CJ Nitkowski  
Starting Pitcher | Atlanta Braves

Pitching
CJ throws a nice knuckle ball. Nitkowski can get into trouble with walks, and there's concern about him being able to maintain his stuff over the whole season. His fastball gets into the high 80s, but it's the sink that makes the pitch effective. He tends to work slowly when in a jam, which just makes his problems worse by lulling his fielders to sleep. He's almost as effective against righthanders as he is versus lefthanders.

Defense & Hitting
With a decent slide step and his constant attention to the running game, Nitkowski limits the damage done by basestealers. Nitkowski is nothing special in the field. Nitkowski is a surpisingly good hitting pitcher. And I'm not sure you can say this about a pitcher, but Nitkowski 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
1998 TEX 53 48 62 63 57 53 45 46 53 54 0 0 0 50 0 59 23 3 Overhand DL 0 4 18 54 251
1999 TEX 53 52 69 65 57 53 45 46 53 54 0 0 0 54 0 73 24 4 Overhand Active 0 0 0 59 280
2000 TEX 55 54 75 79 57 53 45 46 53 54 0 0 0 54 0 73 25 5 Overhand Active 0 0 0 64 308
2001 CIN 56 57 75 84 57 53 45 46 53 54 0 0 0 54 0 87 26 6 Overhand Active 0 0 0 54 325
2002 CIN 88 58 75 68 57 53 45 46 53 54 0 0 0 54 0 87 27 7 Overhand Active 0 0 0 44 366
2003 CIN 89 60 75 70 57 53 45 46 53 58 0 0 0 54 0 91 28 8 Overhand Active 0 0 0 49 329
2004 CIN 89 60 75 71 57 53 45 46 53 61 0 0 0 57 0 94 29 9 Overhand Active 0 0 0 38 339
2005 CIN 89 60 75 76 57 53 45 46 53 61 0 0 0 57 0 94 30 10 Overhand Active 0 0 0 46 343
2006 BAL 87 60 75 78 57 53 45 46 53 61 0 0 0 57 0 94 31 11 Overhand Active 0 0 0 56 341
2007 MIN 86 63 75 80 57 53 45 46 53 61 0 0 0 57 0 95 32 12 Overhand Active 0 0 0 59 346
2008 ATL 86 69 75 83 57 53 45 46 53 61 0 0 0 57 0 96 33 13 Overhand Active 0 0 0 59 355
2009 ATL 89 66 75 85 57 53 45 46 53 63 0 0 0 57 0 96 34 14 Overhand Active 0 0 0 59 359
2010 ATL 90 68 75 84 57 53 45 46 53 63 0 0 0 59 0 96 35 15 Overhand Active 0 0 0 59 363
Ratings Delta   +1 +2   -1                   +2     +1 +1             +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.