Mel Porter  
Starting Pitcher | Retired or Inactive Players

Pitching
It's tough to get much loft on the ball against him, as he works down in the strike zone to begin with and his two-seamer produces mostly groundballs. The Retired or Inactive Players 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. Sometimes I wish he'd just give up on throwing the changeup, it's like a BP ball! In his first taste of the majors, he has kept lefthanders in check but wasn't as effective against righties.

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. Porter is a surpisingly good hitting pitcher. And I'm not sure you can say this about a pitcher, but Porter has some pop in his swing. Interesting sidenote, The Retired or Inactive Players have been known to use Porter as a pinch-runner on occasion.

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

          -- 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 74 78 56 72 54 58 50 51 51 52 42 64 27 0 0 0 31 0 Overhand Free Agent 0 14 42 54 259
2004 FA 74 78 56 72 54 58 50 51 51 52 42 64 27 0 0 0 32 0 Overhand Free Agent 0 14 41 54 257
2005 FA 74 78 56 72 54 58 50 51 51 52 42 64 27 0 0 0 32 0 Overhand Free Agent 0 14 41 54 257
2006 FA 72 78 56 72 54 58 50 51 51 52 42 64 27 0 0 0 34 0 Overhand Free Agent 0 14 38 53 251
2007 FA 73 77 55 72 54 58 50 51 51 52 42 64 27 0 0 0 35 0 Overhand Free Agent 0 14 36 53 248
2008 FA 72 77 55 71 54 58 50 51 51 52 42 64 27 0 0 0 36 0 Overhand Free Agent 0 14 35 51 244
2009 FA 69 76 54 70 54 58 50 51 51 52 42 64 27 0 0 0 37 0 Overhand Free Agent 0 13 32 51 235
2010 FA 68 75 52 69 54 58 50 51 51 52 42 64 27 0 0 0 38 0 Overhand Free Agent 0 12 29 50 227
Ratings Delta   -1 -1 -2 -1                         +1         -1 -3 -1 -8
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.