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Mike Timlin
Relief Pitcher | Retired or Inactive Players
Pitching Timlin has to keep the ball down, especially against lefties, or he gets hit hard and often. 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. Sometimes I wish he'd just give up on throwing the changeup, it's like a BP ball! Timlin has had a tendency to fall victim to big innings. He frequently leaves fastballs up in the strike zone, where they get pounded. Dating back to his days in the minors, Timlin has been more effective against righthanders than lefthanders.
Defense & Hitting He's reasonably quick to the plate but needs to vary his pickoff moves. Good baserunners appeared to time him last year. Timlin is nothing special in the field. Timlin is a surpisingly good hitting pitcher. And I'm not sure you can say this about a pitcher, but Timlin has some pop in his swing. Interesting sidenote, The Retired or Inactive Players have been known to use Timlin as a pinch-runner on occasion.
-- Moostard Nyman
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