Edward Mertes  
Starting Pitcher | Free Agents

Pitching
Mertes also has a decent changeup. 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. You know, some times I think I can throw harder than Mertes, and that's saying a lot. He attacks lefties and righties with similar success.

Defense & Hitting
He's average in terms of controlling the running game. He isn't especially quick off the mound but generally fields his position adequately. Mertes is a surpisingly good hitting pitcher. And I'm not sure you can say this about a pitcher, but Mertes has some pop in his swing. Interesting sidenote, The Free Agents have been known to use Mertes as a pinch-runner on occasion.

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

          -- 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 BOS 61 70 70 61 46 43 46 50 52 65 63 0 61 0 0 0 29 0 Overhand AA/AAA 0 0 0 53 266
2004 COL 61 70 70 61 46 43 46 50 52 65 63 0 62 0 0 0 30 0 Overhand AA/AAA 0 0 0 53 265
2006 FA 60 70 70 61 46 43 46 50 52 65 63 0 62 0 0 0 32 0 Overhand Free Agent 0 0 0 53 260
2007 FA 59 69 70 61 46 43 46 50 52 65 63 0 62 0 0 0 33 0 Overhand Free Agent 0 0 0 53 256
2008 FA 59 69 70 61 46 43 46 50 52 65 63 0 62 0 0 0 34 0 Overhand Free Agent 0 0 0 53 254
2009 FA 58 69 69 61 46 43 46 50 52 65 63 0 62 0 0 0 35 0 Overhand Free Agent 0 0 0 53 249
2010 FA 57 67 69 61 46 43 46 50 52 65 63 0 62 0 0 0 36 0 Overhand Free Agent 0 0 0 52 244
2011 FA 55 66 69 60 46 43 46 50 52 65 63 0 62 0 0 0 37 0 Overhand Free Agent 0 0 0 52 237
2012 FA 52 64 66 60 46 43 46 50 52 65 63 0 62 0 0 0 38 0 Overhand Free Agent 0 0 0 50 225
2013 FA 50 64 64 60 46 43 46 50 52 65 63 0 62 0 0 0 39 0 Overhand Free Agent 0 0 0 48 219
2014 FA 48 61 61 60 46 43 46 50 52 65 63 0 62 0 0 0 40 0 Overhand Free Agent 0 0 0 46 207
Ratings Delta   -2 -3 -3                           +1             -2 -12
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.