Neal Lavagetto  
Starting Pitcher | Retired or Inactive Players

Pitching
He's a good late inning man, which is when being a pitcher really counts. His fastball gets into the high 80s, but it's the sink that makes the pitch effective. Lavagetto also has a decent changeup. If you're going in to face Lavagetto, better be wearing plenty of protection. He's wild. He attacks lefties and righties with similar success.

Defense & Hitting
He has a fair pickoff move and isn't a particularly easy target for basestealers. Lavagetto is agile on the mound, though he makes needless errors when his concentration wanders. Lavagetto is a surpisingly good hitting pitcher. And I'm not sure you can say this about a pitcher, but Lavagetto has some pop in his swing. Interesting sidenote, The Retired or Inactive Players have been known to use Lavagetto as a pinch-runner on occasion.

2014 Outlook
If Lavagetto doesn't perform, the Retired or Inactive Players won't hesitate to send him down to the minors. 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 BEL 88 66 53 62 46 53 53 49 54 70 74 0 64 0 0 0 29 4 Overhand Active 0 0 0 45 299
2004 BEL 87 66 53 62 46 53 53 49 54 70 74 0 65 0 0 0 30 5 Overhand AA/AAA 0 0 0 45 298
2005 EDI 87 65 53 62 46 53 53 49 54 70 74 0 66 0 0 0 31 7 Overhand AA/AAA 0 0 0 45 298
2006 EDI 87 65 53 62 46 53 53 49 54 70 74 0 66 0 0 0 31 7 Overhand AA/AAA 0 0 0 45 298
2007 EDI 87 66 53 62 46 53 53 49 54 70 74 0 66 0 0 0 33 8 Overhand Active 0 0 0 44 296
2008 EDI 85 64 53 62 46 53 53 49 54 70 74 0 66 0 0 0 34 9 Overhand Active 0 0 0 45 290
2009 FA 88 66 53 62 46 53 53 49 54 70 74 0 66 0 0 0 35 10 Overhand Free Agent 0 0 0 45 295
2010 FA 88 64 51 60 46 53 53 49 54 70 74 0 66 0 0 0 36 11 Overhand Free Agent 0 0 0 45 287
2011 FA 87 63 51 60 46 53 53 49 54 70 74 0 66 0 0 0 37 12 Overhand Free Agent 0 0 0 44 284
2012 FA 84 63 49 59 46 53 53 49 54 70 74 0 66 0 0 0 38 13 Overhand Free Agent 0 0 0 42 276
2013 FA 83 62 47 58 46 53 53 49 54 70 74 0 66 0 0 0 39 14 Overhand Free Agent 0 0 0 40 269
Ratings Delta   -1 -1 -2 -1                         +1 +1           -2 -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.