Chuck Mendoza  
Starting Pitcher | Chicago Windbags

Pitching
Mendoza likes to get hitters looking down and away, then ties them up by coming inside with hard stuff, getting a lot of groundball outs. Mendoza also has a solid changeup that he'll use at any point in the count. Mendoza 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. He's almost as effective against lefthanders as he is versus righthanders.

Defense & Hitting
His pickoff move is only fair. He tends to fall off slightly to the first-base side of the mound, making him vulnerable to bunts toward third base. He makes up for that minor flaw by being aggressive in fielding his position.

          -- Emu Nyman, AA/AAA Scout
 

 

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 VIE 70 61 30 43 54 49 53 48 50 60 63 0 48 0 0 0 20 0 Overhand Low Minors 0 0 7 34 208
2004 VIE 70 62 35 49 54 49 53 48 50 60 63 0 48 0 0 0 21 0 Overhand Low Minors 0 0 0 43 219
2005 ROM 70 62 51 55 54 49 53 48 50 60 63 0 48 0 0 0 22 0 Overhand AA/AAA 0 0 0 52 242
2006 ROM 70 62 51 55 54 49 53 48 50 60 63 0 48 0 0 0 22 0 Overhand AA/AAA 0 0 0 52 242
2007 CHI 70 62 62 58 54 49 53 48 50 63 72 0 52 0 0 0 24 0 Overhand AA/AAA 0 0 0 59 272
2008 CHI 70 62 64 66 54 49 53 48 50 63 74 0 52 0 0 0 25 0 Overhand AA/AAA 0 0 0 63 282
2009 CHI 70 62 64 66 54 49 53 48 50 65 75 0 55 0 0 0 26 0 Overhand AA/AAA 0 0 0 64 287
2010 CHI 70 62 64 66 54 49 53 48 50 65 76 0 57 0 0 0 27 0 Overhand AA/AAA 0 0 0 64 288
2011 CHI 69 62 64 66 54 49 53 48 50 66 76 0 58 0 0 0 28 0 Overhand Active 0 0 0 64 287
2012 CHI 67 62 64 66 54 49 53 48 50 66 76 0 59 0 0 0 29 0 Overhand Active 0 0 0 64 283
2013 CHI 70 62 64 66 54 49 53 48 50 67 76 0 59 0 0 0 30 1 Overhand AA/AAA 0 0 0 64 287
2014 CHI 70 62 64 66 54 49 53 48 50 67 76 0 59 0 0 0 31 2 Overhand AA/AAA 0 0 0 64 286
Ratings Delta                                   +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.