Brian Barber  
Starting Pitcher | Cleveland Lions

Pitching
Barber throws a nice sinker... The rookies never seem to know when it's coming. His slider is sharp and breaks both horizontally and vertically. Barber can get into trouble with walks, and there's concern about him being able to maintain his stuff over the whole season. Barber also has a decent changeup. His composure needs work. When Barber starts getting hit, he gets mad and loses concentration. He attacks lefties and righties with similar success.

Defense & Hitting
He isn't especially quick off the mound but generally fields his position adequately. Barber has a lousy move to first, and opposing managers will run against him all day. Barber is a surpisingly good hitting pitcher. And I'm not sure you can say this about a pitcher, but Barber has some pop in his swing.

2010 Outlook
If Barber doesn't perform, the Cleveland Lions won't hesitate to send him down to the minors. I just don't know if The Cleveland Lions 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 MIL 85 64 50 9 55 47 52 47 53 0 54 75 76 0 0 0 23 3 Overhand Active 0 4 18 56 211
1999 BOS 86 64 58 9 55 47 52 47 53 0 54 82 76 0 0 0 24 4 Overhand Active 0 0 0 59 225
2000 BOS 90 65 65 9 55 47 52 47 53 0 54 86 81 0 0 0 25 5 Overhand Active 0 0 0 64 245
2001 BOS 90 67 69 9 55 47 52 47 53 0 54 88 85 0 0 0 26 6 Overhand Active 0 0 0 68 257
2002 CIN 91 71 69 6 55 47 52 47 53 0 60 90 87 0 0 0 27 7 Overhand Active 0 0 0 57 268
2003 CIN 91 71 69 6 55 47 52 47 53 0 62 91 89 0 0 0 28 8 Overhand Active 0 0 0 43 272
2004 CIN 91 71 69 6 55 47 52 47 53 0 64 91 89 0 0 0 29 9 Overhand Active 0 0 0 47 273
2005 CIN 91 71 69 6 55 47 52 47 53 0 64 91 90 0 0 0 30 10 Overhand DL 0 0 0 56 273
2006 CIN 91 71 69 6 55 47 52 47 53 0 64 91 90 0 0 0 31 11 Overhand Active 0 0 0 67 272
2007 CIN 90 70 69 6 55 47 52 47 53 0 64 91 90 0 0 0 32 12 Overhand Active 0 0 0 74 269
2008 CLE 91 70 69 6 55 47 52 47 53 0 64 92 90 0 0 0 33 13 Overhand Active 0 0 0 74 270
2009 CLE 91 71 69 6 55 47 52 47 53 0 64 92 90 0 0 0 34 14 Overhand Active 0 0 0 72 270
2010 CLE 91 69 69 5 55 47 52 47 53 0 65 92 91 0 0 0 35 15 Overhand Active 0 0 0 75 268
Ratings Delta     -2   -1             +1   +1       +1 +1           +3 -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.