Rheal Cormier  
Starting Pitcher | Retired or Inactive Players

Pitching
Cormier performs extremely well in the late innings, but unfortunately his endurance prevents him from getting there very often. Cormier can get into trouble with walks, and there's concern about him being able to maintain his stuff over the whole season. Cormier also has a decent changeup. Never a hard thrower, Cormier now has games when he can't hit 85 MPH with his fastball. He frequently leaves fastballs up in the strike zone, where they get pounded. The running movement on his pitches makes life tougher on lefties than righties.

Defense & Hitting
For a lefty, his move to first base is average at best, and he has a tendency to forget about runners at second, thereby creating opportunities to swipe third. Cormier is nothing special in the field. Cormier is a surpisingly good hitting pitcher. And I'm not sure you can say this about a pitcher, but Cormier has some pop in his swing. Interesting sidenote, The Retired or Inactive Players have been known to use Cormier as a pinch-runner on occasion.

          -- 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 KC 46 69 81 81 56 56 52 51 60 48 56 0 54 63 0 0 29 7 Overhand Active 0 6 21 51 346
1999 KC 45 69 81 81 56 56 52 51 60 48 56 0 54 63 0 0 30 8 Overhand Active 0 0 0 52 344
2000 KC 47 67 81 81 56 56 52 51 60 48 56 0 54 63 0 0 31 9 Overhand Active 0 0 0 53 343
2001 KC 49 65 81 81 56 56 52 51 60 48 56 0 54 63 0 0 32 10 Overhand Active 0 0 0 53 342
2002 KC 49 65 81 81 56 56 52 51 60 48 56 0 54 63 0 0 33 11 Overhand Active 0 0 0 53 341
2003 LA 48 68 81 81 56 56 52 51 60 48 56 0 54 63 0 0 34 12 Overhand Active 0 0 0 53 342
2004 LA 47 69 81 81 56 56 52 51 60 48 56 0 54 63 0 0 35 13 Overhand Active 0 0 0 52 341
2005 LA 46 69 81 81 56 56 52 51 60 48 56 0 54 63 0 0 36 14 Overhand Active 0 0 0 51 339
2006 LA 45 69 81 81 56 56 52 51 60 49 56 0 54 63 0 0 37 15 Overhand Active 0 0 0 49 338
Ratings Delta   -1                 +1             +1 +1           -2 -1
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.