TJ Mathews  
Relief Pitcher | Retired or Inactive Players

Pitching
He struggles with his command at times and is still learning to mix his pitches and set up hitters. He frequently leaves fastballs up in the strike zone, where they get pounded. He attacks lefties and righties with similar success.

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 doesn't have much of a pickoff move and he's slow getting the ball to home plate out of the set position. Mathews is a surpisingly good hitting pitcher. And I'm not sure you can say this about a pitcher, but Mathews has some pop in his swing. Interesting sidenote, The Retired or Inactive Players have been known to use Mathews as a pinch-runner on occasion.

2010 Outlook
Mathews flat-out isn't ready for this level of competition. Expect the Retired or Inactive Players to send him down promptly. But if you ask me, I'll pass on Mathews.

          -- 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 FLA 64 43 74 32 56 50 54 50 53 47 0 55 55 0 0 0 26 3 Overhand Active 0 8 16 55 241
1999 FLA 64 47 80 34 56 50 54 50 53 47 0 55 61 0 0 0 27 4 Overhand Active 0 0 0 58 259
2000 FLA 67 48 80 35 56 50 54 50 53 47 0 57 65 0 0 0 28 5 Overhand Active 0 0 0 61 270
2001 WAS 72 48 80 35 56 50 54 50 53 47 0 57 67 0 0 0 29 6 Overhand Active 0 0 0 63 279
2002 MON 72 48 80 35 56 50 54 50 53 49 0 58 67 0 0 0 30 7 Overhand Active 0 0 0 63 283
2003 MON 72 48 80 37 56 50 54 50 53 49 0 58 69 0 0 0 31 8 Overhand AA/AAA 0 0 0 63 285
2004 FLA 71 51 80 37 56 50 54 50 53 49 0 59 69 0 0 0 32 9 Overhand AA/AAA 0 0 0 63 284
2005 FA 71 51 80 37 56 50 54 50 53 49 0 59 69 0 0 0 33 10 Overhand Free Agent 0 0 0 63 283
2006 FA 69 50 80 37 56 50 54 50 53 49 0 59 69 0 0 0 34 11 Overhand Free Agent 0 0 0 63 278
2007 FA 70 50 79 37 56 50 54 50 53 49 0 59 69 0 0 0 35 12 Overhand Free Agent 0 0 0 62 277
2008 FA 68 49 77 37 56 50 54 50 53 49 0 59 69 0 0 0 36 13 Overhand Free Agent 0 0 0 61 269
2009 FA 66 47 77 37 56 50 54 50 53 49 0 59 69 0 0 0 37 14 Overhand Free Agent 0 0 0 60 264
Ratings Delta   -2 -2                             +1 +1           -1 -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.