Joe Slusarski  
Relief Pitcher | Retired or Inactive Players

Pitching
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. But Slusarski, do us a favor. Stop throwing that changeup. It looks like a beachball. When you throw a curveball, it better break. Hanging curves equal earned runs in this league, you just can't get away with them. Unfortunately, Slusarski's curveball tends to hang. He's almost as effective against lefthanders as he is versus righthanders.

Defense & Hitting
Slusarski's move to first base is average. He tends to fall off slightly to the first-base side of the mound, making him vulnerable to bunts toward third base. He makes up for that minor flaw by being aggressive in fielding his position. Slusarski is a surpisingly good hitting pitcher. And I'm not sure you can say this about a pitcher, but Slusarski has some pop in his swing. Interesting sidenote, The Retired or Inactive Players have been known to use Slusarski as a pinch-runner on occasion.

2010 Outlook
But if you ask me, I'll pass on Slusarski.

          -- 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 FA 64 32 53 51 56 49 50 48 52 51 35 44 0 37 0 0 29 4 Overhand Free Agent 0 12 35 49 232
1999 FA 64 32 53 51 56 49 50 48 52 51 35 44 0 37 0 0 30 4 Overhand Free Agent 0 12 34 49 230
2000 FA 64 32 53 51 56 49 50 48 52 51 35 44 0 37 0 0 31 4 Overhand Free Agent 0 12 34 49 228
2001 FA 62 31 53 51 56 49 50 48 52 51 35 44 0 37 0 0 32 4 Overhand Free Agent 0 12 34 49 222
2002 FA 63 30 53 50 56 49 50 48 52 51 35 44 0 37 0 0 33 4 Overhand Free Agent 0 11 33 49 220
2003 FA 63 29 53 50 56 49 50 48 52 51 35 44 0 37 0 0 34 4 Overhand Free Agent 0 11 31 48 218
2004 FA 61 29 51 50 56 49 50 48 52 51 35 44 0 37 0 0 35 4 Overhand Free Agent 0 11 29 47 209
2005 FA 59 29 49 50 56 49 50 48 52 51 35 44 0 37 0 0 36 4 Overhand Free Agent 0 10 27 46 200
2006 FA 57 28 46 49 56 49 50 48 52 51 35 44 0 37 0 0 37 4 Overhand Free Agent 0 10 25 44 187
2007 FA 56 28 44 49 56 49 50 48 52 51 35 44 0 37 0 0 38 4 Overhand Free Agent 0 9 23 42 180
2008 FA 55 27 44 47 56 49 50 48 52 51 35 44 0 37 0 0 39 4 Overhand Free Agent 0 8 21 40 174
Ratings Delta   -1 -1   -2                         +1         -1 -2 -2 -6
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.