Elmer Shepherd  
Starting Pitcher | Free Agents

Pitching
His curveball is solid; he throws it better than your average starter. His fastball gets into the high 80s, but it's the sink that makes the pitch effective. His stuff becomes less sharp as he gets into the late innings. Sometimes I wish he'd just give up on throwing the changeup, it's like a BP ball! If you're going in to face Shepherd, better be wearing plenty of protection. He's wild. He attacks lefties and righties with similar success.

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

2014 Outlook
I just don't know if The Free Agents 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 MIA 87 75 53 70 47 43 47 49 47 65 44 0 0 76 0 0 26 2 Overhand AA/AAA 0 0 0 41 323
2004 MIA 87 75 53 70 47 43 47 49 47 65 46 0 0 78 0 0 27 3 Overhand AA/AAA 0 0 0 41 327
2006 FA 87 75 53 70 47 43 47 49 47 65 47 0 0 79 0 0 29 5 Overhand Free Agent 0 0 0 41 327
2007 FA 86 75 53 70 47 43 47 49 47 65 47 0 0 79 0 0 30 6 Overhand Free Agent 0 0 0 41 325
2008 FA 86 75 53 70 47 43 47 49 47 65 47 0 0 79 0 0 31 7 Overhand Free Agent 0 0 0 41 324
2009 FA 85 74 53 70 47 43 47 49 47 65 47 0 0 79 0 0 32 8 Overhand Free Agent 0 0 0 41 320
2010 FA 85 74 53 70 47 43 47 49 47 65 47 0 0 79 0 0 33 9 Overhand Free Agent 0 0 0 40 319
2011 FA 84 73 51 70 47 43 47 49 47 65 47 0 0 79 0 0 34 10 Overhand Free Agent 0 0 0 40 314
2012 FA 83 71 50 70 47 43 47 49 47 65 47 0 0 79 0 0 35 11 Overhand Free Agent 0 0 0 40 308
2013 FA 82 70 50 70 47 43 47 49 47 65 47 0 0 79 0 0 36 12 Overhand Free Agent 0 0 0 40 304
2014 FA 81 70 50 70 47 43 47 49 47 65 47 0 0 79 0 0 37 13 Overhand Free Agent 0 0 0 39 302
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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.