Dave Veres  
Relief Pitcher | Retired or Inactive Players

Pitching
Veres has to keep the ball down, especially against lefties, or he gets hit hard and often. The Retired or Inactive Players 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. He can hit 90 MPH but is too smart to try to get his fastball past most hitters. Dating back to his days in the minors, Veres has been more effective against righthanders than lefthanders.

Defense & Hitting
He's average in terms of controlling the running game. 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. Veres is a surpisingly good hitting pitcher. And I'm not sure you can say this about a pitcher, but Veres has some pop in his swing. Interesting sidenote, The Retired or Inactive Players have been known to use Veres as a pinch-runner on occasion.

2010 Outlook
If Veres 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 CHC 73 40 62 63 56 42 46 52 53 51 0 53 46 0 0 0 30 4 Sidearm Active 0 10 28 47 256
1999 CHC 76 44 62 64 56 42 46 52 53 51 0 53 46 0 0 0 31 5 Sidearm AA/AAA 0 0 0 47 263
2000 CHC 76 45 62 65 56 42 46 52 53 53 0 53 46 0 0 0 32 6 Sidearm AA/AAA 0 0 0 47 266
2001 TOR 76 45 62 65 56 42 46 52 53 54 0 53 46 0 0 0 33 7 Sidearm Active 0 0 0 47 267
2002 TOR 76 45 62 65 56 42 46 52 53 54 0 53 46 0 0 0 34 8 Sidearm Active 0 0 0 46 266
2003 TOR 76 45 62 64 56 42 46 52 53 54 0 53 46 0 0 0 34 9 Sidearm AA/AAA 0 0 0 47 266
2004 TOR 76 45 62 65 56 42 46 52 53 54 0 53 46 0 0 0 36 10 Sidearm AA/AAA 0 0 0 46 264
2005 FA 76 44 62 65 56 42 46 52 53 54 0 53 46 0 0 0 37 11 Sidearm Free Agent 0 0 0 47 263
2006 FA 74 43 60 64 56 42 46 52 53 54 0 53 46 0 0 0 38 12 Sidearm Free Agent 0 0 0 45 253
Ratings Delta   -2 -1 -2 -1                         +1 +1           -2 -10
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.