John Klesko  
Starting Pitcher | Free Agents

Pitching
Klesko can get into trouble with walks, and there's concern about him being able to maintain his stuff over the whole season. Because he can't overpower hitters, Klesko has to fool them instead. Sometimes I wish he'd just give up on throwing the changeup, it's like a BP ball! This man owns lefties. Put it this way, if your lineup is full of them, you might want rethink your lineup.

Defense & Hitting
His slow delivery makes him fairly easy to steal upon, but Klesko helps himself by holding runners with throws to first, and with slide steps and varied deliveries to home. Klesko is nothing special in the field. Klesko is a surpisingly good hitting pitcher. And I'm not sure you can say this about a pitcher, but Klesko has some pop in his swing. Interesting sidenote, The Free Agents have been known to use Klesko 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 MIA 78 83 44 49 47 60 46 50 53 57 49 0 54 54 0 0 24 0 Overhand Low Minors 0 0 7 51 310
2004 MIA 77 83 58 51 47 60 46 50 53 57 49 0 54 61 0 0 25 0 Overhand Low Minors 0 0 0 57 335
2005 MIA 77 83 87 56 47 60 46 50 53 57 49 0 54 61 0 0 26 0 Overhand Low Minors 0 1 1 62 372
2006 MIA 77 83 87 56 47 60 46 50 53 57 49 0 54 61 0 0 26 0 Overhand Low Minors 0 1 1 62 372
2007 MIA 78 83 87 58 47 60 46 50 53 57 50 0 54 61 0 0 28 1 Overhand Active 0 0 0 62 374
2008 MIA 77 83 87 58 47 60 46 50 53 57 51 0 54 61 0 0 29 2 Overhand AA/AAA 0 0 0 62 373
2009 PIT 77 83 87 58 47 60 46 50 53 57 51 0 54 61 0 0 30 3 Overhand AA/AAA 0 0 0 62 372
2010 PIT 77 83 87 58 47 60 46 50 53 57 51 0 54 61 0 0 31 4 Overhand AA/AAA 0 0 0 62 371
2011 PIT 77 83 87 58 47 60 46 50 53 57 51 0 54 61 0 0 32 5 Overhand Active 0 0 0 62 370
2012 FA 77 83 87 58 47 60 46 50 53 57 51 0 54 64 0 0 33 6 Overhand Free Agent 0 0 0 62 373
2013 FA 75 83 87 56 47 60 46 50 53 57 51 0 54 64 0 0 34 7 Overhand Free Agent 0 0 0 62 367
2014 FA 75 83 86 57 47 60 46 50 53 57 51 0 54 64 0 0 35 8 Overhand Free Agent 0 0 0 62 366
Ratings Delta       -1 +1                         +1 +1             -1
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.