Pitching
He struggles with his command at times and is still learning to mix his pitches and set up hitters. His fastball gets into the high 80s, but it's the sink that makes the pitch effective. He's almost as effective against lefthanders as he is versus righthanders.

Defense & Hitting
His pickoff move is merely average. He hurts himself by falling awkwardly off the mound in his follow-through, which allows too many balls to go through the middle for base hits. Duckworth is a surpisingly good hitting pitcher. And I'm not sure you can say this about a pitcher, but Duckworth has some pop in his swing.

2010 Outlook
The New York Yankees signed him to a long-term contract, but don't think they won't drop Duckworth like a hot potato if something better comes along.

          -- Moostard Nyman