Charles James  
Starting Pitcher | Cleveland Lions

Pitching
He struggles with his command at times and is still learning to mix his pitches and set up hitters. James has to keep the ball down, especially against lefties, or he gets hit hard and often. James also has a decent changeup. In his first taste of the majors, he has kept righthanders in check but wasn't as effective against lefties.

Defense & Hitting
His slow delivery makes him fairly easy to steal upon, but James helps himself by holding runners with throws to first, and with slide steps and varied deliveries to home. He tends to fall off slightly to the first-base side of the mound, making him vulnerable to bunts toward third base. He makes up for that minor flaw by being aggressive in fielding his position. James is a surpisingly good hitting pitcher. And I'm not sure you can say this about a pitcher, but James has some pop in his swing.

2010 Outlook
If James doesn't perform, the Cleveland Lions won't hesitate to send him down to the minors. I just don't know if The Cleveland Lions 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
2001 CLE 71 66 38 55 50 41 56 50 48 63 44 0 37 0 0 0 23 0 Overhand Low Minors 2 15 42 45 199
2002 CLE 71 66 45 58 50 41 56 50 48 63 48 0 46 0 0 0 24 0 Overhand Low Minors 0 0 6 49 221
2003 CLE 71 71 56 62 50 41 56 50 48 63 48 0 50 0 0 0 25 0 Overhand Low Minors 0 0 0 49 246
2004 CLE 71 73 65 64 50 41 56 50 48 63 48 0 54 0 0 0 26 0 Overhand Low Minors 0 0 0 49 263
2005 CLE 71 76 74 64 50 41 56 50 48 63 50 0 54 0 0 0 27 0 Overhand Active 0 0 0 49 278
2006 CLE 71 76 74 51 50 41 56 50 48 64 50 0 54 0 0 0 28 1 Overhand AA/AAA 0 0 0 39 265
2007 CLE 71 76 74 55 50 41 56 50 48 64 51 0 54 0 0 0 29 2 Overhand AA/AAA 0 0 0 41 269
2008 CLE 71 76 74 59 50 41 56 50 48 64 51 0 55 0 0 0 30 3 Overhand AA/AAA 0 0 0 43 273
2009 CLE 71 76 74 62 50 41 56 50 48 64 51 0 55 0 0 0 31 4 Overhand AA/AAA 0 0 0 46 275
2010 CLE 71 76 74 63 50 41 56 50 48 64 51 0 56 0 0 0 32 5 Overhand Active 0 0 0 46 276
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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.