Lester Claypool  
Starting Pitcher | Houston RedNexx

Pitching
He's got a really stong arm, so he can blow it by you on occasion. Claypool can get into trouble with walks, and there's concern about him being able to maintain his stuff over the whole season. His fastball is just average, and therefore he relies heavily on placing it in different parts of the strike zone or setting it up with his curveball. Sometimes I wish he'd just give up on throwing the changeup, it's like a BP ball! He's almost as effective against lefthanders as he is versus righthanders.

Defense & Hitting
His pickoff move is only fair. He isn't especially quick off the mound but generally fields his position adequately. Claypool is a surpisingly good hitting pitcher. And I'm not sure you can say this about a pitcher, but Claypool has some pop in his swing. Interesting sidenote, The Houston RedNexx have been known to use Claypool as a pinch-runner on occasion.

2014 Outlook
I really like what this guy brings to the table.

          -- 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 CAR 99 82 78 73 48 48 55 52 49 60 50 0 67 71 0 0 25 4 Overhand Active 0 0 0 62 441
2004 CAR 99 82 78 73 48 48 55 52 49 60 50 0 67 73 0 0 26 5 Overhand Active 0 0 0 62 443
2005 STO 99 82 78 73 48 48 55 52 49 60 50 0 67 74 0 0 28 7 Overhand Active 0 1 0 62 442
2006 STO 99 82 78 73 48 48 55 52 49 60 50 0 67 74 0 0 28 7 Overhand Active 0 1 0 62 442
2007 ATL 98 82 78 73 48 48 55 52 49 60 50 0 67 74 0 0 29 8 Overhand Active 0 0 0 62 440
2008 ATL 98 81 78 73 48 48 55 52 49 60 50 0 67 75 0 0 30 9 Overhand Active 0 0 0 62 439
2009 ATL 98 81 78 73 48 48 55 52 49 60 50 0 67 75 0 0 31 10 Overhand Active 0 0 0 62 438
2010 ATL 99 79 78 73 48 48 55 52 49 60 50 0 67 75 0 0 32 11 Overhand Active 0 0 0 62 436
2011 ATL 98 78 78 73 48 48 55 52 49 60 50 0 67 75 0 0 33 12 Overhand Active 0 0 0 62 432
2012 ATL 99 77 78 72 48 48 55 52 49 60 50 0 67 75 0 0 34 13 Overhand Active 0 0 0 61 430
2013 ATL 99 77 78 73 48 48 55 52 49 60 50 0 67 75 0 0 35 14 Overhand Active 0 0 0 60 430
2014 HOU 98 77 78 72 48 48 55 52 49 60 50 0 67 75 0 0 36 15 Overhand Active 0 0 0 58 427
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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.