Dakin Naidoo  
Starting Pitcher | Retired or Inactive Players

Pitching
Naidoo has to keep the ball down, especially against lefties, or he gets hit hard and often. His fastball gets into the high 80s, but it's the sink that makes the pitch effective. Naidoo 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 tends to work slowly when in a jam, which just makes his problems worse by lulling his fielders to sleep. Dating back to his days in the minors, Naidoo has been more effective against righthanders than lefthanders.

Defense & Hitting
He has a fair pickoff move and isn't a particularly easy target for basestealers. He isn't especially quick off the mound but generally fields his position adequately. Naidoo is a surpisingly good hitting pitcher. And I'm not sure you can say this about a pitcher, but Naidoo has some pop in his swing. Interesting sidenote, The Retired or Inactive Players have been known to use Naidoo as a pinch-runner on occasion.

2025 Outlook
AA isn't the right place for Naidoo. 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 66 64 36 51 53 41 50 44 51 67 57 58 0 0 0 0 25 0 Overhand AA/AAA 0 2 30 49 204
2002 VAF 65 63 49 55 53 41 50 44 51 67 65 58 0 0 0 0 26 0 Overhand AA/AAA 0 0 0 52 228
2003 VAF 65 63 63 59 53 41 50 44 51 67 69 58 0 0 0 0 27 1 Overhand AA/AAA 0 0 0 55 252
2004 VAF 68 64 65 63 53 41 50 44 51 67 73 58 0 0 0 0 28 2 Overhand AA/AAA 0 0 0 59 267
2005 VAF 67 66 65 63 53 41 50 44 51 67 75 58 0 0 0 0 29 3 Overhand Active 0 0 0 60 269
2006 VAF 66 74 65 65 53 41 50 44 51 67 75 58 0 0 0 0 30 4 Overhand Active 0 0 0 64 279
2007 VAF 65 73 65 67 53 41 50 44 51 67 76 58 0 0 0 0 31 5 Overhand Active 0 0 0 64 278
2008 VAL 68 73 65 67 53 41 50 44 51 67 77 58 0 0 0 0 32 6 Overhand Active 0 0 0 64 282
2009 VAL 67 73 65 67 53 41 50 44 51 67 77 58 0 0 0 0 33 7 Overhand Active 0 0 0 64 280
2010 VAL 69 71 65 67 48 41 50 44 51 67 77 58 0 0 0 0 34 8 Overhand Active 0 0 0 63 274
2011 VAL 68 74 65 65 48 41 50 44 51 67 77 58 0 0 0 0 35 9 Overhand AA/AAA 0 0 0 63 273
2012 VAL 68 74 65 64 48 41 50 44 51 67 77 58 0 0 0 0 36 10 Overhand AA/AAA 0 0 0 61 271
2013 VAL 68 74 65 65 48 41 50 44 51 67 77 58 0 0 0 0 37 11 Overhand Active 0 0 0 61 271
2014 VAL 68 74 65 67 48 41 50 44 51 67 77 58 0 0 0 0 38 12 Overhand AA/AAA 0 0 0 61 272
Ratings Delta       +2                         +1 +1             +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
2001 25 PARF 10 11 0 0 36 36 15 0 194 5.1 168 13 133 161 0 0 7.47 1.21 1.55 .235 .335 .258 .215 3.94
2003 27 PARF 8 17 0 0 40 40 13 0 210.2 5.1 226 17 82 189 0 0 8.09 2.30 1.47 .269 .404 .295 .244 4.61
2004 28 PARF 8 15 0 0 41 41 15 0 233.1 5.2 241 25 70 196 0 0 7.57 2.80 1.33 .262 .404 .267 .257 3.43
2012 36 PARN 18 9 0 0 37 37 22 1 244 6.2 244 23 74 148 0 0 5.46 2.00 1.30 .259 .369 .276 .243 3.25
2014 38 PARN 10 20 0 0 37 37 22 5 237.1 6.1 202 22 79 124 0 0 4.71 1.57 1.19 .228 .357 .228 .228 3.45
Totals     54 72 0 0 191 191 87 6 1119.1 6.0 1081 100 438 818 0 0 6.58 1.87 1.36 .251 .375 .302 .238 3.71

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 26 VAF 2 1 0 2 26 0 0 0 24.1 1.0 29 5 18 22 15 3 8.22 1.22 1.95 .302 .521 .405 .222 8.88
2005 29 VAF 2 3 2 2 42 0 0 0 97 2.1 88 7 44 49 23 4 4.55 1.11 1.36 .240 .373 .221 .260 3.71
2006 30 VAF 3 13 8 16 59 0 0 0 80.1 1.1 98 15 40 37 35 7 4.16 0.93 1.72 .297 .473 .285 .309 6.39
2007 31 VAF 3 3 3 5 58 0 0 0 98.1 1.2 130 17 48 42 23 6 3.85 0.88 1.81 .319 .523 .322 .316 6.41
2008 32 VAL 7 12 0 0 30 23 8 0 153 5.0 185 18 42 67 2 1 3.94 1.60 1.48 .298 .448 .324 .275 4.71
2009 33 VAL 3 4 0 6 57 0 0 0 124.1 2.1 116 18 34 54 28 5 3.92 1.59 1.21 .246 .412 .254 .241 3.69
2010 34 VAL 10 12 0 0 32 32 18 0 169 5.1 164 28 50 76 0 0 4.05 1.52 1.27 .253 .422 .263 .244 4.10
2011 35 VAL 1 1 0 0 8 1 0 0 25.2 3.1 28 6 9 8 2 0 2.86 0.89 1.47 .280 .520 .280 .280 4.56
2013 37 VAL 1 1 1 0 15 0 0 0 50.2 3.1 49 8 13 8 9 3 1.43 0.62 1.24 .255 .432 .258 .253 4.97
Totals     32 50 14 31 327 56 26 0 822.2 2.2 887 122 298 363 137 29 3.97 1.22 1.44 .274 .444 .281 .260 4.82

Dakin Naidoo's Comparable Players
Player Names
Solomon Storman 96.8% Graig Elsbree 95.6% Roy Gorbous 95.5% Crazy Renderos 95.1% Clevelan Slovinsky 95.0%

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