Rich Yeabsley  
Starting Pitcher | Retired or Inactive Players

Pitching
He keeps his pitches low in the strike zone and throws a heavy ball. Yeabsley can get into trouble with walks, and there's concern about him being able to maintain his stuff over the whole season. Yeabsley also has a decent changeup. His pitches lose some movement when he pitches from the stretch position. Yeabsley also throws a screwball. When you throw a curveball, it better break. Hanging curves equal earned runs in this league, you just can't get away with them. Unfortunately, Yeabsley's curveball tends to hang. In his first taste of the majors, he has kept lefthanders in check but wasn't as effective against righties.

Defense & Hitting
Yeabsley's move to first base is average. Yeabsley is agile on the mound, though he makes needless errors when his concentration wanders. Yeabsley is a surpisingly good hitting pitcher. And I'm not sure you can say this about a pitcher, but Yeabsley has some pop in his swing. Interesting sidenote, The Retired or Inactive Players have been known to use Yeabsley 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 72 65 78 64 55 54 56 47 48 48 53 0 0 33 48 0 30 0 Overhand Free Agent 0 1 0 45 298
2004 FA 72 64 78 64 55 54 56 47 48 48 53 0 0 33 48 0 32 0 Overhand Free Agent 0 1 0 45 293
2005 FA 72 64 78 64 55 54 56 47 48 48 53 0 0 33 48 0 31 0 Overhand Free Agent 0 1 0 45 295
2006 FA 72 63 77 63 55 54 56 47 48 48 53 0 0 33 48 0 34 0 Overhand Free Agent 0 1 0 45 286
2007 FA 71 62 75 63 55 54 56 47 48 48 53 0 0 33 48 0 34 0 Overhand Free Agent 0 0 0 44 281
2008 FA 69 60 73 63 55 54 56 47 48 48 53 0 0 33 48 0 36 0 Overhand Free Agent 0 0 0 43 270
2009 FA 69 58 73 64 55 54 56 47 48 48 53 0 0 33 48 0 37 0 Overhand Free Agent 0 0 0 43 288
2010 FA 67 56 71 64 55 54 56 47 48 48 53 0 0 33 48 0 38 0 Overhand Free Agent 0 0 0 42 279
2011 FA 65 54 71 64 55 54 56 47 48 48 53 0 0 33 48 0 39 0 Overhand Free Agent 0 0 0 41 272
2012 FA 63 52 68 63 55 54 56 47 48 48 53 0 0 33 48 0 40 0 Overhand Free Agent 0 0 0 40 260
Ratings Delta   -2 -2 -3 -1                         +1             -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.