Fred Sumner  
Relief Pitcher | Free Agents

Pitching
Sumner also has a decent changeup. If you're going in to face Sumner, better be wearing plenty of protection. He's wild. You know, some times I think I can throw harder than Sumner, and that's saying a lot. He's almost as effective against lefthanders as he is versus righthanders.

Defense & Hitting
His move to first isn't very good, but his delivery is fairly quick and he isn't overly vulnerable to the stolen base. Sumner's follow-through leaves him in a vulnerable position, so he has trouble with comebackers. Sumner is a surpisingly good hitting pitcher. And I'm not sure you can say this about a pitcher, but Sumner has some pop in his swing. Interesting sidenote, The Free Agents have been known to use Sumner as a pinch-runner on occasion.

2010 Outlook
What The Free Agents was thinking when they signed Sumner to a long contract, is beyond me: this guy flat-out sucks. But if you ask me, I'll pass on Sumner.

          -- 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
2007 FA 47 48 29 38 50 49 48 53 45 78 50 0 0 0 0 0 24 0 Overhand Free Agent 0 8 23 30 130
2008 FA 48 48 31 41 50 49 48 53 45 78 50 0 0 0 0 0 25 0 Overhand Free Agent 0 8 23 33 137
2009 FA 49 48 34 42 50 49 48 53 45 78 50 0 0 0 0 0 26 0 Overhand Free Agent 0 8 23 35 143
2010 FA 49 48 36 44 50 49 48 53 45 78 50 0 0 0 0 0 26 0 Overhand Free Agent 0 8 22 36 148
Ratings Delta       +2 +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.