Mike Morgan  
Starting Pitcher | Retired or Inactive Players

Pitching
His sinking two-seam fastball and slider produce tons of groundballs. He's unflappable on the mound, possessing the confidence to throw any of his offerings at any time in the count. Morgan performs extremely well in the late innings, but unfortunately his endurance prevents him from getting there very often. Morgan can get into trouble with walks, and there's concern about him being able to maintain his stuff over the whole season. Morgan also has a decent changeup. You know, some times I think I can throw harder than Morgan, and that's saying a lot. The running movement on his pitches makes life tougher on lefties than righties. He struggles away from home.

Defense & Hitting
Morgan 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. Morgan is a surpisingly good hitting pitcher. And I'm not sure you can say this about a pitcher, but Morgan has some pop in his swing. Interesting sidenote, The Retired or Inactive Players have been known to use Morgan as a pinch-runner on occasion.

          -- 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 ATL 51 79 87 39 64 55 60 60 60 82 56 0 57 60 0 0 37 17 Overhand Active 0 2 19 58 370
1999 ATL 49 78 90 38 64 55 60 60 60 82 56 0 57 67 0 0 38 18 Overhand Active 0 0 0 54 378
2000 ATL 45 78 93 41 64 55 60 60 60 82 56 0 57 67 0 0 39 19 Overhand Active 0 0 0 54 378
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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.