2018 ADDITIONAL BIOS. BECKHAM, Gordon (#1) COLOMÉ, Alex (#48) ELÍAS, Roenis (#55) HERRMANN, Chris (#26) LEBLANC, Wade (#49) SPAN, Denard (#4)

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1 2018 ADDITIONAL BIOS BECKHAM, Gordon (#1) COLOMÉ, Alex (#48) ELÍAS, Roenis (#55) HERRMANN, Chris (#26) LEBLANC, Wade (#49) SPAN, Denard (#4)

2 2017: The Totals Went 3-for-17 (.176) with 2 runs, 1 walk and 1 stolen bases in 11 games with Seattle. Join the Club Selected by Seattle from AAA Tacoma on Sept. 2. Minor Totals Hit.262 (86x328) with 37 runs, 16 doubles, 9 home runs, 45 RBI and 20 walks in 83 games with AAA Tacoma PERSONAL: James Gordon Beckham resides in Atlanta, GA, with his wife, Brittany graduated GORDON BECKHAM (1) POSITION: Infielder AGE: 31 (turns 32 on Sept. 16) BORN: in Atlanta, GA BATS: Right THROWS: Right HEIGHT: 6-0 WEIGHT: 190 ML SERVICE: 7 years, 153 days CONTRACT STATUS: Signed through 2018 ACQUIRED: Signed by Seattle as a minor league free agent on March 26, BECKHAM s CAREER HIGHS MOST HITS: 4 5 times; last: 5/6/14 at CHC w/cws MOST HOME RUNS: 2 6/1/12 vs. SEA w/cws MOST RBI: 4 3 times; last: 6/20/12 vs. CHC w/cws MOST STOLEN BASES: 2 6/5/13 at SEA w/cws LONGEST HITTING STREAK: 10 2 times; last: 5/24-6/3/12 w/cws CAREER GRAND SLAMS: None from Westminster (GA) High School, where he was four-year starter in baseball and a three-year starter in football played three seasons at the University of Georgia ( ), where he started all 197 games at shortstop in his three-year career as a junior in 2008, was named SEC Player of the Year and First-Team All-America by Baseball America, Collegiate Baseball/Louisville Slugger and American Baseball Coaches Association after leading Georgia in all triple crown categories, batting.411 (113x275) with 28 home runs and 77 RBI his 28 home runs in 2008 are a program record as are his 53 career home runs his final at-bat with Georgia was a home run in the 2008 College World Series Finals vs. Fresno State his father, Gordon, was a quarterback for the University of South Carolina from his father-in-law, Scott Fletcher, appeared in 15 seasons in the Major Leagues. 2008: After being selected 8th overall in the MLB Draft, began his pro career with A Kannapolis hit.310 (18x58) with 11 runs, 2 doubles, 3 home runs and 8 RBI in 14 games. 2009: Appeared in 103 games with the White Sox after being selected from AAA Charlotte on June 4 hit.270 (102x378) with 58 runs, 28 doubles, 1 triple, 14 home runs and 63 RBI with Chicago-AL finished 5th in AL Rookie of the Year Award voting was the first position player from the 2008 MLB Draft to reach the Majors (4th player overall) among AL rookies, ranked 1st in doubles (28), RBI (63) and extra-base hits (43), 2nd in batting (.270), home runs (14), on-base percentage (.347) and slugging (.460) named AL Rookie of the Month for July after batting.330 (32x97) with 12 runs, 10 doubles, 3 home runs and 18 RBI in 27 games his 28 doubles were a career-high made his Major League debut on June 4 vs. Oakland singled off Dontrelle Willis for his first Major League hit on June 9 vs. Detroit belted his first home run off Johnny Cueto on June 20 at Cincinnati recorded at least 1 RBI in a career-best 5 consecutive games, July 30 - August 4, batting.391 (9x23) with 4 runs, 5 doubles, 1 home run and 9 RBI missed 4 games, September 6-9, with a strained right oblique, ending a string of 81 consecutive games played (65 starts) began the season with AA Birmingham, batting.299 (44x147) with 23 runs, 17 doubles, 4 home runs and 22 RBI in 38 games promoted to AAA Charlotte, where he hit.464 (13x28) with 6 runs, 6 doubles and 3 RBI in 7 games entered the season ranked by Baseball America as the No. 1 prospect in the White Sox organization. 2010: Made his first Opening Day roster started at 2nd base in the White Sox season opener on April 5 vs. Cleveland and went 2-for-4 with 1 run and 1 double in 131 games with the White Sox, hit.252 (112x444) with 58 runs, 25 doubles, 2 triple, 9 home runs and 49 RBI from June 24 through the end of the season, hit.310 (66x213) with 33 runs, 16 doubles, 2 triples, 8 home runs and 33 RBI in 67 games on August 30 at Cleveland, was hit by Frank Herrmann and left the game with a bruised right hand missed the next 2 games and appeared in just 13 games in September due to a bruised right hand. 1

3 BECKHAM (continued) 2011: In 150 games with Chicago-AL, hit.230 (115x499) with 60 runs, 23 doubles, 10 home runs and 44 RBI among AL 2nd basemen, ranked 2nd in total chances (723) and assists (443) and 3rd in fielding percentage (.989) and starts (147) made his 2nd consecutive Opening Day start at 2nd base on April 1 at Cleveland, going 3-for-4 with 3 runs and 1 double compiled his first of two 10-game hitting streaks in his career from July 6-19 hit.395 (15x38) with 3 runs, 2 doubles, 7 RBI during the streak collected a career-high 3 doubles on September 20 at Cleveland matched his career-high with at least 1 RBI in 5 straight games, July 10-18, batting.450 (9x20) with 3 runs, 1 double and 6 RBI did not commit an error in 59 consecutive games, August 27, May 24, : Established career-highs in games (151), runs (62), hits (123) and home runs (16) hit.234 (123x525) with 62 runs, 24 doubles, 16 home runs and 60 RBI in 151 games with the White Sox at the time, his.9899 fielding percentage was 2nd-best by a 2nd baseman in White Sox history (Nellie Fox,.9901, 1962) made his 3rd consecutive Opening Day start at 2nd base on April 6 at Texas, going 1-for-4 at the plate in 18 Interleague games, hit.315 (23x73) with 11 runs, 2 doubles, 3 home runs and 13 RBI his 20 RBI in the month of June were tied for 8th-most in the American League on May 27 vs. Cleveland, matched his career-high with 4 hits equaled his career-high with a 10-game hitting streak, May 24 - June 3, batting.333 (16x48) with 10 runs, 1 double, 3 home runs and 8 RBI recorded his only multi-homer game on June 1 vs. Seattle hit leadoff for the first time in his career on July 5 vs. Texas belted his first career leadoff home run on August 7 vs. Kansas City. 2013: Hit.267 (99x371) with 22 doubles, 1 triple, 5 home runs and 24 RBI in 103 games with Chicago-AL vs. right-handed pitchers, hit.287 (83x289) with 18 doubles, 1 triple, 4 home runs and 17 RBI made his 4th consecutive Opening Day start at 2nd base on April 1 vs. Kansas City and went 1-for-3 placed on the disabled list with a fractured hamate bone in his left wrist on April 12 in 8 games on a rehab assignment with AAA Charlotte, hit.333 (12x36) with 7 runs, 2 doubles and 5 RBI reinstated from the DL on June 3 in his first 38 games after being reinstated from the DL (6/3-7/19), hit.336 (48x143) with 18 runs, 9 doubles, 1 triple, 2 home runs and 12 RBI twice equaled his career-high with 4 hits (4/4 vs. KC and 6/5 at SEA) made his first career appearance at shortstop on July 5 at Tampa Bay stole home on July 8 vs. Chicago-NL, the first White Sox player to steal home since Juan Pierre in 2010 drew a career-high 4 walks on August 10 vs. Minnesota. 2014: Combined to bat.226 (101x446) with 53 runs, 27 doubles, 9 home runs and 44 RBI in 127 total games with Chicago-AL (101 G) and Los Angeles (26 G) started the season on the 15-day disabled list with a strained left oblique appeared in 12 games on a rehab assignment with AA Birmingham, where he hit.163 (7x43) with 5 runs, 2 doubles, 1 home run and 6 RBI reinstated from the DL on April 24 in 101 games with the White Sox, hit.221 (86x390) with 43 runs, 24 doubles, 7 home runs and 36 RBI from May 5-28, hit safely in 20-of-22 games, batting.348 (32x92) with 15 runs, 5 doubles, 4 home runs and 10 RBI acquired by Los Angeles-AL from Chicago-AL in exchange for a player to be named later on August 21, 2014 (the White Sox received RHP Yency Almonte on February 4, 2015) hit safely in 4-of-his-first-8 games with the Angels, going 7x23 (.304) with 4 runs, 1 double, 1 home run and 6 RBI overall, hit.268 (15x56) with 10 runs, 3 doubles, 2 home runs and 8 RBI in 26 games with the Angels hit better than.300 in two months:.306/34x111 in May and.306/11x36 in September against left-handed pitchers, hit.293 (34x116) with 10 doubles, 2 home runs and 11 RBI, compared to batting.203 (67x330) with 17 doubles, 7 home runs and 33 RBI vs. right-handed pitchers matched his careerhigh with 4 hits, including 1 home run, on May 6 at Chicago-NL. 2015: Returned to Chicago, signing as a free agent with the White Sox on January 28 hit.209 (44x211) with 24 runs, 8 doubles, 6 home runs and 20 RBI in 100 games with the White Sox at the time, his 100 games played were fewest in his career in a single season made 63 appearances spanning the first three months of the season, April - June, but then appeared in just 37 contests the remainder of the season, July - September from May 25 - June 4, hit.333 (14x42) with 3 runs, 1 double, 1 home run and 5 RBI in 11 games delivered a walk-off, two-out, RBI-single off Cincinnati s Aroldis Chapman in the 9th inning on May 10 (Mother s Day) vs. the Reds belted his first career walk-off home run in the 11th inning on June 21 (Father s Day) vs. Texas became the first player in Major League history to record game-ending hits on both Mother s Day and Father s Day in the same season (Elias Sports Bureau) homered in 2-of-his-final-5 games of the season (9/21 at DET and 9/25 at NYY). 2

4 BECKHAM (continued) 2016: Hit.212 (52x245) with 25 runs, 16 doubles, 1 triple, 5 home runs and 31 RBI in 88 total games with Atlanta (85 G) and San Francisco (3 G) had 2 stints on DL: April 18 May 9 with strained left hamstring and June 2 July 7 with strained left hamstring had rehab assignments with GCL Braves, High-A Carolina and AAA Gwinnett acquired by San Francisco from Atlanta for minor league infielder Richard Rodriguez on Sept. 27. POSTSEASON EXPERIENCE: Made 2 appearances for Los Angeles-AL in the 2014 ALDS against Kansas City entered Game 1 as a pinch-runner and remained in the game as a defensive replacement at 3rd base; went 0-for-1 with 1 hit by pitch at the plate entered Game 2 as a pinch-runner and remained in the game as a defensive replacement at 3rd base but did not record a plate appearance. BECKHAM s PLAYING RECORD YEAR CLUB AVG G AB R H TB 2B 3B HR RBI SH SF HB BB SO SB CS SLG OBP 2008 Kannapolis Birmingham Charlotte CHICAGO-AL CHICAGO-AL CHICAGO-AL CHICAGO-AL CHICAGO-AL Charlotte # Birmingham # CHICAGO-AL LOS ANGELES-AL CHICAGO-AL ATLANTA Gwinnett # GCL Braves # Carolina # SAN FRANCISCO Tacoma SEATTLE Minor Lg Totals ML Totals # MLB Rehab Assignment BECKHAM s CAREER TRANSACTIONS Selected by Chicago-AL in the 1st round (8th overall) of the 2008 MLB First-Year Player Draft signed by White Sox scouts Kevin Burrell and Nick Hostetler. On 15-day disabled list, April 12 - June 3, 2013 with a fractured hamate bone in his left wrist included a rehab assignment with Charlotte. On 15-day disabled list, March 30 - April 24, 2014, with a strained left oblique included a rehab assignment with Birmingham. Acquired by Los Angeles-AL from Chicago-AL in exchange for a player to be named later on August 21, 2014 the White Sox received Yency Almonte (rhp) on February 4, Signed by Chicago-AL as a free agent on January 28, Signed by Atlanta as a free agent on December 4, On 15-day disabled list, April 18 - May 9, 2016, with a strained left hamstring included a rehab assignment with Gwinnett. On 15-day disabled list, June 2 - July 7, 2016, with a strained left hamstring included rehab assignments with GCL Braves and Carolina. Acquired by San Francisco from Atlanta in exchange for Richard Rodriguez (inf) on September 27, Signed by San Francisco as a minor league free agent on February 8, Signed by Seattle as a minor league free agent on March 31, Signed by Seattle as a minor league free agent on Dec. 8, Released on March 23, Signed by Seattle as a minor league free agent on March 26,

5 ALEX COLOMÉ (48) 2017: The Totals Went 2-3 with 47 saves and a 3.24 ERA (24 ER, 66.2 IP) with 58 strikeouts and 23 walks in 65 relief appearances with Tampa Bay. Leader Became the first pitcher in club history to lead the Major Leagues in saves his 47 saves were one shy of the club record, set by Fernando Rodney in 2012 (48) his 47 saves were 6 more than any other pitcher in the Majors (Greg Holland- COL and Kenley Jansen-LAD) and 8 more than any other pitcher in the AL (Roberto Osuna-TOR). Length Led the American League with 6 saves of 4 outs or more. POSITION: Right-Handed Pitcher AGE: 29 BORN: in Santo Domingo, DR BATS: Right THROWS: Right HEIGHT: 6-1 WEIGHT: 220 ML SERVICE: 3 years, 118 days CONTRACT STATUS: Signed through 2018 ACQUIRED: In trade with Tampa Bay along with Denard Span (of) and cash considerations in exchange for Andrew Moore (rhp) and Tommy Romero (rhp), May 25, PRONUNCIATION: Colomé (COLE-uh-may) COLOMÉ s CAREER HIGHS MOST STRIKEOUTS: STARTER: 7 5/30/13 at MIA w/tb RELIEVER: 4 7/26/15 vs. BAL w/tb LOW-HIT GAME: None LONGEST WINNING STREAK: 4 6/27/14 5/6/15 w/tb LONGEST LOSING STREAK: 4 4/15 8/26/16 w/tb MOST INNINGS: STARTER: times, last: 7/1/15 vs. CLE w/tb RELIEVER: 4.0 5/26/14 at TOR w/tb Award Season Named American League Reliever of the Month for August was 10- for-10 in save opportunities while posting a 0.75 ERA (1 ER, 12.0 IP) with 13 strikeouts and 1 walk in 12 games. Strong Stretch Over his last 30 appearances of the season (7/6 - end of season), posted a 2.15 ERA (7 ER, 29.1 IP)...that lowered his ERA from 4.10 (17 ER, 37.1 IP) on July 4 to 3.24 (24 ER, 66.2 IP) at the end of the season. For Openers Named to his 2nd consecutive Opening Day roster (started the 2015 season on the disabled list) on April 2 vs. New York-AL, became the first pitcher in club history to record a save on Opening Day. PERSONAL: Alexander Manuel Colomé Perez resides in San Pedro de Macoris, DR with wife, Ironelis, and daughter, Melanny nephew of right-handed pitcher Jesús Colomé, who appeared in the Majors with Tampa Bay ( ), Washington ( ), Milwaukee (2009) and Seattle (2010). 2007: Made his pro debut with the DSL Rays, where he went 1-6 with a 2.97 ERA (13 ER, 39.1 IP) with 50 strikeouts and 31 walks in 14 games (11 starts). 2008: Appeared in 12 games (11 starts) with Princeton in the rookie-level Appalachian League, positing a record of 0-5 with a 6.80 ERA (35 ER, 46.1 IP) with 52 strikeouts and 26 walks. 2009: Led all Rays minor leaguers and ranked 2nd in the New York-Penn League with a 1.66 ERA (14 ER, 76.0 IP) led the New York-Penn League with 94 strikeouts in 15 starts with short-a Hudson Valley, was 7-4 with a 1.66 ERA (14 ER, 76.0 IP) with 94 strikeouts and 32 walks tossed 2 complete games, including 1 shutout. 2010: Named to the Midwest League Midseason All-Star team spent the majority of the season with A Bowling Green, going 6-6 with a 3.95 ERA (50 ER, IP) with 118 strikeouts and 45 walks recorded 1 complete game made 1 start with high-a Charlotte to end the season, allowing 1 run on 5 hits while striking out 8 in 4.0 innings vs. Bradenton. 2011: Split the season between high-a Charlotte and AA Montgomery in 19 starts with Charlotte, went 9-5 with a 3.66 ERA (43 ER, IP) with 92 strikeouts and 44 walks tossed 1 complete game with Charlotte selected as a Florida State League Midseason All-Star on July 23, promoted to Montgomery, where he posted a record of 3-4 with a 4.15 ERA (24 ER, 52. IP) with 31 strikeouts and 28 walks in 9 starts, including 1 shutout. 1

6 COLOMÉ (continued) 2012: Began the season with AA Montgomery, going 8-3 with a 3.48 ERA (29 ER, 75.0 IP) with 75 strikeouts and 34 walks in 14 starts, including 1 complete game on the minor league disabled list, April 12 May 26, with a left oblique injury named the Rays Minor League Pitcher of the Month for July after going 5-1 with a 2.23 ERA (10 ER, 40.1 IP) in 6 starts promoted to AAA Durham on Aug. 3 and went 0-1 with a 3.24 ERA (6 ER, 16.2 IP) with 15 strikeouts and 9 walks in 3 starts following his start on Aug. 13, missed the remainder of the season with right shoulder tightness. 2013: Broke into the Major Leagues, making his debut on May 30 at Miami became the 7th pitcher in club history to earn the win in his debut as a starter, holding the Marlins to 1 run (0 earned runs) on 5 hits while walking 2 and striking out 7 over 5.2 innings pitched became the first American League pitcher to allow no earned runs while striking out at least 7 in his Major League debut since Oakland s Aaron Harang on May 25, 2002 vs. Tampa Bay originally called up on May 29 to pitch out of the bullpen but started the next night after Alex Cobb suffered a cut on his right middle finger did not allow an earned run in his first 2 starts, the first pitcher to do so since San Francisco s Ryan Sadowski in 2009 after his start with Tampa Bay on June 28 vs. Detroit, was shut down for the remainder of the season with a right elbow strain, his second straight season-ending injury made 3 starts over 2 stints with the Rays in May and June, going 1-1 with a 2.25 ERA (4 ER, 16.0 IP) with 12 strikeouts and 9 walks in 14 starts with AAA Durham, was 4-6 with a 3.07 ERA (24 ER, 70.1 IP) with 72 strikeouts and 29 walks following the season, ranked as the No. 5 prospect in the Rays organization by Baseball America. 2014: Made 5 appearances, including 3 starts, over three stints with the Rays, going 2-0 with a 2.66 ERA (7 ER, 23.2 IP) with 13 strikeouts and 10 walks had a pair of one-day stints (5/26 and 6/27) recalled for the final time on Sept. 15 and remained in the Majors for the remainder of the season in 15 starts with AAA Durham, was 7-6 with a 3.77 ERA (36 ER, 86.0 IP) with 73 strikeouts and 30 walks made 2 starts with Durham in the postseason following the season, tabbed by Baseball America as the No. 4 prospect and top pitching prospect in the Rays organization also selected by Baseball America as having the best fastball in the Rays system after being optioned to Durham during spring training, suspended 50 games for a violation of Major League Baseball s Joint Drug Prevention and Treatment Program made 3 rehab starts with high-a Charlotte. 2015: Recorded 8 wins, tied for 3rd-most among American League rookies, despite missing the first month of the season while recovering from pneumonia split time between the starting rotation and the bullpen, becoming one of three pitcher to make 12 or more starts and 30 or more relief appearances (also: Josh Collmenter-ARI and Trevor May-MIN) on June 21 at Cleveland, worked a career-high 7.0 innings and retired each of the first 16 batters he faced but recorded a non decision in a 1-0 loss; was the 2nd-longest perfect game bid in Rays history at the time won each of his first 2 starts, but the Rays went 1-10 over his final 11 starts of the season before he moved to the bullpen from July 17 Sept. 15, went 3-0 with 7 holds and a 0.29 ERA (1 ER, 30.2 IP) with 34 strikeouts and 5 walks in 21 relief appearances in 13 starts, went 3-4 with a 4.70 ERA (36 ER, 69.0 IP) with 44 strikeouts and 24 walks as a reliever, was 5-1 with 8 holds and a 2.66 ERA (12 ER, 40.2 IP) with 44 strikeouts and 7 walks in 30 outings did not allow a home run out of the bullpen overall, was 8-5 with 8 holds and a 3.94 ERA (48 ER, IP) with 88 strikeouts and 31 walks in 43 games, including 13 starts in 2 starts with high-a Charlotte, posted a record of 0-1 with a 3.00 ERA (2 ER, 6.0 IP) with 5 strikeouts and 0 walks was 1-0 with a 1.93 ERA (2 ER, 9.1 IP) with 12 strikeouts and 3 walks in 2 starts made 8 relief appearances with Leones in the Dominican Winter Leauge, helping the team to the league championship. 2016: Named to the American League All-Star Team for the first time in his career converted 37-of-40 save opportunities (92.5%), T4th-most saves in the AL and the 5thbest save percentage in the Major Leagues did not allow a run in his 37 appearances ending with a save, the first pitcher to record that many saves without yielding a run in those outings since Atlanta s Craig Kimbrel (46) in 2011 posted a 1.36 ERA (6 ER, 39.2 IP) in save situations, 2nd-lowest in the Majors (min. 20 save opps) to Baltimore s Zach Britton (0.38/2 ER, 47.2 IP) became the first pitcher to save 4 straight team games three times in a season since the Dodgers Eric Gagne in 2003; Colomé accomplished this feat May 4-8, June 3-6 and July (Elias Sports Bureau) converted his first 21 consecutive save opportunities (4/5-7/21), a club record to begin a season and one shy 2

7 COLOMÉ (continued) of the club record at any point in the season (Fernando Rodney, 22, 5/27-8/13/12) made 19 consecutive scoreless appearances (21.0 IP), May 4 June 15 earned his first career save on April 17 vs. Chicago-AL in his 400th professional appearance on the 15-day disabled list from June 28 (retro to 6/19) to July 5 with right biceps tendinitis overall, was 2-4 with 37 saves and a 1.91 ERA (12 ER, 56.2 IP) with 71 strikeouts and 15 walks in 57 relief appearances with Tampa Bay. POSTSEASON EXPERIENCE: None WORLD BASEBALL CLASSIC: Pitched for the Dominican Republic in the 2017 World Baseball Classic went 1-0 with a 4.15 ERA (2 ER, 4.1 IP) with 5 strikeouts and 2 walks in 5 relief appearances earned the win for Team DR after working a scoreless 8th inning in a 7-5 win over Team USA on March 11 at Marlins Park in Miami. COLOMÉ s PLAYING RECORD YEAR CLUB W-L ERA G GS CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR HB BB SO WP BK 2007 DSL Devil Rays Princeton Hudson Valley Bowling Green Charlotte Charlotte Montgomery Montgomery Durham Durham TAMPA BAY Charlotte TAMPA BAY Durham Charlotte # Durham # TAMPA BAY TAMPA BAY TAMPA BAY Minor Lg Totals ML Totals ALL-STAR GAME YEAR CLUB, SITE W-L ERA G GS CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR HB BB SO WP BK 2016 AL, San Diego DID NOT PITCH WORLD BASEBALL CLASSIC YEAR CLUB W-L ERA G GS CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR HB BB SO WP BK 2017 Dominican Republic COLOMÉ s CAREER TRANSACTIONS Signed by Tampa Bay as an international free agent, March 20, 2007 signed by Rays scout Eddy Toledo. On 15-day disabled list, June 29 Nov. 4, 2013, with a strained right elbow transferred to the 60-day disabled list on Aug. 30. On MLB Suspended List, March 24 May 26, On 15-day disabled list, March 28 May 1, 2015, with pneumonia included a rehab assignment with Charlotte and Durham. On 15-day disabled list, June 28 July 5, 2016, with right biceps tendinitis. Acquired by Seattle from Tampa Bay along with Denard Span (of) and cash considerations in exchange for Andrew Moore (rhp) and Tommy Romero (rhp), May 25,

8 ROENIS ELÍAS (55) POSITION: Left-Handed Pitcher 2017: Lone Appearance Made his only Major League appearance of the season on Sept. 4 vs. Toronto with Boston struck out 1 and walked 1 in 0.1 innings pitched was recalled from AAA Pawtucket on Sept. 1. DL Time Spent the majority of the 2017 season on the disabled list with Boston began the season on the 10-day DL with a right oblique strain transferred to the 60-day DL on June 15 combined for 7 rehab starts with high-a Salem, short-a Lowell, AA Portland and AAA Pawtucket activated from the 60-day DLand optioned to Patucket on Aug. 17, where he made 3 more starts. AGE: 29, turns 30 on Aug. 1 BORN: in Guantanamo, Cuba BATS: Left THROWS: Left HEIGHT: 5-11 WEIGHT: 197 ML SERVICE: 2 years, 119 days CONTRACT STATUS: Signed through 2018 ACQUIRED: In trade with Boston in exchange for a player to be named later or cash considerations on PRONUNCIATION: Roenis (roh-en-ees) Elías (ehl-lee-us) ELÍAS s CAREER HIGHS MOST STRIKEOUTS: STARTER: 10 2 times, last: 6/19/15 vs. HOU RELIEVER: 1 3 times, last: 9/4/17 vs. TOR w/bos LOW-HIT GAME: 3 6/1/14 vs. DET LONGEST WINNING STREAK: 2 4 times, last: 5/20 25/15 LONGEST LOSING STREAK: 4 6/24 9/7/15 MOST INNINGS: STARTER: 9.0 6/1/14 vs. DET RELIEVER: 2.0 8/14/16 vs. ARI w/bos PERSONAL: Roenis Leliebre Elias resides in Austin, Texas with wife, Vanessa, son, Roenis Jr., and daughter, Romina defected from Cuba to Mexico in late 2010 after playing for Guantanamo in Serie Nacional. 2011: Began pro career with Peoria in the Arizona, appearing in one game before transferring to Pulaski on July 18 recorded first career win July 24 at Danville (4.0,3,0,0,0,1). 2012: Led High Desert in wins only the 4th pitcher in franchise history to start at least 25 games and have an ERA under 4.00 in a single season led the team with 12 quality starts including 6 of his final 8 starts of the season. 2013: Spent entire season with AA Jackson, making 22 starts, 14 quality starts finished 7th in the Southern League in ERA, while ranking 4th amongst league starters in SO/9.0 IP (8.38) named to the Southern League All-Star team. 2014: Made his first career Opening Day roster despite not having pitched above AA went with a 3.85 ERA (70 ER, IP) with 143 strikeouts and 64 walks in 29 starts during his rookie season with the Mariners became the 7th rookie pitcher in club history to record at least 10 wins in a season, the first since John Halama (11) and Freddy Garcia (17) in 1999 was one of 7 MLB rookies to record 10 or more wins in 2014 among American League rookie pitchers, ranked 3rd in starts and innings pitched, T4th in strikeouts and 7th in wins posted a 2.31 ERA (3-4 record) in 10 starts following the All- Star break; was 7-8 with a 4.54 ERA (57 ER, 113.0) in 19 starts before the break tossed a 3-hit shutout on June 1 vs. Detroit, becoming the first Mariners rookie pitcher to throw a shutout since Freddy Garcia on Aug. 24, 1999 vs. Detroit made his Major League debut April 3 at Oakland, allowing 1 run on 2 hits while striking out 4 and walking 2 in 5.0 innings of work; had a no-hitter through 4.2 innings became the 6th starting pitcher in Mariners history to allow 1 or fewer runs in a MLB debut struck out a career-high 10 batters on May 1 at New York-AL became the 2nd opposing rookie pitcher to strike out 10 or more in his Yankee Stadium debut in the past 45 seasons (also: Matt Moore-TB, 9/22/11, 11 K) shut down for the season after leaving his start on Sept. 16 at LAA with a strained flexor bundle in his left elbow. 1

9 ELÍAS (continued) 2015: Compiled a record of 5-8 with a 4.14 ERA (53 ER, IP) with 97 strikeouts and 44 walks in 22 games (20 starts) over two stints with Seattle allowed 1 or fewer earned runs in 6 starts, 2 or fewer earned runs in 11 starts and 3 or fewer earned runs in 15 of 20 starts equaled a career-high with 10 strikeouts on June 19 vs. Houston (also: 5/1/14 at NYY) between July 21, 2014 and May 25, 2015, allowed 3 runs or fewer in 16 consecutive starts made 2 relief appearances, both scoreless, tossing 1.0 scoreless inning on Aug. 24 vs. Oakland and striking out his only batter on Sept. 18 at Texas optioned to AAA Tacoma on July 3 recalled from AAA Tacoma on April 26 and made 13 starts with the Mariners before being optioned back to Tacoma on July 3 after being recalled by Seattle on Aug. 23, finished the season with 9 starts for the Mariners in 12 starts with the Rainiers, was 4-2 with a 7.34 ERA (50 ER, 61.1 IP). 2016: Joined the Boston organization after an offseason trade made 3 appearances, including 1 start, over 3 stints with the Red Sox was 0-1 with a ERA (11 ER, 7.2 IP) with 3 strikeouts and 5 walks in 21 games (19 starts) with AAA Pawtucket, went 10-5 with a 3.60 ERA (50 ER, IP) with 113 strikeouts and 57 walks struck out 13 on May 18 vs. Norfolk (Baltimore), the most strikeouts by a PawSox pitcher since a 15-strikeout performance by Jin Ho Cho in 1999 on the minor league disabled list, July with a lower back strain made back-to-back starts of 6.0 scoreless innings to finish the season for Pawtucket following the seaon, appeared in 12 games (11 starts) for Aguilas in the Dominican Winter League. POSTSEASON EXPERIENCE: None ELÍAS s PLAYING RECORD YEAR CLUB W-L ERA G GS CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR HB BB SO WP BK 2011 AZL Mariners Pulaski Clinton High Desert Jackson SEATTLE Tacoma Tacoma SEATTLE Pawtucket BOSTON Salem # Lowell # Portland # Pawtucket # BOSTON Minor Lg Totals ML Totals ELÍAS s CAREER TRANSACTIONS Signed by Seattle as a minor league free agent on May 3, 2011 signed by Mariners scouts Ted Heid and Patrick Guerrero. Acquired by Boston from Seattle along with Carson Smith (rhp) in exchange for Wade Miley (lhp) and Jonathan Aro (rhp) on Dec. 7, On 10-day disabled list, April 1 Aug. 17, 2017, with a right oblique strain tranferred to the 60-day DL on June 15 included rehab assignments with Salem, Lowell, Portland and Pawtucket. Acquired by Seattle from Boston in exchange for a player to be named later or cash considerations on April 23,

10 2017: The Totals Hit.181 (41x226) with 35 runs, 7 doubles, 10 home runs, 27 RBI and 29 walks in 106 games with Arizona. Getting Defensive Made 54 starts at 4 different positions: 35 at catcher, 17 in left field, 1 in right field and 1 at 1st base. Catching On Posted a 3.17 catcher ERA, lowest in the Majors among players with at least 40 appearances at catcher. Career Year Hit double-digits in home runs for the first time in his career also set career-highs in games, runs and walks. CHRIS HERRMANN (26) POSITION: Catcher AGE: 30 BORN: in Tomball, TX BATS: Left THROWS: Right HEIGHT: 6-0 WEIGHT: 200 ML SERVICE: 4 years, 1 day CONTRACT STATUS: Signed through 2018 ACQUIRED: Signed by Seattle as a minor league free agent on April 5, HERRMANN s CAREER HIGHS MOST HITS: 3 6 times; last: 6/24/16 at COL w/ari MOST HOME RUNS: 2 5/8/16 at ATL w/ari MOST RBI: 4 2 times; last: 4/23/16 vs. PIT w/ari MOST STOLEN BASES: 1 10 times, last: 9/20/17 at SD w/ari LONGEST HITTING STREAK: 5 3 times, last: 6/19-26/16 CAREER GRAND SLAMS: 1 7/23/13 at LAA w/min In a Leading Role Hit a leadoff home run in his first career start batting leadoff on June 26 vs. the Phillies on the same day, Chicago-NL s Willson Contreras hit a leadoff home run in his first career start batting leadoff it was the first time in Major League history that two different players hit leadoff home runs in their first starts batting leadoff on the same day (Elias Sports Bureau). PERSONAL: Christopher Ryan Herrmann resides in Montgomery, TX with wife, Shelby, and son, Crew graduated from Tomball HS (TX) in 2006 attended Alvin Community College (TX) and the University of Miami named to the NJCAA D-1 All-America Team and the JUCO World Series All-Tournament Team in 2008 honored with NJCAA Rawlings Big Stick Award as a junior in 2009, led Miami in batting (.341), runs (59) and OBP (.458). 2009: Made his pro debut with Elizabethton in the rookie-level Appalachian League, batting.297 (70x236) with 45 runs, 14 doubles, 1 triple, 7 home runs, 30 RBI, 33 walks and a.391 on-base percentage in 59 games. 2010: Named to the Florida State Midseason All-Star Team hit.219 (78x356) with 34 runs, 17 doubles, 3 triples, 2 home runs, 30 RBI, 41 walks and a.310 on-base percentage in 107 games. 2011: Began the season with high-a Fort Myers, where he hit.310 (27x87) with 14 runs, 5 doubles, 1 triple, 1 home run, 16 RBI, 15 walks and a.404 on-base percentage in 24 games promoted to AA New Britain, where he hit.258 (87x337) with 53 runs, 14 doubles, 5 triples, 7 home runs, 46 RBI, 64 walks and a.380 on-base mark in 97 games appeared in 15 games with Mesa in the Arizona Fall League, batting.380 (19x50) with 11 runs, 6 doubles, 2 home runs, 9 RBI, 7 walks and a.456 on-base percentage. 2012: Earned a spot on the Easter League Midseason All-Star Team with AA New Britain, where he hit.276 (135x490) with 91 runs, 25 doubles, 1 triple, 10 home runs, 61 RBI, 58 walks and a.350 on-base percentage in 127 games ranked 3rd in the Eastern League in runs scored made his Major League debut with the Twins on Sept. 16 vs. the White Sox collected his first career hit in a pinch hit appearance on Sept. 26 vs. the Yankees; singled off Cody Eppley overall, went 1-for-18 (.056) with 1 RBI and 1 walk in 7 games with the Twins appeared in 3 games with Peoria in the Arizona Fall League before being shut down for the winter with inflammation in his left shoulder went 5-for-10 (.500) with 3 runs, 1 double and 2 walks in 3 games with Peoria entered the season as the No. 14 prospect in the Twins organization, according to Baseball America. 2013: In 57 games with the Twins, hit.204 (32x157) with 16 runs, 7 doubles, 4 home runs, 18 RBI and 18 walks hit his first home run off Jeremy Bonderman on June 2 vs. Seattle started the season with AAA Rochester, batting.227 (56x247) with 31 runs, 9 doubles, 3 triples, 2 home runs, 22 RBI and 24 RBI played with Estrellas in the Dominican Winter League. 1

11 HERRMANN (continued) 2014: Spent the majority of the season with AAA Rochester, where he hit.304 (62x204) with 31 runs, 18 doubles, 4 triples, 5 home runs, 26 RBI, 21 walks and a.373 on-base percentage in 60 games appeared in 33 games over 4 stints with the Twins, batting.213 (16x75) with 8 runs, 3 doubles, 4 RBI and 4 walks had two stints on the minor league disabled list: May 31 June 12 with a sprained right wrist and July 22 Aug. 4 with a right thumb contusion. 2015: Named to his first career Opening Day roster with Minnesota in 45 games with the Twins, hit.146 (15x103) with 13 runs, 5 doubles, 1 triple, 2 home runs, 10 RBI and 7 walks also played in 23 games with AAA Rochester, where he hit.260 (19x73) with 9 runs, 3 doubles, 1 home run, 6 RBI and 11 walks. 2016: In his first season with the Diamondbacks, hit.284 (42x148) with 21 runs, 5 doubles, 4 triples, 6 home runs, 28 RBI, 16 walks and a.352 on-base percentage on the 15- day disabled list, July 17 Sept. 6, with a strained right hamstring, which included rehab appearances with the AZL Diamondbacks and AAA Reno underwent seasonending surgery to repair two broken metacarpals in his left hand on Sept. 13 by Dr. Don Sheridan threw out 6-of-17 (35.3%) attempted basestealers made starts defensively at catcher (29), left field (3), right field (2) and center field (1) recorded his first career multi-home run game on May 8 at Atlanta, becoming the first player with multiple home runs on an 0-2 count since Lance Berkman did so for the Astros on July 9, 2000 vs. Kansas City became the first player in the Major Leagues to make a start at catcher and in center field in the same season since Brandon Inge for the Tigers in 2008 in 18 games in the month of May, hit.377 (20x53) with 11 runs, 1 double, 3 triples, 3 home runs, 14 RBI, 7 walks, a.443 on-base percentage and a.679 slugging mark (1.122 OPS) among Nationa League leaders for the month of May, ranked 3rd in slugging and OPS, 5th in batting and 6th in OBP. POSTSEASON EXPERIENCE: None. HERRMANN s PLAYING RECORD YEAR CLUB AVG G AB R H TB 2B 3B HR RBI SH SF HB BB SO SB CS SLG OBP 2009 Elizabethton Fort Myers Fort Myers New Britain New Britain MINNESOTA Rochester MINNESOTA Rochester MINNESOTA MINNESOTA Rochester ARIZONA AZL Diamondbacks # Reno # ARIZONA Minor Lg Totals ML Totals # MLB Rehab Assignment HERRMANN s CAREER TRANSACTIONS Selected by Baltimore in the 10th round of the 2008 MLB First-Year Player Draft did not sign. Selected by Minnesota in the 6th round of the 2009 MLB First-Year Player Draft signed by Twins scout Hector Otero. Acquired by Arizona from Minnesota in exchange for Daniel Palka (of) on Nov. 10, On 15-day disabled list, July 17 Sept. 6, 2016, with a strained right hamstring included a rehab assignment with AZL Diamondbacks and Reno. Signed by Seattle as a minor league free agent on April 5,

12 WADE LeBLANC (49) POSITION: Left-Handed Pitcher AGE: 33 BORN: in Lake Charles, LA BATS: Left THROWS: Left HEIGHT: 6-3 WEIGHT: 209 ML SERVICE: 4 years, 131 days CONTRACT STATUS: Signed through 2018 ACQUIRED: Signed as free agent on March 25, : The Totals Was 5-2 with 1 save and a 4.50 ERA (34 ER, 68.0 IP) in 50 appearances with the Pittsburgh Pirates. Career Highs His 50 relief appearances were a career high. Go Long Tossed a season-high 5.1 IP 4/10 vs. CIN (1 H, 1 R, 1 HR), the 2nd-longest relief appearance of his career (6.1 IP 5/30/14 w/laa). Save Me Notched 3rd career save May 2 at CIN. Unusual Placed on disabled list for first time in his career Aug with a left quad strain. LeBLANC s CAREER HIGHS MOST STRIKEOUTS: 10 9/23/11 vs LAD (with SD) LOW-HIT GAME: None LONGEST WINNING STREAK: 8 9/23/14-5/21/17 (w/nyy-sea-pit) LONGEST LOSING STREAK: 5 4/4/13-5/6/13 (with MIA) MOST INNINGS: 8.0 4/24/11 vs. PHI (with SD) PERSONAL: Wade Matthew LeBlanc resides in Lake Charles, LA with wife Natalie and two children Jackson and Eli graduated from Alfred M. Barbe High School (La.); was selected by Tampa Bay in 36th round of 2003 First Year Player Draft but did not sign... played college baseball at the University of Alabama was named the SEC Freshman of the Year in 2004 and earned 2004 National Freshman of the Year honors from Baseball America and Collegiate Baseball is the all-time strikeout leader (334) for the Crimson Tide and his 46 starts rank second. CAREER: Spent parts of nine Major League seasons with San Diego ( ), Miami ( ), Los Angeles-AL (2014), New York-AL (2014), Seattle (2016) and Pittsburgh ( ) as well as spending the 2015 season in Japan (Seibu). 2006: Selected by the Padres in the second round of the First Year Player Draft out of the University of Alabama began season with Short-A Eugene posting a 1-0 record with a 4.29 ERA (10 ER, 21.0 IP) in 7 games (3 starts) earned the win in his profesional debut on June 29 at Vancouver finished season with A Fort Wayne went 4-1 with a 2.20 ERA (8 ER, 32.2 IP). 2007: Began season with A Lake Elsinore going 6-5 with a 2.64 ERA (27 ER, 92.0 IP) in 16 starts was named Padres Minor League Pitcher of the Month (August) after finishing august with a 3-1 record and a 2.67 ERA (8ER, 27.0 IP) in 5 starts for AA San Antonio during the month, he struck out 29 batters and walked 8, holding opponents to a.198 batting average (19-for-96) promoted to AA San Antonio July 4 went 7-3 with a 3.45 ERA (22 ER, 57.1 IP) in 12 games (11 starts) led all Padres minor leaguers with 145 strikeouts was the winning pitcher of the Texas League Division Series game on September 7, tossing 6.0 scoreless innings and striking out : Spent majority of season with AAA Portland, pitching in 26 games (25 starts) with an 11-9 record and a 5.32 ERA (82 ER, IP) ranked 2nd in the Pacific Coast League in strikeouts (139) and T3rd in wins (11) named the PCL Pitcher of the week two times (5/26-6/1 and 7/28-8/3) Made Major League debut with San Diego on September 3 at Los Angeles (NL) overall went 1-3 with an 8.02 ERA (19 ER, 21.1 IP) with 14 strikeouts and 15 walks recorded first Major League win on September 15 at Colorado, allowing 4 runs over 6.0 innings with a career high 6 strikeouts. 2009: Split the season between AAA Portland and San Diego, making three stints with Padres went 4-9 with a 3.87 ERA (52 ER, IP) in 24 games (20 starts) with Portland and 3-1 with a 3.69 ERA (19 ER, 46.1 IP) in 9 starts with San Diego worked a careerhigh 7.0 IP two times, including a shutout, two-hit game on October 3 vs. San Francisco. 2010: Began season with AAA Portland, making 2 starts before being recalled by San Diego on April 18 made a career-high 25 starts going 8-12 with a 4.25 ERA (69 ER, IP)

13 in 26 games made one relief appearance posted a career-best 20.1-inning scoreless streak from 4/18-5/4, marking the longest streak by a a Padres lefty since 1990 (Bruce Hurst - 27 IP) went 2-0 with a 1.61 ERA (5 ER, 28.0 IP) in his first 5 starts for San Diego picked off 8 base runners, tied for the second-most in the Majors. 2011: Split the season between AAA Tucson and San Diego posted a 9-1 record with a 4.30 ERA (51 ER, IP) in 17 games with Tucson and a 5-6 record with a 4.63 ERA (41ER, 79.2 IP) in 14 games with San Diego worked a career-high 8.0 innings with San Diego on April 24 finished the season tied for the team lead in Tucson with 9 wines named the Pacific Coast League Pitcher of the week for 6/27-7/ : Began season with AAA New Orleans posting a 5-5 record with a 4.63 ERA (41 ER, 98.2 IP) in 16 starts named Pacific Coast League Pitcher of the Week for May tossed season hight9.0 innings May 25 vs. Omaha, allowing 1 run on 5 hits allowed more than 2 runs in just 4 of 16 starts promoted to Miami on July 1, split time between bullpen and starting rotation made 16 relief appearances, going 1-1 with a 2.53 ERA as a starter, went 2-5 with a 3.67 ERA. 2013: Started the season with Miami went 1-5 with a 5.18 ERA (28 ER, 48.2 IP) recording 31 strikeouts and 15 walks in 13 games (7 starts) was claimed off waivers by Houston on June 9 split rest of season between Houston and AAA Oklahoma City posted an 0-0 record with a 7.11 ERA (5 ER, 6.1 IP) in 4 games with Houston finished the season with a 3-1 record with a 4.71 ERA (26 ER, 49.2 IP) in 19 games (7 starts) with OKC. 2014: Finished the 2014 season with a 1-1 record and 3.94 ERA (13 ER, 29.2 IP) in 11 games (3 starts) with the Angels and Yankees in final 7 games (2 starts) of season, went 1-0 and did not allow a run in 17.1 IP, while striking out 12 and walking 1 in 3 starts with Angels, went 1-1 with a 3.86 ERA (6 ER, 14.0 IP) and 7 strikeouts. 2015: Was 2-5 with a 4.23 ERA (21 ER, 44.2 IP) in 8 starts with the Seibu Lions in the Japan Pacific League. 2016: Combined to go 4-0 with 2 saves and a 3.77 ERA (62.0 IP, 26 ER) in 19 games (8 GS) with Seattle and Pittsburgh...started year with Toronto organization, and was 7-2, 1.71 in 14 GS with AAA Buffalo...traded to Seattle June 22, and was 3-0, with 1 save and a 4.50 ERA in 11 games (8 GS)...recorded first MLB save July 23 at TOR...traded to PIT Sept. 13 and made 8 relief appearances (1-0, 0.75 with 1 save). POSTSEASON EXPERIENCE: None. LeBLANC s PLAYING RECORD YEAR CLUB W-L ERA G GS CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR HBP BB SO WP BK 2006 Eugene Fort Wayne Lake Elsinore San Antonio Portland SAN DIEGO Portland SAN DIEGO Portland SAN DIEGO Tucson SAN DIEGO New Orleans MIAMI Oklahoma City MIAMI HOUSTON Salt Lake NEW YORK-AL LOS ANGELES-AL Seibu Buffalo SEATTLE PITTSBURGH PITTSBURGH Minor Lg. Totals Japan Totals AL Totals NL Totals ML Totals

14 LeBLANC s CAREER TRANSACTIONS Selected by Tampa Bay in 36th round of the 2003 First Year Player draft, but did not sign. Selected by San Diego in the 2nd round of the 2006 First Year Player draft; signed by San Diego Scout Bob Filotei. Acquired by Florida from San Diego, in exchange for John Baker (c), Nov. 22, Claimed off waivers by Houston from Miami, June 8, Declined outright assignment and became free agent, Oct. 1, Signed as a minor league free agent with Los Angeles (AL), Nov. 11, Claimed off waivers by New York (AL) from Los Angeles (AL), June 3, Declined outright assignment and became free agent, June 15, Signed by Los Angeles (AL) as a minor league free agent, June 17, Signed by Seibu Lions (Japan) as free agent, Dec. 12, Signed by Toronto as minor league free agent, Dec. 18, Acquired by Seattle from Toronto for a PTBNL, June 22, Acquired by Pittsburgh from Seattle for a PTBNL, Sept. 13, Signed as a minor league free agent by New York-AL, Jan. 17, Released by New York-AL, March 22, Signed as a free agent by Seattle, March 25,

15 DENARD SPAN (4) 2017: The Totals Hit.272 (135x497) with 73 runs, 31 doubles, 5 triples, 12 home runs, 43 RBI, 12 stolen bases, 40 walks, a.329 on-base percentage and a.427 slugging mark (.756 OPS) in 129 games with San Francisco. Leader Led the Giants with 73 runs scored, depsite a stint on the 10-day DL. Getting Defensive Made all of his defensive appearances in center field, including 116 starts his 116 starts in center were 8th-most in the NL. POSITION: Outfielder AGE: 34 BORN: in Washington, DC BATS: Left THROWS: Left HEIGHT: 6-0 WEIGHT: 210 ML SERVICE: 9 years, 111 days CONTRACT STATUS: Signed through 2018 with club option for 2019 ACQUIRED: In trade with Tampa Bay along with Alex Colomé (rhp) and cash considerations in exchange for Andrew Moore (rhp) and Tommy Romero (rhp) on May SPAN s CAREER HIGHS MOST HITS: 5 5 times; last: 6/2/17 at PHI w/sf MOST HOME RUNS: 2 2 times; last: 9/1/14 at LAD w/was MOST RBI: 6 9/26/09 at KC w/min MOST STOLEN BASES: 3 9/14/13 vs. PHI w/was LONGEST HITTING STREAK: 29 8/17 9/18/13 w/was CAREER GRAND SLAMS: None Goodbye Baseball Belted a career-high 12 home runs, marking the second time in his career to hit double digits in home runs (also: 11, 2016 w/sf). Power and Speed Reached double digits in home runs and stolen bases for the 2nd year in a row joined Charlie Blackmon-COL and Ryan Braun-MIL as the only National League outfielders with 10+ home runs and 10+ steals in 2016 and Do the Splits Posted a.284/.339/.465 slash line vs. right-handed pitchers, going 111-for- 391 with 12 home runs vs. left-handers, had a.226/.293/.283 slash line, going 24-for-106. Heating Up Hit.374 (40x107) with 21 runs, 6 doubles, 3 triples, 2 home runs, 8 RBI and 9 walks in 27 games in the month of June led the National League in hits in June, while also ranking 3rd in batting, T7th in runs and 8th in on-base percentage (.427). Clutch Hit.345 (30x87) with runners in scoring position among National Leaguers with at least 75 plate appearances with RISP, his.345 average was 15th-best. Good Start Hit 3 leadoff home runs: May 12 vs. Cincinnati, June 30 at Pittsburgh and Aug. 19 vs. Philadelphia his 3 leadoff homers ranked T5th-most in the NL (also: 5 others). Inside Track On Aug. 19 at Philadelphia, led off the game with an inside-the-park home run off Jerad Eickhoff according to the Elias Sports Bureau, Span was the first player to begin a game with an inside-the-park home run since Johnny Rucker did so for the New York Giants on June 20, 1945 vs. the Boston Braves at the Polo Grounds marked Span s first career inside-the-park home run. Four Score On June 30 at Pittsburgh, homered off Gerrit Cole to begin the game and went on to finish with 4 hits and a career-high-tying 4 runs became the first Giants player to hit a leadoff home run and finish with at least 4 hits and 4 runs since Bobby Bonds on June 6, 1973 at Pittsburgh. DL Stint Placed on the 15-day disabled list with a sprained right shoulder on April 26 activated on May 11 in 2 games on a rehab assignment with high-a San Jose, went 2-for-6 with 1 walk. PERSONAL: Keiunta Denard Span married the former Anne Schleper in January 2017 she was a member of the 2014 U.S. Olympic hockey team and three-time World Champion the couple welcomed their first child, Denard James, this past offseason resides in Odessa, FL after being raised by his mother, Wanda, in a single-parent home, established the Denard Span Foundation in Tampa Bay, focused on support for single-parent families hosts an annual holiday event in Tampa that recognizes single mothers and provides gifts for their children during his high school career, led Tampa Bay Catholic High School to the 2001 state championship; was all-state as a junior and a senior selected by Minnesota in the 1st round (20th overall) of the 2002 MLB First-Year Player Draft out of Tampa Bay Catholic HS inducted into Tampa Bay Catholic s Baseball Hall of Fame on Feb. 10, 2010.