Sergio Valdez  
Starting Pitcher | Retired or Inactive Players

Pitching
Valdez also has a decent changeup. 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. He frequently leaves fastballs up in the strike zone, where they get pounded. When you throw a curveball, it better break. Hanging curves equal earned runs in this league, you just can't get away with them. Unfortunately, Valdez's curveball tends to hang. He attacks lefties and righties with similar success.

Defense & Hitting
Valdez is nothing special in the field. He doesn't have much of a pickoff move and he's slow getting the ball to home plate out of the set position. Valdez is a surpisingly good hitting pitcher. And I'm not sure you can say this about a pitcher, but Valdez has some pop in his swing. Interesting sidenote, The Retired or Inactive Players have been known to use Valdez as a pinch-runner on occasion.

2010 Outlook
But if you ask me, I'll pass on Valdez.

          -- 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 FA 69 66 59 38 57 46 52 48 51 39 57 47 0 29 0 0 31 10 Overhand Free Agent 0 8 28 50 225
1999 FA 69 66 59 38 57 46 52 48 51 39 57 47 0 29 0 0 32 11 Overhand Free Agent 0 8 27 51 224
2000 FA 69 66 59 38 57 46 52 48 51 39 57 47 0 29 0 0 33 12 Overhand Free Agent 0 8 25 51 223
2001 FA 70 64 58 37 57 46 52 48 51 39 57 47 0 29 0 0 34 13 Overhand Free Agent 0 8 23 51 218
2002 FA 68 63 57 37 57 46 52 48 51 39 57 47 0 29 0 0 35 14 Overhand Free Agent 0 8 21 50 213
2003 FA 67 62 57 37 57 46 52 48 51 39 57 47 0 29 0 0 36 15 Overhand Free Agent 0 8 19 48 209
2004 FA 66 62 57 37 57 46 52 48 51 39 57 47 0 29 0 0 37 16 Overhand Free Agent 0 8 17 48 207
2005 FA 63 61 55 37 57 46 52 48 51 39 57 47 0 29 0 0 38 17 Overhand Free Agent 0 7 15 46 199
2006 FA 62 60 52 37 57 46 52 48 51 39 57 47 0 29 0 0 39 18 Overhand Free Agent 0 6 12 44 192
2007 FA 61 59 50 37 57 46 52 48 51 39 57 47 0 29 0 0 40 19 Overhand Free Agent 0 5 9 41 200
Ratings Delta   -1 -1 -2                           +1 +1       -1 -3 -3 +8
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.