John Wasdin  
Starting Pitcher | Pittsburgh Pirates

Pitching
Wasdin can get into trouble with walks, and there's concern about him being able to maintain his stuff over the whole season. His fastball gets into the high 80s, but it's the sink that makes the pitch effective. Wasdin also has a decent changeup. He tends to work slowly when in a jam, which just makes his problems worse by lulling his fielders to sleep. He's almost as effective against lefthanders as he is versus righthanders.

Defense & Hitting
Wasdin is a reliable fielder who doesn't get rattled on defensive plays and is rarely out of fielding position. He never has controlled the running game. Wasdin is a surpisingly good hitting pitcher. And I'm not sure you can say this about a pitcher, but Wasdin has some pop in his swing.

2010 Outlook
If Wasdin doesn't perform, the Pittsburgh Pirates won't hesitate to send him down to the minors. I just don't know if The Pittsburgh Pirates 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
1998 SAN 72 48 68 33 56 47 48 47 53 56 50 0 41 0 0 0 24 3 Overhand Active 0 7 12 60 247
1999 MON 79 53 68 34 56 47 48 47 53 56 50 0 41 0 0 0 25 4 Overhand AA/AAA 0 0 0 70 261
2000 PIT 79 54 68 36 56 47 48 47 53 61 50 0 45 0 0 0 26 5 Overhand Active 0 0 0 75 274
2001 PIT 85 57 68 37 56 47 48 47 53 63 50 0 45 0 0 0 27 6 Overhand AA/AAA 0 0 0 83 289
2002 PIT 89 63 68 39 56 47 48 47 53 63 50 0 48 0 0 0 28 7 Overhand AA/AAA 0 0 0 83 257
2003 PIT 89 69 68 39 56 47 48 47 53 63 54 0 48 0 0 0 29 8 Overhand AA/AAA 0 0 0 83 268
2004 FA 93 72 68 40 56 47 48 47 53 63 56 0 48 0 0 0 30 9 Overhand Free Agent 0 0 0 83 278
2005 FA 94 72 68 41 56 47 48 47 53 63 56 0 48 0 0 0 31 10 Overhand Free Agent 0 0 0 83 279
2006 OAK 93 71 68 41 56 47 48 47 53 63 56 0 48 0 0 0 32 11 Overhand Active 0 0 0 83 276
2007 OAK 94 81 68 41 56 47 48 47 53 63 56 0 48 0 0 0 33 12 Overhand AA/AAA 0 0 0 83 288
2008 FA 94 80 68 40 56 47 48 47 53 65 56 0 50 0 0 0 34 13 Overhand Free Agent 0 0 0 83 289
2009 PIT 94 79 68 40 56 47 48 47 53 65 57 0 51 0 0 0 35 14 Overhand Active 0 0 0 81 289
2010 PIT 92 79 68 40 56 47 48 47 53 65 57 0 52 0 0 0 35 15 Overhand Active 0 0 0 83 289
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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.