Peter Moylan, RHP (2017 team – Royals)
If someone were to write a book about the life of Peter Moylan it would be required reading. His story is amazing, from selling pharmaceuticals and playing semi-pro baseball in his native Australia to dominating right-handed batters in 2017, the 39 year-old Moylan is the kind of guy the most creative fiction writer couldn’t make up.
He is a guy that possessed an upper-80’s fastball that didn’t move much. He decided to try pitching sidearm, and ended up with one of the most devastating weapons in baseball…a fastball that touches 97 and starts behind a right-handed batter’s ear.
Moylan has been released seven times in his career. In 2015 the Braves signed him as a minor league coach while he recovered from his second Tommy John surgery. He ended up back in the majors that year.
The heavily-tatooed righty once shaved the top of his head for a promotional photo and tweeted a picture of himself wearing a black cocktail dress prior to the 2011 ESPYs. He inspired a line of t-shirts that read, “Chicks dig the ground ball.”
Moylan bought an espresso machine for the Braves’ clubhouse and introduced the team to his favorite drink…the “Sledge-iato.” This combination of espresso and chocolate milk was wildly popular with Moylan’s teammates.
As bizarre as Moylan is off the field, he is effective on it. Righthanders hit just .161 off him last season in his 59.1 innings for the Royals.
Moylan will turn 40 this year, but he wants to pitch a couple more seasons. A two-year deal at around $2,3 million would most likely do the trick.
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