Bobby Smith  
Relief Pitcher | Retired or Inactive Players

Pitching
He's a good late inning man, which is when being a pitcher really counts. Smith also has a decent changeup. 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. He tends to work slowly when in a jam, which just makes his problems worse by lulling his fielders to sleep. You know, some times I think I can throw harder than Smith, 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, Smith's curveball tends to hang. In his first taste of the majors, he has kept lefthanders in check but wasn't as effective against righties. He struggles away from home.

Defense & Hitting
He fields both bunts and slow groundballs in front of the plate equally well. His pickoff move is merely average. Smith is a surpisingly good hitting pitcher. And I'm not sure you can say this about a pitcher, but Smith has some pop in his swing. Interesting sidenote, The Retired or Inactive Players have been known to use Smith as a pinch-runner on occasion.

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

          -- 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 54 55 59 64 48 56 58 45 56 0 66 0 49 33 0 0 30 0 Overhand Free Agent 0 17 43 70 166
2004 FA 53 55 59 64 48 56 58 45 56 0 66 0 49 33 0 0 32 0 Overhand Free Agent 0 17 42 70 161
2005 FA 53 55 59 64 48 56 58 45 56 0 66 0 49 33 0 0 32 0 Overhand Free Agent 0 17 42 70 161
2006 FA 53 53 59 64 48 56 58 45 56 0 66 0 49 33 0 0 34 0 Overhand Free Agent 0 16 40 68 156
2007 FA 52 51 59 64 48 56 58 45 56 0 66 0 49 33 0 0 35 0 Overhand Free Agent 0 16 38 68 152
2008 FA 51 51 57 64 48 56 58 45 56 0 66 0 49 33 0 0 36 0 Overhand Free Agent 0 16 37 65 144
2009 FA 49 51 56 64 48 56 58 45 56 0 66 0 49 33 0 0 37 0 Overhand Free Agent 0 15 35 64 137
2010 FA 47 51 55 64 48 56 58 45 56 0 66 0 49 33 0 0 38 0 Overhand Free Agent 0 14 32 62 130
2011 FA 45 51 54 64 48 56 58 45 56 0 66 0 49 33 0 0 39 0 Overhand Free Agent 0 13 29 60 122
2012 FA 43 51 52 63 48 56 58 45 56 0 66 0 49 33 0 0 40 0 Overhand Free Agent 0 12 27 57 112
Ratings Delta   -2   -2 -1                         +1         -1 -2 -3 -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.