Manny Bell  
Starting Pitcher | Free Agents

Pitching
He's a pretty good ground-ball pitcher, which I like because ground balls stay in the park. He's a good late inning man, which is when being a pitcher really counts. Bell also has a decent changeup. The Free Agents hope he can work on his control a little bit. Every once and a while one slips away from him and either ends up at the backstop or in the right field bleachers. He can hit 90 MPH but is too smart to try to get his fastball past most hitters. He attacks lefties and righties with similar success.

Defense & Hitting
His move to first isn't very good, but his delivery is fairly quick and he isn't overly vulnerable to the stolen base. He isn't especially quick off the mound but generally fields his position adequately. Bell is a surpisingly good hitting pitcher. And I'm not sure you can say this about a pitcher, but Bell has some pop in his swing. Interesting sidenote, The Free Agents have been known to use Bell 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 FA 87 66 70 65 55 45 51 51 55 47 53 0 45 0 0 60 27 2 Overhand Free Agent 0 1 0 57 310
2004 FA 88 66 70 65 55 45 51 51 55 47 53 0 45 0 0 60 28 3 Overhand Free Agent 0 1 0 57 310
2005 FA 88 66 70 65 55 45 51 51 55 47 53 0 45 0 0 60 28 3 Overhand Free Agent 0 1 0 57 310
2006 FA 86 66 70 65 55 45 51 51 55 47 53 0 45 0 0 60 30 5 Overhand Free Agent 0 1 0 57 306
2007 FA 87 66 69 65 55 45 51 51 55 47 53 0 45 0 0 60 31 6 Overhand Free Agent 0 1 0 57 305
2008 FA 87 66 69 65 55 45 51 51 55 47 53 0 45 0 0 60 32 7 Overhand Free Agent 0 1 0 57 304
2009 FA 88 66 69 64 55 45 51 51 55 47 53 0 45 0 0 60 33 8 Overhand Free Agent 0 0 0 57 303
2010 FA 87 65 69 64 55 45 51 51 55 47 53 0 45 0 0 60 34 9 Overhand Free Agent 0 0 0 57 299
2011 FA 86 63 69 63 55 45 51 51 55 47 53 0 45 0 0 60 35 10 Overhand Free Agent 0 0 0 57 294
2012 FA 84 62 68 62 55 45 51 51 55 47 53 0 45 0 0 60 36 11 Overhand Free Agent 0 0 0 55 287
2013 FA 80 62 67 62 55 45 51 51 55 47 53 0 45 0 0 60 37 12 Overhand Free Agent 0 0 0 53 280
2014 FA 77 61 66 62 55 45 51 51 55 47 53 0 45 0 0 60 38 13 Overhand Free Agent 0 0 0 51 273
Ratings Delta   -3 -1 -1                           +1 +1           -2 -7
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.