Al Tapani  
Starting Pitcher | Retired or Inactive Players

Pitching
His fastball gets into the high 80s, but it's the sink that makes the pitch effective. 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 traditionally fares better against lefties.

Defense & Hitting
He's average in terms of controlling the running game. Tapani has been regarded as a poor fielder throughout his career, and last year was no different. Tapani is a surpisingly good hitting pitcher. And I'm not sure you can say this about a pitcher, but Tapani has some pop in his swing. Interesting sidenote, The Retired or Inactive Players have been known to use Tapani as a pinch-runner on occasion.

2014 Outlook
I just don't know if The Retired or Inactive Players are ever going to get what they expect out of him.

          -- 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 77 65 57 72 45 56 51 48 49 61 0 51 47 49 0 0 35 4 Overhand Free Agent 0 0 0 40 275
2004 FA 76 64 57 71 45 56 51 48 49 61 0 51 47 49 0 0 36 5 Overhand Free Agent 0 0 0 39 271
2005 STO 71 62 55 71 45 56 51 48 49 61 0 51 47 49 0 0 37 7 Overhand AA/AAA 0 0 0 36 260
2005 FA 76 64 57 71 45 56 51 48 49 61 0 51 47 49 0 0 36 5 Overhand Free Agent 0 0 0 39 271
2006 STO 71 62 55 71 45 56 51 48 49 61 0 51 47 49 0 0 37 7 Overhand AA/AAA 0 0 0 36 260
2006 FA 74 62 57 71 45 56 51 48 49 61 0 51 47 49 0 0 38 7 Overhand Free Agent 0 0 0 36 264
2007 FA 71 61 56 70 45 56 51 48 49 61 0 51 47 49 0 0 39 8 Overhand Free Agent 0 0 0 35 256
2008 FA 67 58 54 70 45 56 51 48 49 61 0 51 47 49 0 0 40 9 Overhand Free Agent 0 0 0 34 282
Ratings Delta   -4 -3 -2                           +1 +1           -1 +26
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.