Fred Smith  
Starting Pitcher | Houston RedNexx

Pitching
Smith can get into trouble with walks, and there's concern about him being able to maintain his stuff over the whole season. His fastball gets into the high 80s, but it's the sink that makes the pitch effective. Smith also has a decent changeup. He tends to work slowly when in a jam, which just makes his problems worse by lulling his fielders to sleep. He's almost as effective against righthanders as he is versus lefthanders.

Defense & Hitting
He's average in terms of controlling the running game. Smith is nothing special in the field. 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 Houston RedNexx have been known to use Smith as a pinch-runner on occasion.

          -- 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 LON 99 65 79 61 46 53 47 47 51 66 60 51 55 0 0 0 28 4 Overhand Active 0 0 0 57 347
2004 TOR 98 65 79 61 46 53 47 47 51 66 60 51 55 0 0 0 29 5 Overhand Active 0 0 0 57 345
2005 TOR 98 63 79 61 46 53 47 47 51 66 60 51 56 0 0 0 30 7 Overhand Active 0 0 0 57 343
2006 TOR 98 63 79 61 46 53 47 47 51 66 60 51 56 0 0 0 30 7 Overhand Active 0 0 0 57 343
2007 STO 99 63 79 61 46 53 47 47 51 66 60 51 56 0 0 0 32 8 Overhand Active 0 0 0 57 342
2008 STO 99 63 79 61 46 53 47 47 51 66 60 51 56 0 0 0 33 9 Overhand Active 0 0 0 55 341
2009 STO 99 63 79 59 46 53 47 47 51 66 60 51 57 0 0 0 34 10 Overhand Active 0 0 0 54 339
2010 STO 99 62 79 59 46 53 47 47 51 66 60 51 57 0 0 0 35 11 Overhand AA/AAA 0 0 0 53 336
2011 ATL 98 60 79 59 46 53 47 47 51 66 60 51 57 0 0 0 36 12 Overhand Active 0 0 0 53 332
2012 ATL 95 58 79 59 46 53 47 47 51 66 60 51 57 0 0 0 37 13 Overhand Active 0 0 0 51 395
2013 ATL 92 61 78 59 46 53 47 47 51 66 60 51 57 0 0 0 38 14 Overhand Active 0 0 0 50 323
2014 HOU 90 60 79 59 46 53 47 47 51 66 60 51 57 0 0 0 39 15 Overhand Active 0 0 0 50 319
Ratings Delta   -2 -1 +1                           +1 +1             -4
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.