Sid Fernandez  
Starting Pitcher | Retired or Inactive Players

Pitching
He's a pretty good ground-ball pitcher, which I like because ground balls stay in the park. He's a good late inning man, which is when being a pitcher really counts. Fernandez can get into trouble with walks, and there's concern about him being able to maintain his stuff over the whole season. When his release point drops below three-quarters, his fastball tends to hang in the strike zone. He tends to work slowly when in a jam, which just makes his problems worse by lulling his fielders to sleep. But Fernandez, do us a favor. Stop throwing that changeup. It looks like a beachball. He traditionally fares better against lefties. He absolutely loves playing before the hometown crowd.

Defense & Hitting
He never has controlled the running game. Fernandez never has been a good fielder. 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. Interesting sidenote, The Retired or Inactive Players have been known to use Fernandez as a pinch-runner on occasion.

          -- 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 MON 78 60 58 39 57 58 58 47 54 59 35 0 55 67 0 0 34 15 Sidearm AA/AAA 0 4 17 41 299
1999 MON 77 60 61 41 57 58 58 47 54 59 35 0 55 67 0 0 35 16 Sidearm Active 0 0 0 41 302
2000 WAS 75 60 62 40 57 58 58 47 54 59 35 0 55 67 0 0 36 17 Sidearm Active 0 0 0 42 299
2001 WAS 74 60 64 40 57 58 58 47 54 59 35 0 56 67 0 0 37 18 Sidearm Active 0 0 0 42 300
2002 MON 77 59 64 40 57 58 58 47 54 59 35 0 56 67 0 0 38 19 Sidearm AA/AAA 0 0 0 41 319
2003 FA 75 61 64 39 57 58 58 47 54 59 35 0 56 67 0 0 39 20 Sidearm Free Agent 0 0 0 40 300
2004 FA 72 59 62 39 57 58 58 47 54 59 35 0 56 67 0 0 40 21 Sidearm Free Agent 0 0 0 38 304
Ratings Delta   -3 -2 -2                           +1 +1           -2 +4
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.