Frank Ainsmith  
Starting Pitcher | Retired or Inactive Players

Pitching
His fastball gets into the high 80s, but it's the sink that makes the pitch effective. Sometimes I wish he'd just give up on throwing the changeup, it's like a BP ball! If you're going in to face Ainsmith, better be wearing plenty of protection. He's wild. He attacks lefties and righties with similar success.

Defense & Hitting
Though he lacks a good pickoff move, he checks the running game with a compact stretch delivery. Ainsmith is nothing special in the field. Ainsmith is a surpisingly good hitting pitcher. And I'm not sure you can say this about a pitcher, but Ainsmith has some pop in his swing. Interesting sidenote, The Retired or Inactive Players have been known to use Ainsmith as a pinch-runner on occasion.

2014 Outlook
I just don't know if The Retired or Inactive Players are ever going to get what they expect out of him.

          -- Moostard Nyman
 

 

Year Team AS EN CO HR GF vL Hm Sc CL FB CU SI SL CB SC KN Age Exp Delivery Slot CH PH SP FA Nyman Rating
2003 FA 79 72 49 62 49 43 50 50 49 66 52 0 0 59 0 0 30 0 Overhand Free Agent 4 17 31 55 276
2004 FA 80 71 49 62 49 43 50 50 49 66 52 0 0 59 0 0 31 0 Overhand Free Agent 4 17 30 55 274
2005 FA 80 71 49 62 49 43 50 50 49 66 52 0 0 59 0 0 31 0 Overhand Free Agent 4 17 30 55 274
2006 FA 79 69 48 61 49 43 50 50 49 66 52 0 0 59 0 0 73 0 Overhand Free Agent 4 17 29 54 185
Ratings Delta   -1 -2 -1 -1                         +42           -1 -1 -89
History generated by Biorhythm v2.6.86 on Tue May 10 16:22:47 EDT 2005

Data printed in red denotes that player was in the top two percent for that category and year. Blue data denotes membership to the bottom two percent.