Bill Simas  
Relief Pitcher | Chicago Cubs

Pitching
He's a good late inning man, which is when being a pitcher really counts. His fastball gets into the high 80s, but it's the sink that makes the pitch effective. Simas also has a decent changeup. He attacks lefties and righties with similar success.

Defense & Hitting
He's reasonably quick to the plate but needs to vary his pickoff moves. Good baserunners appeared to time him last year. Simas is nothing special in the field. Simas is a surpisingly good hitting pitcher. And I'm not sure you can say this about a pitcher, but Simas 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 OAK 64 38 52 69 56 48 51 49 55 66 39 0 0 58 0 0 24 2 Overhand AA/AAA 0 12 29 54 267
1999 OAK 64 41 58 73 56 48 51 49 55 71 39 0 0 62 0 0 25 3 Overhand AA/AAA 0 0 0 58 294
2000 OAK 66 45 62 76 56 48 51 49 55 71 48 0 0 62 0 0 26 4 Overhand AA/AAA 0 0 0 60 316
2002 MIL 78 47 64 80 56 48 51 49 55 75 52 0 0 62 0 0 28 5 Overhand AA/AAA 0 0 0 63 352
2003 MIL 80 49 64 80 56 48 51 49 55 75 52 0 0 62 0 0 29 6 Overhand AA/AAA 0 0 0 68 356
2004 MIL 80 52 64 80 56 48 51 49 55 77 52 0 0 62 0 0 30 7 Overhand Active 0 0 0 70 359
2005 CHW 79 52 64 80 56 48 51 49 55 78 55 0 0 65 0 0 31 8 Overhand AA/AAA 0 0 0 70 363
2006 CHW 79 52 64 80 56 48 51 49 55 79 57 0 0 67 0 0 32 9 Overhand AA/AAA 0 0 0 70 367
2007 CHW 79 50 64 80 56 48 51 49 55 79 59 0 0 67 0 0 33 10 Overhand Active 0 0 0 70 368
2008 CHC 80 50 64 80 56 48 51 49 55 79 59 0 0 68 0 0 34 11 Overhand AA/AAA 0 0 0 70 369
2009 CHC 79 50 64 80 56 48 51 49 55 79 60 0 0 68 0 0 35 12 Overhand AA/AAA 0 0 0 71 367
2010 CHC 77 54 64 78 56 48 51 49 55 79 60 0 0 68 0 0 36 13 Overhand Active 0 0 0 71 362
Ratings Delta   -2 +4   -2                         +1 +1             -5
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.