2B Rick Branco #8
Arlington Stars (WIN) A-
Age: 27 | Bats: R | Throws: R | Morale: Normal
12/31/2027
BNN Index | A- | SCORES | STANDINGS | STATS | TEAMS | PLAYERS | TRANSACTIONS | HISTORY
2B RICK BRANCO #8 - AGE: 27 - BATS: R - THROWS: R - MORALE: NORMAL
G AB H 2B 3B HR RBI BB K AVG OBP SLG SB WAR
33 137 44 8 1 6 28 12 19 .321 .373 .526 1 0.9
BATTING RATINGS (OSA)
Overall Pot. Overall Vs Left Vs Right Pot.  
Contact 4 4 4 5
BABIP 4 4 4 5
Avoid K's 5 5 4 5
Gap 5 5 5 7
Power 4 5 4 5
Eye 4 4 4 4
FIELDING RATINGS
Catcher Infield Outfield
Range: - 55 40
Errors: - 45 35
Arm: 20 45 30
Turn DP: - 45 -
Framing: 20 - -
POSITION RATINGS
Pitcher: - Shortstop: 30
Catcher: - Left Field: 25
1st Base: 55 Center Field: -
2nd Base: 45 Right Field: 20
3rd Base: 35
       
RUN/BUNT
Running Speed: 60
Stealing Aggressiveness: 50
Stealing Ability: 40
Baserunning Inst.: 35
Sacrifice Bunt: 30
Bunt for Hit: 20
   
GAME LOG, LAST 10 GAMES
Date Vs. Result AB R H BI HR BB K SB
06/19/2027 @ EPM Win, 8-5 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0
06/18/2027 @ EPM Loss, 3-7 3 1 2 0 0 1 0 0
06/16/2027 TUL Loss, 5-18 4 0 1 1 0 1 1 0
06/15/2027 TUL Win, 9-8 3 2 1 1 0 2 1 0
06/14/2027 TUL Loss, 4-5 8 1 3 2 1 0 0 0
06/12/2027 YUM Loss, 2-4 4 0 2 0 0 0 0 0
06/11/2027 YUM Win, 9-0 5 2 3 0 0 0 0 0
06/10/2027 YUM Loss, 5-6 6 0 1 0 0 0 2 0
06/08/2027 @ SDA Loss, 3-6 4 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
06/07/2027 @ SDA Win, 8-2 5 2 2 0 0 0 0 0
PERSONALITY
He is a leader in the clubhouse.
High: Leader
Birthday:12/31/2000
Born in:Orange, CA
Nationality:American
Height:5' 10"
Weight:195 lbs
Local Popularity:Unknown
National Pop.:Unknown
STATUS
Contract:Minor League Contract
Salary:-
Signed Through:-
Major Service:None, None
Service This Yr:None
40-Man Service:None, None
Pro Service:4 Years
Arbitration Eligibility:Arbitration eligible in offseason
Option Years:2 option years left
Contract Extension: -
Drafted:2022, 24th Pick in Round 6
SPBC RESERVE LEAGUE 2027 BATTING STATS
Batting G AB H 2B 3B HR RBI R BB K AVG OBP SLG OPS WOBA ISO wRC+
Overall 33 137 44 8 1 6 28 22 12 19 .321 .373 .526 .899 .388 .204 138
Batting GS PA HP IW CI GDP SH SF TB EBH SB CS SB% RC RC/27 WAR  
Overall 31 150 0 2 0 2 0 1 72 15 1 0 100.0 27.2 7.66 .9  
Batting   AB H 2B 3B HR RBI R BB K SF SH HP AVG OBP SLG OPS
Versus Left   36 11 1 1 3 9 8 5 3 1 0 0 .306 .381 .639 1.020
Versus Right   101 33 7 0 3 19 14 7 16 0 0 0 .327 .370 .485 .856
Batting   AB H 2B 3B HR RBI R BB K SF SH HP AVG OBP SLG OPS
May   78 22 3 1 4 18 11 5 10 1 0 0 .282 .321 .500 .821
June   59 22 5 0 2 10 11 7 9 0 0 0 .373 .439 .559 .999
Career   137 44 8 1 6 28 22 12 19 1 0 0 .321 .373 .526 .899
Home   69 25 6 0 2 14 11 7 9 1 0 0 .362 .416 .536 .952
Road   68 19 2 1 4 14 11 5 10 0 0 0 .279 .329 .515 .843
Grass   132 41 8 1 5 24 21 11 18 1 0 0 .311 .361 .500 .861
Turf   5 3 0 0 1 4 1 1 1 0 0 0 .600 .667 1.200 1.867
Day   137 44 8 1 6 28 22 12 19 1 0 0 .321 .373 .526 .899
As Starter   137 44 8 1 6 28 22 11 19 1 0 0 .321 .369 .526 .895
As Reliever / Substitution   0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 1.000 .000 1.000
Close/Late   30 8 1 1 0 4 1 2 5 0 0 0 .267 .312 .367 .679
Inning 1-3   51 19 5 0 3 14 9 2 7 1 0 0 .373 .389 .647 1.036
Inning 4-6   39 14 2 0 3 10 10 5 3 0 0 0 .359 .432 .641 1.073
Inning 7-9   40 10 0 1 0 4 3 5 9 0 0 0 .250 .333 .300 .633
Extra Innings   7 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .143 .143 .286 .429
0 Outs   43 13 3 0 1 3 8 4 6 0 0 0 .302 .362 .442 .804
1 Outs   45 13 2 0 2 11 8 4 7 1 0 0 .289 .340 .467 .807
2 Outs   49 18 3 1 3 14 6 4 6 0 0 0 .367 .415 .653 1.068
Scoring Position   43 17 4 1 3 23 11 8 5 1 0 0 .395 .481 .744 1.225
Bases Empty   62 15 2 0 1 1 5 3 11 0 0 0 .242 .277 .323 .600
Runner on 1st   32 12 2 0 2 4 6 1 3 0 0 0 .375 .394 .625 1.019
Runner on 2nd   11 4 1 0 2 5 4 3 1 0 0 0 .364 .500 1.000 1.500
Runner on 3rd   6 4 2 0 0 5 2 1 0 0 0 0 .667 .714 1.000 1.714
Runner on 1st & 2nd   16 6 1 1 1 8 3 0 2 0 0 0 .375 .375 .750 1.125
Runner on 1st & 3rd   1 1 0 0 0 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 1.000 2.000
Runner on 2nd & 3rd   3 1 0 0 0 2 0 1 0 1 0 0 .333 .400 .333 .733
Bases Loaded   6 1 0 0 0 2 1 1 2 0 0 0 .167 .286 .167 .452
Two Strikes   69 17 3 0 1 11 9 4 19 0 0 0 .246 .288 .333 .621
First Pitch   23 10 3 0 1 3 4 2 0 1 0 0 .435 .462 .696 1.157
Count 0-1   20 6 1 1 1 5 1 0 0 0 0 0 .300 .300 .600 .900
Count 0-2   16 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 0 0 0 .125 .125 .125 .250
Count 1-0   8 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .125 .125 .125 .250
Count 1-1   5 3 0 0 1 2 3 0 0 0 0 0 .600 .600 1.200 1.800
Count 1-2   23 7 1 0 1 5 4 0 6 0 0 0 .304 .304 .478 .783
Count 2-0   2 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .500 .500 1.000 1.500
Count 2-1   7 4 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 .571 .571 .571 1.143
Count 2-2   15 4 0 0 0 2 1 0 4 0 0 0 .267 .267 .267 .533
Count 3-0   2 2 0 0 2 5 3 4 0 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 4.000 5.000
Count 3-1   1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 .000 .667 .000 .667
Full Count   15 4 2 0 0 4 4 4 3 0 0 0 .267 .421 .400 .821
Behind in Count   59 15 2 1 2 10 5 0 12 0 0 0 .254 .254 .424 .678
Ahead in Count   20 8 1 0 2 7 5 6 0 0 0 0 .400 .538 .750 1.288
Batting Leadoff   5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
Batting 3rd   59 16 5 0 1 8 10 5 6 0 0 0 .271 .328 .407 .735
Batting 4th   65 26 3 0 5 18 12 4 12 1 0 0 .400 .429 .677 1.105
Batting 6th   8 2 0 1 0 2 0 2 1 0 0 0 .250 .400 .500 .900
Batting 8th   0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 1.000 .000 1.000
Low Leverage   53 17 2 0 2 6 8 6 5 0 0 0 .321 .390 .472 .862
Medium Leverage   57 19 4 0 3 14 11 3 9 1 0 0 .333 .361 .561 .922
High Leverage   26 8 2 1 1 8 3 3 4 0 0 0 .308 .379 .577 .956
CAREER BATTING STATS
Year/Team/League Age G AB H 2B 3B HR RBI R BB HP SF K SB CS AVG OBP SLG OPS OPS+ wRC+ WAR
CAREER MINOR LEAGUE BATTING STATS
Year/Team/League Age G AB H 2B 3B HR RBI R BB HP SF K SB CS AVG OBP SLG OPS OPS+ wRC+ WAR
2020 Total - 19 70 290 93 30 15 20 79 76 52 4 2 58 3 3 .321 .428 .734 1.163 100 100 4.8
2021 Total - 20 69 296 89 32 14 21 70 83 48 2 0 78 3 2 .301 .402 .716 1.118 100 100 4.2
2022 Total - 21 74 315 97 32 16 22 81 90 52 2 0 71 3 3 .308 .409 .721 1.130 100 100 4.7
2023 Spokane - A 22 12 42 17 1 2 5 14 8 10 1 0 4 0 0 .405 .528 .881 1.409 261 258 0.9
2023 Golden State - AA 22 10 41 14 1 1 3 8 11 2 0 1 8 1 1 .341 .364 .634 .998 159 165 0.6
2023 Inland Empire - AAA 22 56 202 50 7 3 4 11 27 19 3 0 31 4 0 .248 .321 .371 .693 87 86 -0.5
2024 Greensboro - A 23 19 71 24 4 2 7 23 18 14 1 0 7 0 1 .338 .453 .746 1.200 214 198 0.8
2024 Golden State - AA 23 19 73 19 6 0 4 12 14 9 0 1 14 6 1 .260 .337 .507 .844 124 116 0.5
2024 Raleigh - AAA 23 6 22 5 4 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 4 0 0 .227 .261 .409 .670 70 66 -0.0
2024 Richmond - AA 23 20 74 26 4 2 2 10 13 7 0 1 7 4 4 .351 .402 .541 .943 144 149 0.5
2025 Raleigh - AAA 24 91 338 90 20 1 16 56 40 13 4 4 46 2 3 .266 .298 .473 .771 101 97 0.1
2026 Raleigh - AAA 25 86 315 89 12 6 14 62 44 19 0 5 61 0 3 .283 .319 .492 .811 112 110 0.9
2027 Arlington - A- 26 33 137 44 8 1 6 28 22 12 0 1 19 1 0 .321 .373 .526 .899 140 138 0.9
Total AAA 239 877 234 43 10 34 129 111 52 7 9 142 6 6 .267 .310 .455 .765 101 98
Total AA 49 188 59 11 3 9 30 38 18 0 3 29 11 6 .314 .368 .548 .916 139 139
Total A 31 113 41 5 4 12 37 26 24 2 0 11 0 1 .363 .482 .796 1.278 231 221
Total A- 33 137 44 8 1 6 28 22 12 0 1 19 1 0 .321 .373 .526 .899 140 138
CAREER FIELDING STATS
Year/Team/League POS G GS PO A DP TC E PCT INN RNG ZR EFF PB RSTA RTO RTO%
2023 Inland Empire - AAA 2B 47 46 109 107 22 223 7 .969 408.0 4.76 -7.4 .875
2023 Spokane - A 2B 1 1 2 2 2 4 0 1.000 11.0 3.27 -0.4 1.063
2023 Inland Empire - AAA 3B 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.0 0.00 0.0 .000
2023 Inland Empire - AAA SS 6 4 6 15 4 21 0 1.000 36.0 5.25 -0.4 1.054
2023 Golden State - AA SS 10 10 18 35 8 55 2 .964 89.0 5.36 +0.1 .968
2023 Spokane - A SS 3 3 7 9 2 16 0 1.000 26.0 5.54 -0.7 .966
2024 Raleigh - AAA 1B 1 1 10 2 0 12 0 1.000 9.0 12.00 +0.1 1.031
2024 Golden State - AA 1B 12 12 96 9 11 106 1 .991 107.1 8.80 +0.0 .975
2024 Richmond - AA 1B 2 2 19 0 3 19 0 1.000 17.0 10.06 +0.0 1.032
2024 Greensboro - A 1B 17 17 121 9 10 132 2 .985 147.0 7.96 -1.2 .983
2024 Raleigh - AAA 2B 1 1 1 4 0 5 0 1.000 9.0 5.00 +0.2 1.040
2024 Golden State - AA 2B 5 5 10 15 5 26 1 .962 45.0 5.00 -0.1 .952
2024 Richmond - AA 2B 14 13 38 31 11 72 3 .958 114.0 5.45 -2.7 .834
2024 Greensboro - A 2B 2 0 0 1 0 1 0 1.000 4.0 2.25 +0.0 1.056
2024 Raleigh - AAA 3B 3 2 1 5 0 7 1 .857 23.0 2.35 +0.0 1.062
2024 Richmond - AA 3B 1 1 3 1 0 4 0 1.000 9.0 4.00 +0.1 1.069
2024 Greensboro - A 3B 1 1 0 1 0 1 0 1.000 8.0 1.12 +0.0 1.071
2024 Golden State - AA SS 1 1 3 5 0 8 0 1.000 9.0 8.00 +0.1 1.059
2024 Richmond - AA SS 1 1 0 1 0 1 0 1.000 9.0 1.00 -0.0 1.059
2024 Greensboro - A SS 1 1 3 2 0 5 0 1.000 10.0 4.50 +0.1 1.079
2025 Raleigh - AAA 1B 41 41 321 23 33 346 2 .994 343.0 9.03 -1.4 .968
2025 Raleigh - AAA 2B 15 12 28 32 6 61 1 .984 112.0 4.82 -1.1 .896
2025 Raleigh - AAA 3B 1 1 0 5 0 5 0 1.000 12.0 3.75 +0.1 1.051
2025 Raleigh - AAA SS 5 5 12 16 3 29 1 .966 48.0 5.25 -1.1 .860
2026 Raleigh - AAA 1B 20 16 150 17 7 167 0 1.000 150.2 9.98 -0.1 .996
2026 Raleigh - AAA 2B 13 13 16 35 5 51 0 1.000 117.2 3.90 -1.2 .939
2026 Raleigh - AAA 3B 17 17 15 38 1 57 4 .930 149.1 3.19 -0.7 .960
2026 Raleigh - AAA SS 2 2 3 8 1 12 1 .917 18.0 5.50 +0.0 .986
2026 Raleigh - AAA LF 9 8 13 0 0 13 0 1.000 68.0 1.72 -1.3 .941
2026 Raleigh - AAA RF 1 1 3 0 0 3 0 1.000 9.0 3.00 +0.1 .998
2027 Arlington - A- 1B 7 7 54 5 5 59 0 1.000 61.0 8.70 +0.4 1.034
2027 Arlington - A- 2B 3 0 1 3 1 4 0 1.000 5.0 7.20 +0.2 1.065
2027 Arlington - A- 3B 1 1 0 4 0 4 0 1.000 9.0 4.00 +0.2 1.075
2027 Arlington - A- SS 11 11 12 25 5 42 5 .881 103.0 3.23 -2.4 .875
2027 Arlington - A- LF 2 2 5 0 0 5 0 1.000 18.0 2.50 -0.7 .830
2027 Arlington - A- RF 4 4 6 0 0 8 2 .750 36.0 1.50 -0.2 .868
TOTAL 1B 100 96 771 65 69 841 5 .994 835.0 9.01 -2.2 .984
TOTAL 2B 101 91 205 230 52 447 12 .973 825.2 4.74 -12.5 .895
TOTAL 3B 24 23 19 54 1 78 5 .936 210.1 3.12 -0.3 .988
TOTAL SS 40 38 64 116 23 189 9 .952 348.0 4.66 -4.5 .943
TOTAL LF 11 10 18 0 0 18 0 1.000 86.0 1.88 -2.0 .911
TOTAL RF 5 5 9 0 0 11 2 .818 45.0 1.80 -0.1 .907
PLAYER HISTORY
01/01/2021 OSA scouting updated ratings (potential): Contact: 4 (7); Power: 3 (4); Eye: 4 (5).
01/01/2022 OSA scouting updated ratings (potential): Contact: 4 (7); Power: 3 (4); Eye: 4 (5).
10/30/2022 Drafted in the 2022 first-year player draft out of college (Cornell College; Mount Vernon, IA) by the San Diego Roadrunners. (Round 6, Pick 24, 114th overall pick).
01/01/2023 OSA scouting updated ratings (potential): Contact: 5 (7); Power: 3 (4); Eye: 4 (6).
06/19/2023 Wins the A PLW Player of the Week Award.
01/01/2024 OSA scouting updated ratings (potential): Contact: 5 (6); Power: 3 (4); Eye: 4 (5).
07/07/2024 Was traded by the San Diego Roadrunners to the Atlanta Pilots in exchange for RP Antonio Valenzuela, RP Dustin Lyle, RP Jon Hernandez, and RP Francisco Hernandez.
08/01/2024 Wins the A PLE Batter of the Month Award.
01/01/2025 OSA scouting updated ratings (potential): Contact: 5 (5); Power: 4 (5); Eye: 4 (5).
01/01/2026 OSA scouting updated ratings (potential): Contact: 5 (5); Power: 4 (5); Eye: 4 (4).
01/01/2027 OSA scouting updated ratings (potential): Contact: 5 (5); Power: 4 (5); Eye: 4 (4).
04/22/2027 Released by the Atlanta organization.
05/04/2027 Signed a minor league contract ($150 bonus) with the Winnipeg Buffaloes organization.
06/19/2027 Injured (torn abdominal muscle),out for 3 months.
Saturday, July 4th , 2026 - OOTP Baseball 27.3 Build 68