Jimmie McCanless  
Starting Pitcher | Retired or Inactive Players

Pitching
He can get groundballs when he needs them in a jam. He's a good late inning man, which is when being a pitcher really counts. His fastball gets into the high 80s, but it's the sink that makes the pitch effective. McCanless also throws a screwball. 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. But McCanless, do us a favor. Stop throwing that changeup. It looks like a beachball. He changes speeds well enough to keep righthanders from teeing off on him.

Defense & Hitting
McCanless does an average job of holding runners. McCanless never has been a good fielder. McCanless is a surpisingly good hitting pitcher. And I'm not sure you can say this about a pitcher, but McCanless has some pop in his swing. Interesting sidenote, The Retired or Inactive Players have been known to use McCanless as a pinch-runner on occasion.

2025 Outlook
AA isn't the right place for McCanless. Expect the Retired or Inactive Players to send him down for some minor retooling. I just don't know if The Retired or Inactive Players are ever going to get what they expect out of him.

          -- Emu Nyman, AA/AAA 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 VAF 62 74 41 56 50 53 48 54 54 67 31 0 0 0 68 0 24 0 Overhand AA/AAA 0 8 29 36 228
2002 VAF 62 74 53 62 50 53 48 54 54 67 37 0 0 0 68 0 25 0 Overhand AA/AAA 0 0 0 37 253
2003 VAF 63 75 61 63 50 53 48 54 54 67 37 0 0 0 73 0 26 1 Overhand AA/AAA 0 0 0 39 270
2004 VAF 64 76 66 63 50 53 48 54 54 67 42 0 0 0 73 0 27 2 Overhand Active 0 0 0 42 283
2005 VAF 63 77 66 63 50 53 48 54 54 67 44 0 0 0 76 0 28 3 Overhand Active 0 0 0 43 287
2006 VAF 64 80 66 63 50 53 48 54 54 67 46 0 0 0 77 0 29 4 Overhand Active 0 0 0 43 294
2007 VAF 64 80 66 63 50 53 48 54 54 67 47 0 0 0 78 0 30 5 Overhand Active 0 0 0 44 295
2008 VAL 65 80 66 63 50 53 48 54 54 67 48 0 0 0 79 0 31 6 Overhand Active 0 0 0 44 298
2009 VAL 65 80 66 63 50 53 48 54 54 67 48 0 0 0 79 0 32 7 Overhand Active 0 0 0 44 297
2010 VAL 64 77 66 63 52 53 48 54 54 68 48 0 0 0 79 0 33 8 Overhand Active 0 0 0 44 294
2011 VAL 65 80 66 63 52 53 48 54 54 68 48 0 0 0 79 0 34 9 Overhand AA/AAA 0 0 0 44 298
2012 VAL 65 80 66 62 52 53 48 54 54 68 48 0 0 0 79 0 35 10 Overhand AA/AAA 0 0 0 44 296
2013 VAL 65 79 66 63 52 53 48 54 54 68 48 0 0 0 79 0 36 11 Overhand Active 0 0 0 43 295
2014 VAL 62 77 66 63 52 53 48 54 54 68 48 0 0 0 79 0 37 12 Overhand AA/AAA 0 0 0 42 288
Ratings Delta -3 -2                             +1 +1           -1 -7

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 PARF 15 12 0 0 36 36 22 1 223.1 6.1 189 22 116 218 0 0 8.79 1.88 1.37 .228 .354 .290 .211 3.79
2003 26 PARF 15 10 0 0 41 41 26 2 258 6.1 222 21 78 259 0 0 9.03 3.32 1.16 .228 .342 .245 .224 2.83
2014 37 PARN 20 9 0 0 37 37 30 5 281.1 7.2 202 30 56 166 0 0 5.31 2.96 0.92 .197 .333 .233 .192 2.21
Totals     50 31 0 0 114 114 78 8 762.2 6.2 613 73 250 643 0 0 7.59 2.57 1.13 .217 .342 .258 .208 2.88

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
2002 25 VAF 1 1 1 3 28 0 0 0 30.1 1.0 29 4 22 22 5 3 6.58 1.00 1.69 .254 .404 .261 .253 5.04
2004 27 VAF 2 2 3 2 29 0 0 0 33.1 1.0 49 7 23 18 21 9 4.89 0.78 2.18 .348 .567 .283 .386 8.64
2005 28 VAF 10 8 0 0 29 29 12 3 175.1 6.0 190 28 50 107 0 0 5.50 2.14 1.37 .275 .465 .271 .276 4.62
2006 29 VAF 7 6 9 9 64 5 1 0 125.2 2.0 147 15 42 74 30 12 5.32 1.76 1.51 .287 .436 .291 .285 5.37
2007 30 VAF 8 14 0 0 31 31 15 2 192.1 6.1 216 35 53 109 0 0 5.11 2.06 1.40 .280 .477 .277 .281 4.77
2008 31 VAL 3 5 1 1 27 12 6 2 115.1 4.1 133 11 37 64 6 3 5.00 1.73 1.48 .285 .415 .311 .273 5.62
2009 32 VAL 8 18 0 0 34 34 13 2 192 5.2 225 36 56 74 0 0 3.47 1.32 1.46 .290 .474 .286 .291 5.39
2010 33 VAL 7 7 5 8 38 10 5 0 98.2 2.2 102 19 23 52 15 1 4.77 2.26 1.27 .263 .456 .295 .255 4.56
2011 34 VAL 0 2 1 2 6 1 0 0 10.1 1.2 21 3 1 3 1 0 2.67 3.00 2.18 .420 .720 .429 .417 6.10
2012 35 VAL 0 0 0 0 5 0 0 0 10.1 2.0 10 3 9 2 4 0 1.78 0.22 1.88 .244 .512 .200 .258 6.97
2013 36 VAL 6 8 20 5 49 1 0 0 68.2 1.1 85 17 28 33 41 6 4.35 1.18 1.66 .301 .525 .178 .344 5.77
Totals     52 71 40 30 340 123 52 9 1052.1 3.0 1207 178 344 558 123 34 4.77 1.62 1.47 .285 .468 .277 .280 5.24

Jimmie McCanless's Injury History
Date Injured Days Injured Injury Impact  
April 26, 2012 16 Strained bicep tendon 17%  
July 23, 2013 4 Pulled elbow ligament 9%  

Jimmie McCanless's Comparable Players
Player Names
Bryson Balenti 95.6% Scott Krichell 95.1% Brian Beman 93.8% Antwan Gundrum 93.6% Grant Sutter 92.3%

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