Mark Petkovsek  
Starting 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. Petkovsek also has a decent changeup. You know, some times I think I can throw harder than Petkovsek, and that's saying a lot. The one thing I must say I don't like about Petkovsek is how easily rattled he gets. If he makes a mistake to a hitter and the guy winds up on second or third, you can pretty much count on the guy scoring. He frequently leaves fastballs up in the strike zone, where they get pounded. He's almost as effective against lefthanders as he is versus righthanders.

Defense & Hitting
His move to first isn't very good, but his delivery is fairly quick and he isn't overly vulnerable to the stolen base. Petkovsek is nothing special in the field. Petkovsek is a surpisingly good hitting pitcher. And I'm not sure you can say this about a pitcher, but Petkovsek has some pop in his swing. Interesting sidenote, The Retired or Inactive Players have been known to use Petkovsek as a pinch-runner on occasion.

2010 Outlook
If Petkovsek doesn't perform, the Retired or Inactive Players won't hesitate to send him down to the minors. I just don't know if The Retired or Inactive Players are ever going to get what they expect out of him.

          -- 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 47 70 65 44 57 48 51 44 54 48 52 51 0 61 0 0 30 5 Overhand Active 0 3 18 49 263
1999 FLA 47 70 65 44 57 48 51 44 54 48 52 51 0 61 0 0 31 6 Overhand Active 0 0 0 49 262
2000 FLA 47 70 65 44 57 48 51 44 54 48 52 51 0 61 0 0 32 7 Overhand Active 0 0 0 49 261
2001 FLA 46 69 65 44 57 48 51 44 54 48 52 51 0 61 0 0 33 8 Overhand Active 0 0 0 48 258
2002 FLA 47 66 65 43 57 48 51 44 54 48 52 51 0 61 0 0 34 9 Overhand Active 0 0 0 48 254
2003 FLA 46 64 65 43 57 48 51 44 54 48 52 51 0 61 0 0 35 10 Overhand AA/AAA 0 0 0 49 249
2004 OAK 47 63 65 42 57 48 51 44 54 48 52 51 0 61 0 0 36 11 Overhand AA/AAA 0 0 0 48 247
2005 FA 46 62 65 42 57 48 51 44 54 48 52 51 0 61 0 0 37 12 Overhand Free Agent 0 0 0 49 244
Ratings Delta   -1 -1                             +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.