Marty Janzen  
Relief Pitcher | Chicago Cubs

Pitching
Janzen also has a solid changeup that he'll use at any point in the count. His slider is sharp and breaks both horizontally and vertically. He can hit 90 MPH but is too smart to try to get his fastball past most hitters. He attacks lefties and righties with similar success.

Defense & Hitting
He's reasonably quick to the plate but needs to vary his pickoff moves. Good baserunners appeared to time him last year. Janzen is nothing special in the field. Janzen is a surpisingly good hitting pitcher. And I'm not sure you can say this about a pitcher, but Janzen has some pop in his swing.

2010 Outlook
I really like what this guy brings to the table.

          -- 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 LA 86 25 67 58 56 54 54 52 47 57 51 0 64 53 0 0 22 2 Overhand Active 0 2 10 60 367
1999 LA 87 25 72 63 56 54 54 52 47 57 51 0 74 53 0 0 23 3 Overhand Active 0 0 0 66 390
2000 LA 87 24 73 67 56 54 54 52 47 57 66 0 74 53 0 0 24 4 Overhand AA/AAA 0 0 0 72 407
2001 LA 87 25 73 69 56 54 54 52 47 60 66 0 74 53 0 0 25 5 Overhand Active 0 0 0 79 414
2002 FLA 87 27 73 75 56 54 54 52 47 60 66 0 74 53 0 0 26 6 Overhand Active 0 0 0 85 419
2003 FLA 86 27 73 78 56 54 54 52 47 60 76 0 74 53 0 0 27 7 Overhand Active 0 0 0 86 428
2004 MON 86 28 73 82 56 54 54 52 47 60 82 0 74 53 0 0 28 8 Overhand Active 0 0 0 86 436
2005 ANA 85 28 73 83 56 54 54 52 47 60 82 0 74 63 0 0 29 9 Overhand Active 0 0 0 86 444
2006 BAL 85 29 73 65 56 54 54 52 47 60 75 0 86 63 0 0 30 10 Overhand Active 0 0 0 68 430
2007 CHC 85 29 73 65 56 54 54 52 47 60 82 0 86 63 0 0 31 11 Overhand AA/AAA 0 0 0 71 435
2008 CHC 86 29 73 72 56 54 54 52 47 60 82 0 86 63 0 0 32 12 Overhand Active 0 0 0 71 442
2009 CHC 86 29 73 73 56 54 54 52 47 60 82 0 86 63 0 0 33 13 Overhand Active 0 0 0 71 442
2010 CHC 86 29 73 73 56 54 54 52 47 60 82 0 86 63 0 0 34 14 Overhand Active 0 0 0 74 441
Ratings Delta                                   +1 +1           +3 -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.