JJ Thobe  
Relief Pitcher | Chicago Cubs

Pitching
Sometimes I wish he'd just give up on throwing the changeup, it's like a BP ball! He's almost as effective against lefthanders as he is versus righthanders.

Defense & Hitting
Thobe has an impressive presence on the mound, always taking an aggressive posture. Though he lacks a good pickoff move, he checks the running game with a compact stretch delivery. Thobe is a surpisingly good hitting pitcher. And I'm not sure you can say this about a pitcher, but Thobe has some pop in his swing.

          -- 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 FA 72 27 55 58 56 49 49 48 53 55 30 0 0 37 0 0 23 1 Overhand Free Agent 0 12 35 61 227
1999 FA 72 27 59 59 56 49 49 48 53 55 30 0 0 37 0 0 24 1 Overhand Free Agent 0 12 35 68 234
2000 FA 75 29 62 62 56 49 49 48 53 55 30 0 0 37 0 0 25 1 Overhand Free Agent 0 12 35 71 246
2001 CHC 76 29 66 65 56 49 49 48 53 55 30 0 0 37 0 0 26 1 Overhand Low Minors 0 12 36 74 256
2002 CHC 83 34 67 52 56 49 49 48 53 67 33 0 0 42 0 0 27 1 Overhand AA/AAA 0 0 0 61 284
2003 CHC 81 35 67 53 56 49 49 48 53 78 33 0 0 42 0 0 28 1 Overhand AA/AAA 0 0 0 64 298
2004 CHC 81 35 67 56 56 49 49 48 53 78 33 0 0 46 0 0 29 2 Overhand AA/AAA 0 0 0 70 304
2005 CHC 80 37 67 57 56 49 49 48 53 83 33 0 0 46 0 0 30 3 Overhand AA/AAA 0 0 0 71 312
2006 CHC 79 37 67 58 56 49 49 48 53 86 36 0 0 46 0 0 31 4 Overhand AA/AAA 0 0 0 71 317
2007 CHC 79 37 67 59 56 49 49 48 53 88 36 0 0 49 0 0 32 5 Overhand Active 0 0 0 69 324
2008 CHC 78 40 67 60 56 49 49 48 53 88 37 0 0 49 0 0 33 6 Overhand AA/AAA 0 0 0 67 324
2009 CHC 77 40 67 60 56 49 49 48 53 88 37 0 0 50 0 0 34 7 Overhand Active 0 0 0 74 322
2010 CHC 75 38 67 59 56 49 49 48 53 88 37 0 0 51 0 0 35 8 Overhand Active 0 0 0 79 317
Ratings Delta   -2 -2   -1                   +1     +1 +1           +5 -5
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.