Sentences with phrase «as centerfielder»

Whitehead has also proven to be a difference maker as a centerfielder, flying sideline to sideline to disrupt passes over the top.

As a centerfielder, Tapia gets to flex his fielding skills with the help of a significant incline at Isotopes Park which makes routine catches extra tricky.

As centerfielder, Boog is creating too much indecision among his fellow fielders.

In 1995 Atlanta hit a weak.250 during the regular season as centerfielder Marquis Grissom, rightfielder David Justice and first baseman Fred McGriff all had off years at the plate.

At El Segundo (Calif.) High School he batted over.400 as a centerfielder and pitcher, but only the Red Sox saw a big - league future for him on the mound.

Even withholdovers such as centerfielder Vernon Wells and ace Roy Halladay, the emphasisis on the team's future.

Not exact matches

After graduating in 1942, he came close to suiting up for the St. Louis Cardinals as a signed centerfielder.

Byrnes also signed third baseman Ryan Roberts (16 home runs, 15 steals) as a free agent in 2008 and traded for centerfielder Chris Young when Young was just a White Sox prospect.

Carlos Gomez is pressing, and with the benefit of hindsight, maybe the Astros wouldn't have given up quite as much for their new centerfielder, but the overall strategy would have been to buy, buy, buy.

His counterpart Mike Trout did not arrive to quite as much fanfare, but the 20 - year old centerfielder has quickly established himself as one of this league's most exciting young players.

«At City Hall, Bill Shea — who was lionized in New York — made a speech in which he apologized for the players,» recalls Richie Ashburn, the centerfielder who would be dubiously distinguished at season's end, named as the Most Valuable Player on the worst team of this century.

Told of Smoltz's anointing of the Birds as baseball's top team, Orioles centerfielder Brady Anderson offered a one - word reply: «Cool!»

As a freshman centerfielder at Auburn, Jackson struck out 21 straight times before cracking his first hit.

As a team with one remaining lineup hole and one of the few centerfielders that Cespedes would actually improve on defensively, though, there probably isn't a better fit.

Last year Mike Kelly hit three homers for the Reds in the first week of the exhibition season, prompting Ray Knight to anoint him as the Opening Day centerfielder, even though Kelly was a career.220 hitter with only 214 major league at bats.

Bob Tewksbury, who averaged fewer than 1.5 walks per nine innings in» 98, also called it quits, and centerfielder Otis Nixon (37 stolen bases) bolted for Atlanta as a free agent.

The two teams have much in common: Oakland (3.66 team ERA) and Anaheim (3.68) have the AL's top two pitching staffs, each anchored by a twentysomething lefthander (the A's 24 - year - old Zito, the Angels» 28 - year - old Jarrod Washburn), as well as breakout MVP candidates (Oakland shortstop Miguel Tejada and Anaheim centerfielder Garret Anderson).

Rodriguez gave Tino Martinez that nickname because the Yankees first baseman has become his personal link to the other made Yankees (that is, the ones with world - championship rings) such as catcher Jorge Posada, centerfielder Bernie Williams, closer Mariano Rivera and especially shortstop, captain and clubhouse sachem Derek Jeter.

But metrics back him up as at least an average - ish centerfielder.

In fact, centerfielder Lenny Dykstra is as solid as a rock after a conditioning program that left him looking, in one teammate's words, like «Lenny Canseco.»