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| #42 Mariano Rivera New York Yankees | Roster | Statistics |  |
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Age: 33 Height: 6-2 Weight: 170 lbs. Bats: Right Throws: Right Pos: RP |
Born: November 29, 1969, Panama City , Panama Full Name: Mariano Rivera College: None Experience: 8 years 2002 Salary: $7,450,000 15 Day DL. 3/26 ( May Be Out Until Late April) (Groin) |
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 | NEWS: April 23 STATUS: 15-day Dl SKINNY: Rivera still plans to pitch an inning in an extended spring training game Wednesday in Tampa, but it's not a lock that he'll rejoin the Yankees this weekend in Texas, the New York Post reports. SPIN  :
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| BREAKDOWN | G | GS | IP | H | R | ER | HR | BB | SO | W | L | Hld | Sv | BS | BAA | WHIP | ERA |
| CAREER | 448 | 10 | 579.0 | 454 | 179 | 167 | 34 | 167 | 519 | 38 | 27 | 29 | 243 | 38 | .212 | 1.07 | 2.60 |
 MLB: 100.0% AL Only: 100.0% Avg. Draft Position: MLB: 63.2 AL Only: 30.3 FLB Ranking Pre-season CL: #5 • Player Rater • Most Added/Dropped • Fantasy Player Card 
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Scouting Report 2002 Season In the 2001 World Series, Mariano Rivera's shield of postseason invulnerability was pierced. Then last year, his seeming indestructibility vanished as well. After never having suffered an arm injury in his career, he strained his shoulder in July. He missed two weeks, made five more appearances and reinjured it, finally returning only a couple of weeks before the playoffs. He pitched as well as ever when healthy, converting 28 of 32 save opportunities. Pitching Rivera's signature pitch is a cut fastball in the upper 90s. It runs away from righthanded hitters, who find it hard to pull, and runs in on the fists of lefthanded hitters, who have trouble getting around on it. He'll also mix in a straight four-seamer. Being so hard to hit allows him to go right at hitters, minimizing walks. His cutter induces a lot of weakly hit balls, but fewer outright swings and misses than other closers' strikeout pitches. Rivera thus gets more groundballs but fewer strikeouts than most closers. Before his shoulder woes, he often was asked to go more than one inning, and had no problem doing so. Defense Athletic and agile, Rivera fields his position well. The fact that he muffed two of 11 fielding chances last year is more an aberration than a lingering effect of his World Series error from the year before. Holding runners is not a strength of his, but getting the out at the plate sure works for him. 2003 Outlook After a winter of rest, Rivera's arm troubles hopefully are behind him. The Yankees are hoping he'll be his old self from start to finish this year, but only time will tell. The club may limit him to an inning at a time in an effort to keep him healthy, which wouldn't affect his overall numbers much. |
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