Sentences with phrase «first designated hitter»

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The A's have current or former All - Stars at catcher, first base, second base, third base, leftfield, centerfield, right - field, designated hitter, starting pitcher (three of them) and reliever.

In 2016 in the American League, he started 59 games as the designated hitter in addition to his 95 starts in right field, four starts at first base and one start in left field.

He is a first baseman and designated hitter, though, so the 103 OPS + he's put up over the last four seasons really isn't cutting it, especially not at an average of $ 23 million per year.

They were right around the average, and had solid or better production from first and third base, right field, designated hitter, and, of course, center, where Mike Trout roams.

That would have to go to Orioles» reliever Jason Garcia, who came to the plate in an American League game because Baltimore had moved designated hitter Steve Clevenger to first base, giving up the DH in the process.

The Rangers reportedly offered more guaranteed money than Boston, but Napoli turned that down, likely because that team already has a new starting catcher in A.J. Pierzynski, a new designated hitter in Lance Berkman, and Mitch Moreland at first base once more.

Well, it seems that Ohtani, who has made quite a splash in his first couple weeks as an Angels» pitcher and designated hitter, has taken a page from the golf superstars» playbook, or at least some associated with the MLB rookie have.

Overall, things went very well for Martinez at the plate last year, his first as Seattle's full - time designated hitter.

Light - hitting Orioles shortstop Mike Bordick, upon seeing a pitcher instead of a designated hitter on the lineup card for the first time, cracked, «At least Jimmy Key's not hitting in front of me.»

A methodical throwing program has impacted his spring training, limiting him to designated hitter duties through the first several weeks of camp.

The Rays also traded for Angels first baseman C.J. Cron for some reason, and then DFA'd Corey Dickerson, their All - Star designated hitter, also for some reason.

In his very first home game, Ohtani was starting as the designated hitter.

When he arrived at spring training, Indians designated hitter Kevin Mitchell, 35, weighed in at 263 pounds and became the first Cleveland player ever to fail to complete the Warrior Run, a set of sprints totaling 850 yards, that the Indians instituted five years ago.

The season record is all the more impressive because it was accomplished the first year the American League went to the designated hitter.

Aaron played 2,759 regular - season major league games in the outfield, 210 at first, 202 as a designated hitter, 43 at second and seven at third.

Two - way star Shohei Ohtani will bat sixth as the Angels» designated hitter, while Jeff Samardzija will take the hill for the Giants for the first time this season.

Paul Konerko Resigns with Chicago Paul Konerko, a first baseman / designated hitter who has played with the Chicago White Sox ever since 1999, ended his brief flirtation with read more...