Steve Wooten  
Relief Pitcher | Chicago Cubs

Pitching
Wooten's bread and butter pitch is his slider. I've seen it baffle many a right handed batter. Though Wooten can't just blow the ball by hitters, he has some giddyup on his fastball. The Chicago Cubs 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 changes speeds well enough to keep righthanders from teeing off on him.

Defense & Hitting
For a lefty, his move to first base is average at best, and he has a tendency to forget about runners at second, thereby creating opportunities to swipe third. He isn't especially quick off the mound but generally fields his position adequately. Wooten is a surpisingly good hitting pitcher. And I'm not sure you can say this about a pitcher, but Wooten has some pop in his swing.

2010 Outlook
If Wooten doesn't perform, the Chicago Cubs won't hesitate to send him down to the minors. I just don't know if The Chicago Cubs 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
2000 WAS 53 42 37 41 57 53 50 52 49 69 0 0 57 0 0 0 25 0 Overhand Low Minors 1 11 33 43 153
2001 WAS 62 43 41 45 57 53 50 52 49 79 0 0 73 0 0 0 26 0 Overhand Low Minors 0 0 6 46 209
2002 MON 62 48 46 45 57 53 50 52 49 87 0 0 83 0 0 0 27 0 Overhand Active 0 0 0 47 239
2003 MON 62 48 56 45 57 53 50 52 49 90 0 0 90 0 0 0 28 1 Overhand Active 0 0 0 47 267
2004 FLA 62 48 57 45 57 53 50 52 49 90 0 0 94 0 0 0 29 2 Overhand Active 0 0 0 47 271
2005 FLA 68 50 57 45 57 53 50 52 49 92 0 0 95 0 0 0 30 3 Overhand Active 0 0 0 47 286
2006 FLA 68 51 57 45 57 53 50 52 49 93 0 0 96 0 0 0 31 4 Overhand Active 0 0 0 47 287
2007 BAL 68 53 57 45 57 53 50 52 49 94 0 0 97 0 0 0 32 5 Overhand Active 0 0 0 47 289
2008 CHC 68 51 57 45 57 53 50 52 49 94 0 0 97 0 0 0 33 6 Overhand Active 0 0 0 47 288
2009 CHC 68 50 57 45 57 53 50 52 49 94 0 0 97 0 0 0 34 7 Overhand Active 0 0 0 47 287
2010 CHC 68 57 57 45 57 53 50 52 49 94 0 0 97 0 0 0 34 8 Overhand Active 0 0 0 47 289
Ratings Delta     +7                               +1             +2
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.