Purnal Downs  
Starting Pitcher | Retired or Inactive Players

Pitching
Downs can get into trouble with walks, and there's concern about him being able to maintain his stuff over the whole season. His fastball gets into the high 80s, but it's the sink that makes the pitch effective. Downs also has a decent changeup. His stuff becomes less sharp as he gets into the late innings. He attacks lefties and righties with similar success.

Defense & Hitting
His pickoff move is only fair. Downs is nothing special in the field. Downs is a surpisingly good hitting pitcher. And I'm not sure you can say this about a pitcher, but Downs has some pop in his swing. Interesting sidenote, The Retired or Inactive Players have been known to use Downs as a pinch-runner on occasion.

2014 Outlook
I just don't know if The Retired or Inactive Players 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 FA 77 74 72 68 48 46 53 51 47 56 71 64 0 0 0 0 31 0 Overhand Free Agent 0 0 0 57 279
2004 FA 77 74 72 68 48 46 53 51 47 56 71 64 0 0 0 0 33 1 Overhand Free Agent 0 0 0 55 276
2005 FA 77 74 72 68 48 46 53 51 47 56 71 64 0 0 0 0 32 1 Overhand Free Agent 0 0 0 55 278
2006 FA 77 73 71 68 48 46 53 51 47 56 71 64 0 0 0 0 34 3 Overhand Free Agent 0 0 0 55 273
2007 FA 76 71 71 68 48 46 53 51 47 56 71 64 0 0 0 0 35 4 Overhand Free Agent 0 0 0 53 269
2008 FA 75 71 71 68 48 46 53 51 47 56 71 64 0 0 0 0 36 5 Overhand Free Agent 0 0 0 51 266
2009 FA 73 68 68 68 48 46 53 51 47 56 71 64 0 0 0 0 37 6 Overhand Free Agent 0 0 0 49 256
Ratings Delta   -2 -3 -3                           +1 +1           -2 -10
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.