Dakota Shimada  
Starting Pitcher | Edinburgh Plaid Sox

Pitching
The bottom also falls out of his very good changeup. Shimada can get into trouble with walks, and there's concern about him being able to maintain his stuff over the whole season. His curveball is inconsistent, but when it's sharp it's a solid complement to his fastball. He's almost as effective against lefthanders as he is versus righthanders.

Defense & Hitting
Shimada remains one of the best fielding pitchers in the game's history. He's reasonably quick to the plate but needs to vary his pickoff moves. Good baserunners appeared to time him last year. Shimada is a surpisingly good hitting pitcher. And I'm not sure you can say this about a pitcher, but Shimada has some pop in his swing. Interesting sidenote, The Edinburgh Plaid Sox have been known to use Shimada as a pinch-runner on occasion.

2014 Outlook
I really like what this kid brings to the table.

          -- 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
2008 EDI 85 64 34 58 53 42 54 50 50 84 61 0 0 44 0 0 23 0 Overhand Low Minors 0 6 47 52 281
2009 EDI 91 67 48 60 53 42 54 50 50 84 61 0 0 53 0 0 24 0 Overhand AA/AAA 0 0 9 64 321
2010 EDI 90 69 64 64 53 42 54 50 50 84 70 0 0 53 0 0 25 0 Overhand Active 0 0 0 76 353
2011 EDI 90 70 75 67 53 42 54 50 50 89 77 0 0 53 0 0 26 1 Overhand Active 0 0 0 82 383
2012 EDI 90 74 86 67 53 42 54 50 50 89 81 0 0 57 0 0 27 2 Overhand Active 0 0 0 87 410
2013 EDI 90 77 86 67 53 42 54 50 50 92 83 0 0 57 0 0 28 3 Overhand Active 0 0 0 92 418
2014 EDI 94 77 86 67 53 42 54 50 50 94 83 0 0 60 0 0 29 4 Overhand Active 0 0 0 92 428
Ratings Delta   +4                 +2       +3     +1 +1             +10
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.