Jose Mercedes  
Starting Pitcher | Free Agents

Pitching
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. Because he can't overpower hitters, Mercedes has to fool them instead. Sometimes I wish he'd just give up on throwing the changeup, it's like a BP ball! He's trying to develop a sinker, but as of yet it's been well below par. He's almost as effective against lefthanders as he is versus righthanders.

Defense & Hitting
Mercedes does an average job of holding runners. 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. Mercedes is a surpisingly good hitting pitcher. And I'm not sure you can say this about a pitcher, but Mercedes has some pop in his swing.

2010 Outlook
It's really a shame he hasn't caught on somewhere. He might be a decent addition to someone's bench.

          -- 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 LA 73 71 50 60 56 47 51 49 53 70 32 30 0 48 0 0 25 4 Overhand Active 0 8 17 54 275
1999 LA 74 75 54 63 56 47 51 49 53 70 32 30 0 52 0 0 26 5 Overhand Active 0 0 0 59 293
2000 LA 75 77 56 67 56 47 51 49 53 73 32 30 0 52 0 0 27 6 Overhand Active 0 0 0 63 306
2001 LA 73 81 56 69 56 47 51 49 53 73 36 30 0 52 0 0 28 7 Overhand Active 0 0 0 67 314
2002 LA 72 82 56 70 56 47 51 49 53 73 39 30 0 52 0 0 29 8 Overhand AA/AAA 0 0 0 69 317
2003 LA 70 82 56 70 56 47 51 49 53 75 39 30 0 52 0 0 30 9 Overhand Active 0 0 0 71 316
2004 LA 70 85 56 70 56 47 51 49 53 75 39 30 0 52 0 0 31 10 Overhand AA/AAA 0 0 0 71 319
2005 BOS 70 89 56 70 56 47 51 49 53 75 39 30 0 52 0 0 32 11 Overhand Active 0 0 0 71 322
2006 BOS 69 93 56 70 56 47 51 49 53 75 39 30 0 52 0 0 33 12 Overhand AA/AAA 0 0 0 69 325
2007 FA 69 96 56 70 56 47 51 49 53 75 39 30 0 52 0 0 34 13 Overhand Free Agent 0 0 0 69 328
2008 FA 69 93 56 70 56 47 51 49 53 75 39 30 0 52 0 0 35 14 Overhand Free Agent 0 0 0 69 323
2009 FA 68 93 54 68 56 47 51 49 53 75 39 30 0 52 0 0 36 15 Overhand Free Agent 0 0 0 69 316
2010 FA 67 93 52 68 56 47 51 49 53 75 39 30 0 52 0 0 37 16 Overhand Free Agent 0 0 0 68 312
Ratings Delta   -1   -2                           +1 +1           -1 -4
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.