Ariel Prieto  
Starting Pitcher | Retired or Inactive Players

Pitching
He's a good late inning man, which is when being a pitcher really counts. Prieto also has a decent changeup. The Retired or Inactive Players 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. Because he can't overpower hitters, Prieto has to fool them instead. He tends to work slowly when in a jam, which just makes his problems worse by lulling his fielders to sleep. He frequently leaves fastballs up in the strike zone, where they get pounded. He's almost as effective against righthanders as he is versus lefthanders.

Defense & Hitting
His pickoff move is merely average. He isn't especially quick off the mound but generally fields his position adequately. Prieto is a surpisingly good hitting pitcher. And I'm not sure you can say this about a pitcher, but Prieto has some pop in his swing. Interesting sidenote, The Retired or Inactive Players have been known to use Prieto as a pinch-runner on occasion.

          -- Moostard Nyman
 

 

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
1998 BAL 69 77 59 62 56 51 53 47 55 47 66 49 0 53 0 0 27 3 Overhand Active 0 7 17 54 314
1999 BAL 69 77 65 63 56 51 53 47 55 47 73 49 0 53 0 0 28 4 Overhand AA/AAA 0 0 0 57 329
2000 BAL 69 83 65 64 56 51 53 47 55 47 73 49 0 53 0 0 29 5 Overhand Active 0 0 0 59 336
2001 CHC 91 83 65 52 56 51 53 47 55 47 73 49 0 53 0 0 30 6 Overhand AA/AAA 0 0 0 47 350
2002 CHC 91 87 65 40 56 51 53 47 55 53 78 53 0 59 0 0 31 7 Overhand Active 0 0 0 36 365
2003 CHC 91 89 65 42 56 51 53 47 55 53 78 53 0 59 0 0 31 8 Overhand Active 0 0 0 36 370
2004 CHC 90 93 65 43 56 51 53 47 55 53 78 53 0 59 0 0 33 9 Overhand Active 0 0 0 36 372
2005 CHC 90 93 65 41 56 51 53 47 55 53 78 53 0 63 0 0 34 10 Overhand Active 0 0 0 35 374
2006 HOU 91 91 65 41 56 51 53 47 55 53 78 53 0 63 0 0 35 11 Overhand AA/AAA 0 0 0 33 372
2007 HOU 90 90 65 42 56 51 53 47 55 53 78 53 0 63 0 0 35 12 Overhand Active 0 0 0 33 371
Ratings Delta   -1 -1   +1                           +1             -1
History generated by Biorhythm v2.6.86 on Sun Nov 14 13:28:08 EST 2004

Data printed in red denotes that player was in the top two percent for that category and year. Blue data denotes membership to the bottom two percent.