4 %		4.88	5.01	4.98	0.0
Total	- - -	2	1	1	40	0	48.0	7.69	6.00	1.31	.288	81.5 %	34.5 %	11.9 %	3.75	5.52	6.00	-0.3

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
2014	Blue Jays (A-)	1	3	5.16	11	2	0	0	1	2	0	22.2	101	26	15	13	1	7	1	0	2	0	23
2015	Blue Jays (A)	7	4	2.96	16	7	0	0	0	1	2	73.0	305	61	28	24	3	22	0	8	4	2	42
2015	Blue Jays (A+)	1	5	8.06	12	5	0	0	2	1	2	22.1	113	34	26	20	2	10	0	2	1	0	11
2016	Blue Jays (A+)	4	6	5.23	23	20	0	0	0	0	0	115.1	516	129	71	67	9	42	0	5	3	0	62
2017	Blue Jays (A+)	0	0	0.00	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	9.1	36	7	0	0	0	2	2	0	0	0	13
2017	Blue Jays (AA)	5	2	3.41	37	0	0	0	1	1	3	58.0	242	45	23	22	6	26	1	2	3	0	48
2017	Blue Jays (AAA)	0	0	2.25	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	4.0	16	3	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	4
2018	Blue Jays (AA)	2	2	0.52	13	0	0	0	1	2	0	17.1	65	12	3	1	1	5	1	0	0	0	17
2018	Blue Jays (AAA)	3	3	1.41	34	0	0	0	15	1	1	38.1	157	27	10	6	0	16	0	2	3	0	32
2018	Blue Jays	0	0	3.24	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	8.1	39	6	4	3	1	7	0	1	0	0	2
2019	Blue Jays (AAA)	0	2	3.52	24	0	0	0	7	1	1	30.2	129	29	14	12	3	8	0	1	3	0	35
2019	Blue Jays	2	1	3.86	34	0	0	0	1	3	0	39.2	182	41	19	17	6	25	4	1	1	0	39
2020	Depth Charts	1	1	4.88	15	0			0	1		15.0		15	9	8	2	7		1			15
2020	Steamer	1	1	4.88	15	0	0	0	0	1		15.0	66	15	9	8	2	7		1			15
Total	- - -	2	1	3.75	40	0	0	0	1	3	0	48.0	221	47	23	20	7	32	4	2	1	0	41

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	Blue Jays (A-)	9.13	2.78	3.29	0.40	22.8 %	6.9 %	15.8 %	.277	1.46	.357	57.0 %			3.29
2015	Blue Jays (A)	5.18	2.71	1.91	0.37	13.8 %	7.2 %	6.6 %	.222	1.14	.252	72.6 %			4.01
2015	Blue Jays (A+)	4.43	4.03	1.10	0.81	9.7 %	8.9 %	0.9 %	.337	1.97	.364	46.3 %			4.96
2016	Blue Jays (A+)	4.84	3.28	1.48	0.70	12.0 %	8.1 %	3.9 %	.275	1.48	.302	64.3 %			4.41
2017	Blue Jays (A+)	12.54	1.93	6.50	0.00	36.1 %	5.6 %	30.5 %	.206	0.96	.333	100.0 %			1.17
2017	Blue Jays (AA)	7.45	4.03	1.85	0.93	19.8 %	10.7 %	9.1 %	.210	1.22	.244	77.4 %			4.36
2017	Blue Jays (AAA)	9.00	2.25	4.00	0.00	25.0 %	6.3 %	18.8 %	.200	1.00	.273	75.0 %			2.09
2018	Blue Jays (AA)	8.83	2.60	3.40	0.52	26.2 %	7.7 %	18.5 %	.200	0.98	.262	89.7 %			2.98
2018	Blue Jays (AAA)	7.51	3.76	2.00	0.00	20.4 %	10.2 %	10.2 %	.194	1.12	.252	77.8 %			3.07
2018	Blue Jays	2.16	7.56	0.29	1.08	5.1 %	18.0 %	-12.8 %	.194	1.56	.179	79.4 %	76	165	7.12
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	Blue Jays (AAA)	10.27	2.35	4.38	0.88	27.1 %	6.2 %	20.9 %	.242	1.21	.317	71.0 %			3.49
2019	Blue Jays	8.85	5.67	1.56	1.36	21.4 %	13.7 %	7.7 %	.263	1.66	.315	81.9 %	84	112	5.18
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	8.84	4.41	2.00	1.50				.256	1.46	.305	71.9 %			5.01
2020	Steamer	8.84	4.41	2.00	1.50	22.2 %	11.1 %	11.1 %	.250	1.46	.293	71.9 %			5.01
Total	- - -	7.69	6.00	1.28	1.31	18.6 %	14.5 %	4.1 %	.251	1.65	.288	81.5 %	82	121	5.52

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	Blue Jays (A-)	2.31	22.1 %	54.4 %	23.5 %	6.3 %	6.3 %			47.9 %	29.6 %	22.5 %						3.31
2015	Blue Jays (A)	1.53	13.2 %	52.4 %	34.4 %	17.9 %	3.8 %			48.9 %	21.5 %	29.6 %						4.18
2015	Blue Jays (A+)	1.85	15.9 %	54.5 %	29.5 %	11.5 %	7.7 %			40.0 %	27.8 %	32.2 %						4.37
2016	Blue Jays (A+)	2.09	18.9 %	54.8 %	26.3 %	19.2 %	8.7 %			46.9 %	25.6 %	27.5 %						4.11
2017	Blue Jays (A+)	10.00	38.9 %	55.6 %	5.6 %	0.0 %	0.0 %			30.0 %	20.0 %	50.0 %						1.26
2017	Blue Jays (AA)	1.41	15.6 %	49.4 %	35.0 %	19.6 %	10.7 %			51.5 %	22.2 %	26.4 %						4.17
2017	Blue Jays (AAA)	3.50	18.2 %	63.6 %	18.2 %	0.0 %	0.0 %			72.7 %	18.2 %	9.1 %						2.70
2018	Blue Jays (AA)	1.71	9.5 %	57.1 %	33.3 %	7.1 %	7.1 %			39.5 %	18.6 %	41.9 %						3.13
2018	Blue Jays (AAA)	1.05	16.5 %	42.7 %	40.8 %	31.0 %	0.0 %			45.3 %	18.9 %	35.9 %						4.33
2018	Blue Jays	1.30	20.7 %	44.8 %	34.5 %	20.0 %	10.0 %	15.4 %	0.0 %	44.8 %	44.8 %	10.3 %	27.6 %	37.9 %	34.5 %	7.49	177	7.54
2019	Blue Jays (AAA)	0.73	22.9 %	32.5 %	44.6 %	10.8 %	8.1 %			35.3 %	31.8 %	32.9 %						4.42
2019	Blue Jays	0.76	25.9 %	31.9 %	42.2 %	10.2 %	12.2 %	0.0 %	0.0 %	39.3 %	27.4 %	33.3 %	20.5 %	43.6 %	35.9 %	5.19	124	5.67
Total	- - -	0.85	24.8 %	34.5 %	40.7 %	11.9 %	11.9 %	4.0 %	0.0 %	40.4 %	30.8 %	28.8 %	21.9 %	42.5 %	35.6 %	5.56	133	6.00

More Batted Ball

Projections | Minor Leagues | Regular Season

Season	Team	GB	FB	LD	IFFB	IFH	BU	BUH	RS	Balls	Strikes	Pitches
2014	Blue Jays (A-)	37	16	15	1					32	143	175
2015	Blue Jays (A)	119	78	30	14					106	363	469
2015	Blue Jays (A+)	48	26	14	3					73	148	221
2016	Blue Jays (A+)	217	104	75	20					695	1093	1788
2017	Blue Jays (A+)	10	1	7	0					42	88	130
2017	Blue Jays (AA)	79	56	25	11					360	543	903
2017	Blue Jays (AAA)	7	2	2	0					31	46	77
2018	Blue Jays (AA)	24	14	4	1					101	147	248
2018	Blue Jays (AAA)	44	42	17	13					255	381	636
2018	Blue Jays	13	10	6	2	2	0	0	5	65	81	146
2019	Blue Jays (AAA)	27	37	19	4					189	333	522
2019	Blue Jays	37	49	30	5	0	1	0	21	282	450	732
Total	- - -	50	59	36	7	2	1	0	26	347	531	878

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	Blue Jays	-0.29	-0.61	0.33	-1.05	-0.11	0.57	0.39	0.57	0.33	5	0.10	-0.60	1	2
2019	Blue Jays	0.05	-2.15	2.20	-0.35	-0.07	0.77	0.62	0.73	0.64	23	0.02	0.04	6	4
Total	- - -	-0.24	-2.77	2.53	-1.40	-0.18	0.74	0.58	0.70	0.59	28	0.12	-0.44	7	6

Pitch Type

Projections | Minor Leagues | Regular Season

Season	Team	FB%	SL%	CT%	CH%	XX%
2018	Blue Jays	68.5% (92.8)	28.8% (85.8)		2.7% (86.8)
2019	Blue Jays	51.8% (94.3)	25.4% (85.5)	19.5% (90.2)	3.3% (87.3)	2.1%
Total	- - -	54.6% (94.0)	26.0% (85.6)	16.3% (90.2)	3.2% (87.2)	1.8%

PITCHf/x Pitch Type

Projections | Minor Leagues | Regular Season

Season	Team	FA%	FT%	FC%	SI%	SL%	CH%
2018	Blue Jays	30.8 %	2.1 %		35.6 %	28.1 %	3.4 %
2019	Blue Jays	46.7 %	0.1 %	16.4 %	7.2 %	29.4 %	0.1 %
Total	- - -	44.1 %	0.5 %	13.7 %	12.0 %	29.2 %	0.7 %

PITCHf/x Pitch Velocity

Projections | Minor Leagues | Regular Season

Season	Team	vFA	vFT	vFC	vSI	vSL	vCH
2018	Blue Jays	93.0	93.6		92.6	85.7	87.4
2019	Blue Jays	94.3	94.2	90.0	92.3	86.0	94.1
Total	- - -	94.1	93.8	90.0	92.4	85.9	88.5

Pitch Info Pitch Type

Projections | Minor Leagues | Regular Season

Season	Team	FA%	FC%	SI%	CH%	SL%
2018	Blue Jays	28.8 %		39.7 %	2.7 %	28.8 %
2019	Blue Jays	44.7 %	19.4 %	7.0 %	3.4 %	25.6 %
Total	- - -	42.0 %	16.2 %	12.4 %	3.3 %	26.1 %

Pitch Info Pitch Velocity

Projections | Minor Leagues | Regular Season

Season	Team	vFA	vFC	vSI	vCH	vSL
2018	Blue Jays	93.3		93.0	87.1	86.0
2019	Blue Jays	94.7	90.4	93.6	87.8	85.9
Total	- - -	94.6	90.4	93.3	87.7	85.9

Pitch Values

Projections | Minor Leagues | Regular Season

Season	Team	wFB	wSL	wCT	wCH	wFB/C	wSL/C	wCT/C	wCH/C
2018	Blue Jays	-0.7	-0.3		-0.1	-0.75	-0.76		-1.88
2019	Blue Jays	2.6	-6.9	-0.6	0.4	0.70	-3.69	-0.39	1.69
Total	- - -	1.9	-7.2	-0.6	0.3	0.39	-3.15	-0.39	1.18

PITCHf/x Pitch Values

Projections | Minor Leagues | Regular Season

Season	Team	wFA	wFT	wFC	wSI	wSL	wCH
2018	Blue Jays	-1.5	0.2		0.6	-0.2	-0.1
2019	Blue Jays	2.2	0.0	-0.7	0.8	-6.8	0.3
Total	- - -	0.6	0.2	-0.7	1.4	-7.0	0.2

PITCHf/x Pitch Values / 100

Projections | Minor Leagues | Regular Season

Season	Team	wFA/C	wFT/C	wFC/C	wSI/C	wSL/C	wCH/C
2018	Blue Jays	-3.42	6.79		1.14	-0.60	-2.59
2019	Blue Jays	0.64	-4.87	-0.58	1.47	-3.16	32.41
Total	- - -	0.16	3.88	-0.58	1.31	-2.75	3.24

Pitch Info Pitch Values

Projections | Minor Leagues | Regular Season

Season	Team	wFA	wFC	wSI	wCH	wSL
2018	Blue Jays	-1.7		0.9	-0.1	-0.3
2019	Blue Jays	1.5	-0.3	1.2	0.5	-7.1
Total	- - -	-0.1	-0.3	2.2	0.4	-7.4

Pitch Info Pitch Values / 100

Projections | Minor Leagues | Regular Season

Season	Team	wFA/C	wFC/C	wSI/C	wCH/C	wSL/C
2018	Blue Jays	-4.00		1.61	-1.96	-0.71
2019	Blue Jays	0.47	-0.24	2.40	1.84	-3.82
Total	- - -	-0.03	-0.24	1.98	1.31	-3.25

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	Blue Jays	27.5 %	61.8 %	40.4 %	80.0 %	88.2 %	84.8 %	37.7 %	46.2 %	6.2 %
2018	Average	30.9 %	67.3 %	46.6 %	62.8 %	85.5 %	76.9 %	43.0 %	60.6 %	10.7 %
2019	Blue Jays	29.6 %	75.8 %	47.8 %	63.4 %	81.3 %	74.6 %	39.5 %	57.7 %	11.9 %
2019	Average	31.6 %	68.5 %	47.0 %	62.7 %	84.9 %	76.2 %	41.8 %	60.9 %	11.1 %
Total	- - -	29.2 %	73.6 %	46.6 %	66.0 %	82.2 %	76.0 %	39.2 %	55.7 %	11.0 %

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	Blue Jays	23.4 %	59.4 %	40.4 %	66.7 %	92.7 %	84.8 %	47.3 %	22.6
2018	Average	30.4 %	64.4 %	46.6 %	60.1 %	85.6 %	76.9 %	47.7 %	23.5
2019	Blue Jays	29.4 %	69.4 %	47.8 %	56.9 %	83.8 %	74.9 %	46.0 %	24.3
2019	Average	30.6 %	65.2 %	47.0 %	59.4 %	84.9 %	76.2 %	47.4 %	24.4
Total	- - -	28.4 %	67.7 %	46.6 %	58.2 %	85.1 %	76.3 %	46.2 %	24.0

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	Blue Jays	23.5 %	61.5 %	40.4 %	63.2 %	95.0 %	84.8 %	44.5 %	22.6
2019	Blue Jays	29.4 %	70.6 %	47.8 %	59.7 %	82.7 %	74.9 %	44.7 %	24.6
Total	- - -	28.4 %	69.1 %	46.6 %	60.1 %	84.5 %	76.3 %	44.7 %	24.3

Fielding

Projections | Minor Leagues | Regular Season

Season	Team	Pos	G	Inn	PO	A	FE	TE	DPS	DPT	DPF	SB	FP
2018	Blue Jays (AA)	P	13	17.1	0	2
2018	Blue Jays (AAA)	P	34	38.1	4	1
2018	Blue Jays	P	6	8.1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.000
2019	Blue Jays (AAA)	P	24	30.2	1	3
2019	Blue Jays	P	34	39.2	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	1.000
Total	- - -	P	40	48.0	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	1.000

Advanced Fielding

Projections | Minor Leagues | Regular Season

Season	Team	Pos	Inn	rPM	DRS	FRM
2018	Blue Jays	P	8.1	-1	-1	0.1
2019	Blue Jays	P	39.2	0	0	0.4
Total	- - -	P	48.0	-1	-1	0.5

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%)
2018	Blue Jays	P	8.1	0.0% (0)	0.0% (0)	0.0% (0)	0.0% (0)	0.0% (0)	100.0% (1)
2019	Blue Jays	P	39.2	0.0% (0)	0.0% (0)	0.0% (0)	0.0% (0)	0.0% (0)	100.0% (1)
Total	- - -	P	48.0	0.0% (0)	0.0% (0)	0.0% (0)	0.0% (0)	0.0% (0)	100.0% (2)

Value

Projections | Minor Leagues | Regular Season

Season	Team	RA9-WAR	BIP-Wins	LOB-Wins	FDP-Wins	RAR	WAR	Dollars
2018	Blue Jays	0.0	0.3	-0.1	0.2	-1.7	-0.2	($1.4)
2019	Blue Jays	0.3	-0.2	0.6	0.4	-1.1	-0.1	($0.9)
Total	- - -	0.3	0.1	0.5	0.6	-2.8	-0.3	($2.2)

Drafts

2014 June Amateur Draft - Round: 8, Pick: 9, Overall: 234

Team: Toronto Blue Jays
School: Lake Wales, FL

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