Andy Messersmith  
Starting Pitcher | Boston Red Sox

Pitching
He's got a really stong arm, so he can blow it by you on occasion. Messersmith can get into trouble with walks, and there's concern about him being able to maintain his stuff over the whole season. Messersmith's fastball is a tick above average, in the 90-91 MPH range on most nights. He attacks lefties and righties with similar success.

Defense & Hitting
Messersmith does an average job of holding runners. He gets off the mound fairly quickly and his throws to first are hard. Messersmith is a surpisingly good hitting pitcher. And I'm not sure you can say this about a pitcher, but Messersmith 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
2001 NYY 84 40 58 55 50 53 49 53 50 75 0 0 60 69 0 0 23 0 Overhand Low Minors 0 5 38 54 339
2002 NYY 85 48 69 58 50 53 49 53 50 75 0 0 60 69 0 0 24 0 Overhand Low Minors 0 0 3 58 363
2003 NYY 91 53 78 58 50 53 49 53 50 79 0 0 60 69 0 0 25 0 Overhand Low Minors 0 0 0 60 396
2004 NYY 93 57 80 58 50 53 49 53 50 79 0 0 63 73 0 0 26 0 Overhand Active 0 0 0 60 409
2005 NYY 99 58 80 58 50 53 49 53 50 79 0 0 63 75 0 0 27 1 Overhand Active 0 0 0 60 421
2006 NYY 99 64 80 58 50 53 49 53 50 79 0 0 64 76 0 0 28 2 Overhand Active 0 0 0 60 372
2007 NYY 98 68 80 58 50 53 49 53 50 81 0 0 64 76 0 0 29 3 Overhand Active 0 0 0 60 377
2008 NYY 99 69 80 58 50 53 49 53 50 81 0 0 65 76 0 0 30 4 Overhand Active 0 0 0 60 379
2009 NYY 99 67 80 58 50 53 49 53 50 82 0 0 65 77 0 0 31 5 Overhand Active 0 0 0 60 378
2010 BOS 99 75 80 58 50 53 49 53 50 83 0 0 65 77 0 0 32 6 Overhand Active 0 0 0 59 388
Ratings Delta     +8               +1             +1 +1           -1 +10
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.