Cal Eldred  
Starting Pitcher | Retired or Inactive Players

Pitching
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! He's almost as effective against lefthanders as he is versus righthanders.

Defense & Hitting
His move to first isn't very good, but his delivery is fairly quick and he isn't overly vulnerable to the stolen base. 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. Eldred is a surpisingly good hitting pitcher. And I'm not sure you can say this about a pitcher, but Eldred has some pop in his swing. Interesting sidenote, The Retired or Inactive Players have been known to use Eldred as a pinch-runner on occasion.

2010 Outlook
If Eldred doesn't perform, the Retired or Inactive Players won't hesitate to send him down to the minors. I just don't know if The Retired or Inactive Players 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 MON 76 76 62 46 56 46 50 49 52 71 44 0 0 51 0 0 28 7 Overhand Active 0 6 20 51 282
1999 MON 75 75 65 46 56 46 50 49 52 72 46 0 0 51 0 0 29 8 Overhand Active 0 0 0 54 285
2000 WAS 78 74 65 46 56 46 50 49 52 73 47 0 0 51 0 0 30 9 Overhand Active 0 0 0 55 289
2001 WAS 79 74 65 46 56 46 50 49 52 73 47 0 0 52 0 0 31 10 Overhand Active 0 0 0 55 290
2002 MON 78 72 65 46 56 46 50 49 52 73 47 0 0 52 0 0 32 11 Overhand Active 0 0 0 56 286
2003 MON 76 72 65 46 56 46 50 49 52 73 48 0 0 52 0 0 33 12 Overhand Active 0 0 0 56 284
2004 FLA 76 76 65 46 56 46 50 49 52 73 48 0 0 52 0 0 34 13 Overhand AA/AAA 0 0 0 57 287
2005 CHW 76 76 65 46 56 46 50 49 52 73 48 0 0 52 0 0 35 14 Overhand AA/AAA 0 0 0 56 286
2006 FA 79 74 65 46 56 46 50 49 52 73 48 0 0 52 0 0 36 15 Overhand Free Agent 0 0 0 56 287
2007 FA 79 73 63 46 56 46 50 49 52 73 48 0 0 52 0 0 37 16 Overhand Free Agent 0 0 0 55 282
2008 FA 76 71 61 46 56 46 50 49 52 73 48 0 0 52 0 0 38 17 Overhand Free Agent 0 0 0 53 273
2009 FA 74 69 59 45 56 46 50 49 52 73 48 0 0 52 0 0 39 18 Overhand Free Agent 0 0 0 51 263
Ratings Delta   -2 -2 -2 -1                         +1 +1           -2 -10
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.