Felipe Rivero
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| Born: July 5, 1991 San Felipe, Yaracuy, Venezuela |
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| MLB statistics (through May 20, 2016) |
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| Win–loss record | 2–2 | ||
| Earned run average | 3.29 | ||
| Strikeouts | 67 | ||
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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]
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External links
- Career statistics and player information from MLB, or ESPN, or Baseball Reference, or Fangraphs, or Baseball Reference (Minors)
- Felipe Rivero on TwitterLua error in Module:WikidataCheck at line 28: attempt to index field 'wikibase' (a nil value).
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