Gene Joyner  
Relief Pitcher | Chicago White Sox

Pitching
He struggles with his command at times and is still learning to mix his pitches and set up hitters. Joyner has to keep the ball down, especially against lefties, or he gets hit hard and often. His fastball gets into the high 80s, but it's the sink that makes the pitch effective. Joyner also has a decent changeup. He comes right after righthanded hitters, who are lucky even to reach base against him, but he works more carefully to lefties.

Defense & Hitting
His move to first isn't very good, but his delivery is fairly quick and he isn't overly vulnerable to the stolen base. 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. Joyner is a surpisingly good hitting pitcher. And I'm not sure you can say this about a pitcher, but Joyner has some pop in his swing.

2010 Outlook
The Chicago White Sox signed him to a long-term contract, but don't think they won't drop Joyner like a hot potato if something better comes along.

          -- Emu Nyman, AA/AAA Scout
 

 

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
2003 CHW 60 45 32 38 53 43 47 48 53 54 51 0 47 0 0 0 21 0 Overhand Low Minors 1 7 37 45 167
2004 CHW 60 45 45 39 53 43 47 48 53 54 51 0 47 0 0 0 22 0 Overhand Low Minors 0 0 3 51 189
2005 CHW 61 46 53 41 53 43 47 48 53 54 55 0 47 0 0 0 23 0 Overhand Low Minors 0 0 0 55 209
2006 CHW 62 50 64 42 53 43 47 48 53 54 57 0 53 0 0 0 24 0 Overhand Low Minors 0 0 0 59 238
2007 CHW 67 50 75 43 53 43 47 48 53 54 57 0 57 0 0 0 25 0 Overhand AA/AAA 0 0 0 59 269
2008 CHW 67 50 78 47 53 43 47 48 53 54 57 0 59 0 0 0 26 0 Overhand AA/AAA 0 0 0 59 278
2009 CHW 67 51 78 47 53 43 47 48 53 55 57 0 60 0 0 0 27 0 Overhand AA/AAA 0 0 0 59 279
2010 CHW 67 51 78 47 53 43 47 48 53 56 58 0 60 0 0 0 27 0 Overhand AA/AAA 0 0 0 59 281
Ratings Delta                     +1 +1                           +2
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.