DAVID RUBINSTEIN

5/18/87; '08 11th; Appalachian State Univ.
R/R; 6-2, 190

Level	BA	OBP	SA	AB	2B	3B	HR	BB	K	SB	CS
2006 NCAA	.301	.376	.491	163	12	2	5	20	32	8	2
2007 NCAA	.361	.426	.548	252	30	4	3	28	39	12	5
2008 NCAA	.332	.429	.544	226	19	1	9	33	39	12	4
2008 A-	.249	.342	.343	169	7	3	1	21	41	5	5
2009 A-	.267	.309	.383	243	13	3	3	13	73	5	3

Rubinstein showed pretty good all-around hitting skills in college. He was a third team All-American, his school's first in 19 years. He signed just a few days after the draft and played semi-regularly for State College. The Pirates' policy seemed to be to have multi-position rotations and Rubinstein was rotated in the outfield, and sometimes at DH, with Ciro Rosero, Quincy Latimore, and Andrew Biela, joined by Cole White early in the season and Kyle Morgan later. Rubinstein played half his OF time in center and a quarter each in right and left. Not that it's a great statistical measure, but range factor may have some validity in comparing players on the same team. In the case of State College, Rubinstein's range factor was lower than Rosero's and much lower than Latimore's.

Rubinstein got off to a terrible start, hitting .172 in June and July with poor BB and K numbers. In August he turned it around, hitting 348/451/478, with 11 walks and 12 Ks. He had a mild platoon split. Surpisingly, though, he was not on the West Virginia roster to open the 2009 season. He instead returned to State College and probably showed why the Pirates declined to move him up. He didn't hit any better overall and his plate discipline declined badly. He played right exclusively, except for one game in left. It'll be interesting to see what the Pirates do with him next year, as new management seems reluctant to have players remain at the same level year after year, yet Rubinstein hasn't made any progress, nor shown that he can handle low A.

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