Sentences with phrase «league average starting»

Below is a chart showing the league average starting field position for standard kickoff returns1 from near the end zone:

Not exact matches

Talking Points Arsenal simply got to start scoring goals and average 2 goals - per - game at best, to revive their position in the Barclays Premier League table.

Injured Padre Jake Peavy (pitching elbow) had averaged a big league high 107.8 pitches per start through Sunday; the Angels» Ervin Santana (above, left) led the AL at 107.5... The Red Sox» Jon Lester (above, right) threw 130 pitches, the most in the majors this year, in his no - hit win over Kansas City on May 19....

Given that this team has one of the worst starting Qbs in the league, this WR corps will be much worse than their average talent would indicate.

Pace only part of his problem... though a big one... his distribution of ball out if defence is awful... one of worst in EPL... slows down our forward movement massively and often puts receiving player in akward situation wher only option is back pass... He is also average in air... So his one quality is positional sense so he is alright as a bench player which is how Germany use him... So yes the guy is right we will not win league with this mertesaker starting

But the entire angle was they can't wait as long as they did last year (which was basically through June) for him to start hitting league - average.

Ten different pitchers have started a game for the Yankees, and they've been about league - average, collectively.

The Astros» starting staff was third in the American League with a 4.03 ERA last year and ranked fifth with 899 2/3 innings, averaging 5.55 per start.

Another problem with pooh - poohing the Royals» rotation in comparison to the Mets» starting four is that the Mets have a slightly above average Major League lineup.

If they stay in Europe and the FA cup United could have 25 more games before the end of the season, at an average of one every four days starting with the second leg of their Europa League tie tomorrow and then the EFL cup final this weekend.

I am pissed today hearing about Olivier Giroud three year contract and salary he is earning.That is unfair because Giroud does not deserve it.He has not worked to show that he deserves it.We should look at the quality snd output of our players before paying them.Well its too late now so we should look forward.We do nt need stats to even tell us that Girouf is usually average for arsenal than good at most times.I would have sold him if i was Wenger because he does not deserve to be leading the line still after 3 years and i doubt he will like to warm the bench.He is very lucky to have Wenger as a coach of arsenal london fc.Arsenal has not moved forward because we think getting rid of players is a bad thing.We always hesitate when it comes to selling players we do nt need.Arsenal need a world class cf not a world class cf.Its is time to move forward by addressing our mistakes.Since Van persie left we have needed a cf and ifBenzema is available we need to get rid of who we do nt need so that we move forward.Arsenal do not need Giroud though many may be against my speech.Once the premier league starts and Giroud is our main cf it shows that Wenger has not learnt from his mistakes.Just as we got Cech who to me was a need he needs to just find as a reliable and clinical cf.

The quintessential heavyweight of unreliability, Sid Fernandez, who has averaged 19 big league starts in the five seasons since he turned 28.

Behind a slow start from the newly acquired Albert Pujols -LRB-.217 batting average and zero home runs in April), Los Angeles sat in last place with an 8 - 15 record after the first month of the season and were the best team to bet against in the league.

Giroud is averaging a goal every 65 minutes in the Premier League this season (four goals in 259 minutes) and has scored five goals in his last three Premier League starts.

then don't expect us to win the EPL, until we start buying players like walker for 50m we will remain average, d most important players are fightback, left back, DM, and creative midfielder, the league now is too competitive pls let's stop leaving in the past, u can't win d league with holding, mert, kosieny, chambers, we have lost it

Starting in centerfield and batting third, he's at the heart of L.A.'s upgraded offense, which is averaging 4.6 runs, up from a major - league - worst 3.5 last season.

The four - time All - Star has averaged 134 starts behind the plate in the last four years, and counting the postseason set a major league record with 2,725 innings caught in 2014 - 2015 with the Royals, the most ever by a catcher in a two - year span in major league history.

Chelsea were average for last 15 - 20 yrs until Abromavitch bought them and invested and they started to win back to back league titles!!

The blueprint to follow, ever since the Royals decided shortening the game to make up for their league - average (or worse) starting pitchers was the way to go, was to get as many nigh - unhittable strikeout machines as you could, and then deploy them all one inning at a time until your opponents were weeping while whiffing on pitches they had no chance against.

They do have an issue of having a starting catcher that will be above league average but half the teams also have that issue and it could turn out to be that Murphy is the starting catcher in the post Iannetta Rockies.

Chelsea have started their defence of the Premier League title in average fashion, conceding seven goals in their opening three games, and already finding themselves five points off leaders Man City.

Mata has notched up seven goals and four assists in 20 Premier League starts this term, his recent two goal salvo against Liverpool being a particular highlight, and the former Chelsea man is certainly beginning to deliver the goods at Man United after an average start to this career at Old Trafford.

He was hitting.156 /.208 /.289 with 24 strikeouts in 49 plate appearances to start this season, which isn't much better than the average pitcher in the National League so far.

If you ignore Walcott's first breakthrough season when he started just 5 games, Theo has averaged only 15 League starts a year for the last 8 campaigns and this report shows that Walcott has had 14 separate injuries in the last five years

The hypothetical used to determine this year's pecking order: The starting quarterback of a league - average team goes down with a freak injury, and early reports offer no sign of his imminent return.

No need to shell out 50 m as we almost certainly will achieve this, I can not see us signing anyone unless it's an average player to add to the squad, I would love to be wrong but our challengers are UTD and Liverpool neither are far away from us, I'm sorry we can forget city and even Chelsea with their bad start we are not in their league ATM.

We have got to start making all positions, not just 1or2, filled by world class internationals.Weak links ie not up to scratch average players has been our problem since the invincibles.Teams with the best players nearly now always win the league, Manure, Shitty and Chelsky have proved that since those heady Arsenal times.The new manager, when he comes, will want to know what budget he'll have so The board will have to loosen their purse strings if they want success with the new manager or the old.

A lineup that features six or seven hitters who should be at least league average, but have the potential to be much better, is a pretty fair start.

The team's offensive boom — since the start of the streak the A's have averaged a league - high 6.5 runs per game — coincided with the installation of the lefthanded - hitting Chavez as its cleanup man.

The average starting field position for the Raiders defense is at the 25 - yard line, according to Football Outsiders, fourth best in the league.

The projected Jazz starting lineup (Trey Burke, Alec Burks, Gordon Hayward, Derrick Favors and Enes Kanter) would be one of the youngest starting fives in the league with an average age of 21.6.

Spanish La Liga is only behind Premier League in terms of average player wages and at the start of 2017 - 18 season, Barcelona overtook Real Madrid with the highest wage bill in Spain.

In 2015, the Jacksonville Jaguars returned 24 percent of kickoffs out of the end zone, and had the seventh - worst average starting field position in the league.

Current big - 5 league footballers played on average 93.9 domestic league matches since the start of their professional career up until the semester preceding their 23rd birthday.

Moss was the third best blocker in the league before the match started, averaging nearly 1.5 blocks per set.

Annually, Manchester United are linked with more arrivals and departures than your average airport and with this in mind, we've created a potential starting XI for United when they kick - off their 2017/18 Premier League campaign against West Ham.

Tottenham Hotspur have made an average start to their new Premier League season with just four points from the opening three games, and this has already led to suggestions that they could struggle in their quest to challenge for the English crown.

After an average start to the season, a run of wins saw them climb the table to the point where they now sit second in the league table.

Winks» 91 per cent passing accuracy compares favourably with all three of those players, as does his average duel success of 50 per cent, but the youngster isn't going to crack the starting 11 in the centre of midfield without an injury to one or two of Wanyama, Dembélé or Dier — at least not in the Premier League.

Coutinho was the stand - out player in the Reds» flying start, and while Jurgen Klopp's side have mainly managed well without him, scoring nine goals in four league matches to average 2.4 goals per game — the exact same frequency with Coutinho — one player has noticeably dipped.

One other point from the above article is definitely worth mentioning here: the Champions in the Premier League for the previous seven seasons averaged 66 % on this front (though Leicester went onto win the title with only 56 %, putting a slight dent in this), so Klopp's team have started 2016/17 very well indeed.

The average age of the Juventus starting 11 against Real Madrid was almost 31, the second oldest lineup to ever start a Champions League final game.

Big Sam» has become somewhat of a relegation expert when it comes to avoiding the drop with average sides, and Allardyce will be well aware of the importance of gaining all three points from Saturday's trip to Blackpool in what is shaping up to be one of their more generous away fixtures of the season, this despite Blackpool's impressive start to life in the Premier League.

On this basis, to take 3 very average players in Welbeck, Jones and Smalling to play for a very average team for a very short time in a tournament that, to a lot of fans, is just a stocking filler until the Premier league starts again, makes sense.

Spurs have made an average start to their Premier League, and they currently find themselves 21 points behind league leaders ManchesterLeague, and they currently find themselves 21 points behind league leaders Manchesterleague leaders Manchester City.

Ivy League and engineering schools have similar starting salaries but by mid-career, the median salary of Ivy League school graduates are on average $ 16,282.89 more than engineering school graduates.

If you graduated from an Ivy League school or if you boast an above average GPA, list these accomplishments at the start of the CV, immediately below the career objective.