Kevin Ritz  
Starting Pitcher | Retired or Inactive Players

Pitching
He is adept at coaxing groundballs with his sinking fastball and plunging curveball, so hitters try to force him to elevate his deliveries and hope that they'll catch too much of the strike zone. 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. He can hit 90 MPH but is too smart to try to get his fastball past most hitters. Ritz has had a tendency to fall victim to big innings. But Ritz, do us a favor. Stop throwing that changeup. It looks like a beachball. When you throw a curveball, it better break. Hanging curves equal earned runs in this league, you just can't get away with them. Unfortunately, Ritz's curveball tends to hang. He's almost as effective against lefthanders as he is versus righthanders.

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

2010 Outlook
If Ritz doesn't perform, the Retired or Inactive Players won't hesitate to send him down to the minors. I just don't know if The Retired or Inactive Players are ever going to get what they expect out of him.

          -- 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 TOR 78 82 60 48 59 47 48 43 54 51 35 0 62 39 0 0 31 8 Overhand Active 0 6 17 58 298
1999 CHC 78 84 60 48 59 47 48 43 54 51 35 0 62 39 0 0 32 9 Overhand AA/AAA 0 0 0 58 299
2000 CHC 81 84 60 49 59 47 48 43 54 51 35 0 62 39 0 0 33 10 Overhand Active 0 0 0 58 303
2001 CHC 88 84 60 48 59 47 48 43 54 51 35 0 62 39 0 0 34 11 Overhand AA/AAA 0 0 0 52 309
2002 FA 88 82 60 48 59 47 48 43 54 51 35 0 62 39 0 0 35 12 Overhand Free Agent 0 0 0 52 306
2003 FA 86 82 60 48 59 47 48 43 54 51 35 0 62 39 0 0 36 13 Overhand Free Agent 0 0 0 52 303
2004 FA 85 80 60 48 59 47 48 43 54 51 35 0 62 39 0 0 37 14 Overhand Free Agent 0 0 0 52 298
Ratings Delta   -1 -2                             +1 +1             -5
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.