Tom Grant  
Starting Pitcher | Detroit Tigers

Pitching
The bottom also falls out of his very good changeup. Grant can get into trouble with walks, and there's concern about him being able to maintain his stuff over the whole season. Grant has to keep the ball down, especially against lefties, or he gets hit hard and often. He can hit 90 MPH but is too smart to try to get his fastball past most hitters. He continues to have trouble getting lefthanders out.

Defense & Hitting
His pickoff move is merely average. Grant is nothing special in the field. Grant is a surpisingly good hitting pitcher. And I'm not sure you can say this about a pitcher, but Grant has some pop in his swing.

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

          -- 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 DET 72 74 47 41 48 37 47 52 48 50 73 0 54 0 0 0 22 0 Overhand Low Minors 1 14 32 43 239
2009 DET 73 74 51 43 48 37 47 52 48 52 75 0 61 0 0 0 23 0 Overhand Low Minors 0 0 6 46 256
2010 DET 76 74 64 45 48 37 47 52 48 52 75 0 65 0 0 0 23 0 Overhand Low Minors 0 0 0 54 281
Ratings Delta   +3   +13 +2                 +4                   -6 +8 +25
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.