Kevin Millwood  
Starting Pitcher | Houston Astros

Pitching
Millwood is a control pitcher; when he's on he has pinpoint control. He's got a really stong arm, so he can blow it by you on occasion. It's tough to get much loft on the ball against him, as he works down in the strike zone to begin with and his two-seamer produces mostly groundballs. Millwood's fastball is a tick above average, in the 90-91 MPH range on most nights. Millwood also has a decent changeup. He attacks lefties and righties with similar success.

Defense & Hitting
He has a fair pickoff move and isn't a particularly easy target for basestealers. 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. Millwood is a surpisingly good hitting pitcher. And I'm not sure you can say this about a pitcher, but Millwood has some pop in his swing.

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

          -- Ska Nyman, A-Ball 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
2004 HOU 65 65 55 25 56 52 51 48 50 60 45 0 0 50 0 0 22 0 Overhand Low Minors 0 3 35 50 218
2005 HOU 69 63 65 30 56 52 51 48 50 60 45 0 0 50 0 0 23 0 Overhand Low Minors 0 0 5 54 235
2006 HOU 76 66 75 31 56 52 51 48 50 60 45 0 0 56 0 0 24 0 Overhand Low Minors 0 0 0 59 266
2007 HOU 79 67 75 33 56 52 51 48 50 66 45 0 0 60 0 0 25 0 Overhand Low Minors 0 0 0 64 283
2008 HOU 79 77 75 34 56 52 51 48 50 66 51 0 0 60 0 0 26 0 Overhand Low Minors 0 0 0 65 301
2009 HOU 78 80 75 36 56 52 51 48 50 69 54 0 0 60 0 0 27 0 Overhand Low Minors 0 0 0 65 310
2010 HOU 82 80 75 38 56 52 51 48 50 71 54 0 0 60 0 0 27 0 Overhand Low Minors 0 0 0 65 319
Ratings Delta   +4     +2           +2                             +9
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.