Steven Klien  
Starting Pitcher | Atlanta Braves

Pitching
Klien is a control pitcher; when he's on he has pinpoint control. He can get groundballs when he needs them in a jam. His curveball is solid; he throws it better than your average starter. Klien gives up his share of home runs, but is always around the plate and doesn't give up many walks. He can hit 90 MPH but is too smart to try to get his fastball past most hitters. Sometimes I wish he'd just give up on throwing the changeup, it's like a BP ball! He attacks lefties and righties with similar success.

Defense & Hitting
Klien is nothing special in the field. He doesn't have much of a pickoff move and he's slow getting the ball to home plate out of the set position. Klien is a surpisingly good hitting pitcher. And I'm not sure you can say this about a pitcher, but Klien has some pop in his swing.

          -- 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
2001 ST. L. 86 64 75 37 44 51 48 54 48 45 51 0 55 75 0 0 21 0 Overhand Low Minors 1 17 32 65 341
2002 ST. L. 87 62 85 37 44 51 48 54 48 45 51 0 55 75 0 0 22 0 Overhand Low Minors 0 0 3 65 350
2003 ST. L. 88 62 92 37 44 51 48 54 48 45 51 0 63 75 0 0 23 0 Overhand AA/AAA 0 0 0 65 365
2004 ST. L. 92 62 99 37 44 51 48 54 48 45 51 0 63 83 0 0 24 1 Overhand Active 0 0 0 65 388
2005 ST. L. 94 63 99 37 44 51 48 54 48 45 58 0 63 83 0 0 25 2 Overhand Active 0 0 0 65 398
2006 DET 94 64 99 29 44 51 48 54 48 59 52 0 63 83 0 0 26 3 Overhand Active 0 0 0 52 401
2007 DET 94 67 99 31 44 51 48 54 48 59 42 0 63 91 0 0 27 4 Overhand Active 0 0 0 41 405
2008 ATL 95 70 99 32 44 51 48 54 48 61 27 0 63 91 0 0 28 5 Overhand Active 0 0 0 44 395
2009 ATL 94 70 99 33 44 51 48 54 48 61 27 0 63 91 0 0 29 6 Overhand Active 0 0 0 49 394
2010 ATL 94 70 99 33 44 51 48 54 48 61 42 0 63 91 0 0 29 7 Overhand Active 0 0 0 52 412
Ratings Delta                       +15             +1           +3 +18
History generated by Biorhythm v2.6.86 on Sun Nov 14 13:28:08 EST 2004

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