Sentences with phrase «league pitchers in»

Going to be tough to win this series, what with the Pirates starting minor - league pitchers in two of the games.

If anything, that should re-enforce the notion that a dependable major league pitcher in the hand is worth two in the bush.

Not exact matches

Ohtani is just four starts into his MLB career and still has plenty of room for growth, but from what we've seen so far, it's clear he has the potential to be one of the most unhittable pitchers in the league.

The future of one of the most feared relief pitchers in Major League Baseball, Mariano Rivera, is suddenly in doubt after he tripped during a recent New York Yankees team practice in Kansas City, Mo..

I'm pretty comfortable believing the pitchers who appeared in the Pacific League from 1992 to 2000 are, at the very least, as talented as the pitchers who appeared in the National League from 1963 to 1971.

He was not a pitcher you would have drafted for your fantasy team if you played in a 45 - team league with 60 - man rosters.

All of the above applies to Castro, who is hitting.114 /.250 /.205, which is worse than 29 different starting pitchers in the National League.

Strikeouts byBlue Jays starting pitchers last season, 61 more than any other rotation in theAmerican League.

He also wouldn't have been the first player with a great eye and patience in the minors who couldn't stop letting major league pitchers exploit the weaknesses that kept him from ever being more in the minors, though, so, you know.

• Montreal pitcher Mark Gardner tied a major league record by hitting three St. Louis batters in one inning.

The celebration of Chris Carpenter, Big - Game Pitcher is based on the rigthanded workhorse that was: a pitcher who has posted a career 51.5 percent groundball rate, led the league with 237 1/3 innings pitched in 2011, out - dueled none other than Roy Halladay in Game 5 of the NLDS, and scored a pitching «win» in Game 7 of last year's World Pitcher is based on the rigthanded workhorse that was: a pitcher who has posted a career 51.5 percent groundball rate, led the league with 237 1/3 innings pitched in 2011, out - dueled none other than Roy Halladay in Game 5 of the NLDS, and scored a pitching «win» in Game 7 of last year's World pitcher who has posted a career 51.5 percent groundball rate, led the league with 237 1/3 innings pitched in 2011, out - dueled none other than Roy Halladay in Game 5 of the NLDS, and scored a pitching «win» in Game 7 of last year's World Series.

Sporting a major league best 71 - 43 record, one of the top young outfield prospects, and one of the top pitchers in...

Although the Dodgers were the largest favorite in nearly two years, a more interesting piece of information emerged — Kershaw was actually the most profitable pitcher to bet against in the National League.

Headed by current Major League Scout for NY Yankees, former San Francisco Giant's Outfielder and Team USA Silver medalist Jalal Leach and assisted by Jarman Leach current associate scout for Kansas City Royals and a former professional pitcher in the San Diego Padres Organization.

Last Wednesday, Giants» pitcher Matt Cain tossed arguably the greatest game in the long and storied history of Major League Baseball.

Right now he's the best pitcher in the major leagues

This season, the senior pitcher picked up where she and the Huskies left off, handling the majority of the pitching workload and adding a potent bat to lead the team to a Delta League championship and the No. 1 seed in the SJS Div.

On the other hand, here was Bunning, trying to convince people he was a serious candidate, while newspapers ran headlines like GOP GETS IN BALLGAME and EX-MAJOR LEAGUE PITCHER GOES AFTER BIG WIN.

They could then be used or traded, as is most advantageous, as the Tigers» minor league pitchers move to the majors in the next 4 years.

Milwaukee still has Spahn and Burdette, and no other team in the league has two pitchers like that.

He bought theMLB Extra Innings package so he can check in on former college teammates KurtSuzuki, a catcher for the A's, and Ricky Romero, a pitcher for the Blue Jays.Wilhite's big league friends, specifically Suzuki, have raised more than $ 61,000 to help cover his medical bills and rehabilitation costs.

Gary Nolan was sent to California for Infielder Craig Hendrickson and a player to be named later; unsigned Rawley Eastwick went to St. Louis in exchange for minor league Pitcher Doug Capilla; Mike Caldwell was dealt to Milwaukee in return for two minor leaguers; and Pat Zachry wound up in New York as part of the Seaver deal.

Endearing and undefended confusion were part of the character of Pascual Perez, the former big league pitcher murdered last week during an apparent home invasion in his native Dominican Republic.

But Astros pitchers were fourth in the league in ground ball percentage this year, inducing them on 47 percent of balls in play.

He's the eighth pitcher in the league to do so this season, including fellow Sox pitcher Craig Kimbrel, who threw one back on May 11.

Rookie pitchers accounted for nearly 20 % of all starts in the majors last season, the highest such percentage since the World War II era (rookies made better than 22 % of major league starts in each year from 1943 through» 45).

• Over his last two full seasons, Sutcliffe walked 200 batters, more than any other pitcher in the American League.

I think there is legitimately a question of whether Julio is a legit major league starting pitcher in 2018 and 2019.

The Diamondbacks pick New York Mets pitcher Cory Lidle, who happens to be in town to watch a friend in the Arizona Fall League and is watching the draft on a large - screen television in a public square outside the Civic Center.

Also, pitchers in the major leagues are pretty good, you know?

With nothing but a real good fast ball, one that breaks and jumps and moves all over the place, a pitcher can be a big winner in high school and college, on the sandlots, even in the minor leagues.

The five toughest pitchers to hit last season in each league (according to opponents» batting average) were all power guys: Al Leiter, Smoltz, Hideo Nomo, Brown and Curt Schilling in the National League and Juan Guzman, Roger Clemens, Hentgen, Kevin Appier and Alex Fernandez in the American Lleague (according to opponents» batting average) were all power guys: Al Leiter, Smoltz, Hideo Nomo, Brown and Curt Schilling in the National League and Juan Guzman, Roger Clemens, Hentgen, Kevin Appier and Alex Fernandez in the American LLeague and Juan Guzman, Roger Clemens, Hentgen, Kevin Appier and Alex Fernandez in the American LeagueLeague.

Brett has a 12 - 7 record, a 2.86 earned - run average and was the winning pitcher in the National League's 7 - 2 victory in last week's All - Star Game.

«Hitters disregard the inside corner so much that you can throw a pitch in the strike zone and they'll jackknife out of the way,» says one American League All - Star pitcher.

In the American League, which has adopted the DH, even the best - hitting pitchers do not bat.

Only 10 pitchers in the American League had ERAs of less than 4.00 last year.

Last year hitters had a smaller chance of reaching base against Smoltz (26 %) than against any other pitcher in the big leagues.

But for a pitcher, experience doesn't mean just sticking around in the big leagues for a few years and hoping you'll absorb enough knowledge merely by being there.

Roman Semproch, a right - handed pitcher, had the lowest ERA in the International League last year, 2.64.

Thirteen to fifteen year old pitchers in the Babe Ruth leagues all around this country do these things routinely.

Rookie righthander Paul Wilson, the No. 1 overall pick in the 1994 draft, who led all minor league pitchers last season with 194 strikeouts in 186 2/3 innings, might be the best of all the team's prospects.

The only bright spots were Pitcher Mike Caldwell, who won his 13th, and Gorman Thomas, whose four homers brought his season total to 23, tying him with teammate Larry Hisle and California's Don Baylor for second in the American League behind Boston's Jim Rice.

EFFECTIVE TEAM PITCHING The Phillies just missed leading the National League in batting -LRB-.266), but their pitchers allowed the opposition an even better batting average.

It's not Martinez switching leagues that's an issue, even if history is against him in this regard: no player has ever won an MVP award after changing leagues, and Rick Sutcliffe stands as the lone pitcher to win a Cy Young in that situation.

Whatever the case, many of the winningest pitchers and top home run hitters in the major leagues since 1920 were born in close proximity to one another

Your best pitcher, one of the best in the league, is likely out for the season.

Lollar was a good - sized, at his present 6» 3» and 195 pounds, and successful pitcher by the end of his sophomore year at Mineral Area College, a juco near his home in Farmington, Mo. (He's no relation to Sherm Lollar, the former major league catcher who also lived in Missouri.)

We're going to skip the editorial and get right to the stories this morning, as baseball lost two players to car accidents in the Dominican Republic on Sunday morning: Royals» pitcher Yordano Ventura and former top prospect and infielder for a number of big - league teams, Andy Marte.

The superstar of the Little League World Series, Philadelphia pitcher Mo'Ne Davis, who hopes to go to UConn and play basketball for Geno Auriemma, has shown that she has all the tools to make it big in either baseball or basketball.

A hitting crisis has set in as big - league pitchers, led by the Dodgers» frugal Don Drysdale, have become veritable Ebenezer Scrooges.