Tom Matarazzo  
Starting Pitcher | London Clash

Pitching
Matarazzo's bread and butter pitch is his slider. I've seen it baffle many a right handed batter. The bottom also falls out of his very good changeup. Matarazzo can get into trouble with walks, and there's concern about him being able to maintain his stuff over the whole season. His fastball gets into the high 80s, but it's the sink that makes the pitch effective. He traditionally fares better against lefties.

Defense & Hitting
For a lefty, his move to first base is average at best, and he has a tendency to forget about runners at second, thereby creating opportunities to swipe third. He isn't especially quick off the mound but generally fields his position adequately. Matarazzo is a surpisingly good hitting pitcher. And I'm not sure you can say this about a pitcher, but Matarazzo has some pop in his swing. Interesting sidenote, The London Clash have been known to use Matarazzo as a pinch-runner on occasion.

          -- 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 EDI 81 66 43 43 47 57 51 49 53 53 63 0 80 0 0 0 20 0 Overhand Low Minors 0 0 0 35 258
2004 EDI 81 67 51 45 47 57 51 49 53 57 68 0 86 0 0 0 21 0 Overhand Low Minors 0 0 0 36 284
2005 DUB 81 67 62 50 47 57 51 49 53 60 68 0 86 0 0 0 22 0 Overhand AA/AAA 0 0 1 47 304
2006 DUB 81 67 62 50 47 57 51 49 53 60 68 0 86 0 0 0 22 0 Overhand AA/AAA 0 0 1 47 304
2007 DUB 81 67 70 52 47 57 51 49 53 60 73 0 86 0 0 0 24 1 Overhand Active 0 0 0 54 318
2008 LON 81 67 70 61 47 57 51 49 53 60 73 0 89 0 0 0 25 2 Overhand Active 0 0 0 59 329
2009 LON 81 67 70 63 47 57 51 49 53 60 74 0 91 0 0 0 26 3 Overhand Active 0 0 0 62 333
2010 LON 81 67 70 66 47 57 51 49 53 60 74 0 92 0 0 0 27 3 Overhand Active 0 0 0 63 335
2011 LON 81 67 70 68 47 57 51 49 53 62 75 0 92 0 0 0 28 4 Overhand Active 0 0 0 63 340
2012 LON 81 67 70 68 47 57 51 49 53 63 75 0 93 0 0 0 29 5 Overhand Active 0 0 0 63 341
2013 LON 81 67 70 68 47 57 51 49 53 63 75 0 93 0 0 0 30 6 Overhand Active 0 0 0 63 340
2014 LON 81 67 70 68 47 57 51 49 53 63 75 0 93 0 0 0 31 7 Overhand Active 0 0 0 63 339
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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.