Sidney Portier  
Starting Pitcher | Toronto Blue Jays

Pitching
He can get groundballs when he needs them in a jam. Portier 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. He has an above-average changeup and the ability to throw from a variety of arm angles. His stuff becomes less sharp as he gets into the late innings. He's almost as effective against lefthanders as he is versus righthanders.

Defense & Hitting
Portier does an average job of holding runners. He isn't especially quick off the mound but generally fields his position adequately. Portier is a surpisingly good hitting pitcher. And I'm not sure you can say this about a pitcher, but Portier 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
2006 TOR 72 70 70 45 53 49 52 54 47 77 70 77 0 0 0 0 24 0 Overhand Low Minors 0 5 33 65 293
2007 TOR 79 75 84 48 53 49 52 54 47 77 70 77 0 0 0 0 25 0 Overhand Active 0 0 7 70 326
2008 TOR 85 77 85 51 53 49 52 54 47 77 70 79 0 0 0 0 26 1 Overhand Active 0 0 0 70 340
2009 TOR 85 84 85 52 53 49 52 54 47 77 70 80 0 0 0 0 27 2 Overhand Active 0 0 0 70 349
2010 TOR 84 85 85 54 53 49 52 54 47 77 70 81 0 0 0 0 28 3 Overhand Active 0 0 0 70 350
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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.