Jamie McAndrew  
Relief Pitcher | Retired or Inactive Players

Pitching
He struggles with his command at times and is still learning to mix his pitches and set up hitters. His composure needs work. When McAndrew starts getting hit, he gets mad and loses concentration. 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. He attacks lefties and righties with similar success.

Defense & Hitting
McAndrew is nothing special in the field. He doesn't have much of a pickoff move and he's slow getting the ball to home plate out of the set position. McAndrew is a surpisingly good hitting pitcher. And I'm not sure you can say this about a pitcher, but McAndrew has some pop in his swing. Interesting sidenote, The Retired or Inactive Players have been known to use McAndrew as a pinch-runner on occasion.

2010 Outlook
McAndrew flat-out isn't ready for this level of competition. Expect the Retired or Inactive Players to send him down promptly. But if you ask me, I'll pass on McAndrew.

          -- 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 HOU 77 56 68 34 56 50 49 47 53 44 42 0 0 53 0 0 29 3 Overhand Active 0 6 19 50 240
1999 HOU 86 60 68 34 56 50 49 47 53 44 42 0 0 53 0 0 30 4 Overhand Active 0 0 0 50 231
2000 HOU 86 60 68 34 56 50 49 47 53 44 43 0 0 54 0 0 31 5 Overhand AA/AAA 0 0 0 50 233
2001 FA 86 62 68 34 56 50 49 47 53 44 44 0 0 55 0 0 32 6 Overhand Free Agent 0 0 0 44 236
2002 FA 86 62 68 34 56 50 49 47 53 44 44 0 0 55 0 0 33 7 Overhand Free Agent 0 0 0 44 235
2003 FA 86 60 68 34 56 50 49 47 53 44 44 0 0 55 0 0 34 8 Overhand Free Agent 0 0 0 44 232
2004 FA 84 60 68 33 56 50 49 47 53 44 44 0 0 55 0 0 35 9 Overhand Free Agent 0 0 0 43 228
2005 FA 83 59 67 32 56 50 49 47 53 44 44 0 0 55 0 0 36 10 Overhand Free Agent 0 0 0 43 245
2006 FA 83 59 66 31 56 50 49 47 53 44 44 0 0 55 0 0 37 11 Overhand Free Agent 0 0 0 42 241
Ratings Delta       -1 -1                         +1 +1           -1 -4
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.