Zachariah Coumbe  
Starting Pitcher | Houston RedNexx

Pitching
Coumbe commands a stupefying curveball. This curve is what makes him one of the most dominant righties in the game. Coumbe's bread-and-butter pitch is a hard, two-seam fastball that rides in on righthanders' fists. Coumbe can get into trouble with walks, and there's concern about him being able to maintain his stuff over the whole season. Coumbe has to keep the ball down, especially against lefties, or he gets hit hard and often. The one thing I must say I don't like about Coumbe is how easily rattled he gets. If he makes a mistake to a hitter and the guy winds up on second or third, you can pretty much count on the guy scoring. Dating back to his days in the minors, Coumbe has been more effective against righthanders than lefthanders.

Defense & Hitting
Coumbe fields his position well. His move to first base is slow and ineffective. Coumbe is a surpisingly good hitting pitcher. And I'm not sure you can say this about a pitcher, but Coumbe has some pop in his swing. Interesting sidenote, The Houston RedNexx have been known to use Coumbe as a pinch-runner on occasion.

2014 Outlook
If Coumbe doesn't perform, the Houston RedNexx won't hesitate to send him down to the minors. I just don't know if The Houston RedNexx 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
2008 ATL 53 54 30 27 52 39 50 43 48 71 0 0 0 75 0 0 23 0 Overhand Low Minors 2 11 49 37 159
2009 ATL 57 56 47 28 52 39 50 43 48 71 0 0 0 84 0 0 24 0 Overhand Low Minors 0 0 10 46 205
2010 ATL 56 58 66 32 52 39 50 43 48 77 0 0 0 84 0 0 25 0 Overhand AA/AAA 0 0 0 56 250
2011 ATL 64 58 72 34 52 39 50 43 48 77 0 0 0 89 0 0 26 1 Overhand AA/AAA 0 0 0 60 281
2012 ATL 73 58 72 35 52 39 50 43 48 80 0 0 0 92 0 0 27 2 Overhand AA/AAA 0 0 0 67 306
2013 ATL 77 63 72 36 52 39 50 43 48 83 0 0 0 92 0 0 28 3 Overhand AA/AAA 0 0 0 69 281
2014 HOU 81 63 72 36 52 39 50 43 48 84 0 0 0 94 0 0 29 4 Overhand Active 0 0 0 71 289
Ratings Delta   +4                 +1       +2     +1 +1           +2 +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.