Zane Smith  
Starting Pitcher | Retired or Inactive Players

Pitching
Smith can get into trouble with walks, and there's concern about him being able to maintain his stuff over the whole season. Smith also has a decent changeup. His pitches lose some movement when he pitches from the stretch position. You know, some times I think I can throw harder than Smith, and that's saying a lot. He changes speeds well enough to keep righthanders from teeing off on him.

Defense & Hitting
His pickoff move is only fair. Smith is nothing special in the field. Smith is a surpisingly good hitting pitcher. And I'm not sure you can say this about a pitcher, but Smith has some pop in his swing. Interesting sidenote, The Retired or Inactive Players have been known to use Smith as a pinch-runner on occasion.

2010 Outlook
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 FA 34 66 87 46 56 53 51 47 54 0 52 47 46 63 0 0 35 14 Sidearm Free Agent 0 8 25 45 256
1999 BAL 34 66 87 46 56 54 51 48 53 0 52 47 46 63 0 0 35 3 Overhand Active 15 20 10 55 245
2000 BAL 34 65 87 46 56 54 51 48 53 0 52 47 46 63 0 0 36 4 Overhand AA/AAA 2 3 1 54 243
2001 BAL 33 65 87 46 56 54 51 48 53 0 52 47 46 63 0 0 37 5 Overhand AA/AAA 0 0 0 57 241
2002 BAL 32 65 87 45 56 54 51 48 53 0 52 47 46 63 0 0 38 6 Overhand AA/AAA 0 0 0 58 237
2003 BAL 33 63 87 45 56 54 51 48 53 0 52 47 46 63 0 0 39 7 Overhand AA/AAA 0 0 0 58 235
2004 FA 31 61 87 45 56 54 51 48 53 0 52 47 46 63 0 0 40 8 Overhand Free Agent 0 0 0 58 229
2005 FA 30 61 84 44 56 54 51 48 53 0 52 47 46 63 0 0 41 9 Overhand Free Agent 0 0 0 55 223
Ratings Delta   -1   -3 -1                         +1 +1           -3 -6
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.