Buz Harshman  
Starting Pitcher | Free Agents

Pitching
Harshman 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. Harshman also has a decent changeup. His composure needs work. When Harshman starts getting hit, he gets mad and loses concentration. If you're going in to face Harshman, better be wearing plenty of protection. He's wild. He comes right after righthanded hitters, who are lucky even to reach base against him, but he works more carefully to lefties.

Defense & Hitting
His pickoff move is only fair. He isn't especially quick off the mound but generally fields his position adequately. Harshman is a surpisingly good hitting pitcher. And I'm not sure you can say this about a pitcher, but Harshman has some pop in his swing. Interesting sidenote, The Free Agents have been known to use Harshman 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 DET 80 69 55 64 51 41 52 47 51 76 62 0 67 0 0 0 25 3 Overhand AA/AAA 0 0 0 60 306
2004 FA 80 69 55 64 51 41 52 47 51 76 62 0 68 0 0 0 26 4 Overhand Free Agent 0 0 0 60 306
2005 FA 80 69 55 64 51 41 52 47 51 76 62 0 68 0 0 0 26 4 Overhand Free Agent 0 0 0 60 306
2006 FA 79 69 55 64 51 41 52 47 51 76 62 0 68 0 0 0 28 6 Overhand Free Agent 0 1 0 60 303
2007 FA 79 69 55 64 51 41 52 47 51 76 62 0 68 0 0 0 29 7 Overhand Free Agent 0 1 0 60 302
2008 FA 79 69 55 64 51 41 52 47 51 76 62 0 68 0 0 0 30 8 Overhand Free Agent 0 1 0 60 301
2009 FA 79 68 55 64 51 41 52 47 51 76 62 0 68 0 0 0 31 9 Overhand Free Agent 0 1 0 60 299
2010 FA 79 68 55 64 51 41 52 47 51 76 62 0 68 0 0 0 32 10 Overhand Free Agent 0 1 0 60 298
2011 FA 79 69 55 64 51 41 52 47 51 76 62 0 68 0 0 0 33 11 Overhand Free Agent 0 0 0 60 298
2012 FA 79 68 53 64 51 41 52 47 51 76 62 0 68 0 0 0 34 12 Overhand Free Agent 0 0 0 58 294
2013 FA 79 67 53 64 51 41 52 47 51 76 62 0 68 0 0 0 35 13 Overhand Free Agent 0 0 0 57 291
2014 FA 79 64 51 64 51 41 52 47 51 76 62 0 68 0 0 0 36 14 Overhand Free Agent 0 0 0 56 284
Ratings Delta     -3 -2                           +1 +1           -1 -7
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.