Kite Flanagan  
Relief Pitcher | Cincinnati Reds

Pitching
His fastball gets into the high 80s, but it's the sink that makes the pitch effective. The Cincinnati Reds hope he can work on his control a little bit. Every once and a while one slips away from him and either ends up at the backstop or in the right field bleachers. He's almost as effective against lefthanders as he is versus righthanders.

Defense & Hitting
His pickoff move is merely average. 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. Flanagan is a surpisingly good hitting pitcher. And I'm not sure you can say this about a pitcher, but Flanagan has some pop in his swing.

2010 Outlook
I can't say I know what The Cincinnati Reds were doing locking this guy up to a long term contract. A questionable call at best. Flanagan has below average skills, even for the low minors. One has to expect the Cincinnati Reds will give him his walking papers before the end of the season. I just don't know if The Cincinnati Reds are ever going to get what they expect out of him.

          -- Ska Nyman, A-Ball 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
2008 CIN 56 52 31 35 48 45 43 51 50 62 0 44 34 0 0 0 20 0 Overhand Low Minors 2 5 44 41 153
2009 CIN 57 52 35 37 48 45 43 51 50 63 0 44 39 0 0 0 21 0 Overhand Low Minors 0 0 6 46 168
2010 CIN 60 51 39 39 48 45 43 51 50 63 0 48 42 0 0 0 22 0 Overhand Low Minors 0 0 0 48 187
Ratings Delta   +3 -1 +4 +2               +4 +3       +1           -6 +2 +19
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.