Mike Yeager  
Starting Pitcher | Free Agents

Pitching
He can get groundballs when he needs them in a jam. His curveball is solid; he throws it better than your average starter. His fastball gets into the high 80s, but it's the sink that makes the pitch effective. The Free Agents 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. Sometimes I wish he'd just give up on throwing the changeup, it's like a BP ball! He traditionally fares better against lefties.

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. Yeager is a surpisingly good hitting pitcher. And I'm not sure you can say this about a pitcher, but Yeager has some pop in his swing. Interesting sidenote, The Free Agents have been known to use Yeager as a pinch-runner on occasion.

2014 Outlook
It's really a shame he hasn't caught on somewhere. He might be a decent addition to someone's bench.

          -- 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 ATL 79 80 41 58 48 57 48 54 50 52 46 0 45 72 0 0 22 0 Overhand AA/AAA 0 0 0 37 324
2004 ATL 82 80 49 61 48 57 48 54 50 52 46 0 45 72 0 0 23 0 Overhand Active 0 0 0 40 338
2005 ATL 84 84 62 68 48 57 48 54 50 52 48 0 45 72 0 0 24 2 Overhand AA/AAA 0 1 0 50 370
2006 ATL 84 84 62 68 48 57 48 54 50 52 48 0 45 72 0 0 24 2 Overhand AA/AAA 0 1 0 50 370
2007 ATL 84 84 62 73 48 57 48 54 50 52 48 0 46 75 0 0 26 3 Overhand Active 0 0 0 53 377
2008 ATL 84 84 62 76 48 57 48 54 50 52 48 0 46 77 0 0 27 4 Overhand AA/AAA 0 0 0 57 382
2009 MOR 84 84 62 76 48 57 48 54 50 56 48 0 46 77 0 0 28 5 Overhand AA/AAA 0 0 0 60 385
2010 MOR 84 84 62 76 48 57 48 54 50 56 49 0 46 77 0 0 29 6 Overhand Active 0 0 0 61 385
2011 MOR 84 84 62 76 48 57 48 54 50 58 49 0 46 77 0 0 30 7 Overhand Active 0 0 0 61 387
2012 FA 83 84 62 76 48 57 48 54 50 58 49 0 46 79 0 0 31 8 Overhand Free Agent 0 0 0 61 387
2013 AMS 83 84 62 76 48 57 48 54 50 58 49 0 46 79 0 0 32 9 Overhand Active 0 0 0 61 386
2014 FA 83 84 62 76 48 57 48 54 50 60 49 0 46 79 0 0 33 10 Overhand Free Agent 0 0 0 61 388
Ratings Delta                     +2             +1 +1             +2
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.