Jay Powell  
Relief Pitcher | Pittsburgh Pirates

Pitching
Powell has the classic closer's arsenal: a high-90s fastball and a sharp, hard slider. He produces tons of groundballs with his downward movement. This guy has closer written all over him. I love Powell's sinker. This thing plummets like a rock at 59 feet. Powell's bread and butter pitch is his slider. I've seen it baffle many a lefty. Powell 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. Powell's fastball was clocked at 95 MPH most of the season and he kept excellent control of it. He traditionally fares better against lefties.

Defense & Hitting
A fluid delivery leaves him in good shape for fielding, and he has a reputation as a competent defender. His biggest weakness is controlling the running game, though he was decent last year. Powell is a surpisingly good hitting pitcher. And I'm not sure you can say this about a pitcher, but Powell has some pop in his swing.

2010 Outlook
Powell has arguably the best stuff in baseball.

          -- 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 ATL 96 25 75 54 64 56 57 55 60 69 0 69 63 0 0 0 24 3 Overhand Active 0 5 20 65 386
1999 ATL 99 25 90 62 64 56 57 55 60 69 0 79 63 0 0 0 25 4 Overhand Active 0 0 0 72 435
2000 ATL 99 26 99 66 64 56 57 55 60 69 0 86 74 0 0 0 26 5 Overhand Active 0 0 0 80 470
2001 PIT 99 27 99 70 64 56 57 55 60 69 0 90 82 0 0 0 27 6 Overhand Active 0 0 0 86 483
2002 PIT 99 28 99 77 64 56 57 55 60 69 0 90 87 0 0 0 28 7 Overhand Active 0 0 0 89 494
2003 PIT 99 30 99 77 64 56 57 55 60 79 0 90 90 0 0 0 29 8 Overhand Active 0 0 0 90 513
2004 PIT 99 30 99 79 64 56 57 55 60 88 0 90 90 0 0 0 30 9 Overhand Active 0 0 0 90 529
2005 PIT 99 31 99 80 64 56 57 55 60 91 0 90 92 0 0 0 31 10 Overhand Active 0 0 0 90 536
2006 PIT 98 33 99 80 64 56 57 55 60 93 0 93 92 0 0 0 32 11 Overhand Active 0 0 0 90 540
2007 PIT 97 35 99 80 64 56 57 55 60 93 0 95 92 0 0 0 33 12 Overhand Active 0 0 0 89 539
2008 PIT 98 34 99 80 64 56 57 55 60 95 0 96 92 0 0 0 34 13 Overhand Active 0 0 0 89 544
2009 PIT 98 34 99 79 64 56 57 55 60 96 0 96 93 0 0 0 35 14 Overhand Active 0 0 0 88 544
2010 PIT 98 33 99 79 64 56 57 55 60 97 0 96 93 0 0 0 36 15 Overhand Active 0 0 0 90 545
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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.