Richard Sidney Bleier was born on April 16,1987 and is an American professional baseball pitcher for the Miami Marlins of Major League Baseball.
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31 Facts About Richard Bleier
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Richard Bleier was a 2015 post-season Class AA Eastern League All Star, and was voted a Washington organization All Star by MiLB.
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Richard Bleier debuted in the majors in 2016 for the New York Yankees, following nine minor league seasons in which he pitched 956 innings, and he was one of 12 Yankees pitchers since 1919 to make his debut after turning 29 years old.
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Richard Bleier's approach is to "pitch to contact, " and use excellent control.
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Richard Bleier grew up in Plantation, Florida, and played baseball at South Plantation High School, from which he graduated in 2005.
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Richard Bleier was chosen for the county and state All Star games in 2005.
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Richard Bleier played college baseball at Florida Gulf Coast University for the Florida Gulf Coast Eagles in Fort Myers, Florida on a partial scholarship.
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Richard Bleier's signing made him the highest draft pick in the history of Florida Gulf Coast University.
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Richard Bleier was voted Pitcher of the Week in the Class AA Texas League with the Rangers' Frisco RoughRiders on both May 10,2010, and June 6,2011.
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On December 13,2014, Richard Bleier signed a minor league contract with the Washington Nationals organization, and pitched for the Harrisburg Senators in 2015.
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Richard Bleier was a post-season Class AA Eastern League All Star with Harrisburg in 2015.
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Richard Bleier was voted Pitcher of the Week in the Eastern League with the Senators on May 25,2015.
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On December 18,2015, Richard Bleier signed a minor league contract with the New York Yankees organization.
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Richard Bleier was called up to the majors for the first time on May 26,2016, by the New York Yankees.
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Richard Bleier's debut followed nine minor league seasons in which he pitched 956 innings.
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Richard Bleier was one of 12 Yankees pitchers since 1919 to make his debut after turning 29 years old and the first since Amauri Sanit in 2011.
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Richard Bleier became the third former FGCU player to play in the majors, joining pitchers Chris Sale and Casey Coleman.
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Richard Bleier was a starter down there, so he's built up.
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Richard Bleier knows that by the relatively arbitrary measurement of pitchers with 101 big league innings or more, his 242 ERA+ was the best.
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The injury required surgical repair that ended Richard Bleier's season; there was a chance he could be ready to pitch in spring training in 2019.
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Richard Bleier had a salary of $556,000, and will be eligible for arbitration in 2020, and a free agent in 2023.
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Richard Bleier returned from his lat muscle surgery in 2019, and was on the injured list from April 10 to May 16 with left shoulder tendinitis.
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Richard Bleier struggled at first, but improved as the season progressed.
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Richard Bleier had some of the worst batted-ball luck on ground balls in the American League, and after a dugout shouting match about defensive positioning with infield coach Jose Flores, he played in front of an infield that was not shifted for the final month of the season, and saw his results further improve.
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Richard Bleier was traded from Baltimore to the Miami Marlins on July 31,2020, in a transaction that was completed seven weeks later when the Orioles received minor-league shortstop Isaac De Leon on September 18.
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Richard Bleier had disagreed with a HBP call on Alcides Escobar, believing that Escobar had swung at the pitch.
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Richard Bleier had never been called for a balk in his MLB career previously, over the course of 303 games in seven seasons.
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Manager Don Mattingly was ejected from the game for arguing, and Richard Bleier was ejected from the game at the end of the inning for arguing with the umpires.
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Richard Bleier pitched one scoreless inning, over the course of two appearances.
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Richard Bleier will be playing for Team Israel manager and former All-Star Ian Kinsler, and alongside All-Star outfielder Joc Pederson, Gold Glove outfielder Harrison Bader, and pitcher Dean Kremer, among others.
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