Jim Seppala   Starting Pitcher | Retired or Inactive Players Pitching Seppala 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. Seppala 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. In his first taste of the majors, he has kept righthanders in check but wasn't as effective against lefties. Defense & Hitting Though he lacks a good pickoff move, he checks the running game with a compact stretch delivery. He hurts himself by falling awkwardly off the mound in his follow-through, which allows too many balls to go through the middle for base hits. Seppala is a surpisingly good hitting pitcher. And I'm not sure you can say this about a pitcher, but Seppala has some pop in his swing. Interesting sidenote, The Retired or Inactive Players have been known to use Seppala 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 LET 91 73 54 53 53 41 47 48 49 63 59 0 50 0 0 59 25 0 Overhand Active 0 3 33 32 321 2002 LET 93 75 74 56 53 41 47 48 49 63 59 0 50 0 0 59 26 1 Overhand Active 0 0 0 33 352 2003 LET 96 76 87 59 53 41 47 48 49 63 59 0 54 0 0 59 27 2 Overhand Active 0 0 0 35 378 2004 LET 96 78 92 61 53 41 47 48 49 63 59 0 56 0 0 62 28 3 Overhand Active 0 0 0 37 392 2005 LET 94 78 92 62 53 41 47 48 49 63 59 0 56 0 0 62 29 4 Overhand Active 0 0 0 38 390 2006 LET 96 78 92 62 53 41 47 48 49 63 59 0 56 0 0 62 30 5 Overhand Active 0 0 0 38 391 2007 LET 96 78 92 64 53 41 47 48 49 63 60 0 56 0 0 62 31 6 Overhand Active 0 0 0 38 393 2008 LET 96 76 92 64 53 41 47 48 49 63 60 0 57 0 0 62 32 7 Overhand Active 0 0 0 38 391 2009 LET 94 76 92 65 53 41 47 48 49 63 60 0 58 0 0 62 33 8 Overhand AA/AAA 0 0 0 38 389 2010 LET 95 76 92 65 52 41 47 48 49 65 60 0 58 0 0 62 34 9 Overhand Active 0 0 0 38 391 2011 LET 95 75 92 64 52 41 47 48 49 65 60 0 58 0 0 62 35 10 Overhand Active 0 0 0 38 387 2012 LET 96 74 92 64 52 41 47 48 49 65 60 0 58 0 0 62 36 11 Overhand Active 0 0 0 36 386 2013 LET 94 77 92 64 52 41 47 48 49 65 60 0 58 0 0 62 37 12 Overhand Active 0 0 0 35 387 2014 LET 96 77 91 64 52 41 47 48 49 65 60 0 58 0 0 62 38 13 Overhand Active 0 0 0 34 387 Ratings Delta +2   -1                           +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 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 25 LET 9 5 0 0 27 24 12 1 144.2 5.1 138 22 64 97 1 0 6.05 1.52 1.40 .257 .410 .265 .253 3.73 2002 26 LET 7 8 1 0 36 18 10 1 169.2 4.2 170 34 54 118 9 2 6.28 2.19 1.32 .260 .470 .263 .257 4.99 2003 27 LET 4 7 13 4 39 7 3 1 82 2.0 87 17 13 42 8 2 4.61 3.23 1.22 .271 .477 .303 .244 4.61 2004 28 LET 10 7 13 7 60 0 0 0 80.1 1.1 81 13 14 42 14 2 4.72 3.00 1.19 .260 .424 .336 .208 4.26 2005 29 LET 6 2 13 3 34 0 0 0 46 1.1 59 9 4 24 7 1 4.70 6.00 1.37 .312 .519 .321 .306 4.30 2006 30 LET 4 3 29 4 53 0 0 0 58.2 1.0 55 7 17 31 25 6 4.79 1.82 1.24 .250 .405 .253 .248 3.22 2007 31 LET 2 4 18 0 34 1 0 0 36.2 1.0 36 9 5 14 15 1 3.48 2.80 1.13 .254 .486 .271 .245 4.66 2008 32 LET 18 3 9 2 37 24 17 1 183.1 5.0 148 21 28 84 9 0 4.13 3.00 0.96 .217 .378 .237 .199 2.70 2009 33 LET 3 5 18 1 38 2 0 0 44.2 1.1 56 8 11 23 22 12 4.68 2.09 1.52 .309 .530 .315 .304 6.05 2010 34 LET 18 8 0 0 35 35 20 0 217.2 6.1 219 29 37 100 0 0 4.14 2.70 1.18 .260 .433 .245 .273 3.43 2011 35 LET 4 9 11 4 36 10 3 0 93.2 2.2 118 18 15 50 17 6 4.83 3.33 1.43 .306 .539 .286 .325 5.38 2012 36 LET 10 8 2 1 38 21 14 3 181.1 4.2 185 22 27 76 8 0 3.78 2.81 1.17 .265 .420 .281 .249 3.82 2013 37 LET 12 10 6 7 42 11 6 3 115 2.2 130 18 30 46 15 4 3.60 1.53 1.39 .281 .470 .278 .284 5.01 2014 38 LET 9 4 18 4 44 9 3 0 89.1 2.0 89 12 17 39 13 4 3.94 2.29 1.19 .256 .438 .321 .213 4.53 Totals     116 83 151 37 553 162 88 10 1543 2.2 1571 239 336 786 163 40 4.58 2.34 1.24 .263 .445 .278 .244 4.12

Jim Seppala's Career Highlights

Year Details 2006 Farmers League All Star

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