Allen Watson  
Starting Pitcher | Montreal Expos

Pitching
Watson's bread and butter pitch is his slider. I've seen it baffle many a right handed batter. 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. Watson 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. Watson also has a decent changeup. He changes speeds well enough to keep righthanders from teeing off on him. It's hard to explain but Allen Watson plays much better on the road then he does at home.

Defense & Hitting
Watson is nothing special in the field. Watson doesn't make much of an attempt to combat the running game. Basestealers ran at will last year. Watson is a surpisingly good hitting pitcher. And I'm not sure you can say this about a pitcher, but Watson 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 FLA 76 70 78 35 59 54 44 53 54 73 53 0 82 0 0 0 25 5 Overhand Active 6 11 18 63 312
1999 FLA 76 77 86 36 59 54 44 53 54 76 53 0 86 0 0 0 26 6 Overhand Active 0 0 0 69 337
2000 FLA 80 80 86 38 59 54 44 53 54 76 57 0 89 0 0 0 27 7 Overhand Active 0 0 0 72 354
2001 FLA 84 80 86 38 59 54 44 53 54 79 57 0 89 0 0 0 28 8 Overhand Active 0 0 0 74 361
2002 FLA 82 81 86 38 59 54 44 53 54 80 60 0 89 0 0 0 29 9 Overhand Active 0 0 0 75 364
2003 FLA 89 79 86 38 59 54 44 53 54 81 60 0 89 0 0 0 30 10 Overhand Active 0 0 0 75 370
2004 MON 89 78 86 40 59 54 44 53 54 81 60 0 91 0 0 0 31 11 Overhand Active 0 0 0 78 372
2005 CHW 89 81 86 40 59 54 44 53 54 82 60 0 91 0 0 0 32 12 Overhand Active 0 0 0 79 375
2006 MON 89 80 86 39 59 54 44 53 54 82 60 0 93 0 0 0 33 13 Overhand Active 0 0 0 79 374
2007 MON 89 81 86 34 59 54 44 53 54 82 60 0 93 0 0 0 34 14 Overhand Active 0 0 0 62 369
2008 MON 89 81 86 36 59 54 44 53 54 82 60 0 93 0 0 0 35 15 Overhand Active 0 0 0 65 370
2009 MON 89 81 86 40 59 54 44 53 54 82 60 0 93 0 0 0 36 16 Overhand Active 0 0 0 67 373
2010 MON 89 81 86 39 59 54 44 53 54 82 60 0 93 0 0 0 37 17 Overhand Active 0 0 0 73 371
Ratings Delta         -1                         +1 +1           +6 -2
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.