Ches Lyden  
Relief Pitcher | Free Agents

Pitching
He can get groundballs when he needs them in a jam. He's a good late inning man, which is when being a pitcher really counts. The Free Agents hope he can work on his control a little bit. Every once and a while one slips away from him and either ends up at the backstop or in the right field bleachers. Sometimes I wish he'd just give up on throwing the changeup, it's like a BP ball! You know, some times I think I can throw harder than Lyden, and that's saying a lot. He's almost as effective against lefthanders as he is versus righthanders.

Defense & Hitting
He doesn't have much of a pickoff move and he's slow getting the ball to home plate out of the set position. Lyden doesn't field his position well. Lyden is a surpisingly good hitting pitcher. And I'm not sure you can say this about a pitcher, but Lyden has some pop in his swing. Interesting sidenote, The Free Agents have been known to use Lyden as a pinch-runner on occasion.

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

          -- 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 57 67 50 48 42 47 54 55 61 45 0 0 51 0 0 26 0 Overhand Free Agent 0 0 0 43 259
2004 FA 66 57 67 52 48 42 47 54 55 61 45 0 0 51 0 0 27 0 Overhand Free Agent 0 0 0 44 259
2005 FA 66 57 67 52 48 42 47 54 55 61 45 0 0 51 0 0 27 0 Overhand Free Agent 0 0 0 44 259
2006 FA 64 57 67 52 48 42 47 54 55 61 45 0 0 51 0 0 29 0 Overhand Free Agent 0 0 0 44 252
2007 FA 62 57 67 52 48 42 47 54 55 61 45 0 0 51 0 0 30 0 Overhand Free Agent 0 0 0 44 246
2008 FA 62 57 67 52 48 42 47 54 55 61 45 0 0 51 0 0 31 0 Overhand Free Agent 0 0 0 43 244
2009 FA 63 57 67 52 48 42 47 54 55 61 45 0 0 51 0 0 32 0 Overhand Free Agent 0 0 0 42 244
2010 FA 62 56 67 52 48 42 47 54 55 61 45 0 0 51 0 0 33 0 Overhand Free Agent 0 0 0 42 240
2011 FA 61 54 67 52 48 42 47 54 55 61 45 0 0 51 0 0 34 0 Overhand Free Agent 0 0 0 42 236
2012 FA 61 53 65 52 48 42 47 54 55 61 45 0 0 51 0 0 35 0 Overhand Free Agent 0 0 0 42 230
2013 FA 60 51 65 52 48 42 47 54 55 61 45 0 0 51 0 0 36 0 Overhand Free Agent 0 0 0 41 225
2014 FA 58 49 63 52 48 42 47 54 55 61 45 0 0 51 0 0 37 0 Overhand Free Agent 0 0 0 40 216
Ratings Delta   -2 -2 -2                           +1             -1 -9
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.