Pitching
Though Pillette can't just blow the ball by hitters, he has some giddyup on his fastball. His slider is sharp and breaks both horizontally and vertically. 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 Pillette, who isn't blessed with extraordinary self-confidence. You know, some times I think I can throw harder than Pillette, and that's saying a lot. He attacks lefties and righties with similar success.

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

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

          -- Moostard Nyman