Darren Braun  
Starting Pitcher | Retired or Inactive Players

Pitching
The Retired or Inactive Players 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. His stuff becomes less sharp as he gets into the late innings. You know, some times I think I can throw harder than Braun, and that's saying a lot. But Braun, do us a favor. Stop throwing that changeup. It looks like a beachball. He traditionally fares better against lefties.

Defense & Hitting
He isn't especially quick off the mound but generally fields his position adequately. He doesn't have much of a pickoff move and he's slow getting the ball to home plate out of the set position. Braun is a surpisingly good hitting pitcher. And I'm not sure you can say this about a pitcher, but Braun has some pop in his swing. Interesting sidenote, The Retired or Inactive Players have been known to use Braun as a pinch-runner on occasion.

2014 Outlook
But if you ask me, I'll pass on Braun.

          -- 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 62 69 65 51 52 59 46 49 46 69 40 0 0 45 0 0 28 0 Overhand Free Agent 1 14 38 63 239
2004 FA 62 69 65 51 52 59 46 49 46 69 40 0 0 45 0 0 30 0 Overhand Free Agent 1 14 38 63 235
2005 FA 62 69 65 51 52 59 46 49 46 69 40 0 0 45 0 0 29 0 Overhand Free Agent 1 14 38 63 237
2006 FA 62 69 65 51 52 59 46 49 46 69 40 0 0 45 0 0 31 0 Overhand Free Agent 1 14 36 62 233
2007 FA 62 69 65 51 52 59 46 49 46 69 40 0 0 45 0 0 32 0 Overhand Free Agent 1 14 35 60 231
2008 FA 62 68 65 50 52 59 46 49 46 69 40 0 0 45 0 0 33 0 Overhand Free Agent 1 14 33 60 227
2009 FA 61 67 65 51 52 59 46 49 46 69 40 0 0 45 0 0 34 0 Overhand Free Agent 0 14 32 60 224
2010 FA 59 65 65 51 52 59 46 49 46 69 40 0 0 45 0 0 35 0 Overhand Free Agent 0 14 30 60 217
2011 FA 59 64 65 51 52 59 46 49 46 69 40 0 0 45 0 0 36 0 Overhand Free Agent 0 13 28 60 214
2012 FA 58 63 63 51 52 59 46 49 46 69 40 0 0 45 0 0 37 0 Overhand Free Agent 0 12 25 58 207
2013 FA 56 62 62 51 52 59 46 49 46 69 40 0 0 45 0 0 38 0 Overhand Free Agent 0 11 22 56 200
Ratings Delta   -2 -1 -1                           +1         -1 -3 -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.