Mike Rieger  
Starting Pitcher | Dublin Deadbeat Drunks

Pitching
He's a good late inning man, which is when being a pitcher really counts. Rieger can get into trouble with walks, and there's concern about him being able to maintain his stuff over the whole season. His fastball gets into the high 80s, but it's the sink that makes the pitch effective. Rieger also has a decent changeup. He's almost as effective against lefthanders as he is versus righthanders.

Defense & Hitting
His pickoff move is only fair. Rieger's follow-through leaves him in a vulnerable position, so he has trouble with comebackers. Rieger is a surpisingly good hitting pitcher. And I'm not sure you can say this about a pitcher, but Rieger has some pop in his swing. Interesting sidenote, The Dublin Deadbeat Drunks have been known to use Rieger as a pinch-runner on occasion.

          -- 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
2003 CAR 92 81 84 67 50 44 49 48 54 64 59 0 65 54 0 0 26 4 Overhand Active 0 0 0 39 423
2004 LON 92 81 84 67 50 44 49 48 54 64 59 0 65 54 0 0 27 5 Overhand Active 0 0 0 39 422
2005 MIA 90 81 84 67 50 44 49 48 54 64 59 0 65 54 0 0 28 7 Overhand Active 0 0 0 39 420
2006 MIA 90 81 84 67 50 44 49 48 54 64 59 0 65 54 0 0 28 7 Overhand Active 0 0 0 39 420
2007 MIA 91 81 84 67 50 44 49 48 54 64 60 0 65 54 0 0 30 8 Overhand Active 0 0 0 39 419
2008 DET 92 81 84 67 50 44 49 48 54 64 60 0 65 54 0 0 31 9 Overhand Active 0 0 0 39 419
2009 DUB 92 80 84 67 50 44 49 48 54 64 60 0 65 56 0 0 32 10 Overhand Active 0 0 0 39 419
2010 DUB 92 78 84 67 50 44 49 48 54 64 60 0 65 56 0 0 33 11 Overhand Active 0 0 0 39 416
2011 DUB 92 77 84 67 50 44 49 48 54 64 60 0 65 57 0 0 34 12 Overhand Active 0 0 0 39 415
2012 DUB 90 76 84 66 50 44 49 48 54 64 60 0 65 57 0 0 35 13 Overhand Active 0 0 0 39 410
2013 DUB 90 76 84 66 50 44 49 48 54 64 60 0 65 57 0 0 36 14 Overhand Active 0 0 0 38 409
2014 DUB 92 75 84 66 50 44 49 48 54 64 60 0 65 57 0 0 37 15 Overhand Active 0 0 0 37 409
Ratings Delta   +2 -1                             +1 +1           -1  
History generated by Biorhythm v2.6.86 on Tue May 10 16:22:47 EDT 2005

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.