Kerry Wood  
Starting Pitcher | Montreal Expos

Pitching
He's unflappable on the mound, possessing the confidence to throw any of his offerings at any time in the count. Wood performs extremely well in the late innings, but unfortunately his endurance prevents him from getting there very often. Wood is a control pitcher; when he's on he has pinpoint control. He's got a really stong arm, so he can blow it by you on occasion. Wood's fastball was clocked at 95 MPH most of the season and he kept excellent control of it. His changeup isn't bad... he fools his share of hitters. He attacks lefties and righties with similar success.

Defense & Hitting
Wood's move to first base is average. Wood is nothing special in the field. Wood is a surpisingly good hitting pitcher. And I'm not sure you can say this about a pitcher, but Wood has some pop in his swing.

2010 Outlook
I don't say this often, but I'll say it for Wood: he's one of the highest rated pitchers on my scouting sheet.

          -- 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
1999 NYM 90 90 43 53 50 50 50 58 58 90 83 0 63 54 0 0 22 0 Overhand AA/AAA 1 17 55 42 428
2000 NYM 91 90 52 45 50 50 50 58 58 90 83 0 66 57 0 0 23 0 Overhand Active 0 0 4 37 436
2001 NYM 81 91 63 48 50 50 50 58 58 90 83 0 66 59 0 0 24 1 Overhand Active 0 0 0 42 443
2002 NYM 89 92 72 51 50 50 50 58 58 90 83 0 68 59 0 0 25 2 Overhand Active 0 0 0 41 469
2003 NYM 89 95 80 53 50 50 50 58 58 90 83 0 68 60 0 0 26 3 Overhand Active 0 0 0 47 484
2004 CHW 89 97 87 56 50 50 50 58 58 90 87 0 68 60 0 0 27 4 Overhand Active 0 0 0 51 502
2005 MON 89 97 99 59 50 50 50 58 58 93 87 0 68 60 0 0 28 5 Overhand Active 0 0 0 55 522
2006 MON 88 97 99 60 50 50 50 58 58 95 87 0 68 60 0 0 29 6 Overhand Active 0 0 0 58 523
2007 MON 87 97 99 67 50 50 50 58 58 95 87 0 68 60 0 0 30 7 Overhand Active 0 0 0 61 527
2008 MON 97 96 99 68 50 50 50 58 58 95 87 0 68 60 0 0 31 8 Overhand Active 0 0 0 54 538
2009 MON 97 96 99 68 50 50 50 58 58 95 87 0 68 60 0 0 32 9 Overhand Active 0 0 0 56 537
2010 MON 97 96 99 70 50 50 50 58 58 95 87 0 68 60 0 0 33 10 Overhand Active 0 0 0 59 538
Ratings Delta         +2                         +1 +1           +3 +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.