Jim Caster  
Starting Pitcher | Free Agents

Pitching
A groundball pitcher, Caster needs to have sharp command to succeed. Caster 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. Caster also has a decent changeup. His pitches lose some movement when he pitches from the stretch position. He attacks lefties and righties the same way.

Defense & Hitting
Caster does an average job of holding runners. Caster is nothing special in the field. Caster is a surpisingly good hitting pitcher. And I'm not sure you can say this about a pitcher, but Caster has some pop in his swing. Interesting sidenote, The Free Agents have been known to use Caster as a pinch-runner on occasion.

2014 Outlook
It's really a shame he hasn't caught on somewhere. He might be a decent addition to someone's bench.

          -- 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
2003 NEW 79 74 41 54 56 50 44 46 49 57 54 0 43 39 0 0 21 0 Overhand Low Minors 0 0 6 35 292
2004 NOR 79 74 49 57 56 50 44 46 49 61 54 0 43 39 0 0 22 0 Overhand Low Minors 0 0 0 38 307
2005 SJ 79 74 68 65 56 50 44 46 49 61 60 0 43 39 0 0 23 0 Overhand AA/AAA 0 1 0 43 343
2006 SJ 79 74 68 65 56 50 44 46 49 61 60 0 43 39 0 0 23 0 Overhand AA/AAA 0 1 0 43 343
2007 SJ 79 74 85 69 56 50 44 46 49 61 60 0 43 46 0 0 25 0 Overhand Active 0 0 0 48 372
2008 SJ 79 74 85 72 56 50 44 46 49 61 60 0 43 46 0 0 26 1 Overhand Active 0 0 0 54 374
2009 SJ 79 74 85 75 56 50 44 46 49 61 60 0 43 50 0 0 27 2 Overhand Active 0 0 0 57 382
2010 SJ 79 74 85 76 56 50 44 46 49 63 60 0 43 50 0 0 28 3 Overhand Active 0 0 0 58 384
2011 SJ 79 74 85 76 56 50 44 46 49 63 63 0 43 50 0 0 29 4 Overhand AA/AAA 0 0 0 58 386
2012 FA 79 74 85 76 56 50 44 46 49 63 63 0 43 53 0 0 30 5 Overhand Free Agent 0 0 0 58 389
2013 FA 79 73 85 76 56 50 44 46 49 63 63 0 43 53 0 0 31 6 Overhand Free Agent 0 1 0 58 387
2014 FA 79 72 85 76 56 50 44 46 49 63 63 0 43 53 0 0 32 7 Overhand Free Agent 0 1 0 58 385
Ratings Delta     -1                             +1 +1             -2
History generated by Biorhythm v2.6.86 on Tue May 10 16:22:47 EDT 2005

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.