Creedence Shular  
Relief Pitcher | Atlanta Braves

Pitching
He's a good late inning man, which is when being a pitcher really counts. Never a hard thrower, Shular now has games when he can't hit 85 MPH with his fastball. He's almost as effective against lefthanders as he is versus righthanders.

Defense & Hitting
Shular does an average job of holding runners. He isn't especially quick off the mound but generally fields his position adequately. Shular is a surpisingly good hitting pitcher. And I'm not sure you can say this about a pitcher, but Shular has some pop in his swing.

2010 Outlook
If Shular doesn't perform, the Atlanta Braves won't hesitate to send him down to the minors. I just don't know if The Atlanta Braves 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 STL 50 46 30 32 45 45 46 49 57 62 0 0 0 66 0 0 22 0 Overhand Low Minors 17 11 48 40 127
1999 ST. L. 51 46 45 34 45 45 46 49 57 66 0 0 0 70 0 0 23 0 Overhand Low Minors 0 0 8 43 167
2000 ST. L. 52 46 61 41 45 45 46 49 57 66 0 0 0 72 0 0 24 0 Overhand Low Minors 0 0 0 47 205
2001 ST. L. 53 46 81 48 45 45 46 49 57 68 0 0 0 74 0 0 25 0 Overhand Active 0 0 0 38 253
2002 ST. L. 53 47 85 50 45 45 46 49 57 69 0 0 0 75 0 0 26 1 Overhand Active 0 0 0 53 264
2003 ST. L. 53 48 85 53 45 45 46 49 57 70 0 0 0 75 0 0 27 2 Overhand AA/AAA 0 0 0 67 268
2004 ST. L. 51 48 85 54 45 45 46 49 57 70 0 0 0 76 0 0 28 3 Overhand AA/AAA 0 0 0 67 265
2005 ST. L. 53 48 85 54 45 45 46 49 57 70 0 0 0 76 0 0 29 4 Overhand AA/AAA 0 0 0 67 268
2006 MIN 53 49 85 43 45 45 46 49 57 70 0 0 0 76 0 0 30 5 Overhand Active 0 0 0 53 256
2007 ATL 51 49 85 46 45 45 46 49 57 70 0 0 0 76 0 0 31 6 Overhand AA/AAA 0 0 0 67 254
2008 ATL 50 49 85 54 45 45 46 49 57 70 0 0 0 76 0 0 32 7 Overhand AA/AAA 0 0 0 67 260
2009 ATL 53 49 85 54 45 45 46 49 57 70 0 0 0 76 0 0 33 8 Overhand Active 0 0 0 67 264
2010 ATL 53 49 85 54 45 45 46 49 57 70 0 0 0 76 0 0 34 9 Overhand Active 0 0 0 67 263
Ratings Delta                                   +1 +1             -1
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.