John Johnstone  
Relief Pitcher | Free Agents

Pitching
He struggles with his command at times and is still learning to mix his pitches and set up hitters. He frequently leaves fastballs up in the strike zone, where they get pounded. But Johnstone, do us a favor. Stop throwing that changeup. It looks like a beachball. When you throw a curveball, it better break. Hanging curves equal earned runs in this league, you just can't get away with them. Unfortunately, Johnstone's curveball tends to hang. He's almost as effective against lefthanders as he is versus righthanders.

Defense & Hitting
His pickoff move is only fair. He isn't especially quick off the mound but generally fields his position adequately. Johnstone is a surpisingly good hitting pitcher. And I'm not sure you can say this about a pitcher, but Johnstone has some pop in his swing.

2010 Outlook
I just don't know if The Free Agents 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
1998 CHC 73 35 61 58 56 48 50 49 53 40 30 56 0 30 0 0 25 3 Overhand Low Minors 0 14 35 56 258
1999 FA 74 35 71 62 56 48 50 49 53 42 30 56 0 30 0 0 26 3 Overhand Free Agent 0 0 6 60 283
2000 FA 73 36 77 64 56 48 50 49 53 42 30 56 0 30 0 0 27 3 Overhand Free Agent 0 1 5 64 292
2001 FA 71 36 85 64 56 48 50 49 53 42 30 56 0 30 0 0 28 3 Overhand Free Agent 0 2 5 67 301
2002 FA 71 36 88 65 56 48 50 49 53 42 30 56 0 30 0 0 29 3 Overhand Free Agent 0 3 4 67 306
2003 FA 71 36 90 65 56 48 50 49 53 42 30 56 0 30 0 0 30 3 Overhand Free Agent 0 3 4 67 307
2004 FA 71 36 93 67 56 48 50 49 53 42 30 56 0 30 0 0 31 3 Overhand Free Agent 0 3 4 67 313
2005 FA 70 36 93 67 56 48 50 49 53 42 30 56 0 30 0 0 32 3 Overhand Free Agent 0 3 4 67 309
2006 FA 71 36 92 66 56 48 50 49 53 42 30 56 0 30 0 0 33 3 Overhand Free Agent 0 3 2 67 306
2007 FA 71 35 91 65 56 48 50 49 53 42 30 56 0 30 0 0 34 3 Overhand Free Agent 0 3 0 66 301
2008 FA 71 34 90 66 56 48 50 49 53 42 30 56 0 30 0 0 35 3 Overhand Free Agent 0 2 0 66 298
2009 FA 70 34 90 66 56 48 50 49 53 42 30 56 0 30 0 0 36 3 Overhand Free Agent 0 1 0 66 294
2010 FA 67 33 87 67 56 48 50 49 53 42 30 56 0 30 0 0 37 3 Overhand Free Agent 0 0 0 63 282
Ratings Delta   -3 -1 -3 +1                         +1         -1   -3 -12
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.