Bruce Salls  
Starting Pitcher | Retired or Inactive Players

Pitching
He struggles with his command at times and is still learning to mix his pitches and set up hitters. His fastball gets into the high 80s, but it's the sink that makes the pitch effective. Sometimes I wish he'd just give up on throwing the changeup, it's like a BP ball! Salls is a flyball pitcher susceptible to the home run. He attacks lefties and righties with similar success.

Defense & Hitting
He has a fair pickoff move and isn't a particularly easy target for basestealers. Salls is agile on the mound, though he makes needless errors when his concentration wanders. Salls is a surpisingly good hitting pitcher. And I'm not sure you can say this about a pitcher, but Salls has some pop in his swing. Interesting sidenote, The Retired or Inactive Players have been known to use Salls as a pinch-runner on occasion.

2025 Outlook
If Salls doesn't perform, the Retired or Inactive Players won't hesitate to send him down to the minors. I just don't know if The Retired or Inactive Players are ever going to get what they expect out of him.

          -- 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 YEL 68 75 63 57 43 44 46 51 48 63 56 0 53 0 0 0 31 0 Overhand Active 0 6 27 43 244
2002 YEL 68 75 64 57 43 44 46 51 48 63 56 0 56 0 0 0 32 1 Overhand DL 0 0 0 42 247
2003 YEL 70 75 64 57 43 44 46 51 48 63 56 0 58 0 0 0 33 2 Overhand DL 0 0 0 43 250
2004 POR 70 74 64 57 43 44 46 51 48 63 56 0 59 0 0 0 34 3 Overhand AA/AAA 0 0 0 43 249
2005 POR 69 74 64 57 43 44 46 51 48 63 56 0 60 0 0 0 35 4 Overhand AA/AAA 0 0 0 43 247
2006 FA 66 72 64 57 43 44 46 51 48 63 56 0 60 0 0 0 36 5 Overhand Free Agent 0 0 0 41 240
2007 FA 66 71 62 57 43 44 46 51 48 63 56 0 60 0 0 0 37 6 Overhand Free Agent 0 0 0 40 236
2008 GUE 63 71 61 57 43 44 46 51 48 63 56 0 60 0 0 0 38 7 Overhand AA/AAA 0 0 0 38 230
2009 FA 63 74 62 56 43 44 46 51 48 63 56 0 60 0 0 0 39 8 Overhand Free Agent 0 0 0 40 233
2010 FA 61 72 59 56 52 44 46 51 48 63 56 0 60 0 0 0 40 9 Overhand Free Agent 0 0 0 37 232
Ratings Delta -2 -2 -3   +9                       +1 +1           -3 -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
2002 32 PMED 14 16 0 0 37 37 20 1 222 6.0 232 23 81 177 0 0 7.18 2.19 1.41 .264 .382 .272 .254 4.18
2003 33 PMED 19 14 0 0 38 38 21 1 240.1 6.1 243 25 98 153 0 0 5.74 1.56 1.42 .260 .399 .267 .255 4.16
2005 35 PCRD 7 4 0 0 19 13 10 1 109.1 5.2 106 16 36 64 2 2 5.28 1.78 1.30 .251 .403 .280 .231 2.96
2006 36 PCRD 1 3 5 7 58 0 0 0 75 1.1 68 11 39 36 20 7 4.32 0.92 1.43 .239 .412 .250 .233 4.56
2007 37 PCRD 5 2 0 0 15 10 7 0 79.1 5.1 88 15 35 42 4 2 4.78 1.20 1.55 .275 .450 .321 .240 4.77
2009 39 PDAW 4 7 0 0 18 15 8 0 107.1 6.0 119 16 39 47 4 3 3.95 1.21 1.48 .276 .457 .306 .256 5.20
2010 40 PDAW 5 5 1 0 36 0 0 0 104.2 3.0 112 14 30 43 27 15 3.71 1.43 1.36 .275 .441 .315 .255 3.78
Totals     55 51 6 7 221 113 66 3 938 4.1 968 120 358 562 57 29 5.39 1.57 1.41 .263 .412 .283 .249 4.18

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 31 YEL 5 4 1 1 38 0 0 0 113.2 3.0 91 14 43 65 16 4 5.17 1.51 1.18 .222 .386 .208 .232 3.64
2002 32 YEL 1 0 1 0 13 0 0 0 42 3.1 33 4 11 24 4 0 5.14 2.18 1.05 .220 .360 .237 .209 1.93
2004 34 POR 2 3 1 6 27 3 1 0 42 1.2 54 4 23 13 7 3 2.79 0.57 1.83 .309 .423 .330 .286 5.57
2008 38 GUE 4 0 6 4 27 0 0 0 50 2.0 64 12 17 15 14 3 2.70 0.88 1.62 .309 .556 .239 .361 6.12
Totals     12 7 9 11 105 3 1 0 247.2 2.1 242 34 94 117 41 10 4.26 1.24 1.36 .257 .426 .245 .266 4.19

Transfer History for Bruce Salls
Date Transferred with Salls To New Club In Exchange For To Old Club
June 16 2004 1st Rd 2004 - 22nd pick
2nd Rd 2004 - 50th pick
3rd Rd 2004 - 78th pick
Port Hope Battery Billy Clarke
Ryne Biras
Will Postle
Yellowknife Bluenotes

Bruce Salls's Comparable Players
Player Names
Stephen Kines 95.9% Scott Pierce 95.7% Geronimo Gruska 95.0% Burl Stoy 94.5% Red Bernard 94.3%

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Transfer history draft picks in brackets indicate the actual pick number in the draft wasn't determined at the time of the deal being made.
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