John Froats  
Relief Pitcher | Cincinnati Reds

Pitching
He can get groundballs when he needs them in a jam. Froats throws a nice sinker... The rookies never seem to know when it's coming. The Cincinnati Reds 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. He's almost as effective against righthanders as he is versus lefthanders.

Defense & Hitting
He has a fair pickoff move and isn't a particularly easy target for basestealers. He isn't especially quick off the mound but generally fields his position adequately. Froats is a surpisingly good hitting pitcher. And I'm not sure you can say this about a pitcher, but Froats has some pop in his swing.

          -- 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
2000 CIN 71 43 43 42 49 52 47 56 50 78 0 51 0 0 0 0 24 0 Overhand Low Minors 0 5 39 44 205
2001 CIN 73 43 48 44 49 52 47 56 50 89 0 65 0 0 0 0 25 0 Overhand Low Minors 0 0 7 48 248
2002 CIN 73 45 56 47 49 52 47 56 50 93 0 75 0 0 0 0 26 0 Overhand Active 0 0 0 52 280
2003 CIN 73 46 58 48 49 52 47 56 50 95 0 80 0 0 0 0 26 1 Overhand Active 0 0 0 54 294
2004 CIN 76 47 58 48 49 52 47 56 50 96 0 83 0 0 0 0 28 2 Overhand Active 0 0 0 43 301
2005 CIN 76 50 58 48 49 52 47 56 50 97 0 84 0 0 0 0 29 3 Overhand Active 0 0 0 46 303
2006 CIN 76 55 58 48 49 52 47 56 50 97 0 85 0 0 0 0 30 4 Overhand Active 0 0 0 49 304
2007 CIN 76 53 58 48 49 52 47 56 50 97 0 86 0 0 0 0 30 5 Overhand Active 0 0 0 54 306
2008 CIN 75 55 58 48 49 52 47 56 50 97 0 86 0 0 0 0 31 6 Overhand Active 0 0 0 54 303
2009 CIN 75 57 58 48 49 52 47 56 50 97 0 86 0 0 0 0 33 7 Overhand Active 0 0 0 54 301
2010 CIN 76 55 58 48 49 52 47 56 50 97 0 86 0 0 0 0 33 8 Overhand Active 0 0 0 52 303
Ratings Delta   +1 -2                               +1           -2 +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.