Pitching
Umbach also has a solid changeup that he'll use at any point in the count. 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. His stuff becomes less sharp as he gets into the late innings. He's almost as effective against lefthanders as he is versus righthanders.

Defense & Hitting
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. Umbach doesn't make much of an attempt to combat the running game. Basestealers ran at will last year. Umbach is a surpisingly good hitting pitcher. And I'm not sure you can say this about a pitcher, but Umbach has some pop in his swing. Interesting sidenote, The Retired or Inactive Players have been known to use Umbach 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