Ed Mallon  
Relief Pitcher | Retired or Inactive Players

Pitching
This guy has closer written all over him. He can get groundballs when he needs them in a jam. His slider is sharp and breaks both horizontally and vertically. If you're going in to face Mallon, better be wearing plenty of protection. He's wild. Never a hard thrower, Mallon now has games when he can't hit 85 MPH with his fastball. The running movement on his pitches makes life tougher on lefties than righties.

Defense & Hitting
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. He never has controlled the running game. Mallon is a surpisingly good hitting pitcher. And I'm not sure you can say this about a pitcher, but Mallon has some pop in his swing. Interesting sidenote, The Retired or Inactive Players have been known to use Mallon as a pinch-runner on occasion.

2010 Outlook
What The Retired or Inactive Players was thinking when they signed Mallon to a long contract, is beyond me: this guy flat-out sucks. Mallon isn't cutting the mustard in the low minors. It's time for Ed to investigate other career options, like coaching highschool ball. But if you ask me, I'll pass on Mallon.

          -- Ska Nyman, A-Ball 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 KC 41 51 27 30 50 55 46 54 58 62 0 0 75 0 0 0 24 0 Overhand Low Minors 0 0 24 51 103
1999 KC 41 52 38 31 50 55 46 54 58 62 0 0 77 0 0 0 25 0 Overhand Low Minors 0 0 0 55 124
2000 BAL 42 53 49 32 50 55 46 54 58 62 0 0 78 0 0 0 26 0 Overhand AA/AAA 0 0 0 58 145
2001 BAL 45 54 49 34 50 55 46 54 58 62 0 0 78 0 0 0 27 0 Overhand AA/AAA 0 0 0 58 151
2002 FA 45 54 49 38 50 55 46 54 58 62 0 0 78 0 0 0 28 0 Overhand Free Agent 0 0 0 58 153
2003 FA 45 54 49 38 50 55 46 54 58 62 0 0 78 0 0 0 29 0 Overhand Free Agent 0 0 0 58 151
2004 FA 45 52 49 38 50 55 46 54 58 62 0 0 78 0 0 0 30 0 Overhand Free Agent 0 0 0 58 148
2005 FA 45 52 49 38 50 55 46 54 58 62 0 0 78 0 0 0 31 0 Overhand Free Agent 0 0 0 58 146
2006 FA 45 52 49 38 50 55 46 54 58 62 0 0 78 0 0 0 32 0 Overhand Free Agent 0 0 0 58 144
2007 FA 45 51 48 38 50 55 46 54 58 62 0 0 78 0 0 0 33 0 Overhand Free Agent 0 0 0 58 140
2008 FA 45 50 48 38 50 55 46 54 58 62 0 0 78 0 0 0 34 0 Overhand Free Agent 0 0 0 57 138
2009 FA 44 48 47 37 50 55 46 54 58 62 0 0 78 0 0 0 35 0 Overhand Free Agent 0 0 0 55 131
Ratings Delta   -1 -2 -1 -1                         +1             -2 -7
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.