Alex Fernandez  
Starting Pitcher | Anaheim Angels

Pitching
Fernandez can get into trouble with walks, and there's concern about him being able to maintain his stuff over the whole season. Fernandez has to keep the ball down, especially against lefties, or he gets hit hard and often. His fastball gets into the high 80s, but it's the sink that makes the pitch effective. Fernandez also has a decent changeup. His pitches lose some movement when he pitches from the stretch position. Dating back to his days in the minors, Fernandez has been more effective against righthanders than lefthanders.

Defense & Hitting
He's reasonably quick to the plate but needs to vary his pickoff moves. Good baserunners appeared to time him last year. He's slow to get off the mound to field his position, especially to the third-base side. Fernandez is a surpisingly good hitting pitcher. And I'm not sure you can say this about a pitcher, but Fernandez has some pop in his swing.

          -- 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 CAL 87 85 69 70 56 43 56 46 52 74 48 0 59 64 0 0 27 8 Overhand Active 0 8 20 51 422
1999 CAL 87 88 69 72 56 43 56 46 52 74 53 0 59 64 0 0 28 9 Overhand Active 0 0 0 52 432
2000 ATL 87 90 69 57 56 43 56 46 52 74 57 0 65 69 0 0 29 10 Overhand Active 0 0 0 41 435
2001 ATL 87 90 69 44 56 43 56 46 52 74 57 0 65 69 0 0 30 11 Overhand DL 0 0 0 30 421
2002 PHI 87 89 69 47 56 43 56 46 52 74 57 0 65 69 0 0 31 12 Overhand Active 0 0 0 31 422
2003 MON 87 89 69 49 56 43 56 46 52 74 57 0 65 72 0 0 32 13 Overhand Active 0 0 0 30 427
2004 FLA 92 90 69 49 56 43 56 46 52 74 57 0 65 72 0 0 33 14 Overhand Active 0 0 0 28 433
2005 ANA 92 89 69 49 56 43 56 46 52 74 57 0 68 72 0 0 34 15 Overhand Active 0 0 0 27 434
2006 ANA 92 88 69 41 56 43 56 46 52 74 57 0 68 72 0 0 35 16 Overhand Active 0 0 0 16 424
2007 ANA 92 87 69 41 56 43 56 46 52 77 57 0 68 72 0 0 36 17 Overhand Active 0 0 0 14 425
2008 ANA 92 84 69 41 56 43 56 46 52 77 57 0 68 74 0 0 37 18 Overhand Active 0 0 0 14 423
2009 ANA 90 81 69 45 56 43 56 46 52 77 57 0 68 74 0 0 38 19 Overhand Active 0 0 0 14 420
2010 ANA 88 84 69 45 56 43 56 46 52 77 57 0 68 74 0 0 38 20 Overhand Active 0 0 0 11 422
Ratings Delta   -2 +3                               +1           -3 +2
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.