Sentences with phrase «major league roster»

The 61 rookie players on major league rosters this year each have benefited from a wealth of player development activities that start with several years of serious coaching before they turn pro.

If the Padres turn their outstanding farm system into an outstanding major league roster, Myers would be young and cheap enough to help them, regardless if it's in 2019 or 2021.

The owners want a draft as a way to control the costs of a burgeoning international landscape, while the players association can use international amateurs as a bargaining chip to negotiate for other things in the CBA that might help current MLBPA members, the players on 40 - man major league rosters.

Still, a surprising number of players win spots on major league rosters — even starting jobs — based on these suspect stats.

Check that: A GM shouldn't make those accommodations if he has to give up a chunk of his farm or major league roster.

You would think memories of this uncertain time would, even subconsciously, inform how he approached building a major league roster.

It's very bad when that team doesn't have a lot of talent on the major league roster.

The odds aren't great — or good, really — that the Astros can compete with the Angels, A's, Mariners, or even Rangers this season, but there are seven or eight names up there that belong on a major league roster.

Teams would no longer be able to carry their entire 40 - man roster on the major league roster — with major league salaries — in September.

The Mariners ended Honeycutt's Jack - of - all - trades career by designating him a pitcher and immediately putting him on their major league roster.

Instead, the owners have assured the further escalation of offense by adding two expansion teams that will begin play next season — meaning that about 40 more pitchers who don't belong in the big leagues will be on major league rosters — and by planning another wave of retro ballparks designed to minimize foul territory and maximize home runs.

They shouldn't lose players off their major league roster, for instance.

Move to the Double - A and Triple - A prospects who might not have an obvious spot on the major league roster.

Stewart has power and may one day slug on a major league roster.

Since 1971, rookies have been defined as any player with less than 130 at bats, 50 innings pitched or 45 days on the major league roster.

Playing Experience: As a pitcher Jason's experience began locally and includes stops at every level from Granada Little League to the Major League Rosters for both the Boston Red Sox and Cincinnati Reds.

«With limited help coming from the development pipeline, the burden of bouncing back falls almost entirely on the major league roster.

Over time, players from nearly every Latin American nation started appearing on major league rosters — and making their marks.

If you were surprised he was on a major league roster, don't be.

And the process would just keep repeating until, within seconds, every living human would be on a major league roster.

Moya looks like a pitcher who can contribute in a major league bullpen right away; Murphy was hitting poorly for a Triple - A catcher, much less someone who belongs on a major league roster.