Brian Givens  
Starting Pitcher | Retired or Inactive Players

Pitching
The Retired or Inactive Players 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. Steals sometimes unnerve Givens, who isn't blessed with extraordinary self-confidence. Sometimes I wish he'd just give up on throwing the changeup, it's like a BP ball! He frequently leaves fastballs up in the strike zone, where they get pounded. The running movement on his pitches makes life tougher on lefties than righties.

Defense & Hitting
Givens is nothing special in the field. Basestealers have succeeded against Givens because his pickoff move is weak for a lefthander. Givens is a surpisingly good hitting pitcher. And I'm not sure you can say this about a pitcher, but Givens has some pop in his swing. Interesting sidenote, The Retired or Inactive Players have been known to use Givens as a pinch-runner on occasion.

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

          -- 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 FA 65 74 52 36 56 57 48 47 54 47 47 0 0 49 0 0 30 3 Overhand Free Agent 0 12 31 46 208
1999 FA 65 74 52 36 56 57 48 47 54 47 47 0 0 49 0 0 31 4 Overhand Free Agent 0 12 31 46 207
2000 FA 65 75 52 36 56 57 48 47 54 47 47 0 0 49 0 0 32 5 Overhand Free Agent 0 12 30 46 208
2001 FA 64 74 52 35 56 57 48 47 54 47 47 0 0 49 0 0 33 6 Overhand Free Agent 0 11 29 46 203
2002 FA 63 73 51 34 56 57 48 47 54 47 47 0 0 49 0 0 34 7 Overhand Free Agent 0 11 27 46 198
2003 FA 62 73 50 34 56 57 48 47 54 47 47 0 0 49 0 0 35 8 Overhand Free Agent 0 11 25 45 194
2004 FA 61 72 48 34 56 57 48 47 54 47 47 0 0 49 0 0 36 9 Overhand Free Agent 0 10 22 44 188
Ratings Delta   -1 -1 -2                           +1 +1       -1 -3 -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.