Roy Oswalt, RHP, starter

Oswalt is the ultimate "drop and drive" pitcher. He uses his legs to get the most out of his slight frame. His fastball just explodes out of his compact delivery. Oswalt's slider is very short and tight in the mid-upper 80s. He will often attempt to backdoor LHs with it. He throws a changeup that sinks when kept down, otherwise it will float into home plate. Oswalt's signature pitch is his 12-6 curveball that he can vary the velocity on. He can throw it in the upper 70s and hard, or will often slow it down into the 60s to give it huge break. In the past, Oswalt has experimented with a split-finger pitch, but I haven't seen this offering in 2008. 7/25/08 CSJ *fastball(90-96), curve(66-80), slider(83-87), changeup(81-83)

Wesley Wright, LHP, reliever
	Wesley is a young lefty. He shows a live arm that produces a low-90s fastball and sweeping slider. He has shown me a slow curveball as well. So far in 2008, Wesley has produced good K totals, but still needs to work on his command. 7/25/08 CSJ *fastball(90-93), slider(82-86), curve(77-78)

Doug Brocail, RHP, reliever

Brocail seems to have refined his repertoire down to his hard fastball and hard breaking curveball. Depending on what is working in the bullpen, he will also show his tight slider and changeup. Brocail was a 1st round draft pick in 1986, never quite made it big, but has kept himself in the majors by becoming one of the more reliable relief pitchers in baseball. 7/1/08 CSJ *fastball(91-94), curve(77-80), slider(88)

Jose Valverde, RHP, closer

Valverde is basically a fastball/splitter pitcher. He shows his split grip at the bottom of his arm circle. Sometimes his splitter will dive, and sometimes it will just float in like a changeup. He experimented with a cutter in 2007 and used to throw some sliders. Valverde's fastball will often sail out of control towards home plate, making for many nervous nights closing games. 7/1/08 CSJ *fastball(94-98), splitter(83-86)

Wandy Rodriguez, LHP, starter
	Rodriguez is a simple 3-pitch pitcher. He throws a big curve between 72-78, a straight changeup in the low 80s, and a straight fastball in the upper 80s. Wandy was also a member of the 2007 Caribbean Series champion Aguilas Cibaenas. 7/25/08 CSJ *fastball(86-90), curve(72-78), changeup(81-85)

Tim Byrdak, LHP, reliever
	Byrdak is fastball/slider lefty. His fastball is fairly straight, while his slider sweeps across the hitting zone. Byrdak also uses the standard strategy of throwing his changeup to RHs. 7/25/08 CSJ *fastball(88-92), slider(81-86), changeup(79-82)

Chris Sampson, RHP, reliever
	Sampson has a good looking curveball that he can drop in for strikes. He also throws lots of sliders. However, his moving fastball doesn't appear good enough to throw quality major league innings. 8/11/08 CSJ *fastball(87-91), slider(81-84), curve(77-79), changeup(83)

Geoff Geary, RHP, reliever
	Geary is effective by mixing his slider. He can vary it between 80-85mph, sometimes giving it more drop. He also has a changeup, and will show that occasionally. 7/25/08 CSJ *fastball(90-93), slider(81-83), changeup(85)

Oscar Villarreal, RHP, reliever

Villarreal has average stuff and will try anything to get an out. He sinks his 90mph fastball and throws a tight slider. He mixes in a lot of moving changeups and even shows a 12-6 curveball. His goal seems to be to avoid contact, and in doing so he'd rather walk a batter than give in. Oscar will even drop down his release point at times. 7/25/08 CSJ *fastball(88-92), slider(84-86), changeup(84-86), curve(79-80)

Brandon Backe, RHP, starter

Backe is a hard thrower, bringing a moving low-90s fastballs to the mound. He throws a standard curveball that moves in a 12-6 fashion and he'll show a changeup to LHs. Backe's best pitches are his two different hard breaking balls. He'll throw lots of tight spinners in the upper-80s that I'll call cutters. He'll use this pitch inside to LHs often, and even use it away from RHs. Backe will then throw a standard slider in the low-80s, predominately away from RHs. Unfortunately, Backe's positive stuff hasn't yielded any results yet. 8/5/08 CSJ *fastball(85-93), cutter(85-90), curve(68-79), slider(81-85), changeup(78-82)

LaTroy Hawkins, RHP, reliever

LaTroy Hawkins has a complete repertoire. He has decent velocity, throws four different pitches, and has good command. LaTroy's fastball is solid, sitting in the low-90s. His slider is short and tight, a pitch he added while with the Cubs. His changeup used to be his best pitch during his two dominant years in Minnesota. Lastly, Hawkins will throw a hard curveball that gets big drop. 4/3/08 CSJ *fastball(89-97), slider(85-90), changeup(79-88), curve(78-83)

Randy Wolf, LHP, starter

Wolf throws the standard four pitches. He has a straight fastball that he'll use most of the time. He's not afraid to pitch inside, even though his velocity makes pitching inside difficult. He drop in very slow "lollypop" curveballs, a straight change, and a soft slider. No surprizes here, but somehow he can be an effective starting pitcher. 7/29/08 CSJ *fastball(85-90), curve(64-68), slider(77-82), changeup(76-77)

Shawn Chacon, RHP, starter/reliever

Chacon has had an up and down career. In 2004, he posted 35 saves for Colorado despite having an ERA over 7.00 and a WHIP around 2.00. He also had a successful stint as a fill-in Yankees starter in 2005. He'll throw lots of moving fastballs and sliders, while mixing in a slow curve and changeup. He also throws lots of cutters, a pitch he'll heavily rely on at times. 7/1/07 CSJ *fastball(87-90), cutter(86-89), curve(75-78), slider(80-85), changeup(82)