Randy 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. Sometimes I wish he'd just give up on throwing the changeup, it's like a BP ball! He comes right after righthanded hitters, who are lucky even to reach base against him, but he works more carefully to lefties.

Defense & Hitting
He has a fair pickoff move and isn't a particularly easy target for basestealers. 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 SEA 73 25 60 55 56 43 54 48 50 57 43 57 50 0 0 0 30 6 Overhand Active 0 6 17 48 296
1999 NYM 74 25 61 55 56 43 54 48 50 57 43 57 50 0 0 0 31 7 Overhand Active 0 0 0 48 299
2000 NYM 74 24 61 55 56 43 54 48 50 57 43 57 50 0 0 0 32 8 Overhand Active 0 0 0 48 297
2001 NYM 74 24 61 55 56 43 54 48 50 57 43 57 50 0 0 0 33 9 Overhand Active 0 0 0 47 296
2002 NYM 74 23 61 53 56 43 54 48 50 57 43 57 50 0 0 0 34 10 Overhand AA/AAA 0 0 0 46 293
2003 FA 73 22 61 54 56 43 54 48 50 57 43 57 50 0 0 0 35 11 Overhand Free Agent 0 0 0 46 291
2004 FA 71 21 59 54 56 43 54 48 50 57 43 57 50 0 0 0 36 12 Overhand Free Agent 0 0 0 45 283
2005 FA 69 20 58 54 56 43 54 48 50 57 43 57 50 0 0 0 37 13 Overhand Free Agent 0 0 0 43 276
Ratings Delta   -2 -1 -1                           +1 +1           -2 -7
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.