Mike James  
Relief Pitcher | Retired or Inactive Players

Pitching
James has to keep the ball down, especially against lefties, or he gets hit hard and often. 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. 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. When you throw a curveball, it better break. Hanging curves equal earned runs in this league, you just can't get away with them. Unfortunately, James's curveball tends to hang. He comes right after righthanded hitters, who are lucky even to reach base against him, but he works more carefully to lefties.

Defense & Hitting
Runners do not get a good jump on James... many have noted that his motion is difficult to pick up. James is nothing special in the field. James is a surpisingly good hitting pitcher. And I'm not sure you can say this about a pitcher, but James has some pop in his swing. Interesting sidenote, The Retired or Inactive Players have been known to use James as a pinch-runner on occasion.

2010 Outlook
But if you ask me, I'll pass on James.

          -- 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 FA 66 38 55 88 56 41 48 49 54 30 48 0 0 30 0 0 29 3 Overhand Free Agent 0 12 34 49 205
1999 FA 66 38 55 89 56 41 48 49 54 30 48 0 0 30 0 0 30 4 Overhand Free Agent 0 12 34 50 205
2000 FA 66 38 55 89 56 41 48 49 54 30 48 0 0 30 0 0 31 5 Overhand Free Agent 0 12 33 50 204
2001 FA 66 38 55 89 56 41 48 49 54 30 48 0 0 30 0 0 32 6 Overhand Free Agent 0 12 32 49 203
2002 FA 67 38 55 89 56 41 48 49 54 30 48 0 0 30 0 0 33 7 Overhand Free Agent 0 12 31 49 204
2003 FA 67 37 55 88 56 41 48 49 54 30 48 0 0 30 0 0 34 8 Overhand Free Agent 0 12 30 49 202
2004 FA 67 36 55 87 56 41 48 49 54 30 48 0 0 30 0 0 35 9 Overhand Free Agent 0 12 28 49 199
2005 FA 66 35 53 87 56 41 48 49 54 30 48 0 0 30 0 0 36 10 Overhand Free Agent 0 12 25 48 193
2006 FA 63 34 52 87 56 41 48 49 54 30 48 0 0 30 0 0 37 11 Overhand Free Agent 0 11 23 46 184
2007 FA 60 32 50 87 56 41 48 49 54 30 48 0 0 30 0 0 38 12 Overhand Free Agent 0 10 20 45 174
Ratings Delta   -3 -2 -2                           +1 +1       -1 -3 -1 -10
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.