Danny Miceli  
Relief Pitcher | Cleveland Lions

Pitching
Miceli has to keep the ball down, especially against lefties, or he gets hit hard and often. His fastball gets into the high 80s, but it's the sink that makes the pitch effective. The Cleveland Lions 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. Steals sometimes unnerve Miceli, who isn't blessed with extraordinary self-confidence. Sometimes I wish he'd just give up on throwing the changeup, it's like a BP ball! He comes right after righthanded hitters, who are lucky even to reach base against him, but he works more carefully to lefties.

Defense & Hitting
Miceli is nothing special in the field. He doesn't hold runners very close, which gives his catcher a bit of a workout. Miceli is a surpisingly good hitting pitcher. And I'm not sure you can say this about a pitcher, but Miceli 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 PHI 91 28 57 32 56 41 49 46 52 78 33 45 41 0 0 0 26 5 Overhand Active 0 8 20 53 316
1999 PHI 91 29 57 33 56 41 49 46 52 78 38 45 41 0 0 0 27 6 Overhand Active 0 0 0 55 321
2000 PHI 91 31 57 35 56 41 49 46 52 82 38 45 41 0 0 0 28 7 Overhand AA/AAA 0 0 0 57 329
2001 PHI 91 32 57 35 56 41 49 46 52 82 38 49 41 0 0 0 29 8 Overhand Active 0 0 0 57 332
2002 PHI 91 34 57 35 56 41 49 46 52 82 38 49 41 0 0 0 30 9 Overhand AA/AAA 0 0 0 57 331
2003 PHI 90 36 57 35 56 41 49 46 52 82 38 49 41 0 0 0 31 10 Overhand Active 0 0 0 57 329
2004 SAN 91 35 57 35 56 41 49 46 52 82 38 49 41 0 0 0 32 11 Overhand AA/AAA 0 0 0 57 330
2005 SAN 91 35 57 35 56 41 49 46 52 82 41 49 41 0 0 0 33 12 Overhand AA/AAA 0 0 0 55 331
2006 CLE 90 35 57 35 56 41 49 46 52 82 41 49 41 0 0 0 34 13 Overhand AA/AAA 0 0 0 53 328
2007 CLE 90 34 57 34 56 41 49 46 52 82 41 51 41 0 0 0 35 14 Overhand Active 0 0 0 53 328
2008 CLE 90 33 57 34 56 41 49 46 52 84 41 51 41 0 0 0 36 15 Overhand AA/AAA 0 0 0 51 330
2009 CLE 88 32 57 33 56 41 49 46 52 86 41 51 41 0 0 0 37 16 Overhand AA/AAA 0 0 0 50 328
2010 CLE 84 32 57 33 56 41 49 46 52 86 41 51 41 0 0 0 37 17 Overhand Active 0 0 0 51 321
Ratings Delta   -4                                 +1           +1 -7
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.