Matt Mantei  
Starting Pitcher | Toronto Blue Jays

Pitching
Mantei can get into trouble with walks, and there's concern about him being able to maintain his stuff over the whole season. His fastball gets into the high 80s, but it's the sink that makes the pitch effective. He tends to work slowly when in a jam, which just makes his problems worse by lulling his fielders to sleep. He's almost as effective against lefthanders as he is versus righthanders.

Defense & Hitting
Mantei has a very good move to first base, and he varies it so that he's extremely difficult to read. He isn't especially quick off the mound but generally fields his position adequately. Mantei is a surpisingly good hitting pitcher. And I'm not sure you can say this about a pitcher, but Mantei has some pop in his swing.

          -- 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 CHW 88 44 47 65 56 48 50 47 53 49 0 55 0 45 0 0 23 2 Overhand Active 0 3 16 58 276
1999 CHW 88 44 53 74 56 48 50 47 53 49 0 60 0 45 0 0 24 3 Overhand Active 0 0 0 65 300
2000 CHW 91 45 59 89 56 48 50 47 53 49 0 60 0 52 0 0 25 4 Overhand DL 0 0 0 70 337
2001 CHC 91 46 75 74 56 48 50 47 53 61 0 64 0 56 0 0 26 5 Overhand Active 0 0 0 60 378
2002 CHC 91 53 75 69 56 48 50 47 53 67 0 66 0 59 0 0 27 6 Overhand Active 0 0 0 55 389
2003 CHC 90 54 75 77 56 48 50 47 53 71 0 66 0 59 0 0 28 7 Overhand Active 0 0 0 61 401
2004 CHC 89 54 75 78 56 48 50 47 53 74 0 66 0 59 0 0 29 8 Overhand Active 0 0 0 67 404
2005 CHC 88 54 75 92 56 48 50 47 53 74 0 66 0 59 0 0 30 9 Overhand Active 0 0 0 69 415
2006 CLE 88 57 75 92 56 48 50 47 53 74 0 66 0 61 0 0 31 10 Overhand Active 0 0 0 70 417
2007 CLE 91 57 75 92 56 48 50 47 53 74 0 66 0 62 0 0 32 11 Overhand Active 0 0 0 73 422
2008 TOR 91 57 75 92 56 48 50 47 53 76 0 66 0 62 0 0 33 12 Overhand DL 0 0 0 72 425
2009 TOR 91 63 75 92 56 48 50 47 53 77 0 66 0 62 0 0 34 13 Overhand AA/AAA 0 0 0 71 355
2010 TOR 91 64 75 91 56 48 50 47 53 77 0 68 0 62 0 0 34 14 Overhand Active 0 0 0 70 357
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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.