Dana Topalian  
Relief Pitcher | Retired or Inactive Players

Pitching
Now he's the consumate ground-ball pitcher, which I love: ground balls never leave the stadium. 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 can hit 90 MPH but is too smart to try to get his fastball past most hitters. Sometimes I wish he'd just give up on throwing the changeup, it's like a BP ball! He changes speeds well enough to keep righthanders from teeing off on him.

Defense & Hitting
His pickoff move is merely average. Topalian seems distracted after his delivery. He's sometimes out of position, fails to cover a base or doesn't back up throws. Topalian is a surpisingly good hitting pitcher. And I'm not sure you can say this about a pitcher, but Topalian has some pop in his swing. Interesting sidenote, The Retired or Inactive Players have been known to use Topalian as a pinch-runner on occasion.

2025 Outlook
If Topalian 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 SAU 71 49 56 58 59 52 49 52 52 51 47 0 0 56 0 0 30 0 Overhand Active 0 6 33 41 247
2002 SSM 70 49 58 58 59 52 49 52 52 51 52 0 0 60 0 0 31 1 Overhand Active 0 0 0 41 256
2003 SSM 69 49 58 59 59 52 49 52 52 51 55 0 0 62 0 0 32 2 Overhand Active 0 0 0 42 259
2004 FA 72 49 58 59 59 52 49 52 52 51 55 0 0 63 0 0 33 3 Overhand Free Agent 0 0 0 42 264
2005 FA 72 47 57 58 59 52 49 52 52 51 55 0 0 63 0 0 34 4 Overhand Free Agent 0 0 0 42 260
2006 FA 70 46 57 58 59 52 49 52 52 51 55 0 0 63 0 0 35 5 Overhand Free Agent 0 0 0 42 255
2007 FA 70 44 55 57 59 52 49 52 52 51 55 0 0 63 0 0 36 6 Overhand Free Agent 0 0 0 41 249
2008 FA 70 42 54 58 59 52 49 52 52 51 55 0 0 63 0 0 37 7 Overhand Free Agent 0 0 0 40 247
Ratings Delta   -2 -1 +1                         +1 +1           -1 -2

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
2004 33 PTHU 9 4 22 7 54 0 0 0 56.2 1.0 53 3 35 24 25 1 3.84 0.69 1.57 .247 .363 .318 .228 3.81
2005 34 PTHU 3 5 23 4 48 0 0 0 44.2 1.0 44 5 30 20 32 13 4.07 0.67 1.67 .263 .413 .324 .248 4.63
2006 35 PTHU 3 4 24 6 51 0 0 0 48.2 1.0 39 6 30 21 25 11 3.92 0.70 1.43 .218 .369 .193 .230 3.33
2007 36 PTHU 3 3 13 2 29 0 0 0 27 1.0 29 3 20 8 22 7 2.67 0.40 1.81 .279 .385 .303 .268 5.00
2008 37 PTHU 1 2 10 3 19 0 0 0 17 1.0 9 2 11 7 18 5 3.71 0.64 1.18 .153 .322 .278 .098 4.24
Totals     19 18 92 22 201 0 0 0 194 1.0 174 19 126 80 122 37 3.71 0.63 1.55 .240 .376 .297 .244 4.08

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 30 SAU 3 3 3 3 15 0 0 0 17 1.0 17 1 15 8 15 8 4.24 0.53 1.88 .258 .348 .294 .245 4.24
2002 31 SSM 2 0 3 5 44 0 0 0 71.2 1.2 64 6 31 25 14 2 3.16 0.81 1.33 .242 .358 .292 .223 3.14
2003 32 SSM 3 6 9 8 36 0 0 0 33.1 1.0 34 5 22 13 25 11 3.53 0.59 1.69 .270 .452 .349 .229 3.78
Totals     8 9 15 16 95 0 0 0 122 1.1 115 12 68 46 54 21 3.39 0.68 1.50 .252 .382 .311 .228 3.47

Dana Topalian's Comparable Players
Player Names
Davonne Pekar 94.8% Corin Needs 94.4% Jamie Dow 92.6% Gaylord Grip 92.5% Enrique Anteliz 92.3%

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