Chris Nichting  
Starting Pitcher | Retired or Inactive Players

Pitching
His fastball gets into the high 80s, but it's the sink that makes the pitch effective. The Retired or Inactive Players 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. But Nichting, do us a favor. Stop throwing that changeup. It looks like a beachball. When you throw a curveball, it better break. Hanging curves equal earned runs in this league, you just can't get away with them. Unfortunately, Nichting's curveball tends to hang. He attacks lefties and righties with similar success.

Defense & Hitting
Nichting's move to first base is average. He isn't especially quick off the mound but generally fields his position adequately. Nichting is a surpisingly good hitting pitcher. And I'm not sure you can say this about a pitcher, but Nichting has some pop in his swing. Interesting sidenote, The Retired or Inactive Players have been known to use Nichting as a pinch-runner on occasion.

2010 Outlook
AA isn't the right place for Nichting. Expect the Retired or Inactive Players to send him down for some minor retooling. I just don't know if The Retired or Inactive Players are ever going to get what they expect out of him.

          -- Emu Nyman, AA/AAA 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
1998 CAL 71 90 48 51 56 45 53 50 53 57 30 0 0 29 0 0 30 3 Overhand AA/AAA 0 6 19 50 212
1999 CAL 71 95 48 51 56 45 53 50 53 57 30 0 0 29 0 0 31 4 Overhand AA/AAA 0 0 0 50 217
2000 ANA 72 95 48 52 56 45 53 50 53 57 30 0 0 29 0 0 32 5 Overhand Active 0 0 0 50 218
2001 ANA 72 95 48 52 56 45 53 50 53 57 30 0 0 29 0 0 33 6 Overhand AA/AAA 0 0 0 49 217
2002 ANA 72 95 48 52 56 45 53 50 53 57 30 0 0 29 0 0 34 7 Overhand AA/AAA 0 0 0 49 216
2003 FA 72 95 48 52 56 45 53 50 53 57 30 0 0 29 0 0 35 8 Overhand Free Agent 0 0 0 50 215
2004 FA 71 95 47 52 56 45 53 50 53 57 30 0 0 29 0 0 36 9 Overhand Free Agent 0 0 0 48 211
2005 FA 70 95 47 52 56 45 53 50 53 57 30 0 0 29 0 0 37 10 Overhand Free Agent 0 0 0 48 209
2006 FA 68 95 46 52 56 45 53 50 53 57 30 0 0 29 0 0 38 11 Overhand Free Agent 0 0 0 47 205
Ratings Delta   -2   -1                           +1 +1           -1 -4
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.