Willie Smith  
Starting Pitcher | Barcelona Matadors

Pitching
Smith's control is among the best in the game. He has an above-average changeup and the ability to throw from a variety of arm angles. He can hit 90 MPH but is too smart to try to get his fastball past most hitters. He attacks lefties and righties with similar success. Smith struggles on the road.

Defense & Hitting
He's reasonably quick to the plate but needs to vary his pickoff moves. Good baserunners appeared to time him last year. He tends to fall off slightly to the first-base side of the mound, making him vulnerable to bunts toward third base. He makes up for that minor flaw by being aggressive in fielding his position. 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 Barcelona Matadors have been known to use Smith as a pinch-runner on occasion.

2014 Outlook
I really like what this guy 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
2003 BAR 92 80 91 75 48 43 57 50 48 54 64 0 65 55 0 0 24 4 Overhand Active 0 0 0 70 435
2004 BAR 92 80 91 75 48 43 57 50 48 54 64 0 65 57 0 0 26 5 Overhand Active 0 0 0 70 435
2005 BAR 92 80 91 75 48 43 57 50 48 54 65 0 65 57 0 0 27 7 Overhand Active 0 0 0 70 436
2006 BAR 92 80 91 75 48 43 57 50 48 54 65 0 65 57 0 0 27 7 Overhand Active 0 0 0 70 436
2007 BAR 92 80 91 75 48 43 57 50 48 54 65 0 65 58 0 0 29 8 Overhand DL 0 0 0 70 434
2008 BAR 90 80 91 75 48 43 57 50 48 54 65 0 65 58 0 0 30 9 Overhand Active 0 0 0 70 431
2009 BAR 91 80 91 75 48 43 57 50 48 54 65 0 65 58 0 0 31 10 Overhand Active 0 0 0 70 431
2010 BAR 91 78 91 75 48 43 57 50 48 54 65 0 65 58 0 0 32 11 Overhand AA/AAA 0 0 0 70 428
2011 BAR 91 78 91 75 48 43 57 50 48 54 65 0 65 58 0 0 33 12 Overhand Active 0 0 0 69 427
2012 BAR 91 77 91 75 48 43 57 50 48 54 65 0 65 59 0 0 34 13 Overhand Active 0 0 0 69 426
2013 BAR 92 77 91 74 48 43 57 50 48 54 65 0 65 59 0 0 35 14 Overhand Active 0 0 0 69 425
2014 BAR 92 80 91 74 48 43 57 50 48 54 65 0 65 59 0 0 36 15 Overhand Active 0 0 0 69 427
Ratings Delta     +3                             +1 +1             +2
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.