Todd Etler  
Starting Pitcher | Detroit Tigers

Pitching
Etler forces hitters to keep the ball on the ground. He's unflappable on the mound, possessing the confidence to throw any of his offerings at any time in the count. Etler performs extremely well in the late innings, but unfortunately his endurance prevents him from getting there very often. Etler's bread-and-butter pitch is a devastating sinking changeup that he'll throw to any batter in any count. Etler is a control pitcher; when he's on he has pinpoint control. He's got a really stong arm, so he can blow it by you on occasion. Etler's fastball was clocked at 95 MPH most of the season and he kept excellent control of it. His curveball is solid; he throws it better than your average starter. The running movement on his pitches makes life tougher on lefties than righties. Etler struggles on the road.

Defense & Hitting
Etler has lots of energy. He comes off the mound like a cat and doesn't make many errors. Basestealers rarely test him. Etler is a surpisingly good hitting pitcher. And I'm not sure you can say this about a pitcher, but Etler has some pop in his swing.

2010 Outlook
Etler has arguably the best stuff in baseball.

          -- 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 ATL 78 72 78 51 64 55 58 60 58 49 79 0 0 73 0 0 22 2 Overhand Active 0 2 14 72 360
1999 ATL 80 72 88 59 64 55 58 60 58 66 79 0 0 73 0 0 23 3 Overhand AA/AAA 0 0 0 78 402
2000 CHW 82 71 98 65 64 55 58 60 58 77 79 0 0 82 0 0 24 4 Overhand Active 0 0 0 84 445
2001 CHW 86 73 99 76 64 55 58 60 58 77 79 0 0 82 0 0 25 5 Overhand Active 0 0 0 95 463
2002 MIL 87 76 99 82 64 55 58 60 58 77 79 0 0 89 0 0 26 6 Overhand DL 0 0 0 99 482
2003 MIL 88 81 99 88 64 55 58 60 58 77 79 0 0 92 0 0 27 7 Overhand Active 0 0 0 99 498
2004 MIL 89 86 99 95 64 55 58 60 58 77 86 0 0 92 0 0 28 8 Overhand Active 0 0 0 99 519
2005 MIL 88 90 99 99 64 55 58 60 58 77 90 0 0 92 0 0 29 9 Overhand Active 0 0 0 99 530
2006 DET 87 95 99 99 64 55 58 60 58 84 93 0 0 92 0 0 30 10 Overhand Active 0 0 0 99 546
2007 DET 99 95 99 99 64 55 58 60 58 84 93 0 0 92 0 0 31 11 Overhand Active 0 0 0 99 559
2008 DET 99 94 99 99 64 55 58 60 58 90 93 0 0 92 0 0 32 12 Overhand Active 0 0 0 99 564
2009 DET 99 94 99 99 64 55 58 60 58 94 93 0 0 92 0 0 33 13 Overhand Active 0 0 0 99 568
2010 DET 99 96 99 99 64 55 58 60 58 96 93 0 0 92 0 0 34 14 Overhand Active 0 0 0 99 571
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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.