Steve Hayworth  
Starting Pitcher | Free Agents

Pitching
He's a pretty good ground-ball pitcher, which I like because ground balls stay in the park. Hayworth 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. Sometimes I wish he'd just give up on throwing the changeup, it's like a BP ball! He attacks lefties and righties the same way.

Defense & Hitting
Though he lacks a good pickoff move, he checks the running game with a compact stretch delivery. He isn't especially quick off the mound but generally fields his position adequately. Hayworth is a surpisingly good hitting pitcher. And I'm not sure you can say this about a pitcher, but Hayworth has some pop in his swing. Interesting sidenote, The Free Agents have been known to use Hayworth 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 MOS 90 80 60 47 54 50 50 50 50 54 51 40 49 0 0 0 23 0 Overhand AA/AAA 0 0 0 38 295
2004 MOS 90 80 76 50 54 50 50 50 50 54 51 40 49 0 0 0 25 0 Overhand Active 0 0 0 42 313
2005 MOS 91 82 86 56 54 50 50 50 50 54 51 40 49 0 0 0 26 2 Overhand Active 0 1 0 49 335
2006 MOS 91 82 86 56 54 50 50 50 50 54 51 40 49 0 0 0 26 2 Overhand Active 0 1 0 49 335
2007 SAN 91 82 86 59 54 50 50 50 50 55 51 40 56 0 0 0 28 3 Overhand Active 0 0 0 51 342
2008 SAN 91 82 86 60 54 50 50 50 50 55 51 43 56 0 0 0 29 4 Overhand AA/AAA 0 0 0 52 344
2009 PIT 91 82 86 61 54 50 50 50 50 55 52 43 56 0 0 0 30 5 Overhand Active 0 0 0 54 345
2010 PIT 91 82 86 61 54 50 50 50 50 56 52 43 56 0 0 0 31 6 Overhand Active 0 0 0 55 346
2011 PIT 90 82 86 61 54 50 50 50 50 56 52 43 60 0 0 0 32 7 Overhand AA/AAA 0 0 0 55 347
2012 FA 88 81 86 61 54 50 50 50 50 56 52 43 63 0 0 0 33 8 Overhand Free Agent 0 0 0 55 345
2013 FA 88 81 86 61 54 50 50 50 50 56 52 43 63 0 0 0 34 9 Overhand Free Agent 0 0 0 54 344
2014 FA 88 80 86 61 54 50 50 50 50 56 52 43 63 0 0 0 35 10 Overhand Free Agent 0 0 0 54 342
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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.