Rick Ankiel  
Starting Pitcher | Chicago White Sox

Pitching
Ankiel can get into trouble with walks, and there's concern about him being able to maintain his stuff over the whole season. His curveball is inconsistent, but when it's sharp it's a solid complement to his fastball. His stuff becomes less sharp as he gets into the late innings. He's almost as effective against righthanders as he is versus lefthanders.

Defense & Hitting
His pickoff move is merely average. Ankiel is agile on the mound, though he makes needless errors when his concentration wanders. Ankiel is a surpisingly good hitting pitcher. And I'm not sure you can say this about a pitcher, but Ankiel has some pop in his swing.

2010 Outlook
Ankiel performance in AAA is making it difficult for the Chicago White Sox to ignore him much longer. Expect his name to be on the September call-up list. I really like what this kid brings to the table.

          -- Emu Nyman, AA/AAA 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 TOR 70 65 40 50 56 52 52 52 47 80 0 0 45 50 0 0 21 0 Overhand Low Minors 0 11 35 35 249
2005 TOR 72 65 52 50 56 52 52 52 47 86 0 0 45 50 0 0 22 0 Overhand Low Minors 0 1 4 37 271
2006 TOR 73 68 59 50 56 52 52 52 47 86 0 0 51 56 0 0 23 0 Overhand Low Minors 0 0 0 39 296
2007 CHW 81 68 68 50 56 52 52 52 47 90 0 0 51 56 0 0 24 0 Overhand Low Minors 0 0 0 40 319
2008 CHW 83 73 75 50 56 52 52 52 47 92 0 0 51 59 0 0 25 0 Overhand Active 0 0 0 40 340
2009 CHW 84 78 75 50 56 52 52 52 47 93 0 0 51 61 0 0 26 1 Overhand Active 0 0 0 40 350
2010 CHW 85 78 75 50 56 52 52 52 47 93 0 0 51 61 0 0 27 2 Overhand AA/AAA 0 0 0 32 350
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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.