Bill Rowan  
Starting Pitcher | Edinburgh Plaid Sox

Pitching
He is adept at coaxing groundballs with his sinking fastball and plunging curveball, so hitters try to force him to elevate his deliveries and hope that they'll catch too much of the strike zone. His fastball gets into the high 80s, but it's the sink that makes the pitch effective. The Edinburgh Plaid Sox 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. Steals sometimes unnerve Rowan, who isn't blessed with extraordinary self-confidence. He traditionally fares better against lefties.

Defense & Hitting
He isn't especially quick off the mound but generally fields his position adequately. He never has controlled the running game. Rowan is a surpisingly good hitting pitcher. And I'm not sure you can say this about a pitcher, but Rowan has some pop in his swing. Interesting sidenote, The Edinburgh Plaid Sox have been known to use Rowan as a pinch-runner on occasion.

2014 Outlook
If Rowan doesn't perform, the Edinburgh Plaid Sox won't hesitate to send him down to the minors. I just don't know if The Edinburgh Plaid Sox 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 BEL 86 62 63 53 54 58 56 47 50 66 0 73 0 69 0 0 22 4 Overhand Active 0 0 0 55 308
2004 BEL 86 62 63 53 54 58 56 47 50 66 0 73 0 69 0 0 24 5 Overhand AA/AAA 0 0 0 55 305
2005 EDI 86 62 63 53 54 58 56 47 50 66 0 73 0 69 0 0 25 7 Overhand AA/AAA 0 1 0 55 305
2006 EDI 86 62 63 53 54 58 56 47 50 66 0 73 0 69 0 0 25 7 Overhand AA/AAA 0 1 0 55 305
2007 HAR 86 62 63 53 54 58 56 47 50 66 0 73 0 69 0 0 27 8 Overhand Active 0 0 0 55 302
2008 HAR 86 62 63 53 54 58 56 47 50 66 0 73 0 69 0 0 28 9 Overhand Active 0 0 0 55 301
2009 HAR 86 62 63 53 54 58 56 47 50 66 0 73 0 69 0 0 29 10 Overhand Active 0 0 0 55 300
2010 ATL 86 62 63 53 54 58 56 47 50 66 0 73 0 69 0 0 30 11 Overhand Active 0 0 0 55 299
2011 ATL 85 62 63 53 54 58 56 47 50 66 0 73 0 69 0 0 31 12 Overhand AA/AAA 0 0 0 55 296
2012 EDI 85 62 63 53 54 58 56 47 50 66 0 73 0 69 0 0 32 13 Overhand Active 0 0 0 55 295
2013 EDI 85 62 63 53 54 58 56 47 50 66 0 73 0 69 0 0 33 14 Overhand Active 0 0 0 54 294
2014 EDI 86 62 63 53 54 58 56 47 50 66 0 73 0 69 0 0 33 15 Overhand Active 0 0 0 54 297
Ratings Delta   +1                                 +1             +3
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.