Tom Linke  
Relief Pitcher | Free Agents

Pitching
Linke also has a decent changeup. 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 composure needs work. When Linke starts getting hit, he gets mad and loses concentration. You know, some times I think I can throw harder than Linke, and that's saying a lot. This man owns lefties. Put it this way, if your lineup is full of them, you might want rethink your lineup.

Defense & Hitting
Linke is nothing special in the field. He doesn't have much of a pickoff move and he's slow getting the ball to home plate out of the set position. Linke is a surpisingly good hitting pitcher. And I'm not sure you can say this about a pitcher, but Linke has some pop in his swing.

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

          -- 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
2000 FA 49 43 41 31 46 59 49 46 53 0 51 0 0 48 0 0 26 0 Overhand Free Agent 1 8 28 55 56
2001 FA 50 44 43 32 46 59 49 46 53 0 51 0 0 48 0 0 27 0 Overhand Free Agent 1 8 28 57 61
2002 FA 50 46 48 33 46 59 49 46 53 0 51 0 0 48 0 0 28 0 Overhand Free Agent 1 8 28 59 70
2003 FA 50 48 52 33 46 59 49 46 53 0 51 0 0 48 0 0 29 0 Overhand Free Agent 1 8 28 60 75
2004 TOR 49 48 55 33 46 59 49 46 53 0 51 0 0 48 0 0 30 0 Overhand AA/AAA 1 8 28 61 77
2005 TOR 52 53 58 34 46 59 49 46 53 0 51 0 0 62 0 0 31 0 Overhand AA/AAA 0 0 5 62 102
2006 TOR 52 53 58 34 46 59 49 46 53 0 58 0 0 74 0 0 32 0 Overhand AA/AAA 0 0 0 62 118
2007 FA 52 53 58 34 46 59 49 46 53 0 58 0 0 74 0 0 33 0 Overhand Free Agent 0 0 0 62 116
2008 FA 51 53 57 34 46 59 49 46 53 0 58 0 0 74 0 0 34 0 Overhand Free Agent 0 0 0 62 110
2009 FA 51 52 55 34 46 59 49 46 53 0 58 0 0 74 0 0 35 0 Overhand Free Agent 0 0 0 61 104
2010 FA 51 51 55 33 46 59 49 46 53 0 58 0 0 74 0 0 36 0 Overhand Free Agent 0 0 0 61 101
Ratings Delta     -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.