Armando Smythe  
Left Fielder | Retired or Inactive Players

Hitting
In past seasons, Smythe has been a bit of a liability with men on base. The book on Smythe is that you can knock the bat out of his hands with an average major league fastball. Smythe always has been a line-drive hitter who uses the entire field. The Retired or Inactive Players do tend to sit Smythe when the opposing team throws a lefty. It's no secret he can't touch the left-handed breaking ball.

Baserunning & Defense
His glovework leaves a lot to be desired. His biggest problem in the field simply has to be his throwing arm... it's well below par. Smythe often has trouble scoring from second base on singles and goes from first to third only on hits to right field.

2010 Outlook
What The Retired or Inactive Players was thinking when they signed Smythe to a long contract, is beyond me: this guy flat-out sucks.

          -- Moostard Nyman
 

 

Year Team POS CH PH SP GF PL vL Hm Sc CL Age Exp Slot FA AS Qualified Positions Nyman Rating
1998 FA LF 19 22 20 52 51 44 47 46 50 32 0 Free Agent 30 31 . 96
1999 FA LF 18 22 20 52 51 44 47 46 50 33 0 Free Agent 30 31 . 92
2000 FA LF 18 22 19 52 51 44 47 46 50 34 0 Free Agent 29 31 . 89
2001 FA LF 17 22 18 52 51 44 47 46 50 35 0 Free Agent 29 31 . 84
2002 FA LF 16 21 16 52 51 44 47 46 50 36 0 Free Agent 29 30 . 77
2003 FA LF 15 21 14 52 51 44 47 46 50 37 0 Free Agent 28 29 . 71
2004 FA LF 14 20 12 52 51 44 47 46 50 38 0 Free Agent 26 27 . 63
2005 FA LF 13 19 10 52 51 44 47 46 50 39 0 Free Agent 24 25 . 56
2006 FA LF 11 17 8 52 51 44 47 46 50 40 0 Free Agent 23 23 . 44
2007 FA LF 10 16 6 52 51 44 47 46 50 41 0 Free Agent 21 21 . 37
Ratings Delta     -1 -1 -2             +1     -2 -2   -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.