Bud Cardenas  
Starting Pitcher | Free Agents

Pitching
He can get groundballs when he needs them in a jam. He's a good late inning man, which is when being a pitcher really counts. Cardenas can get into trouble with walks, and there's concern about him being able to maintain his stuff over the whole season. Cardenas also has a decent changeup. Never a hard thrower, Cardenas now has games when he can't hit 85 MPH with his fastball. He attacks lefties and righties with similar success.

Defense & Hitting
He's average in terms of controlling the running game. He tends to fall off slightly to the first-base side of the mound, making him vulnerable to bunts toward third base. He makes up for that minor flaw by being aggressive in fielding his position. Cardenas is a surpisingly good hitting pitcher. And I'm not sure you can say this about a pitcher, but Cardenas has some pop in his swing. Interesting sidenote, The Free Agents have been known to use Cardenas as a pinch-runner on occasion.

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

          -- 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 EDI 57 68 76 61 49 44 49 55 54 62 60 0 52 0 0 0 23 3 Overhand AA/AAA 0 0 0 67 269
2004 FA 57 68 76 61 49 44 49 55 54 62 60 0 53 0 0 0 25 4 Overhand Free Agent 0 0 0 67 267
2005 FA 57 68 76 61 49 44 49 55 54 62 60 0 53 0 0 0 25 4 Overhand Free Agent 0 0 0 67 267
2006 FA 57 68 76 61 49 44 49 55 54 62 60 0 53 0 0 0 27 6 Overhand Free Agent 0 2 1 67 265
2007 FA 57 68 76 61 49 44 49 55 54 62 60 0 53 0 0 0 28 7 Overhand Free Agent 0 3 1 67 264
2008 FA 56 68 76 61 49 44 49 55 54 62 60 0 53 0 0 0 29 8 Overhand Free Agent 0 4 1 67 262
2009 FA 56 68 76 61 49 44 49 55 54 62 60 0 53 0 0 0 30 9 Overhand Free Agent 0 5 1 67 261
2010 FA 55 67 76 61 49 44 49 55 54 62 60 0 53 0 0 0 31 10 Overhand Free Agent 0 5 0 67 257
2011 FA 53 67 76 61 49 44 49 55 54 62 60 0 53 0 0 0 32 11 Overhand Free Agent 0 5 0 67 254
2012 FA 54 67 76 61 49 44 49 55 54 62 60 0 53 0 0 0 33 12 Overhand Free Agent 0 5 0 67 254
2013 FA 54 65 76 61 49 44 49 55 54 62 60 0 53 0 0 0 34 13 Overhand Free Agent 0 5 0 67 251
2014 FA 54 63 76 61 49 44 49 55 54 62 60 0 53 0 0 0 34 14 Overhand Free Agent 0 5 0 67 249
Ratings Delta     -2                               +1             -2
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.