Tim Harikkala  
Starting Pitcher | Free Agents

Pitching
Harikkala can get into trouble with walks, and there's concern about him being able to maintain his stuff over the whole season. His pitches lose some movement when he pitches from the stretch position. He frequently leaves fastballs up in the strike zone, where they get pounded. He's almost as effective against lefthanders as he is versus righthanders.

Defense & Hitting
His pickoff move is only fair. He isn't especially quick off the mound but generally fields his position adequately. Harikkala is a surpisingly good hitting pitcher. And I'm not sure you can say this about a pitcher, but Harikkala has some pop in his swing.

2010 Outlook
I just don't know if The Free Agents are ever going to get what they expect out of him.

          -- 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 MON 70 71 68 55 56 48 51 47 53 36 0 70 0 47 0 0 25 2 Overhand Active 0 8 14 59 235
1999 MON 72 73 74 61 56 48 51 47 53 36 0 74 0 52 0 0 26 3 Overhand Active 0 0 0 65 261
2000 PIT 73 77 75 62 56 48 51 47 53 36 0 77 0 56 0 0 27 4 Overhand Active 0 0 0 71 275
2001 PIT 73 88 75 62 56 48 51 47 53 40 0 77 0 56 0 0 28 5 Overhand Active 0 0 0 74 292
2002 PIT 72 89 75 62 56 48 51 47 53 43 0 79 0 56 0 0 29 6 Overhand Active 0 0 0 75 296
2003 PIT 71 91 75 62 56 48 51 47 53 43 0 80 0 56 0 0 30 7 Overhand Active 0 0 0 75 297
2004 PIT 75 91 75 62 56 48 51 47 53 43 0 80 0 58 0 0 31 8 Overhand Active 0 0 0 75 303
2005 PIT 75 91 75 62 56 48 51 47 53 44 0 81 0 59 0 0 32 9 Overhand AA/AAA 0 0 0 75 305
2006 TEX 73 91 75 62 56 48 51 47 53 44 0 81 0 60 0 0 33 10 Overhand Active 0 0 0 74 303
2007 SAC 73 91 75 62 56 48 51 47 53 45 0 81 0 60 0 0 34 11 Overhand Active 0 0 0 73 304
2008 SAC 73 91 75 61 56 48 51 47 53 45 0 81 0 60 0 0 35 12 Overhand AA/AAA 0 0 0 75 302
2009 FA 71 90 75 60 56 48 51 47 53 46 0 81 0 60 0 0 36 13 Overhand Free Agent 0 0 0 74 297
2010 FA 69 89 74 60 56 48 51 47 53 46 0 81 0 60 0 0 36 14 Overhand Free Agent 0 0 0 72 293
Ratings Delta   -2 -1 -1                             +1           -2 -4
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.