Kazuhisa Ishii  
Starting Pitcher | Boston Red Sox

Pitching
He's a good late inning man, which is when being a pitcher really counts. He struggles with his command at times and is still learning to mix his pitches and set up hitters. His fastball gets into the high 80s, but it's the sink that makes the pitch effective. Ishii also has a decent changeup. He attacks lefties and righties with similar success.

Defense & Hitting
Basestealers rarely test him. Ishii comes off the mound hard toward the third base side on his delivery, making it difficult for him to field balls to the right side or to cover first base on a close play. Ishii is a surpisingly good hitting pitcher. And I'm not sure you can say this about a pitcher, but Ishii 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
2008 BOS 90 85 65 85 48 49 55 52 56 85 60 0 0 70 0 0 27 0 Overhand Low Minors 1 7 34 15 398
2009 BOS 92 85 68 85 48 49 55 52 56 85 60 0 0 70 0 0 29 0 Overhand Active 0 0 3 18 400
2010 BOS 92 90 68 85 48 49 55 52 56 85 60 0 0 70 0 0 29 1 Overhand Active 0 0 0 19 407
Ratings Delta     +5                               +1         -3 +1 +7
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.