Sentences with phrase «for designated hitter»

Alderson, meanwhile, traded two minor leaguers — players to be named later — to the Texas Rangers for designated hitter Baines, an All - Star in four of his last six seasons.

After all, American League pitchers don't take batting practice and National League team's don't shell out top dollar for designated hitters.

Not exact matches

It's impossible to predict every little breakthrough (a hundred years ago, we'd never have envisioned painless dentistry, the designated hitter or Thighmaster), but we're expert enough (in sports, not so much medicine) to forecast that Vince McMahon's WWF will become the umbrella organization that regulates all major league sports (except for boxing, which will continue to be guided by good sense alone), and outcomes will be scripted to provide total fan satisfaction (read: fireworks, near - naked women on every sideline, no 8 - 8 playoff teams ever and especially no Yankees championships).

«It's definitely made me stronger,» says designated hitter John Roskos, whose 23 dingers through Sunday are more than twice his total for all last season with Portland.

Kyle Schwarber, possibly the world's greatest DH - who - isn't - a-DH, is returning to the Cubs just in time for the World Series to be their designated hitter.

Fact is, the White Sox prepared for the»93 season thinking Jackson wouldn't be able to play, and they wound up with a surplus of outfielders as well as one of the best designated hitters in the game, George Bell.

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

Since the inception of the designated hitter rule in 1973, it has been common for veteran National League players to switch leagues late in their careers.

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.»

With spring training 1998 only six months away, major league clubs still don't know if they'll have a designated hitter, what league they'll be in or what teams they will be battling for a division title next season.

As long as they're swinging for the fences, owners ought to keep pushing to eliminate the designated hitter; they've offered to compromise and add a 26th roster spot and are awaiting the players» union approval.

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.

The designated - hitter rule was made for me.»

Ideally, Seager would be able to play shortstop for the entire series, but with Games 3 - 5 scheduled for an American League park in Houston, the designated hitter is also a possibility.

Red Sox leftfielder Hanley Ramirez and Mariners designated hitter Nelson Cruz — both free agent signings from this past winter — are tied for the league lead in home runs, with 10.

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.

A total of 26 position players participated, including Ichiro Suzuki, who was the designated hitter and Don Kelly, who pinch ran for Ichiro and later took his place in the lineup.

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