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Jumbo Rittenour
Starting Pitcher | Retired or Inactive Players
Pitching His fastball gets into the high 80s, but it's the sink that makes the pitch effective. The Retired or Inactive Players hope he can work on his control a little bit. Every once and a while one slips away from him and either ends up at the backstop or in the right field bleachers. Sometimes I wish he'd just give up on throwing the changeup, it's like a BP ball! He's almost as effective against lefthanders as he is versus righthanders.
Defense & Hitting He doesn't have much of a pickoff move and he's slow getting the ball to home plate out of the set position. Rittenour is agile on the mound, though he makes needless errors when his concentration wanders. Rittenour is a surpisingly good hitting pitcher. And I'm not sure you can say this about a pitcher, but Rittenour has some pop in his swing. Interesting sidenote, The Retired or Inactive Players have been known to use Rittenour as a pinch-runner on occasion.
2025 Outlook Rittenour flat-out isn't ready for this level of competition. Expect the Retired or Inactive Players to send him down promptly. But if you ask me, I'll pass on Rittenour.
-- Moostard Nyman
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