Neill Manda  
Shortstop | Free Agents

Hitting
The book on Manda is that you can knock the bat out of his hands with an average major league fastball. Manda always has been a line-drive hitter who uses the entire field. Even though you might not start him, he's not a bad guy to have on your bench for the tough left-handed reliever.

Baserunning & Defense
Manda doesn't have great speed, though he reads righthanders' moves well enough to steal a handful of bases each season without getting caught very often. When you play Manda you're not putting him in for his glove. His arm is accurate enough.

2010 Outlook
What The Free Agents was thinking when they signed Manda to a long contract, is beyond me: this guy flat-out sucks.

          -- Moostard Nyman
 

 

Year Team POS CH PH SP GF PL vL Hm Sc CL Age Exp Slot FA AS Qualified Positions Nyman Rating
1998 FA SS 29 20 62 48 49 57 53 52 49 24 0 Free Agent 48 60 . 173
1999 FA SS 30 21 65 48 49 57 53 52 49 25 0 Free Agent 53 61 . 178
2000 FA SS 33 22 65 48 49 57 53 52 49 26 0 Free Agent 57 62 . 183
2001 FA SS 34 24 65 48 49 57 53 52 49 27 0 Free Agent 60 62 . 186
2002 FA SS 34 25 65 48 49 57 53 52 49 28 0 Free Agent 64 61 . 186
2003 FA SS 34 28 65 48 49 57 53 52 49 29 0 Free Agent 68 61 . 190
2004 FA SS 34 30 65 48 49 57 53 52 49 30 0 Free Agent 68 60 . 191
2005 FA SS 34 32 65 48 49 57 53 52 49 31 0 Free Agent 68 60 . 193
2006 FA SS 34 33 64 48 49 57 53 52 49 32 0 Free Agent 67 60 . 192
2007 FA SS 34 33 63 48 49 57 53 52 49 33 0 Free Agent 66 60 . 189
2008 FA SS 33 33 59 48 49 57 53 52 49 34 0 Free Agent 66 60 . 181
2009 FA SS 31 32 58 48 49 57 53 52 49 35 0 Free Agent 64 60 . 172
2010 FA SS 30 32 56 48 49 57 53 52 49 35 0 Free Agent 63 59 . 169
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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.