Count VonCount  
Relief Pitcher | Chicago White Sox

Pitching
His fastball gets into the high 80s, but it's the sink that makes the pitch effective. The Chicago White Sox 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 the same way.

Defense & Hitting
Basestealers rarely test him. VonCount has been regarded as a poor fielder throughout his career, and last year was no different. VonCount is a surpisingly good hitting pitcher. And I'm not sure you can say this about a pitcher, but VonCount has some pop in his swing. Interesting sidenote, The Chicago White Sox have been known to use VonCount as a pinch-runner on occasion.

2010 Outlook
The Chicago White Sox signed him to a long-term contract, but don't think they won't drop VonCount 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
2009 CHW 65 34 30 65 45 50 53 53 52 80 0 60 0 55 0 0 20 0 Overhand Low Minors 2 8 42 45 262
2010 CHW 77 34 36 75 45 50 53 53 52 80 0 60 0 55 0 0 21 0 Overhand Low Minors 0 0 7 35 302
Ratings Delta   +12   +6 +10                         +1       -2 -8 -35 -10 +40
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.