Rico Church@   Relief Pitcher | Cold Lake Mud Cats Pitching His fastball gets into the high 80s, but it's the sink that makes the pitch effective. He comes right after righthanded hitters, who are lucky even to reach base against him, but he works more carefully to lefties. Defense & Hitting He's reasonably quick to the plate but needs to vary his pickoff moves. Good baserunners appeared to time him last year. He tends to fall off slightly to the first-base side of the mound, making him vulnerable to bunts toward third base. He makes up for that minor flaw by being aggressive in fielding his position. Church is a surpisingly good hitting pitcher. And I'm not sure you can say this about a pitcher, but Church has some pop in his swing. 2025 Outlook The Cold Lake Mud Cats signed him to a long-term contract, but don't think they won't drop Church like a hot potato if something better comes along.           -- Emu Nyman, AA/AAA Scout

Player Skills Yearly Scouting Report Cards

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 2014 OWE 50 35 28 24 44 41 45 49 50 32 0 56 47 0 0 0 18 0 Overhand Low Minors 0 0 0 23 93 2015 OWE 54 36 30 27 44 41 45 49 50 43 0 65 53 0 0 0 19 0 Overhand Low Minors 0 0 0 24 137 2016 CAL 58 37 38 33 44 41 45 49 50 43 0 65 53 0 0 0 20 0 Overhand Low Minors 0 0 0 25 163 2017 CAL 60 37 51 36 44 41 45 49 50 43 0 65 53 0 0 0 21 0 Overhand Low Minors 0 0 0 27 191 2018 CAL 60 38 55 38 44 41 45 49 50 50 0 65 53 0 0 0 22 0 Overhand Low Minors 0 0 0 33 210 2019 CAL 60 40 55 41 44 41 45 49 50 54 0 70 56 0 0 0 23 0 Overhand Low Minors 0 0 0 35 225 2020 COL 60 40 55 44 44 41 45 49 50 56 0 73 58 0 0 0 24 0 Overhand AA/AAA 0 0 0 42 234 2021 COL 60 42 55 47 44 41 45 49 50 57 0 75 59 0 0 0 25 0 Overhand AA/AAA 0 0 0 46 240 2022 COL 60 43 55 49 44 41 45 49 50 58 0 76 60 0 0 0 26 0 Overhand AA/AAA 0 0 0 55 243 2023 COL 60 45 55 55 44 41 45 49 50 58 0 77 60 0 0 0 27 0 Overhand AA/AAA 0 0 0 62 249 2024 COL 60 49 55 62 44 41 45 49 50 58 0 77 60 0 0 0 28 0 Overhand AA/AAA 0 0 0 69 255 2025 COL 60 49 55 63 44 41 45 49 50 58 0 78 60 0 0 0 29 0 Overhand AA/AAA 0 0 0 69 255 Ratings Delta       +1               +1         +1

CBL Collegiate League Yearly Statistical Records

Year Age Team W L Sv Hld G GS QS CG IP AIP H HR BB SO IR IRS K/9 K/BB Whip Avg Slg LHB RHB ERA 2012 16 UAA 9 13 4 1 64 0 0 0 163.1 2.2 187 38 216 100 45 21 5.52 0.46 2.47 .288 .507 .266 .304 9.86 2013 17 UAA 7 7 4 4 62 0 0 0 157.2 2.2 185 31 185 92 36 14 5.27 0.50 2.35 .293 .497 .272 .304 9.19 2014 18 UAA 12 4 3 5 63 0 0 0 138.2 2.1 170 21 159 88 46 18 5.73 0.55 2.38 .305 .443 .285 .322 8.24 Totals     28 24 11 10 189 0 0 0 459.2 2.1 542 90 560 280 127 53 5.49 0.50 2.40 .295 .484 .274 .309 9.16

CBL Pioneer League Yearly Statistical Records

Year Age Team W L Sv Hld G GS QS CG IP AIP H HR BB SO IR IRS K/9 K/BB Whip Avg Slg LHB RHB ERA 2017 21 PVBL 0 3 11 6 27 0 0 0 24 1.0 19 2 10 11 11 0 4.13 1.10 1.21 .216 .318 .238 .196 3.00 Totals     0 3 11 6 27 0 0 0 24 1.0 19 2 10 11 11 0 4.13 1.10 1.21 .216 .318 .238 .196 3.00

CBL Major League Yearly Statistical Records

Year Age Team W L Sv Hld G GS QS CG IP AIP H HR BB SO IR IRS K/9 K/BB Whip Avg Slg LHB RHB ERA Totals     0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00

Transfer History for Rico Church

Date Transferred with Church To New Club In Exchange For To Old Club April 16 2016 Released to Free Agents by Owen Sound Crusaders April 24 2016 Free Agent signing by Calgary Remparts July 28 2020 Alan Donbrunst 1st Rd 2021 (27th pick) 2nd Rd 2021 (55th pick) 3rd Rd 2021 (83rd pick) Cold Lake Mud Cats Stefan Campos Clark Strohmeyer Calgary Remparts

Rico Church's Career Highlights

Year Details 2014 2nd round - 48th overall selection by Owen Sound Crusaders in the 2014 Amateur Draft

Rico Church's Comparable Players

Player Names Prescott Riemer 91.0% Cortlan Paule 90.9% Keeshawn Poitier 90.5% Acton Edge 90.5% Aron Amo 90.0%

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