Turk Casso  
Relief Pitcher | Retired or Inactive Players

Pitching
His curveball is solid; he throws it better than your average reliever. Casso has to keep the ball down, especially against lefties, or he gets hit hard and often. He walks too many hitters and throws too many pitches. He tends to work slowly when in a jam, which just makes his problems worse by lulling his fielders to sleep. You know, some times I think I can throw harder than Casso, and that's saying a lot. In his first taste of the majors, he has kept righthanders in check but wasn't as effective against lefties.

Defense & Hitting
His slow delivery makes him fairly easy to steal upon, but Casso helps himself by holding runners with throws to first, and with slide steps and varied deliveries to home. Casso seems distracted after his delivery. He's sometimes out of position, fails to cover a base or doesn't back up throws. Casso is a surpisingly good hitting pitcher. And I'm not sure you can say this about a pitcher, but Casso has some pop in his swing. Interesting sidenote, The Retired or Inactive Players have been known to use Casso as a pinch-runner on occasion.

2025 Outlook
But if you ask me, I'll pass on Casso.

          -- Moostard Nyman

 

Player Skills Yearly Scouting Report Cards
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
2001 FA 50 54 46 62 51 41 48 46 46 0 0 61 0 84 0 0 26 0 Overhand Free Agent 1 11 41 44 154
2002 RED 50 56 61 65 51 41 48 46 46 0 0 61 0 84 0 0 27 0 Overhand Active 0 0 7 46 183
2003 LED 50 56 61 66 51 41 48 46 46 0 0 67 0 84 0 0 28 1 Overhand Active 0 0 0 49 188
2004 LED 50 56 61 66 51 41 48 46 46 0 0 71 0 84 0 0 29 2 Overhand AA/AAA 0 0 0 51 191
2005 LED 49 56 61 66 51 41 48 46 46 0 0 73 0 84 0 0 30 3 Overhand AA/AAA 0 0 0 55 190
2006 CHA 50 56 61 66 51 41 48 46 46 0 0 74 0 84 0 0 31 4 Overhand Active 0 0 0 55 191
2007 MOO 50 55 61 66 51 41 48 46 46 0 0 74 0 85 0 0 32 5 Overhand AA/AAA 0 0 0 55 191
2008 MOO 50 56 61 66 51 41 48 46 46 0 0 74 0 85 0 0 33 6 Overhand AA/AAA 0 0 0 55 190
2009 MOO 50 56 61 66 51 41 48 46 46 0 0 74 0 85 0 0 34 7 Overhand Active 0 0 0 55 189
2010 MOO 50 56 61 66 51 41 48 46 46 0 0 74 0 85 0 0 35 8 Overhand AA/AAA 0 0 0 55 188
2011 MOO 49 56 61 66 51 41 48 46 46 0 0 74 0 85 0 0 36 9 Overhand Active 0 0 0 55 186
2012 MOO 50 55 61 66 51 41 48 46 46 0 0 74 0 85 0 0 37 10 Overhand Active 0 0 0 53 186
2013 MOO 50 53 61 66 51 41 48 46 46 0 0 74 0 85 0 0 38 11 Overhand Active 0 0 0 55 185
2014 MOO 50 56 61 66 51 41 48 46 46 0 0 74 0 85 0 0 39 12 Overhand AA/AAA 0 0 0 53 184
2015 MOO 48 56 61 66 51 41 48 46 46 0 0 74 0 85 0 0 40 13 Overhand AA/AAA 0 0 0 53 180
2016 MOO 48 54 61 66 51 41 48 46 46 0 0 74 0 85 0 0 41 14 Overhand AA/AAA 0 0 0 52 178
Ratings Delta   -2                             +1 +1           -1 -2

CBL Collegiate League Yearly Statistical Records
Year Age Team W L Sv Hld G GS QS CG IP AIP H HR BB SO IR IRS K/9 K/BB Whip Avg Slg LHB RHB ERA
Totals     0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00

CBL Pioneer League Yearly Statistical Records
Year Age Team W L Sv Hld G GS QS CG IP AIP H HR BB SO IR IRS K/9 K/BB Whip Avg Slg LHB RHB ERA
2001 26 PPEX 8 2 2 14 70 0 0 0 135.2 2.0 107 14 64 167 42 7 11.12 2.61 1.26 .213 .343 .207 .217 2.32
2007 32 PBAN 0 0 0 1 9 0 0 0 9.1 1.0 8 2 2 6 0 0 5.93 3.00 1.10 .229 .429 .167 .294 1.93
2011 36 PBAN 5 3 3 0 36 0 0 0 103.1 3.0 91 4 18 101 26 7 8.82 5.61 1.06 .227 .309 .263 .198 2.00
2015 40 PBAN 10 4 0 0 17 17 14 1 109.2 6.1 101 9 19 71 0 0 5.85 3.74 1.10 .240 .355 .276 .216 2.05
2016 41 PBAN 6 2 2 4 65 0 0 0 143.1 2.1 142 19 32 119 33 5 7.48 3.72 1.22 .253 .398 .251 .255 3.33
Totals     29 11 7 19 197 17 14 1 501.1 2.2 449 48 135 464 101 19 8.33 3.44 1.17 .234 .356 .247 .225 2.48

CBL Major League Yearly Statistical Records
Year Age Team W L Sv Hld G GS QS CG IP AIP H HR BB SO IR IRS K/9 K/BB Whip Avg Slg LHB RHB ERA
2002 27 RED 0 0 0 2 19 0 0 0 25.1 1.1 17 3 4 18 5 0 6.45 4.50 0.84 .185 .326 .242 .153 3.20
2003 28 LED 3 3 4 12 50 0 0 0 73.2 1.1 41 11 25 54 17 6 6.64 2.16 0.90 .158 .313 .173 .148 3.05
2004 29 LED 2 4 3 4 14 0 0 0 19.1 1.1 22 6 5 13 5 2 6.13 2.60 1.41 .278 .570 .355 .229 6.05
2006 31 CHA 3 4 2 2 27 0 0 0 40 1.1 38 9 10 30 16 1 6.75 3.00 1.20 .247 .500 .281 .222 5.85
2007 32 MOO 1 1 0 0 7 0 0 0 30.2 4.1 39 12 9 10 2 0 2.98 1.11 1.59 .310 .659 .333 .281 8.22
2008 33 MOO 3 3 0 8 59 0 0 0 111.1 2.0 99 18 23 59 18 1 4.78 2.57 1.10 .232 .401 .268 .202 3.15
2009 34 MOO 5 1 1 9 52 0 0 0 87.2 1.2 77 13 18 46 16 3 4.75 2.56 1.09 .233 .388 .260 .217 2.77
2010 35 MOO 2 1 1 2 32 0 0 0 49.1 1.2 55 15 9 23 8 3 4.22 2.56 1.30 .279 .574 .306 .264 5.84
2011 36 MOO 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1.1 1.1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 0.00 .000 .000 .000 .000 0.00
2012 37 MOO 4 0 1 2 47 0 0 0 62 1.1 67 14 12 33 11 5 4.79 2.75 1.27 .270 .484 .325 .242 4.50
2013 38 MOO 0 0 0 0 7 0 0 0 7 1.0 9 0 2 6 2 1 7.71 3.00 1.57 .346 .423 .364 .333 2.57
2014 39 MOO 0 0 1 0 7 0 0 0 11 1.2 15 3 3 6 0 0 4.91 2.00 1.64 .313 .563 .429 .222 8.18
Totals     23 17 13 41 322 0 0 0 518.2 1.2 479 104 120 298 100 22 5.18 2.48 1.16 .241 .446 .278 .220 4.76

Transfer History for Turk Casso
Date Transferred with Casso To New Club In Exchange For To Old Club
June 8 2006 Derrell Hoke
Ernan Pratcher
Auburn Reinecke
Mackey Ciraolo
Demonte Mikula
Charlottetown Blues Ravon Stansel
Pete Eagan
1st Rd 2006 - 12th pick
2nd Rd 2006 - Moose Jaws - 51st pick
3rd Rd 2006 - 68th pick
Leduc Grizzlies
July 27 2007 Derrell Hoke
Carrol Boullion
Ernan Pratcher
Moose Jaw Dragons Jessie Chol
Rubin Kostick
1st Rd 2008 (24th pick)
2nd Rd 2008 (52nd pick)
Charlottetown Blues

Turk Casso's Comparable Players
Player Names
Tripp Prato 99.1% Cedrick Moorman 94.1% Otho Carthon 94.0% Bump Mangual 92.2% Russ Oliver 90.4%

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