Fernando Valenzuela  
Relief Pitcher | Retired or Inactive Players

Pitching
Valenzuela also has a decent changeup. Valenzuela also throws a screwball. He walks too many hitters and throws too many pitches. You know, some times I think I can throw harder than Valenzuela, and that's saying a lot. He's trying to develop a sinker, but as of yet it's been well below par. He traditionally fares better against lefties.

Defense & Hitting
His slow delivery makes him fairly easy to steal upon, but Valenzuela helps himself by holding runners with throws to first, and with slide steps and varied deliveries to home. Valenzuela is nothing special in the field. Valenzuela is a surpisingly good hitting pitcher. And I'm not sure you can say this about a pitcher, but Valenzuela has some pop in his swing. Interesting sidenote, The Retired or Inactive Players have been known to use Valenzuela as a pinch-runner on occasion.

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

          -- 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 44 57 58 64 55 55 53 51 53 0 55 39 0 49 56 0 35 15 Overhand Free Agent 0 18 32 53 215
1999 FA 44 55 58 64 55 55 53 51 53 0 55 39 0 49 56 0 37 15 Overhand Free Agent 0 17 30 53 210
2000 FA 42 53 57 64 55 55 53 51 53 0 55 39 0 49 56 0 37 15 Overhand Free Agent 0 16 27 51 204
Ratings Delta   -2 -2 -1                                     -1 -3 -2 -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.