Carlos Zambrano  
Starting Pitcher | Baltimore Orioles

Pitching
Zambrano likes to get hitters looking down and away, then ties them up by coming inside with hard stuff, getting a lot of groundball outs. His fastball gets into the high 80s, but it's the sink that makes the pitch effective. Zambrano also has a decent changeup. He attacks lefties and righties with similar success.

Defense & Hitting
Zambrano does an average job of holding runners. Zambrano seems distracted after his delivery. He's sometimes out of position, fails to cover a base or doesn't back up throws. Zambrano is a surpisingly good hitting pitcher. And I'm not sure you can say this about a pitcher, but Zambrano has some pop in his swing.

2010 Outlook
The Baltimore Orioles signed him to a long-term contract, but don't think they won't drop Zambrano like a hot potato if something better comes along.

          -- 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
2008 BAL 75 77 70 42 55 48 43 49 50 67 62 41 0 0 0 0 20 0 Overhand Low Minors 0 14 35 29 269
2009 BAL 75 80 70 43 55 48 43 49 50 67 62 41 0 0 0 0 21 0 Overhand Low Minors 0 0 4 34 272
2010 BAL 78 81 70 50 55 48 43 49 50 67 62 41 0 0 0 0 21 0 Overhand Low Minors 0 0 0 36 283
Ratings Delta   +3 +1   +7                                     -4 +2 +11
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.