#35 CODY BELLINGER #54 TONY CINGRANI #21 YU DARVISH #33 TONY WATSON

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1 #35 CODY BELLINGER #54 TONY CINGRANI #21 YU DARVISH #6 CURTIS GRANDERSON #58 EDWARD PAREDES #33 TONY WATSON

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3 CODY BELLINGER // Infielder/Outfielder NON-ROSTER INVITEE 35 BATS: Left THROWS: Left HEIGHT: 6-4 WEIGHT: 213 OPENING DAY AGE: 21 ML SERVICE: BORN: July 13, 1995 in Chandler, AZ RESIDES: Scottsdale, AZ ACQUIRED: Selected in the fourth round of the 2013 First-Year Player Draft CAREER HIGHLIGHTS The 21-year-old power-hitting outfielder/first baseman enters his fifth professional season after being selected by the Dodgers in the fourth round of the 2013 draft Has a career.271 batting average with a.501 slugging percentage, 77 doubles, 17 triples, 65 homers and 253 RBI in 361 career games Defensively, has appeared in 282 games at first base, 41 games in center field and 15 games in left during the course of his career Selected as 2016 Baseball America s Double-A All-Star and MiLB.com Organizational All-Star Selected as a 2015 mid- and post-season California League All-Star after leading the league with 103 RBI and 97 runs scored, while placing second with 30 homers and batting.264 in 128 games also honored as the MVP of the league championship series for the title-winning Quakes after batting.324 with three homers and seven RBI in eight postseason games Selected by the Dodgers in the fourth round of the 2013 First-Year Player Draft AVILAN YEAR-BY-YEAR 2017 (Prior to April 25) Posted a.343 (23-for-67)/.429/.627 slashline with 15 runs, four doubles, five home runs, 15 RBI and seven stolen bases in 18 games with the Oklahoma City Dodgers this year Prior to his promotion, Bellinger ranked among the Pacific Coast League leaders in runs (T-4th), home runs (T-4th), RBI (T-7th), total bases (42, T-6th), stolen bases (T-2nd), on-base percentage (T-10th), slugging percentage (9th) and OPS (1.055, 7th) In the field, appeared in 16 games (15 starts) at first base, two starts at center field and one start at left field for Oklahoma City this season 2016 Combined to post a.271/.365/.507 slashline with 17 doubles, 26 home runs and 71 RBI in 117 games with Double-A Tulsa and Triple-A Oklahoma City Spent majority of the season with the Drillers, hitting.263 with 23 homers and 65 RBI in 114 games and was selected as Double-A All-Star by Baseball America after ranking among the Texas League leaders in home runs (T-3rd), walks (59, T-3rd), slugging percentage (.484, T-3rd), OPS (.843, 3rd), on-base percentage (.359, T-5th), RBI (T-9th), and extra-base hits (41, T-10th) Promoted to Oklahoma City on Sept. 3 and hit.545 (6-for-11) with three home runs and six RBI in three games also appeared in nine postseason games for the OKC Dodgers, hitting.250 (9-for-36) with a homer and five RBI Following the season, played in the Arizona Fall League for the Glendale Desert Dogs, earning a selection to the league s All-Prospect Team and starting at first base in the league s Rising Stars Game 2015 Spent the entire campaign with Single-A Rancho Cucamonga and led the Single-A California League with 103 RBI and 97 runs scored, while placing second with 30 homers and batting.264 in 128 games Selected as a mid- and post-season California League All-Star Also tied for seventh with 33 doubles and ranked third with 257 total bases Was honored as the MVP of the California League championship series, batting.324 with three homers and seven RBI in eight postseason games to lead the Quakes to a league title 2014 Combined to hit.312 with 14 doubles, six triples, three home runs and 34 RBI along with a.352 on-base percentage and.474 slugging percentage with Rookie-level AZL Dodgers and Rookie-level Ogden LOS ANGELES DODGERS 2017 GUIDE // 23

4 2013 Made his professional debut with Rookie-level AZL Dodgers and batted.210 with a homer and 30 RBI in 47 games PERSONAL Cody James Bellinger...graduated from Hamilton High School in Chandler, AZ...is the son of former Major Leaguer Clay Bellinger, who was a two-time World Series champion with the Yankees (1999, 2000)...signed by Dodger scout Dustin Yount. CODY BELLINGER S CAREER BATTING RECORD Year Team AVG G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SH SF HP BB SO SB CS OBP SLG E 2013 AZL Dodgers Ogden AZL Dodgers Rancho Cucamonga Tulsa Oklahoma City Oklahoma City Minor League-5 years AVILAN AVILÁ N 24

5 2017 REDS TONY CINGRANI LHP 52 Age: 27 Ht.: 6-4 Wt.: 214 Bats: L Throws: L ML Service: Born: 7/5/89 Birthplace: Evergreen, IL Resides: Cincinnati, OH Acquired: Was selected by the Reds in the third round of the 2011 firstyear player draft. Was signed by Jerry Flowers. Contract: Signed a 1-year contract through the 2017 season, avoiding arbitration, January 13, Is under team control through CAREER HIGHLIGHTS: Last name is pronounced sin-grahn-ee...is the only pitcher in Major League history to begin his career with 22 starts without allowing more than 5 hits in any of those apps and only the second pitcher in history to begin his career SINGLE-SEASON CAREER HIGH STREAKS Scoreless Streak By Game: 7g, 8/14/-9/3, 2016; Scoreless Streak By Inning: 11.0, 4/23-4/28, 2013; Winning Streak: 3g, 4/18-6/11, 2013; Losing Streak: 6g, 5/18-6/19, 2014 with 24 starts without allowing more than 6 hits in any of those apps (NYY s Bill Burbach)...in 2012 was the organization s Minor League Pitcher of the Year and a Baseball America Minor League All-Star after producing the lowest ERA among all qualifying minor league pitchers...following the 2012 season, his fastball was voted the best in the California League by CL managers...in 2011 was MLB.com s Short-Season Starting Pitcher of the Year, a Baseball America Rookie All-Star and Pioneer League Pitcher of the Week for 8/22-8/29...has 15 career pickoffs (6 in 2016, 1 in 2015, 2 in 2014, 6 in 2013) SEASON Recorded 65 apps and a team-high 17 saves, both career highs...tied Ross Ohlendorf for the staff lead in games finished (34). Didn t record a save in the first 143 apps of his professional career but beginning 5/6 had 17 saves in his last 50 apps of the season. Converted all 12 save chances between blown saves in a 7-6 loss on 6/7 vs StL and the 5-4 loss on 9/23 at Mil...was his longest saves streak of the season (6/10-9/10). In the 5-1 win on 5/6 vs Mil recorded his first professional save...combined with Tim Adleman to become the first set of Reds pitchers to record a first career win and first career save in the same game since Joe Valentine saved Luke Hudson s 2-0 win on 8/20/04 at Ari. From 8/14-9/3 produced season-high scoreless streaks of 7 games and 7.0 innings. His 6 pickoffs tied SF s Johnny Cueto and LAD s Julio Urias for the most in the Major Leagues. 2015: Established a career high with 35 apps during 2 stints with the Reds...earned a spot on the Opening Day roster and posted a 3.47era in 24 relief apps before he was disabled on 6/15 with a strained left shoulder...from 7/2-7/17 didn t allow a run in 3 starts and 1 relief appearance while on a rehabilitation assignment at Louisville (14ip, 6h, 6bb, 18k)...came off the DL on 7/22, when as the 26th player on the roster he started the nightcap of the day/night doubleheader vs the Cubs...following that spot start was optioned to Louisville and spent the rest of the minor league season with Louisville...after 1 start for the Bats went on the DL with a strained non-throwing right shoulder (7/30-8/17)...on 9/8 rejoined the Reds as 1 of 6 roster additions...in a 5-0 win vs Toledo on 7/12 threw the first 4.0 innings of the first 9-inning no-hitter in Bats history (David Holmberg 3ip, Sam LeCure 2ip). PICKOFFS BY PITCHERS, 2016 SEASON Pitcher Pickoffs Tony Cingrani, Cin...6 Johnny Cueto, SF...6 Julio Urias, LAD...6 Bartolo Colon, NYM...5 Danny Duffy, KC...5 Jimmy Nelson, Mil...5 Tony Cingrani has 15 career pickoffs (6 in 2016, 1 in 2015, 2 in 2014, 6 in 2013) 2014: Missed most of the season with a left shoulder injury...began the season with the Reds and went 2-8, 4.55 in 11 starts and 2 relief apps before he was optioned to Class AAA Louisville on 6/20, when RHP Jumbo Diaz was promoted...didn t pitch for the Bats before he went on their disabled list on 6/26...didn t pitch again the rest of the season...made his last 2 apps for the Reds in relief after beginning the season with 11 starts (2-7, 4.68)...moved to the bullpen on 6/14, when RHP Mat Latos came off the disabled list...from 5/1-5/17 was on the Reds disabled list with left shoulder tendinitis...in 6 starts after he came off the DL went 0-5, 5.83 before he joined the relief corps...in 86 CINCINNATI REDS MEDIA GUIDE

6 his 11 starts produced 3 quality starts...didn t allow 6 hits in a game until his 23rd and 24th career starts, on 4/24 at Pit and 4/30 vs Cubs...on 6/9 vs LAD, in his 29th career start, allowed a career-high 6 runs in 4.2 innings...allowed 4 runs or fewer in the first 28 starts of his career, tied for the fourthlongest such streak in Major League history. 2013: For most of the season filled the spot in the rotation vacated by Johnny Cueto, who was disabled 3 times...went 7-4, 2.77 in 18 starts and 0-0, 4.91 in 5 relief apps...from 8/25-9/4 was disabled with a low back strain and didn t pitch after 9/10 because of back spasms...only once allowed more than 3 runs in a start...from 7/17-7/27, a span that included the All-Star break, spent time on the AZL Reds roster but did not pitch...made his first start after the All-Star break as the 26th man added to the roster for a doubleheader on 7/23 at SF, where he earned the 9-3 win in the opener...was promoted from AZL Reds before that start and returned to AZL after that start...officially was recalled on 7/28 to pitch at LAD and spent the rest of the season on the Reds roster... in the 11-1 win on 4/18 vs Mia became the first Reds pitcher to win his first career start since Sam LeCure did it in a 15-6 victory on 5/28/10 vs Hou and the first Reds lefthander to do it since Tom Browning beat LAD, 5-1, on 9/9/84 at Dodger Stadium...became the first lefthanded pitcher to start a game for the Reds since Dontrelle Willis on 9/29/11 in a 5-4 win at Pit in Game 159 of that season...between the starts by Willis and Cingrani, righthanders made 180 consecutive STRIKEOUTS IN A SEASON, MODERN REDS ROOKIES Lefthanded Pitchers 1. Tom Browning, Tony Cingrani, Al Hollingsworth, All Pitchers 1. Gary Nolan, Orval Overall, Johnny Cueto, Tom Browning, Anthony DeSclafani, Pat Zachry, Sammy Ellis, Phil Douglas, Tony Cingrani, STRIKEOUTS IN AN INNING In the fourth inning of his 5-2 win on 4/28/13 at Wsh, Tony Cingrani became the fifth pitcher in Reds history to record 4 strikeouts in an inning (Denard Span reached on wild pitch, Bryce Harper, Ian Desmond, Adam LaRoche): LHP Joe Nuxhall...8/11/59/g1 vs Mil (6th inning) RHP Mario Soto...5/17/84 vs Chi (3rd inning) LHP Tim Birtsas... 6/4/90 at SF (7th inning) RHP Frankie Rodriguez...7/22/01 at Fla (7th inning) LHP Tony Cingrani...4/28/13 at Wsh (4th inning) starts for the Redlegs to tie the club record for such a streak...the Reds also started 180 straight righthanders from 9/11/07-9/27/08...in the 5-2 win on 4/28 at Wsh (6ip, 2h, 0r, 1bb, 11k) became only the second Reds rookie since 1900 to record at least 11 strikeouts while allowing 2 hits or fewer in a game (Bruce Berenyi, 2h, 12k, 8/24/81 vs NYM)...his 11 strikeouts were the most by a Reds rookie since LHP Dennys Reyes had 12 strikeouts on 8/20/98 vs Pit...in the fourth inning became only the fifth Reds pitcher with 4 strikeouts in an inning (Joe Nuxhall, Mario Soto, Tim Birtsas, Frankie Rodriguez)...also in that game singled off Ross Detwiler for his first career hit...on 9/5 vs StL recorded the first stolen base by a Reds pitcher since Bronson Arroyo did it on 8/31/08 vs SF...while at Louisville, was named International League Pitcher of the Week after he threw 6.0 no-hit innings in the Bats Opening Day win vs Toledo (1bb, 14k)...in earning that win he struck out his first 7 batters and 14 of 19 batters overall REDS 2012: Was the organization s Minor League Pitcher of the Year...in 26 apps and 25 starts at Class A Bakersfield and Class AA Pensacola combined to go 10-4, 1.73 (146ip, 98h, 52bb, 172k, 9hr)...led all qualifying minor league pitchers in ERA and ranked second in the minors in strikeouts...was a Baseball America Minor League All-Star...his fastball was voted the best in the California League by CL managers...while at Bakersfield was the organization s Minor League Pitcher of the Month for April (4gs, 2-1, 0.39, 23ip, 9h, 5bb, 28k)...joined the Reds on 9/4, after Pensacola s season ended, and became the fifth player from the 2011 June draft to START ME UP On 6/9/14 vs LAD, in his 29th career start, Tony Cingrani allowed a career-high 6 runs in 4.2 innings...he allowed 4 runs or fewer in his first 28 starts, tied for the fourth-longest such streak in Major League history: 35 Jim McGlothin, Cal Whitey Ford, NYY Glenn Abbott, Oak Tony Cingrani, Cin Jesse Barnes, Bos Gary Peters, WSox make his debut (Cle s Cody Allen, Ari s Trevor Bauer, Sea s Carter Capps, LAA s Nick Maronde)...in the 5-1 loss on 9/9 vs Hou, in relief of Johnny Cueto made his Major League debut (3ip, 1h, 1er, 0bb, 5k, 1hr)...became only the second reliever in franchise history to record at least 5 strikeouts in his first career appearance (Angel Torres, 5k, 9/12/77 vs Hou)...his 3.0-inning stint in that debut tied Alfredo Simon for the longest by a Reds reliever this season, and his 5 strikeouts tied Aroldis Chapman and Simon for the most in a game by a Reds reliever all year...struck out his first career batter faced (Fernando Martinez)...began his Reds career wearing uniform number 70...on 9/8, a day before his debut, switched to 52. 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7 2017 REDS MINOR LEAGUES 2011: In his first professional season, at Billings was named MLB.com s Short-Season Starting Pitcher of the Year...was Pioneer League Pitcher of the Week for 8/22-8/29...was a Baseball America Rookie All-Star. PERSONAL: Graduated from Lincoln-Way Central High School in New Lenox, Illinois, where in 2007 he threw a no-hitter with 20 strikeouts against the state s top-ranked team...at South Suburban College in South Holland, Illinois set the school s career record for strikeouts (195k in 143.1ip)...also played at Rice University. 10-STRIKEOUT GAMES (3) Date Strikeouts 7/28/13 at LAD /28/13 at Wsh /9/13 at Mil BASEBALL AMERICA S 2012 MINOR LEAGUE ALL-STARS C... Gary Sanchez, NYY 1B...Jonathan Singleton, Hou 2B... Delino DeShields Jr., Hou 3B... Mike Olt, Tex SS... Jurickson Profar, Tex CF... Adam Eaton, Ari OF...Wil Myers, TB OF... Oscar Taveras, StL DH... Billy Hamilton, Cin SP...Trevor Bauer, Cle SP...Dylan Bundy, Bal SP... TONY CINGRANI, CIN SP...Jose Fernandez, Mia SP... Dan Straily, Oak RP... Carter Capps, Sea CINGRANI'S CAREER TRANSACTIONS -- Was selected by the Reds in the third round of the 2011 first-year player draft. Was signed by Jerry Flowers. -- On disabled list with a low back strain, August 25-September 4, On disabled list with left shoulder tendinitis, May 1-17, On Louisville s disabled list with left shoulder tendinitis, June 26-remainder of the season, On disabled list with a strained left shoulder, June 15-July 21, 2015; included a rehabilitation assignment at Louisville, July On Louisville s disabled list with a strained non-throwing right shoulder, July 30-August 17, Career Pitching Yr Club W-L ERA G GS CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB SO WP BK 11 Billings - R Bakersfield - A Pensacola - AA Cincinnati Louisville - AAA Cincinnati Cincinnati Cincinnati Louisville - AAA Cincinnati Major Totals Minor Totals In 2012 led all minor league qualifying pitchers with a 1.73era Career Hitting Yr Club AVG G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SH SF HB BB SO SB CS OBP SLG E 12 Cincinnati Cincinnati * Cincinnati Cincinnati Cincinnati Major Totals * On 9/5/13 vs StL became the first Reds pitcher to record a stolen base since Bronson Arroyo did it on 8/31/08 vs SF 88 CINCINNATI REDS MEDIA GUIDE

8 FRONT OFFICE COACHES DARVISH 2016 REVIEW OPPONENTS RECORDS DEVELOPMENT MEDIA RHP #11 CAREER: After making just three starts before the 2016 All-Star break as he returned from Tommy John surgery the previous year, Darvish found his old form in the second half, when he ranked among the American League s top 10 in strikeouts, opponents average, and WHIP he will enter 2017 at full health having made just 39 total starts over the last three seasons since making his major league debut in 2012, Darvish has compiled a career record with a 3.29 ERA over exactly 100 starts a three-time All-Star ( ), he has twice been the Rangers Pitcher of the Year ( ) and ranked among A.L. Cy Young Award vote-getters in both 2013 (2nd) and 2012 (9th) has piled up strikeouts at a historic pace, as his 812 K s over his first 100 career starts set a major league record, 46 more than Chris Sale (766) over his first 100 starts (credit Elias Sports Bureau) led the majors with 277 strikeouts in 2013, the 2nd-highest single-season total ever by a Ranger, and his 2.83 ERA that year was 6th-lowest in team history in 2012, he became the second rookie in A.L. history with at least 16 wins and 221 strikeouts in a season has retired at least the 1st 15 batters in a game 5 different times in his career, twice taking a no-hitter into the 8th inning his.216 career opponents average is second-best in Rangers history (Nolan Ryan-.197), and Darvish already ranks among all-time club leaders in ERA (3rd, 3.29), win pct. (3rd,.605), WHIP (5th, 1.183), and strikeouts (7th) had a 7-year career with the Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters of the Japanese Pacific League in Nippon Professional Baseball (NPB) from was a 2-time Pacific League Most Valuable Player (2007 and 2009) and one of 10 pitchers in the history of Japanese professional baseball to win multiple MVP awards in a career. RETURN FROM SURGERY: Opened the 2016 season on a rehabilitation program, and saw 2 stints on the disabled list: 3/25-5/27 (rehab from 3/17/15 right elbow surgery) and 6/9-7/15 (right shoulder discomfort) made just 3 starts between the DL stints, the latter of which resulted from his return to the mound following an extended absence during 1st rehab stint, went 1-1, 0.90 (2 ER/20.0 IP) over 5 starts with Frisco (AA) and Round Rock (AAA) in May made 2 rehab starts with Frisco in July (7.0 IP, 6 R-ER) before his return for the duration of the 2nd half. Began 2015 spring training at full strength after experiencing right elbow inflammation over the final 2 months in 2014 retired all 3 batters with 2 strikeouts in club s intrasquad game on 3/1/15 started and worked 1.0 inning in Cactus League game on 3/5/15 vs. KC before leaving with tightness in his right triceps underwent season-ending ligament reconstruction surgery on his right elbow on 3/17/15 with the procedure performed by Dr. James Andrews at the Andrews Orthopedic and Sports Medicine Center in Gulf Breeze, Florida Dr. Andrews replaced the ligament in Darvish s elbow with the Palmaris tendon from his right forearm spent majority of 2015 YU DARVISH BATS: Right THROWS: Right HEIGHT: 6 5 WEIGHT: 216 Opening Day AGe: 30 MLB Service: BORN: Aug. 16, 1986 in Osaka, Japan RESIDES: Kobe City, Japan Acquired: Agreed to terms on 6-year contract on Jan. 18, 2012 CONTRACT STATUS: Signed through 2017 season undergoing rehab at TMI Sports Medicine in Arlington, TX and began a throwing program that August. A FINE START: Despite missing significant time over his first 5 major league seasons, Darvish has gone with a 3.29 ERA in 100 starts to begin his career he leads the major leagues in strikeouts per 9 innings (11.32) in that span, and ranks third in hits allowed per 9 (7.18) and opponent average (.216) among all pitchers with at least innings was the 1st pitcher in club history with 10+ wins in each of his first 3 ML seasons, just the 4th native of Japan to do it Hideo Nomo-7, Hiroki Kuroda-4, Tomo Ohka-3) has career 2.74 ERA in 28 day games, 6th lowest among active players with 20+ starts. HIGHEST CAREER STRIKEOUT PCT SINCE 1900 (Min IP) SO/BF % PITCHER BF SO 33.2 Billy Wagner David Robertson Brad Lidge Yu Darvish Carlos Marmol STRIKEOUTS: Darvish s 812 strikeouts through his first 100 career games are a major league record (2nd: Tim Lincecum, 756), well ahead of the next-closest A.L. pitcher on that list (Corey Kluber-657) his 812 K s are also a ML record for any pitcher s 1st 100 starts (credit Elias Sports Bureau), 46 more than Chris Sale (766) over his 1st 100 starts his SO total over his 1st 4 ML seasons (in which he appeared) ranks 6th all-time, this despite at least 130 fewer innings than any of the 5 pitchers ahead of him on that list his career SO figure ranks 20th in MLB since the start of 2012, this despite missing roughly a season and a half has averaged SO/9 IP in his career, the highest figure of any starter in ML history with 500+ innings next-closest starter on the list is Randy Johnson (10.61) holds club single-month strikeout records for 4 of the 6 months (April, May, June, August). Averaged SO/9 last season, highest in the A.L. (min IP) and 2nd in MLB (Jose Fernandez-12.49) his 182 strikeouts in 2014 ranked 10th in the A.L. despite missing the season s final 7 weeks, and it was the highest singleseason total by any pitcher in MLB history with less than innings his 277 strikeouts in 2013 were most in the majors since ARI s Randy Johnson (290) in 2004 (surpassed in 2015 and 2016), but remain the most by an A.L. hurler since BOS s Pedro Martinez (284) in 2000 was the 2nd highest total in club history to Nolan Ryan s 301 in 1989 and the most ever for a native of Japan (Hideo Nomo, 236 in 1995) had 58 strikeouts in April 2013, which is still T3rd most in A.L. history through the end of that month recorded 158 strikeouts in TEXAS RANGERS MEDIA GUIDE

9 Darvish CONTINUED Arlington in 2013, highest single-season figure ever by a pitcher at Globe Life Park fanned 221 batters in 2012, a club rookie record (previous mark was 189 by Edwin Correa in 1986) tied the 7th-most for a ML rookie since 1900, the most since the Cubs Kerry Wood (233) in 1998 and were 2nd-most ever for an A.L. rookie behind Cleveland s Herb Score (245) in 1955 in 2013, set a Texas record with SO per 9.0 innings (Ryan, in 1989), the highest in ML since Randy Johnson (13.41) in High Strikeout Games: His 28 games of 10+ SO are 2nd-most in ML history over a pitcher s 1st 100 games (31-Dwight Gooden), rank 4th in MLB since 2012 (43-Max Scherzer, 36-Clayton Kershaw, 35-Chris Sale), and are 2ndmost in Rangers history (34-Nolan Ryan) last season, had 8 starts of 9+ strikeouts after the All-Star break, including both of his double-digit strikeout games in 16: 7/22 at KC (11) and 9/30 vs. TB (12) in 2013 had 5 starts with 14 or more strikeouts, most in a single season in Rangers history (Ryan, 3 in 1990) with all other ML pitchers having a total of 4 G of 14+ K s that year fanned a career-high 15 on 8/12/13 at HOU, one shy of the club record (16, twice by Ryan) had 4 starts of 14+ K s and one-or-zero walks in 2013, just the 3rd pitcher since 1913 to accomplish that feat (Pedro Martinez, 5 in 1999; Randy Johnson, 4 in 1999) owns 5 of the 15 games of 14+ strikeouts in club history, 2nd to Ryan s 7 had a major league high 12 games of 10+ SO in 2013, 2nd-most team annals (Ryan, 18 in 1989) recorded 10+ SO a ML-best 8 times in 2012 registered at least one strikeout in 14 consecutive innings pitched, 6/20-7/1/12, the longest streak by a Ranger since Ugueth Urbina (14, 6/18-7/9/03). MOST STRIKEOUTS BY A RANGER, SINGLE GAME No. Pitcher Date Opp. Site 16 Nolan Ryan 4/26/90 CWS Arlington 16 Nolan Ryan 5/1/91 TOR Arlington 15 Jim Bibby 8/30/73 MIN Arlington 15 Nolan Ryan 4/12/89 MIL Milwaukee 15 Nolan Ryan 8/17/90 CWS Arlington 15 Yu Darvish 8/12/13 HOU Houston Milestone Strikeouts / Notes: Recorded 500th career strikeout 4/6/14 at TB, 2nd-fastest pitcher to 500 K s in last 100 years (62 G), behind only Dwight Gooden (61 G) reached 500 K s in his 402nd career inning, quickest by a starter in ML history was also the fastest pitcher to 600 K s in last 100 years (74 G), reaching the mark with a 1st-inning K of Yoenis Cespedes on 6/17/14 at OAK recorded his 200th strikeout in his 27th game on 9/14/12 vs. SEA, tying the 4thfewest outings since 1918 for a pitcher to reach 200 career K s: 23 Nomo and Kerry Wood; 25 Gooden; 27 Mark Prior. ALL-STAR / HONORS: In 2014, became just the 2nd A.L. pitcher to ever be an All-Star in as many as his first 3 big league campaigns (rookie status in year one), joining Jonathan Papelbon ( ) only 3 major league pitchers other than Darvish have ever been All-Stars in at least their first three seasons after not making their ML debuts until 1st year of that span: 7 Tom Seaver, Mets ( ); 3--Don Newcombe, Dodgers ( ); 3--Dwight Gooden, Mets ( ) joined Kenny Rogers ( ) as the only 3-time Rangers All-Star pitchers pitched perfect 3rd inning in A.L. s 5-3 win 7/15/14 in Minnesota, 1st career MLB All-Star appearance (did not appear in 12 and replaced due to injury in 13) selected to team via player vote in both 2014 (5th among A.L. starting pitchers) and 2013 (4th among A.L. starting pitchers), and was selected to the 2012 squad by virtue of winning the final man voting with over 7.3 million votes was 2nd native Japanese starting pitcher ever selected, joining Nomo, who was also picked as a rookie in 1995 was the 1st Ranger ever selected as an All-Star in at least his 1st 2 major league seasons. Finished 2nd in 2013 BBWAA American League Cy Young Award balloting, matching the highest finish ever by a Rangers pitcher in the voting Ferguson Jenkins was the runner-up to OAK s Catfish Hunter in 1974 was named on 29 of 30 ballots by BBWAA members with 19 2nd place votes, 3 3rd place votes, one 4th place vote, and 6 5th place votes for 93 points DET s Max Scherzer totaled 203 points to win his 1st Cy Young previous highest finish in Cy Young Award balloting for a native of Japan was 4th by the LAD s Hideo Nomo in 1995 and 1996 finished 3rd in 2012 BBWAA A.L. Rookie of the Year voting and was 9th in Cy Young voting that year was 4th Ranger to ever win consecutive Pitcher of the Year Awards ( ), joining Charlie Hough, Kenny Rogers, and C.J. Wilson. NEAR NO-NO S: Retired 1st 20 Red Sox in order on 5/9/14 vs. BOS before a David Ortiz single with 2 outs in the 7th play was originally ruled an error, but was changed by MLB after an appeal was submitted by Ortiz Darvish also walked batters in the 7th and 8th, and gave up a 2-out single to Ortiz in the 9th before his exit was 5th time in his career that he had retired at least 1st 15 batters of a game in 2013, pitched at least 6.0 no-hit innings 3 times, matching NYM s Matt Harvey for most in the majors retired the first 26 batters in season debut on 4/2/13 at HOU before Marwin Gonzalez s single was the first Ranger to ever lose a no-hitter as late as 8.2 innings, first in the majors to do so since DET s Armando Galarraga on 6/2/10 vs. CLE tossed 5.2 perfect innings and 7.1 no-hit innings with 15 strikeouts on 8/12/13 at HOU, settling for a combined one-hitter w/ Joe Nathan (1.0 IP) only hit was solo HR to Carlos Corporan with one out in 8th is only ML pitcher since 1900 to win 2 games in a career (4/2/13 at HOU & 8/12/13 at HOU) w/ 14+ K s, one-or-zero hits, and one-orzero BB is also first pitcher in expansion era (since 1961) with multiple no-hit bids of 7+ IP against same team in a season the only other pitcher since 1900 to have a 15-strikeout game with a home run as only hit allowed was BOS s Pedro Martinez on 9/10/99 at NYY the last Texas pitcher to have 2 no-hitters broken up in 8th-or-later in same season was Ryan in 1989 with 5 (Elias Sports Bureau). TAKE IT NATIONAL: Has gone 7-2 with a 2.09 ERA (19 ER/81.2 IP) over 12 career starts against National League teams, allowing a.197 (57-289) opponents average with 27 walks and 110 strikeouts has 10+ strikeouts in 5 of the 12 games the 2.09 ERA is the lowest in a career by any pitcher with 12+ Interleague starts only losses to N.L. teams were a 1-0 defeat on 9/9/13 vs. PIT and 3-1 setback in return from DL on 7/16/16 at CHC. COACHES FRONT OFFICE DARVISH 2016 REVIEW OPPONENTS RECORDS DEVELOPMENT MEDIA 2017 TEXAS RANGERS MEDIA GUIDE 81

10 FRONT OFFICE COACHES DARVISH 2016 REVIEW OPPONENTS RECORDS DEVELOPMENT MEDIA Darvish CONTINUED HOME/ROAD: Last season, went 6-2, 4.26 (27 ER/57.0 IP) in 10 starts in Arlington, and 1-3, 2.28 (11 ER/43.1 IP) in 7 away starts his career win pct. at home (28-13,.683) is far higher than on the road (18-17,.514), this despite similar overall numbers career at home (53 starts): 3.23 ERA, WHIP, 11.2 SO/9, 3.55 SO/BB career on road (47 starts): 3.36 ERA, WHIP, 11.5 SO/9, 2.99 SO/BB primary difference is an average of 5.21 runs of support per 9 in his home starts vs. a 4.41 RSA in road outings his 6 home wins last year were 2nd-most among Rangers (Martin Perez-8), and his 28 career wins are T6th-most in Globe Life Park history the 3.23 ERA is lowest ever for a starting pitcher at the park. POSTSEASON: Has taken the loss in each of his 2 postseason starts, dropping 2016 ALDS G2 vs. TOR (5.0 IP, 5 R-ER) and the A.L. Wild Card Game on 10/5/12 vs. BAL (6.2 IP, 3 R-2 ER) his 2 postseason losses are T2nd-most in club history to C.J. Wilson (1-5), but he has received a total of 2 runs of support in those outings permitted 4 HR in last year s ALDS start, matching a ML postseason record (8th time), 1st instance since MIN s Rick Reed in 2002 ALDS G3 vs. OAK also a career high for HR allowed in any outing in the Japan or U.S his 2012 ALWC Game start was the 1st postseason start by a rookie in club history. 2016: Darvish returned to the mound for the first time since 2014, but was limited to 17 starts due to a pair of disabled list stints as he returned from Tommy John surgery on 3/17/14 finished 7-5, 3.41 (38 ER/100.1 IP) in 17 starts with Texas, posting a WHIP along with 31 BB/132 SO averaged 11.8 SO/9, and his 4.25 SO/BB ratio was easily the best in any season in his career produced 3 of his 4 highest game scores (baseball-reference.com) in September among pitchers with at least 50.0 innings after the All-Star break, Darvish s SO/9 (113 SO/84.2 IP) ranked 2nd in MLB to only ARI s Robbie Ray (12.04). SUMMARY: Went 2-0, 2.87 (5 ER/15.2 IP) over 3 starts from 5/28-6/8, with win on 5/28 vs. PIT being his 1st ML outing since 8/9/14 at HOU left start on 6/8 vs. HOU after 5 innings as a precaution, but would go on the disabled list until the All- Star break with right shoulder discomfort allowed 3 ER-orless in 9 straight starts from 7/16-8/29 after return from the DL, going (19 ER/56.0 IP) in that span to sit at 3.01 for the season allowed 2 highest run totals all year in 2 of next 3 starts (13 R-ER/15.2 IP) from 9/4-17, raising ERA to seasonhigh 3.81 won each of last 2 starts (1 R-ER/13.0 IP) with just 2 BB and 21 SO, opposition batting.109 (5-46) to drop final ERA from 3.81 to BY THE NUMBERS: Rangers went 10-7 in his 17 starts held left-handed batters to.207 (36-174) avg. and.607 OPS opponents hit just.163 (32-196) after a 1st pitch strike, lowest in A.L. among pitchers with 175+ AB against opposition hit just.186 (22-118) with 8 BB with 2 outs in an inning opponents w/ RISP hit.182 (14-77), and had.166 (27-163) mark w/ men on base. MISCELLANEOUS: Whiffed 9 of 20 batters faced on 7/16 at Wrigley Field, just 4th outing in Texas history of 9+ K s while facing 20-or-fewer batters in final reg. season start on 9/30 vs. TB, became the 3rd pitcher in club history with as many as 12 SO in an outing of 6.0-or-fewer innings, joining Matt Perisho (6.0 IP, 12 K on 10/3/99 at LAA) and Nolan Ryan (6.0 IP, 14 K on 7/25/89 vs. TOR) took ND on 8/24 at CIN, but hit 1st career HR (off Tim Adleman in 5th), 2nd HR ever by a Texas pitcher (also Bobby Witt, 6/30/97 at LAD) his 7 career leadoff home runs allowed are T2nd-most of any ML pitcher since the start of 2012, including 4 in 2016, tied for most in majors. 2015: Darvish did not pitch in the 2015 season after undergoing Tommy John surgery on his right elbow on 3/17/15 (see separate notes) 2014: Was Rangers Pitcher of the Year for a 2nd straight season despite making just 22 starts and missing the last 7 weeks due to right elbow inflammation led staff in strikeouts (182, 10th in A.L.) and quality starts (14), and tied for club lead in wins (10) and complete games (2) opponents hit.180 (24-133) with RISP, 2nd-lowest in A.L. and 3rd in MLB among pitchers with 145+ BF opened the year with 16.0 consecutive scoreless innings posted 1st career complete game and 1st shutout on 6/11/14 vs. MIA, a 6-hitter, ending run of 72 starts to begin his career without a complete game was also credited with another CG in rain-shortened affair 7/23/14 at NYY (4.1 IP) posted 5 scoreless starts of 8.0+ innings, tied with STL s Adam Wainwright for most in MLB and most by a Ranger since 1977 (Gaylord Perry-6, Bert Blyleven-5) worked career-low 3.1 innings on 4/28 vs. OAK, ending streak of club-record 56 consecutive qualifying (5.0+ IP) starts (previous record was 37 by Nolan Ryan, ) opened season on 15-day DL (3/22-4/5) with neck stiffness after being scratched from scheduled spring start on 3/21, missing slated Opening Day outing also scratched from scheduled start on 5/27 at MIN with neck stiffness but returned to pitch on 6/1 at WAS was placed on the 15-day DL again on 8/13 (retroactive to 8/10) with right elbow inflammation and was officially shut down for the remainder of the season on 9/6 transferred to 60-day DL on 9/7 2013: Earned Rangers Pitcher of the Year honors led the majors with 277 strikeouts, the highest total in the A.L. since 2000, and strikeouts per 9.0 innings allowed the A.L. s lowest opponent batting average (.194), 5th lowest in Rangers history, and fewest hits per 9.0 innings (6.22), ranked 3rd among league qualifiers in fewest baserunners per 9.0 innings (10.00) and was 4th in earned run average (2.83), 6th lowest in team history, and WHIP (1.07) also led the Rangers in wins (13) and finished 2nd in innings (204.0) and starts (31) was Rangers April Player of the Month at 5-1, 2.33 over 6 starts while tying the club record for wins in that month went 5-0, 3.07 over 6 games from 4/19-5/16, his longest single-season winning streak career-high 130 pitches, 5/16 vs. DET became the first pitcher to suffer losses in a season since the LAD s Orel Hershiser (4) in 1989 was just the 3rd pitcher in A.L. history with as many as defeats in a season, joining the WAS Walter Johnson in 1916 and the CWS Billy Pierce in 1955 did not issue a run 7 times, T5th most in A.L. and matching the club record with Gaylord Perry (1977), Nolan Ryan (1991), and Chris Young (2005) held RHB to an ML low.165 mark, 3rd lowest by a Ranger (Ryan,.157 in 1991 and.158 in 1990) averaged just 3.08 runs of support per 9 innings over his last 23 starts, 2nd-lowest in A.L. in that span was on the disabled list, 7/7-21 with a right trapezius strain was bothered by nerve irritation in his back in September and pitched less than 6.0 innings in each of last 3 starts 2012: In 1st major league season, topped all rookies with 221 strikeouts and innings while tying TEXAS RANGERS MEDIA GUIDE

11 Darvish CONTINUED for 1st with ARI s Wade Miley with 16 wins set club records for wins and strikeouts by a rookie and had 3rd most innings overall, had the A.L. s 3rd-lowest opponents batting average (.220), 2nd-best strikeouts per 9.0 innings ratio (10.4), and also ranked among the league leaders in strikeouts (5th), walks (4th, 89), wins (T6th), and winning percentage (7th,.640) on the Rangers staff, was 1st in strikeouts and opponents batting average and 2nd in earned run average (3.90), wins, starts (29), and innings joined CLE s Herb Score in 1955 as the only rookies in A.L. history with at least 16 wins and 210 strikeouts in a season, the 5th rookie since 1900 earned 16 victories in 1st 28 ML starts, best ever for a Ranger defeated Seattle in his ML debut on 4/9 in Arlington and was 4-0, 2.18 in his 1st 5 ML starts before losing 5/6 at CLE earned A.L. Rookie of the Month honors for April finished the year at 5-1, 2.35 in final 8 outings, going 3-0, 1.87 in last 5 games had 4 consecutive starts of 7.0+ innings while allowing 4-hits-or-less, 9/3-20, just the 3rd pitcher in Rangers history with a streak of that kind, joining Gaylord Perry (4, 7/18-8/1/75) and Nolan Ryan (4, 8/28-9/14/90). MOST SO BY A.L. PITCHERS, SINGLE SEASON, SINCE 1900 No. Pitcher Team(s) Year 313 Pedro Martinez Boston Randy Johnson Seattle Randy Johnson Seattle Roger Clemens Toronto Randy Johnson Seattle Pedro Martinez Boston Yu Darvish Texas Roger Clemens Toronto David Price TB/Det 2014 POSTING TIMELINE: On 12/8/11, the Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters officially granted permission for Darvish to participate in the posting process as outlined in the agreement between Major League Baseball and Nippon Professional Baseball on 12/19/11 Hokkaido informed Major League Baseball that it had accepted the highest bid, submitted by the Rangers, for the negotiating rights to Darvish as a result, the Rangers had a 30-day period in which to negotiate an agreement with the pitcher, and the agreement was reached just prior to the 4:00 p.m. CT deadline on 1/18/12. NUMBERS IN JAPAN: Over 7-year career in Japan, went with a 1.99 ERA (281 ER/ IP) in 167 games/164 starts, posting a 0.98 WHIP figure, 55 complete games, 18 shutouts, and 1250 strikeouts opponents in Japan batted just.204 against Darvish in his career after joining the Fighters at the age of 19 in 2005, led all NPB pitchers from in ERA, wins, innings, opponents average, complete games, and shutouts also had the lowest average of home runs allowed per 9 innings (0.41) among qualifiers (minimum innings) in that span, in addition to the lowest on-base (.266) and slugging (.281) figures of any pitcher registered quality efforts in 109 of 126 starts (86.5%) over final 5 seasons his 1.99 career ERA was the lowest among all active pitchers (min innings) at the time of his departure to MLB. Over his final 5 seasons in NPB, went with a 1.72 ERA (196 ER/ IP) and 1083 strikeouts against 221 walks while serving as the Fighters Opening Day starter in each of those campaigns the opposition batted.192 against him in that span allowed 10 home runs over innings in for an average of 0.21 HR per 9 innings, easily the lowest figure of any pitcher in that period posted qualifying ERA figures under 2.00 for 5 straight seasons from , the 1st pitcher ever in NPB (established in 1950) to accomplish that feat. POSTSEASON: Pitched in the Japanese postseason in 5 of his last 6 years in NPB, including 3 seasons in the Japan Series (2006, 2007, 2009) earned the win in the finale of the Fighters 2006 Japan Series championship, which was the franchise s first title since 1961 in 11 career postseason games/starts in Japan, went 8-2 with a 1.38 ERA (13 ER/85.0 IP), totaling 5 complete games with 22 walks against 91 strikeouts allowed just one home run in 85.0 career postseason innings. INTERNATIONAL COMPETITION: Pitched for Gold Medal-winning Japan teams in the 2009 World Baseball Classic and the 2007 Asian Baseball Championship, and also appeared for Japan in the 2008 Beijing Olympics went 2-0 with a 2.08 ERA (3 ER/13.0 IP) in 5 games/2 starts for Japan in the 2009 World Baseball Classic, earning the win and recording the last out to secure the championship against Korea had also closed out Japan s win in semifinals against the U.S., with each of those final 2 contests taking place at Dodger Stadium in Los Angeles. 2011: Went 18-6 with a 1.44 ERA (37 ER/232.0 IP) for Hokkaido in his final season in Japan the 1.44 ERA was the lowest of his career and also posted career highs in wins (18), strikeouts (276), innings (232.0), starts (28), and shutouts (6) matched career low with 5 HR allowed (also 2010) led NPB in strikeouts, innings, opponents average (.190), shutouts (tied), home runs per 9 innings (0.19), opponents OBP (.229), and opponents slugging (.241) the opponents OBP and slugging figures were career lows ranked among circuit leaders in ERA (2nd), complete games (2nd), strikeout/walk ratio (3rd, 7.67), and wins (T3rd) his 276 strikeouts were most by a pitcher in NPB since Nomo had 276 in 1993 posted quality starts in 27 of his 28 outings, all of those consecutive to end the year won 8 straight, including a stretch of 46.0 consecutive scoreless innings, from 5/10-6/15 following a season-opening loss, he went 13-1 with a 0.99 ERA over his next 14 starts from 4/19-6/20 named Pacific League Monthly MVP in May 2010: Went 12-8 with a 1.78 ERA (40 ER/202.0 IP) in 26 games/25 starts his 5 HR allowed matched a career low (also 2011) led all NPB pitchers in ERA for a 2nd straight year, and also had most strikeouts (222) and complete games (10) also ranked among NPB leaders in opponents average (2nd), strikeouts per 9 innings (2nd, 9.89), opponents OBP (3rd,.268), SO/ BB ratio (3rd, 4.72), and quality starts (T3rd, 21) 2009: Was named Pacific League MVP and was also named to PL Best Nine went 15-5, 1.73 (35 ER/182.0 IP) in 23 games/ starts opponents batted.186, best in NPB also had circuit s lowest opponents OBP (.246) and slugging (.263) figures also ranked among NPB leaders in ERA (2nd), wins (T4th), strikeouts (5th, 167), and quality starts (T6th, COACHES FRONT OFFICE DARVISH 2016 REVIEW OPPONENTS RECORDS DEVELOPMENT MEDIA 2017 TEXAS RANGERS MEDIA GUIDE 83

12 FRONT OFFICE COACHES DARVISH 2016 REVIEW OPPONENTS RECORDS DEVELOPMENT MEDIA Darvish CONTINUED 20) was 2-1, 2.08 (3 ER/13.0 IP) in 5 games/2 starts for Japan in the World Baseball Classic was on the mound to finish Japan wins in both the semifinals and finals on March at Dodger Stadium 2008: Went 16-4, 1.88 (42 ER/200.2 IP) in 25 games/24 starts was named the PL Monthly MVP 3 times: March (1-0, 18.0 scoreless innings), April (4-0, 1.54), and September (5-0, 1.29) won a Pacific League Golden Glove Award for a second straight year opposition hit.195 ( ) with a.252 OBP, both lowest in NPB ranked among leaders in ERA (2nd), strikeouts (2nd, 208), opponents SLG (2nd,.283), wins (3rd), SO/BB ratio (4th, 4.73), quality starts (T4th w/ Colby Lewis, 21), and HR per 9 (6th, 0.49) took a leave to represent Japan at the 2008 Beijing Olympics, going 0-1 with a 5.14 ERA (4 ER/7.0 IP) and 10 strikeouts in 3 games/ one start 2007: Won his lone career Eiji Sawamura Award, which honors the top starting pitcher in NPB, and was named Pacific League MVP named to PL s Best Nine, won a Golden Glove Award, and was named an All-Star, all of which were career firsts went 15-5, 1.82 (42 ER/207.2 IP) in 26 games/starts opponents batted career-low.174 ( ) as he posted career-best 12 complete games, both the top figures in NPB also led all pitchers with 210 K s,.241 opponents OBP, and.246 SLG against ranked among NPB leaders in HR/9 (2nd, 0.39), innings (3rd), wins (T4th), and quality starts (T5th, 20) was named PL Monthly MVP in August (5-0, 1.35) pitched for Team Japan that won Gold Medal at the Asian Baseball Championship in Taiwan in December 2006: Went 12-5 with a 2.89 ERA (48 ER/149.2 IP) in 25 games/24 starts in his first full season with Hokkaido, as club won its first Japan Series title since 1961 posted the 6th-best ERA in the PL and T5th in wins beginning 5/18, went 11-1, 2.34 (28 ER/107.2 IP) over his final 18 games/17 starts made 3 starts in the postseason, going 2-1, 2.01 (5 ER/22.1 IP), including a win in the 5th and deciding game of Japan Series Championship vs. Chunichi at Sapporo Dome was the Asian Series MVP in Hokkaido s win over Taiwan s La New Bears following the Japan Series 2005: Made his NPB debut at the age of 18 on 6/15, defeating Hiroshima became the 12th pitcher in NPB history to earn a win in a pro debut as a rookie straight out of high school posted 1st career shutout on 9/18 vs. Tohoku (9.0 IP, 2 H), becoming only the 14th pitcher in NPB history to throw a complete game shutout as a rookie out of high school. COMMUNITy WORK: In 2014, made donations to Pet Connect Rescue in the U.S. and an animal rescue group called Wompers in Japan made a $42,000 donation to the Jackie Robinson Foundation to help fund college scholarships in October 2013 since joining the Rangers has provided financial support to Major League Baseball s RBI program and the July 2013 Equipment Drive to benefit the residents of West, Texas, which sustained the devastating explosion and fires on April 17, 2013 also helped fund the visit of a 16-member youth baseball team from Ishinomaki, Japan for the TOMODACHI Initiative in North Texas in August 2012 on March 17, 2011, announced a donation of 50,000,000 yen (about $620,000 USD) to the Japanese Red Cross for relief efforts following the March 11 earthquake and tsunami in Sendai created 2 funds during his career in Japan as part of the Darvish Water Fund, for every win he donated 100,000 yen to efforts to dig and maintain water wells around the world this fund has created 7 wells in Asia and Africa another charity is the Darvish Kids Welfare Fund, and for every win he donates 100,000 yen to this cause to be used for foster homes or general child welfare in his native Habikino City, where he was born and learned baseball. PERSONAL/AMATEUR: Married to the former Seiko Yamamoto and has two sons attended Tohoku High School in northern Sendai, a school which also produced major league pitchers Kazuhiro Sasaki and Takashi Saito had a 1.10 ERA in his high school career, and pitched a no-hitter against Kumamoto Technical High School in the 1st round of the National High School Baseball Invitational Tournament on March 26, 2004 was drafted by the Fighters in the first round on November 17, 2004 and signed on December 17 the Space 11 Darvish Museum, which contains over 100 items related to Darvish as well as interactive displays, opened in Kobe, Japan in November CAREER RECORD YEAR CLUB W-L ERA G GS CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR HB BB-I SO WP BK AVG 2005 Hokkaido Hokkaido Hokkaido * * Hokkaido Hokkaido Hokkaido 12-8 * * * Hokkaido * #6 0 * * Texas Texas * Texas 4, Texas 6 INJURED - DID NOT PITCH 2016 Texas 7, Frisco Round Rock MAJOR TOTALS MINOR TOTALS JAPAN TOTALS * Led league # Tied for league lead 1- Selected by Hokkaido in the first round of the 2004 NPB Draft on November 17, 2004 signed on Dec. 17, Signed by Texas as a free agent via posting system on January 18, On disabled list, July 7-22, 2013 with right trapezius strain. 4- On disabled list, March 21-April 6, 2014 with neck stiffness. 5- On disabled list, Aug. 10-end of season, 2014 with right elbow inflammation. 6- On disabled list, April 5-end of season, 2015 with ulnar collateral ligament injury in right elbow TEXAS RANGERS MEDIA GUIDE

13 Darvish CONTINUED 7- On disabled list, March 25-May 28, 2016 following right elbow surgery...included rehab assignments with Frisco, May 1-5 and May 17-27, and Round Rock, May On disabled list, June 9-July 15, 2016 with right shoulder discomfort...included rehab assignment with Frisco, July ALL-STAR GAME RECORD YEAR CLUB W-L ERA G GS CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR HB BB-I SO WP BK AVG 2012 AL, Kansas City SELECTED - DID NOT PITCH 2013 AL, New York-NL SELECTED - REPLACED DUE TO INJURY 2014 AL, Minnesota ALL-STAR TOTALS POSTSEASON RECORD SERIES CLUB W-L ERA G GS CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR HB BB-I SO WP BK AVG 2012 ALWC Tex. vs. BAL ALDS Tex. vs. TOR WC TOTALS ALDS TOTALS POSTSEASON TOTALS WORLD BASEBALL CLASSIC RECORD YEAR CLUB W-L ERA G GS CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR HB BB-I SO WP BK AVG 2009 Japan COACHES FRONT OFFICE CAREER FIELDING P PCT G PO A E TC DP Totals CAREER HIGHS Innings: 9.0, June 11, 2014 vs. MIA Low-Hit CG: 6, June 11, 2014 vs. MIA Strikeouts: 15, Aug. 12, 2013 at HOU Walks: 6, 5x, last Sept. 19, 2013 at TB Winning Streak: 6, Aug. 28, 2012-April 7, 2013 Losing Streak: 4, Aug. 30-Sept. 14, 2013 Scoreless Streak: 18.0, April 12-24, 2013 D e SHIELDS

14 CURTIS GRANDERSON OUTFIELDER HT L R WT OPENING DAY AGE 36 BIRTHDATE March 16, 1981 BIRTHPLACE Blue Island, IL RESIDES Chicago, IL MAJOR LEAGUE SERVICE TIME 11 Years, 77 Days SIGNED BY Jerome Cochran (Detroit) HOW OBTAINED Signed as a free agent on December 10, 2013 CONTRACT STATUS Signed through 2017 THREE-TIME ALL-STAR BT CAREER HIGHLIGHTS Is a three-time American League All-Star (2009, 2011, 2012) Roberto Clemente Award winner, 2016 and 2009 Marvin Miller Man of the Year and 2016 Lou Gehrig Award winner. Silver Slugger Award Winner (2011). American League Player of the Month (August, 2011) and American League Player of the Week (July 9-July 15, 2007). Ranks second among active players with 42 leadoff home runs SEASON Hit 30 or more home runs for the first time as a Met and the fourth time in his career (first time since 2012 with the Yankees)...By reaching 30 homers, Granderson is the first player ever with seasons of 30 or more home runs for two New York teams (including the Mets, Yankees, New York Giants and Brooklyn Dodgers)...Information courtesy of Elias. His 30 home runs were tied for 11th-most in the National League. Recorded his third consecutive 20-homer season and the ninth of his major league career...the nine seasons of 20 or more homers are tied for 11th-most among active major leaguers. His 18 career leadoff homers as a Met are secondmost in franchise history behind José Reyes (19)...His 18 leadoff homers since 2014 are second-most in the majors behind Colorado's Charlie Blackmon, who has 21 in that time...his seven leadoff home runs in 2016 were tied for fifth in the majors...the seven homers tie his own Mets' franchise record for leadoff homers (seven) from Had a 37-game road on-base streak from August 8, 2015-May 6, Was the second-longest streak in Mets history...moises Alou reached base safely in 39 straight (May 3, 2007-May 20, 2008). Collected his 19th career multi-homer game with a two-homer game on April 22 at Atlanta...One of the two home runs was a grand slam, his first since joining the Mets...His five RBI tied a career-high...was the seventh 5 RBI game of his career. TH 2016 ROBERTO CLEMENTE AWARD WINNER 2017 New York Mets Media Guide Mets.com 3 CAREER BESTS HITS, GAME 5 hits 3 times, last, 4/19/12, New York-AL vs. Minnesota HOME RUNS, GAME 3 home runs 4/19/12, New York-AL vs. Minnesota MULTI-HOME RUN GAMES 21 multi-home run games 1, three-home run game and 20, two-home run games LEADOFF HOME RUNS 42 leadoff home runs last, 8/3/16 at Yankees (Chad Green) INSIDE-THE-PARK HOME RUNS 3 inside-the-park home runs last, 8/21/11, New York-AL at Minnesota (José Mijares) WALK-OFF HOME RUNS 3 walk-off home runs last, 9/17/16 vs. Minnesota (Ryan O'Rourke) PINCH-HIT HOME RUNS 2 pinch-hit home runs last, 8/30/16 vs. Miami (Tom Koehler) RBI, GAME 5 RBI 7 times, last, 4/22/16 at Atlanta STOLEN BASES, GAME 3 stolen bases 9/30/07, Detroit at Chicago-AL HITTING STREAK 15 games GRAND SLAMS 6 grand slams last, 4/22/16 at Atlanta (Bud Norris) 123 FRONT OFFICE MANAGER & COACHES GRANDERSON, CURTIS SCOUTING & MINORS YEAR IN REVIEW HISTORY POSTSEASON MEDIA

15 GRANDERSON, CURTIS GRANDERSON, CURTIS Turned in his second multi-homer game of the season with two homers on August 30 vs. Miami...One was a pinch-hit homer, the second of his career and first since September 9, 2012 at Baltimore (off Jake Arrieta)...The multi-homer game off the bench was the third in Mets history and first since Scott Hairston did it on July 31, 2011 at Washington...Hawk Taylor also did it on June 20, 1964 vs. Philadelphia. Homered in four consecutive games from September 4-9, the first time in his career he homered in four consecutive games...he was the first Met to homer in four consecutive games since John Buck did so April 8-12, Hit two home runs on September 17 vs. Minnesota...Both of his home runs came in extra innings...was the first Met to hit a pair of home runs in extras in team history and the first player in the majors to do so since the Cardinals' Matt Adams in His home run in the 11th inning tied the game before hitting a walk-off homer in the 12th inning...was his second walk-off homer of the season (also May 27 vs. Los Angeles-NL) and the third walk-off homer of his career. Hit.317 (32-101) with four doubles, one triple, 10 home runs, 24 RBI, 29 runs scored and 22 walks in his last 30 games of the season. POSTSEASON Started in centerfield in the NL Wild Card Game vs. San Francisco and made a spectacular catch in the sixth inning on a ball off the bat of Brandon Belt to preserve a scoreless tie SEASON Underwent surgery on November 3 to repair a torn ligament in his left thumb. Set a Mets single-season record with seven leadoff home runs, passing José Reyes previous mark of six. Established a franchise record with 26 home runs from the leadoff spot...passed Tommie Agee (24 home runs in 1970). Hit his 250th career home run on June 27 vs. Cincinnati. Set a career-high with 91 walks, surpassing his total of 85 from Scored 98 runs, the sixth most in the NL. Led the Mets with nine outfield assists. Went 5-for-5 with one double, three home runs and 10 RBI in five at-bats with runners in scoring position from July 28-August 4. Walked in 11 consecutive games, a career-high, from September 4-15 (16 total walks)...was the longest walk streak in the majors in Hit a pair of home runs on August 18 at Baltimore, his third multi-home run game of the year...also had multiple home runs on June 7 at Arizona and August 8 at Tampa Bay. POSTSEASON Had 12 RBI, tied for the most in team history in a single postseason (John Olerud 12 RBI in 1999). Scored six runs in the World Series and 10 runs in the postseason...hit safely in 11 of 14 games. Was second in the majors with four stolen bases in the postseason...was tied for second in team history with those four stolen bases. Became the first leadoff man to hit a multi-run go-ahead homer in the World Series (Game 3) since Bert Campaneris for the A s on Oct 21, Scored three times, hit a homer and had two RBI in Game 3 of the World Series. At 34 years and 229 days, became the oldest Met to hit a World Series home run with his Game 3 blast...also went deep in Game 1. Tied a franchise record with five RBI in a single postseason game in Game 3 of the NLDS vs. LA SEASON Walked 79 times, the seventh most in the NL. Hit a two-run home run on April 5 vs. Cincinnati (off Johnny Cueto) for his first home run in a Mets uniform. Became the third player to hit 20 home runs in a season for both the Mets and Yankees, joining Darryl Strawberry and Robin Ventura SEASON Limited to 61 games, his lowest total since his rookie season of 2005, after suffering a broken right wrist in Spring Training and a broken finger on his left hand in May. Returned on May 14 and appeared in eight games before landing back on the 15-Day Disabled List on May 25 Broke his left fifth metacarpal after being hit with a pitch by Tampa Bay s Cesar Ramos on May 24 at Tampa Bay Transferred to the 60-Day Disabled List on July 7 before being reinstated on August Mets.com 2017 New York Mets Media Guide

16 2012 SEASON Hit a career-high 43 home runs His total tied the Rangers Josh Hamilton for second most in the majors, trailing only Miguel Cabrera (44). Appeared in a career high-tying 160 games (also 2009), making 152 starts in centerfield and one at designated hitter. Did not make an error in 349 total chances, the only centerfielder to not make a miscue in 2012 (minimum 120 games in centerfield). Selected to his third career All-Star Game and second straight with the Yankees Went 0-2 as the AL s starting centerfielder. Went 5-5 and hit a career-high three home runs on April 19 vs. Minnesota, hitting a solo shot in the first, two-run home run in the second and solo home run in the fourth Became the first player to hit three home runs in a game at the current Yankee Stadium. Hit his 200th career home run in a win on August 26 at Cleveland. POSTSEASON Played in all nine of the Yankees playoff games (3-30,.100), hitting a home run in the Yankees ALDS-clinching Game 5 win SEASON Led the majors in runs scored, ranked second in home runs and extra-base hits (81), and third in RBI and total bases (332). Came in fourth place in the American League MVP voting, garnering three first-place votes. Earned his first Silver Slugger Award and was named to the Sporting News All-Star team. Became the first player in major league history to record at least 40 home runs, 10 triples and 25 stolen bases in a season. Became the first centerfielder to record at least 130 runs and 115 RBI in a season since Atlanta s Dale Murphy in 1983 and the first in the American League since Mickey Mantle in Earned his second All-Star Game selection, making his first start (in centerfield) on July 12 at Arizona, going 0-2 in the NL s 5-1 victory. POSTSEASON Went 5-20 (.250) with one home run and three RBI in the ALDS vs. Detroit, hitting safely in each game SEASON Hit a solo home run in his first plate appearance as a Yankee in the second inning on April 4, Opening Day loss at Boston, going 1-4. POSTSEASON Hit a team-high.357 (10-28) with one home run, a team high-tying six RBI and a team-high eight walks in nine postseason games. GRANDERSON, CURTIS 2017 New York Mets Media Guide Mets.com 2009 SEASON Set a career-high appearing in 160 games. Was one of three AL players to record 30 home runs and 20 stolen bases, joining Texas Ian Kinsler and Nelson Cruz. Was selected to the American League All-Star team Tripled (off Heath Bell) and scored the game-winning run in the eighth inning of the 4-3 American League victory at St. Louis SEASON Led the American League in triples, becoming the first Tigers player to lead the league in triples in consecutive seasons since Ty Cobb in 1917 (24) and 1918 (14) SEASON Led the AL in triples, ranked third in runs scored and extra-base hits (84), fourth in total bases (338), sixth in slugging percentage (.552), and tied for ninth in multi-hit games (57). Became the third player in major league history to collect at least 30 doubles, 20 triples, 20 home runs and 20 stolen bases in a single season SEASON Led all AL outfielders with a.997 fielding percentage, and ranked second with 389 total chances and 385 putouts. POSTSEASON Batted.226 (12-53) Went 3-5 with a home run and a RBI in his first career playoff game in Game 1 of the ALDS on October 3 at the original Yankee Stadium SEASON Hit his first major league home run on July 23 vs. Minnesota, a solo shot, off Carlos Silva SEASON Saw his first major league action, appearing in nine games as a September call-up with Detroit SEASON Named the New York-Penn League s Most Valuable Player, after appearing in 52 games with Oneonta (A). Was selected to the league s postseason All- Star squad and Baseball America s short-season All-Star team. BACKGROUND Curtis Granderson, Jr. graduated from Thornton Fractional South High School in Illinois after being named SICA Central All-Conference, as well as receiving Illinois Times, Daily Southtown and Star Newspaper All-Area recognition. 125 FRONT OFFICE MANAGER & COACHES GRANDERSON, CURTIS SCOUTING & MINORS YEAR IN REVIEW HISTORY POSTSEASON MEDIA

17 GRANDERSON, CURTIS GRANDERSON, CURTIS Graduated from the University of Illinois- Chicago with a business degree, completing his final two years of school while playing in the Tigers organization. As a junior, was named Horizon League Player of the Year and earned All-Horizon League honors Also selected as a Second-Team All- American by Baseball America and USA Today s Baseball Weekly and a Third-Team Louisville Slugger NCAA Division I All-American. Ranked second among all NCAA Division I players with a.483 batting average as a junior and established single-season records at UIC in batting average, runs (76) and hits (100). Was inducted into the University of Illinois- Chicago Athletics Hall of Fame on January 18, 2008, and had his No. 28 jersey retired on February 6, Concluded his college career as the school s alltime leader with 178 runs, placing second on the all-time list with 41 doubles and 24 home runs, third with nine triples, fourth with 220 hits and 624 at-bats, tied for fourth with 125 RBI, and tied for fifth with a.350 average. In 2008, established the Grand Kids Foundation to focus on improving opportunities for innercity youth. Was the 2016 national Roberto Clemente Award recipient, the most prominent individual player award bestowed by MLB...The award recognizes a player who best represents the game of baseball through extraordinary character, community involvement, philanthropy and positive contributions, both on and off the field. Received the 2016 Marvin Miller Award (voted by MLB players) for his work on and off the field that inspires others to higher levels of achievement, and for displaying as much passion to give back to others as he shows between the lines on the baseball diamond... Also received the Marvin Miller Award in Only John Smoltz, Jim Thome and Michael Young have won the award twice. Named the 2016 Lou Gehrig Memorial Award winner, sponsored by the Phi Delta Theta International Fraternity...The award is presented annually to a Major League Baseball player who best exemplifies the giving character of Hall of Famer Lou Gehrig, a member of the Fraternity s Columbia University chapter. Played host at the fourth annual Grand-giving fundraiser to benefit the Greater Chicago and New York City Food Depositories in November, Donated over 1.5 million meals. Donated $5 million, the largest known onetime donation by a professional athlete, to the University of Illinois at Chicago for Curtis Granderson Stadium, home to the school s baseball program and 38 area Little Leagues. Represented MLB as an ambassador in a December 2012 trip to Korea and Japan Did so in January 2011 as well on a trip to New Zealand, participating in clinics and taking part in the Oceanic 16 and Under Tournament. Joined Major League Baseball s Taiwan All-Star tour following the 2011 season Also went as an MLB ambassador to China following the 2008 season, South Africa following the 2007 season and Europe following the 2006 season. Selected as the recipient of the 2011 American League Oscar Charleston MVP Award by the Negro Leagues Baseball Museum (NLBM). Released a children s book, All You Can Be, which encourages children to chase their dreams The book includes illustrations from fourth graders all across Michigan Reprised the book for release in 2011 to feature pictures created by NYC students Donated a copy of the book to each public elementary school library in Michigan as well as New York City in Received the Pop Lloyd Award from the Negro Leagues Baseball Museum on January 10, 2009 for his baseball and community leadership. Acted as an official spokesman for the White House s anti-obesity campaign, joining First Lady Michelle Obama as MLB s representative for the official announcement on February 8, 2010 at the White House. Is also a captain for MLBPA Action Teams, which teams with Volunteers of America to encourage youth to volunteer within their communities. Was named the 2015 New York Player of the Year by the BBWAA New York Chapter. CAREER TRANSACTIONS Selected by the Detroit Tigers in the third round of the 2002 First-Year Player Draft. On the 15-Day Disabled List, March 23-April 23, 2008, with a non-displaced fracture of the third metacarpal in his right hand. Acquired by the New York Yankees in a three-team, seven player deal, in which the Yankees sent lefthanded pitcher Phil Coke and outfielder Austin Jackson to Detroit and righthanded pitcher Ian Kennedy to the Arizona Diamondbacks, on December 9, On the 15-Day Disabled List, May 2-May 27, 2010, with a grade 2 left groin strain. On the 15-Day Disabled List, March 22-May 14, 2013, with a broken right wrist. On the 15-Day Disabled List, May 25-July 7, 2013, with a broken fifth left metacarpal Transferred to the 60-Day Disabled List, July 7-August 2, Signed by the New York Mets as a free agent four-year contract on December 10, Mets.com 2017 New York Mets Media Guide

18 CAREER STATISTICS GRANDERSON, CURTIS YEAR TEAM AVG G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SH SF HBP BB SO SB CS SLG OBP E 2002 Oneonta (A) Lakeland (A) * Erie (AA) DETROIT (AL) Toledo (AAA) DETROIT (AL) DETROIT (AL) * DETROIT (AL) * Toledo (AAA)# West Michigan (A)# DETROIT (AL) * DETROIT (AL) Scranton/WB (AAA)# NEW YORK (AL) * NEW YORK (AL) * NEW YORK (AL) Scranton/WB (AAA)# Tampa (A)# Trenton (AA)# NEW YORK (AL) METS METS METS Minor League Totals Major League Totals * led league # rehabilitation assignment CAREER PLAYOFF STATISTICS YEAR RND TEAM/OPP AVG G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SH SF HBP BB SO SB CS SLG OBP E 2006 ALDS DET vs. NYY ALCS DET vs. OAK WS DET vs. STL ALDS NYY vs. MIN ALCS NYY vs. TEX ALDS NYY vs. DET ALDS NYY vs. BAL ALCS NYY vs. DET NLDS NYM vs. LAD NLCS NYM vs. CHC WS NYM vs. KC NLWC NYM vs. SF Postseason Totals LDS Totals LCS Totals World Series Totals ALL-STAR GAME YEAR LEAGUE/SITE AVG G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SH SF HBP BB SO SB CS SLG OBP E 2009 AL/St. Louis AL/Arizona AL/Kansas City All-Star Game Totals WORLD BASEBALL CLASSIC YEAR TEAM AVG G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SH SF HBP BB SO SB CS SLG OBP E 2009 USA CAREER FIELDING POS G PO A E PCT TC DP OF New York Mets Media Guide Mets.com 127 FRONT OFFICE MANAGER & COACHES GRANDERSON, CURTIS SCOUTING & MINORS YEAR IN REVIEW HISTORY POSTSEASON MEDIA

19 EDWARD PAREDES // Left-Handed Pitcher NON-ROSTER INVITEE 58 BATS: Left THROWS: Left HEIGHT: 6-0 WEIGHT: 189 OPENING DAY AGE: 30 ML SERVICE: BORN: Sept. 30, 1986 in Villa, Arriva, DR RESIDES: Santo Domingo, DR ACQUIRED: Selected in minor league portion of 2016 Rule 5 Draft CAREER HIGHLIGHTS The 30-year old left-handed pitcher enters his ninth professional season after going with a 4.33 ERA in 283 career games (46 starts) over nine minor league seasons with the Mariners ( ), Indians (2013), Angels (2016) and Dodgers (2017) organizations Has limited opposing hitters to a.249 batting average...has struck out 502 against 259 walks, posting a 8.5 strikeout per nine innings Selected as a 2016 and 2017 Texas League Mid-Season All-Star with Double-A (Angels) Arkansas and Double-A Tulsa, respectively Signed as a non-drafted free agent by Seattle on May 12, 2005 signed by scouts Patrick Guerrero and Bob Engle AVILAN YEAR-BY-YEAR 2017 (Prior to July 24) Assigned to the Dodgers affiliate Double-A Tulsa to begin the season, where he went 0-2 with a 2.81 ERA (10 ER/32.0 IP) in 24 appearances struck out 45 against 12 walks in 32.0 innings Selected to the 2017 Texas League Mid-Season All-Star team as a member of the Tulsa Drillers Was promoted to Triple-A OKC on July 4, 2017 in six games with Triple-A OKC, he posted a 1-0 record with a 0.00 ERA (0 ER/8.1 IP), while limiting hitters to a.138 average and posting a 0.60 WHIP struck out five against one walk 2016 Signed by the Los Angeles Angels to a minor league contract and was assigned to Double-A Arkansas, where he posted a record of 2-2 with a 2.27 ERA (11 ER/43.2 IP) in 46 appearances struck out 53 against 21 walks in 43.2 innings 2015 Appeared in 55 games in his third season with York Revolution, posting a 4-1 record with a 3.32 ERA (21 ER/57.0 IP) struck out 73 batters against just 22 walks in 57.0 innings 2014 Appeared in 43 games in his second season with the York Revolution of the Independent League, posting a 3-3 record with a 2.70 ERA (17 ER/56.2 IP) and struck out 57 batters against 19 walks 2013 Signed by the Cleveland Indians and was assigned to Double-A Akron, where he posted a record of 0-1 with a 8.10 ERA (6 ER/6.2 IP) in six games was released on April 19 Signed with York Revolution of the Independent League, going 2-2 with a 2.96 ERA (9 ER/27.1 IP) in 33 appearances 2012 Appeared in 24 games for Aguilas Cibaenas of the Dominican Winter League, where he went 3-0 with a 1.93 ERA (3 ER/14.0 IP) struck out 10 against eight walks in 14.0 IP 2011 Appeared in 43 games between the Mariners' Double-A West Tennessee and Triple-A Tacoma, where he went 3-4 with a 6.59 ERA (42 ER/57.1 IP) struck out 53 against 37 walks in 57.1 IP 2010 Appeared in 45 games between Double-A West Tennessee and Triple-A Tacoma, posting a 2-3 record with a 4.75 ERA (29 ER/55.0 IP) struck out 47 and issued 31 walks in 55.0 IP 2009 Appeared in 45 games (three starts) with Double-A West Tennessee and Single-A High Desert, where he posted a 8-4 record with a 4.99 ERA (41 ER/74.0IP) recorded three saves and struck out 66 against 29 walks in 74.0 IP LOS ANGELES DODGERS 2017 GUIDE // 23

20 2008 In 27 games (26 starts) with Single-A Wisconsin and Double-A West Tennessee, he went 8-12 with a 4.86 ERA (68 ER/126.0 IP) struck out 101 batters and issued 57 walks in innings 2007 Appeared in 17 games (15 starts) with Single-A Everett and Triple-A Tacoma, where he posted a 7-6 record with a 3.77 ERA (38 ER/90.2 IP) struck out 66 and issued 49 walks in 90.2 innings Selected to the Northwest League Post-Season All-Star team as a member of Single-A Everett 2006 Made his professional debut in 24 appearances with Rookie-level DSL Seattle, where he posted a record of 3-3 with a 2.63 ERA (12 ER/41.0 IP) struck out 45 batters against 19 walks with an 0.98 WHIP in 41.0 innings EDWARD PAREDES' CAREER PITCHING RECORD AVILAN Year Team W-L ERA G GS CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR HB BB SO WP BK AVG 2006 DSL Seattle Everett Tacoma Wisconsin West Tenn High Desert West Tenn West Tenn Tacoma Tacoma Jackson Akron Arkansas Tulsa Oklahoma City Minor League-9 years AVILÁ N 24

21 AWARDS & HONORS: 2014 National League All-Star New York-Penn League All-Star SEASON: Began season as the left-handed setup man to closer Mark Melancon and finished the season as the team s closer after Melancon was traded to Washington on 7/30...Made season debut on Opening Day and struck out two of the three St. Louis batters he faced on 4/3...Had a sacrifice bunt on 4/22...Recorded his 300th career strikeout on 5/8 at St. Louis...Was on the Paternity List from 5/25-27 as wife Cassie gave birth to son Theodore on 5/25...Made 11 straight scoreless appearances (11.0ip/2h) from 4/29 thru 5/28...Gave up a hit and a run on 6/1 at Miami and suffered the loss; was his first hit allowed since 5/6... Surrendered four runs in 0.1ip on 6/4 vs. Los Angeles...Had his seasonhigh 14.0-inning scoreless streak snapped on 7/10 after allowing one run and being charged with his third loss...took over the role of the closer after Mark Melancon was traded on 7/30...Picked up his first save on 8/2 at Atlanta and also establishd club record for most career strikeouts by a LH reliever (327)...Posted a 0.42 ERA (21.1ip/1er) in 22 appearances between 6/7 and 8/2...Suffered a blown save, but picked up the win, in second save situation on 8/5 vs. Cincinnati...Struck out the only batter 2015 SEASON: Produced a 0.64 ERA (42.0ip/3er) in 43 games at PNC Park; was scored upon in just three outings...surrendered a three-run homer to Cincinnati s Todd Frazier in the eighth inning on Opening Day and suffered a 5-2 loss...was scored upon just once in his next 25 games (27.0ip/1er ERA) thru 5/30...Threw 30 pitches while recording his fifth career save (third career 2.0-inning save) on 4/22 vs. Chicago (NL)...Picked up first win on 4/25 at Arizona...Made 17 straight scoreless appearances (19.0ip) from 4/22 thru 5/30...Struck out three consecutive pinch hitters on 5/30 at San Diego - the first Pittsburgh pitcher since Goose Gossage on 6/22/77 vs. San Diego to whiff three straight pinch hitters...appeared in 300th carer game on 7/20 at Kansas City...Was scored upon just once in his last 30 appearances (29.2ip/2er ERA), dating back to 7/ POSTSEASON: Tossed a scoreless seventh inning in the Wild Card Game vs. Chicago on 10/ : Spent third straight full season in the Majors and established career highs in appearances, wins, innings pitched and strikeouts...was selected to his first National League All-Star Team; threw one pitch in the All-Star Game and retired Jose Abreau on a flyout to left field...led all National League left-handed relief pitchers in ERA (1.63)...Shared Major League lead for most games by a left-handed relief pitcher (also Milwaukee s Will Smith)...His 10 wins were the most by a Pittsburgh relief pitcher since Jeff Robinson went 11-5 in Went 5-0 with a 0.91 ERA (39.2ip/4er) in 40 games at PNC Park; was unscored upon in his last 15 home games (14.1ip), dating back to 8/6...His 78 appearances tied Scott Sauerbeck s club record (2002) for a left-handed reliever...held lefthanded batters to a.179 (14-for-78) average...pitched 21.2 consecutive scoreless innings over 21 appearances from 4/24 thru 6/12; the longest such streak by a Pittsburgh pitcher since Charlie Morton tossed 24.0 in Singled off Carlos Torres for first Major League hit on 5/26 at New York (NL); also picked up his fifth win of the season on 5/26...Had a 3-0 record and did not allow a run in 13 games (13.2ip/17so) during the month of May...Did not surrender a hit in nine games between 5/26 and # 44 TONY WATSON LEFT-HANDED PITCHER AGE: 31 (turns 32 on May 30) BORN: 5/30/85 in Sioux City, IA RESIDES: Lakewood Ranch, FL HEIGHT/WEIGHT: 6-4/225 CAREER HIGHLIGHTS BATS/THROWS: L/L M.L. SERVICE: 5 years, 101 days OBTAINED: Pittsburgh s 9th round selection in 2007 First-Year Player Draft he faced on three pitches while picking up his fourth save on 8/11 vs. San Diego...Tied club record with 10 saves during the month of August (also Melancon in 2015) and ranked second among National League pitchers for the month (Aroldis Chapman had 11)...Suffered blown save on 8/29 at Chicago; gave up a one-out solo homer to Jorge Soler in the ninth inning...went a week without pitching before tossing a scoreless frame in a non-save situation on 9/5 vs. St. Louis...Surrendered four runs (three home runs) and suffered blown save on 9/6 vs. St. Louis; gave up gametying homer to Matt Carpenter on an 0-2 pitch with two outs before allowing three more runs to score...rebounded with a save the following night - retiring Carpenter for the final out in a 4-3 victory...appeared in his 400th career game on 9/20 at Milwaukee, becoming just the eighth pitcher to make 400 or more appearances in a Pittsburgh uniform; the only other left-handed pitcher with more games than Watson is Wilbur Cooper, who made 469 appearances (368 starts) with Pittsburgh between 1912 and Converted each of his last five save chances. 6/12 (8.2ip)...Served up game-tying home run to Adam LaRoche on 8/16 at Washington - his first home run allowed to a left-handed batter in a regular season game since 6/13/12 (Chris Davis)...Notched 10th victory on 8/29 vs. Cincinnati...Made 18 straight appearances (18.1ip) without being charged with a run from 8/20 thru 9/27...Picked up his third career save in 1-0 win vs. Milwaukee on 9/21...Recorded second save in his next outing on 9/23 at Atlanta as the Pirates clinched a postseason berth...was named the winner of the Steve Blass Award as voted upon by the local chapter of the BBWAA; created in 2012, the award goes to the top pitcher on the team. 2013: Ranked sixth among N.L. left-handed relief pitchers in ERA... Made 21 consecutive scoreless appearances (20.1ip) to end the season, dating back to 8/6...Was charged with a run just three times in his last 42 games (44.1ip/5er ERA), dating back to 6/4...Posted a 1.00 ERA (18.0ip/2er) in the eight games in which he pitched 2.0 innings or more...held right-handed batters to a.192 (30-for-156) average and lefthanded batters to a.206 (21-for-102) average...surrendered all five of his home runs during the regular season to right-handed hitters; gave up last homer on 7/7 at Wrigley Field...Made season debut on 4/3 vs. Chicago and tossed 1.1 scoreless innings; also had a sacrifice bunt as a batter...pitched final 2.0 innings on 4/25 at Philadelphia and picked up first big league save in a 6-4 victory...retired all six batters he faced while earning second career save on 6/20 at Cincinnati...Gave up final regular season runs on 8/3 vs. Colorado (0.1ip/2r)...Tied career high with 3.0 scoreless innings on 8/15 vs. St. Louis...Went 0-for-1 with two sac bunts in his three plate appearances; struck out on 6/30 vs. Milwaukee... Posted a 0.69 ERA (26.0ip/2er) and a.189 batting average against in 28 appearances after the All-Star break POSTSEASON: Surrendered a solo homer to Shin-Soo Choo in the Wild Card Game on 10/1- was the only home run he gave up to a left-handed batter all season...made three scoreless appearances (3.0ip) against St. Louis in the Division Series. ORGANIZATION 2017 PIRATES BASEBALL OPS 2016 REVIEW GENERAL HISTORY POSTSEASON 2017 PITTSBURGH PIRATES MEDIA GUIDE 133

22 2017 PITTSBURGH PIRATES TONY WATSON POSTSEASON HISTORY GENERAL 2016 REVIEW BASEBALL OPS 2017 PIRATES ORGANIZATION 2012: Spent first full season in the Major Leagues and led Pittsburgh in appearances...also inherited a team-high 61 runners (11 scored); second only to Los Angeles Randy Choate (66) among National League relievers...posted a 1.93 ERA (23.1ip/5er) and held opposing batters to a.160 average (13-for-81) in 32 games at PNC Park...Held all opposing hitters to a.198 (37-for-187) average, with lefties hitting.183 (17-for-93) and righties hitting.213 (20-for-94)...Won each of his first four decisions before suffering first loss on 7/13 at Milwaukee - gave up season-high three hits and four runs in that game...recorded a 1.71 ERA (26.1ip/5er) in his final 31 appearances after giving up four runs in 1.0ip on 7/14 at Milwaukee...Struck out in lone plate appearance on 8/1 at Chicago. 2011: Began season with Triple-A Indianapolis...Posted a 2.70 ERA (13.1ip/4er) in nine games in April and a 1.88 ERA (14.1ip/3er) in 11 games in May...Lost his first two decisions before notching his two wins in back-to-back outings on 5/28 and 5/30...Had a 2.45 ERA and held opposing hitters to a.179 average in 22 games thru 6/5...Was recalled by Pittsburgh on 6/7 and made Major League debut on 6/8 vs. Arizona; entered 1-1 game with two runners on and one out in the 8th inning and struck out Chris Young and Juan Miranda...Gave up just one hit and no runs in his first five big league games (4.2ip) and one run in his first 10 games (9.2ip) thru 6/25...Gave up back-to-back home runs to the only two batters he faced at Toronto on 6/28...Suffered blown save and first big league loss on 7/2 at Washington (game two)... Pitched a career-high 3.0 scoreless frames on 7/23 vs. St. Louis...Struck out in only plate appearance on 7/29 at Philadelphia...Was optioned to Triple-A on 8/6...Went 1-0 with a 1.80 ERA (5.0ip/1er) in four games with Indianapolis before being recalled by Pittsburgh a final time on 8/20... Tossed a scoreless inning vs. Cincinnati on 8/20 and picked up his first Major League victory...threw one pitch and picked up his second big league win on 9/7 vs. Houston...Was scored upon just 11 times in his 43 big league appearances; seven of those times coming in a nine-game stretch from 7/31 to 9/4. MINOR LEAGUE HIGHLIGHTS: 2010: Was used primarily as a relief pitcher for the first time in his career while spending second straight full season with Double-A Altoona...Posted a 1.84 ERA (63.2ip/13er) and held opposing hitters to a.173 average (39-for-225) in his 25 relief appearances...allowed the fewest amount of baserunners/per 9.0ip for any reliever in the Eastern League (7.8)...Also went 3-4 with a 3.78 ERA while making nine starts to end the regular season...pitched 2.0 hitless innings of relief in his first outing on 4/9 vs. Harrisburg and followed that up with 3.0 hitless frames on 4/12 vs. Richmond...Picked up first victory in fourth game on 4/21 at Akron...Earned first pro save on 5/30 vs. Reading...Tossed 2.0 scoreless frames and struck out five of the seven batters he faced while picking up second save on 6/24 vs. Portland...Received a no-decision in first start on 7/25 vs. Trenton (3.0ip/4er) before suffering loss in second start on 7/30 at Richmond (4.2ip/6er)...Pitched 6.0 scoreless frames and picked up first win as a starter on 8/5 vs. Akron...Won back-to-back starts while tossing 13.0 scoreless innings on 8/22 at Binghamton (6.0ip) and 8/27 vs. Richmond (7.0ip)...Was the winning pitcher in both deciding games (Game Fours) in the Eastern League playoffs...was the starter and winner at Trenton on 9/18 in the deciding championship game; also struck out career-high 10 batters. 2009: Was Altoona s Opening Day starter and received a no-decision on 4/8 at Erie (3.2ip/5er)...Retired just two batters in his second start while giving up four runs in a loss at Akron on 4/15...Made three more starts (last one coming on 5/2 vs. Erie) before being placed on the State College (A) roster on 4/23, where he was transferred to the Altoona disabled list on 5/5 (retroactive to 5/2) with left elbow tendinitis...missed remainder of regular season...made 11 relief appearances with Scottsdale during the Arizona Fall League and posted a 2.13 ERA (12.2ip/3er). 2008: Spent entire season with Lynchburg...Led Carolina League in innings pitched and ranked sixth in ERA...Also ranked second among Bucco farmhands in strikeouts, third in ERA and tied for third in wins... Limited left-handed hitters to a.214 average...tossed 7.0 no-hit innings and struck out season-high eight batters in win at Potomac on 7/19... Won final two starts, giving up a total of two runs (one earned) in 14.0 innings of work. 2007: Was selected by Pittsburgh in ninth round of the First-Year Player Draft and went 7-2 with a 2.79 ERA in 13 starts between State College and Hickory (A)...Was named to the New York-Penn League All-Star team...made professional debut on 6/21 and tossed 5.0 hitless innings at Williamsport while striking out a season-high nine batters in a no-decision...won six straight starts from 6/26 thru 7/25 and posted a 1.46 ERA (33.2ip/7er) during the stretch...suffered lone loss with State College on 7/30 at Mahoning Valley...Tossed 5.0 scoreless frames in final start with Spikes on 8/19 at Tri-City...Was promoted to Hickory on 8/22 and made final three starts with Crawdads...Tossed 6.0 scoreless frames while winning second start on 8/28. MISC: His 403 career appearances rank second on the club s all-time list for most by a left-handed pitcher, trailing only Wilbur Cooper, who made 469 appearances (369 starts) between 1912 and Has made the most appearances (360) among all Major League lefthanders since His 345 career strikeouts rank fourth on the club s all-time list for a relief pitcher (first among LHP), trailing only ElRoy Face (758), Kent Tekulve (552) and Dave Giusti (367)...Has produced the second-lowest ERA (2.40) among National League left-handed relief pitchers since the start of the 2012 season, trailing only Aroldis Chapman (1.82)...Has gone gone 17-6 with a 2.06 ERA (201.1ip/46er) and has held opposing hitters to a.197 average (139-for-705) in his 210 appearances at PNC Park... Has the most all-time appearances at PNC Park and his 2.06 ERA ranks third behind Mark Melancon (1.62) and Johnny Cueto (1.88)...Enters 2017 season having held left-handed batters to a.204 career average and right-handed hitters to a.217 average...made 46 starts to begin his pro career before pitching in relief for the first time on 4/9/10...Went 6-3 with two saves and a 2.04 ERA (97.0ip/22er) in 50 minor league relief appearances and with a 3.65 ERA (283.1ip/115er) in 56 minor league starts...was rated by Baseball America as having the best changeup in the Pirates minor league system prior to the 2008 season. PERSONAL: Anthony Michael Watson...Wife s name is Cassie...Two children; daughter Wynn (12/26/14) and son Theodore (5/25/16)...Is a 2003 graduate of Dallas Center-Grimes High School in Grimes, IA, where he played baseball, football and basketball...won the Bob Feller Award as the Iowa High School Pitcher-of-the-Year in 2003 after throwing three no-hitters and compiling an Iowa state record 0.10 ERA...Went 29-9 in his high school career and fanned 613 batters, the most by a high school pitcher in Iowa since Cal Eldred in the mid-1980s...attended the University of Nebraska, but had shoulder surgery before he threw a pitch in college and was redshirted for Went 6-1 with a 2.82 ERA and was named a Freshman All-American by Collegiate Baseball in Went 10-2 with a 2.87 ERA the following season and ranked third in the Big 12 Conference in ERA and fourth in wins...beat out Max Scherzer for a spot on the All-Conference team and was picked third-team All- American by Collegiate Baseball...Participated in the 2006 Cape Cod League and went 5-2 with a 2.44 ERA for the Harwich Mariners...Posted a 6-4 record and a 4.09 ERA during his junior season at Nebraska...Signed by Pirates scout Mike Leuzinger PITTSBURGH PIRATES MEDIA GUIDE

23 2017 PITTSBURGH PIRATES TONY WATSON LIFETIME PITCHING STATISTICS YEAR CLUB W-L ERA G GS CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR HP BB SO WP BK 2007 State College Hickory Lynchburg * Altoona Altoona Indianapolis Pittsburgh Pittsburgh Pittsburgh Pittsburgh Pittsburgh Pittsburgh Minor League Totals Major League Totals (*)Led League Selected by Florida in 2003 First-Year Player Draft (23rd round), but did not sign. Selected by Baltimore in 2006 First-Year Player Draft (17th round), but did not sign. Selected by Pittsburgh in 2007 First-Year Player Draft (9th round). ALL-STAR GAME STATISTICS YEAR SITE W-L ERA G GS CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR HP BB SO WP BK 2014 Minnesota WILD CARD GAME STATISTICS YEAR CLUB/OPP W-L ERA G GS CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR HP BB SO WP BK 2013 Pit. vs. Cin Pit. vs. SF ON ROSTER, DID NOT PITCH 2015 Pit. vs. Chi Wild Card Game Totals DIVISION SERIES STATISTICS YEAR CLUB/OPP W-L ERA G GS CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR HP BB SO WP BK 2013 Pit. vs. Stl MAJOR LEAGUE DEBUT June 8, 2011 vs. Arizona YEAR AVG AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SAC CAREER FIRST M.L. HIT: 5/26/14 (Carlos Torres - 1B) WATSON HIGHLIGHTS HITTING TOTALS FIRST MAJOR LEAGUE WIN August 20, 2011 vs. Cincinnati MOST STRIKEOUTS: 4 K s (twice), 6/30/13 vs. Milwaukee & 7/29/11 at Philadelphia. FIRST MAJOR LEAGUE SAVE April 25, 2013 at Philadelphia LIFETIME FIELDING STATISTICS PITCHER PCT G GS PO A E TC DP TP CAREER MOST INNINGS PITCHED: 3.0 IP (3 times), 8/15/13 at St. Louis, 6/30/13 vs. Milwaukee & 7/23/11 vs. St. Louis. MOST WALKS: 3 BB, 6/4/13 at Atlanta. LONGEST SCORELESS INNINGS STREAK: 21.2 IP (4/24 to 6/12/14). LONGEST WINNING STREAK: 5 games, twice (7/18 to 8/29/14 & 4/6 to 5/26/14). LONGEST LOSING STREAK: 3 games (6/1 to 7/10/16). ORGANIZATION 2017 PIRATES BASEBALL OPS 2016 REVIEW GENERAL HISTORY POSTSEASON 2017 PITTSBURGH PIRATES MEDIA GUIDE 135

24 HISTORY GENERAL 2016 REVIEW BASEBALL OPS 2017 PIRATES ORGANIZATION TYLER WEBB # 51 LEFT-HANDED AGE: 26 (turns 27 on july 20) BORN: 7/20/90 in nassawadox, va RESIDES: nassawadox, va HEIGHT/WEIGHT: 6-5/230 AWARDS & HONORS: BATS/THROWS: R/L M.L. SERVICE: NONE OBTAINED: selected off new york s (al) scranton-wilkes BARRE ROSTER IN MAJOR LEAGUE PHASE OF RULE FIVE DRAFT 12/8/ Eastern League All-Star (mid-season) SEASON: Attended spring training as a non-roster invitee with New York (AL)...Spent entire season with Triple-A Scranton-Wilkes Barre, where he led the team in appearances...went 4-2 with a 2.65 ERA (54.1ip/16er) in 31 relief appearances and 1-2 with a 4.50 ERA (24.0ip/12er) in five starts...limited left-handed batters to a.215 average (17-for-79)... Went 1-0 with a 1.74 ERA (10.1ip/2er) in six appearances in April...Faced two batters in 0.1ip and recorded his first win on 4/17 vs. Syracuse : Worked exclusively in relief while spending entire season with Scranton-Wilkes Barre...Limited left-handed batters to a.217 average (13-for-60)...Recorded a 1.29 ERA (14.0ip/2er) while recording 15 strikeouts and allowing just one walk in his final 11 appearances...ended the season with a 10.1 scoreless inning streak...went 2-0 with a 5.84 ERA (12.1ip/8er) in nine relief appearances for the Surprise Saguaros of the Arizona Fall League following the regular season. 2014: Produced a 3-6 record, 12 saves, a 3.80 ERA (68.2ip/29er) and a career-high 94 strikeouts in a total of 48 relief appearances between Single-A Tampa, Double-A Trenton and Scranton-Wilkes Barre...Was named to the Eastern League mid-season All-Star team...ranked second among Yankees farmhands in saves...led Yankees minor leaguers (minimum 60.0ip) with a strikeouts/per 9.0ip ratio. CAREER HIGHLIGHTS Worked 1.1 scoreless innings and recorded his only save of the season on 5/18...Made three consecutive starts between 5/28 and 6/7...Returned to the bullpen on 6/12 and made 19 of his last 21 appearances in relief... Made final start on 8/18...Was selected by Pittsburgh in the Major League Phase of the Rule Five Draft during the final day of the winter meetings on 12/8; became the first player the Pirates selected in the Major League Phase of the Rule Five Draft since Gustavo Nunez in : Began professional career with the Staten Island Yankees of the New York-Penn League after being selected by New York in the 10th round of the draft earlier in the summer...did not allow a hit in a total of 5.0 innings (16 at bats) over four appearances with Staten Island...Was promoted to Charleston of the South Atlantic League on 6/29 for the remainder of the season. MISC: Made each of his first 105 appearances of his career in relief before making his first start on 5/28/16...Has not received a plate appearance in his professional career. PERSONAL: Jon Tyler Webb... Wife s name is Lauren... Is a 2009 graduate of Northampton (VA) High School...Graduated from the University of South Carolina, where he went 15-7 with 20 saves and a 2.34 ERA (173.0ip/45er) in a school-record 110 appearances over four seasons... Helped the Gamecocks win the 2010 and 2011 College World Series titles... Was named to the SEC Academic Honor Roll as a senior. LIFETIME PITCHING STATISTICS YEAR CLUB W-L ERA G GS CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR HP BB SO WP BK 2013 Staten Island Charleston Tampa Trenton Scranton/WB Scranton/WB Scranton/WB (1) Minor League Totals Selected by Cincinnati in 2011 First-Year Player Draft (48th round), but did not sign. Selected by New York (AL) in the 2013 First-Year Player Draft (10th round). (1)Selected by Pittsburgh off New York s Triple-A Scranton-Wilkes Barre roster in Major League Phase of Rule Five Draft on 12/8/16. RULE 5 DRAFT PICKS BY GM NEAL HUNTINGTON POSTSEASON YEAR PLAYER CHOSEN FROM Evan Meek (RHP)...Tampa Bay Donnie Veal (LHP)...Chicago (NL) John Raynor (OF)... Florida Josh Rodriguez (INF)... Cleveland Gustavo Nunez (INF)... Detroit Tyler Webb (LHP)...New York (AL) PITTSBURGH PIRATES MEDIA GUIDE