Morris Latson   Starting Pitcher | Retired or Inactive Players Pitching A groundball pitcher, Latson needs to have sharp command to succeed. 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! The running movement on his pitches makes life tougher on lefties than righties. Defense & Hitting For a lefty, his move to first base is average at best, and he has a tendency to forget about runners at second, thereby creating opportunities to swipe third. He isn't especially quick off the mound but generally fields his position adequately. Latson is a surpisingly good hitting pitcher. And I'm not sure you can say this about a pitcher, but Latson has some pop in his swing. Interesting sidenote, The Retired or Inactive Players have been known to use Latson as a pinch-runner on occasion. 2025 Outlook Latson has below average skills, even for the low minors. One has to expect the Retired or Inactive Players will give him his walking papers before the end of the season. I just don't know if The Retired or Inactive Players are ever going to get what they expect out of him.           -- Ska Nyman, A-Ball Scout

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 RED 71 68 30 44 54 58 48 50 49 59 34 0 0 49 0 0 24 0 Overhand Low Minors 0 6 34 36 197 2002 RED 71 69 41 54 54 58 48 50 49 59 34 0 0 49 0 0 25 0 Overhand Low Minors 0 0 4 39 219 2003 LED 71 69 50 56 54 58 48 50 49 59 43 0 0 59 0 0 26 0 Overhand Low Minors 0 0 0 42 253 2004 LED 71 69 59 59 54 58 48 50 49 59 48 0 0 64 0 0 27 0 Overhand AA/AAA 0 0 0 45 277 2005 LED 71 69 61 60 54 58 48 50 49 59 48 0 0 66 0 0 28 0 Overhand AA/AAA 0 0 0 49 281 2006 LED 70 69 61 60 54 58 48 50 49 59 51 0 0 68 0 0 29 0 Overhand AA/AAA 0 0 0 50 284 2007 LED 70 69 61 60 54 58 48 50 49 59 53 0 0 69 0 0 30 0 Overhand AA/AAA 0 0 0 51 285 2008 LED 71 67 61 60 54 58 48 50 49 59 54 0 0 69 0 0 31 0 Overhand Active 0 0 0 51 283 2009 LED 71 69 61 60 54 58 48 50 49 59 54 0 0 70 0 0 32 1 Overhand AA/AAA 0 0 0 51 286 2010 COL 71 69 61 60 47 58 48 50 49 59 54 0 0 70 0 0 33 2 Overhand AA/AAA 0 0 0 51 278 2011 COL 70 67 61 58 47 58 48 50 49 59 55 0 0 70 0 0 34 3 Overhand Active 0 0 0 51 272 2012 COL 69 65 61 57 47 58 48 50 49 59 55 0 0 70 0 0 35 4 Overhand AA/AAA 0 0 0 51 267 2013 COL 66 69 61 60 47 58 48 50 49 59 55 0 0 70 0 0 36 5 Overhand AA/AAA 0 0 0 51 270 Ratings Delta -3 +4   +3                         +1 +1             +3

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 2001 24 PTIR 2 9 0 0 15 15 3 1 80 5.1 75 11 68 48 0 0 5.40 0.71 1.79 .248 .404 .286 .240 5.74 2002 25 PTIR 4 4 1 7 59 0 0 0 122.2 2.0 118 16 78 85 45 11 6.26 1.09 1.60 .251 .398 .253 .250 5.28 2003 26 PTIM 1 2 5 2 45 0 0 0 98.2 2.1 87 8 53 78 36 11 7.15 1.47 1.43 .234 .355 .226 .238 4.01 2004 27 PTIM 3 1 4 1 33 0 0 0 95 3.0 84 4 46 57 20 7 5.40 1.24 1.37 .231 .324 .231 .230 2.84 2005 28 PTIM 3 1 3 1 37 0 0 0 96.1 2.2 105 18 35 60 22 8 5.62 1.71 1.46 .270 .463 .242 .279 4.95 2006 29 PTIM 6 2 1 2 30 0 0 0 119.1 4.0 124 19 50 76 19 5 5.74 1.52 1.46 .263 .448 .299 .253 4.60 2007 30 PTIM 4 4 0 0 14 14 4 0 67.2 5.0 81 7 31 23 0 0 3.08 0.74 1.67 .292 .440 .258 .297 5.99 2008 31 PTIM 20 12 0 0 38 38 24 3 230.1 6.0 246 30 59 115 0 0 4.50 1.95 1.33 .268 .416 .234 .271 4.26 2009 32 PTIM 12 14 0 0 30 30 16 3 181.2 6.0 176 22 71 86 0 0 4.27 1.21 1.36 .254 .414 .283 .250 3.91 2010 33 PTMC 19 13 0 0 39 39 26 4 251.1 6.1 214 25 80 121 0 0 4.34 1.51 1.17 .228 .364 .158 .240 3.22 2012 35 PTMC 13 12 0 0 37 37 22 1 232.2 6.1 192 29 73 101 0 0 3.91 1.38 1.14 .220 .359 .296 .208 2.94 2013 36 PTMC 18 14 0 0 38 38 22 2 243.2 6.1 233 27 97 96 0 0 3.55 0.99 1.36 .248 .390 .262 .246 3.40 Totals     105 88 14 13 415 211 117 14 1819.1 4.1 1735 216 741 946 142 42 4.68 1.28 1.36 .248 .394 .258 .249 3.97

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 2008 31 LED 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 1.0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 1.00 .333 .667 .000 .500 9.00 2009 32 LED 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 7 7.0 3 0 4 3 0 0 3.86 0.75 1.00 .125 .125 .000 .188 0.00 2010 33 COL 1 1 0 0 5 5 4 1 31.2 6.1 33 5 12 8 0 0 2.31 0.67 1.44 .266 .427 .333 .242 3.70 2011 34 COL 1 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 7 7.0 5 0 5 1 0 0 1.29 0.20 1.43 .208 .250 .167 .222 1.29 2012 35 COL 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 5 5.0 10 2 2 2 0 0 3.60 1.00 2.40 .455 .773 .000 .000 10.8 Totals     2 2 0 0 9 8 6 1 51.2 5.2 52 7 23 14 0 0 2.46 0.61 1.46 .264 .411 .002 0.002 3.88

Morris Latson's Comparable Players

Player Names Tomaso Velzy 97.0% Leland Gorter 92.8% Gabriel Boddicker 92.5% Paul Shildknecht 92.1% Greek Rodberg 90.5%

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