Scott Kazmir, LHP, starter Sponsor this player for $50/year Kazmir has a common repertoire but has shown excellent stuff in his young career. He's not afraid to throw inside, especially with his plus fastball. Kazmir used to live between 92-95 mph, but I haven't seen him touch 93 mph yet in 2009. This could be a bad sign for him. Kazmir likes to use the fastball to put batters on their heels before spinning his slider, or fading his changeup away. Kazmir prefers to use the slider against LHs and the changeup against RHs. The young Kazmir has already lead the American League in strikeouts and once threw four consecutive no-hitters in high school. 5/1/09 CSJ *fastball(88-92), slider(79-82), changeup(75-80)

Dan Wheeler, RHP, reliever Sponsor this player for $25/year Wheeler has never had dominant velocity, but is still able to produce as a setup man every year. He has a 90 MPH moving fastball and mixes in lots of breaking balls. He's currently throwing a slider around 83 MPH that gets some lateral movement. Dan is also throwing a curveball in the upper-70s that gets more drop. The former Met and Astro will occasionally mix in split-fingers to LHs, a pitch that can drop under bats. In the past, Wheeler experimented with cutters and changeups, and might still try anything at any time. Wheeler is hittable and prone to allowing the long ball. 6/26/09 CSJ *fastball(87-91), slider(82-86), curve(76-79), splitter(80-84), changeup, cutter

Andy Sonnanstine, RHP, starter Sponsor this player for $35/year Sonnanstine uses a cutter as his primary fastball pitch, mixing in the occasional 2-seamer. Both of these pitches come in at approximately the same velocity, around the mid-upper 80s. Sonnanstine will throw the cutter over the top, giving it a slight drop, or drop his arm angle down to 3/4 which gives the pitch some horizontal movement. Andy will also use a standard slider, a slow 12-6 curveball and a sinking changeup. Sonnanstine has the ability to throw strikes with all his pitches, which keeps his walk totals extremely low and keeps himself in games. 5/4/09 CSJ *fastball(86-90), cutter(85-90), curveball(69-75), changeup(81-82), slider(78-82)

Troy Percival, RHP, closer Sponsor this player for $40/year Percival still throws hard, bringing his fastball in the low-90s out of a powerful delivery. Troy still has his signature curveball, a pitch that used to be unhittable. Percival does have a changeup, and this time around he is using it quite often to LHs. He is also mixing in a tight slider that I don't recall from his glory years. 5/4/09 CSJ *fastball(89-94), curve(75-78), changeup(82-85), slider

Lance Cormier, RHP, reliever Sponsor this player for $15/year Cormier is a fastball/cutter pitcher. He throws a 90 MPH fastball and an 89 MPH cutter off of it. The cutter can induce weak groundballs from both LHs and RHs. Cormier deals a 12-6 curveball and has shown a sinking changeup at times. 6/26/09 CSJ *fastball(88-92), cutter(86-89), curve(76-79), changeup

Brian Shouse, LHP, reliever Sponsor this player for $15/year Your typical sidearming lefty, Shouse has low velocity. His fastball doesn't usually break 80 MPH, but it has strange sinking action. His slider sweeps way across the plate, getting LH hitters to wave at it. He also has a changeup, but throws it exclusively to RHs in rare occasions. 5/1/09 CSJ *sinker(78-81), slider(71-75), changeup

Chad Bradford, RHP, reliever Sponsor this player for $25/year Bradford has a very low sidearm delivery. His fastball barely touches 80mph, but since his hand almost scrapes the mound at his release point, hitters find him difficult to pick up. He also throws a sweeping slider and shows a changeup. 6/18/08 CSJ *fastball(79-82), slider(66-69), changeup(73-75)

Winston Abreu, RHP, reliever Sponsor this player for $10/year Winston has a good arm that produces a low-mid 90s fastball. Unfortunately, his slider is perpetually hanging and he hasn't been able to come up with a decent off-speed pitch either. 6/19/09 CSJ *fastball(90-95), slider(82-88), changeup

Jason Isringhausen, RHP, reliever Sponsor this player for $10/year Isringhausen is a fastball/cutter pitcher. He likes to work his fastball away to LH and then bust his cutter inside. He'll also use his cutter away to RH, or even try to backdoor it. He has fairly good control and will also drop his big curveball to try and get Ks. Lastly, Jason attempts a rare changeup. 7/30/08 CSJ *fastball(91-93), cutter(86-88), curve(78-79), changeup

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James Shields, RHP, starter Sponsor this player for $50/year Shields has been a great surprize for the Rays over the last two years, quickly turning into one of the best pitchers in baseball. He throws hard, mixing his 90+mph fastball with a razorblade cutter that breaks bats. However, Shields' money pitch is his sinking changeup, a pitch that has become one of the best in the game. James also throws a big curveball with good command, making him a true four-pitch pitcher. 10/21/08 CSJ *fastball(90-94), changeup(80-85), cutter(87-91), curve(76-77)

Matt Garza, RHP, starter Sponsor this player for $50/year Garza has the stuff to be one of the next great starting pitchers in baseball. He'll throw a hard fastball in the mid 90s to go with his two breaking balls. First, he has a plus slider in the low to mid 80s that gets good drop. It usually looks like a hard curve. Second, he'll slow that pitch down considerably into the low to mid 70s, making a 12 to 6 curveball. Garza's improving fourth pitch is a straight changeup in the low 80s. 5/4/09 CSJ *fastball(90-95), slider(84-88), curve(73-78), changeup(82-85)

J.P. Howell, LHP, reliever Sponsor this player for $25/year Howell gets a lot of movement on all his pitches. His fastball sinks, tails, and/or cuts on its way to the plate. It only reaches about 88 MPH but looks much faster these days. He mixes in a changeup that he tends to overthrow and it ends up only about 5 MPH slower than the fastball. Howell's breaking ball is in the upper-70s and may touch the low-80s. It has become a real weapon against all hitters, especially LHs. The improvement of Howell's stuff after 2007 is dramatic. 6/26/09 CSJ *fastball(84-88), curve(77-82), changeup(76-81)

Grant Balfour, RHP, reliever Sponsor this player for $25/year Balfour is an intense dude. He throws hard, challenges hitters, and swears at himself on the mound even if things are going well. He owns a tight slider and a curveball, but he will go multiple outings without throwing anything but fastballs. 5/4/09 CSJ *fastball(91-96), curve(79-83), slider(84-87), changeup

David Price, LHP, starter/reliever Sponsor this player for $40/year The 2007 #1 overall pick, David Price has reached the major leagues in his first season of professional baseball. Price dominated the NCAA ranks with his mid-90s fastball and tight slider, two pitches that have easily translated into the pro game. David has been working on his changeup for years, and is still in the development stage with it. 10/13/08 CSJ *fastball(94-95), slider(88-90), changeup

Joe Nelson, RHP, reliever Sponsor this player for $20/year Nelson always seems to be battling back from injuries, having had both TJ and shoulder surgeries. He has always posted good minor league numbers as a reliever, and even served as Kansas City's closer for part of '06. As far as his stuff, he brings a low-90s fastball that gets some sink. Then he drops in a 'vulcan' changeup. He has shown breaking balls in the past, but usually relies on his fastball/changeup combo. 5/4/09 CSJ *fastball(86-92), changeup(77-82), slider(85)

Jeff Niemann, RHP, starter Sponsor this player for $25/year Niemann is a big man and he throws hard. He has a low-90s fastball that gets some arm side run. Jeff will mix in low-80s sliders and mid-70s curves as secondary pitches. Both breaking balls are fairly standard and his overall command is lacking. Niemann likely uses a changeup to LHs on occasion, I just haven't seen it yet. 5/27/09 CSJ *fastball(88-95), slider(81-84), curve(74-78), changeup(83-84)

Jeff Bennett, RHP, reliever Sponsor this player for $10/year Jeff Bennett, the former flat-brimmed, flame-throwing Milwaukee right-hander has battled back from elbow surgery to pitch for the Braves. His old smoke slowly returned in '08, and he is now dealing a hard 4-seamer and a sharp slider. Bennett has also shown a changeup to LHs, but those are rare these days. 5/14/09 CSJ *fastball(90-95), slider(83-87), changeup(82-83)

Russ Springer, RHP, reliever Sponsor this player for $10/year Springer has a good fastball that bores in on RHs, however, his best pitch is an excellent cutter. The cutter breaks short and hard in the 80s, busting LH's bats. Springer throws his 12-6 curveball away, looking for swings and misses. In the past Springer has shown a rare changeup, but I didn't seen one in 2008. 7/31/09 CSJ *fastball(88-94), curve(75-79), cutter(83-87), changeup