Submission on behalf of Alejandro De Aza

Player’s request: $2.7 million

Club’s offer: $1.9 million

Midpoint: $2.3 million

Jarrod Krisiloff, Sean McNally and Diana Sabau

2013 MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL ARBITRATION ORAL ARGUMENT

Alejandro De Aza v. Chicago White Sox

Introduction Career Consistency Player Contributions – Platform Season Past Compensation Salary Comparison Player Health Club Performance Conclusion

CONTENTS

Originally from Guaymate in La Romana of

the Dominican Republic

Energetic, passionate and dynamic leadoff

hitter

First MLB professional contract –

— Los Angeles Dodgers, in 2001 at the age

of 17.

Eligible for first year arbitration

White Sox center fielder Mr. De Aza stands

apart from his peers

INTRODUCTION

CAREER CONSISTENCY

YEAR TEAM AVG OBP SLG

2010 CHW .300 .323 .400

2011 CHW .329 .400 .520

2012 CHW .281 .349 .410

*Career Avg. .280 .340 .410

Career average numbers are extremely close to platform season AVG, OBP and SLG numbers are impressive while at from 2010-2012

*Career avgerages includes total MLB career

PLAYER CONTRIBUTIONS- 2012

YEAR AGE GP PA R H 2B 3B HR XBH RBI SB AVG OBP SLG OPS

2012 28 131 585 81 147 29 6 9 44 50 26 .281 .349 .410 .760

AL Rank Lead off Hitters #5 #5 #5 #6 #3 #5 #5 #5 #2 #4 #5 #4 #4

Ranked #2 in AL for stolen bases (SB) — Among lead off hitters

Top 6 in every important category in the AL

— Among lead off hitters

Top 5 in AVG, OBP, SLG, OPS — Among lead off hitters

PAST COMPENSATION

YEAR TEAM SALARY

2007 Florida Marlins $380,000

2008 Florida Marlins $390,000

2012 Chicago White Sox $495,000 contracts

2013 Status 1st-Year Arb. Eligible $2.3 midpoint

Drew Stubbs

— Cincinnati Reds, center fielder (CF)

Gerardo Parra

—Arizona Diamondbacks, center fielder (CF)

Matt Joyce

—Tampa Bay Rays, left fielder/right fielder (LF/CF)

PLAYER COMPARISON

In 2012 platform year, De Aza nearly out performs comparison players in every

category

PLAYER COMPARISON – OFFENSE

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GP Runs Hits Doubles Triples HR XBH RBI

De Aza 131 81 147 29 6 9 44 50

Stubbs 136 75 105 13 2 14 29 46

Parra 133 58 105 21 2 7 30 36

Joyce 124 55 96 18 3 17 38 59

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PLAYER COMPARISON – OFFENSE

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Plate Appearances Batting Avg On Base % On Base % Plus Slugging%

De Aza 585 281 349 760

Stubbs 544 213 277 610

Parra 430 273 335 727

Joyce 462 241 341 769

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Mr. De Aza ranks #5 across entire MLB (CF) in

“Range Factor/Game”

Ranks #1 in “Range Factor/Game” against

comparison players

Ranks #1 in “Put Outs” among comparison

players — Note: Played less games than Stubbs

PLAYER COMPARISON – DEFENSE

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RangeFactor/Game

De Aza 2.62

Stubbs 2.25

Parra 1.81

Joyce 1.59

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NAME PRIMARY POS. GP PRIMARY POS.

PUTOUTS ASSISTS

De Aza CF 125 326 4

Stubbs CF 135 272 5

Parra CF 48 189 8

Joyce RF 89 181 2

Midpoint for Mr. De Aza - $2.3m

Comparison players’ 2013 salaries - Range $2.35m - $2.825

SALARY COMPARISONS

NAME SERVICE TIME ARB. ELG. ‘12 SALARY ‘13 SALARY MIDPOINT

De Aza 3.139 1st 495,000 TBD 2.3

Stubbs 3.047 1st 527,500 2.825

Parra 3.145 1st 502,000 2.35

Joyce 3.123 1st 499,500 2.45

1 of 8 (CF) players in AL to play over 130

games (27 total players)

— Displays Mr. De Aza’s durability

Returned from DL and posted fantastic #’s

in September of platform season — .278/.367/.481

‘07/’08 ankle injuries have not slowed De

Aza down

— Led team with 26 stolen bases in

platform season

PLAYER HEALTH

White Sox won 6 more games in 2012

Scored 94 more runs

—26 stolen bases (#1 on team)

—9 HR

—81 runs scored (#3 on team)

Team fielding percentage improved

—Chicago White Sox #1 in AL

—De Aza # 5 in Range Factor (CF) in AL

CLUB PERFORMANCE

QUESTIONS?

_______________________________________ REFERENCES Images:

All De Aza photos were taken from google images:

https://www.google.com/search?site=&tbm=isch&source=hp&biw=797&bih=355&q=De+Aza&oq=De+Aza&gs_l=img.3..0l2j

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http://i.huffpost.com/gen/1087006/thumbs/r-WHITE-SOX-INDIANS-large570.jpg?6

Sources:

http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/d/deazaal01.shtml

http://www.baseballprospectus.com/card/card.php?id=45858

Player comparison stats compiled from Mr. De Aza Stats Compiled from

http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/d/deazaal01.shtml

Player Comparison Stats Compiled from:

http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/s/stubbdr01.shtml

http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/j/joycema01.shtml

http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/p/parrage01.shtml

CONCLUSION

DE AZA VS. STUBBS

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Stubbs

Career Stats Stubbs - $2.825 De Aza - $2.7

DE AZA VS. STUBBS

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De Aza

Stubbs

Platform Year Stubbs - $2.825 De Aza - $2.7