Mark Guthrie  
Relief Pitcher | Retired or Inactive Players

Pitching
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 tends to work slowly when in a jam, which just makes his problems worse by lulling his fielders to sleep. Sometimes I wish he'd just give up on throwing the changeup, it's like a BP ball! 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
He has a fair pickoff move and isn't a particularly easy target for basestealers. He isn't especially quick off the mound but generally fields his position adequately. Guthrie is a surpisingly good hitting pitcher. And I'm not sure you can say this about a pitcher, but Guthrie has some pop in his swing. Interesting sidenote, The Retired or Inactive Players have been known to use Guthrie as a pinch-runner on occasion.

2010 Outlook
If Guthrie 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 LA 72 30 58 59 56 57 48 46 52 49 48 53 0 49 0 0 31 9 Overhand Active 0 10 28 45 291
1999 LA 72 30 60 60 56 57 48 46 52 49 48 53 0 49 0 0 32 10 Overhand AA/AAA 0 0 0 45 295
2000 LA 72 30 60 60 56 57 48 46 52 49 48 53 0 49 0 0 33 11 Overhand AA/AAA 0 0 0 45 294
2001 LA 72 29 60 52 56 57 48 46 52 49 48 53 0 49 0 0 34 12 Overhand AA/AAA 0 0 0 45 284
2002 LA 72 28 60 54 56 57 48 46 52 49 48 53 0 49 0 0 35 13 Overhand AA/AAA 0 0 0 45 285
2003 LA 72 28 60 55 56 57 48 46 52 49 48 53 0 49 0 0 36 14 Overhand AA/AAA 0 0 0 44 285
2004 LA 72 27 60 56 56 57 48 46 52 49 48 53 0 49 0 0 37 15 Overhand AA/AAA 0 0 0 43 285
2005 LA 71 26 60 56 56 57 48 46 52 49 48 53 0 49 0 0 38 16 Overhand AA/AAA 0 0 0 43 282
2006 LA 72 25 60 56 56 57 48 46 52 49 48 53 0 49 0 0 39 17 Overhand AA/AAA 0 0 0 42 282
2007 LA 69 25 60 55 56 57 48 46 52 49 48 53 0 49 0 0 40 18 Overhand Active 0 0 0 40 275
Ratings Delta   -3     -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.