#72 Cesar Mercado, Closer, 35 yrs, Atlanta Braves - Out of the Park Baseball Report

#72 Cesar Mercado, Closer, 35 yrs, Atlanta Braves
Monday, 5/22/2080

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Cesar Mercado

10/16/2044
35
Venezuela
6"1
175

Closer
L
R

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3 / 6 (Well Known)
0 / 6 (Unknown)
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Normal
Prone
4.5 Stars

Contract & Roster Status

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Big League Contract
$ 13,791,400
2083
9 Year(s), 50 Days (1598 total Days)
50 Day(s)
12 Year(s)
Not eligible

Pitching Ratings

Pitching	Stuff	Control	Movement	Velocity
Overall	74	85	85	91-94 Mph
Versus LHB	74	83	85
Versus RHB	74	86	85
Talent	67	92	85

Pitching Ratings
Endurance :
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Holding Runners :

39
49
1

Pitches:
Fastball
Slider

Batting Ratings

Batting	Contact	Gap	Power	Discipline/Eye	Avoid K's
Overall	1	29	3	20	21
Versus LHP	1	29	3	20	21
Versus RHP	1	29	3	20	21
Talent	1	29	3	20	21

Running & Bunting Ratings
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32
40
3
1
Normal

Fielding Ratings
P : 53 (Range), .971 (Fielding Pct.)
Catcher Arm : 3
Outfield Arm : 14

Game Log, Last 10 Games

Date	Opp.	Result	Start	IP	H	R	ER	BB	K	Dec
4/22	NYN	W 4-3		1	1	0	0	0	1	SV
4/27	@CIN	L 6-7		0.2	1	0	0	0	1
4/28	@CIN	L 3-4		0.1	1	0	0	0	1
4/29	@CIN	W 6-5		1	0	0	0	0	1	SV
5/3	WSH	W 7-3		1.2	1	0	0	0	0	SV
5/4	WSH	W 4-2		1	0	0	0	0	1	SV
5/7	PIT	W 2-1		1.2	0	0	0	0	1	SV
5/13	@NYN	W 6-5		1.2	1	0	0	0	2	SV
5/18	@HOU	W 5-3		1.2	0	0	0	0	1	SV
5/19	TBA	W 8-5		0.1	0	0	0	0	1

Pitching Stats 2080

Overall	G	GS	W	L	SV	ERA	IP	HA	R	ER	BB	K	CG	CG%	SHO	QS	QS%
Overall	19	0	1	0	11	3.00	21.0	18	7	7	2	19	0	.0	0	0	.0
Projected	68	0	4	0	40	3.00	75.0	65	25	25	7	68

Overall	SVO	BS	SV%	RA	GF	R/9	H/9	K/9	BB/9	RL	RLS	RLS%	IR	IRS	IRS%	ERC
	12	1	91.7	19	18	8.6	7.7	8.1	.9	1	0	.0	13	7	53.8	1.93

	AB	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	R	BB	K	SF	SH	HP	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS
vs. LHB	34	13	3	0	1	9	5	1	6	0	0	0	.382	.389	.559	.948
vs. RHB	42	5	2	1	0	4	2	1	13	0	0	0	.119	.133	.214	.348

	G	GS	W	L	SV	ERA	IP	HA	R	ER	BB	K
Home	8	0	0	0	5	2.79	9.2	7	3	3	2	6
Road	11	0	1	0	6	3.18	11.1	11	4	4	0	13
This Week	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0.0	0	0	0	0	0
Last Week	2	0	0	0	1	0.00	2.0	0	0	0	0	2

Month	G	GS	W	L	SV	ERA	IP	HA	R	ER	BB	K
March/April	13	0	1	0	6	4.85	13.0	16	7	7	2	13
May	6	0	0	0	5	0.00	8.0	2	0	0	0	6

Career Pitching Stats

Year	G	GS	W	L	SV	ERA	IP	HA	R	ER	HR	BB	K	CG	SHO	WHIP	BABIP	Teams
2071	38	0	1	3	0	5.47	54.1	53	33	33	6	28	43	0	0	1.49	.309	ARI
2072	26	0	2	2	3	3.28	24.2	23	10	9	2	8	24	0	0	1.26	.304	ARI
2073	70	0	7	5	4	2.32	66.0	50	18	17	5	12	60	0	0	0.94	.257	ARI
2074	62	0	7	7	15	2.22	69.0	57	19	17	0	16	57	0	0	1.06	.298	ARI
2075	68	0	8	5	26	2.40	86.1	82	24	23	4	17	84	0	0	1.15	.324	ARI
2076	65	0	10	6	35	2.07	78.1	78	20	18	2	22	74	0	0	1.28	.336	ARI
2077	68	0	12	3	11	2.79	84.0	79	26	26	5	17	90	0	0	1.14	.327	ARI PHI
2078	71	0	11	6	48	3.31	92.1	99	37	34	3	16	94	0	0	1.25	.353	PHI
2079	59	0	8	1	39	1.42	76.0	55	12	12	3	12	61	0	0	0.88	.254	PHI
2080	19	0	1	0	11	3.00	21.0	18	7	7	1	2	19	0	0	0.95	.304	ATL
Total	546	0	67	38	192	2.71	652.0	594	206	196	31	150	606	0	0	1.14	.311

Career Minor League Pitching Stats

Year	G	GS	W	L	SV	ERA	IP	HA	R	ER	HR	BB	K	CG	SHO	WHIP	BABIP
2068, A	32	0	1	4	0	4.46	36.1	35	18	18	3	27	17	0	0	1.71	.288
2069, A	26	0	1	3	0	5.71	34.2	49	23	22	4	29	28	0	0	2.25	.417
2069, AA	20	0	5	0	0	3.52	38.1	35	15	15	3	24	38	0	0	1.54	.317
2070, AA	20	1	2	1	0	4.12	19.2	16	9	9	4	13	23	0	0	1.47	.286
2070, AAA	2	0	0	0	0	2.45	3.2	4	1	1	0	3	3	0	0	1.91	.364

Career Postseason Pitching Stats

Year	G	GS	W	L	SV	ERA	IP	HA	R	ER	BB	K	CG	SHO
2071	3	0	0	0	0	9.82	3.2	3	4	4	4	3	0	0
2073	4	0	0	0	3	0.00	6.0	4	0	0	0	6	0	0
2074	2	0	0	0	2	0.00	3.0	2	0	0	1	3	0	0
2077	8	0	1	1	0	7.71	11.2	18	10	10	2	10	0	0
2078	2	0	0	1	1	18.00	1.0	3	2	2	0	1	0	0
2079	3	0	2	1	0	5.79	4.2	5	3	3	0	4	0	0
Total	22	0	3	3	6	5.70	30.0	35	19	19	7	27	0	0

Career Batting Stats

Year	G	AB	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	R	BB	K	SB	CS	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	Teams
2071	38	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	ARI
2072	26	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	ARI
2073	70	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	ARI
2074	62	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	ARI
2075	68	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	ARI
2076	65	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	ARI
2077	68	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	ARI PHI
2078	71	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	PHI
2079	59	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	PHI
Total	527	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000

Fielding Stats 2080

Position

PCT

INN

RANGE

RSTA

RTO

RTO%

Pitcher

1.000

21.0

1.29

Player History

Drafted in 13th round, 379th overall pick, by Arizona in 2068...
Earned first career win on 6/16/2071...
Injured on 4/20/2073 with a Sore Elbow, out for 1-2 weeks...
2/1/2074: Gets a new one-year contract worth $2,200,000 through salary arbitration...
2/1/2075: Gets a new one-year contract worth $2,325,714 through salary arbitration...
2/1/2076: Gets a new one-year contract worth $2,325,714 through salary arbitration...
9/1/2076: Signed a contract extension with Arizona, $4,000,000 per year, for 3 years.
Traded from Arizona to Philadelphia on 6/1/2077 (Going to ARI: P William Correa, P Alfred Peters, 1B Roque Velez, 3B Freeman Dowe. Going to PHI: P Jared Gant, P Cesar Mercado)...
Signed as a free agent by Atlanta on 2/15/2080 to a 4-year deal worth $13,791,400 per year...

Pitching Leader Boards Appearances

Saves
2075 - 26 - 9th
2076 - 35 - 2nd
2078 - 48 - 1st
2079 - 39 - 5th

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