Sentences with phrase «major league success»

Yeah, but if we use the new aging curve, you're already getting a declining player after he has had major league success.

So his established major league success is as good it will get and will only fall.

We're talking youth with at least a modest history of major league success.

Not exact matches

Sano was an integral part of the Twins» success in 2017, hitting.264 /.352 /.507 with 28 home runs in 114 games in his third major league season.

Among the country's four major leagues — NFL, MLB, NBA, and NHL — the NFL easily had the lowest correlation of year - to - year success.

The pair enjoyed great success together at City between 2009 - 2013 as the FA Cup and a League title were both delivered during that spell, with Toure scoring the winner in the 2011 final against Stoke City to clinch the club's first major piece of silverware in 35 years.

Courtois has won two Premier League titles in the last three years with the Blues, and his shot - stopping as well as his organising of the backline has been a major part in that success.

Setting expectation is where the deception lays because winning goal EPL trophies sets the bar at champions league the following season and THAT costs major major money with no real guarantee of success If Wenger goes expect a like minded or very junior weak willed manager to take over because the board won't be employing anyone who will want to change the way things are.

While Wenger has overseen a substantial change in Arsenal's philosophy and played a major role in their move from Highbury to the Emirates Stadium, Dyche has also had a hand in how Burnley have built the foundations for future success of the pitch, with the # 10.6 million Gawthorpe training ground redevelopment progressing well and other improvements made to the infrastructure of the club, often at Dyche's behest, paid for by the Premier League cash he has played such a huge role in securing.

Compared with Barcelona and Spain legend Xavi, Koke played a major role in Diego Simeone's side's immense success last season as they won La Liga and reached the Champions League final against all the odds.

Lavezzi may have become a peripheral figure since the arrival of compatriot Angel Di Maria, but he has enjoyed some major success at PSG, winning three Ligue 1 titles, the Coupe de France, two French League Cups and the Trophee des champions on two occasions.

While many will remember him for his success as a major league pitcher, we remember him as an amazing father, loving husband and loyal friend.

This is an organization that in recent years has pushed the envelope on what a major American sports league can be, and Adam Silver has by and large been a huge success as commissioner.

Both players had success in major European league and played important roles internationally, but did either show anywhere near this promise at 18?

If the early returns are any indication — his velocity, his success in the Dutch Major League, his success in the WBC — there's absolutely no reason why he shouldn't get that shot.

The Saints defence, the meanest in the Premier League, has been the main reason for their success and Schneiderlin protecting the back four has been a major part of that defensive solidity so for him to miss the game at the Emirates gives us a much better chance of scoring and winning.

The 27 - year - old attacker has been with Barcelona for his entire career so far, and has been a big success after rising through the club's youth system, becoming a regular under Pep Guardiola in teams that won a host of major honours, including the 2011 Champions League final, in which Pedro actually scored against United.

The Netherlands have their own success stories, with young major - league players like Xander Bogaerts, Andrelton Simmons, Jurickson Profar, and Jonathan Schoop on the roster, but they've also put together a pitching staff made up out of the European portion of the Kingdom of the Netherlands that has helped carry them this far.

Bale has been nothing short of a major success since making his # 86m move to the Spanish capital, bagging 22 goals in his debut season, including efforts in both the Copa del Rey and Champions League finals.

Los Blancos have been thwarted by the Catalan club and bitter rivals Atletico Madrid in their bid for the major domestic honour, despite their success in the Champions League.

With many major relay gold medals to her name, Natasha Hastings also eyes individual success and Stuart Weir profiles the American sprinter ahead of the Shanghai Diamond League

Manuel Pellegrini has said he would choose winning the Premier League with Manchester City and being shown the door over continuing as the team's manager for an extended period without any major success.

Security analyst Major Chip Chapman said the Champions League final in Cardiff was a success and warned the public to vigilant.

In fitting tribute to the success enjoy by Spain's pint - sized schemers at the World Cup, small, technical players have hogged the limelight in all of Europe's major leagues.

In addition to these major successes on the European scene, the Sporting players recently significantly raised their form in the domestic championship also, where they have three wins in a row, and they almost secured fourth place and the re-appearance in the European league.

Much is made of the money that has flowed into the English game over the years and it is normally presented as a major success story for the Premier League as it has created a global brand on the back of a few major clubs.

And with few major successes coming from the minor league, players felt they had a better chance elsewhere.

Though they may not get the same level of attention as big «AAA» releases, the world of independent game development has lead to some enormous successes with the likes of Rocket League and other titles, with the indie farming sensation Stardew Valley having crossed a major sales milestone at one million copies sold since launch.

The self - publishing sphere has become something of what the farm league is to major league baseball, but the odds of that success can be lower than were an author to try and approach a literary agent as an author attempting to make their major debut in trade publishing.

And while some consider digital publishers the «farm team» for the pro leagues, a place where writers can cut their teeth and prove themselves worthy of being widely published by the majors, others are skipping the middlemen and defining success on their own terms.

Billy Beane, the general manager of the Oakland Athletics, was one of the first major league baseball executives to understand that traditional scouting methods lead to overpaying for skills that don't reliably contribute to success.

This means that global auctioneers have a.667 success rate, which is also an outstanding batting average in the major leagues.

Even among the elite baseball players they considered drafting, the college age players were better prospects than high school age players, because they had a longer track record, which were more predictive of their success as major league players.

And firms, particularly in recent years following the popular success of Moneyball: the art of winning an unfair game, Michael Lewis's book on the use of sabermetrics in US Major League baseball, have tracked how successful (or otherwise) their graduate recruitment policies and practices have been in hiring the best performing associates and, indeed, future partners.

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