Sentences with phrase «best catcher»

Tony Mullane, one of the star pitchers of the day, told everyone that Walker was the best catcher he'd ever seen.

Next to Yadier Molina, he's the best catcher in baseball....

Why is Yadier Molina the game's best catcher, a lethal force with his glove and his bat?

Some say Howard is the league's second - best catcher.

He was the best catcher to hit baseballs.

Gary Sanchez is the youngster, the upstart, but he's also the best catcher in the AL now.

«He's one of the best catchers the game's ever seen.

Lucroy is a better catcher than Iannetta in my opinion.

I've been fortunate in working with very good catchers — Westrum, Campanella, now Yogi — and a good catcher can make a pitcher's life a lot easier.

As for Vogt, he hasn't been better than Marcus Semien this season, but he's been one of the better catchers in the AL, second only to Salvador Perez in WAR.

For now, I am trying learn to be darn good catcher of each one of them.

Not exact matches

According to the regulator, the article (which has since been removed) also included a live feed from Dylon's Facebook page, as well as a sentence at the end that said «It's at times like these we are thankful that Dylon Colour Catcher is there to save us.»

She has a shop in Brooklyn, where she sells clothing, handbags, and dream catchers that she makes, as well as jewelry and other items crafted by independent, local designers.

«A baseball team entirely composed of catchers could have high esprit de corps,» Ellison offered as an analogy, «but it would not perform very well on the field.»

They include straight, beaker and ash - catcher types of bongs, as well as papers, vaporizers and wide variety of RooR gear.

Try to be the next eye - catcher in your city next year by weighing your options as you start investing the best Supercar for the money 2018.

Putting a dream catcher up in your bedroom is a type of magic; you are using it to catch «good energies» and bring them into your life.

The first is Bill Freehan, an eleven - time All - Star catcher for the Detroit Tigers who deserves a good look by the committee responsible for correcting the mistakes made by earlier Hall of Fame voters.

He's been nice and steady, and while his OPS + (99) is well off his career average (113), he's still a young, switch - hitting catcher with superior defense.

In 2008, that's where the Rays played, and that's where the best college catcher in the country played.

Well, guess what, brain, here are the Oakland A's, who are the best in baseball at making catchers from household supplies and scraps from the lumberyard.

They had a castoff from the Mets, a catcher - turned - closer, a cosmic belch with the best 73 curveballs that baseball had to offer.

But after an MVP - caliber year in 2014, he was merely okay in 2015, and even with his bargain contract, teams aren't giving up their best prospects for a solid 30 - year - old catcher coming off an injury - marred campaign.

WAR is kind of trash for evaluating catchers, but it's also the best way to run a search like this.

Of the 1,700 - plus players to wear a catcher's mask in a major league game, of the thousands to do it professionally, of the tens of thousands to do it in high school and college, no catcher could hit baseballs better than he could.

They have the raw numbers (a two - win catcher or better in 14 of the 20 seasons), and they have the Hall of Famer (Barajas).

That's before they gave up an almost - ready pitcher to get Eduardo Nuñez, and that's before they gave up their best pitching prospect and a starting - caliber catcher for a reliever.

Jared Cook's incredible game - saving catch capped off the best game of the year from the Packers» pass catchers.

Schwarber has spent time as the Cubs» catcher, as well as in left field and as the designated hitter during interleague games.

Jeremy defensively plays the game as well as any catcher we've ever had here, and in regards to his arm, there's no comparison — he's the best we've had in my 22 years at Foothill.»

This full - count - pitch snuck by catcher Russel Martin and couldn't have felt good striking him in the chin.

Ertz has become the complete package as a blocker and pass catcher, but if this team has 3 TEs, that # 3 TE has a be a good blocker.

Furthermore, the relative unimportance of the running game could prompt teams to shift better offensive players to catcher without hurting the team's defense.

I think Knapp can hit well enough to be a major league catcher, the problem is his defense is rough and doesn't seem likely to get much better.

Maybe we could get him in the Rule 5 draft, but if the Yankees protect him, they still are deep in outfielders, he is still blocked, and the Yankees might well take a 2'd tier pitching prospect, or a catcher like Grierson.

Romo's pass catchers obviously elevated him, and Dez was obviously the best of them.

Catcher is not too exciting, but Lucroy has come through with some good at bats and important hits and maybe Maxwell will learn to pull the ball run into a few HRs.

They've had to deal with another awful season from Prince Fielder — one that also ended in neck surgery — while somehow scoring runs despite a lineup with a gaping hole where a catcher should be and only one lineup position with a well above - average player.

When well, he is a top - rate catcher.

Thurman Munson has a squatty body and a prickly personality, but he is a catcher without peer, a.302 hitter and the best bet to win the MVP award

But if they're exploring trades, the best majors - ready players they could realistically offer (other than catcher Andrew Susac) would come out of the bullpen, so they might be in on all of the relievers, too.

And he is already — unlike Tim McCarver, Freehan, Joe Torre, Jerry Grote, Randy Hundley or any other of the first - rate catchers of today — being equated with the best old ones in their prime.

At the end of the year he was voted the Golden Glove as the best defensive catcher in the league (the first rookie to win it) and made the player - selected Sporting News national all - star team.

So, granted that he takes care of himself and granted that catching was a good passport into the big time — don't catchers wear out awfully fast?

«Well,» he says, «you find the old catchers still around, because they can catch the ball.

I haven't looked at the draft but I'm hoping there is a high upside catcher we can get, otherwise best talent available

He looked around for the big flexible mitt he used to catch knuckleballs and discovered that Gary Gentry, a pitcher what's more, had swiped it, leaving Silvestri with a regular catcher's glove, which is not the best piece of equipment with which to catch a long drive.

Consider the reaction of the all - too - human Yankee catcher, Thurman Munson, to the suggestion that the Red Machine seemed to «execute» well.

When you look at the catchers all 25 teams are planning to start, you don't find a lot of obvious fits for contenders, and rebuilders would probably prefer to have a cheaper option with a better defensive reputation.

The pitch bounced well in front of home plate and past the catcher.