Ed Russell  
Starting Pitcher | Free Agents

Pitching
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 Russell, and that's saying a lot. When you throw a curveball, it better break. Hanging curves equal earned runs in this league, you just can't get away with them. Unfortunately, Russell's curveball tends to hang. The running movement on his pitches makes life tougher on lefties than righties.

Defense & Hitting
Russell is nothing special in the field. Basestealers have succeeded against Russell because his pickoff move is weak for a lefthander. Russell is a surpisingly good hitting pitcher. And I'm not sure you can say this about a pitcher, but Russell has some pop in his swing. Interesting sidenote, The Free Agents have been known to use Russell as a pinch-runner on occasion.

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

          -- 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 64 64 39 47 52 55 53 49 53 53 0 0 66 30 0 0 25 0 Overhand Free Agent 0 5 40 65 186
2004 FA 64 64 45 50 52 55 53 49 53 53 0 0 66 30 0 0 26 0 Overhand Free Agent 0 6 39 68 194
2005 FA 64 64 45 50 52 55 53 49 53 53 0 0 66 30 0 0 26 0 Overhand Free Agent 0 6 39 68 194
2006 FA 64 64 56 52 52 55 53 49 53 53 0 0 66 30 0 0 28 0 Overhand Free Agent 0 6 39 68 205
2007 FA 63 64 60 52 52 55 53 49 53 53 0 0 66 30 0 0 29 0 Overhand Free Agent 0 7 38 68 207
2008 FA 63 64 63 52 52 55 53 49 53 53 0 0 66 30 0 0 30 0 Overhand Free Agent 0 7 38 68 209
2009 FA 62 64 63 52 52 55 53 49 53 53 0 0 66 30 0 0 31 0 Overhand Free Agent 0 7 38 68 205
2010 FA 62 63 63 52 52 55 53 49 53 53 0 0 66 30 0 0 32 0 Overhand Free Agent 0 7 37 68 202
2011 FA 61 63 63 52 52 55 53 49 53 53 0 0 66 30 0 0 33 0 Overhand Free Agent 0 7 37 68 199
2012 FA 61 61 62 52 52 55 53 49 53 53 0 0 66 30 0 0 34 0 Overhand Free Agent 0 6 35 68 193
2013 FA 61 61 60 52 52 55 53 49 53 53 0 0 66 30 0 0 35 0 Overhand Free Agent 0 6 33 68 189
2014 FA 60 61 60 50 52 55 53 49 53 53 0 0 66 30 0 0 36 0 Overhand Free Agent 0 5 31 68 184
Ratings Delta   -1     -2                         +1         -1 -2   -5
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.