Giovanni Carrara  
Starting Pitcher | Retired or Inactive Players

Pitching
His pitches lose some movement when he pitches from the stretch position. If you're going in to face Carrara, better be wearing plenty of protection. He's wild. He frequently leaves fastballs up in the strike zone, where they get pounded. He's almost as effective against righthanders as he is versus lefthanders.

Defense & Hitting
Though he lacks a good pickoff move, he checks the running game with a compact stretch delivery. Carrara is nothing special in the field. Carrara is a surpisingly good hitting pitcher. And I'm not sure you can say this about a pitcher, but Carrara has some pop in his swing. Interesting sidenote, The Retired or Inactive Players have been known to use Carrara as a pinch-runner on occasion.

2010 Outlook
Carrara flat-out isn't ready for this level of competition. Expect the Retired or Inactive Players to send him down promptly. But if you ask me, I'll pass on Carrara.

          -- 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 SAN 81 81 44 47 56 51 47 47 54 46 0 0 49 48 0 0 28 3 Overhand Active 0 7 20 46 233
1999 SAN 86 82 44 47 56 51 47 47 54 49 0 0 49 48 0 0 29 4 Overhand AA/AAA 0 0 0 46 243
2000 TOR 89 82 44 47 56 51 47 47 54 51 0 0 49 49 0 0 30 5 Overhand AA/AAA 0 0 0 46 249
2001 TOR 90 90 44 47 56 51 47 47 54 52 0 0 49 49 0 0 31 6 Overhand AA/AAA 0 0 0 46 260
2002 TOR 94 90 44 47 56 51 47 47 54 53 0 0 49 49 0 0 32 7 Overhand AA/AAA 0 0 0 45 265
2003 FA 94 91 44 47 56 51 47 47 54 54 0 0 49 50 0 0 33 8 Overhand Free Agent 0 0 0 45 268
2004 FA 94 90 43 46 56 51 47 47 54 54 0 0 49 50 0 0 34 9 Overhand Free Agent 0 0 0 45 264
2005 FA 94 88 43 46 56 51 47 47 54 54 0 0 49 50 0 0 35 10 Overhand Free Agent 0 0 0 44 260
2006 FA 94 87 43 46 56 51 47 47 54 54 0 0 49 50 0 0 36 11 Overhand Free Agent 0 0 0 43 258
2007 FA 93 85 42 46 56 51 47 47 54 54 0 0 49 50 0 0 37 12 Overhand Free Agent 0 0 0 42 252
Ratings Delta   -1 -2 -1                           +1 +1           -1 -6
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.