Willie Adams  
Starting Pitcher | Baltimore Orioles

Pitching
Adams can get into trouble with walks, and there's concern about him being able to maintain his stuff over the whole season. Adams also has a decent changeup. His stuff becomes less sharp as he gets into the late innings. He frequently leaves fastballs up in the strike zone, where they get pounded. He attacks lefties and righties with similar success.

Defense & Hitting
His pickoff move is only fair. He tends to fall off slightly to the first-base side of the mound, making him vulnerable to bunts toward third base. He makes up for that minor flaw by being aggressive in fielding his position. Adams is a surpisingly good hitting pitcher. And I'm not sure you can say this about a pitcher, but Adams has some pop in his swing.

          -- Moostard Nyman
 

 

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
1998 TOR 76 69 70 59 56 52 49 52 47 49 49 0 51 46 0 0 24 2 Overhand DL 0 2 17 60 320
1999 MIN 80 70 79 64 56 52 49 52 47 49 49 0 51 46 0 0 25 3 Overhand Active 0 0 0 64 341
2000 CIN 80 72 88 67 56 52 49 52 47 49 49 0 51 53 0 0 26 4 Overhand DL 0 0 0 70 365
2001 TEX 80 80 88 69 56 52 49 52 47 49 49 0 51 53 0 0 27 5 Overhand Active 0 0 0 75 376
2002 TEX 80 81 88 55 56 52 49 52 47 49 49 0 51 60 0 0 28 6 Overhand Active 0 0 0 60 371
2003 TEX 78 84 88 56 56 52 49 52 47 49 49 0 51 60 0 0 29 7 Overhand Active 0 0 0 65 372
2004 TEX 77 83 88 56 56 52 49 52 47 49 49 0 51 60 0 0 30 8 Overhand Active 0 0 0 71 369
2005 TEX 77 82 88 58 56 52 49 52 47 49 54 0 51 60 0 0 31 9 Overhand Active 0 0 0 71 374
2006 FA 79 80 88 59 56 52 49 52 47 49 54 0 51 60 0 0 32 10 Overhand Free Agent 0 0 0 71 374
2007 BAL 79 78 88 59 56 52 49 52 47 49 54 0 51 60 0 0 32 11 Overhand AA/AAA 0 0 0 70 373
2008 BAL 79 78 88 61 56 52 49 52 47 49 54 0 51 60 0 0 34 12 Overhand AA/AAA 0 0 0 70 372
2009 BAL 79 81 88 61 56 52 49 52 47 49 54 0 51 60 0 0 35 13 Overhand Active 0 0 0 70 375
2010 BAL 77 79 88 61 56 52 49 52 47 49 54 0 54 60 0 0 35 14 Overhand Active 0 0 0 67 374
Ratings Delta   -2 -2                     +3         +1           -3 -1
History generated by Biorhythm v2.6.86 on Sun Nov 14 13:28:08 EST 2004

Data printed in red denotes that player was in the top two percent for that category and year. Blue data denotes membership to the bottom two percent.