Sidney Ponson  
Starting Pitcher | St. Louis Cardinals

Pitching
He can get groundballs when he needs them in a jam. Ponson can get into trouble with walks, and there's concern about him being able to maintain his stuff over the whole season. His fastball gets into the high 80s, but it's the sink that makes the pitch effective. His stuff becomes less sharp as he gets into the late innings. The running movement on his pitches makes life tougher on lefties than righties.

Defense & Hitting
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. His move to first base is slow and ineffective. Ponson is a surpisingly good hitting pitcher. And I'm not sure you can say this about a pitcher, but Ponson has some pop in his swing.

          -- 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
2008 ST. L. 80 70 65 20 49 55 51 55 47 60 0 60 60 0 0 0 21 0 Overhand Low Minors 1 5 36 44 223
2009 ST. L. 81 68 67 21 49 55 51 55 47 66 0 62 63 0 0 0 22 0 Overhand Active 0 0 5 39 234
2010 ST. L. 83 67 67 22 49 55 51 55 47 66 0 62 63 0 0 0 23 1 Overhand AA/AAA 0 0 0 59 235
Ratings Delta   +2 -1   +1                         +1 +1         -5 +20 +1
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.