Carlos Crawford  
Starting Pitcher | Milwaukee Brewers

Pitching
Crawford forces hitters to keep the ball on the ground. He's unflappable on the mound, possessing the confidence to throw any of his offerings at any time in the count. Crawford's control is among the best in the game. He's got a really stong arm, so he can blow it by you on occasion. His slider is sharp and breaks both horizontally and vertically. His curveball is solid; he throws it better than your average starter. His fastball is just average, and therefore he relies heavily on placing it in different parts of the strike zone or setting it up with his curveball. He traditionally fares better against lefties.

Defense & Hitting
Crawford has lots of energy. He comes off the mound like a cat and doesn't make many errors. Basestealers rarely test him. Crawford is a surpisingly good hitting pitcher. And I'm not sure you can say this about a pitcher, but Crawford has some pop in his swing.

2010 Outlook
I don't say this often, but I'll say it for Crawford: he's one of the highest rated pitchers on my scouting sheet.

          -- 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 71 78 79 62 64 55 56 59 54 52 0 0 50 59 0 0 25 0 Overhand Low Minors 0 2 17 66 308
1999 DET 71 80 89 68 64 55 56 59 54 52 0 0 50 75 0 0 26 0 Overhand Active 0 0 0 78 348
2000 DET 71 85 97 70 64 55 56 59 54 52 0 0 50 82 0 0 27 1 Overhand Active 0 0 0 87 374
2001 DET 71 86 99 81 64 55 56 59 54 52 0 0 63 82 0 0 28 2 Overhand Active 0 0 0 92 400
2002 BUF 75 86 99 83 64 55 56 59 54 62 0 0 71 82 0 0 29 3 Overhand Active 0 0 0 85 425
2003 BUF 84 90 99 83 64 55 56 59 54 62 0 0 71 82 0 0 30 4 Overhand Active 0 0 0 85 439
2004 DET 84 89 99 84 64 55 56 59 54 68 0 0 76 82 0 0 31 5 Overhand Active 0 0 0 86 450
2005 CHW 88 90 99 84 64 55 56 59 54 68 0 0 76 86 0 0 32 6 Overhand Active 0 0 0 90 460
2006 CHW 97 94 99 85 64 55 56 59 54 68 0 0 76 86 0 0 33 7 Overhand Active 0 0 0 90 476
2007 MIL 99 94 99 85 64 55 56 59 54 71 0 0 76 86 0 0 33 8 Overhand Active 0 0 0 94 483
2008 MIL 99 98 99 86 64 55 56 59 54 71 0 0 80 86 0 0 35 9 Overhand Active 0 0 0 94 489
2009 MIL 99 98 99 84 64 55 56 59 54 71 0 0 80 89 0 0 36 10 Overhand DL 0 0 0 98 490
2010 MIL 98 98 99 86 64 55 56 59 54 71 0 0 82 89 0 0 36 11 Overhand Active 0 0 0 99 494
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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.