Bob MacDonald  
Relief Pitcher | Retired or Inactive Players

Pitching
He's a good late inning man, which is when being a pitcher really counts. He can hit 90 MPH but is too smart to try to get his fastball past most hitters. Sometimes I wish he'd just give up on throwing the changeup, it's like a BP ball! MacDonald has had a tendency to fall victim to big innings. He attacks lefties and righties with similar success. He struggles away from home.

Defense & Hitting
MacDonald does an average job of holding runners. MacDonald is nothing special in the field. MacDonald is a surpisingly good hitting pitcher. And I'm not sure you can say this about a pitcher, but MacDonald has some pop in his swing. Interesting sidenote, The Retired or Inactive Players have been known to use MacDonald as a pinch-runner on occasion.

2010 Outlook
AA isn't the right place for MacDonald. 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 MIN 63 27 54 43 56 52 56 44 54 51 38 0 0 53 0 0 31 7 Overhand AA/AAA 0 11 30 47 200
1999 MIN 62 27 56 43 56 52 56 44 54 51 40 0 0 56 0 0 32 8 Overhand AA/AAA 0 2 5 47 206
2000 MIN 62 27 56 43 56 52 56 44 54 51 40 0 0 58 0 0 33 9 Overhand AA/AAA 0 0 0 47 207
2001 MIN 63 26 56 43 56 52 56 44 54 54 41 0 0 59 0 0 34 10 Overhand AA/AAA 0 0 0 47 214
2002 MIN 63 25 56 42 56 52 56 44 54 56 41 0 0 60 0 0 35 11 Overhand AA/AAA 0 0 0 47 216
2003 MIN 61 26 56 42 56 52 56 44 54 56 42 0 0 60 0 0 36 12 Overhand AA/AAA 0 0 0 47 213
2004 MIN 63 25 56 42 56 52 56 44 54 57 42 0 0 60 0 0 37 13 Overhand Active 0 0 0 46 217
2005 FA 61 24 54 42 56 52 56 44 54 57 42 0 0 60 0 0 38 14 Overhand Free Agent 0 0 0 45 208
Ratings Delta   -2 -1 -2                           +1 +1           -1 -9
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.