Augie Mertes  
Catcher | Free Agents

Hitting
The book on Mertes is that you can knock the bat out of his hands with an average major league fastball. He has a natural lift to his swing, which produces few groundballs. He hits righthanders and lefthanders with equal consistency.

Baserunning & Defense
He doesn't get good jumps on grounders, but his routes are fine and his hands aren't bad. His arm is accurate enough. He has below-average speed and is stiff on the basepath. He's poor on a straight steal but has some success at reading pitchers and working a delayed steal.

          -- Moostard Nyman
 

 

Year Team POS CH PH SP GF PL vL Hm Sc CL Age Exp Slot FA AS Qualified Positions Nyman Rating
2003 FA C 48 62 60 45 51 54 53 50 53 25 4 Free Agent 75 84 CF-19 281
2004 FA C 48 62 60 45 51 54 53 50 53 26 5 Free Agent 75 84 CF-21 280
2005 TOR C 48 62 60 45 51 54 53 50 53 27 7 Active 75 84 . 280
2005 FA C 48 62 60 45 51 54 53 50 53 26 5 Free Agent 75 84 CF-21 280
2006 TOR C 48 62 60 45 51 54 53 50 53 27 7 Active 75 84 . 280
2007 FA C 48 62 60 45 51 54 53 50 53 29 8 Free Agent 75 84 . 277
2008 FA C 48 62 60 45 51 54 53 50 53 30 9 Free Agent 75 83 . 276
2009 FA C 48 62 58 45 51 54 53 50 53 31 10 Free Agent 75 83 LF-59, CF-26 273
2010 FA C 47 62 56 45 51 54 53 50 53 32 11 Free Agent 75 83 LF-58, CF-26 268
2011 FA C 46 62 55 45 51 54 53 50 53 33 12 Free Agent 75 83 LF-58, CF-26 264
2012 FA C 45 60 53 45 51 54 53 50 53 34 13 Free Agent 75 82 LF-59, CF-26 256
2013 FA C 44 59 51 45 51 54 53 50 53 35 14 Free Agent 74 82 LF-59, CF-25 249
2014 FA C 43 60 48 45 51 54 53 50 53 36 15 Free Agent 73 80 LF-57, CF-25 245
Ratings Delta     -1 +1 -3             +1 +1   -1 -2   -4
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.