Cleophus Hakanson  
Relief Pitcher | Free Agents

Pitching
Hakanson likes to get hitters looking down and away, then ties them up by coming inside with hard stuff, getting a lot of groundball outs. Though Hakanson can't just blow the ball by hitters, he has some giddyup on his fastball. He has an above-average changeup and the ability to throw from a variety of arm angles. The Free Agents 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. Steals sometimes unnerve Hakanson, who isn't blessed with extraordinary self-confidence. You know, some times I think I can throw harder than Hakanson, and that's saying a lot. He attacks lefties and righties with similar success.

Defense & Hitting
Hakanson has an impressive presence on the mound, always taking an aggressive posture. He doesn't have much of a pickoff move and he's slow getting the ball to home plate out of the set position. Hakanson is a surpisingly good hitting pitcher. And I'm not sure you can say this about a pitcher, but Hakanson has some pop in his swing. Interesting sidenote, The Free Agents have been known to use Hakanson as a pinch-runner on occasion.

2014 Outlook
I just don't know if The Free Agents 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
2005 NOR 66 49 26 34 55 43 47 45 48 75 53 0 0 0 0 0 21 0 Overhand Low Minors 0 4 42 64 164
2006 NOR 66 49 26 34 55 43 47 45 48 75 53 0 0 0 0 0 21 0 Overhand Low Minors 0 4 42 64 164
2007 FA 66 49 47 42 55 43 47 45 48 83 64 0 0 0 0 0 23 0 Overhand Free Agent 0 0 0 70 228
2008 FA 66 49 52 43 55 43 47 45 48 83 64 0 0 0 0 0 24 0 Overhand Free Agent 0 1 0 70 236
2009 FA 66 49 58 45 55 43 47 45 48 83 64 0 0 0 0 0 25 0 Overhand Free Agent 0 1 0 70 247
2010 FA 66 49 64 46 55 43 47 45 48 83 64 0 0 0 0 0 26 0 Overhand Free Agent 0 2 0 70 257
2011 FA 66 49 66 49 55 43 47 45 48 83 64 0 0 0 0 0 27 0 Overhand Free Agent 0 2 0 70 261
2012 PIT 66 49 66 51 55 43 47 45 48 83 64 0 0 0 0 0 28 0 Overhand Active 0 2 0 70 261
2013 FA 66 49 66 53 55 43 47 45 48 85 70 0 0 0 0 0 29 1 Overhand Free Agent 0 0 0 70 271
2014 FA 64 49 66 53 55 43 47 45 48 85 70 0 0 0 0 0 29 2 Overhand Free Agent 0 0 0 70 268
Ratings Delta   -2                                 +1             -3
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.