Lupe Rios-Rosario  
Starting Pitcher | St Paul Pride

Pitching
Rios-Rosario likes to get hitters looking down and away, then ties them up by coming inside with hard stuff, getting a lot of groundball outs. He's a good late inning man, which is when being a pitcher really counts. His fastball gets into the high 80s, but it's the sink that makes the pitch effective. He attacks lefties and righties with similar success.

Defense & Hitting
Though he lacks a good pickoff move, he checks the running game with a compact stretch delivery. Rios-Rosario is agile on the mound, though he makes needless errors when his concentration wanders. Rios-Rosario is a surpisingly good hitting pitcher. And I'm not sure you can say this about a pitcher, but Rios-Rosario has some pop in his swing.

          -- 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
2012 CRE 71 78 29 49 56 48 56 51 54 41 0 0 56 37 0 0 18 0 Overhand Low Minors 0 0 0 21 205
2013 CRE 72 81 34 53 56 48 56 51 54 47 0 0 62 45 0 0 19 0 Overhand Low Minors 0 0 0 21 241
2014 CRE 75 82 41 55 56 48 56 51 54 50 0 0 66 50 0 0 20 0 Overhand Low Minors 0 0 0 22 268
2015 STP 76 84 52 58 56 48 56 51 54 50 0 0 68 53 0 0 21 0 Overhand Low Minors 0 0 0 23 292
2016 STP 76 84 60 60 56 48 56 51 54 52 0 0 70 55 0 0 22 0 Overhand AA/AAA 0 0 0 24 308
2017 STP 76 84 65 62 56 48 56 51 54 52 0 0 70 55 0 0 23 0 Overhand AA/AAA 0 0 0 33 314
2018 STP 76 84 73 64 56 48 56 51 54 52 0 0 70 56 0 0 24 0 Overhand Active 0 0 0 35 325
2019 STP 76 84 73 67 56 48 56 51 54 53 0 0 71 56 0 0 25 1 Overhand Active 0 0 0 36 329
2020 STP 76 84 73 67 56 48 56 51 54 53 0 0 72 56 0 0 26 2 Overhand Active 0 0 0 36 329
2021 STP 76 84 73 67 56 48 56 51 54 53 0 0 72 57 0 0 27 3 Overhand Active 0 0 0 36 330
2022 STP 76 84 73 67 56 48 56 51 54 53 0 0 72 57 0 0 28 4 Overhand Active 0 0 0 36 329
2023 STP 76 84 73 67 56 48 56 51 54 53 0 0 72 57 0 0 29 5 Overhand DL 0 0 0 36 328
2024 STP 76 84 73 67 56 48 56 51 54 54 0 0 72 57 0 0 30 6 Overhand Active 0 0 0 36 328
2025 STP 76 84 73 67 56 48 56 51 54 54 0 0 72 57 0 0 31 7 Overhand AA/AAA 0 0 0 36 327
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
2010 16 ULT 12 16 0 0 36 36 3 5 198.1 5.2 275 26 271 69 0 0 3.13 0.25 2.76 .337 .518 .341 .333 11.4
2011 17 ULT 8 7 0 0 35 35 5 6 212.2 6.0 281 31 252 110 0 0 4.67 0.44 2.51 .321 .477 .361 .297 10.1
2012 18 ULT 9 14 0 0 35 35 9 10 236.2 6.2 279 30 263 141 0 0 5.37 0.54 2.29 .295 .441 .302 .291 7.91
Totals     29 37 0 0 106 106 17 21 647.2 6.0 835 87 786 320 0 0 4.45 0.41 2.50 .317 .477 .335 .305 9.70

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
2013 19 PNAN 1 0 0 0 7 0 0 0 16.2 2.1 23 3 9 5 5 1 2.78 0.56 1.98 .343 .597 .278 .367 5.40
2014 20 PNAN 3 22 0 0 32 32 4 3 165 5.0 184 39 130 73 0 0 3.98 0.56 1.90 .282 .515 .301 .267 7.96
2016 22 PDEP 19 12 0 0 41 41 20 1 252 6.0 264 31 100 118 0 0 4.21 1.18 1.44 .266 .418 .256 .272 4.54
2017 23 PDEP 15 13 0 0 37 37 17 3 257 7.0 291 47 91 114 0 0 3.99 1.25 1.49 .283 .472 .307 .269 5.29
Totals     38 47 0 0 117 110 41 7 690.2 6.0 762 120 330 310 5 1 4.04 0.94 1.58 .278 .466 .288 .273 5.66

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
2018 24 STP 15 14 0 0 33 33 17 0 208.1 6.1 201 36 64 54 0 0 2.34 0.84 1.27 .253 .442 .238 .266 3.80
2019 25 STP 8 15 0 0 33 33 12 3 199.2 6.0 252 40 55 60 0 0 2.71 1.09 1.54 .306 .516 .329 .287 5.54
2020 26 STP 6 19 0 0 32 32 10 4 188.1 6.0 240 36 64 53 0 0 2.54 0.83 1.62 .305 .501 .306 .303 5.59
2021 27 STP 7 12 0 0 27 27 6 3 170.2 6.1 189 34 32 44 0 0 2.33 1.38 1.30 .280 .496 .258 .298 4.90
2022 28 STP 6 15 0 0 33 33 11 4 202.2 6.0 258 39 56 70 0 0 3.12 1.25 1.55 .308 .516 .310 .306 5.24
2023 29 STP 2 3 0 0 7 7 4 1 43.2 6.1 44 7 5 10 0 0 2.08 2.00 1.13 .260 .420 .292 .225 4.53
2024 30 STP 3 10 0 0 18 9 3 0 64.2 3.2 80 11 33 22 1 1 3.08 0.67 1.76 .309 .510 .307 .311 5.71
Totals     47 88 0 0 183 174 63 15 1078 6.0 1264 203 309 313 1 1 2.61 1.01 1.46 .291 .493 .291 .291 5.03

Transfer History for Lupe Rios-Rosario
Date Transferred with Rios-Rosario To New Club In Exchange For To Old Club
May 8 2015 Mike Tipton
1st Rd 2015 - Yellowknife's - 16th pick
St Paul Pride 1st Rd 2015 - 8th pick
Creston Kokanee

Lupe Rios-Rosario's Career Highlights
Year Details
2012 2nd round - 39th overall selection by Creston Kokanee in the 2012 Amateur Draft

Lupe Rios-Rosario's Injury History
Date Injured Days Injured Injury Impact  
October 3, 2020 14 Strained biceps 28%  
September 1, 2021 62 Hyper-extended elbow 100%  
May 13, 2023 36 Torn triceps 100% Disabled List
April 13, 2024 4 Swollen eye 10%  
May 27, 2024 16 Strained elbow ligament 26%  

Lupe Rios-Rosario's Comparable Players
Player Names
Adam Harless 92.5% Tyrone Sowden 92.0%      

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