Orlando Hernandez  
Starting Pitcher | Milwaukee Brewers

Pitching
He can get groundballs when he needs them in a jam. His fastball gets into the high 80s, but it's the sink that makes the pitch effective. He has an above-average changeup and the ability to throw from a variety of arm angles. The Milwaukee Brewers 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 attacks lefties and righties with similar success.

Defense & Hitting
His pickoff move is merely average. Hernandez is nothing special in the field. Hernandez is a surpisingly good hitting pitcher. And I'm not sure you can say this about a pitcher, but Hernandez 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
1999 CLE 74 93 51 42 50 50 50 54 50 75 65 0 0 60 0 0 25 0 Overhand Low Minors 1 17 55 57 315
2000 CLE 79 93 54 43 50 50 50 54 50 75 69 0 0 60 0 0 26 0 Overhand Active 0 2 5 58 328
2001 CLE 80 93 54 43 50 50 50 54 50 80 69 0 0 60 0 0 27 1 Overhand Active 0 0 0 58 334
2002 CLE 84 93 54 43 50 50 50 54 50 80 71 0 0 63 0 0 28 2 Overhand Active 0 0 0 58 344
2003 CLE 85 93 54 43 50 50 50 54 50 82 72 0 0 65 0 0 29 3 Overhand DL 0 0 0 58 351
2004 CLE 89 93 54 43 50 50 50 54 50 82 72 0 0 67 0 0 30 4 Overhand Active 0 0 0 58 357
2005 SAN 88 93 54 43 50 50 50 54 50 84 73 0 0 67 0 0 31 5 Overhand Active 0 0 0 58 358
2006 SAC 87 93 54 43 50 50 50 54 50 85 74 0 0 67 0 0 32 6 Overhand Active 0 0 0 58 358
2007 MIL 89 93 54 43 50 50 50 54 50 86 74 0 0 67 0 0 33 7 Overhand AA/AAA 0 0 0 58 361
2008 MIL 88 92 54 42 50 50 50 54 50 86 74 0 0 68 0 0 34 8 Overhand Active 0 0 0 58 358
2009 MIL 89 93 54 43 50 50 50 54 50 86 74 0 0 68 0 0 35 9 Overhand Active 0 0 0 58 360
2010 MIL 89 93 54 43 50 50 50 54 50 86 74 0 0 68 0 0 36 10 Overhand Active 0 0 0 58 359
Ratings Delta                                   +1 +1             -1
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.