Wheezer Decker  
Starting Pitcher | Pittsburgh Pirates

Pitching
He's a good late inning man, which is when being a pitcher really counts. Though Decker can't just blow the ball by hitters, he has some giddyup on his fastball. The Pittsburgh Pirates hope he can work on his control a little bit. Every once and a while one slips away from him and either ends up at the backstop or in the right field bleachers. Because he can't overpower hitters, Decker has to fool them instead. He's almost as effective against lefthanders as he is versus righthanders.

Defense & Hitting
His slow delivery makes him fairly easy to steal upon, but Decker helps himself by holding runners with throws to first, and with slide steps and varied deliveries to home. He isn't especially quick off the mound but generally fields his position adequately. Decker is a surpisingly good hitting pitcher. And I'm not sure you can say this about a pitcher, but Decker has some pop in his swing.

          -- 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
2002 TOR 46 68 19 58 50 46 46 50 54 85 0 0 51 55 0 0 24 0 Overhand Low Minors 1 6 36 47 213
2003 TOR 48 68 31 61 50 46 46 50 54 85 0 0 51 55 0 0 25 0 Overhand Low Minors 0 0 5 52 231
2004 PIT 55 70 38 58 50 46 46 50 54 85 0 0 51 56 0 0 26 0 Overhand Low Minors 0 0 0 43 246
2005 PIT 58 73 41 61 50 46 46 50 54 85 0 0 51 56 0 0 27 0 Overhand Low Minors 0 0 0 50 258
2006 PIT 58 73 49 62 50 46 46 50 54 85 0 0 60 56 0 0 28 0 Overhand AA/AAA 0 0 0 54 275
2007 PIT 58 73 49 63 50 46 46 50 54 85 0 0 65 56 0 0 29 0 Overhand Active 0 0 0 55 279
2008 PIT 58 72 49 64 50 46 46 50 54 85 0 0 68 56 0 0 30 1 Overhand AA/AAA 0 0 0 58 281
2009 PIT 59 72 49 64 50 46 46 50 54 85 0 0 68 56 0 0 31 2 Overhand AA/AAA 0 0 0 63 281
2010 PIT 58 72 49 64 50 46 46 50 54 85 0 0 70 56 0 0 31 3 Overhand AA/AAA 0 0 0 62 283
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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.