Don Quixote  
Starting Pitcher | St. Louis Cardinals

Pitching
He's got a really stong arm, so he can blow it by you on occasion. Quixote's fastball is a tick above average, in the 90-91 MPH range on most nights. The St. Louis Cardinals 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. He attacks lefties and righties with similar success.

Defense & Hitting
Quixote would seem to be an easy target for basestealers as he has a pedestrian pickoff move. But teams rarely try to run on him, perhaps because his pitches get to the plate quickly. He's slow to get off the mound to field his position, especially to the third-base side. Quixote is a surpisingly good hitting pitcher. And I'm not sure you can say this about a pitcher, but Quixote 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
2005 ST. L. 80 68 30 5 51 53 49 51 50 65 0 43 55 55 0 0 21 0 Overhand Low Minors 0 15 28 10 228
2006 ST. L. 82 71 33 5 51 53 49 51 50 66 0 43 55 55 0 0 22 0 Overhand Low Minors 0 3 0 11 237
2007 ST. L. 90 70 36 5 51 53 49 51 50 66 0 43 55 55 0 0 23 0 Overhand Low Minors 0 0 0 12 247
2008 ST. L. 90 71 40 5 51 53 49 51 50 66 0 43 55 55 0 0 24 0 Overhand Low Minors 0 0 0 14 251
2009 ST. L. 90 74 42 5 51 53 49 51 50 66 0 48 55 55 0 0 25 0 Overhand AA/AAA 0 0 0 15 258
2010 ST. L. 90 76 42 5 51 53 49 51 50 66 0 50 55 55 0 0 26 1 Overhand AA/AAA 0 0 0 16 261
Ratings Delta     +2                   +2         +1 +1           +1 +3
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.