Gary Cardenas  
Relief Pitcher | Retired or Inactive Players

Pitching
He can get groundballs when he needs them in a jam. When his release point drops below three-quarters, his fastball tends to hang in the strike zone. If you're going in to face Cardenas, better be wearing plenty of protection. He's wild. You know, some times I think I can throw harder than Cardenas, and that's saying a lot. The running movement on his pitches makes life tougher on lefties than righties.

Defense & Hitting
Cardenas does an average job of holding runners. He isn't especially quick off the mound but generally fields his position adequately. 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 Retired or Inactive Players 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 FA 63 57 40 65 51 55 53 55 49 62 0 50 51 0 0 0 35 0 Sidearm Free Agent 0 13 17 53 206
2004 FA 63 55 40 65 51 55 53 55 49 62 0 50 51 0 0 0 36 0 Sidearm Free Agent 0 12 15 52 204
2005 FA 63 55 40 65 51 55 53 55 49 62 0 50 51 0 0 0 36 0 Sidearm Free Agent 0 12 15 52 204
2006 FA 59 52 36 64 51 55 53 55 49 62 0 50 51 0 0 0 38 0 Sidearm Free Agent 0 11 11 49 183
Ratings Delta   -4 -3 -4 -1                         +2         -1 -4 -3 -21
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.