Doug Brocail  
Relief Pitcher | Retired or Inactive Players

Pitching
He has the ability to coax groundballs, which helps him succeed. His composure needs work. When Brocail starts getting hit, he gets mad and loses concentration. He can hit 90 MPH but is too smart to try to get his fastball past most hitters. He's almost as effective against lefthanders as he is versus righthanders.

Defense & Hitting
He's reasonably quick to the plate but needs to vary his pickoff moves. Good baserunners appeared to time him last year. He tends to fall off slightly to the first-base side of the mound, making him vulnerable to bunts toward third base. He makes up for that minor flaw by being aggressive in fielding his position. Brocail is a surpisingly good hitting pitcher. And I'm not sure you can say this about a pitcher, but Brocail has some pop in his swing. Interesting sidenote, The Retired or Inactive Players have been known to use Brocail as a pinch-runner on occasion.

          -- 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 TOR 68 42 65 55 57 47 54 47 53 45 0 56 54 34 0 0 29 6 Overhand AA/AAA 0 8 21 53 284
1999 TOR 67 42 65 55 57 47 54 47 53 45 0 56 56 34 0 0 30 7 Overhand AA/AAA 0 0 0 54 282
2000 TOR 70 42 65 55 57 47 54 47 53 45 0 56 56 34 0 0 31 8 Overhand Active 0 0 0 54 287
2001 TOR 69 43 65 55 57 47 54 47 53 45 0 56 56 34 0 0 32 9 Overhand Active 0 0 0 56 284
2002 TOR 82 42 65 44 57 47 54 47 53 45 0 56 56 32 0 0 33 10 Overhand AA/AAA 0 0 0 43 293
2003 TOR 82 41 65 44 57 47 54 47 53 45 0 56 56 32 0 0 34 11 Overhand AA/AAA 0 0 0 45 292
2004 TOR 82 41 65 46 57 47 54 47 53 47 0 56 58 32 0 0 35 12 Overhand AA/AAA 0 0 0 34 298
2005 TOR 82 40 65 46 57 47 54 47 53 47 0 56 59 32 0 0 36 13 Overhand AA/AAA 0 0 0 34 298
2006 TOR 82 40 65 45 57 47 54 47 53 48 0 56 59 32 0 0 37 14 Overhand AA/AAA 0 0 0 33 298
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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.