Andy Ruiz  
Relief Pitcher | Houston Astros

Pitching
He struggles with his command at times and is still learning to mix his pitches and set up hitters. His fastball gets into the high 80s, but it's the sink that makes the pitch effective. He tends to work slowly when in a jam, which just makes his problems worse by lulling his fielders to sleep. He changes speeds well enough to keep righthanders from teeing off on him.

Defense & Hitting
He's average in terms of controlling the running game. A shaky fielder, he's slow to react to grounders and often looks unsure on his throws to the bases. Ruiz is a surpisingly good hitting pitcher. And I'm not sure you can say this about a pitcher, but Ruiz has some pop in his swing.

          -- 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
2003 HOU 75 29 33 33 48 54 53 47 52 51 0 57 0 52 0 0 23 0 Overhand Low Minors 0 7 32 35 194
2004 HOU 75 29 47 35 48 54 53 47 52 51 0 61 0 52 0 0 24 0 Overhand Low Minors 0 0 6 37 223
2005 HOU 75 29 61 37 48 54 53 47 52 56 0 61 0 52 0 0 25 0 Overhand Low Minors 0 0 0 40 257
2006 HOU 75 29 71 39 48 54 53 47 52 59 0 64 0 52 0 0 26 0 Overhand AA/AAA 0 0 0 42 282
2007 HOU 75 29 71 40 48 54 53 47 52 61 0 64 0 53 0 0 27 0 Overhand AA/AAA 0 0 0 42 286
2008 HOU 75 29 71 40 48 54 53 47 52 62 0 66 0 53 0 0 28 0 Overhand AA/AAA 0 0 0 42 287
2009 HOU 75 29 71 40 48 54 53 47 52 62 0 67 0 53 0 0 29 0 Overhand AA/AAA 0 0 0 42 286
2010 HOU 75 29 71 40 48 54 53 47 52 62 0 67 0 53 0 0 30 1 Overhand AA/AAA 0 0 0 42 285
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.