Roberto Rivera  
Relief Pitcher | Free Agents

Pitching
He struggles with his command at times and is still learning to mix his pitches and set up hitters. He frequently leaves fastballs up in the strike zone, where they get pounded. But Rivera, do us a favor. Stop throwing that changeup. It looks like a beachball. The running movement on his pitches makes life tougher on lefties than righties.

Defense & Hitting
Rivera does an average job of holding runners. He isn't especially quick off the mound but generally fields his position adequately. Rivera is a surpisingly good hitting pitcher. And I'm not sure you can say this about a pitcher, but Rivera has some pop in his swing. Interesting sidenote, The Free Agents have been known to use Rivera as a pinch-runner on occasion.

2010 Outlook
But if you ask me, I'll pass on Rivera.

          -- 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 FA 69 25 66 51 56 55 49 49 53 39 30 0 0 51 0 0 27 1 Overhand Free Agent 0 12 35 52 213
1999 FA 70 25 74 53 56 55 49 49 53 39 30 0 0 51 0 0 28 1 Overhand Free Agent 0 13 35 53 229
2000 FA 70 25 82 54 56 55 49 49 53 39 30 0 0 51 0 0 29 1 Overhand Free Agent 0 14 35 54 243
2001 FA 68 25 89 55 56 55 49 49 53 39 30 0 0 51 0 0 30 1 Overhand Free Agent 0 14 35 55 251
2002 FA 68 25 91 56 56 55 49 49 53 39 30 0 0 51 0 0 31 1 Overhand Free Agent 0 15 35 56 253
2003 FA 68 24 91 56 56 55 49 49 53 39 30 0 0 51 0 0 32 1 Overhand Free Agent 0 15 34 57 251
2004 FA 67 23 91 57 56 55 49 49 53 39 30 0 0 51 0 0 33 1 Overhand Free Agent 0 15 32 56 248
2005 FA 67 22 89 55 56 55 49 49 53 39 30 0 0 51 0 0 34 1 Overhand Free Agent 0 14 30 56 240
2006 FA 66 21 87 55 56 55 49 49 53 39 30 0 0 51 0 0 35 1 Overhand Free Agent 0 14 28 55 233
2007 FA 65 20 85 54 56 55 49 49 53 39 30 0 0 51 0 0 36 1 Overhand Free Agent 0 14 26 55 224
2008 FA 64 20 83 53 56 55 49 49 53 39 30 0 0 51 0 0 37 1 Overhand Free Agent 0 13 23 53 216
2009 FA 61 20 81 53 56 55 49 49 53 39 30 0 0 51 0 0 38 1 Overhand Free Agent 0 12 21 51 205
2010 FA 60 20 80 52 56 55 49 49 53 39 30 0 0 51 0 0 39 1 Overhand Free Agent 0 11 18 48 198
Ratings Delta   -1   -1 -1                         +1         -1 -3 -3 -7
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.