Chris Rouh  
Starting Pitcher | Detroit Tigers

Pitching
Rouh can get into trouble with walks, and there's concern about him being able to maintain his stuff over the whole season. Rouh has to keep the ball down, especially against lefties, or he gets hit hard and often. Rouh also has a decent changeup. If he ever adds a pitch to throw to lefties, he could make a big leap forward. It's hard to explain but Chris Rouh plays much better on the road then he does at home.

Defense & Hitting
His pickoff move is merely average. He tends to fall off slightly to the first-base side of the mound, making him vulnerable to bunts toward third base. He makes up for that minor flaw by being aggressive in fielding his position. Rouh is a surpisingly good hitting pitcher. And I'm not sure you can say this about a pitcher, but Rouh has some pop in his swing.

2010 Outlook
If Rouh doesn't perform, the Detroit Tigers won't hesitate to send him down to the minors. I just don't know if The Detroit Tigers 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
1999 DET 76 63 37 56 51 36 43 51 48 0 58 80 35 0 0 0 23 0 Overhand Low Minors 19 12 51 46 192
2000 DET 84 63 48 59 51 36 43 51 48 0 58 80 41 0 0 0 24 0 Overhand AA/AAA 1 0 3 49 221
2001 DET 86 63 58 60 51 36 43 51 48 0 62 80 41 0 0 0 25 0 Overhand Active 0 0 0 53 239
2002 BUF 86 63 63 62 51 36 43 51 48 0 64 80 44 0 0 0 26 0 Overhand Active 0 0 0 55 250
2003 BUF 90 63 69 62 51 36 43 51 48 0 64 80 46 0 0 0 27 1 Overhand Active 0 0 0 55 263
2004 DET 90 63 70 62 51 36 43 51 48 0 64 80 47 0 0 0 28 2 Overhand DL 0 0 0 55 264
2005 DET 91 63 70 62 51 36 43 51 48 0 65 80 47 0 0 0 29 3 Overhand Active 0 0 0 55 265
2006 DET 91 63 70 62 51 36 43 51 48 0 66 80 47 0 0 0 30 4 Overhand Active 0 0 0 44 266
2007 CHC 91 63 70 62 51 36 43 51 48 0 66 80 47 0 0 0 31 5 Overhand Active 0 0 0 45 265
2008 DET 91 63 70 62 51 36 43 51 48 0 66 80 47 0 0 0 32 6 Overhand AA/AAA 0 0 0 50 264
2009 DET 91 63 70 62 51 36 43 51 48 0 66 80 47 0 0 0 33 7 Overhand Active 0 0 0 50 263
2010 DET 91 63 70 62 51 36 43 51 48 0 66 80 47 0 0 0 34 8 Overhand Active 0 0 0 50 262
Ratings Delta                                   +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.