Sentences with phrase «drafted as pitchers»

They draft him as a pitcher and keep him there, which ruins everything.

Drafted as a pitcher by the San Francisco Giants (from the University of San Francisco) in the 2nd round of the 2001 draft, Jesse made his MLB debut on April 14, 2003.

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Ozzie, Jose's fraternal twin, was drafted as a hard - throwing righthanded pitcher by the Yankees in 1983, tore his rotator cuff three years later and lost 10 mph off his 90 - mph - plus fastball.

Not bad for a guy who was a 58th - round draft pick out of UCLA six years ago as a pitcher.

It almost seems like it's something the organization is doing on purpose, acquiring pitchers with low strikeout rates (Tyler Chatwood, Jordan Lyles) and drafting them (Eddie Butler), as if putting the ball in play at Coors Field is the secret formula for success.

I'd just as soon see them use their high picks on pitchers until they establish that they can draft and develop position players.

After the draft, we will very likely have 5 pitchers as our top 5 prospects.

Pitchers who make the majors a year after being drafted are the Rhodes Scholars of the industry: They're about as likely to be the President of the United States as an unemployed gadfly, statistically.

If the Tigers truly rate Madrigal or anyone else as a comparable talent, then go for it, but don't lose out on the top talent because you are tired of drafting pitchers, or because you fall in love with the «potential» of some high school kid who may never learn to hit in pro ball.

New Alabama head baseball coach Greg Goff got his first win as starting pitcher Nick Eicholtz has elected to return to Alabama after being drafted by Marlins in the 13th round of the 2016 MLB Draft.