Abdirahman Veltri  
Starting Pitcher | Retired or Inactive Players

Pitching
Veltri likes to get hitters looking down and away, then ties them up by coming inside with hard stuff, getting a lot of groundball outs. Veltri also has a decent changeup. He can hit 90 MPH but is too smart to try to get his fastball past most hitters. When you throw a curveball, it better break. Hanging curves equal earned runs in this league, you just can't get away with them. Unfortunately, Veltri's curveball tends to hang. The running movement on his pitches makes life tougher on lefties than righties.

Defense & Hitting
He's reasonably quick to the plate but needs to vary his pickoff moves. Good baserunners appeared to time him last year. He isn't especially quick off the mound but generally fields his position adequately. Veltri is a surpisingly good hitting pitcher. And I'm not sure you can say this about a pitcher, but Veltri has some pop in his swing. Interesting sidenote, The Retired or Inactive Players have been known to use Veltri as a pinch-runner on occasion.

          -- 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 WHI 74 81 49 70 54 54 45 50 48 42 53 0 59 37 0 0 26 0 Overhand AA/AAA 0 9 37 45 302
2002 CRE 74 81 56 76 54 54 45 50 48 42 53 0 59 37 0 0 27 0 Overhand AA/AAA 0 0 2 46 314
2003 CRE 74 81 62 76 54 54 45 50 48 42 53 0 59 42 0 0 28 0 Overhand Active 0 0 0 48 326
2004 CRE 74 81 66 81 54 54 45 50 48 42 53 0 59 42 0 0 29 1 Overhand AA/AAA 0 0 0 49 335
2005 CRE 74 81 66 81 54 54 45 50 48 43 53 0 59 42 0 0 30 2 Overhand AA/AAA 0 0 0 50 335
2006 CRE 74 81 66 81 54 54 45 50 48 43 53 0 59 46 0 0 31 3 Overhand AA/AAA 0 0 0 50 339
2007 CRE 73 81 66 81 54 54 45 50 48 44 53 0 59 46 0 0 32 4 Overhand AA/AAA 0 0 0 50 338
2008 CRE 72 81 66 81 54 54 45 50 48 44 53 0 59 48 0 0 33 5 Overhand AA/AAA 0 0 0 50 338
2009 CRE 72 81 66 81 54 54 45 50 48 44 53 0 59 50 0 0 34 6 Overhand AA/AAA 0 0 0 50 340
2010 CRE 72 81 66 81 44 54 45 50 48 44 53 0 59 51 0 0 35 7 Overhand AA/AAA 0 0 0 48 330
2011 CRE 72 81 66 80 44 54 45 50 48 44 53 0 59 51 0 0 36 8 Overhand AA/AAA 0 0 0 47 328
2012 CRE 72 80 66 80 44 54 45 50 48 44 53 0 59 51 0 0 37 9 Overhand Active 0 0 0 45 326
2013 STP 69 79 66 79 44 54 45 50 48 44 53 0 61 51 0 0 38 10 Overhand Active 0 0 0 44 321
Ratings Delta -3 -1   -1                 +2       +1 +1           -1 -5

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 26 PNAR 9 14 0 0 37 37 13 0 201.2 5.1 243 25 144 137 0 0 6.13 0.95 1.92 .295 .451 .287 .296 6.43
2002 27 PNAN 9 16 0 0 36 36 13 4 210 6.0 261 14 151 131 0 0 5.61 0.87 1.96 .305 .435 .335 .295 5.44
2004 29 PNAN 15 11 0 0 38 38 22 1 235.2 6.1 242 28 103 81 0 0 3.10 0.79 1.47 .267 .427 .289 .263 4.35
2005 30 PNAN 10 19 0 0 38 38 14 6 231 6.0 279 40 103 97 0 0 3.78 0.94 1.65 .297 .493 .263 .301 6.00
2006 31 PNAN 17 13 0 0 39 39 17 2 236.2 6.0 229 45 104 92 0 0 3.51 0.88 1.41 .252 .475 .248 .253 5.13
2007 32 PNAN 11 11 0 0 36 36 10 1 194 5.1 228 36 73 53 0 0 2.46 0.73 1.55 .289 .510 .295 .289 5.47
2008 33 PNAN 20 7 0 0 37 37 18 4 237.2 6.1 244 39 96 82 0 0 3.11 0.85 1.43 .266 .453 .386 .254 4.70
2009 34 PNAN 12 15 0 0 36 36 13 3 218 6.0 219 46 100 56 0 0 2.31 0.56 1.46 .261 .491 .222 .270 4.83
2010 35 PNAN 14 17 0 0 37 37 15 2 222.1 6.0 233 47 111 50 0 0 2.03 0.45 1.55 .268 .491 .284 .265 5.51
2011 36 PNAN 13 18 0 0 39 39 15 4 235.1 6.0 266 42 98 91 0 0 3.48 0.93 1.55 .286 .485 .306 .282 5.32
2013 38 PNAN 13 13 0 0 38 38 17 1 215 5.2 235 52 75 64 0 0 2.68 0.85 1.44 .278 .525 .358 .264 4.77
Totals     143 154 0 0 411 411 167 28 2437.1 6.0 2679 414 1158 934 0 0 3.45 0.81 1.57 .278 .476 .298 .275 5.25

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
2003 28 CRE 2 5 1 0 35 0 0 0 109.2 3.0 140 23 57 23 16 5 1.90 0.40 1.80 .309 .532 .382 .288 5.99
2011 36 CRE 2 4 0 0 24 11 2 1 110.1 4.2 128 25 36 15 6 1 1.23 0.42 1.49 .296 .528 .347 .276 5.79
2012 37 CRE 0 1 1 0 18 0 0 0 69.2 4.0 79 16 29 15 10 7 1.95 0.52 1.56 .283 .502 .315 .268 4.26
2013 38 STP 2 10 0 0 18 18 3 2 82.2 4.2 99 20 40 16 0 0 1.75 0.40 1.69 .294 .570 .323 .283 7.40
Totals     6 20 2 0 95 29 5 3 372.1 4.0 446 84 162 69 32 13 1.67 0.43 1.63 .297 .534 .323 .263 5.93

Transfer History for Abdirahman Veltri
Date Transferred with Veltri To New Club In Exchange For To Old Club
May 31 2013 Released to Free Agents by Creston Kokanee
June 12 2013 Free Agent signing by St Paul Pride

Abdirahman Veltri's Comparable Players
Player Names
Pablo Burrel 96.3% Tylar Ehrle 95.4% Midre Vermilyea 94.6% Darrek Wintersteen 94.0% Trevin Spink 93.6%

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