Taijuan Soileau  
Starting Pitcher | Retired or Inactive Players

Pitching
A groundball pitcher, Soileau needs to have sharp command to succeed. Soileau can get into trouble with walks, and there's concern about him being able to maintain his stuff over the whole season. His fastball gets into the high 80s, but it's the sink that makes the pitch effective. He tends to work slowly when in a jam, which just makes his problems worse by lulling his fielders to sleep. He attacks lefties and righties with similar success.

Defense & Hitting
He has a fair pickoff move and isn't a particularly easy target for basestealers. Soileau is nothing special in the field. Soileau is a surpisingly good hitting pitcher. And I'm not sure you can say this about a pitcher, but Soileau has some pop in his swing. Interesting sidenote, The Retired or Inactive Players have been known to use Soileau as a pinch-runner on occasion.

          -- Emu Nyman, AA/AAA Scout

 

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 TAB 78 61 60 68 54 45 47 46 52 71 0 64 0 64 0 0 27 0 Overhand AA/AAA 0 4 26 47 288
2002 TAB 79 65 75 70 54 45 47 46 52 71 0 64 0 64 0 0 28 0 Overhand Active 0 0 0 47 312
2003 TAB 80 67 78 70 54 45 47 46 52 71 0 68 0 65 0 0 29 1 Overhand Active 0 0 0 47 322
2004 TAB 83 67 78 70 54 45 47 46 52 71 0 70 0 65 0 0 30 2 Overhand Active 0 0 0 48 326
2005 BAR 83 66 78 70 54 45 47 46 52 71 0 70 0 65 0 0 31 3 Overhand Active 0 0 0 48 324
2006 EDM 83 67 78 70 54 45 47 46 52 71 0 72 0 65 0 0 32 4 Overhand Active 0 0 0 48 325
2007 EDM 81 67 78 70 54 45 47 46 52 71 0 72 0 65 0 0 33 5 Overhand Active 0 0 0 47 322
2008 EDM 83 65 78 69 54 45 47 46 52 71 0 72 0 65 0 0 33 6 Overhand Active 0 0 0 46 322
2009 CAL 83 67 78 69 54 45 47 46 52 71 0 72 0 65 0 0 35 7 Overhand Active 0 0 0 46 321
2010 CAL 81 67 78 69 49 45 47 46 52 71 0 73 0 65 0 0 35 8 Overhand Active 0 0 0 46 315
2011 TOR 83 67 78 68 49 45 47 46 52 71 0 73 0 65 0 0 36 9 Overhand Active 0 0 0 46 316
2012 STP 83 67 78 68 49 45 47 46 52 71 0 73 0 65 0 0 38 10 Overhand Active 0 0 0 45 313
2013 STP 83 67 78 70 49 45 47 46 52 71 0 73 0 65 0 0 38 11 Overhand Active 0 0 0 44 316
2014 CAL 80 65 78 70 49 45 47 46 52 71 0 73 0 65 0 0 39 12 Overhand Active 0 0 0 43 309
Ratings Delta -3 -2                             +1 +1           -1 -7

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 27 PDER 16 6 0 0 35 35 20 2 216.2 6.1 189 20 70 255 0 0 10.62 3.64 1.20 .226 .338 .220 .229 3.03
2011 37 PGAT 20 9 0 0 39 39 25 1 260.2 6.2 247 22 37 192 0 0 6.64 5.19 1.09 .250 .369 .222 .274 2.56
Totals     36 15 0 0 74 74 45 3 477.1 6.1 436 42 107 447 0 0 8.43 4.18 1.14 .239 .355 .221 .250 2.77

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 28 TAB 9 6 15 2 41 21 11 0 139.2 3.1 141 16 25 138 8 0 8.92 5.52 1.19 .259 .406 .286 .243 4.12
2003 29 TAB 21 5 0 0 39 39 27 0 250.1 6.1 209 14 39 198 0 0 7.13 5.08 0.99 .222 .321 .217 .226 2.55
2004 30 TAB 22 12 0 0 41 41 28 2 255.2 6.1 280 23 42 155 0 0 5.47 3.69 1.26 .276 .409 .291 .265 3.56
2005 31 BAR 12 10 0 0 33 33 16 1 193 6.0 239 23 30 103 0 0 4.80 3.43 1.39 .301 .460 .303 .301 4.71
2006 32 EDM 3 3 13 2 51 0 0 0 76.1 1.1 77 7 19 52 24 4 6.15 2.74 1.26 .260 .375 .229 .281 3.54
2007 33 EDM 4 6 25 5 54 0 0 0 58.1 1.0 61 8 16 31 36 10 4.80 1.94 1.33 .274 .448 .333 .231 3.39
2008 34 EDM 5 3 22 3 35 0 0 0 30.2 1.0 23 2 8 17 21 2 5.07 2.13 1.03 .209 .318 .286 .130 2.94
2009 35 CAL 17 7 0 0 34 34 23 2 227.1 6.2 203 26 27 114 0 0 4.52 4.22 1.01 .236 .380 .217 .252 3.21
2010 36 CAL 13 15 0 0 34 34 21 4 232 6.2 231 35 30 121 0 0 4.69 4.03 1.13 .255 .445 .246 .262 3.84
2011 37 TOR 2 1 2 0 14 4 2 0 52.1 3.2 47 8 14 15 6 1 2.59 1.07 1.17 .241 .446 .257 .220 3.96
2012 38 STP 11 12 0 0 33 33 19 1 232.1 7.0 238 40 34 119 0 0 4.61 3.50 1.17 .263 .442 .301 .229 3.60
2013 39 STP 4 12 0 0 20 19 9 2 125.2 6.1 146 24 18 66 0 0 4.74 3.67 1.31 .290 .503 .325 .259 5.09
2014 40 CAL 8 13 0 0 29 29 15 2 191 6.2 226 26 29 94 0 0 4.43 3.24 1.34 .293 .455 .290 .295 4.52
Totals     131 105 77 12 458 287 171 14 2064.2 4.2 2121 252 331 1223 95 17 5.33 3.69 1.19 .263 .418 .272 .256 3.76

Transfer History for Taijuan Soileau
Date Transferred with Soileau To New Club In Exchange For To Old Club
June 29 2009 Carnell Markel
Brayan Sterlace
Calgary Remparts Romano Shiba
Pablo Astacio
Edmonton Blizzard
April 4 2011 Brayan Sterlace
Landen Berganza
Keoniray Blem
Toronto Polar Bears Kerry Tettleton
Bill Munger
1st Rd 2011 - 16th pick
2nd Rd 2011 - 44th pick
3rd Rd 2011 - 72nd pick
Calgary Remparts
April 2 2012 Doc Jones
Brayan Sterlace
St Paul Pride Coaker Mackert
Pablo Astacio
Toronto Polar Bears
April 7 2014 Trace Pellin
Calgary Remparts Leopold Moryl
Sid Cochrane
St Paul Pride

Taijuan Soileau's Career Highlights
Year Details
2003 Farmers League All Star
2003 Pitcher of the Month : Farmers League, September
2003 Cy Young : Farmers League, (21-5, 2.55 ERA, 198 K's, 0.99 WHIP, 7.13 K/9)
2003 CBL Pitcher of the Year
2004 Farmers League All Star
2007 Farmers League All Star

Taijuan Soileau's Injury History
Date Injured Days Injured Injury Impact  
July 19, 2013 74 Inflamed elbow ligament 100%  

Taijuan Soileau's Comparable Players
Player Names
Eshaun Almeter 96.6% Israel Pedroni 96.4% Gordie Taboada 96.4% Valenti Valdiviezo 95.8% Biggs Kessler 95.8%

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