Ed Hopkins  
Relief Pitcher | St. Louis Cardinals

Pitching
Though Hopkins can't just blow the ball by hitters, he has some giddyup on his fastball. The St. Louis Cardinals 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 Hopkins, who isn't blessed with extraordinary self-confidence. No one questions this kid's heart. They do question why he just can't get it done late in the game. He's almost as effective against righthanders as he is versus lefthanders.

Defense & Hitting
He isn't especially quick off the mound but generally fields his position adequately. Hopkins doesn't make much of an attempt to combat the running game. Basestealers ran at will last year. Hopkins is a surpisingly good hitting pitcher. And I'm not sure you can say this about a pitcher, but Hopkins has some pop in his swing.

2010 Outlook
If Hopkins doesn't perform, the St. Louis Cardinals won't hesitate to send him down to the minors. I just don't know if The St. Louis Cardinals are ever going to get what they expect out of him.

          -- 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
2005 ST. L. 66 36 32 33 50 51 54 47 42 93 0 0 0 50 0 0 23 0 Overhand Low Minors 3 4 37 55 198
2006 MON 66 36 47 34 50 51 54 47 42 93 0 0 0 50 0 0 24 0 Overhand AA/AAA 0 0 7 58 224
2007 MON 66 36 53 36 50 51 54 47 42 93 0 0 0 57 0 0 25 0 Overhand AA/AAA 0 0 0 63 241
2008 ST. L. 66 28 53 38 50 51 54 47 42 93 0 0 0 63 0 0 26 0 Overhand Low Minors 0 0 0 57 245
2009 ST. L. 66 31 53 34 50 51 54 47 42 93 0 0 0 65 0 0 27 0 Overhand AA/AAA 0 0 0 64 242
2010 ST. L. 66 35 53 38 50 51 54 47 42 93 0 0 0 65 0 0 28 1 Overhand Active 0 0 0 64 246
Ratings Delta     +4   +4                         +1 +1             +4
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.