Sentences with phrase «minor league level»

This is also something he can not experience at the minor league level.

Then a bullpen has to be found in the herd of prospects at the major and minor league levels.

Last year Gattis hit 18 more homers and batted.305 at three minor league levels, finishing the season at Double A.

«I was overwhelmed and intimidated, I had no one back in Australia prep me for this, my only option was to outwork everyone and learn from the best coaches as fast as I can» As he got acclimated he slowly worked his way up the minor league levels.

Not exact matches

While zooming through three levels of the minor leagues last season, Snider batted.275 -LRB-.349 OBP,.480 slugging) with 23 home runs and 91 RBIs.After a late - August call - up to the majors he hit.301 in 24 games and now saysthat playing in the big leagues was «easier than I thought.»

vs. the newest expansion team, the Napa Silverados, offer a high level of professional, minor league baseball as well as a fun and unique fan experience including great food, family - based entertainment and «outside the box» promotions and special events.

After not appearing in affiliated ball in the United States or Japan since 2011, after not appearing in a level higher than an American independent league since 2014, the soon - to - be 41 - year - old got a minor - league deal from the Baltimore Orioles after spending years reinventing himself as a knuckleballer.

White should take the CJ McCollum guide to having an impact in the NBA level, McCollum also played most of his games in the D - League / minor league in his rookieLeague / minor league in his rookieleague in his rookie year.

Henry Aaron, who was director of player development for the Braves, gave Mazzone the freedom to implement a similar throwing program at each level he coached in the minor leagues through the 1980s.

Neither player has looked overmatched against elite competition — even as most players their age continue to toil in low - level minor leagues.

I will say that it is impossible for someone of Acuna's talent level and who has proven what he's proven as a ballplayer to not take a minor league game seriously because they shouldn't take a minor league game seriously.

I wouldn't read any cultural trend into changes to low level minor league games.

Minor league baseball players work 10 - 12 hour days, six days or more a week, for 3 - 6 months a year, depending on what level they're at.

All the standard disclaimers apply: It was «just the minors,» the Roswell Rockets» Park Field stood 3,573 feet above sea level, and most of the stadiums in the Class C (a step above Class D, then the lowest classification in the minors) Longhorn League were laid out to give hitters the advantage of the Southwest's fairly constant 15 - to 20 - mph winds.

This despite the fact that he destroyed three levels of minor league pitching last year, despite the fact he was arguably the most dominant player in all of spring training year and despite the fact that he is quite clearly the best player the Braves have under contract to fill the left field position to start the season.

«Playing multiple sports when you're young, up through high school, is actually beneficial for all your sports,» said Freehill, who pitched in the minor leagues for six seasons before attending medical school, reaching the AAA level with two different organizations and making the 40 - man roster of the Anaheim (now Los Angeles) Angels.

He now finds himself playing in the minor league baseball circuit which is about the only place black athletes could play the sport on a professional level.

Goon (2011): Rude, crude, bawdy and flat - out fun, this Canadian film about minor league hockey surprises on every level, delivering a hilarious and fascinating underdog tale.

In a gritty, realistic tone that applies to any fighter's career; the player does not begin their fighting career in the UFC instead starting out with signing an entry level contract in the minor leagues at a company named World Fighting Alliance.

Granted you control a full team here rather than one player, but playing these qualifying matches are more on the level of high school and minor league games in Road to Glory and Road to the Show from the respective aforementioned titles when compared to the grandeur of the World Cup matchups.

I applied for an entry - level job with a minor league team (they claimed on the posting it was entry - level), and the hiring manager emailed me back and said I wasn't what they were looking for for the job.

After the surgery there's healing, then rehab, then starts in the minor leagues before being able to pitch again at the big league level.