Frank Tannana  
Starting Pitcher | Chicago Cubs

Pitching
He struggles with his command at times and is still learning to mix his pitches and set up hitters. His fastball gets into the high 80s, but it's the sink that makes the pitch effective. Tannana also has a decent changeup. He attacks lefties and righties with similar success.

Defense & Hitting
Tannana's move to first base is average. He tends to fall off slightly to the first-base side of the mound, making him vulnerable to bunts toward third base. He makes up for that minor flaw by being aggressive in fielding his position. Tannana is a surpisingly good hitting pitcher. And I'm not sure you can say this about a pitcher, but Tannana has some pop in his swing.

2010 Outlook
If Tannana doesn't perform, the Chicago Cubs won't hesitate to send him down to the minors. I just don't know if The Chicago Cubs are ever going to get what they expect out of him.

          -- 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
2002 SEA 74 60 35 44 51 46 54 51 51 70 39 50 0 0 0 0 21 0 Overhand Low Minors 2 5 22 44 185
2003 SEA 74 69 41 47 51 46 54 51 51 70 45 50 0 0 0 0 22 0 Overhand Low Minors 0 0 2 46 211
2004 SEA 76 74 49 49 51 46 54 51 51 70 48 50 0 0 0 0 23 0 Overhand Low Minors 0 0 0 50 232
2005 SEA 79 79 62 51 51 46 54 51 51 70 48 50 0 0 0 0 24 0 Overhand Low Minors 0 0 0 54 257
2006 SEA 84 80 70 54 51 46 54 51 51 70 50 62 0 0 0 0 25 0 Overhand Low Minors 0 0 0 58 285
2007 MIN 84 83 70 56 51 46 54 51 51 71 50 69 0 0 0 0 26 0 Overhand Active 0 0 0 63 294
2008 CHC 84 83 70 46 51 46 54 51 51 71 50 69 0 0 0 0 27 1 Overhand Active 0 0 0 51 283
2009 CHC 83 85 70 48 51 46 54 51 51 71 50 72 0 0 0 0 28 2 Overhand Active 0 0 0 55 287
2010 CHC 81 85 70 49 51 46 54 51 51 71 51 72 0 0 0 0 29 3 Overhand Active 0 0 0 57 286
Ratings Delta   -2     +1             +1           +1 +1           +2 -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.