Rich Rundles

Richard Lambert Rundles (born June 3, 1981) is a Major League Baseball relief pitcher for the St. Louis Cardinals organization. From 1999 to 2007, Rundles played in minor league baseball with six different organizations.

Through 836 minor-league innings, Rundles has a 3.39 ERA, accomplished with an 87-91 mph fastball, very good changeup and average curve. He has always had good control, since being a third-round pick out of high school back in 1999. As a starter in Class A ball a year later, he walked only 13 while fanning 114 in 132 innings. Various injuries stalled his development—until signing with the Indians as a minor-league free agent in January 2007. The Tribe moved him to the bullpen to help the lefty avoid his durability issues.

Sent to Double-A Akron in '07, Rundles went 3-0 with a 1.83 ERA and two saves in 23 games, 21 of which were out of the bullpen. That earned him his first call to Triple-A, where he was 2-4 with a 2.70 ERA in 17 relief outings at Buffalo. Rundles then went to the 2007 Arizona Fall League to continue his transition to relief. In limited work, he allowed one run in 8²⁄₃ innings (1.04 ERA) over eight outings.

On July 2, 2008, Rundles was named to the 2008 Triple-A All-Star Game as the Buffalo Bisons lone representative.^[1] He was called up to the majors on September 1, 2008, and made his debut on September 3, walking the only batter he faced.

Since his September call-up Rundles has a total of 6 strikeouts, 2 walks, and giving up 1 earned run through 4¹⁄₃ innings of work from the bullpen. Rundles has appeared in 7 games for the Tribe compiling a 2.08 ERA.

He was returned to Triple-A Columbus on March 15, 2009.^[2]

He was released by St. Louis Cardnials organization May 31, 2011 & is now a free agent...

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