Steve Soderstrom  
Starting Pitcher | Free Agents

Pitching
Soderstrom can get into trouble with walks, and there's concern about him being able to maintain his stuff over the whole season. His stuff becomes less sharp as he gets into the late innings. He can hit 90 MPH but is too smart to try to get his fastball past most hitters. Sometimes I wish he'd just give up on throwing the changeup, it's like a BP ball! He attacks lefties and righties with similar success.

Defense & Hitting
Though he lacks a good pickoff move, he checks the running game with a compact stretch delivery. He isn't especially quick off the mound but generally fields his position adequately. Soderstrom is a surpisingly good hitting pitcher. And I'm not sure you can say this about a pitcher, but Soderstrom 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 NYY 76 65 53 54 56 51 53 50 47 43 44 0 46 47 0 0 24 0 Overhand AA/AAA 0 2 17 58 272
1999 NYY 78 65 58 58 56 51 53 50 47 48 44 0 46 47 0 0 25 0 Overhand AA/AAA 0 0 0 62 288
2000 NYY 82 68 65 62 56 51 53 50 47 48 44 0 46 47 0 0 26 0 Overhand AA/AAA 0 0 0 65 307
2001 NYY 81 70 68 50 56 51 53 50 47 52 44 0 46 55 0 0 27 0 Overhand AA/AAA 0 0 0 69 313
2002 NYY 85 72 68 54 56 51 53 50 47 52 44 0 46 55 0 0 28 0 Overhand Active 0 0 0 71 322
2003 NYY 84 77 68 55 56 51 53 50 47 52 44 0 46 55 0 0 29 1 Overhand AA/AAA 0 0 0 71 327
2004 NYY 84 77 68 60 56 51 53 50 47 52 44 0 46 55 0 0 30 2 Overhand AA/AAA 0 0 0 71 331
2005 NYY 85 76 68 60 56 51 53 50 47 52 44 0 46 60 0 0 31 3 Overhand AA/AAA 0 0 0 71 337
2006 NYY 85 75 68 62 56 51 53 50 47 52 44 0 52 60 0 0 32 4 Overhand AA/AAA 0 0 0 71 342
2007 FA 85 76 68 63 56 51 53 50 47 52 46 0 52 60 0 0 33 5 Overhand Free Agent 0 0 0 71 345
2008 FA 85 75 66 63 56 51 53 50 47 52 46 0 52 60 0 0 34 6 Overhand Free Agent 0 0 0 69 341
2009 FA 85 74 66 61 56 51 53 50 47 52 46 0 52 60 0 0 35 7 Overhand Free Agent 0 0 0 69 337
2010 FA 82 73 65 59 56 51 53 50 47 52 46 0 52 60 0 0 36 8 Overhand Free Agent 0 0 0 68 328
Ratings Delta   -3 -1 -1 -2                         +1 +1           -1 -9
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.