Bryan Rekar  
Starting Pitcher | Baltimore Orioles

Pitching
Rekar's control is among the best in the game. He keeps the ball down and gets a lot of groundballs. His fastball gets into the high 80s, but it's the sink that makes the pitch effective. Rekar also has a decent changeup. His composure needs work. When Rekar starts getting hit, he gets mad and loses concentration. He attacks lefties and righties with similar success.

Defense & Hitting
Rekar does a fine job of holding runners, and has become crafty in the second decade of his career by offering a variety of moves to first base. He isn't especially quick off the mound but generally fields his position adequately. Rekar is a surpisingly good hitting pitcher. And I'm not sure you can say this about a pitcher, but Rekar has some pop in his swing.

2010 Outlook
Rekar is ready for the big time. The Baltimore Orioles will call him up as soon as they can figure out who to send down. I don't say this often, but I'll say it for Rekar: he's one of the highest rated pitchers on my scouting sheet.

          -- Emu Nyman, AA/AAA Scout
 

 

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 83 82 79 71 57 47 45 45 48 56 50 60 49 0 0 0 24 3 Overhand Active 0 4 13 63 353
1999 BAL 84 82 88 74 57 47 45 45 48 62 50 60 49 0 0 0 25 4 Overhand Active 0 0 0 69 375
2000 BAL 84 84 93 76 57 47 45 45 48 62 50 60 49 0 0 0 26 5 Overhand Active 0 0 0 79 384
2001 BAL 84 86 93 80 57 47 45 45 48 62 50 67 49 0 0 0 27 6 Overhand Active 0 0 0 81 394
2002 BAL 84 88 93 82 57 47 45 45 48 62 50 67 61 0 0 0 28 7 Overhand Active 0 0 0 81 409
2003 BAL 84 91 93 83 57 47 45 45 48 62 50 67 69 0 0 0 29 8 Overhand Active 0 0 0 81 420
2004 BAL 84 81 83 74 57 47 45 45 48 66 55 59 61 0 0 0 30 9 Overhand Active 0 0 0 64 383
2005 BAL 84 80 90 76 57 47 45 45 48 69 52 67 69 0 0 0 31 10 Overhand Active 0 0 0 66 404
2006 BAL 84 84 93 78 57 47 45 45 48 69 52 67 69 0 0 0 32 11 Overhand Active 0 0 0 66 414
2007 BAL 84 82 93 79 57 47 45 45 48 69 54 67 69 0 0 0 33 12 Overhand Active 0 0 0 65 414
2008 BAL 84 81 93 78 57 47 45 45 48 69 54 67 69 0 0 0 34 13 Overhand Active 0 0 0 67 410
2009 BAL 83 81 93 79 57 47 45 45 48 69 56 67 69 0 0 0 35 14 Overhand DL 0 0 0 67 411
2010 BAL 82 81 93 83 57 47 45 45 48 69 56 67 69 0 0 0 36 15 Overhand AA/AAA 0 0 0 66 413
Ratings Delta   -1     +4                         +1 +1           -1 +2
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.