Ricky Ponting  
Relief Pitcher | Montreal Expos

Pitching
It's tough to get much loft on the ball against him, as he works down in the strike zone to begin with and his two-seamer produces mostly groundballs. Ponting also throws a screwball. And let me tell you, it's not a bad one at that. He's almost as effective against righthanders as he is versus lefthanders.

Defense & Hitting
Basestealers rarely test him. He hurts himself by falling awkwardly off the mound in his follow-through, which allows too many balls to go through the middle for base hits. Ponting is a surpisingly good hitting pitcher. And I'm not sure you can say this about a pitcher, but Ponting has some pop in his swing.

2010 Outlook
The Montreal Expos were smart, they locked Ponting up to a long term contract. Ponting has impressed at the A-ball level. Look for the Montreal Expos to give him a shot in Double or Triple A before the year is up. I really like what this guy brings to the table.

          -- Ska Nyman, A-Ball Scout
 

 

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
2004 MON 50 30 50 75 56 52 52 50 52 68 0 0 57 0 66 0 18 0 Overhand Low Minors 10 11 35 40 278
2005 MON 50 32 54 85 56 52 52 50 52 74 0 0 57 0 66 0 19 0 Overhand Low Minors 2 0 3 40 303
2006 MON 57 34 60 85 56 52 52 50 52 74 0 0 57 0 79 0 20 0 Overhand Low Minors 0 0 0 40 338
2007 MON 73 34 60 68 56 52 52 50 52 78 0 0 57 0 86 0 21 0 Overhand Low Minors 0 0 0 32 361
2008 MON 75 34 65 72 56 52 52 50 52 81 0 0 62 0 89 0 22 0 Overhand Low Minors 0 0 0 26 388
2009 MON 75 34 69 77 56 52 52 50 52 81 0 0 62 0 89 0 23 0 Overhand Low Minors 0 0 0 28 398
2010 MON 75 34 69 81 56 52 52 50 52 82 0 0 62 0 91 0 24 0 Overhand Low Minors 0 0 0 31 404
Ratings Delta         +4           +1         +2   +1             +3 +6
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.