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Rafael Betancourt

Rafael Betancourt
Cleveland Indians — No. 63 Relief pitcherBorn: April 29, 1975(1975-04-29) (age 33)
Cumaná, Sucre State, VenezuelaBats: Right Throws: Right  Major League Baseball debut July 13, 2003 for the Cleveland Indians Selected MLB statistics
(through 2007) Win-Loss     19-16 Earned run average     2.80 Strikeouts     313 Teams

Rafael José Betancourt (b. April 29, 1975 Cumaná, Sucre State, Venezuela) is a Major League Baseball right-handed relief pitcher who has pitched with the Cleveland Indians since 2003. He was originally signed as an amateur free agent by the Boston Red Sox in September 1993. The Red Sox released him following the 1999 season and then resigned him as a free agent in December 2000. He was granted free agency again in October 2001 and signed with the Indians in January 2003. On July 8, 2005 he became the sixth Major League player to be suspended for testing positive in steroids testing.[1]

On January 23, 2008, he signed a two year contract with the Indians with a club option for 2010.

According to Baseball America, Betancourt may be the future closer for the Indians. His best pitches are a curveball which is often mistakenly called a slider, and a 90–94 MPH fastball. He also throws a change-up. Although he's not classified as a strikeout pitcher, Betancourt gets more than his share by throwing a significant number of strikes. He is a converted shortstop with a metal plate and six screws in his pitching elbow.

Betancourt is known in some circles for his odd windup. He constantly taps his foot on the rubber before coming set with a runner on base. Some argue[who?] that this is a balk, while others argue that he stops the tapping before he comes set and delivers the pitch. He will constantly move his hands around and then tug on his baseball cap (sometimes doing it nine times) prior to throwing the next pitch. This is among the longest windups in the league. There is a rule to avoid unnecessary delays which states that if a pitcher takes at least 12 seconds to deliver a pitch, the pitch is automatically ruled a ball. Betancourt is one of the few pitchers who have had this rule enforced while pitching.

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  1. ^ Players suspended under baseball's steroids policy. espn.com (2006-06-07). Retrieved on 2007-07-20.

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1 Casey Blake | 2 Jhonny Peralta | 7 Jamey Carroll | 10 Kelly Shoppach | 11 Jorge Velandia | 12 Ben Francisco | 15 Andy Marté | 17 Shin-Soo Choo | 20 David Dellucci | 24 Grady Sizemore | 25 Ryan Garko | 27 Rick Bauer | 30 Masahide Kobayashi | 31 Cliff Lee | 32 Aaron Laffey | 36 Paul Byrd | 38 Franklin Gutiérrez | 39 Scott Elarton | 45 Jeremy Sowers | 47 Joe Borowski | 49 Edward Mujica | 52 C. C. Sabathia | 53 Rafael Pérez | 59 Yamid Haad | 63 Rafael Betancourt

Inactive (40-man) roster: 13 Asdrúbal Cabrera | 23 Michael Aubrey | 40 Tom Mastny | 46 Brad Snyder | 50 Jensen Lewis | 54 Brian Slocum | 64 Reid Santos | 69 Scott Lewis | 70 Tony Sipp | 72 Adam Miller | 76 Wyatt Toregas

Disabled list: 29 Josh Barfield | 37 Jake Westbrook | 41 Víctor Martínez | 48 Travis Hafner | 55 Fausto Carmona

Coaching Staff: Manager 22 Eric Wedge | Bench Coach 28 Jeff Datz | 1st Base/Infield Coach 6 Luis Rivera | 3rd Base Coach 35 Joel Skinner | Hitting Coach 9 Derek Shelton | Pitching Coach 51 Carl Willis | Bullpen Coach 4 Luis Isaac | Bullpen Catcher 43 Dan Williams | Bullpen Catcher 60 Dennis Malavé

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