Buddy Svensson  
Starting Pitcher | Free Agents

Pitching
He can get groundballs when he needs them in a jam. Svensson can get into trouble with walks, and there's concern about him being able to maintain his stuff over the whole season. Svensson also has a decent changeup. Because he can't overpower hitters, Svensson has to fool them instead. He attacks lefties and righties with similar success.

Defense & Hitting
Svensson does an average job of holding runners. 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. Svensson is a surpisingly good hitting pitcher. And I'm not sure you can say this about a pitcher, but Svensson has some pop in his swing. Interesting sidenote, The Free Agents have been known to use Svensson as a pinch-runner on occasion.

2014 Outlook
It's really a shame he hasn't caught on somewhere. He might be a decent addition to someone's bench.

          -- 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 STO 80 76 87 67 50 46 54 54 51 54 49 61 0 60 0 0 26 3 Overhand Active 0 0 0 65 367
2004 SJ 80 76 87 67 50 46 54 54 51 54 51 61 0 60 0 0 27 4 Overhand AA/AAA 0 0 0 65 369
2005 HAV 80 76 87 67 50 46 54 54 51 54 51 61 0 60 0 0 29 6 Overhand Active 0 0 0 65 367
2006 HAV 80 76 87 67 50 46 54 54 51 54 51 61 0 60 0 0 29 6 Overhand Active 0 0 0 65 367
2007 BRO 80 76 87 67 50 46 54 54 51 54 51 61 0 60 0 0 30 7 Overhand AA/AAA 0 0 0 65 366
2008 BRO 80 74 87 67 50 46 54 54 51 54 53 61 0 60 0 0 31 8 Overhand AA/AAA 0 0 0 65 364
2009 ATL 80 74 87 67 50 46 54 54 51 54 53 61 0 60 0 0 32 9 Overhand Active 0 0 0 65 363
2010 ATL 80 71 87 66 50 46 54 54 51 54 54 61 0 60 0 0 33 10 Overhand Active 0 0 0 65 359
2011 ATL 78 69 87 67 50 46 54 54 51 54 54 61 0 60 0 0 34 11 Overhand Active 0 0 0 64 354
2012 FA 76 69 87 66 50 46 54 54 51 54 55 61 0 60 0 0 35 12 Overhand Free Agent 0 0 0 62 351
2013 FA 76 69 85 66 50 46 54 54 51 54 55 61 0 60 0 0 36 13 Overhand Free Agent 0 0 0 61 347
2014 FA 74 68 85 66 50 46 54 54 51 54 55 61 0 60 0 0 37 14 Overhand Free Agent 0 0 0 60 343
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.