Zhekai Dau  
Relief Pitcher | Free Agents

Pitching
If you're going in to face Dau, better be wearing plenty of protection. He's wild. When you throw a curveball, it better break. Hanging curves equal earned runs in this league, you just can't get away with them. Unfortunately, Dau's curveball tends to hang. He's almost as effective against lefthanders as he is versus righthanders.

Defense & Hitting
His move to first isn't very good, but his delivery is fairly quick and he isn't overly vulnerable to the stolen base. 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. Dau is a surpisingly good hitting pitcher. And I'm not sure you can say this about a pitcher, but Dau has some pop in his swing. Interesting sidenote, The Free Agents have been known to use Dau as a pinch-runner on occasion.

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

          -- 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
2011 FA 75 53 21 51 49 47 49 51 46 60 0 0 50 29 0 0 21 0 Overhand Free Agent 0 5 47 46 184
2012 FA 75 55 24 55 49 47 49 51 46 60 0 0 50 29 0 0 22 0 Overhand Free Agent 0 5 47 49 192
2013 FA 75 55 25 58 49 47 49 51 46 60 0 0 50 29 0 0 23 0 Overhand Free Agent 0 5 47 54 195
2014 FA 75 57 28 62 49 47 49 51 46 60 0 0 50 29 0 0 24 0 Overhand Free Agent 0 5 47 60 203
Ratings Delta     +2 +3 +4                         +1             +6 +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.