Oscar Pollet  
Starting Pitcher | Free Agents

Pitching
Pollet can get into trouble with walks, and there's concern about him being able to maintain his stuff over the whole season. Pollet has to keep the ball down, especially against lefties, or he gets hit hard and often. His pitches lose some movement when he pitches from the stretch position. He can hit 90 MPH but is too smart to try to get his fastball past most hitters. Sometimes I wish he'd just give up on throwing the changeup, it's like a BP ball! Dating back to his days in the minors, Pollet has been more effective against righthanders than lefthanders.

Defense & Hitting
He's reasonably quick to the plate but needs to vary his pickoff moves. Good baserunners appeared to time him last year. He hurts himself by falling awkwardly off the mound in his follow-through, which allows too many balls to go through the middle for base hits. Pollet is a surpisingly good hitting pitcher. And I'm not sure you can say this about a pitcher, but Pollet has some pop in his swing. Interesting sidenote, The Free Agents have been known to use Pollet 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 VIE 92 75 46 49 48 41 53 46 49 55 38 0 0 41 0 64 21 0 Overhand Low Minors 0 0 6 26 292
2004 SJ 92 75 53 53 48 41 53 46 49 55 44 0 0 41 0 64 23 0 Overhand Low Minors 0 0 0 28 307
2005 SJ 92 75 72 64 48 41 53 46 49 55 44 0 0 41 0 64 24 1 Overhand Active 0 1 0 32 340
2006 SJ 92 75 72 64 48 41 53 46 49 55 44 0 0 41 0 64 24 1 Overhand Active 0 1 0 32 340
2007 SJ 91 75 76 67 48 41 53 46 49 55 49 0 0 41 0 64 26 2 Overhand AA/AAA 0 0 0 34 349
2008 FA 92 75 76 67 48 41 53 46 49 55 49 0 0 41 0 65 27 3 Overhand Free Agent 0 0 0 36 350
2009 FA 92 75 76 67 48 41 53 46 49 55 49 0 0 41 0 65 28 4 Overhand Free Agent 0 1 0 38 349
2010 FA 92 75 76 67 48 41 53 46 49 55 49 0 0 41 0 65 29 5 Overhand Free Agent 0 2 0 38 348
2011 FA 92 75 76 67 48 41 53 46 49 55 49 0 0 41 0 65 30 6 Overhand Free Agent 0 2 0 38 347
2012 FA 92 74 76 67 48 41 53 46 49 55 49 0 0 41 0 65 31 7 Overhand Free Agent 0 2 0 38 345
2013 FA 92 74 76 67 48 41 53 46 49 55 49 0 0 41 0 65 32 8 Overhand Free Agent 0 2 0 38 344
2014 FA 92 74 76 67 48 41 53 46 49 55 49 0 0 41 0 65 32 9 Overhand Free Agent 0 2 0 38 345
Ratings Delta                                     +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.