John Smoyer  
Starting Pitcher | Free Agents

Pitching
He's a pretty good ground-ball pitcher, which I like because ground balls stay in the park. Smoyer also has a decent changeup. If you're going in to face Smoyer, better be wearing plenty of protection. He's wild. You know, some times I think I can throw harder than Smoyer, and that's saying a lot. He attacks lefties and righties with similar success.

Defense & Hitting
His slow delivery makes him fairly easy to steal upon, but Smoyer helps himself by holding runners with throws to first, and with slide steps and varied deliveries to home. He isn't especially quick off the mound but generally fields his position adequately. Smoyer is a surpisingly good hitting pitcher. And I'm not sure you can say this about a pitcher, but Smoyer has some pop in his swing. Interesting sidenote, The Free Agents have been known to use Smoyer as a pinch-runner on occasion.

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

          -- 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 63 66 60 60 57 50 56 50 52 0 65 0 65 42 0 0 26 0 Overhand Free Agent 1 15 28 52 252
2004 FA 63 66 60 60 57 50 56 50 52 0 65 0 65 42 0 0 28 0 Overhand Free Agent 1 15 28 52 248
2005 FA 63 66 60 60 57 50 56 50 52 0 65 0 65 42 0 0 27 0 Overhand Free Agent 1 15 28 52 250
2006 FA 63 66 60 60 57 50 56 50 52 0 65 0 65 42 0 0 29 0 Overhand Free Agent 1 15 26 52 246
2007 FA 63 66 60 60 57 50 56 50 52 0 65 0 65 42 0 0 30 0 Overhand Free Agent 1 15 25 52 244
2008 FA 62 66 60 60 57 50 56 50 52 0 65 0 65 42 0 0 31 0 Overhand Free Agent 1 15 25 52 241
2009 FA 61 64 60 60 57 50 56 50 52 0 65 0 65 42 0 0 32 0 Overhand Free Agent 1 15 24 51 235
2010 FA 61 64 58 60 57 50 56 50 52 0 65 0 65 42 0 0 33 0 Overhand Free Agent 1 15 22 51 231
2011 FA 59 63 58 59 57 50 56 50 52 0 65 0 65 42 0 0 34 0 Overhand Free Agent 0 15 20 51 224
2012 FA 57 63 57 57 57 50 56 50 52 0 65 0 65 42 0 0 35 0 Overhand Free Agent 0 15 19 51 217
2013 FA 55 62 55 56 57 50 56 50 52 0 65 0 65 42 0 0 36 0 Overhand Free Agent 0 15 17 50 208
2014 FA 52 62 53 56 57 50 56 50 52 0 65 0 65 42 0 0 37 0 Overhand Free Agent 0 14 15 48 200
Ratings Delta   -3   -2                           +1         -1 -2 -2 -8
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.