Jose Lima  
Starting Pitcher | Cincinnati Reds

Pitching
Lima can get into trouble with walks, and there's concern about him being able to maintain his stuff over the whole season. Lima also has a decent changeup. Because he can't overpower hitters, Lima has to fool them instead. The one thing I must say I don't like about Lima is how easily rattled he gets. If he makes a mistake to a hitter and the guy winds up on second or third, you can pretty much count on the guy scoring. He attacks lefties and righties with similar success. He absolutely loves playing before the hometown crowd.

Defense & Hitting
Lima is a reliable fielder who doesn't get rattled on defensive plays and is rarely out of fielding position. His slow delivery makes him fairly easy to steal upon, but Lima helps himself by holding runners with throws to first, and with slide steps and varied deliveries to home. Lima is a surpisingly good hitting pitcher. And I'm not sure you can say this about a pitcher, but Lima 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 BOS 57 56 90 79 56 50 60 44 52 66 53 37 0 49 0 0 24 4 Overhand Active 0 7 15 57 376
1999 SAN 61 56 90 80 56 50 60 44 52 66 53 37 0 49 0 0 25 5 Overhand Active 0 0 0 66 383
2000 SAN 62 59 90 80 56 50 60 44 52 74 53 37 0 49 0 0 26 6 Overhand Active 0 0 0 70 398
2001 ATL 68 60 90 80 56 50 60 44 52 74 53 37 0 49 0 0 27 7 Overhand Active 0 0 0 74 357
2002 NYY 67 63 90 80 56 50 60 44 52 74 60 37 0 49 0 0 28 8 Overhand Active 0 0 0 79 366
2003 NYY 66 64 90 80 56 50 60 44 52 74 60 37 0 59 0 0 29 9 Overhand Active 0 0 0 80 378
2004 NYY 66 63 90 80 56 50 60 44 52 79 60 37 0 59 0 0 30 10 Overhand Active 0 0 0 80 382
2005 NYY 69 63 90 80 56 50 60 44 52 79 60 37 0 59 0 0 31 11 Overhand Active 0 0 0 80 384
2006 NYY 69 63 90 80 56 50 60 44 52 79 60 37 0 65 0 0 32 12 Overhand Active 0 0 0 80 391
2007 NYY 69 62 90 80 56 50 60 44 52 82 60 37 0 65 0 0 33 13 Overhand Active 0 0 0 80 393
2008 NYY 69 62 90 78 56 50 60 44 52 82 60 46 0 65 0 0 34 14 Overhand Active 0 0 0 80 395
2009 NYY 69 62 90 78 56 50 60 44 52 82 64 46 0 65 0 0 35 15 Overhand Active 0 0 0 80 399
2010 CIN 68 62 90 76 56 50 60 44 52 82 67 46 0 65 0 0 35 16 Overhand Active 0 0 0 78 400
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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.