Spike Myers  
Starting Pitcher | Free Agents

Pitching
He can get groundballs when he needs them in a jam. Myers can get into trouble with walks, and there's concern about him being able to maintain his stuff over the whole season. When his release point drops below three-quarters, his fastball tends to hang in the strike zone. Because he can't overpower hitters, Myers has to fool them instead. Sometimes I wish he'd just give up on throwing the changeup, it's like a BP ball! He attacks lefties and righties with similar success. It's hard to explain but Spike Myers plays much better on the road then he does at home.

Defense & Hitting
His slow delivery makes him fairly easy to steal upon, but Myers helps himself by holding runners with throws to first, and with slide steps and varied deliveries to home. He isn't especially quick off the mound but generally fields his position adequately. Myers is a surpisingly good hitting pitcher. And I'm not sure you can say this about a pitcher, but Myers has some pop in his swing. Interesting sidenote, The Free Agents have been known to use Myers as a pinch-runner on occasion.

2014 Outlook
It's really a shame he hasn't caught on somewhere. He might be a decent addition to someone's bench.

          -- 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 ROM 83 74 70 72 50 46 43 54 53 63 48 0 57 41 0 0 26 2 Sidearm Active 0 0 0 67 352
2004 ROM 83 74 70 72 50 46 43 54 53 63 48 0 57 41 0 0 27 3 Sidearm AA/AAA 0 0 0 67 351
2005 MOS 83 74 70 72 50 46 43 54 53 63 48 0 58 41 0 0 28 5 Sidearm AA/AAA 0 1 0 67 352
2006 MOS 83 74 70 72 50 46 43 54 53 63 48 0 58 41 0 0 28 5 Sidearm AA/AAA 0 1 0 67 352
2007 FA 81 74 70 72 50 46 43 54 53 63 48 0 59 41 0 0 30 6 Sidearm Free Agent 0 0 0 67 347
2008 FA 80 74 70 72 50 46 43 54 53 63 48 0 59 41 0 0 31 7 Sidearm Free Agent 0 0 0 67 345
2009 FA 80 74 70 72 50 46 43 54 53 63 48 0 59 41 0 0 32 8 Sidearm Free Agent 0 0 0 66 344
2010 FA 80 74 70 72 50 46 43 54 53 63 48 0 59 41 0 0 33 9 Sidearm Free Agent 0 0 0 66 343
2011 FA 80 72 69 71 50 46 43 54 53 63 48 0 59 41 0 0 34 10 Sidearm Free Agent 0 0 0 65 338
2012 FA 80 70 69 69 50 46 43 54 53 63 48 0 59 41 0 0 35 11 Sidearm Free Agent 0 0 0 64 332
2013 FA 78 70 68 68 50 46 43 54 53 63 48 0 59 41 0 0 36 12 Sidearm Free Agent 0 0 0 61 327
2014 FA 75 67 68 68 50 46 43 54 53 63 48 0 59 41 0 0 37 13 Sidearm Free Agent 0 0 0 60 318
Ratings Delta   -3 -3                             +1 +1           -1 -9
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.