Pitching
This guy has closer written all over him. 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's almost as effective against lefthanders as he is versus righthanders.

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

2010 Outlook
If McDowell doesn't perform, the Retired or Inactive Players won't hesitate to send him down to the minors. I just don't know if The Retired or Inactive Players are ever going to get what they expect out of him.

          -- Moostard Nyman