Ted Wieneke  
Starting Pitcher | Pittsburgh Pirates

Pitching
He can get groundballs when he needs them in a jam. 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. Wieneke also has a decent changeup. He attacks lefties and righties with similar success.

Defense & Hitting
Though he lacks a good pickoff move, he checks the running game with a compact stretch delivery. Wieneke is nothing special in the field. Wieneke is a surpisingly good hitting pitcher. And I'm not sure you can say this about a pitcher, but Wieneke has some pop in his swing.

2010 Outlook
I can't say I know what The Pittsburgh Pirates were doing locking this guy up to a long term contract. A questionable call at best. AA isn't the right place for Wieneke. Expect the Pittsburgh Pirates to send him down for some minor retooling. I just don't know if The Pittsburgh Pirates are ever going to get what they expect out of him.

          -- Emu Nyman, AA/AAA 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
1998 KC 55 52 9 30 54 48 54 55 49 43 43 49 0 0 0 0 18 0 Overhand Low Minors 0 0 23 27 97
1999 KC 54 52 15 40 54 48 54 55 49 43 43 49 0 0 0 0 19 0 Overhand Low Minors 0 0 0 27 114
2000 KC 52 52 19 42 54 48 54 55 49 43 49 53 0 0 0 0 20 0 Overhand Low Minors 0 0 0 30 126
2001 KC 56 52 24 45 54 48 54 55 49 43 49 53 0 0 0 0 21 0 Overhand Low Minors 0 0 0 35 143
2002 KC 59 51 28 47 54 48 54 55 49 47 53 53 0 0 0 0 22 0 Overhand Low Minors 0 0 0 38 166
2003 KC 61 49 33 52 54 48 54 55 49 47 53 53 0 0 0 0 23 0 Overhand Low Minors 0 0 0 44 181
2004 PIT 62 52 40 54 54 48 54 55 49 49 53 53 0 0 0 0 24 0 Overhand Low Minors 0 0 0 47 199
2005 PIT 63 56 45 57 54 48 54 55 49 49 53 56 0 0 0 0 25 0 Overhand Low Minors 0 0 0 51 215
2006 PIT 62 59 52 58 54 48 54 55 49 51 53 56 0 0 0 0 26 0 Overhand Low Minors 0 0 0 51 229
2007 PIT 62 60 52 58 54 48 54 55 49 52 56 56 0 0 0 0 27 0 Overhand Low Minors 0 0 0 51 198
2008 PIT 64 60 52 58 54 48 54 55 49 52 56 57 0 0 0 0 28 0 Overhand Low Minors 0 0 0 51 199
2009 PIT 64 60 52 58 54 48 54 55 49 52 56 58 0 0 0 0 29 0 Overhand AA/AAA 0 0 0 51 197
2010 PIT 64 60 52 58 54 48 54 55 49 52 57 58 0 0 0 0 30 0 Overhand AA/AAA 0 0 0 51 196
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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.