Matt Smith  
Starting Pitcher | Houston Astros

Pitching
His wicked changeup complements his arsenal nicely. He can get groundballs when he needs them in a jam. Smith can get into trouble with walks, and there's concern about him being able to maintain his stuff over the whole season. His fastball gets into the high 80s, but it's the sink that makes the pitch effective. He's almost as effective against lefthanders as he is versus righthanders.

Defense & Hitting
A fluid delivery leaves him in good shape for fielding, and he has a reputation as a competent defender. He has a fair pickoff move and isn't a particularly easy target for basestealers. Smith is a surpisingly good hitting pitcher. And I'm not sure you can say this about a pitcher, but Smith 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
2002 HOU 50 60 40 60 55 48 48 54 52 55 65 0 35 0 0 0 18 0 Overhand Low Minors 1 9 36 56 201
2003 HOU 55 60 45 71 55 48 48 54 52 55 65 0 35 0 0 0 19 0 Overhand Low Minors 0 0 7 58 222
2004 HOU 61 61 50 74 55 48 48 54 52 63 65 0 35 0 0 0 20 0 Overhand Low Minors 0 0 0 64 247
2005 HOU 67 65 56 79 55 48 48 54 52 63 65 0 35 0 0 0 21 0 Overhand Low Minors 0 0 0 73 269
2006 HOU 73 68 62 80 55 48 48 54 52 63 77 0 51 0 0 0 22 0 Overhand Low Minors 0 0 0 76 314
2007 HOU 80 68 69 80 55 48 48 54 52 63 84 0 61 0 0 0 23 0 Overhand Low Minors 0 0 0 81 346
2008 HOU 83 70 70 80 55 48 48 54 52 63 88 0 67 0 0 0 24 0 Overhand Low Minors 0 0 0 83 362
2009 HOU 84 73 70 80 55 48 48 54 52 67 90 0 70 0 0 0 25 0 Overhand Active 0 0 0 83 374
2010 HOU 84 80 70 80 55 48 48 54 52 69 91 0 70 0 0 0 26 1 Overhand Active 0 0 0 83 385
Ratings Delta     +7               +2 +1           +1 +1             +11
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.