Sentences with phrase «leadoff hitter»

Braves Atlanta lost its second baseman and leadoff hitter for the season when Quilvio Veras tore his right ACL on July 14.

The East struck first as leadoff hitter Nick Serafino drew a walk to open the game and eventually worked his way around to score the first of his three runs in the game.

Look for New York — which has MVPcandidates in centerfielder Carlos Beltran and third baseman David Wright and ared - hot leadoff hitter in shortstop Jose Reyes — to cruise home, especially with26 of its final 33 games against teams with losing records.

Marlins second baseman Luis Castillo is a classic leadoff hitter, reaching base often (through Sunday his.461 on - base percentage was second in the National League), stealing bases (a major - league - best 41) and scoring lots of runs (a team - high 69).

His 40 runs lead the team, as does his.397 on - base percentage making Trout an ideal leadoff hitter, but this rookie also swings a big stick.

In the first inning, North, on base after forcing leadoff hitter Bert Campaneris, attempted to steal.

For St. Louis, the only question mark concerns leadoff hitter Rafael Furcal.

Rickey, of course, is Rickey Henderson, baseball's best leadoff hitter, the American League's top hitter this season and a front - runner for the league's MVP award.

If that clicks he could be an easy.400 OBP leadoff hitter.

Leadoff hitters don't hit home runs!

Delino DeShields is going to be a pure leadoff hitter and a Rule 5 steal?

Miami's leadoff hitters other than Gordon this season have done quite well in his absence, hitting.324 /.396 /.420, with time split at the top of the order mostly between outfielder Ichiro Suzuki (31 starts), second baseman Derek Dietrich (22 starts) and catcher J.T. Realmuto (21 starts).

id rather have a lineup of leadoff hitters with decent speed than power hitters.

So even though Galarraga hit most of his dingers in thin air, Weiss is a less - than - desirable leadoff hitter, Williams is little more than a modern - day Brad Komminsk, Kenny Lofton was speed and glove personified, and Andruw Jones is still young and unproven — you just know they'll be fine.

2: Who was the legit leadoff hitter under AA last year?

There is no true leadoff hitter, and while kids like five - tool rookie centerfielder Ruben Mateo, third baseman Tom Evans (who beat out highly - touted prospect Mike Lamb with a strong spring) and Kapler have plenty of potential, only Kapler is proven at the big league level.

Oriole leadoff hitter Brady Anderson, sideburned and suddenly unstoppable, is all the rage in Baltimore

Leadoff hitter Dustin Bermudez singled, stole second and third before scoring on a wild pitch.

But Jones had a mere 33 walks, fewer than any other regular American League leadoff hitter except the Yankees» Alfonso Soriano, who had just 19.

That pitch was thrown, following about 150 others, to the White Sox leadoff hitter in the ninth inning, proof, as beleaguered major league hitters had long suspected, that the Ryan Express runs faster the later it gets.

Dexter Fowler is a fine leadoff hitter, and three - time All - Star -LRB-!)

During spring training Twins utilityman Denny Hocking informed leftfielder Jacque Jones, the team's newly minted leadoff hitter, that he was going to keep track of how often Jones started a game by getting on base.

Leadoff hitter Alcides Escobar has the best odds on Kansas City's side to win MVP at +750, followed by Eric Hosmer (+1000), Ben Zobrist (+1400), Lorenzo Cain (+1400) and Kendrys Morales (+1800).

Finding a new leadoff hitter will be harder, as the Angels have few players projected for the high OBP you need in the number 1 slot.

Further, for 2016, the lineup's leadoff hitter adds Uconnect hands - free technology to go with already standard content such as premium cloth bucket seats, four - speaker audio, rear - seat heat ducts, fog lamps and roof rails.

They don't have a classic leadoff hitter.

Yet Biggio still ran the bases like an ideal leadoff hitter.

Keep Kyle Watson at the leadoff hitter position.

Right now the projected lineup over at Roster Resource has Troy Tulowitzki as the leadoff hitter for the Blue Jays.

Since Wiggins left, the second - base platoon of Royster and Tim Flannery has achieved the highest on - base average -LRB-.381) among the league's leadoff hitters and played well in the field, but they've stolen only seven bases.

There is nothing more satisfying then an O's leadoff hitter looking like an actual leadoff hitter.

Leadoff hitter and second baseman Ray Durham, 28, is that rare player who can run (34 stolen bases last year) and drive in runs (60 RBIs).

«I always like a really tough kid to be our leadoff hitter,» he said.

«The first thing I noticed is the kid is fast,» Holst said of Glasgow, who also showcases his speed as the leadoff hitter and centerfielder for the Tokay baseball team.

You may wonder why teams keep trading with Alderson, why his counterparts even get on the phone with him, go near him, lest they lose a limb and a leadoff hitter.

It is, of course, silly to make Martin the leadoff hitter for the reasons you point out.

A leadoff hitter needs to get on base first.

Sorry, but Martin is a stopgap, not the future, and shouldn't be the leadoff hitter.

He retired the leadoff hitter, Julio Franco, on a groundball but left after the next batter, Carlos Gomez, bunted for a base hit.

The Yankees got their leadoff hitter aboard again against Carrasco, but Brett Gardner immediately hit into a double play.

Tanaka is actually ahead of Carrasco's pace, as the first out of the fourth inning was the game's leadoff hitter, Lindor.

Herzog's leadoff hitter, Vince Coleman (27 RBIs in 517 at bats), is so bad in that category that he will probably be the first player the Cards try to trade after the season.

... St. Louis manager Whitey Herzog says, «A leadoff hitter in the National League has to do something he doesn't in the American, with the DH — knock in runs, because we often use the pitcher to bunt someone into scoring position.»

Downing then started the season by reaching base in 21 of his first 28 plate appearances as a leadoff hitter for a.750 on - base percentage.

Not bad for a leadoff hitter.

So that leaves us with trying Swanson as the leadoff hitter — perhaps not a bad idea, but I don't see Snit doing that.

He had 73 RBIs to Soriano's 78, and both could threaten the big league record for RBIs by a leadoff hitter (100, by the Angels» Darin Erstad in 2000).

He's the Braves» leadoff hitter.

-- In 70 games as a leadoff hitter Tim Raines is batting.323 with 47 runs, 17 doubles, 4 triples, 7 homers, 28 RBIs and 35 stolen bases.

Then on Oct. 1 in Cincy, opening game at Redland Field, bottom of the first, little Eddie Cicotte, 29 - 7 on the year, 1.82 ERA with pinpoint control, plunks the Reds» leadoff hitter, Morrie Rath, square in the back.