#57 Merrill James, Reliever, 31 yrs, New Orleans Wasps

#57 Merrill James, Reliever, 31 yrs, New Orleans Wasps
Wednesday, 5/1/2017

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Merrill James

5/17/1985
31
USA
5"11
175

Reliever
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5.0 Stars

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Big League Contract
$ 3,040,000
2018
9 Year(s), 136 Days (1684 total Days)
30 Day(s)
9 Year(s), 136 Days (1684 total Days)
11 Year(s)
Not eligible

Pitching Ratings

Pitching	Stuff	Control	Movement	Velocity
Overall	8	5	10	86-89 Mph
Versus LHB	8	4	9
Versus RHB	8	6	10
Talent	9	6	10

Pitching Ratings
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3
66
3

Pitches:
Fastball
Changeup
Curveball
Slider

Batting Ratings

Batting	Contact	Gap	Power	Discipline/Eye	Avoid K's
Overall	2	3	1	2	2
Versus LHP	2	3	1	2	2
Versus RHP	2	3	1	2	2
Talent	2	3	1	2	2

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2
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Spray Hitter

Fielding Ratings
P : 1 (Range), .983 (Fielding Pct.)
Catcher Arm : 1
Outfield Arm : 2

Game Log, Last 10 Games

Date	Opp.	Result	Start	IP	H	R	ER	BB	K	Dec
4/12	CLE	L 2-3		1	1	1	1	1	0	L
4/14	CLE	W 3-1		0.1	0	0	0	0	0
4/17	@OAK	L 7-10		2	2	0	0	0	2
4/20	@CAL	L 3-8		1	1	1	1	0	1
4/21	@CAL	W 6-1		0.1	1	0	0	0	0
4/22	@CAL	L 4-8		0.2	4	2	2	0	1
4/24	@TEX	L 6-7		0.1	1	1	1	0	0	L
4/26	@TEX	W 4-3		1	0	0	0	0	0
4/27	SEA	L 3-5		1.2	0	0	0	0	2
4/28	SEA	W 4-3		0.2	1	0	0	0	1

Pitching Stats 2017

Overall	G	GS	W	L	SV	ERA	IP	HA	R	ER	BB	K	CG	CG%	SHO	QS	QS%
Overall	16	0	0	2	0	3.31	16.1	14	6	6	5	12	0	.0	0	0	.0
Projected	108	0	0	14	0	3.31	110.0	95	41	41	34	81

Overall	SVO	BS	SV%	RA	GF	R/9	H/9	K/9	BB/9	RL	RLS	RLS%	IR	IRS	IRS%	ERC
	4	0	1.$	16	8	10.5	7.7	6.6	2.8	5	2	40.0	14	2	14.3	2.45

	AB	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	R	BB	K	SF	SH	HP	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS
vs. LHB	32	8	1	1	0	4	3	3	8	0	0	0	.250	.314	.344	.658
vs. RHB	26	6	1	0	0	2	3	2	4	0	0	0	.231	.276	.269	.545

	G	GS	W	L	SV	ERA	IP	HA	R	ER	BB	K
Home	9	0	0	1	0	1.86	9.2	4	2	2	4	8
Road	7	0	0	1	0	5.40	6.2	10	4	4	1	4
This Week	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0.0	0	0	0	0	0
Last Week	5	0	0	1	0	6.23	4.1	6	3	3	0	4

Month	G	GS	W	L	SV	ERA	IP	HA	R	ER	BB	K
March/April	16	0	0	2	0	3.31	16.1	14	6	6	5	12
May	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0.0	0	0	0	0	0

Career Pitching Stats

Year	G	GS	W	L	SV	ERA	IP	HA	R	ER	HR	BB	K	CG	SHO	WHIP	BABIP	Teams
2007	26	0	4	1	0	4.32	33.1	34	17	16	2	10	31	0	0	1.32	.330	CIN
2008	50	0	6	2	0	4.82	56.0	55	30	30	4	21	53	0	0	1.36	.315	CIN
2009	61	0	2	5	3	4.09	70.1	54	36	32	4	33	74	0	0	1.24	.272	CIN
2010	94	0	2	7	1	4.42	91.2	93	53	45	12	43	102	0	0	1.48	.335	CIN
2011	103	0	5	4	0	4.04	111.1	107	60	50	9	50	100	0	0	1.41	.305	CIN
2012	78	0	3	3	15	4.75	89.0	86	52	47	12	39	96	0	0	1.40	.314	CIN
2013	84	0	10	3	14	2.53	89.0	70	29	25	5	23	133	0	0	1.04	.339	CIN
2014	65	0	4	9	37	3.14	66.0	61	26	23	7	30	78	0	0	1.38	.323	CIN
2015	67	0	4	4	30	2.38	75.2	45	21	20	0	25	88	0	0	0.93	.257	CIN
2016	58	0	6	3	22	4.19	53.2	53	27	25	3	32	53	0	0	1.58	.338	CIN,NL NOR
2017	16	0	0	2	0	3.31	16.1	14	6	6	0	5	12	0	0	1.16	.304	NOR
Total	702	0	46	43	122	3.82	752.1	672	357	319	58	311	820	0	0	1.31	.312

Career Minor League Pitching Stats

Year	G	GS	W	L	SV	ERA	IP	HA	R	ER	HR	BB	K	CG	SHO	WHIP	BABIP
2006, AA	69	0	4	2	2	4.97	70.2	69	41	39	7	29	64	0	0	1.39	.320
2007, AAA	27	0	2	0	0	2.03	48.2	44	11	11	1	16	43	0	0	1.23	.323
2008, AAA	6	0	0	0	0	1.93	4.2	5	1	1	1	3	4	0	0	1.71	.308

Career Postseason Pitching Stats

Year	G	GS	W	L	SV	ERA	IP	HA	R	ER	BB	K	CG	SHO
2014	1	0	0	0	1	0.00	1.0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0
2016	2	0	1	0	0	0.00	2.2	1	0	0	0	4	0	0
Total	3	0	1	0	1	0.00	3.2	2	0	0	0	5	0	0

Career Batting Stats

Year	G	AB	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	R	BB	K	SB	CS	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	Teams
2007	26	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	.000	.200	.000	.200	CIN
2008	50	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	CIN
2009	61	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	CIN
2010	94	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	.000	.500	.000	.500	CIN
2011	103	10	1	0	0	1	1	2	1	4	0	0	.100	.182	.400	.582	CIN
2012	78	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	0	0	0	.000	1.000	.000	1.000	CIN
2013	84	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.333	.333	.333	.667	CIN
2014	65	3	1	0	0	0	1	2	0	0	0	0	.333	.333	.333	.667	CIN
2015	67	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	CIN
2016	58	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	CIN,NL NOR
Total	686	39	3	0	0	1	3	6	4	13	0	0	.077	.163	.154	.317

Fielding Stats 2017

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INN

RANGE

RSTA

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Pitcher

1.000

16.1

1.65

Player History

Drafted in 5th round, 124th overall pick, by Cincinnati in 2006...
Earned first career win on 7/16/2007...
Injured on 4/14/2009 with a Ruptured Bicep Tendon, out for 6-7 weeks...
1/31/2011: Gets a new one-year contract worth $634,286 through salary arbitration...
Had first career hit (homerun) on 7/14/2011, off Erik Sabel (NYM)...
1/31/2012: Gets a new one-year contract worth $771,429 through salary arbitration...
6/1/2012: Signed a contract extension with Cincinnati, $1,070,000 per year, for 3 years.
Injured on 3/6/2013 with a Stiff Shoulder, out for 1-2 weeks...
6/1/2015: Signed a contract extension with Cincinnati, $3,040,000 per year, for 3 years.
Was selected to the 2016 Allstar game...
Traded from Cincinnati to New Orleans on 7/31/2016 (Going to CIN: 2B Alex Gonzalez, P Dustin Nippert Jr., 3B Urso Archuleta. Going to NOR: P Merrill James, 3B B.j. Upton)...

Pitching Leader Boards Appearances

Saves
2014 - 37 - 1st
2015 - 30 - 6th

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