Kevin Tapani  
Starting Pitcher | Retired or Inactive Players

Pitching
Tapani can get into trouble with walks, and there's concern about him being able to maintain his stuff over the whole season. Never a hard thrower, Tapani now has games when he can't hit 85 MPH with his fastball. But Tapani, do us a favor. Stop throwing that changeup. It looks like a beachball. He attacks lefties and righties with similar success.

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. He isn't especially quick off the mound but generally fields his position adequately. Tapani is a surpisingly good hitting pitcher. And I'm not sure you can say this about a pitcher, but Tapani has some pop in his swing. Interesting sidenote, The Retired or Inactive Players have been known to use Tapani as a pinch-runner on occasion.

2010 Outlook
If Tapani doesn't perform, the Retired or Inactive Players won't hesitate to send him down to the minors. I just don't know if The Retired or Inactive Players are ever going to get what they expect out of him.

          -- 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 BAL 51 76 79 45 55 50 50 51 54 55 11 58 51 49 0 0 32 9 Overhand Active 0 5 17 50 291
1999 BAL 51 80 83 45 55 50 50 51 54 55 0 58 51 49 0 0 33 10 Overhand Active 0 0 0 49 287
2000 BAL 51 79 83 45 55 50 50 51 54 55 0 58 51 49 0 0 34 11 Overhand Active 0 0 0 51 285
2001 BAL 51 76 83 45 55 50 50 51 54 55 0 58 51 49 0 0 35 12 Overhand Active 0 0 0 53 281
2002 BAL 51 75 83 46 55 50 50 51 54 55 0 58 51 49 0 0 36 13 Overhand DL 0 0 0 53 279
2003 CHW 49 78 83 45 55 50 50 51 54 55 0 58 51 49 0 0 37 14 Overhand Active 0 0 0 51 279
2004 CHW 49 77 83 45 55 50 50 51 54 55 0 58 51 49 0 0 38 15 Overhand DL 0 0 0 49 276
2005 CHW 46 78 83 45 55 50 50 51 54 55 0 58 51 49 0 0 39 16 Overhand AA/AAA 0 0 0 46 273
2006 CHW 44 75 83 45 55 50 50 51 54 55 0 58 51 49 0 0 40 17 Overhand AA/AAA 0 0 0 44 266
2007 MIL 44 72 83 44 55 50 50 51 54 55 0 58 51 49 0 0 41 18 Overhand AA/AAA 0 0 0 41 260
Ratings Delta     -3   -1                         +1 +1           -3 -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.