Todd Jones  
Starting Pitcher | Retired or Inactive Players

Pitching
His fastball gets into the high 80s, but it's the sink that makes the pitch effective. If you're going in to face Jones, better be wearing plenty of protection. He's wild. But Jones, do us a favor. Stop throwing that changeup. It looks like a beachball. He's almost as effective against lefthanders as he is versus righthanders.

Defense & Hitting
He has a fair pickoff move and isn't a particularly easy target for basestealers. He isn't especially quick off the mound but generally fields his position adequately. Jones is a surpisingly good hitting pitcher. And I'm not sure you can say this about a pitcher, but Jones has some pop in his swing. Interesting sidenote, The Retired or Inactive Players have been known to use Jones as a pinch-runner on occasion.

2010 Outlook
If Jones doesn't perform, the Retired or Inactive Players won't hesitate to send him down to the minors. I just don't know if The Retired or Inactive Players 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 KC 88 62 45 68 57 47 53 48 54 73 32 0 0 53 0 0 28 5 Overhand Active 0 8 21 50 272
1999 KC 96 64 45 69 57 47 53 48 54 73 32 0 0 53 0 0 29 6 Overhand Active 0 0 0 52 284
2000 KC 95 69 45 70 57 47 53 48 54 75 32 0 0 53 0 0 30 7 Overhand Active 0 0 0 52 291
2001 KC 95 71 45 70 57 47 53 48 54 76 32 0 0 53 0 0 31 8 Overhand Active 0 0 0 53 293
2002 KC 94 70 45 70 57 47 53 48 54 77 32 0 0 54 0 0 32 9 Overhand Active 0 0 0 53 293
2003 KC 92 71 45 70 57 47 53 48 54 78 33 0 0 54 0 0 33 10 Overhand AA/AAA 0 0 0 53 293
2004 DET 92 53 45 56 57 47 53 48 54 78 31 0 0 54 0 0 34 11 Overhand AA/AAA 0 0 0 52 296
2005 DET 96 52 45 59 57 47 53 48 54 78 31 0 0 54 0 0 35 12 Overhand AA/AAA 0 0 0 52 304
2006 DET 94 54 45 59 57 47 53 48 54 78 31 0 0 54 0 0 36 13 Overhand AA/AAA 0 0 0 52 300
2007 NYM 96 56 45 63 57 47 53 48 54 78 31 0 0 54 0 0 37 14 Overhand Active 0 0 0 50 307
Ratings Delta   +2 +2   +4                         +1 +1           -2 +7
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.