Ed Jackson  
Relief Pitcher | Free Agents

Pitching
Jackson has to keep the ball down, especially against lefties, or he gets hit hard and often. 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. Sometimes I wish he'd just give up on throwing the changeup, it's like a BP ball! In his first taste of the majors, he has kept righthanders in check but wasn't as effective against lefties.

Defense & Hitting
He isn't especially quick off the mound but generally fields his position adequately. Jackson doesn't make much of an attempt to combat the running game. Basestealers ran at will last year. Jackson is a surpisingly good hitting pitcher. And I'm not sure you can say this about a pitcher, but Jackson has some pop in his swing. Interesting sidenote, The Free Agents have been known to use Jackson as a pinch-runner on occasion.

2014 Outlook
But if you ask me, I'll pass on Jackson.

          -- 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 MOR 86 53 27 38 52 39 51 52 46 0 52 66 49 0 0 0 22 0 Overhand Low Minors 0 0 8 42 175
2004 MOR 86 53 38 41 52 39 51 52 46 0 52 66 49 0 0 0 24 0 Overhand AA/AAA 0 0 0 54 193
2006 FA 86 53 57 45 52 39 51 52 46 0 52 66 54 0 0 0 26 0 Overhand Free Agent 0 0 0 62 232
2007 FA 86 53 58 48 52 39 51 52 46 0 52 66 54 0 0 0 27 0 Overhand Free Agent 0 0 0 65 235
2008 FA 86 53 58 49 52 39 51 52 46 0 52 66 54 0 0 0 28 0 Overhand Free Agent 0 0 0 65 234
2009 FA 85 53 58 49 52 39 51 52 46 0 52 66 54 0 0 0 29 0 Overhand Free Agent 0 0 0 65 230
2010 FA 84 53 58 49 52 39 51 52 46 0 52 66 54 0 0 0 30 0 Overhand Free Agent 0 0 0 65 226
2011 FA 84 53 58 49 52 39 51 52 46 0 52 66 54 0 0 0 31 0 Overhand Free Agent 0 0 0 65 224
2012 FA 84 53 58 49 52 39 51 52 46 0 52 66 54 0 0 0 32 0 Overhand Free Agent 0 0 0 65 222
2013 FA 83 53 58 49 52 39 51 52 46 0 52 66 54 0 0 0 33 0 Overhand Free Agent 0 0 0 65 218
2014 FA 84 51 58 48 52 39 51 52 46 0 52 66 54 0 0 0 34 0 Overhand Free Agent 0 0 0 64 216
Ratings Delta   +1 -2   -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.