Dan Meier  
Starting Pitcher | Retired or Inactive Players

Pitching
Meier can get into trouble with walks, and there's concern about him being able to maintain his stuff over the whole season. Meier also has a decent changeup. 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. He's almost as effective against lefthanders as he is versus righthanders.

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. He hurts himself by falling awkwardly off the mound in his follow-through, which allows too many balls to go through the middle for base hits. Meier is a surpisingly good hitting pitcher. And I'm not sure you can say this about a pitcher, but Meier has some pop in his swing. Interesting sidenote, The Retired or Inactive Players have been known to use Meier as a pinch-runner on occasion.

2014 Outlook
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 FA 82 63 76 60 51 45 54 49 47 45 55 53 63 0 0 0 32 3 Overhand Free Agent 0 0 0 43 294
2004 FA 82 63 76 60 51 45 54 49 47 45 55 53 63 0 0 0 33 4 Overhand Free Agent 0 0 0 42 293
2005 FA 82 63 76 60 51 45 54 49 47 45 55 53 63 0 0 0 33 4 Overhand Free Agent 0 0 0 42 293
2006 FA 81 62 76 59 51 45 54 49 47 45 55 53 63 0 0 0 35 6 Overhand Free Agent 0 0 0 42 288
2007 FA 79 62 75 59 51 45 54 49 47 45 55 53 63 0 0 0 36 7 Overhand Free Agent 0 0 0 40 283
2008 FA 77 62 74 58 51 45 54 49 47 45 55 53 63 0 0 0 37 8 Overhand Free Agent 0 0 0 39 278
2009 FA 74 61 72 58 51 45 54 49 47 45 55 53 63 0 0 0 38 9 Overhand Free Agent 0 0 0 38 269
2010 FA 71 59 69 58 51 45 54 49 47 45 55 53 63 0 0 0 39 10 Overhand Free Agent 0 0 0 37 298
Ratings Delta   -3 -2 -3                           +1 +1           -1 +29
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.