Felipe Rivero
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Rivero with the Washington Nationals | |||
| Washington Nationals – No. 73 | |||
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Born: July 5, 1991 San Felipe, Yaracuy, Venezuela | |||
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| MLB debut | |||
| April 17, 2015, for the Washington Nationals | |||
| MLB statistics (through April 28, 2016) | |||
| Win–loss record | 2–2 | ||
| Earned run average | 3.00 | ||
| Strikeouts | 55 | ||
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Felipe Javier Rivero (born January 24, 1991) is a Venezuelan professional baseball pitcher for the Washington Nationals of Major League Baseball (MLB).
Career
Rivero signed with the Tampa Bay Rays as an international free agent on July 30, 2008.[1] He represented the Rays at the 2012 All-Star Futures Game.[2] He was added to the Rays' 40-man roster on November 20, 2012.[3]
On February 13, 2014, Rivero was traded to the Washington Nationals, along with José Lobatón and Drew Vettleson, in exchange for Nate Karns.[4][5] He suffered through elbow inflammation during the season, and was limited to 14 games started.[6] After the 2014 regular season, the Nationals assigned Rivero to the Mesa Solar Sox of the Arizona Fall League.[7]
The Nationals transitioned Rivero into a relief pitcher during spring training in 2015.[6] Rivero opened the 2015 season with the Syracuse Chiefs of the Class AAA International League.[8] On April 17, 2015, Rivero made his major league debut by coming in to pitch the top of the ninth inning in a 7-2 win over the Philadelphia Phillies. He pitched one inning, allowing two hits and one run while striking out two batters.[9] He went on the disabled list due to gastrointestinal bleeding on April 22.[10] On June 1, the Nationals promoted Rivero to the major leagues from Syracuse.[11] At the end of the season, Rivero was able to reach 100 miles per hour (160 km/h) with his fastball in relief. With Jonathan Papelbon suspended and Drew Storen injured, Rivero converted two save opportunities during the final week of the season. He finished the season with a 2.79 earned run average.[6]
References
- ↑ "Felipe Rivero Stats, Bio, Photos, Highlights".
- ↑ "Promising Rays duo cued for Futures Game". Mlb.mlb.com. June 20, 2012. Retrieved November 8, 2013.
- ↑ "Rays add four players to 40-man roster". Tampabay.rays.mlb.com. November 20, 2012. Retrieved November 8, 2013.
- ↑ "Nationals acquire catcher Jose Lobaton, LHP Felipe Rivero and OF Drew Vettleson from Tampa Bay". Curly W Live. Retrieved April 10, 2015.
- ↑ Wagner, James (February 27, 2014). "Felipe Rivero, acquired in Jose Lobaton-Nate Karns trade, adjusting to the Nationals". Washington Post. Retrieved April 10, 2015.
- 1 2 3 Wagner, James (March 6, 2016). "Felipe Rivero, thrust into a reliever’s role, now sees himself as a future closer". Washington Post. Retrieved March 9, 2016.
- ↑ "Byron Kerr: Felipe Rivero with bounceback win for Mesa". MASNsports. Retrieved April 10, 2015.
- ↑ "2015 Syracuse Chiefs: pitching is a plus, offense will be a work in progress". syracuse.com. Retrieved April 10, 2015.
- ↑ "Felipe Rivero makes major league debut". Washington Post. Retrieved April 23, 2015.
- ↑ "Nationals call up Matt Grace, put Felipe Rivero on the DL, trade Xavier Cedeño". Washington Post. Retrieved April 23, 2015.
- ↑ Wagner, James (June 1, 2015). "Felipe Rivero recalled, Matt Grace optioned to Syracuse". Washington Post. Retrieved March 9, 2016.
External links
- Career statistics and player information from MLB, or ESPN, or Baseball-Reference, or Fangraphs, or The Baseball Cube, or Baseball-Reference (Minors)
- Felipe Rivero on Twitter
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