Mark Dewey  
Relief Pitcher | Retired or Inactive Players

Pitching
He's a good late inning man, which is when being a pitcher really counts. Dewey has to keep the ball down, especially against lefties, or he gets hit hard and often. Dewey also has a decent changeup. 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. When his release point drops below three-quarters, his fastball tends to hang in the strike zone. Dating back to his days in the minors, Dewey has been more effective against righthanders than lefthanders.

Defense & Hitting
His move to first isn't very good, but his delivery is fairly quick and he isn't overly vulnerable to the stolen base. 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. Dewey is a surpisingly good hitting pitcher. And I'm not sure you can say this about a pitcher, but Dewey has some pop in his swing. Interesting sidenote, The Retired or Inactive Players have been known to use Dewey as a pinch-runner on occasion.

2010 Outlook
AA isn't the right place for Dewey. Expect the Retired or Inactive Players to send him down for some minor retooling. I just don't know if The Retired or Inactive Players are ever going to get what they expect out of him.

          -- Emu Nyman, AA/AAA Scout
 

 

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 SAN 65 42 43 53 56 44 54 50 54 47 50 66 0 0 0 0 31 7 Sidearm AA/AAA 0 9 28 50 207
1999 FA 69 41 43 54 56 44 54 50 54 47 50 66 0 0 0 0 32 8 Sidearm Free Agent 0 0 0 54 214
2000 FA 69 41 43 55 56 44 54 50 54 47 50 66 0 0 0 0 33 9 Sidearm Free Agent 0 0 0 54 214
2001 FA 68 40 42 54 56 44 54 50 54 47 50 66 0 0 0 0 34 10 Sidearm Free Agent 0 0 0 54 208
2002 FA 69 38 42 54 56 44 54 50 54 47 50 66 0 0 0 0 35 11 Sidearm Free Agent 0 0 0 52 209
2003 FA 66 38 42 53 56 44 54 50 54 47 50 66 0 0 0 0 36 12 Sidearm Free Agent 0 0 0 50 201
2004 FA 65 37 41 52 56 44 54 50 54 47 50 66 0 0 0 0 37 13 Sidearm Free Agent 0 0 0 48 195
Ratings Delta   -1 -1 -1 -1                         +1 +1           -2 -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.