#40 Franklin Morales, Starting Pitcher, 33 yrs, Minnesota Twins

#40 Franklin Morales, Starting Pitcher, 33 yrs, Minnesota Twins
Sunday, 9/1/2019

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Franklin Morales

1/24/1986
33
Venezuela
6"2
195

Starting Pitcher
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Big League Contract
$ 7,950,000
2019
10 Year(s), 27 Days (1747 total Days)
155 Day(s)
10 Year(s), 27 Days (1747 total Days)
11 Year(s)
Not eligible

Pitching Ratings

Pitching	Stuff	Control	Movement	Velocity
Overall	5	7	5	89-92 Mph
Versus LHB	4	6	4
Versus RHB	5	7	5
Talent	5	8	6

Pitching Ratings
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8
41
3

Pitches:
Fastball
Changeup
Curveball
Slider

Batting Ratings

Batting	Contact	Gap	Power	Discipline/Eye	Avoid K's
Overall	1	4	1	2	2
Versus LHP	1	4	1	2	2
Versus RHP	1	4	1	2	2
Talent	1	4	1	2	2

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3
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Spray Hitter

Fielding Ratings
P : 5 (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
7/4	@BAL	W 4-3	*	7.2	10	3	3	1	6
7/14	@NYY	W 6-4	*	5.2	4	3	3	6	3
7/19	CHW	L 4-6	*	6	8	5	5	5	5	L
7/25	DET	L 1-3	*	5.2	5	2	2	0	6	L
7/30	@KCR	L 1-6	*	5.2	10	5	5	2	2	L
8/4	@SEA	W 8-1	*	6.1	6	0	0	2	3	W
8/10	@TOR	L 6-8	*	1.2	6	6	6	2	0	L
8/16	DET	W 3-1	*	7.1	2	1	1	1	4	W	PoG
8/21	BAL	W 4-3	*	8	8	3	3	0	1	W
8/27	BOS	L 3-5	*	8	6	4	4	1	5	L

Pitching Stats 2019

Overall	G	GS	W	L	SV	ERA	IP	HA	R	ER	BB	K	CG	CG%	SHO	QS	QS%
Overall	25	25	7	7	0	4.85	154.0	170	84	83	45	112	0	.0	0	9	36.0
Projected	32	32	9	9	0	4.85	196.0	217	107	106	57	143

Overall	SVO	BS	SV%	RA	GF	R/9	H/9	K/9	BB/9	RL	RLS	RLS%	IR	IRS	IRS%	ERC
	0	0	.0	0	0	13.1	9.9	6.5	2.6	26	3	11.5	0	0	.0	4.71

	AB	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	R	BB	K	SF	SH	HP	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS
vs. LHB	129	35	8	0	8	27	27	12	28	0	0	2	.271	.338	.519	.857
vs. RHB	483	135	23	1	14	51	57	33	84	0	0	8	.280	.333	.418	.752

	G	GS	W	L	SV	ERA	IP	HA	R	ER	BB	K
Home	15	15	5	3	0	4.40	100.1	101	49	49	25	76
Road	10	10	2	4	0	5.70	53.2	69	35	34	20	36
This Week	1	1	0	1	0	4.50	8.0	6	4	4	1	5
Last Week	1	1	1	0	0	3.38	8.0	8	3	3	0	1

Month	G	GS	W	L	SV	ERA	IP	HA	R	ER	BB	K
March/April	5	5	2	1	0	4.75	30.1	31	16	16	8	33
May	5	5	1	0	0	3.51	33.1	27	13	13	10	25
June	5	5	1	1	0	6.99	28.1	47	23	22	7	19
July	5	5	0	3	0	5.28	30.2	37	18	18	14	22
August	5	5	3	2	0	4.02	31.1	28	14	14	6	13
Sept./Oct.	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
2009	7	7	4	1	0	4.07	42.0	38	20	19	8	12	33	1	0	1.19	.244	NOR
2010	29	29	16	4	0	3.47	186.2	178	74	72	24	54	179	1	0	1.24	.305	NOR,AL
2011	31	31	13	11	0	3.65	195.0	186	94	79	27	62	201	1	0	1.27	.300	NOR
2012	32	32	16	8	0	4.38	187.0	183	95	91	28	59	186	2	2	1.29	.303	NOR
2013	31	31	17	7	0	3.44	209.1	195	83	80	34	68	172	2	1	1.26	.270	NOR
2014	30	30	12	8	0	3.26	198.2	214	77	72	16	49	162	0	0	1.32	.324	NOR
2015	34	34	16	7	0	3.84	220.1	230	96	94	27	71	165	0	0	1.37	.308	NOR MIN
2016	36	36	12	14	0	5.19	203.0	233	129	117	39	69	148	1	1	1.49	.311	MIN
2017	32	29	9	14	0	5.18	184.1	218	113	106	25	62	128	1	0	1.52	.327	MIN
2018	31	31	5	13	0	5.97	178.0	190	125	118	26	75	133	0	0	1.49	.301	MIN
2019	25	25	7	7	0	4.85	154.0	170	84	83	22	45	112	0	0	1.40	.310	MIN
Total	318	315	127	94	0	4.28	1958.1	2035	990	931	276	626	1619	9	4	1.36	.305

Career Minor League Pitching Stats

Year	G	GS	W	L	SV	ERA	IP	HA	R	ER	HR	BB	K	CG	SHO	WHIP	BABIP
2008, AA	20	20	4	7	0	4.76	115.1	118	64	61	8	38	138	0	0	1.35	.354
2008, AAA	9	9	4	4	0	3.13	60.1	52	26	21	11	16	65	1	1	1.13	.270
2009, AAA	25	25	10	6	0	3.47	153.0	132	60	59	15	42	171	1	1	1.14	.302

Career Postseason Pitching Stats

Year	G	GS	W	L	SV	ERA	IP	HA	R	ER	BB	K	CG	SHO
2010	1	1	0	0	0	1.93	4.2	5	2	1	4	4	0	0
2011	1	0	0	0	0	0.00	5.0	2	0	0	0	3	0	0
2012	2	2	1	0	0	5.40	10.0	11	6	6	6	6	0	0
2013	2	2	0	1	0	4.73	13.1	15	10	7	2	16	0	0
2014	1	1	0	1	0	13.50	2.2	7	5	4	1	2	0	0
Total	7	6	1	2	0	4.54	35.2	40	23	18	13	31	0	0

Career Batting Stats

Year	G	AB	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	R	BB	K	SB	CS	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	Teams
2009	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	NOR
2010	29	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	NOR,AL
2011	31	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	NOR
2012	32	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	NOR
2013	31	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	NOR
2014	30	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	NOR
2015	34	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	NOR MIN
2016	36	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	MIN
2017	32	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	MIN
2018	31	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	MIN
Total	293	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000

Fielding Stats 2019

Position

PCT

INN

RANGE

RSTA

RTO

RTO%

Pitcher

1.000

154.0

1.52

Player History

Drafted in 1st round, 9th overall pick, by Chicago (N) in 2008...
Traded from Chicago (N) to New Orleans on 2/14/2008 (Going to NOR: P Franklin Morales. Going to CHC: P Fernando Cabrera)...
Injured on 6/17/2008 with a Pulled Rotator Cuff Muscle, out for 2 weeks...
Injured on 6/24/2009 with a Stiff Shoulder, out for one week...
Injured on 7/15/2009 with a Inflamed Back Muscle, out for one week...
Injured on 8/26/2009 with a Sore Shoulder, out for one week...
Earned first career win on 9/5/2009...
Was selected to the 2010 Allstar game...
Injured on 8/27/2010 with a Sore Back, out for one week...
Won Player of the Week award on 9/9/2012, winning 2 games with a 0.53 ERA...
1/31/2013: Gets a new one-year contract worth $2,950,000 through salary arbitration...
Injured on 3/17/2013 with a Tender Shoulder, out for one week...
1/31/2014: Gets a new one-year contract worth $4,200,000 through salary arbitration...
Injured on 8/31/2014 with a Tender Shoulder, out for 1-2 weeks...
1/31/2015: Gets a new one-year contract worth $4,664,286 through salary arbitration...
6/16/2015: Signed a contract extension with New Orleans, $7,950,000 per year, for 4 years.
Traded from New Orleans to Minnesota on 7/1/2015 (Going to MIN: P Franklin Morales, SS Omar Infante, C Geovany Soto. Going to NOR: P Sean Gallagher, SS Alejo Gomez, 2B Reinaldo Alcala)...
Injured on 9/10/2016 with a Strained Back, out for one week...

Pitching Leader Boards Appearances

ERA
2010 - 3.47 - 6th
2013 - 3.44 - 9th
2014 - 3.26 - 7th

Wins
2010 - 16 - 5th
2013 - 17 - 7th

SHO
2012 - 2 - 3rd

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