Alex Koch  
Starting Pitcher | Free Agents

Pitching
Sometimes I wish he'd just give up on throwing the changeup, it's like a BP ball! If you're going in to face Koch, better be wearing plenty of protection. He's wild. Never a hard thrower, Koch now has games when he can't hit 85 MPH with his fastball. 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, Koch's curveball tends to hang. He changes speeds well enough to keep righthanders from teeing off on him.

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. A shaky fielder, he's slow to react to grounders and often looks unsure on his throws to the bases. Koch is a surpisingly good hitting pitcher. And I'm not sure you can say this about a pitcher, but Koch has some pop in his swing. Interesting sidenote, The Free Agents have been known to use Koch as a pinch-runner on occasion.

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

          -- 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 66 86 65 64 48 53 51 49 52 65 51 0 46 39 0 0 32 4 Overhand Free Agent 1 10 40 55 313
2004 FA 66 86 65 64 48 53 51 49 52 65 51 0 46 39 0 0 33 5 Overhand Free Agent 0 10 39 54 312
2005 FA 66 86 65 64 48 53 51 49 52 65 51 0 46 39 0 0 33 5 Overhand Free Agent 0 10 39 54 312
2006 FA 66 82 65 63 48 53 51 49 52 65 51 0 46 39 0 0 35 7 Overhand Free Agent 0 9 36 53 304
2007 FA 66 81 63 63 48 53 51 49 52 65 51 0 46 39 0 0 36 8 Overhand Free Agent 0 9 34 51 299
2008 FA 65 79 60 63 48 53 51 49 52 65 51 0 46 39 0 0 37 9 Overhand Free Agent 0 8 30 51 291
2009 FA 63 78 57 62 48 53 51 49 52 65 51 0 46 39 0 0 38 10 Overhand Free Agent 0 8 28 49 282
2010 FA 60 78 55 60 48 53 51 49 52 65 51 0 46 39 0 0 39 11 Overhand Free Agent 0 7 26 47 273
2011 FA 57 76 53 59 48 53 51 49 52 65 51 0 46 39 0 0 40 12 Overhand Free Agent 0 6 22 45 262
2012 FA 54 73 51 59 48 53 51 49 52 65 51 0 46 39 0 0 41 13 Overhand Free Agent 0 5 18 42 252
2013 FA 51 69 48 59 48 53 51 49 52 65 51 0 46 39 0 0 42 14 Overhand Free Agent 0 4 15 39 239
2014 FA 46 66 46 57 48 53 51 49 52 65 51 0 46 39 0 0 43 15 Overhand Free Agent 0 3 13 35 224
Ratings Delta   -5 -3 -2 -2                         +1 +1       -1 -2 -4 -15
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.