Jim Steinbrenner  
Relief Pitcher | Texas Rangers

Pitching
His curveball is solid; he throws it better than your average reliever. He's almost as effective against righthanders as he is versus lefthanders.

Defense & Hitting
He's reasonably quick to the plate but needs to vary his pickoff moves. Good baserunners appeared to time him last year. He isn't especially quick off the mound but generally fields his position adequately. Steinbrenner is a surpisingly good hitting pitcher. And I'm not sure you can say this about a pitcher, but Steinbrenner has some pop in his swing.

2010 Outlook
The Texas Rangers signed him to a long-term contract, but don't think they won't drop Steinbrenner like a hot potato if something better comes along.

          -- Ska Nyman, A-Ball 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
2004 TEX 60 34 34 30 46 52 50 50 48 83 0 0 0 57 0 0 20 0 Overhand Low Minors 0 11 35 38 179
2005 TEX 61 34 40 34 46 52 50 50 48 83 0 0 0 64 0 0 21 0 Overhand Low Minors 0 0 4 44 201
2006 TEX 61 37 51 35 46 52 50 50 48 83 0 0 0 69 0 0 22 0 Overhand Low Minors 0 0 0 46 225
2007 TEX 61 37 55 36 46 52 50 50 48 83 0 0 0 72 0 0 23 0 Overhand Low Minors 0 0 0 52 234
2008 TEX 61 37 55 37 46 52 50 50 48 83 0 0 0 72 0 0 24 0 Overhand Low Minors 0 0 0 54 233
2009 TEX 61 37 55 38 46 52 50 50 48 83 0 0 0 74 0 0 25 0 Overhand Low Minors 0 0 0 54 234
2010 TEX 61 37 55 38 46 52 50 50 48 83 0 0 0 75 0 0 25 0 Overhand Low Minors 0 0 0 54 235
Ratings Delta                             +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.