Sunday, February 13, 2011

Down on the Farm: DrB's 2011 Giants Top 50 Prospects- #33 Reiner Roibal

#33 Reiner Roibal, RHP. BD: 1/19/1989. 6'2", 215 lbs. B-R, T-R.

Rookie AZL: 2-0, 2.08, 8.2 IP, 5 BB, 14 K, GO/AO=2.00.

Reiner Roibal was a star on the Cuban National Team who defected after the 2008-09 season. He had a mixed track record in Cuba. He reportedly featured a mid 90's fastball. The Giants signed him for about $500 K in the spring of 2010. He only pitched a few innings for Arizona with the strong K/9 and a GB tendency but with a lot of walks in an extremely small sample size. Someone asked Baggs about him in the BA Giants Prospects chat. He indicated that his stuff wasn't as impressive as advertised once he got to Arizona. It will be interesting to see where he turns up in 2011. Given his age and international experience it would be disappointing if it was not at least at Low A Augusta.

I found some pics by searching his name on Google Images. He looks younger than 22 yo and reminds me a bit of Russ Ortiz.

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