Manuel Balboni  
Starting Pitcher | Free Agents

Pitching
Balboni can get into trouble with walks, and there's concern about him being able to maintain his stuff over the whole season. Balboni has to keep the ball down, especially against lefties, or he gets hit hard and often. His stuff becomes less sharp as he gets into the late innings. When his release point drops below three-quarters, his fastball tends to hang in the strike zone. He comes right after righthanded hitters, who are lucky even to reach base against him, but he works more carefully to lefties.

Defense & Hitting
Balboni's move to first base is average. He hurts himself by falling awkwardly off the mound in his follow-through, which allows too many balls to go through the middle for base hits. Balboni is a surpisingly good hitting pitcher. And I'm not sure you can say this about a pitcher, but Balboni has some pop in his swing. Interesting sidenote, The Free Agents have been known to use Balboni as a pinch-runner on occasion.

2014 Outlook
I just don't know if The Free Agents 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 MIA 75 76 74 70 52 40 52 52 47 54 0 55 53 48 0 0 26 1 Sidearm Active 0 0 0 51 325
2004 MIA 75 76 74 70 52 40 52 52 47 54 0 56 53 48 0 0 27 2 Sidearm Active 0 0 0 51 325
2005 MIA 75 76 74 70 52 40 52 52 47 54 0 56 53 48 0 0 29 4 Sidearm AA/AAA 0 0 0 51 323
2006 MIA 75 76 74 70 52 40 52 52 47 54 0 56 53 48 0 0 29 4 Sidearm AA/AAA 0 0 0 51 323
2007 FA 75 75 74 70 52 40 52 52 47 54 0 56 54 48 0 0 30 5 Sidearm Free Agent 0 0 0 51 322
2008 FA 74 75 74 70 52 40 52 52 47 54 0 56 54 48 0 0 31 6 Sidearm Free Agent 0 0 0 50 319
2009 FA 74 74 73 70 52 40 52 52 47 54 0 56 54 48 0 0 32 7 Sidearm Free Agent 0 0 0 49 316
2010 FA 74 73 73 70 52 40 52 52 47 54 0 56 54 48 0 0 33 8 Sidearm Free Agent 0 0 0 48 314
2011 FA 74 71 73 70 52 40 52 52 47 54 0 56 54 48 0 0 34 9 Sidearm Free Agent 0 0 0 48 310
2012 FA 72 68 70 69 52 40 52 52 47 54 0 56 54 48 0 0 35 10 Sidearm Free Agent 0 0 0 46 299
2013 FA 71 66 69 69 52 40 52 52 47 54 0 56 54 48 0 0 36 11 Sidearm Free Agent 0 0 0 44 293
2014 FA 70 64 69 69 52 40 52 52 47 54 0 56 54 48 0 0 37 12 Sidearm Free Agent 0 0 0 42 288
Ratings Delta   -1 -2                             +1 +1           -2 -5
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.