Eddie Arroyo  
Relief Pitcher | Oakland Athletics

Pitching
He keeps his pitches low in the strike zone and throws a heavy ball. He's a good late inning man, which is when being a pitcher really counts. He struggles with his command at times and is still learning to mix his pitches and set up hitters. Dating back to his days in the minors, Arroyo has been more effective against righthanders than lefthanders.

Defense & Hitting
Arroyo is nothing special in the field. Arroyo doesn't make much of an attempt to combat the running game. Basestealers ran at will last year. Arroyo is a surpisingly good hitting pitcher. And I'm not sure you can say this about a pitcher, but Arroyo has some pop in his swing.

2010 Outlook
I can't say I know what The Oakland Athletics were doing locking this guy up to a long term contract. A questionable call at best. AA isn't the right place for Arroyo. Expect the Oakland Athletics to send him down for some minor retooling. I just don't know if The Oakland Athletics are ever going to get what they expect out of him.

          -- Emu Nyman, AA/AAA Scout
 

 

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
2007 OAK 52 23 30 34 57 42 53 52 54 68 0 60 0 0 0 0 24 0 Overhand Low Minors 0 7 39 56 133
2008 OAK 54 23 41 34 57 42 53 52 54 68 0 68 0 0 0 0 25 0 Overhand AA/AAA 0 0 5 58 162
2009 OAK 54 23 50 34 57 42 53 52 54 68 0 71 0 0 0 0 26 0 Overhand AA/AAA 0 0 0 58 179
2010 OAK 54 24 52 34 57 42 53 52 54 68 0 73 0 0 0 0 26 0 Overhand AA/AAA 0 0 0 58 184
Ratings Delta     +1 +2                 +2                         +5
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.