Matt Murray  
Relief Pitcher | Cincinnati Reds

Pitching
His fastball gets into the high 80s, but it's the sink that makes the pitch effective. The Cincinnati Reds 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 Murray starts getting hit, he gets mad and loses concentration. But Murray, do us a favor. Stop throwing that changeup. It looks like a beachball. He's trying to develop a sinker, but as of yet it's been well below par. He attacks lefties and righties with similar success.

Defense & Hitting
Murray does an average job of holding runners. He isn't especially quick off the mound but generally fields his position adequately. Murray is a surpisingly good hitting pitcher. And I'm not sure you can say this about a pitcher, but Murray has some pop in his swing.

          -- 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 CIN 79 46 59 47 56 48 51 47 51 61 35 30 0 54 0 0 26 2 Overhand Active 0 8 19 56 294
1999 CIN 80 49 67 50 56 48 51 47 51 61 35 30 0 54 0 0 27 3 Overhand Active 0 0 0 60 313
2000 CIN 78 50 68 53 56 48 51 47 51 66 35 30 0 54 0 0 28 4 Overhand Active 0 0 0 60 322
2001 CIN 78 51 68 54 56 48 51 47 51 66 35 30 0 56 0 0 29 5 Overhand AA/AAA 0 0 0 60 324
2002 CIN 78 54 68 55 56 48 51 47 51 66 35 30 0 56 0 0 30 6 Overhand AA/AAA 0 0 0 60 325
2003 CIN 78 56 68 56 56 48 51 47 51 66 35 30 0 56 0 0 31 7 Overhand AA/AAA 0 0 0 60 325
2004 CIN 78 58 68 56 56 48 51 47 51 66 35 30 0 56 0 0 32 8 Overhand AA/AAA 0 0 0 60 325
2005 CIN 78 57 68 56 56 48 51 47 51 69 35 30 0 56 0 0 33 9 Overhand AA/AAA 0 0 0 60 329
2006 FA 81 57 68 56 56 48 51 47 51 69 35 30 0 56 0 0 34 10 Overhand Free Agent 0 0 0 60 333
2007 FA 81 57 68 56 56 48 51 47 51 69 35 30 0 56 0 0 35 11 Overhand Free Agent 0 0 0 60 332
2008 FA 81 57 66 56 56 48 51 47 51 69 35 30 0 56 0 0 36 12 Overhand Free Agent 0 0 0 60 328
2009 FA 79 56 63 56 56 48 51 47 51 69 35 30 0 56 0 0 37 13 Overhand Free Agent 0 0 0 58 317
2010 CIN 77 56 62 55 56 48 51 47 51 69 35 30 0 56 0 0 37 14 Overhand Active 0 0 0 56 312
Ratings Delta   -2   -1 -1                           +1           -2 -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.