Gary Mercer  
Starting Pitcher | Free Agents

Pitching
A groundball pitcher, Mercer needs to have sharp command to succeed. Mercer can get into trouble with walks, and there's concern about him being able to maintain his stuff over the whole season. Sometimes I wish he'd just give up on throwing the changeup, it's like a BP ball! Mercer has had a tendency to fall victim to big innings. Dating back to his days in the minors, Mercer has been more effective against righthanders than lefthanders.

Defense & Hitting
His pickoff move is merely average. He tends to fall off slightly to the first-base side of the mound, making him vulnerable to bunts toward third base. He makes up for that minor flaw by being aggressive in fielding his position. Mercer is a surpisingly good hitting pitcher. And I'm not sure you can say this about a pitcher, but Mercer has some pop in his swing. Interesting sidenote, The Free Agents have been known to use Mercer as a pinch-runner on occasion.

2014 Outlook
I just don't know if The Free Agents 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 TOR 82 73 74 76 55 37 50 44 52 67 42 49 46 0 0 0 25 4 Overhand Active 0 1 0 50 332
2004 TOR 82 73 74 76 55 37 50 44 52 67 42 49 50 0 0 0 27 5 Overhand Active 0 0 0 50 333
2005 TOR 82 73 74 76 55 37 50 44 52 68 42 49 50 0 0 0 28 7 Overhand Active 0 1 0 50 334
2006 TOR 82 73 74 76 55 37 50 44 52 68 42 49 50 0 0 0 28 7 Overhand Active 0 1 0 50 334
2008 TOR 80 73 74 76 55 37 50 44 52 68 43 49 52 0 0 0 31 9 Overhand AA/AAA 0 0 0 50 330
2009 TOR 78 71 74 76 55 37 50 44 52 68 43 49 52 0 0 0 32 10 Overhand AA/AAA 0 0 0 50 325
2010 FA 78 71 74 76 55 37 50 44 52 68 43 49 52 0 0 0 33 11 Overhand Free Agent 0 0 0 50 324
2011 FA 78 68 74 76 55 37 50 44 52 68 43 49 52 0 0 0 34 12 Overhand Free Agent 0 0 0 50 319
2012 FA 79 68 72 75 55 37 50 44 52 68 43 49 52 0 0 0 35 13 Overhand Free Agent 0 0 0 49 316
2013 FA 77 67 72 75 55 37 50 44 52 68 43 49 52 0 0 0 36 14 Overhand Free Agent 0 0 0 49 311
2014 FA 75 67 72 74 55 37 50 44 52 68 43 49 52 0 0 0 36 15 Overhand Free Agent 0 0 0 48 309
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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.