Mike Buddie  
Starting Pitcher | Free Agents

Pitching
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. His stuff becomes less sharp as he gets into the late innings. Sometimes I wish he'd just give up on throwing the changeup, it's like a BP ball! He frequently leaves fastballs up in the strike zone, where they get pounded. He's almost as effective against righthanders as he is versus lefthanders.

Defense & Hitting
He has a fair pickoff move and isn't a particularly easy target for basestealers. Buddie is nothing special in the field. Buddie is a surpisingly good hitting pitcher. And I'm not sure you can say this about a pitcher, but Buddie has some pop in his swing. Interesting sidenote, The Free Agents have been known to use Buddie as a pinch-runner on occasion.

2010 Outlook
What The Free Agents was thinking when they signed Buddie to a long contract, is beyond me: this guy flat-out sucks. But if you ask me, I'll pass on Buddie.

          -- 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
1998 FA 68 66 55 46 56 52 49 52 47 43 46 0 46 0 0 0 25 0 Overhand Free Agent 0 9 35 57 196
1999 FA 68 68 58 47 56 52 49 52 47 43 46 0 46 0 0 0 26 0 Overhand Free Agent 0 9 35 61 201
2000 FA 67 71 61 47 56 52 49 52 47 43 46 0 46 0 0 0 27 0 Overhand Free Agent 0 9 35 61 205
2001 FA 67 74 62 47 56 52 49 52 47 43 46 0 46 0 0 0 28 0 Overhand Free Agent 0 9 34 61 208
2002 FA 67 76 62 47 56 52 49 52 47 43 46 0 46 0 0 0 29 0 Overhand Free Agent 0 9 33 61 208
2003 FA 67 76 62 47 56 52 49 52 47 43 46 0 46 0 0 0 30 0 Overhand Free Agent 0 9 33 61 206
2004 FA 66 75 62 47 56 52 49 52 47 43 46 0 46 0 0 0 31 0 Overhand Free Agent 0 9 32 61 202
2005 FA 67 75 62 47 56 52 49 52 47 43 46 0 46 0 0 0 32 0 Overhand Free Agent 0 9 32 61 201
2006 FA 66 74 62 47 56 52 49 52 47 43 46 0 46 0 0 0 33 0 Overhand Free Agent 0 9 31 60 196
2007 FA 66 74 62 47 56 52 49 52 47 43 46 0 46 0 0 0 34 0 Overhand Free Agent 0 8 30 61 194
2008 FA 67 74 62 47 56 52 49 52 47 43 46 0 46 0 0 0 35 0 Overhand Free Agent 0 8 28 61 194
2009 FA 67 73 62 47 56 52 49 52 47 43 46 0 46 0 0 0 36 0 Overhand Free Agent 0 8 27 61 190
2010 FA 66 72 61 47 56 52 49 52 47 43 46 0 46 0 0 0 37 0 Overhand Free Agent 0 7 25 61 185
Ratings Delta   -1 -1 -1                           +1         -1 -2   -5
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.