It hurts me to say it, but I was wrong in my Houston Street prediction....According to espin, and MLBTR, David Riske is really close to signing with the Brewers. Maybe a bit too much money, but he is a decent middle to back end reliever with decent career numbers. His fancy pants player card is here, and his MLB.com numbers are here. As I have said before, the maths are not my strong suit, but lets take a better look....
He gets a lot of outs that arent strike outs, as evidenced by the 69 innings pitched, and 52 ks last year. Career wise, it looks pretty much the same at 431 innings and 398 ks. Whats funny about that is his WHIP last year is exactly the same as his career number, 1.26. That shows at least some level of consistancy, as well as a reliever who can toss more than one inning at a time, which the bullpen sorely needs by the way. At about 15 pitches per inning, he is about average for relievers, and he walks less than 1 batter per inning(.42) while striking out close to one(.92). The top 5 pitchers with the most saves last year have pretty similar numbers to that, so that is a good sign, I think.
At 31 years old, Riske seems to be one of the better middle relievers on the market, and I would much rather see a free agent signing than trading away for a one year rental of Joe Nathan, whom Doug Melvin is also feeling out. There are very few opportunities to show your value in KC, and when presented with a chance last year, Riske did just that. Think of it like this...Matt Wise no longer has to worry about hitting batters in the face, as we can now look forward to Pot-head(Turnblow), Roid-rage(Mota), and an undervalued middle reliever to close it out in the ninth.
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