John Hope  
Starting Pitcher | Free Agents

Pitching
Hope also has a decent changeup. The Free Agents 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. 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 attacks lefties and righties with similar success.

Defense & Hitting
His slow delivery makes him fairly easy to steal upon, but Hope helps himself by holding runners with throws to first, and with slide steps and varied deliveries to home. 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. Hope is a surpisingly good hitting pitcher. And I'm not sure you can say this about a pitcher, but Hope 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 CHC 60 71 66 60 56 49 52 47 53 41 56 0 0 57 0 0 25 5 Overhand AA/AAA 0 10 25 53 265
1999 FA 64 73 66 63 56 49 52 47 53 41 56 0 0 59 0 0 26 6 Overhand Free Agent 0 0 0 55 277
2000 FA 63 76 66 66 56 49 52 47 53 41 56 0 0 59 0 0 27 7 Overhand Free Agent 0 1 0 58 281
2001 FA 63 78 66 68 56 49 52 47 53 41 56 0 0 59 0 0 28 8 Overhand Free Agent 0 1 0 58 285
2002 FA 63 77 66 70 56 49 52 47 53 41 56 0 0 59 0 0 29 9 Overhand Free Agent 0 1 0 58 284
2003 FA 64 78 66 70 56 49 52 47 53 41 56 0 0 59 0 0 30 10 Overhand Free Agent 0 1 0 58 286
2004 FA 62 78 66 70 56 49 52 47 53 41 56 0 0 59 0 0 31 11 Overhand Free Agent 0 1 0 58 282
2005 FA 62 78 66 73 56 49 52 47 53 41 56 0 0 59 0 0 32 12 Overhand Free Agent 0 1 0 58 284
2006 FA 62 78 66 71 56 49 52 47 53 41 56 0 0 59 0 0 33 13 Overhand Free Agent 0 1 0 57 281
2007 FA 62 76 65 72 56 49 52 47 53 41 56 0 0 59 0 0 34 14 Overhand Free Agent 0 1 0 58 278
2008 FA 62 74 64 72 56 49 52 47 53 41 56 0 0 59 0 0 35 15 Overhand Free Agent 0 0 0 56 273
2009 FA 62 72 63 72 56 49 52 47 53 41 56 0 0 59 0 0 36 16 Overhand Free Agent 0 0 0 55 269
2010 FA 60 71 61 70 56 49 52 47 53 41 56 0 0 59 0 0 37 17 Overhand Free Agent 0 0 0 53 260
Ratings Delta   -2 -1 -2 -2                         +1 +1           -2 -9
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.