Sam Heffernan  
Starting Pitcher | Free Agents

Pitching
He's a pretty good ground-ball pitcher, which I like because ground balls stay in the park. Heffernan can get into trouble with walks, and there's concern about him being able to maintain his stuff over the whole season. His stuff becomes less sharp as he gets into the late innings. He can hit 90 MPH but is too smart to try to get his fastball past most hitters. Sometimes I wish he'd just give up on throwing the changeup, it's like a BP ball! The running movement on his pitches makes life tougher on lefties than righties.

Defense & Hitting
His pickoff move is merely average. Heffernan has been regarded as a poor fielder throughout his career, and last year was no different. Heffernan is a surpisingly good hitting pitcher. And I'm not sure you can say this about a pitcher, but Heffernan has some pop in his swing. Interesting sidenote, The Free Agents have been known to use Heffernan as a pinch-runner on occasion.

2014 Outlook
It's really a shame he hasn't caught on somewhere. He might be a decent addition to someone's bench.

          -- 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 VIE 85 75 70 67 55 56 48 53 45 55 52 0 61 55 0 0 29 4 Overhand Active 0 0 0 47 369
2004 COP 85 75 70 67 55 56 48 53 45 55 52 0 61 58 0 0 30 5 Overhand AA/AAA 0 0 0 47 372
2005 AMS 85 73 70 67 55 56 48 53 45 55 52 0 61 58 0 0 31 7 Overhand Active 0 0 0 47 369
2006 AMS 85 73 70 67 55 56 48 53 45 55 52 0 61 58 0 0 31 7 Overhand Active 0 0 0 47 369
2006 FA 85 73 70 67 55 56 48 53 45 55 52 0 61 60 0 0 32 7 Overhand Free Agent 0 0 0 47 370
2007 AMS 85 73 70 67 55 56 48 53 45 55 52 0 61 60 0 0 33 8 Overhand Active 0 0 0 47 369
2008 AMS 85 73 70 67 55 56 48 53 45 55 52 0 61 60 0 0 34 9 Overhand DL 0 0 0 47 368
2009 AMS 85 72 70 67 55 56 48 53 45 55 52 0 61 61 0 0 35 10 Overhand Active 0 0 0 46 367
2010 FA 84 71 70 67 55 56 48 53 45 55 52 0 61 61 0 0 36 11 Overhand Free Agent 0 0 0 45 364
2011 FA 84 71 70 67 55 56 48 53 45 55 52 0 61 61 0 0 37 12 Overhand Free Agent 0 0 0 44 363
2012 FA 81 68 70 67 55 56 48 53 45 55 52 0 61 61 0 0 38 13 Overhand Free Agent 0 0 0 42 354
2013 FA 79 67 68 66 55 56 48 53 45 55 52 0 61 61 0 0 39 14 Overhand Free Agent 0 0 0 41 346
2014 FA 78 64 68 66 55 56 48 53 45 55 52 0 61 61 0 0 40 15 Overhand Free Agent 0 0 0 39 341
Ratings Delta   -1 -3                             +1 +1           -2 -5
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.