Pitching
Kitson also has a decent changeup. The Free Agents hope he can work on his control a little bit. Every once and a while one slips away from him and either ends up at the backstop or in the right field bleachers. His stuff becomes less sharp as he gets into the late innings. You know, some times I think I can throw harder than Kitson, and that's saying a lot. He frequently leaves fastballs up in the strike zone, where they get pounded. 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 pickoff move is merely average. He hurts himself by falling awkwardly off the mound in his follow-through, which allows too many balls to go through the middle for base hits. Kitson is a surpisingly good hitting pitcher. And I'm not sure you can say this about a pitcher, but Kitson has some pop in his swing. Interesting sidenote, The Free Agents have been known to use Kitson as a pinch-runner on occasion.

2010 Outlook
What The Free Agents was thinking when they signed Kitson to a long contract, is beyond me: this guy flat-out sucks. But if you ask me, I'll pass on Kitson.

          -- Moostard Nyman