Steve Cooke  
Starting Pitcher | Free Agents

Pitching
Cooke can get into trouble with walks, and there's concern about him being able to maintain his stuff over the whole season. Cooke also has a decent changeup. Never a hard thrower, Cooke now has games when he can't hit 85 MPH with his fastball. He frequently leaves fastballs up in the strike zone, where they get pounded. He's trying to develop a sinker, but as of yet it's been well below par. He attacks lefties and righties with similar success.

Defense & Hitting
Cooke doesn't make much of an attempt to combat the running game. Basestealers ran at will last year. Cooke has been regarded as a poor fielder throughout his career, and last year was no different. Cooke is a surpisingly good hitting pitcher. And I'm not sure you can say this about a pitcher, but Cooke has some pop in his swing.

2010 Outlook
But if you ask me, I'll pass on Cooke.

          -- 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 CIN 50 81 74 26 56 54 46 48 52 49 53 40 0 43 0 0 29 7 Overhand Active 0 6 21 52 247
1999 CIN 50 82 74 26 56 54 46 48 52 49 53 40 0 43 0 0 30 8 Overhand DL 0 0 0 55 248
2000 CIN 50 84 74 27 56 54 46 48 52 49 53 40 0 43 0 0 31 9 Overhand Active 0 0 0 55 250
2001 CIN 51 88 74 27 56 54 46 48 52 49 53 40 0 43 0 0 32 10 Overhand AA/AAA 0 0 0 54 255
2002 CIN 49 87 74 27 56 54 46 48 52 49 53 40 0 45 0 0 33 11 Overhand AA/AAA 0 0 0 54 253
2003 CIN 49 87 74 27 56 54 46 48 52 49 53 40 0 45 0 0 34 12 Overhand AA/AAA 0 0 0 56 252
2004 FA 49 90 74 26 56 54 46 48 52 49 53 40 0 45 0 0 35 13 Overhand Free Agent 0 0 0 54 254
2005 FA 47 89 73 26 56 54 46 48 52 49 53 40 0 45 0 0 36 14 Overhand Free Agent 0 0 0 53 248
2006 FA 47 89 71 26 56 54 46 48 52 49 53 40 0 45 0 0 37 15 Overhand Free Agent 0 0 0 52 245
2007 FA 47 88 70 25 56 54 46 48 52 49 53 40 0 45 0 0 38 16 Overhand Free Agent 0 0 0 51 240
2008 FA 45 87 69 24 56 54 46 48 52 49 53 40 0 45 0 0 39 17 Overhand Free Agent 0 0 0 49 233
2009 FA 44 85 67 23 56 54 46 48 52 49 53 40 0 45 0 0 40 18 Overhand Free Agent 0 0 0 47 225
2010 FA 42 83 66 22 56 54 46 48 52 49 53 40 0 45 0 0 40 19 Overhand Free Agent 0 0 0 44 219
Ratings Delta   -2 -2 -1 -1                           +1           -3 -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.