Kevin Rychel  
Starting Pitcher | Free Agents

Pitching
Rychel can get into trouble with walks, and there's concern about him being able to maintain his stuff over the whole season. His stuff becomes less sharp as he gets into the late innings. He frequently leaves fastballs up in the strike zone, where they get pounded. 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, Rychel's curveball tends to hang. He attacks lefties and righties the same way.

Defense & Hitting
His slow delivery makes him fairly easy to steal upon, but Rychel helps himself by holding runners with throws to first, and with slide steps and varied deliveries to home. He isn't especially quick off the mound but generally fields his position adequately. Rychel is a surpisingly good hitting pitcher. And I'm not sure you can say this about a pitcher, but Rychel has some pop in his swing. Interesting sidenote, The Free Agents have been known to use Rychel as a pinch-runner on occasion.

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

          -- 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 68 65 52 52 56 50 49 52 47 43 0 0 47 39 0 0 25 0 Overhand Free Agent 0 8 34 58 199
1999 FA 68 67 56 56 56 50 49 52 47 43 0 0 47 39 0 0 26 0 Overhand Free Agent 0 8 34 62 208
2000 FA 68 67 60 58 56 50 49 52 47 43 0 0 47 39 0 0 27 0 Overhand Free Agent 0 8 34 66 213
2001 FA 67 67 65 62 56 50 49 52 47 43 0 0 47 39 0 0 28 0 Overhand Free Agent 0 8 33 69 220
2002 FA 66 67 72 64 56 50 49 52 47 43 0 0 47 39 0 0 29 0 Overhand Free Agent 0 9 33 72 227
2003 FA 66 67 76 64 56 50 49 52 47 43 0 0 47 39 0 0 30 0 Overhand Free Agent 0 9 32 74 230
2004 FA 66 67 79 65 56 50 49 52 47 43 0 0 47 39 0 0 31 0 Overhand Free Agent 0 10 32 74 232
2005 FA 66 66 81 67 56 50 49 52 47 43 0 0 47 39 0 0 32 0 Overhand Free Agent 0 10 32 74 233
2006 FA 65 66 81 67 56 50 49 52 47 43 0 0 47 39 0 0 33 0 Overhand Free Agent 0 10 31 75 230
2007 FA 64 63 82 67 56 50 49 52 47 43 0 0 47 39 0 0 34 0 Overhand Free Agent 0 10 29 75 225
2008 FA 63 62 82 67 56 50 49 52 47 43 0 0 47 39 0 0 35 0 Overhand Free Agent 0 10 28 75 220
2009 FA 63 61 82 66 56 50 49 52 47 43 0 0 47 39 0 0 36 0 Overhand Free Agent 0 10 26 72 216
2010 FA 60 60 80 66 56 50 49 52 47 43 0 0 47 39 0 0 36 0 Overhand Free Agent 0 10 24 71 209
Ratings Delta   -3 -1 -2                                       -2 -1 -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.