Scott Karl  
Starting Pitcher | Pittsburgh Pirates

Pitching
Karl can get into trouble with walks, and there's concern about him being able to maintain his stuff over the whole season. Karl also has a decent changeup. You know, some times I think I can throw harder than Karl, and that's saying a lot. He frequently leaves fastballs up in the strike zone, where they get pounded. He's almost as effective against righthanders as he is versus lefthanders.

Defense & Hitting
His pickoff move is merely average. He isn't especially quick off the mound but generally fields his position adequately. Karl is a surpisingly good hitting pitcher. And I'm not sure you can say this about a pitcher, but Karl 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
1998 CLE 48 74 79 79 56 53 55 49 53 38 65 57 0 61 0 0 25 3 Overhand Active 0 5 17 56 334
1999 CLE 48 76 86 84 56 53 55 49 53 46 65 57 0 61 0 0 26 4 Overhand Active 0 0 0 61 359
2000 CLE 48 80 91 86 56 53 55 49 53 46 65 57 0 65 0 0 27 5 Overhand Active 0 0 0 64 376
2001 CLE 47 82 91 86 56 53 55 49 53 46 65 68 0 65 0 0 28 6 Overhand Active 0 0 0 67 383
2002 CLE 50 83 91 86 56 53 55 49 53 46 65 68 0 65 0 0 29 7 Overhand Active 0 0 0 70 387
2003 CLE 48 87 91 86 56 53 55 49 53 46 65 68 0 65 0 0 30 8 Overhand Active 0 0 0 72 388
2004 CLE 48 87 91 86 56 53 55 49 53 46 65 68 0 67 0 0 31 9 Overhand DL 0 0 0 74 390
2005 CLE 48 87 91 86 56 53 55 49 53 46 65 75 0 67 0 0 32 10 Overhand Active 0 0 0 76 393
2006 CLE 60 67 91 68 56 53 55 49 53 46 65 75 0 67 0 0 33 11 Overhand AA/AAA 0 0 0 76 365
2007 BAL 60 71 91 68 56 53 55 49 53 46 65 75 0 67 0 0 34 12 Overhand AA/AAA 0 0 0 74 368
2008 BAL 58 74 91 68 56 53 55 49 53 46 65 75 0 67 0 0 35 13 Overhand Active 0 0 0 74 369
2009 PIT 56 72 91 66 56 53 55 49 53 46 65 79 0 67 0 0 36 14 Overhand Active 0 0 0 74 363
2010 PIT 56 75 91 66 56 53 55 49 53 46 65 79 0 67 0 0 36 15 Overhand Active 0 0 0 72 368
Ratings Delta     +3                               +1           -2 +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.