Matt Ruebel  
Relief Pitcher | Free Agents

Pitching
He struggles with his command at times and is still learning to mix his pitches and set up hitters. Sometimes I wish he'd just give up on throwing the changeup, it's like a BP ball! You know, some times I think I can throw harder than Ruebel, and that's saying a lot. 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
He's average in terms of controlling the running game. Ruebel is nothing special in the field. Ruebel is a surpisingly good hitting pitcher. And I'm not sure you can say this about a pitcher, but Ruebel has some pop in his swing. Interesting sidenote, The Free Agents have been known to use Ruebel as a pinch-runner on occasion.

2010 Outlook
What The Free Agents was thinking when they signed Ruebel to a long contract, is beyond me: this guy flat-out sucks. But if you ask me, I'll pass on Ruebel.

          -- 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 67 66 56 55 56 52 49 52 47 47 40 0 0 53 0 0 27 0 Overhand Free Agent 0 8 36 56 225
1999 FA 65 67 62 59 56 52 49 52 47 47 40 0 0 53 0 0 28 0 Overhand Free Agent 0 8 36 59 233
2000 FA 65 67 69 60 56 52 49 52 47 47 40 0 0 53 0 0 29 0 Overhand Free Agent 0 8 35 62 241
2001 FA 65 67 74 62 56 52 49 52 47 47 40 0 0 53 0 0 30 0 Overhand Free Agent 0 8 35 63 247
2002 FA 65 65 77 62 56 52 49 52 47 47 40 0 0 53 0 0 31 0 Overhand Free Agent 0 8 35 63 246
2003 FA 65 65 77 62 56 52 49 52 47 47 40 0 0 53 0 0 32 0 Overhand Free Agent 0 8 34 63 244
2004 FA 65 65 77 62 56 52 49 52 47 47 40 0 0 53 0 0 33 0 Overhand Free Agent 0 8 34 63 242
2005 FA 65 62 76 62 56 52 49 52 47 47 40 0 0 53 0 0 34 0 Overhand Free Agent 0 8 32 63 235
2006 FA 65 59 76 61 56 52 49 52 47 47 40 0 0 53 0 0 35 0 Overhand Free Agent 0 8 30 63 249
2007 FA 65 59 76 60 56 52 49 52 47 47 40 0 0 53 0 0 36 0 Overhand Free Agent 0 8 28 62 246
2008 FA 64 57 76 59 56 52 49 52 47 47 40 0 0 53 0 0 37 0 Overhand Free Agent 0 7 26 62 241
2009 FA 62 57 72 58 56 52 49 52 47 47 40 0 0 53 0 0 38 0 Overhand Free Agent 0 6 24 60 227
2010 FA 59 57 69 58 56 52 49 52 47 47 40 0 0 53 0 0 38 0 Overhand Free Agent 0 5 21 58 217
Ratings Delta   -3   -3                                     -1 -3 -2 -10
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.