Ryan Speier
Full Name: Ryan Andrew Speier
Position: P
Born: July 24, 1979
Place: Frankfort, Kentucky
Height: 6-7 Weight: 200
Bats: Right Throws: Right
High School: West Springfield High School (Springfield,VA)
College: Radford University
Drafted: Signed as undrafted free agent by Colorado Rockies in 2001
Ryan Speier spent the entire 2006 season on the DL because of a arm injury. RoxHead was down on Ryan in 2005 because he didn't appear to have the goods to be a consistent major league reliever due to his lame fastball that tops out in the mid 80's. However, reports are now that he has reworked his delivery which has added a few miles per hour to that heater... so we'll have to take another look at him in the spring.
Year Team Lg Age Lvl W L ERA G GS GF SV IP H R ER HR BB SO
2001 Casper Pio 22 Rk 1 2 3.16 17 0 8 1 25.2 19 12 9 2 9 24
2002 Asheville SAL 23 A 3 1 3.93 28 0 6 1 36.2 32 21 16 3 13 39
2002 Salem Caro 23 A 2 2 3.94 24 0 14 4 32.0 35 21 14 0 11 33
2003 Visalia Calif 24 A 4 2 1.53 56 0 43 18 58.2 50 14 10 2 17 73
2004 Tulsa Tex 25 AA 3 1 2.02 62 0 59 37 62.1 33 14 14 3 26 71
2005 Colorado PCL 26 AAA 2 2 4.99 45 0 6 52.1 70 30 29 2 18 45
2005 Rockies NL 26 MLB 2 1 3.65 22 0 10 0 24.2 26 12 10 0 13 10
2006 Did not pitch.. Injured
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MLB Totals: 1 year 2 1 3.65 22 0 10 0 24.2 26 12 10 0 13 10
Minors Totals: 5 years 15 10 3.09 232 0 130 67 267.2 239 112 92 12 94 285
Position: P
Born: July 24, 1979
Place: Frankfort, Kentucky
Height: 6-7 Weight: 200
Bats: Right Throws: Right
High School: West Springfield High School (Springfield,VA)
College: Radford University
Drafted: Signed as undrafted free agent by Colorado Rockies in 2001
Ryan Speier spent the entire 2006 season on the DL because of a arm injury. RoxHead was down on Ryan in 2005 because he didn't appear to have the goods to be a consistent major league reliever due to his lame fastball that tops out in the mid 80's. However, reports are now that he has reworked his delivery which has added a few miles per hour to that heater... so we'll have to take another look at him in the spring.
Year Team Lg Age Lvl W L ERA G GS GF SV IP H R ER HR BB SO
2001 Casper Pio 22 Rk 1 2 3.16 17 0 8 1 25.2 19 12 9 2 9 24
2002 Asheville SAL 23 A 3 1 3.93 28 0 6 1 36.2 32 21 16 3 13 39
2002 Salem Caro 23 A 2 2 3.94 24 0 14 4 32.0 35 21 14 0 11 33
2003 Visalia Calif 24 A 4 2 1.53 56 0 43 18 58.2 50 14 10 2 17 73
2004 Tulsa Tex 25 AA 3 1 2.02 62 0 59 37 62.1 33 14 14 3 26 71
2005 Colorado PCL 26 AAA 2 2 4.99 45 0 6 52.1 70 30 29 2 18 45
2005 Rockies NL 26 MLB 2 1 3.65 22 0 10 0 24.2 26 12 10 0 13 10
2006 Did not pitch.. Injured
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MLB Totals: 1 year 2 1 3.65 22 0 10 0 24.2 26 12 10 0 13 10
Minors Totals: 5 years 15 10 3.09 232 0 130 67 267.2 239 112 92 12 94 285
Ryan Speier Bio's
In the News
12/8/06.. addition.. Rocky
The Rockies are encouraged by relief Ryan Speier's recovery from January surgery to repair a torn right labrum. Speier not only pitched without pain in the Arizona Fall League, but he added several miles of velocity to his fastball and showed different arm angles in is delivery.
11/21/06.. info
Ryan Speier has been added to the 40-man roster after missing the entire 2006 season while recovering from his Feb. 1 right shoulder surgery to repair a torn labrum.
10/22/06.. addirion.. MLB.com.. AFL news
The comeback trail for Speier has been a pleasant one so far. The 27-year-old right-hander underwent shoulder surgery earlier in the year. In his first two outings since the procedure, Speier has tossed two scoreless innings and struck out one.
9/1/06.. addition.. Rocky
Right-handed pitcher Ryan Speier, who missed this season recovering from surgery for a torn right labrum, has been given approval to pitch in the Arizona Fall League. Speier suffered the injury in a pickup basketball game in December. He has spent the summer working out at Coors Field and faced a hitter for the first time in 11 months when he threw batting practice Tuesday. He initially will report to the Arizona Instructional League, then join the Grand Canyon team in the AFL, which will be managed by Stu Cole, manager of the Rockies' Double-A Tulsa (Okla.) team. "My progress has been better and better," Speier said. "I'm anxious to get going."
8/27/06.. addition.. Post
Marc Gustafson, the Rockies' director of player development, has penciled in a return to action for Speier in the Arizona Fall League. The league begins play in October, and the question is whether Speier can be ready to throw by then.
"It's probably a longshot, but we're hopeful he might be able to return to the mound this fall," Gustafson said.
8/1/06.. addition.. MLB.com
Ryan Speier, out for the season with a torn labrum in his right shoulder, threw off the mound for the first time on Tuesday -- 20 throws to a standing catcher and five to a crouched catcher. He will next throw a full bullpen session and hopes to return to pitch in the Arizona Fall League.
6/21/06.. addition.. Rocky
Right-hander Ryan Speier, below, rehabbing from surgery to repair two partial tears of his right labrum, is looking at the possibility of pitching in winter ball. Speier is playing catch every other day, having stretched out to a distance of 90 feet.
"The doctors have said I could be ready in September, so winter ball is my goal," he said. "If I don't pitch again until (spring training in) February that's fine as long as I can pitch in February."
Speier suffered the injury playing basketball in December. He said he was appreciative that while the Rockies took him off the major league roster after the injury they did sign him to a contract, arranged for the surgery and also have run his rehab program.
4/3/06.. addition.. MLB.com
Right-handed reliever Ryan Speier, who is out for the year because of shoulder surgery to repair two tears in the labrum, visited the Rockies' clubhouse before the game. Speier, who made his Major League debut last Opening Day, has regained most of his range of motion and began strengthening exercises two weeks ago. He hopes to pick up a baseball in two months, and has a goal of pitching in winter ball.
2/01/06... addition.. MLB.com
"I think it would have been difficult (for Speier to make the club), but you never know because he finished last year so good," O'Dowd said. "He would have been a go-to guy for us right off the bat. But these things happen. Ryan was very honest with us. It's an unfortunate accident."
12/14/05...addition...(MLB.com)
"Your stuff isn't the same at elevation," Speier said. "I had to tighten up my slider, make it a harder pitch with less break, rather than the sweeper that it is at sea level."
Colorado Springs manager Marv Foley said Speier pitches "with deception."
"His strength is being able to throw from an unorthodox angle plus throw strikes," said Foley, who joined the Rockies' coaching staff after the Triple-A season ended. "He's got a bright future pitching in the big leagues."
The Rockies are encouraged by relief Ryan Speier's recovery from January surgery to repair a torn right labrum. Speier not only pitched without pain in the Arizona Fall League, but he added several miles of velocity to his fastball and showed different arm angles in is delivery.
11/21/06.. info
Ryan Speier has been added to the 40-man roster after missing the entire 2006 season while recovering from his Feb. 1 right shoulder surgery to repair a torn labrum.
10/22/06.. addirion.. MLB.com.. AFL news
The comeback trail for Speier has been a pleasant one so far. The 27-year-old right-hander underwent shoulder surgery earlier in the year. In his first two outings since the procedure, Speier has tossed two scoreless innings and struck out one.
9/1/06.. addition.. Rocky
Right-handed pitcher Ryan Speier, who missed this season recovering from surgery for a torn right labrum, has been given approval to pitch in the Arizona Fall League. Speier suffered the injury in a pickup basketball game in December. He has spent the summer working out at Coors Field and faced a hitter for the first time in 11 months when he threw batting practice Tuesday. He initially will report to the Arizona Instructional League, then join the Grand Canyon team in the AFL, which will be managed by Stu Cole, manager of the Rockies' Double-A Tulsa (Okla.) team. "My progress has been better and better," Speier said. "I'm anxious to get going."
8/27/06.. addition.. Post
Marc Gustafson, the Rockies' director of player development, has penciled in a return to action for Speier in the Arizona Fall League. The league begins play in October, and the question is whether Speier can be ready to throw by then.
"It's probably a longshot, but we're hopeful he might be able to return to the mound this fall," Gustafson said.
8/1/06.. addition.. MLB.com
Ryan Speier, out for the season with a torn labrum in his right shoulder, threw off the mound for the first time on Tuesday -- 20 throws to a standing catcher and five to a crouched catcher. He will next throw a full bullpen session and hopes to return to pitch in the Arizona Fall League.
6/21/06.. addition.. Rocky
Right-hander Ryan Speier, below, rehabbing from surgery to repair two partial tears of his right labrum, is looking at the possibility of pitching in winter ball. Speier is playing catch every other day, having stretched out to a distance of 90 feet.
"The doctors have said I could be ready in September, so winter ball is my goal," he said. "If I don't pitch again until (spring training in) February that's fine as long as I can pitch in February."
Speier suffered the injury playing basketball in December. He said he was appreciative that while the Rockies took him off the major league roster after the injury they did sign him to a contract, arranged for the surgery and also have run his rehab program.
4/3/06.. addition.. MLB.com
Right-handed reliever Ryan Speier, who is out for the year because of shoulder surgery to repair two tears in the labrum, visited the Rockies' clubhouse before the game. Speier, who made his Major League debut last Opening Day, has regained most of his range of motion and began strengthening exercises two weeks ago. He hopes to pick up a baseball in two months, and has a goal of pitching in winter ball.
2/01/06... addition.. MLB.com
"I think it would have been difficult (for Speier to make the club), but you never know because he finished last year so good," O'Dowd said. "He would have been a go-to guy for us right off the bat. But these things happen. Ryan was very honest with us. It's an unfortunate accident."
12/14/05...addition...(MLB.com)
"Your stuff isn't the same at elevation," Speier said. "I had to tighten up my slider, make it a harder pitch with less break, rather than the sweeper that it is at sea level."
Colorado Springs manager Marv Foley said Speier pitches "with deception."
"His strength is being able to throw from an unorthodox angle plus throw strikes," said Foley, who joined the Rockies' coaching staff after the Triple-A season ended. "He's got a bright future pitching in the big leagues."