Boris Karloff  
Starting Pitcher | Seattle Mariners

Pitching
He's got a really stong arm, so he can blow it by you on occasion. Karloff can get into trouble with walks, and there's concern about him being able to maintain his stuff over the whole season. Karloff's fastball is a tick above average, in the 90-91 MPH range on most nights. Karloff also has a decent changeup. Karloff is a flyball pitcher susceptible to the home run. The problem is that he has no workable game plan against lefties, who routinely light him up.

Defense & Hitting
His pickoff move is merely average. 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. Karloff is a surpisingly good hitting pitcher. And I'm not sure you can say this about a pitcher, but Karloff 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
2006 SEA 99 63 65 41 42 36 57 52 52 75 59 0 0 59 0 0 26 0 Overhand Low Minors 1 6 34 39 307
2007 SEA 99 63 70 44 42 36 57 52 52 76 59 0 0 59 0 0 27 0 Overhand Active 0 0 6 42 315
2008 SEA 98 63 70 47 42 36 57 52 52 76 59 0 0 64 0 0 28 1 Overhand Active 0 0 0 45 323
2009 SEA 99 63 70 47 42 36 57 52 52 76 62 0 0 64 0 0 29 2 Overhand Active 0 0 0 47 326
2010 SEA 99 63 70 47 42 36 57 52 52 76 64 0 0 67 0 0 30 3 Overhand Active 0 0 0 48 331
Ratings Delta                       +2     +3     +1 +1           +1 +5
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.