Joe Roa  
Starting Pitcher | Detroit Tigers

Pitching
He's got a really stong arm, so he can blow it by you on occasion. Roa's fastball was clocked at 95 MPH most of the season and he kept excellent control of it. Roa can get into trouble with walks, and there's concern about him being able to maintain his stuff over the whole season. 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
He has a quick pickoff move, but sometimes concentrates on pitching so much that he forgets about runners. He isn't especially quick off the mound but generally fields his position adequately. Roa is a surpisingly good hitting pitcher. And I'm not sure you can say this about a pitcher, but Roa 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 SEA 78 74 60 59 56 50 51 49 53 74 38 0 0 39 0 0 25 3 Overhand Active 0 7 14 57 275
1999 CHC 84 77 69 62 56 50 51 49 53 74 38 0 0 42 0 0 26 4 Overhand AA/AAA 0 0 0 61 303
2000 CHC 87 77 69 67 56 50 51 49 53 80 38 0 0 44 0 0 27 5 Overhand Active 0 0 0 61 320
2001 WAS 87 77 69 53 56 50 51 49 53 80 38 0 0 44 0 0 28 6 Overhand Active 0 0 0 48 305
2002 MON 87 77 69 53 56 50 51 49 53 87 38 0 0 44 0 0 29 7 Overhand Active 0 0 0 36 313
2003 MON 90 77 69 54 56 50 51 49 53 89 40 0 0 44 0 0 30 8 Overhand Active 0 0 0 37 321
2004 FLA 89 75 69 62 56 50 51 49 53 89 40 0 0 46 0 0 31 9 Overhand Active 0 0 0 38 327
2005 FLA 89 76 69 67 56 50 51 49 53 89 41 0 0 47 0 0 32 10 Overhand Active 0 0 0 38 334
2006 FLA 92 74 69 67 56 50 51 49 53 89 41 0 0 47 0 0 33 11 Overhand Active 0 0 0 44 335
2007 FLA 90 73 69 68 56 50 51 49 53 89 42 0 0 47 0 0 33 12 Overhand Active 0 0 0 49 334
2008 DET 94 72 69 75 56 50 51 49 53 89 42 0 0 47 0 0 35 13 Overhand AA/AAA 0 0 0 48 342
2009 DET 96 71 69 75 56 50 51 49 53 89 42 0 0 47 0 0 36 14 Overhand Active 0 0 0 48 342
2010 DET 96 73 69 75 56 50 51 49 53 89 42 0 0 47 0 0 36 15 Overhand Active 0 0 0 54 345
Ratings Delta     +2                               +1           +6 +3
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.