Rob Connell  
Starting Pitcher | Free Agents

Pitching
His fastball gets into the high 80s, but it's the sink that makes the pitch effective. 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. Sometimes I wish he'd just give up on throwing the changeup, it's like a BP ball! He's almost as effective against righthanders as he is versus 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. Connell is nothing special in the field. Connell is a surpisingly good hitting pitcher. And I'm not sure you can say this about a pitcher, but Connell has some pop in his swing.

2025 Outlook
I can't say I know what The Free Agents were doing locking this guy up to a long term contract. A questionable call at best. I just don't know if The Free Agents are ever going to get what they expect out of him.

          -- 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
2011 REG 67 55 19 25 49 51 47 51 52 52 42 33 0 0 0 0 19 0 Overhand Low Minors 0 0 0 28 125
2012 REG 70 57 27 28 49 51 47 51 52 60 42 41 0 0 0 0 20 0 Overhand Low Minors 0 0 0 29 167
2013 REG 73 59 32 31 49 51 47 51 52 65 48 46 0 0 0 0 21 0 Overhand Low Minors 0 0 0 31 201
2014 REG 73 61 34 33 49 51 47 51 52 68 52 49 0 0 0 0 22 0 Overhand Low Minors 0 0 0 37 180
2015 REG 74 62 39 36 49 51 47 51 52 70 54 51 0 0 0 0 23 0 Overhand Low Minors 0 0 0 39 196
2016 REG 75 62 49 46 49 51 47 51 52 70 54 51 0 0 0 0 24 0 Overhand Low Minors 0 0 0 43 217
2017 REG 75 63 55 61 49 51 47 51 52 70 56 51 0 0 0 0 25 0 Overhand Low Minors 0 0 0 47 240
2018 REG 76 65 55 69 49 51 47 51 52 71 56 51 0 0 0 0 26 0 Overhand Low Minors 0 0 0 50 251
2019 REG 76 70 55 71 49 51 47 51 52 72 57 52 0 0 0 0 27 0 Overhand Low Minors 0 0 0 52 260
2020 REG 76 71 55 74 49 51 47 51 52 73 57 52 0 0 0 0 28 0 Overhand AA/AAA 0 0 0 52 264
2021 FA 76 71 55 74 49 51 47 51 52 73 58 52 0 0 0 0 29 0 Overhand Free Agent 0 0 0 52 263
2022 CHA 76 71 55 74 49 51 47 51 52 73 58 53 0 0 0 0 30 0 Overhand AA/AAA 0 0 0 52 261
2023 FA 76 71 55 74 49 51 47 51 52 73 58 53 0 0 0 0 31 0 Overhand Free Agent 0 0 0 52 259
2024 FA 76 71 55 74 49 51 47 51 52 73 58 53 0 0 0 0 32 0 Overhand Free Agent 0 0 0 52 257
2025 FA 76 71 55 74 49 51 47 51 52 73 58 53 0 0 0 0 33 0 Overhand Free Agent 0 0 0 52 255
Ratings Delta                                 +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
2009 17 ULT 11 9 7 6 63 0 0 0 163.2 2.2 211 18 239 48 42 19 2.65 0.20 2.76 .324 .475 .298 .333 9.73
2010 18 ULT 13 10 2 6 64 0 0 0 174.2 2.2 205 37 241 46 45 16 2.38 0.19 2.56 .297 .524 .294 .298 10.9
2011 19 ULT 4 8 0 0 21 21 2 4 114 5.1 188 13 131 46 0 0 3.63 0.35 2.80 .368 .515 .390 .361 13.1
Totals     28 27 9 12 148 21 2 4 452.1 3.0 604 68 611 140 87 35 2.79 0.23 2.69 .326 .504 .324 .327 11.0

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
2012 20 PTHU 5 6 1 6 73 0 0 0 150.1 2.0 191 26 106 37 23 12 2.22 0.35 1.98 .315 .505 .350 .301 6.53
2013 21 PTHU 2 4 4 3 37 1 0 0 63.2 1.2 88 15 53 17 22 6 2.42 0.32 2.23 .326 .559 .282 .342 8.91
2014 22 PTHU 3 5 0 0 13 13 4 0 71.2 5.2 86 12 37 24 0 0 3.03 0.65 1.73 .293 .469 .222 .302 5.53
2015 23 PTHU 2 7 1 0 18 13 7 0 92.1 5.0 97 9 54 37 7 1 3.62 0.69 1.64 .272 .417 .278 .270 4.39
2016 24 PTHU 2 6 1 1 16 12 5 0 79.2 5.0 82 9 40 24 4 0 2.73 0.60 1.54 .265 .408 .286 .262 5.08
2017 25 PTHU 3 5 2 1 33 0 0 0 118 3.2 128 13 39 47 25 6 3.58 1.21 1.42 .274 .417 .288 .269 4.12
Totals     17 33 9 11 190 39 16 0 575.2 3.0 672 84 329 186 81 25 2.91 0.57 1.74 .292 .462 .302 .289 5.63

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
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

Transfer History for Rob Connell
Date Transferred with Connell To New Club In Exchange For To Old Club
April 5 2021 Released to Free Agents by Regina Pirates
May 22 2022 Free Agent signing by Charlottetown Blues
May 1 2023 Released to Free Agents by Charlottetown Blues

Rob Connell's Career Highlights
Year Details
2011 2nd round - 49th overall selection by Regina Pirates in the 2011 Amateur Draft

Rob Connell's Comparable Players
Player Names
Glowacki Miller 88.8%        

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