Dave Vatcher  
Starting Pitcher | Free Agents

Pitching
Vatcher can get into trouble with walks, and there's concern about him being able to maintain his stuff over the whole season. His fastball gets into the high 80s, but it's the sink that makes the pitch effective. Vatcher also has a decent changeup. 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 has a fair pickoff move and isn't a particularly easy target for basestealers. He isn't especially quick off the mound but generally fields his position adequately. Vatcher is a surpisingly good hitting pitcher. And I'm not sure you can say this about a pitcher, but Vatcher has some pop in his swing. Interesting sidenote, The Free Agents have been known to use Vatcher as a pinch-runner on occasion.

2014 Outlook
I just don't know if The Free Agents 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 BEL 80 75 69 70 43 45 50 53 46 71 60 0 69 0 0 0 24 4 Overhand AA/AAA 0 0 0 59 325
2004 BEL 80 75 69 70 43 45 50 53 46 71 60 0 70 0 0 0 25 5 Overhand Active 0 0 0 59 325
2005 EDI 79 75 69 70 43 45 50 53 46 71 60 0 71 0 0 0 27 7 Overhand Active 0 0 0 59 323
2006 EDI 79 75 69 70 43 45 50 53 46 71 60 0 71 0 0 0 27 7 Overhand Active 0 0 0 59 323
2007 EDI 80 75 69 70 43 45 50 53 46 71 60 0 71 0 0 0 28 8 Overhand Active 0 0 0 59 323
2008 FA 80 75 69 70 43 45 50 53 46 71 60 0 71 0 0 0 29 9 Overhand Free Agent 0 0 0 59 322
2009 FA 80 74 69 70 43 45 50 53 46 71 60 0 71 0 0 0 30 10 Overhand Free Agent 0 0 0 59 320
2010 FA 79 74 69 70 43 45 50 53 46 71 60 0 71 0 0 0 31 11 Overhand Free Agent 0 0 0 59 318
2011 FA 79 74 69 70 43 45 50 53 46 71 60 0 71 0 0 0 32 12 Overhand Free Agent 0 0 0 59 317
2012 FA 79 72 69 68 43 45 50 53 46 71 60 0 71 0 0 0 33 13 Overhand Free Agent 0 0 0 59 311
2013 FA 79 70 69 68 43 45 50 53 46 71 60 0 71 0 0 0 34 14 Overhand Free Agent 0 0 0 58 308
2014 FA 78 68 69 68 43 45 50 53 46 71 60 0 71 0 0 0 35 15 Overhand Free Agent 0 0 0 58 303
Ratings Delta   -1 -2                             +1 +1             -5
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.