Mike Clark  
Starting Pitcher | Free Agents

Pitching
Clark can get into trouble with walks, and there's concern about him being able to maintain his stuff over the whole season. Clark has to keep the ball down, especially against lefties, or he gets hit hard and often. His fastball gets into the high 80s, but it's the sink that makes the pitch effective. Clark also has a decent changeup. Steals sometimes unnerve Clark, who isn't blessed with extraordinary self-confidence. He comes right after righthanded hitters, who are lucky even to reach base against him, but he works more carefully to lefties.

Defense & Hitting
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. Clark doesn't make much of an attempt to combat the running game. Basestealers ran at will last year. Clark is a surpisingly good hitting pitcher. And I'm not sure you can say this about a pitcher, but Clark has some pop in his swing. Interesting sidenote, The Free Agents have been known to use Clark 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 CAR 82 74 63 50 48 37 47 45 51 68 64 69 0 0 0 0 24 0 Overhand Low Minors 0 0 0 49 280
2004 CAR 82 74 77 53 48 37 47 45 51 68 66 69 0 0 0 0 26 0 Overhand AA/AAA 0 0 0 50 298
2005 STO 82 74 77 56 48 37 47 45 51 69 67 69 0 0 0 0 27 2 Overhand AA/AAA 0 0 1 50 303
2006 STO 82 74 77 56 48 37 47 45 51 69 67 69 0 0 0 0 27 2 Overhand AA/AAA 0 0 1 50 303
2007 STO 82 74 77 56 48 37 47 45 51 69 69 69 0 0 0 0 28 3 Overhand AA/AAA 0 0 0 50 304
2008 STO 82 74 77 56 48 37 47 45 51 69 69 69 0 0 0 0 29 4 Overhand AA/AAA 0 0 0 50 303
2009 STO 82 74 77 56 48 37 47 45 51 69 69 69 0 0 0 0 30 5 Overhand AA/AAA 0 0 0 50 302
2010 FA 82 74 77 56 48 37 47 45 51 69 69 69 0 0 0 0 31 6 Overhand Free Agent 0 0 0 49 301
2011 FA 81 74 77 56 48 37 47 45 51 69 69 69 0 0 0 0 32 7 Overhand Free Agent 0 0 0 49 299
2012 FA 79 71 76 56 48 37 47 45 51 69 69 69 0 0 0 0 33 8 Overhand Free Agent 0 0 0 48 291
2013 FA 79 71 76 56 48 37 47 45 51 69 69 69 0 0 0 0 34 9 Overhand Free Agent 0 0 0 47 290
2014 FA 77 70 75 54 48 37 47 45 51 69 69 69 0 0 0 0 35 10 Overhand Free Agent 0 0 0 47 282
Ratings Delta   -2 -1 -1 -2                         +1 +1             -8
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.