Jon Ward
New York Yankees (ML)
Jon Ward
Birthdate:
Nov. 13, 1974 (25 y, 6 m, 16 d)
Nationality:
American
Position:
P
Bats/Throws:
R/R
Height/Weight:
6'5"/218
Entry:
1994 Draft - Round: 48, Overall: 1320, Team: New York Yankees
Contract:
$82k / 1 year
ML Service Time:
0 years, 61 days
OSA Rating History
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Ratings Changes
2000-05-29
Contact Potential decreased from 16 to 15
Contact decreased from 16 to 15
Contact vs R decreased from 16 to 15
Contact vs L decreased from 16 to 15
Gap Potential increased from 24 to 25
Gap increased from 24 to 25
Power Potential decreased from 18 to 16
Power decreased from 18 to 16
Power vs R decreased from 17 to 16
Power vs L decreased from 18 to 17
Stuff Potential decreased from 72 to 71
Stuff decreased from 72 to 71
Stuff vs R decreased from 72 to 70
Stuff vs L decreased from 72 to 71
Movement vs L increased from 57 to 58
Control vs R decreased from 26 to 25
Control vs L decreased from 25 to 24
Fastball Pot decreased from 79 to 78
Fastball decreased from 79 to 77
Slider Pot increased from 77 to 78
Slider increased from 77 to 78
2000-05-01
Stuff vs R increased from 71 to 72
Hold decreased from 64 to 63
2000-04-24
Contact increased from 15 to 16
Contact vs R increased from 15 to 16
Gap vs R increased from 23 to 24
Gap vs L increased from 24 to 25
Eye Potential decreased from 20 to 19
Stuff Potential decreased from 73 to 72
Stuff vs R decreased from 72 to 71
Stuff vs L decreased from 73 to 72
Control Potential decreased from 26 to 25
Control decreased from 26 to 25
Cutter Pot decreased from 79 to 78
Cutter decreased from 79 to 77
Changeup Pot decreased from 59 to 58
Changeup decreased from 59 to 57
2000-03-29
Stuff Potential decreased from 74 to 73
Stuff decreased from 74 to 72
Stuff vs R decreased from 73 to 72
Stuff vs L decreased from 74 to 73
Fastball Pot decreased from 80 to 79
Fastball decreased from 80 to 79
Cutter Pot decreased from 80 to 79
Cutter decreased from 80 to 79
Slider Pot decreased from 79 to 77
Slider decreased from 79 to 77
Changeup Pot decreased from 60 to 59
Changeup decreased from 60 to 59
Forkball Pot decreased from 80 to 79
Forkball decreased from 79 to 78
2000-03-22
Power Potential increased from 15 to 18
Power increased from 15 to 18
Power vs R increased from 15 to 17
Power vs L increased from 16 to 18
Eye Potential decreased from 21 to 20
Eye decreased from 21 to 19
Eye vs R decreased from 21 to 19
Eye vs L decreased from 21 to 20
Speed decreased from 7 to 6
Baserunning decreased from 9 to 8
Stuff Potential increased from 73 to 74
Stuff increased from 73 to 74
Movement vs R decreased from 61 to 60
Movement vs L decreased from 58 to 57
Control Potential increased from 25 to 26
Control increased from 25 to 26
Control vs R increased from 25 to 26
Control vs L increased from 24 to 25
Velocity increased from 94-96 mph to 95-97 mph
Fastball Pot increased from 75 to 80
Fastball increased from 75 to 80
Slider Pot increased from 75 to 79
Slider increased from 75 to 79
Changeup Pot decreased from 63 to 60
Changeup decreased from 63 to 60
Forkball Pot increased from 79 to 80
Forkball increased from 77 to 79
2000-03-08
Weight decreased from 219 to 218
2000-01-28
Hold increased from 63 to 64
2000-01-07
Gap vs R decreased from 24 to 23
Gap vs L decreased from 25 to 24
Power Potential decreased from 16 to 15
Eye vs L decreased from 22 to 21
Sac Bunt decreased from 23 to 22
Bunt for Hit decreased from 23 to 22
Stealing decreased from 16 to 15
Outfield Range increased from 5 to 6
P defense decreased from 47 to 46
Stuff Potential decreased from 74 to 73
Stuff decreased from 74 to 73
Stamina increased from 58 to 60
Cutter Pot decreased from 81 to 80
Cutter decreased from 81 to 80
Changeup Pot increased from 62 to 63
Changeup increased from 62 to 63
P DF Potential decreased from 47 to 46
1999-12-03
Contact Potential decreased from 17 to 16
Contact decreased from 17 to 15
Contact vs R decreased from 17 to 15
Contact vs L decreased from 17 to 16
Power Potential decreased from 18 to 16
Power decreased from 18 to 15
Power vs R decreased from 18 to 15
Power vs L decreased from 19 to 16
Avoid Ks Potential decreased from 5 to 4
Avoid Ks decreased from 5 to 4
Avoid Ks vs R decreased from 5 to 4
Avoid Ks vs L decreased from 5 to 4
Bunt for Hit increased from 22 to 23
Speed increased from 6 to 7
Stealing increased from 15 to 16
Baserunning increased from 8 to 9
Stuff Potential increased from 73 to 74
Stuff increased from 73 to 74
Movement Potential increased from 58 to 59
Movement increased from 58 to 59
Movement vs R increased from 60 to 61
Movement vs L increased from 57 to 58
Control Potential decreased from 26 to 25
Control decreased from 26 to 25
Control vs R decreased from 26 to 25
Control vs L decreased from 25 to 24
GB% increased from 57% to 59%
Stamina decreased from 60 to 58
Fastball Pot increased from 74 to 75
Fastball increased from 74 to 75
Changeup Pot increased from 60 to 62
Changeup increased from 60 to 62
Forkball Pot increased from 77 to 79
Forkball increased from 74 to 77
1999-11-26
Stuff Potential increased from 69 to 73
Stuff increased from 69 to 73
Stuff vs R increased from 69 to 73
Stuff vs L increased from 69 to 74
Role changed from SP to RP
1999-11-10
Stuff Potential decreased from 73 to 69
Stuff decreased from 73 to 69
Stuff vs R decreased from 73 to 69
Stuff vs L decreased from 74 to 69
Hold increased from 62 to 63
Role changed from RP to SP
1999-11-03
Stuff Potential increased from 72 to 73
Stuff increased from 72 to 73
Stuff vs R increased from 71 to 73
Stuff vs L increased from 72 to 74
Fastball Pot increased from 72 to 74
Fastball increased from 72 to 74
Cutter Pot increased from 80 to 81
Cutter increased from 80 to 81
Slider Pot increased from 73 to 75
Slider increased from 73 to 75
Changeup Pot increased from 58 to 60
Changeup increased from 58 to 60
Forkball Pot increased from 75 to 77
Forkball increased from 72 to 74
1999-08-23
Sac Bunt decreased from 24 to 23
Bunt for Hit increased from 21 to 22
Stuff increased from 71 to 72
Movement vs R increased from 59 to 60
Forkball Pot increased from 72 to 75
Forkball increased from 69 to 72
1999-07-19
Stuff Potential increased from 71 to 72
Stuff increased from 70 to 71
Stuff vs R increased from 70 to 71
Stuff vs L increased from 71 to 72
Movement Potential increased from 57 to 58
Movement increased from 57 to 58
Movement vs L increased from 56 to 57
Stamina increased from 59 to 60
Cutter Pot increased from 79 to 80
Cutter increased from 79 to 80
Forkball Pot increased from 71 to 72
Forkball increased from 65 to 69
1999-06-07
Movement vs R increased from 58 to 59
Movement vs L increased from 55 to 56
GB% increased from 56% to 57%
Stamina increased from 58 to 59
Forkball Pot increased from 69 to 71
Forkball increased from 61 to 65
1999-05-17
Hold increased from 60 to 62
1999-05-10
Sac Bunt increased from 23 to 24
Stealing decreased from 16 to 15
Changeup Pot increased from 57 to 58
Changeup increased from 57 to 58
Forkball increased from 59 to 61
1999-04-04
Bunt for Hit increased from 20 to 21
Stuff Potential increased from 69 to 71
Stuff increased from 68 to 70
Stuff vs R increased from 68 to 70
Stuff vs L increased from 69 to 71
Movement Potential increased from 55 to 57
Movement increased from 55 to 57
Movement vs R increased from 57 to 58
Movement vs L increased from 54 to 55
GB% increased from 54% to 56%
Cutter Pot increased from 77 to 79
Cutter increased from 77 to 79
Changeup Pot increased from 56 to 57
Changeup increased from 56 to 57
Forkball Pot increased from 66 to 69
Forkball increased from 55 to 59
1999-03-12
Contact vs R increased from 16 to 17
Gap Potential decreased from 25 to 24
Gap decreased from 25 to 24
Eye Potential decreased from 22 to 21
Sac Bunt decreased from 24 to 23
Bunt for Hit decreased from 21 to 20
Stealing increased from 15 to 16
P defense increased from 46 to 47
Stuff Potential decreased from 70 to 69
Movement vs R increased from 56 to 57
Movement vs L increased from 53 to 54
GB% increased from 53% to 54%
Stamina increased from 57 to 58
Cutter Pot decreased from 78 to 77
Forkball Pot decreased from 67 to 66
P DF Potential increased from 46 to 47
1999-01-29
Weight increased from 217 to 219
1998-12-27
Sac Bunt increased from 23 to 24
Speed decreased from 7 to 6
Control increased from 25 to 26
1998-11-29
Power vs L increased from 18 to 19
Bunt for Hit decreased from 22 to 21
Stuff vs L increased from 68 to 69
Movement Potential increased from 53 to 55
Movement increased from 53 to 55
Movement vs R increased from 55 to 56
Movement vs L increased from 52 to 53
Control decreased from 26 to 25
GB% increased from 52% to 53%
Stamina increased from 56 to 57
Slider Pot increased from 72 to 73
Slider increased from 72 to 73
Forkball Pot increased from 63 to 67
Forkball increased from 51 to 55
1998-10-30
Local Popularity increased from Insignificant to Fair
1998-09-14
Speed increased from 0 to 7
Stealing increased from 0 to 15
Baserunning increased from 0 to 8
1998-07-20
Sac Bunt decreased from 24 to 23
Stuff Potential increased from 69 to 70
Stuff increased from 67 to 68
Stuff vs R increased from 67 to 68
Stuff vs L increased from 67 to 68
Stamina increased from 55 to 56
Fastball Pot increased from 71 to 72
Fastball increased from 71 to 72
1998-07-06
Hold decreased from 61 to 60
1998-06-22
Stuff Potential increased from 68 to 69
Stuff increased from 66 to 67
Stuff vs R increased from 66 to 67
Stuff vs L increased from 66 to 67
Control increased from 25 to 26
Hold increased from 60 to 61
Cutter Pot increased from 77 to 78
Cutter increased from 75 to 77
Forkball Pot increased from 61 to 63
Forkball increased from 50 to 51
1998-06-08
Hold decreased from 61 to 60
1998-06-01
Stuff vs R increased from 65 to 66
1998-05-25
Contact Potential decreased from 18 to 17
Contact vs R decreased from 17 to 16
Stuff Potential increased from 65 to 68
Stuff increased from 65 to 66
Stuff vs R increased from 64 to 65
Stuff vs L increased from 65 to 66
Fastball Pot increased from 70 to 71
Fastball increased from 70 to 71
Cutter Pot increased from 75 to 77
Cutter increased from 73 to 75
Slider Pot increased from 70 to 72
Slider increased from 70 to 72
Forkball Pot increased from 60 to 61
Forkball increased from 49 to 50
1998-05-18
Stuff vs R decreased from 65 to 64
Weight increased from 216 to 217
1998-04-20
Power Potential decreased from 19 to 18
Power decreased from 19 to 18
Power vs R decreased from 19 to 18
Power vs L decreased from 19 to 18
Eye Potential decreased from 23 to 22
Eye decreased from 22 to 21
Avoid Ks Potential decreased from 6 to 5
Bunt for Hit decreased from 23 to 22
Stuff Potential increased from 64 to 65
Stuff increased from 63 to 65
Stuff vs R increased from 63 to 65
Stuff vs L increased from 63 to 65
Movement Potential increased from 50 to 53
Movement increased from 49 to 53
Movement vs R increased from 50 to 55
Movement vs L increased from 49 to 52
Control Potential decreased from 28 to 26
Control decreased from 27 to 25
Control vs R decreased from 27 to 26
Control vs L decreased from 26 to 25
Stamina increased from 54 to 55
Fastball Pot increased from 69 to 70
Fastball increased from 69 to 70
Cutter Pot increased from 73 to 75
Cutter increased from 71 to 73
Slider Pot increased from 67 to 70
Slider increased from 67 to 70
Changeup Pot increased from 51 to 56
Changeup increased from 51 to 56
Forkball Pot increased from 57 to 60
Forkball increased from 47 to 49
1998-04-05
Hold decreased from 62 to 61
1998-03-01
Hold increased from 61 to 62
1997-12-27
Stuff Potential increased from 58 to 64
Stuff increased from 57 to 63
Stuff vs R increased from 57 to 63
Stuff vs L increased from 57 to 63
Role changed from SP to RP
1997-10-30
Contact Potential increased from 12 to 18
Contact increased from 11 to 17
Contact vs R increased from 11 to 17
Contact vs L increased from 11 to 17
Gap Potential decreased from 33 to 25
Gap decreased from 32 to 25
Gap vs R decreased from 32 to 24
Gap vs L decreased from 34 to 25
Power Potential increased from 8 to 19
Power increased from 7 to 19
Power vs R increased from 7 to 19
Power vs L increased from 8 to 19
Eye Potential increased from 21 to 23
Eye increased from 18 to 22
Eye vs R increased from 18 to 21
Eye vs L increased from 19 to 22
Avoid Ks Potential increased from 1 to 6
Avoid Ks increased from 1 to 5
Avoid Ks vs R increased from 1 to 5
Avoid Ks vs L increased from 1 to 5
Sac Bunt increased from 13 to 24
Bunt for Hit increased from 19 to 23
Speed decreased from 1 to 0
Stealing decreased from 11 to 0
Baserunning decreased from 8 to 0
Infield Range decreased from 20 to 17
Infield Error decreased from 27 to 24
Infield Arm increased from 20 to 22
Turn Double Play decreased from 26 to 23
Outfield Range increased from 3 to 5
Outfield Arm increased from 2 to 7
P defense decreased from 53 to 46
Stuff Potential decreased from 66 to 58
Stuff decreased from 63 to 57
Stuff vs R decreased from 63 to 57
Stuff vs L decreased from 63 to 57
Movement Potential decreased from 54 to 50
Movement decreased from 53 to 49
Movement vs R decreased from 54 to 50
Movement vs L decreased from 51 to 49
Control Potential increased from 23 to 28
Control increased from 22 to 27
Control vs R increased from 22 to 27
Control vs L increased from 21 to 26
GB% increased from 50% to 52%
Stamina increased from 53 to 54
Fastball Pot decreased from 71 to 69
Cutter Pot increased from 69 to 73
Cutter increased from 67 to 71
Slider Pot increased from 65 to 67
Slider increased from 63 to 67
Changeup Pot increased from 28 to 51
Changeup increased from 28 to 51
Forkball Pot increased from 51 to 57
Forkball increased from 43 to 47
Local Popularity increased from Unknown to Insignificant
1997-10-02
Cutter Pot decreased from 70 to 69
Forkball decreased from 44 to 43
1997-09-15
Forkball Pot decreased from 52 to 51
1997-08-18
Cutter decreased from 68 to 67
1997-08-04
Outfield Arm increased from 1 to 2
Movement Potential increased from 52 to 54
Movement increased from 51 to 53
Movement vs R increased from 52 to 54
Movement vs L increased from 49 to 51
Stamina decreased from 54 to 53
Cutter Pot increased from 69 to 70
Cutter increased from 67 to 68
Forkball Pot increased from 51 to 52
Forkball increased from 43 to 44
1997-07-31
Stealing increased from 10 to 11
1997-07-07
Stealing increased from 9 to 10
Stuff Potential increased from 65 to 66
Stuff increased from 62 to 63
Stuff vs R increased from 62 to 63
Stuff vs L increased from 62 to 63
Movement Potential increased from 46 to 52
Movement increased from 44 to 51
Movement vs R increased from 45 to 52
Movement vs L increased from 42 to 49
Control Potential increased from 22 to 23
Control increased from 21 to 22
Control vs R increased from 21 to 22
Control vs L increased from 20 to 21
Stamina increased from 52 to 54
Fastball Pot increased from 70 to 71
Fastball increased from 68 to 69
Cutter Pot increased from 67 to 69
Cutter increased from 64 to 67
Forkball Pot increased from 49 to 51
Forkball increased from 42 to 43
1997-06-30
Hold decreased from 62 to 61
1997-05-26
Power Potential increased from 7 to 8
Power increased from 6 to 7
Power vs R increased from 6 to 7
Power vs L increased from 7 to 8
Sac Bunt increased from 12 to 13
Bunt for Hit increased from 18 to 19
Infield Arm decreased from 21 to 20
Stuff Potential increased from 47 to 65
Stuff increased from 46 to 62
Stuff vs R increased from 46 to 62
Stuff vs L increased from 45 to 62
Movement Potential increased from 29 to 46
Movement increased from 28 to 44
Movement vs R increased from 29 to 45
Movement vs L increased from 27 to 42
Velocity increased from 90-92 mph to 94-96 mph
GB% decreased from 51% to 50%
Stamina decreased from 54 to 52
Fastball Pot increased from 52 to 70
Fastball increased from 51 to 68
Cutter Pot increased from 49 to 67
Cutter increased from 48 to 64
Slider Pot increased from 47 to 65
Slider increased from 46 to 63
Changeup Pot increased from 27 to 28
Changeup increased from 27 to 28
Forkball Pot increased from 0 to 49
Forkball increased from 0 to 42
1997-04-21
Cutter Pot decreased from 50 to 49
1997-02-14
Cutter Pot increased from 49 to 50
1997-01-26
Cutter Pot decreased from 50 to 49
1997-01-12
Speed decreased from 2 to 1
1997-01-01
Speed decreased from 3 to 2
Stealing decreased from 10 to 9
Hold increased from 61 to 62
Weight decreased from 217 to 216
1996-07-01
Gap Potential decreased from 34 to 33
Eye Potential decreased from 22 to 21
Sac Bunt decreased from 13 to 12
Bunt for Hit increased from 17 to 18
Speed decreased from 4 to 3
Stealing increased from 8 to 10
Baserunning increased from 7 to 8
Infield Arm increased from 20 to 21
Stuff Potential increased from 44 to 47
Stuff increased from 41 to 46
Stuff vs R increased from 42 to 46
Stuff vs L increased from 41 to 45
Movement Potential increased from 23 to 29
Movement increased from 20 to 28
Movement vs R increased from 21 to 29
Movement vs L increased from 19 to 27
Control increased from 20 to 21
Control vs L increased from 19 to 20
Velocity increased from 89-91 mph to 90-92 mph
GB% increased from 48% to 51%
Stamina increased from 51 to 54
Fastball Pot increased from 48 to 52
Fastball increased from 44 to 51
Cutter Pot increased from 47 to 50
Cutter increased from 43 to 48
Slider increased from 45 to 46
Changeup increased from 26 to 27
1996-01-01
Baserunning increased from 6 to 7
Hold decreased from 62 to 61
Weight decreased from 218 to 217
1995-07-01
Contact Potential decreased from 18 to 12
Gap Potential decreased from 39 to 34
Power Potential decreased from 8 to 7
Power increased from 4 to 6
Power vs R increased from 4 to 6
Power vs L increased from 5 to 7
Eye Potential decreased from 26 to 22
Eye increased from 17 to 18
Eye vs R increased from 17 to 18
Eye vs L increased from 18 to 19
Avoid Ks Potential decreased from 2 to 1
Sac Bunt increased from 11 to 13
Speed increased from 3 to 4
Infield Range increased from 19 to 20
Infield Error decreased from 28 to 27
Infield Arm decreased from 21 to 20
Turn Double Play decreased from 27 to 26
Outfield Range increased from 2 to 3
P defense increased from 52 to 53
Stuff Potential increased from 40 to 44
Stuff increased from 37 to 41
Stuff vs R increased from 37 to 42
Stuff vs L increased from 36 to 41
Movement Potential increased from 19 to 23
Movement increased from 15 to 20
Movement vs R increased from 15 to 21
Movement vs L increased from 14 to 19
Control increased from 15 to 20
Control vs R increased from 16 to 21
Control vs L increased from 15 to 19
Velocity increased from 88-90 mph to 89-91 mph
GB% increased from 46% to 48%
Hold increased from 55 to 62
Fastball Pot increased from 44 to 48
Fastball increased from 40 to 44
Cutter Pot increased from 41 to 47
Cutter increased from 39 to 43
Slider Pot increased from 40 to 47
Slider increased from 37 to 45
Changeup Pot decreased from 29 to 27
Changeup increased from 24 to 26
Weight decreased from 219 to 218
1995-01-01
Stealing increased from 6 to 8
Baserunning increased from 5 to 6
Hold increased from 54 to 55
Cutter Pot decreased from 42 to 41
Weight decreased from 220 to 219
1994-07-01
Contact Potential increased from 15 to 18
Gap Potential decreased from 40 to 39
Power Potential decreased from 9 to 8
Avoid Ks Potential increased from 1 to 2
Sac Bunt increased from 10 to 11
Infield Range increased from 18 to 19