Kelly West  
Relief Pitcher | Retired or Inactive Players

Pitching
His fastball gets into the high 80s, but it's the sink that makes the pitch effective. He has an above-average changeup and the ability to throw from a variety of arm angles. 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 tends to work slowly when in a jam, which just makes his problems worse by lulling his fielders to sleep. He attacks lefties and righties with similar success.

Defense & Hitting
West doesn't make much of an attempt to combat the running game. Basestealers ran at will last year. West is agile on the mound, though he makes needless errors when his concentration wanders. West is a surpisingly good hitting pitcher. And I'm not sure you can say this about a pitcher, but West has some pop in his swing. Interesting sidenote, The Retired or Inactive Players have been known to use West 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 79 56 61 54 47 46 51 47 47 61 67 0 41 0 0 0 27 0 Overhand Free Agent 0 15 44 40 274
2004 FA 79 56 61 54 47 46 51 47 47 61 67 0 41 0 0 0 28 0 Overhand Free Agent 0 15 44 40 272
2005 FA 79 56 61 54 47 46 51 47 47 61 67 0 41 0 0 0 28 0 Overhand Free Agent 0 15 44 40 272
2006 FA 79 55 61 54 47 46 51 47 47 61 67 0 41 0 0 0 30 0 Overhand Free Agent 0 15 44 40 268
2007 FA 79 54 61 54 47 46 51 47 47 61 67 0 41 0 0 0 31 0 Overhand Free Agent 0 15 44 40 266
2008 FA 79 52 61 54 47 46 51 47 47 61 67 0 41 0 0 0 32 0 Overhand Free Agent 0 15 43 40 263
2009 FA 79 51 61 53 47 46 51 47 47 61 67 0 41 0 0 0 33 0 Overhand Free Agent 0 14 42 39 260
2010 FA 79 49 59 53 47 46 51 47 47 61 67 0 41 0 0 0 34 0 Overhand Free Agent 0 13 40 38 254
2011 FA 79 47 57 54 47 46 51 47 47 61 67 0 41 0 0 0 35 0 Overhand Free Agent 0 12 38 37 249
2012 FA 79 45 57 54 47 46 51 47 47 61 67 0 41 0 0 0 36 0 Overhand Free Agent 0 11 35 36 246
2013 FA 77 43 54 53 47 46 51 47 47 61 67 0 41 0 0 0 37 0 Overhand Free Agent 0 10 33 35 234
Ratings Delta   -2 -2 -3 -1                         +1         -1 -2 -1 -12
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.