Timothy Byrdak  
Starting Pitcher | Free Agents

Pitching
Byrdak can get into trouble with walks, and there's concern about him being able to maintain his stuff over the whole season. 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! You know, some times I think I can throw harder than Byrdak, and that's saying a lot. He frequently leaves fastballs up in the strike zone, where they get pounded. He traditionally fares better against lefties.

Defense & Hitting
Byrdak has a very good move to first base, and he varies it so that he's extremely difficult to read. Byrdak is nothing special in the field. Byrdak is a surpisingly good hitting pitcher. And I'm not sure you can say this about a pitcher, but Byrdak has some pop in his swing.

2010 Outlook
I can't say I know what The Free Agents were doing locking this guy up to a long term contract. A questionable call at best. I just don't know if The Free Agents 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
1998 FA 49 59 65 60 52 55 51 49 46 39 49 0 38 37 0 0 23 0 Overhand Free Agent 0 4 43 54 230
1999 FA 51 59 68 63 52 55 51 49 46 39 49 0 38 37 0 0 24 0 Overhand Free Agent 0 4 43 57 240
2000 PIT 53 60 71 67 52 55 51 49 46 39 49 0 38 37 0 0 24 0 Overhand Low Minors 0 4 46 62 249
2001 PIT 55 67 75 71 52 55 51 49 46 39 49 0 38 37 0 0 25 0 Overhand Low Minors 0 0 0 67 266
2002 PIT 55 70 75 77 52 55 51 49 46 49 49 0 38 37 0 0 26 0 Overhand Low Minors 0 0 0 72 286
2003 PIT 59 71 75 81 52 55 51 49 46 49 49 0 38 37 0 0 27 0 Overhand Low Minors 0 0 0 72 294
2004 FA 60 71 75 83 52 55 51 49 46 49 49 0 38 45 0 0 29 0 Overhand Free Agent 0 0 0 72 304
2005 FA 60 71 75 83 52 55 51 49 46 49 49 0 38 45 0 0 29 0 Overhand Free Agent 0 0 0 72 304
2006 FA 59 71 75 85 52 55 51 49 46 49 49 0 38 45 0 0 30 0 Overhand Free Agent 0 0 0 72 302
2007 FA 59 71 75 85 52 55 51 49 46 49 49 0 38 45 0 0 31 0 Overhand Free Agent 0 0 0 72 300
2008 FA 59 71 75 86 52 55 51 49 46 49 49 0 38 45 0 0 32 0 Overhand Free Agent 0 0 0 72 299
2009 FA 59 69 75 84 52 55 51 49 46 49 49 0 38 45 0 0 34 0 Overhand Free Agent 0 0 0 72 291
2010 FA 58 69 74 84 52 55 51 49 46 49 49 0 38 45 0 0 34 0 Overhand Free Agent 0 0 0 72 289
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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.