Charlie Griffin  
Starting Pitcher | Free Agents

Pitching
He's a good late inning man, which is when being a pitcher really counts. Griffin can get into trouble with walks, and there's concern about him being able to maintain his stuff over the whole season. He can hit 90 MPH but is too smart to try to get his fastball past most hitters. Sometimes I wish he'd just give up on throwing the changeup, it's like a BP ball! He attacks lefties and righties with similar success. He absolutely loves playing before the hometown crowd.

Defense & Hitting
He's reasonably quick to the plate but needs to vary his pickoff moves. Good baserunners appeared to time him last year. He isn't especially quick off the mound but generally fields his position adequately. Griffin is a surpisingly good hitting pitcher. And I'm not sure you can say this about a pitcher, but Griffin has some pop in his swing. Interesting sidenote, The Free Agents have been known to use Griffin 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 TOR 99 83 77 73 48 45 57 48 55 47 50 61 0 61 0 0 26 4 Overhand Active 0 0 0 51 386
2004 TOR 99 83 77 73 48 45 57 48 55 47 50 61 0 61 0 0 28 5 Overhand Active 0 0 0 51 383
2005 TOR 99 83 77 73 48 45 57 48 55 47 50 61 0 61 0 0 29 7 Overhand DL 0 1 0 51 383
2006 TOR 99 83 77 73 48 45 57 48 55 47 50 61 0 61 0 0 29 7 Overhand DL 0 1 0 51 383
2008 TOR 99 82 77 73 48 45 57 48 55 47 51 61 0 62 0 0 32 9 Overhand Active 0 0 0 51 380
2009 TOR 99 82 77 73 48 45 57 48 55 47 51 61 0 62 0 0 33 10 Overhand AA/AAA 0 0 0 51 379
2010 TOR 97 81 77 73 48 45 57 48 55 47 52 61 0 62 0 0 34 11 Overhand AA/AAA 0 0 0 50 375
2011 TOR 99 81 77 73 48 45 57 48 55 47 52 61 0 62 0 0 35 12 Overhand Active 0 0 0 51 377
2012 TOR 96 78 77 72 48 45 57 48 55 47 52 61 0 62 0 0 36 13 Overhand Active 0 0 0 51 368
2013 FA 95 76 77 72 48 45 57 48 55 47 52 61 0 62 0 0 37 14 Overhand Free Agent 0 0 0 51 363
2014 FA 92 75 74 70 48 45 57 48 55 47 52 61 0 62 0 0 37 15 Overhand Free Agent 0 0 0 48 354
Ratings Delta   -3 -1 -3 -2                           +1           -3 -9
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.