Brad Radke  
Starting Pitcher | Cleveland Lions

Pitching
Radke's control is among the best in the game. He's got a really stong arm, so he can blow it by you on occasion. He's a good late inning man, which is when being a pitcher really counts. Radke's fastball was clocked at 95 MPH most of the season and he kept excellent control of it. His curveball is solid; he throws it better than your average starter. He has an above-average changeup and the ability to throw from a variety of arm angles. He attacks lefties and righties with similar success.

Defense & Hitting
Radke has one of the better pickoff moves among big league righthanders. Radke has an impressive presence on the mound, always taking an aggressive posture. Radke is a surpisingly good hitting pitcher. And I'm not sure you can say this about a pitcher, but Radke has some pop in his swing.

2010 Outlook
I don't say this often, but I'll say it for Radke: he's one of the highest rated pitchers on my scouting sheet.

          -- 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 COL 85 77 93 74 56 54 54 52 55 59 53 0 0 79 0 0 24 3 Overhand Active 0 4 15 62 396
1999 COL 96 79 95 77 56 54 54 52 55 59 58 0 0 79 0 0 25 4 Overhand Active 0 0 0 67 421
2000 NEV 97 79 95 81 56 54 54 52 55 70 58 0 0 86 0 0 26 5 Overhand Active 0 0 0 73 448
2001 NEV 97 79 95 85 56 54 54 52 55 77 61 0 0 89 0 0 27 6 Overhand Active 0 0 0 77 466
2002 NEV 97 79 95 89 56 54 54 52 55 82 61 0 0 91 0 0 28 7 Overhand Active 0 0 0 80 478
2003 NEV 96 79 95 90 56 54 54 52 55 85 64 0 0 91 0 0 28 8 Overhand Active 0 0 0 81 485
2004 NEV 95 79 95 96 56 54 54 52 55 87 64 0 0 93 0 0 30 9 Overhand Active 0 0 0 81 492
2005 NEV 95 79 95 96 56 54 54 52 55 88 65 0 0 94 0 0 31 10 Overhand Active 0 0 0 81 495
2006 CLE 96 79 95 99 56 54 54 52 55 89 65 0 0 95 0 0 32 11 Overhand Active 0 0 0 81 500
2007 CLE 96 79 95 99 56 54 54 52 55 89 66 0 0 95 0 0 32 12 Overhand Active 0 0 0 80 503
2008 CLE 97 78 95 99 56 54 54 52 55 89 66 0 0 95 0 0 33 13 Overhand Active 0 0 0 80 502
2009 CLE 97 79 95 99 56 54 54 52 55 89 66 0 0 95 0 0 35 14 Overhand Active 0 0 0 80 500
2010 CLE 97 79 95 97 56 54 54 52 55 89 66 0 0 95 0 0 35 15 Overhand Active 0 0 0 81 499
Ratings Delta         -2                           +1           +1 -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.