Jimmy Rider

JIMMY RIDER	SECOND BASEMAN
	Born: May 9, 1990 Height: 5’8″ Weight: 175 Bats: Right Throws: Right Drafted: 26th Round, 796th Overall, 2012 How Acquired: Draft College: Kent State University Agent: N/A

WTM’S PIRATE PLAYER PROFILES

Rider was a four-year starter at Kent State and is the school’s all-time leader in hits. He came back from a down junior year to have very strong senior season. He appears to have some gap power but apparently not great speed. Rider played short at Kent State but the Pirates announced him as a second baseman. That may be attributable to his size. He’s never previously been drafted. He signed shortly after the college world series.

2012
R: 239/337/310, 71 AB, 5 2B, 9 BB, 13 K, 2-3 SB
A-: 119/235/136, 59 AB, 1 2B, 8 BB, 12 K, 3-3 SB

Rider started off in the GCL and played mainly short. He moved up to State College in August and divided his time mainly between second and third. He hit just decently in the GCL and not at all with the Spikes, although his plate discipline was good at both levels.

2013
A-: 246/288/295, 61 AB, 3 2B, 2 BB, 11 K, 3-4 SB
A: 302/367/535, 43 AB, 4 2B, 2 HR, 4 BB, 6 K

Rider opened the season as a backup with Jamestown. Except for a brief stretch in mid-July, when he moved up to West Virginia, he stayed at Jamestown until he joined the Power for good in mid-August. He didn’t hit much for the Jammers, but got hot when he joined the Power in August and was their best hitter in the last two weeks of the season. Of course, it’s a small sample size in both cases. Rider played mostly third for both teams, with a few games at second and first.

Rider hopefully made some real progress late in the 2013 season. He’ll probably return to West Virginia in 2014.

STATS

Baseball Reference–Minors
Fangraphs
MiLB.com

NCAA	BA	OBP	SLG	AB	2B	3B	HR	BB	K	SB	CS
2009	.353	.445	.491	218	11	2	5	27	35	5	2
2010	.344	.398	.446	276	21	2	1	17	19	6	3
2011	.281	.333	.375	267	16	3	1	20	30	5	2
2012	.361	.434	.532	252	26	1	5	32	32	3	0

CONTRACT INFORMATION

2014: Minor league contract.

PLAYER INFORMATION

Signing Bonus: N/A
MiLB Debut: 2012
MLB Debut:
MiLB FA Eligible: 2018
MLB FA Eligible:
Rule 5 Eligible: 2015
Added to 40-Man:
Options Remaining: 3
MLB Service Time: 0.000

TRANSACTIONS

June 6, 2012: Drafted by the Pittsburgh Pirates in the 26th round, 796th overall pick; signed on June 28.