Talk:David Riske

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[David Riske] David Riske will bring an even stronger presence to the mighty Red Sox bullpen. Along with closers Mike Timlin and possibly John Papelbon the deseptive closer/reviever will continue to plow over opponent batters. Let me take a moment to remind all of you that David Riske has struck out more opponents than innings that he has pitched in his major league career. It was a great deal that Red Sox and the Indians reached, I smell pennent written all over this. Jhix11 16:57, 31 January 2006 (UTC)

I agree that Riske should help the Red Sox bullpen; as an Indians fan, I was sorry to see him go. But be wary of the strikeout statistics. As the main article about Riske states, his strikeouts-per-inning dropped dramatically in 2005. With 48 strikeouts in 72 2/3 innings, Riske wasn't exactly Francisco Rodriguez. Kirchherr 18:44, 31 January 2006 (UTC)