Bruce Ta   Starting Pitcher | Retired or Inactive Players Pitching Now he's the consumate ground-ball pitcher, which I love: ground balls never leave the stadium. Ta performs extremely well in the late innings, but unfortunately his endurance prevents him from getting there very often. His fastball gets into the high 80s, but it's the sink that makes the pitch effective. 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! In his first taste of the majors, he has kept lefthanders in check but wasn't as effective against righties. Defense & Hitting He has a fair pickoff move and isn't a particularly easy target for basestealers. Ta seems distracted after his delivery. He's sometimes out of position, fails to cover a base or doesn't back up throws. Ta is a surpisingly good hitting pitcher. And I'm not sure you can say this about a pitcher, but Ta has some pop in his swing. Interesting sidenote, The Retired or Inactive Players have been known to use Ta as a pinch-runner on occasion.           -- Moostard Nyman

Player Skills Yearly Scouting Report Cards

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 2001 REG 83 83 54 60 57 54 51 47 58 76 49 0 0 53 0 0 29 0 Overhand Active 0 7 44 44 309 2002 REG 82 83 56 60 57 54 51 47 58 76 57 0 0 53 0 0 30 1 Overhand Active 0 0 3 44 318 2003 REG 82 81 56 62 57 54 51 47 58 76 60 0 0 56 0 0 31 2 Overhand Active 0 0 0 46 324 2004 REG 83 81 56 62 57 54 51 47 58 76 60 0 0 59 0 0 32 3 Overhand Active 0 0 0 46 328 2005 REG 81 81 56 62 57 54 51 47 58 76 63 0 0 59 0 0 33 4 Overhand Active 0 0 0 46 328 2006 REG 81 81 56 62 57 54 51 47 58 76 64 0 0 61 0 0 34 4 Overhand Active 0 0 0 46 330 2007 REG 83 83 56 62 57 54 51 47 58 76 65 0 0 61 0 0 35 5 Overhand Active 0 0 0 46 335 2008 REG 83 82 56 62 57 54 51 47 58 76 65 0 0 61 0 0 36 6 Overhand Active 0 0 0 45 332 2009 REG 83 82 56 62 57 54 51 47 58 76 65 0 0 61 0 0 37 7 Overhand Active 0 0 0 45 331 2010 REG 83 82 56 61 51 54 51 47 58 76 65 0 0 62 0 0 38 8 Overhand Active 0 0 0 44 325 2011 REG 83 83 56 60 51 54 51 47 58 76 65 0 0 62 0 0 39 9 Overhand Active 0 0 0 42 324 Ratings Delta   +1   -1                         +1 +1           -2 -1

CBL Collegiate League Yearly Statistical Records

Year Age Team W L Sv Hld G GS QS CG IP AIP H HR BB SO IR IRS K/9 K/BB Whip Avg Slg LHB RHB ERA Totals     0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00

CBL Pioneer League Yearly Statistical Records

Year Age Team W L Sv Hld G GS QS CG IP AIP H HR BB SO IR IRS K/9 K/BB Whip Avg Slg LHB RHB ERA Totals     0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00

CBL Major League Yearly Statistical Records

Year Age Team W L Sv Hld G GS QS CG IP AIP H HR BB SO IR IRS K/9 K/BB Whip Avg Slg LHB RHB ERA 2001 29 REG 8 13 0 0 33 33 19 3 214.1 6.1 204 19 81 167 0 0 7.02 2.06 1.33 .250 .375 .232 .253 3.49 2002 30 REG 5 8 0 0 20 20 9 1 111.1 5.2 108 8 37 71 0 0 5.75 1.92 1.31 .253 .363 .313 .242 3.80 2003 31 REG 11 19 0 0 32 32 17 4 213.1 6.2 199 29 75 129 0 0 5.45 1.72 1.29 .244 .410 .176 .262 4.09 2004 32 REG 10 13 0 0 32 32 20 1 203.1 6.1 203 15 68 111 0 0 4.92 1.63 1.33 .257 .392 .252 .259 3.54 2005 33 REG 5 7 13 10 76 2 1 0 133.1 1.2 139 17 45 77 22 6 5.21 1.71 1.38 .266 .419 .247 .273 4.32 2006 34 REG 8 3 7 9 70 1 1 0 134.1 2.0 122 8 44 55 29 6 3.69 1.25 1.24 .242 .323 .266 .234 3.15 2007 35 REG 5 4 7 7 48 2 1 0 70 1.1 68 8 26 29 27 5 3.73 1.12 1.34 .260 .401 .339 .238 3.60 2008 36 REG 4 2 3 2 50 0 0 0 88.2 1.2 76 8 25 38 12 2 3.88 1.52 1.15 .228 .378 .243 .221 3.55 2009 37 REG 14 10 0 0 32 32 17 3 201.2 6.1 207 32 57 81 0 0 3.62 1.42 1.31 .263 .450 .300 .250 4.02 2010 38 REG 16 10 0 0 34 34 18 1 201 6.0 204 21 69 90 0 0 4.03 1.30 1.36 .264 .413 .288 .254 3.99 2011 39 REG 13 9 0 0 32 32 20 4 210 6.2 200 26 67 93 0 0 3.99 1.39 1.27 .249 .400 .255 .247 4.03 Totals     99 98 30 28 459 220 123 17 1781.1 4.0 1730 191 594 941 90 19 4.75 1.58 1.30 .253 .397 .260 .249 3.81

Bruce Ta's Comparable Players

Player Names Rishay Cocker 94.2% Syd Castrator 93.9% Freedy Casso 93.5% Buddy Corcoran 93.5% Anson Kohnen 93.4%

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