Pedro Borbon  
Relief Pitcher | Retired or Inactive Players

Pitching
He's a good late inning man, which is when being a pitcher really counts. His fastball gets into the high 80s, but it's the sink that makes the pitch effective. 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. Sometimes I wish he'd just give up on throwing the changeup, it's like a BP ball! Borbon has no endurance. He's good for an inning an outing, tops. 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, Borbon's curveball tends to hang. The running movement on his pitches makes life tougher on lefties than righties. Borbon struggles on the road.

Defense & Hitting
He isn't especially quick off the mound but generally fields his position adequately. His windup, though, makes him an easy target to run on. Borbon is a surpisingly good hitting pitcher. And I'm not sure you can say this about a pitcher, but Borbon has some pop in his swing. Interesting sidenote, The Retired or Inactive Players have been known to use Borbon as a pinch-runner on occasion.

2010 Outlook
AA isn't the right place for Borbon. Expect the Retired or Inactive Players to send him down for some minor retooling. I just don't know if The Retired or Inactive Players are ever going to get what they expect out of him.

          -- Emu Nyman, AA/AAA Scout
 

 

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
1998 DET 68 14 50 29 56 56 56 51 54 59 45 0 0 32 0 0 28 5 Overhand AA/AAA 0 10 29 50 187
1999 FA 78 14 50 29 56 56 56 51 54 59 45 0 0 32 0 0 29 6 Overhand Free Agent 0 0 0 51 204
2000 TOR 78 13 50 30 56 56 56 51 54 59 45 0 0 32 0 0 30 7 Overhand AA/AAA 0 0 0 54 204
2001 TOR 78 13 50 31 56 56 56 51 54 59 45 0 0 32 0 0 31 8 Overhand AA/AAA 0 0 0 55 204
2002 TOR 78 14 50 31 56 56 56 51 54 59 45 0 0 32 0 0 32 9 Overhand AA/AAA 0 0 0 55 203
2003 TOR 78 14 50 31 56 56 56 51 54 59 45 0 0 32 0 0 33 10 Overhand AA/AAA 0 0 0 55 202
2004 FA 77 13 50 31 56 56 56 51 54 59 45 0 0 32 0 0 34 11 Overhand Free Agent 0 0 0 55 199
2005 FA 75 13 49 30 56 56 56 51 54 59 45 0 0 32 0 0 35 12 Overhand Free Agent 0 0 0 54 192
2006 FA 75 12 48 30 56 56 56 51 54 59 45 0 0 32 0 0 36 13 Overhand Free Agent 0 0 0 54 189
Ratings Delta     -1 -1                           +1 +1             -3
History generated by Biorhythm v2.6.86 on Sun Nov 14 13:28:08 EST 2004

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.